Nikki McGee
@re-mcgee.bsky.social
RE Mat Lead for Inspiration Trust and teacher at Hethersett Academy.
NATRE Executive
When not being an RE geek I love to travel, read, garden and stitch.
NATRE Executive
When not being an RE geek I love to travel, read, garden and stitch.
Long may I have a boy who loves cutting & arranging his own flowers… 🌸
Though he did say he needed the ones with the strongest perfume to cover the smell of sour milk & feet in his bedroom 😁
He also helped me make a bouquet for the kitchen.
I think I still have a few more weeks of cut flowers. 🌱
Though he did say he needed the ones with the strongest perfume to cover the smell of sour milk & feet in his bedroom 😁
He also helped me make a bouquet for the kitchen.
I think I still have a few more weeks of cut flowers. 🌱
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Long may I have a boy who loves cutting & arranging his own flowers… 🌸
Though he did say he needed the ones with the strongest perfume to cover the smell of sour milk & feet in his bedroom 😁
He also helped me make a bouquet for the kitchen.
I think I still have a few more weeks of cut flowers. 🌱
Though he did say he needed the ones with the strongest perfume to cover the smell of sour milk & feet in his bedroom 😁
He also helped me make a bouquet for the kitchen.
I think I still have a few more weeks of cut flowers. 🌱
A bereavement made for a difficult end to the summer and start to the new term. It left little time for gardening.
Today I managed an hour, and I love our new bird feeder that once belonged to my grandad.
Plenty of deadheading and staking still to do! 🌱
Today I managed an hour, and I love our new bird feeder that once belonged to my grandad.
Plenty of deadheading and staking still to do! 🌱
September 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A bereavement made for a difficult end to the summer and start to the new term. It left little time for gardening.
Today I managed an hour, and I love our new bird feeder that once belonged to my grandad.
Plenty of deadheading and staking still to do! 🌱
Today I managed an hour, and I love our new bird feeder that once belonged to my grandad.
Plenty of deadheading and staking still to do! 🌱
August 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
7 hours of non-stop rides at Europa Park and I’ve finally admitted temporary defeat! 🏁
Found the perfect #RETeacherOnTour rest spot… of course, it’s a church.
Mr McGee thinks it’s hilarious that even in a theme park, I can find a church.
Video 👇
Found the perfect #RETeacherOnTour rest spot… of course, it’s a church.
Mr McGee thinks it’s hilarious that even in a theme park, I can find a church.
Video 👇
August 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
7 hours of non-stop rides at Europa Park and I’ve finally admitted temporary defeat! 🏁
Found the perfect #RETeacherOnTour rest spot… of course, it’s a church.
Mr McGee thinks it’s hilarious that even in a theme park, I can find a church.
Video 👇
Found the perfect #RETeacherOnTour rest spot… of course, it’s a church.
Mr McGee thinks it’s hilarious that even in a theme park, I can find a church.
Video 👇
Cut another massive dahlia from the garden this evening. Every room in the house is now filled with flowers from the garden. I’ve officially become Elton John meets Monty Don.
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August 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Cut another massive dahlia from the garden this evening. Every room in the house is now filled with flowers from the garden. I’ve officially become Elton John meets Monty Don.
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Not a fan of tofu? This isn’t for you 😅 It’s Seed-Crusted Tofu + Orange & Green Bean Noodle Salad, fresh, crunchy, and full of flavour.
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Recipe here 👉
grubby.co.uk/vegan-recipe...
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Recipe here 👉
grubby.co.uk/vegan-recipe...
August 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not a fan of tofu? This isn’t for you 😅 It’s Seed-Crusted Tofu + Orange & Green Bean Noodle Salad, fresh, crunchy, and full of flavour.
🍽️
Recipe here 👉
grubby.co.uk/vegan-recipe...
🍽️
Recipe here 👉
grubby.co.uk/vegan-recipe...
New in the garden: poppies swaying in the breeze, a soft white & pale pink dahlia, mini alliums, bright toadflax, cheerful begonias, a mini pink & white dahlia, and trailing lobelia 🌱
August 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New in the garden: poppies swaying in the breeze, a soft white & pale pink dahlia, mini alliums, bright toadflax, cheerful begonias, a mini pink & white dahlia, and trailing lobelia 🌱
Crispy harissa “lamb” flatbreads with sumac shallots and cucumber.
The lamb was actually oyster mushrooms- super tasty and very filling. I had the second half cold for our picnic
From my grubby box
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The lamb was actually oyster mushrooms- super tasty and very filling. I had the second half cold for our picnic
From my grubby box
🍽️
August 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Crispy harissa “lamb” flatbreads with sumac shallots and cucumber.
The lamb was actually oyster mushrooms- super tasty and very filling. I had the second half cold for our picnic
From my grubby box
🍽️
The lamb was actually oyster mushrooms- super tasty and very filling. I had the second half cold for our picnic
From my grubby box
🍽️
Went geocaching at Caistor St Edmund’s today.
Found 4 caches including a Jesus-themed one - I love it when my worlds collide.
We had a picnic, met lots of sheep, did some paddling, and even spotted a kingfisher! #Geocaching
Found 4 caches including a Jesus-themed one - I love it when my worlds collide.
We had a picnic, met lots of sheep, did some paddling, and even spotted a kingfisher! #Geocaching
August 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Went geocaching at Caistor St Edmund’s today.
Found 4 caches including a Jesus-themed one - I love it when my worlds collide.
