AletheaJane
@aletheajane.bsky.social
Devoted Gentle Mum. Lover of theatre, poetry and coffee. Pretty keen Teacher of English and big believer that decent literacy skills can change the world.
Only made it to two author talks at the #BathChildrensLitFestival this year, but they’ve both been so wonderful. Youngest (5yo) has been so inspired by @nadiashireen.bsky.social I keep finding little Eric Dynamites around the house 🥰👒
#RaisingReaders #AuthorInspo #MiniIllustrator
#RaisingReaders #AuthorInspo #MiniIllustrator
October 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Only made it to two author talks at the #BathChildrensLitFestival this year, but they’ve both been so wonderful. Youngest (5yo) has been so inspired by @nadiashireen.bsky.social I keep finding little Eric Dynamites around the house 🥰👒
#RaisingReaders #AuthorInspo #MiniIllustrator
#RaisingReaders #AuthorInspo #MiniIllustrator
This has struck a chord this morning.
September 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This has struck a chord this morning.
This has been a golden find for my 5yo. It has enough decodable words for her to join in reading aloud, although she knows the whole thing off by heart now. She did a Rainbows badge all about it whilst dressed as a cat 💕 #VivianeSchwartz #RaisingReaders #GirlGuidingBookLover #SummerReads
August 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This has been a golden find for my 5yo. It has enough decodable words for her to join in reading aloud, although she knows the whole thing off by heart now. She did a Rainbows badge all about it whilst dressed as a cat 💕 #VivianeSchwartz #RaisingReaders #GirlGuidingBookLover #SummerReads
July 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
#FlowersExhibition at the #SaatchiGallery was splendiferous. My girls were inspired to sketch, dance and cartwheel. So many different forms & interpretations. Kids loved the interactive installation and the free family watercolours workshop was great too! 8yo snapped this pic 🥰 #BlossomsAndBrushes
July 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
#FlowersExhibition at the #SaatchiGallery was splendiferous. My girls were inspired to sketch, dance and cartwheel. So many different forms & interpretations. Kids loved the interactive installation and the free family watercolours workshop was great too! 8yo snapped this pic 🥰 #BlossomsAndBrushes
Another fantastic round of Spare Room’s #Gutenberg! the Musical @rondotheatre.bsky.social So much I’d forgotten from last time 🧢 🧢 💕
#SupportTheArts #CommunityTheatre #BudAndDoug #SpareRoomTheatre
#SupportTheArts #CommunityTheatre #BudAndDoug #SpareRoomTheatre
July 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Another fantastic round of Spare Room’s #Gutenberg! the Musical @rondotheatre.bsky.social So much I’d forgotten from last time 🧢 🧢 💕
#SupportTheArts #CommunityTheatre #BudAndDoug #SpareRoomTheatre
#SupportTheArts #CommunityTheatre #BudAndDoug #SpareRoomTheatre
Blue peacocks by my house!
July 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Blue peacocks by my house!
‘Life is like a train that just keeps getting faster and faster and the sooner you realise that, the better.’
Ain’t that the truth! Another birthday passed yesterday and I feel thankful to have survived it and appalled by how quickly time seems to disappear these days!
Ain’t that the truth! Another birthday passed yesterday and I feel thankful to have survived it and appalled by how quickly time seems to disappear these days!
July 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
‘Life is like a train that just keeps getting faster and faster and the sooner you realise that, the better.’
Ain’t that the truth! Another birthday passed yesterday and I feel thankful to have survived it and appalled by how quickly time seems to disappear these days!
Ain’t that the truth! Another birthday passed yesterday and I feel thankful to have survived it and appalled by how quickly time seems to disappear these days!
July 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Today’s cake offering was disappointing. A ‘Dubai’ chocolate and pistachio brownie. An underwhelming choice. The flat white was excellent. Almost finished the book 📖
June 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Today’s cake offering was disappointing. A ‘Dubai’ chocolate and pistachio brownie. An underwhelming choice. The flat white was excellent. Almost finished the book 📖
This morning’s read. Not discovered Jerry Spinelli before but might have to rummage in his back catalogue. Cover design is gorgeous too.
June 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This morning’s read. Not discovered Jerry Spinelli before but might have to rummage in his back catalogue. Cover design is gorgeous too.
My #Defeat contribution for @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #PoemsAbout. It can be demoralising dealing with the mess children make but I am eternally #grateful that they are here, thriving, and creating the mess. #RainbowBabies #SeenAndHeard Thanks for the prompt @alanparry83.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
My #Defeat contribution for @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #PoemsAbout. It can be demoralising dealing with the mess children make but I am eternally #grateful that they are here, thriving, and creating the mess. #RainbowBabies #SeenAndHeard Thanks for the prompt @alanparry83.bsky.social
#Summer dreams. Five yo set up a cafe for me, complete with flowers and menu that included ‘sweet apple sauce’ and ‘milk with cinnamon’ 🥰 #Gin #BooksInTheSun
May 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#Summer dreams. Five yo set up a cafe for me, complete with flowers and menu that included ‘sweet apple sauce’ and ‘milk with cinnamon’ 🥰 #Gin #BooksInTheSun
Two images that inspired my daughter’s descriptions of the seawater, which I used in my last poem. The tortoiseshell chessboard and the stones like flowers after the rain.
