November reading list:
Death and the penguin: A Kurkov
The Vegetarian: H Kang
The things we leave unfinished: R Yarros
The Nakano Thrift Shop: H Kawakami
Mix Tape: J Sandersons
Evenings and weekends: O McKenna
On the calculation of volume III: S Balle
💙📚 #booksky

October reading list:
Tell me everything: E Stroud
The midnight bakery: E Davies
Secrets at the last house before the sea: L Eeles
Blue Sisters: C Mellors
Greta & Valdin: R K Reilly
The man who didn't call: R Walsh
When the museum is closed: E Yagi
💙📚 #booksky

September reading list:
The sky beneath us: F Valpy
Hello beautiful: A Napolitano
Notes on a scandal: Z Heller
The instrumentalist: H Constable
The Glass maker: T Chevelier
Medusa's Sisters: LJA Bear
Not bad given it was the start of a busy term!
💙📚 #booksky

Ah - thank you. He was just a silly and goofy cat and we weren’t prepared for it. Much harder than the last two losses. ♥️

Reminds me of our pair of bros Pepsi & Luna 🌈

(We are sixth form only and this applies to all subjects we offer).

We have a no marking policy. Students mark their own work and upload it to OneNote for staff to check. We only ask staff to mark assessments. We do have a dedicated feedback lesson timetabled per subject (weekly or fortnightly) during which students mark, correct and upload and ask questions.

It’s a lot of work at the start of y12 and we set aside a lesson a week specifically for them to mark and upload but after a few weeks, most know what’s expected. A couple will continue to frustrate to the end!

We don’t use textbooks. HWs centrally written & solutions all done (we shared out as staff initially). In y13 tend to be exam qs. In y12 we focus on problem solving. We upload answers to OneNote. They mark/correct/upload. teacher does a quick check - easy to pick up poor habits and train them up!

2-4 hours. Matching class time is too much; students have 5 hours of A level contact time. X4 A Levels. Plus extra curricular lessons. They only have 4 free periods a week. We don’t feel comfortable asking them to do 20 hours a week. Usually a week for HW. All self-marked.

August reading list:
Stone Blind:N Haynes
Library of Lost Love:N Clarke
The Cat & The City:N Bradley
Dear Reader:C Rentzenbrink
The Next Person You Meet in Heaven:M Albom
The Guesthouse at Lobster Bay:A Robertson
Rebecca:D du Maurier
Clear Light of Day:A Desai
On track for 100 in 2025
#booksky 💙📚

Caught a piece of it at 5:30 Pacific today: the Moon, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury (low, at arrow), plus Castor and Pollux.

Earth is in the foreground. 😉

Just caught this on my phone about 15 mins a go. Thank the cat for getting me up - London and it’s a bit bright of course. #astrophotography

Black cats are the best cats 🖤

July reading list:
The 5 people you meet in heaven:M Albom
The Life impossible:M Haig
The forgotten book club:L Storey
Letters from Ginza Shihodo stationery shop: K Ueda
Under the lemon tree:E Cowell
Funny Story:E Henry
The bookshop ladies:F Hogan
On the calculation of volume 2: S Balle
#booksky 💙📚

Morning moon :)

June reading list:
Glorious Exploits: F Lennon
The Bridegroom was a dog: Y Tawada
The Restaurant of Lost recipes: H Kashiwai
The silence in between: J Ferguson
My Friends: H Matar
On the calculation of volume: S Balle
Ghost Pains: JJ Stevens
The Storied life of AJ Fikri: G Zevin
💙📚 #booksky

Adjusting to life with 1 cat rather than 4! He’s happy but very clingy and vocal. But we feel he may be a little too old (14) for us to bring new cats into the fold.

I shall add to my reading list!