We had a picnic, met lots of sheep, did some paddling, and even spotted a kingfisher! #Geocaching
Found 4 caches including a Jesus-themed one - I love it when my worlds collide.
We had a picnic, met lots of sheep, did some paddling, and even spotted a kingfisher! #Geocaching
For some reason my cosmos are tiny this year, but the ones on the patio are making the most of what little breeze there is. 🌱
August 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
For some reason my cosmos are tiny this year, but the ones on the patio are making the most of what little breeze there is. 🌱
Next year’s garden is brewing on my patio.
Still waiting for those stubborn aquilegia. Started them in the fridge, had a few mild days, but now it’s too hot again! 🌱
Still waiting for those stubborn aquilegia. Started them in the fridge, had a few mild days, but now it’s too hot again! 🌱
August 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Next year’s garden is brewing on my patio.
Still waiting for those stubborn aquilegia. Started them in the fridge, had a few mild days, but now it’s too hot again! 🌱
Still waiting for those stubborn aquilegia. Started them in the fridge, had a few mild days, but now it’s too hot again! 🌱
I finally cut the huge dahlia - it is now bigger than my son’s head!
I think it is Café Au Lait Rose. 🌱
I think it is Café Au Lait Rose. 🌱
August 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I finally cut the huge dahlia - it is now bigger than my son’s head!
I think it is Café Au Lait Rose. 🌱
I think it is Café Au Lait Rose. 🌱
Tell me you’re married to a man who needs to plan without telling me you’re married to a man who needs to plan.
We have a 10-page PDF itinerary for our holiday and a spreadsheet.
We have a 10-page PDF itinerary for our holiday and a spreadsheet.
August 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Tell me you’re married to a man who needs to plan without telling me you’re married to a man who needs to plan.
We have a 10-page PDF itinerary for our holiday and a spreadsheet.
We have a 10-page PDF itinerary for our holiday and a spreadsheet.
I have a new “bumble rumble” dahlia. 🌱
August 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I have a new “bumble rumble” dahlia. 🌱
I still get a buzz from being able to cut flowers from the garden for the house. These are dahlias, cosmos and roses. 🌱
August 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I still get a buzz from being able to cut flowers from the garden for the house. These are dahlias, cosmos and roses. 🌱
Satay glazed aubergine with green bean salad.
Eating two portions because it’s that good and i skipped lunch. 🍽️
Eating two portions because it’s that good and i skipped lunch. 🍽️
August 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Satay glazed aubergine with green bean salad.
Eating two portions because it’s that good and i skipped lunch. 🍽️
Eating two portions because it’s that good and i skipped lunch. 🍽️
The weather has cooled & I have more time so I have planted my seeds for next spring’s garden.
I was so happy doing some sit-down gardening that I looked up & it was dark.
I have planted Forget-me-nots, foxgloves, honesty, aquilegia, wallflowers, sweet rocket, hollyhocks, rose campion & clary sage 🌱
I was so happy doing some sit-down gardening that I looked up & it was dark.
I have planted Forget-me-nots, foxgloves, honesty, aquilegia, wallflowers, sweet rocket, hollyhocks, rose campion & clary sage 🌱
August 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The weather has cooled & I have more time so I have planted my seeds for next spring’s garden.
I was so happy doing some sit-down gardening that I looked up & it was dark.
I have planted Forget-me-nots, foxgloves, honesty, aquilegia, wallflowers, sweet rocket, hollyhocks, rose campion & clary sage 🌱
I was so happy doing some sit-down gardening that I looked up & it was dark.
I have planted Forget-me-nots, foxgloves, honesty, aquilegia, wallflowers, sweet rocket, hollyhocks, rose campion & clary sage 🌱
For comparison, my new dahlia is roughly the size of my son’s head! 🌱
August 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
For comparison, my new dahlia is roughly the size of my son’s head! 🌱
Reading “For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain” and this made me laugh out loud.
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August 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reading “For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain” and this made me laugh out loud.
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Many of our KS3 students are familiar with Doom Paintings. Here in Norfolk we have surviving examples at West Somerton, Bradfield, Houghton on the Hill and Attleborough. 16/18
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Many of our KS3 students are familiar with Doom Paintings. Here in Norfolk we have surviving examples at West Somerton, Bradfield, Houghton on the Hill and Attleborough. 16/18
Many A Level specifications include feminist theology and the idea of God as mother. This is central to Julian of Norwich.15/18
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Many A Level specifications include feminist theology and the idea of God as mother. This is central to Julian of Norwich.15/18
Whilst on the topic of GCSE, the use of “love thy neighbour” at GCSE is meme worthy. You could teach about Christian love through Julian of Norwich, as well as the concept of salvation. 14/18
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Whilst on the topic of GCSE, the use of “love thy neighbour” at GCSE is meme worthy. You could teach about Christian love through Julian of Norwich, as well as the concept of salvation. 14/18
Often this is built around the crucifixion of Jesus. We could explicitly teach about the link between suffering & faith through Julian of Norwich and her context. This would help our students understand the Womanist position better. 12/18
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Often this is built around the crucifixion of Jesus. We could explicitly teach about the link between suffering & faith through Julian of Norwich and her context. This would help our students understand the Womanist position better. 12/18
Again from History many students are aware of the Reformation context of translating scripture so everyone can read the Bible and the role of the printing press in popularising this. This is Julian’s world . Julian’s writings were also in English. 9/18
August 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Again from History many students are aware of the Reformation context of translating scripture so everyone can read the Bible and the role of the printing press in popularising this. This is Julian’s world . Julian’s writings were also in English. 9/18