Julia Skinner @The Head's Office
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Sadly, this is the last 100 Word Challenge for this school year. Many, many thanks to all the children who participated, all the teachers who linked and all of you who read and commented. Last week was a five -word prompt of individual words. Many of you were not able to get all the words into your stories! Next year, […]
Read moreIMPORTANT NOTICE The last 100 Word Challenge for the year will be posted on 14th July but it will be back in September! Week #14 did not have so many entries because schools are very busy at this time of year with fêtes, fairs and shows. However, we still had some excellent entries. ********************WEEK #14 SHOWCASE ******************** Kirstie Year 3 Werrington […]
Read moreThis is only a short note to let you know that the 100 Word Challenge is now becoming famous! I went to Cybermummy 2011, which is the biggest blogging conference in the UK and was interviewed by Marianne of Mari’s World about our weekly creative writing challenge. Click the badge and watch!
Read moreThank you putting the badge on your blogs! I made a mistake the other day though and some of you have the wrong badge! The one above is the correct one! When I set the prompt for WEEK #13 in my mind I was thinking of sports day. You have shown me on many occasions that what the prompt gives […]
Read moreLast week’s picture certainly prompted some really interesting entries. Some of you saw a cannon, while others did see something strange and mysterious. The picture was taken in Cornwall and is the chimney of an old tin mine. The showcase this week is as usual, entries that took my eye, not necessarily the best ones! ********************SHOWCASE – WEEK #12 ******************** […]
Read moreWell it’s back to normal after the amazing ‘!00 Word Challenge Special’ for the ‘#Pass It On’ campaign. As usual, I have showcased some from Week #11 ( which seems a long time ago!() Do pop along & read them ******************** WEEK #!! SHOWCASE ******************** William from St Johns Jessica from Yr 6 Galley Hill Ally from Cut Knife High […]
Read moreWe start today by watching Lindsay’s video about the health clinic she visited yesterday. If you remember she had some technical problems so we couldn’t see it. Thankfully, everything is working now! See it HERE Now back to Day 4! In today’s Combo, we are going to see another fantastic video made by Lindsay when she visited a village and shared some […]
Read moreWell many of you used the prompt for Week #10 to tell us all about your experiences with the SATs test! Some of you seemed to have been really worried about them. I’m sure you all did your best and as usual I have chosen some entries to showcase but I’d also like to say a BIG thank you to […]
Read moreI love commenting on class blogs and I’m so privileged that so many children take part in the weekly 100 word Challenge. It has got me reflecting though and I thought it was a good time to share these thoughts. Let me say from the outset, none of what follows is intended as critism of the brilliant teachers we have […]
Read moreI love it when people stop by the blog and leave comments. I love to know that things that go on here are interesting to folks and they feel happy to tweet about them. As you may know I have another space on the blogosphere – ‘What Will Julia Do Next?’. The readership is primarily parents and SAHM (Stay At […]
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