WEDNESDAY 24th JUNE IS NATIONAL WRITING DAY
The theme for this year’s National Writing Day is Write A Book by Its Cover. Schools! Win £100 of National Book Tokens for your library! We’re giving you advance notice of the activity so that you can get a head start. All schools who share work by their students on Instagram on National Writing Day will be entered into a draw to win £100 National Book Tokens for their school library. To be in with a chance of winning: Share your students’ work on Instagram on Wednesday 24 June (this could be a photo or a short video) Use #NationalWritingDay and #WriteABookByItsCover Tag @firststory_uk…
View PostCHELSEA FLOWER SHOW & MY GARDEN
I love the Chelsea Flower Show, which is held every year in London. I have been once; it is a super day out with so much to see. It always spurs me on to get my own garden ready for the summer. This year I wanted to create a bit of a Zen garden after seeing some ideas in Spain. We had a fantastic heat wave here last week, so I was in the garden every day… that’s why no blog posts were written! I opened up the small summer house and sorted all the painting equipment out, as I…
View PostSPIRITUAL EVENING AT THE COTTERIE THURSDAY 4th JUNE AT 6PM
This looks to be a fun evening; I love things like this. It gets you out, and they tend to be very good. I have not met Georgie before, so I will let you know how it goes.
View PostFOLKESTONE HAS A NEW LIBRARY AT LAST!
It was great to see that the council had at last given us a new library after months of arguing about the old building on Grace Hill, which I must admit was a lovely building, but the repairs were just too much. The opening last week was well attended by local people, with many children listening to stories. The place had been well arranged, with all services back up and running smoothly. I think it will serve the community much better being located in the middle of town. Not far from the bus stops and car parks. I won’t get…
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