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Today's smiles:

I found my running group in time having been delayed at the doctors. 

None of my extremities actually fell off in the cold although my toes felt like they had for much of the time. 

I have a few more Christmas presents. 

All the Friday night ferrying around was completed without hiccup. 

I finished my book before I fell asleep! 

And I found this guitar on the corner of the room where we were doing Core.

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Look who was waiting on the sofa when I arrived at work today! 

Biggest smiles of the day:

Two amazing school plays, delivered by Year 3/4 and Year 1/2. I sang along to ALL the songs in The Polar Express (hopefully not too loudly!) and was amazed by the wonderful acting in Born in a barn, particularly the cockerel who was so loud and confident! The title made me smile too as its a phrase often heard around my family home as a child when someone left a door open. 

And it was Christmas lunch for the pupils today. After a misunderstanding about times, I had to fill some time so Y5 and I had a great time dancing to Chocolate. Then off to the dining hall where I danced and sang for 45 minutes with the children  queuing for lunch. Some were reluctant to join me for a quick gallop up and down but plenty were queuing to be swirled twirled and dipped. One little lad kept appearing again as he had so much fun! Just hope my UP band has counted all the steps as I was exhausted by the end of it all!

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Today I told Y3 my favourite story - El pequeño petirrojo (Little Robin Red Vest) by Jan Fearnley. They loved it and we had great fun acting it out with the new bibs I bought that have pockets for flashcards, and also cuddly toys.

And this year as I told it I thought of two lovely ladies who 'helped' with the experience. Thank you Jackie for letting me have the robin and his lovely vests when you had to part with your resources. I think my assorted animal crew look rather fetching in their Christmas jumpers! And thanks to Bev for helping me all those years ago with the animated vests for my Powerpoint version of the story. Your skills are greatly missed but not as much as your smile and sparkle.

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Music concert and muffins made me smile today. I am bruised from being a French hen as the one next to me (aka John) had very bony wings and flapped too close to me but it was fun, and great to see David again. And Jude was rather annoyed by some idiot deciding to grab one of his muffins before he left school and causing a lot of crumbling but they were delicious. 

And finally, Y4 listened to the story of Aladdin in Spanish this morning then had to write their own three wishes. Some of them were so heartfelt that it made me well up. And smile too as it shows that as much as we may doubt it sometimes, kids aren't all me, me, me.

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Loved the music concert this afternoon - although it was stressful! In fact it's been a quite stressful day what with lost iPads and trying to do a QR CODE webquest with 1 iPad between 30 children, and having precisely 4 minutes to do my Spanish lesson once rehearsal and assembly were over. Still, we found the iPads in the end and I won't have to plan next week's lesson now!

Singing at Café Church saved me from post Cabaret blues. And was fun too! As was trying to get out of the Gracechurch centre as there was a padlocked fence across the precinct when I tried to go home! Also enjoyed Cath's solo, and an ex-pupil who couldn't believe how old I am! 

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Two Pic Collages I made today that make me smile.

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A gorgeous morning for Park Run. And a respectable time given the slippy conditions. 

A concert this afternoon by Birmingham Schools Concert Band. Including Jude. Lovely window! 

And more cabaret. I love it. Can't wait for the summer one now.