April 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Two images that inspired my daughter’s descriptions of the seawater, which I used in my last poem. The tortoiseshell chessboard and the stones like flowers after the rain.
I struggled with this week’s #PoemsAbout prompt, but a spontaneous beach trip today produced this, mostly from my eldest 🥰. A beautiful perspective that she articulates so 👌🏼
#Parenting #NatureHeals #NorfolkBeaches
Thanks @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
#Parenting #NatureHeals #NorfolkBeaches
Thanks @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I struggled with this week’s #PoemsAbout prompt, but a spontaneous beach trip today produced this, mostly from my eldest 🥰. A beautiful perspective that she articulates so 👌🏼
#Parenting #NatureHeals #NorfolkBeaches
Thanks @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
#Parenting #NatureHeals #NorfolkBeaches
Thanks @alanparry83.bsky.social @brokenspinearts.bsky.social
This is the show! #flatpack #WorldPremiere #AmDramTheatre Thanks to @ricrawlins.bsky.social for the trailer 🤩
🎟️ John Hodge's brand new comedy 'flatpack' makes its world debut at the Rondo Theatre from the 26-29th March. Tickets are on sale through the #RondoTheatre website.
🎟️ John Hodge's brand new comedy 'flatpack' makes its world debut at the Rondo Theatre from the 26-29th March. Tickets are on sale through the #RondoTheatre website.
March 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is the show! #flatpack #WorldPremiere #AmDramTheatre Thanks to @ricrawlins.bsky.social for the trailer 🤩
🎟️ John Hodge's brand new comedy 'flatpack' makes its world debut at the Rondo Theatre from the 26-29th March. Tickets are on sale through the #RondoTheatre website.
🎟️ John Hodge's brand new comedy 'flatpack' makes its world debut at the Rondo Theatre from the 26-29th March. Tickets are on sale through the #RondoTheatre website.
Marking final mocks in the dressing room during the tech run. #TeacherLife #SmallPartLife 😂 217 Yr11&13 essays done ☑️ Now to concentrate on the show!
March 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Marking final mocks in the dressing room during the tech run. #TeacherLife #SmallPartLife 😂 217 Yr11&13 essays done ☑️ Now to concentrate on the show!
Couldn’t find my own images of crepuscule but did discover a huge collection of photos I’ve taken of #light. I didn’t realise how obsessed I was. Here’s a few I took the other night walking home from the pub, my mind full of reflective thoughts and too much red wine. Stunning colours.
March 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Couldn’t find my own images of crepuscule but did discover a huge collection of photos I’ve taken of #light. I didn’t realise how obsessed I was. Here’s a few I took the other night walking home from the pub, my mind full of reflective thoughts and too much red wine. Stunning colours.
This week’s #PoemsAbout #SoftLight offering is inspired by the incredible crepuscular rays I see on my drive home at the moment and CS Lewis’s theories of light from Meditation in the Toolshed, which I first discovered last year. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social #PowerOfLight
March 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This week’s #PoemsAbout #SoftLight offering is inspired by the incredible crepuscular rays I see on my drive home at the moment and CS Lewis’s theories of light from Meditation in the Toolshed, which I first discovered last year. @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social #PowerOfLight
Rehearsing at this stage is lots of people talking to themselves in various parts of a random space #AmDram #LoveTheatre
March 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Rehearsing at this stage is lots of people talking to themselves in various parts of a random space #AmDram #LoveTheatre
It’s been a busy few weeks but I was determined to get something - anything- written for this week’s #PoemsAbout #Dawn Thanks as always @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social for the prompt! #Grief #PoetryForTheSoul #SiblingSuppport
March 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It’s been a busy few weeks but I was determined to get something - anything- written for this week’s #PoemsAbout #Dawn Thanks as always @brokenspinearts.bsky.social @alanparry83.bsky.social for the prompt! #Grief #PoetryForTheSoul #SiblingSuppport
Marking by candlelight like some kind of Victorian poet. #PowerCut #TeacherLife
February 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Marking by candlelight like some kind of Victorian poet. #PowerCut #TeacherLife
Refillable in Bath gave me a delicious flat white in an edible cup today. This was a revelation to me and I thoroughly enjoyed munching my cup like some kind of bumpkin Wonka 😂
February 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Refillable in Bath gave me a delicious flat white in an edible cup today. This was a revelation to me and I thoroughly enjoyed munching my cup like some kind of bumpkin Wonka 😂