My parent's visit to England and Scotland!

I had such a wonderful time when my parents came you visit! I wish they were still here.. miss you guys!! When they first arrived, we spent some time in Camberley and at the pubs and restaurants around here. Then on their first Saturday, we went to a West Ham game!! We took the train into London early in the morning and had a wonderful lunch outside looking at the Tower Bridge! The weather was fabulous. We really enjoyed the game, even though they lost :( It was so neat to be back there again and my parents really enjoyed it. After a pub dinner, we headed back to Camberley as we were all exhausted!

My last week of school was good and I was ready for a break!! The weekend before we went to Scotland, we went to Guildford, the capital of Surrey. Guildford was really nice and we went skating which felt so nice. I was getting sick so I was excited to go to bed after a quick trip to urgent care. The next morning we set out on the train to Edinburgh! This was such an amazing city!!! The first night we wandered around The Royal Mile and went for a really great dinner. I had an early night as I was feeling sick. The next day we went to Edinburgh castle which was so amazing. The views were wonderful and I learned a lot. We then did some shopping, obviously stopping at Cath Kidston! At night, my dad and I went on a vault tour, the underground passages of Edinburgh. They told us ghost stories and it was really neat but really dark!! I really enjoyed Edinburgh and it was one of my favourite cities I have been too.

Guildford

The prison at Edinburgh castle!

So beautiful

Then we went to rent our car to head up to Inverness. The drive was so pretty and so were the stops we made! We stopped on the way at Blair Castle , Aviemore for a hike and we also took this really scary train all the way up a mountain at Cairngorm! It wasn't as scary going down as it was going up. The views were breathtaking and I am so glad I got to see the highlands!! We arrived into Inverness at out hotel and after dinner we went to sleep! Another great day.

Walks along the Spey River

Bagpipes at Blair Castle

Top of Cairngorm

Then on my final day in Scotland, we went to see Loch Ness which was really eerie but so beautiful!! We went to another castle called Urquhart Castle. Then we drove to this little town on the ocean and walked along the beach. Scotland was so pretty. It was quite chilly and rainy there though. We had an amazing dinner, walked through Inverness and then it was time to call it a night as I had an 8 am train back to London (8 hours)!

Urquhart Castle

Loch Ness

Canola pictures obviously!

My parents spent a few more days in Scotland and I was back home writing reports and planning for the week! It was such a nice visit and I was sad they had to leave and go back home!!!

Now I am in my last term of teaching and just finishing writing reports. We have our summer fair next week and then I go to Poland, so it will be a busy month!

I can't believe it is almost half term!

Where has the time gone?? These past 5 weeks at school have flown by, yet it seems like forever ago I was in Canada!!!

The past five weeks at school have been busy as always, but really good! My school had a mockstead, where we were graded as 'good'! This is a huge achievement for us. Our hard work was recognized and all the staff were extremely happy. My kids have enjoyed their pirate topic very much... and I have as well! I didn't know a lot about pirates to start and it is so wonderful when my kids come in every morning to tell me something new they have learnt about pirates! They continue to be the sweetest class I could have asked for :)

I have spent a few weekends in London this half term, taking a trip to Gordon's obviously with Jess and Demi, and another football game yesterday with my parents and Josh.

Two weekends ago, Josh and I booked a trip to Dublin! It was bank holiday weekend here in the UK so we took full advantage! It was a really fun trip, regardless of the fact it poured all weekend. I have always wanted to go to Ireland and was so happy to finally get there! We hopped on a plane Friday night after school and arrived in Dublin around 10:30. We were so tired that we went to sleep right away in our lovely hotel, Clyde Court. We woke up early the next morning and walked 15 minutes to catch the Hop On, Hop Off bus. There was a bus strike in Dublin the weekend we were there, so city buses weren't running. On the Saturday we went to the Guinness Storehouse, where we tasted and poured our own pint of Guinness. It actually tasted pretty good!! We then went back on the bus and went to Temple Bar, a restaurant and party area of Dublin. After a great night of eating, drinking and dancing we cabbed back to the hotel! Sunday morning was a little rough but the night made it worth it! We went to a famous jail on Sunday and I really enjoyed learning about all the history. They spell jail 'Gaol'. So neat! We then went back to Temple Bar area for dinner and drinks. Our flight back to Gatwick left the next morning at 7, so we had an early night.

It was so fun to get away for the weekend! We had so much fun that Josh booked him and I a trip to Poland for my birthday!! Since I am going to Taylor Swift the weekend of my actual birthday, we are going the weekend before. I have always wanted to go to Poland and I cannot wait!!!

Over half term break, I am going to Scotland with my parents for 5 days, which will be amazing! I have caught the travel bug and I am already planning my trips for next year!!!

Our perfect pints

Temple Bar

Gaol

Fish pedicures!!! So fun 

End of term 2!

The end of term 2 came quite quickly! In the weeks leading up to term break, I went to my first football game!! West Ham was playing Sunderland and West Ham won 1-0!! It was such an amazing atmosphere and I can't wait to go to another game when my parents are here. The fans went crazy when we scored!!!

I also spent a weekend shopping in Reading with Jess, Demi and Robin (Jessica's roomie). We also met up with Rihana as she lives in Reading. It was so good to see another familiar face :)

In the last week of term I had to start getting my room ready for my next topic.. Pirates! With the help of Josh, my lovely British mum (my LSA) and her husband.. .we created a fab pirate room that I know my kids will love seeing tomorrow morning!!! Pete did amazing on all the props and I am so thankful for him!!!

I had a great two weeks home in Canada, seeing all of my favourite people and creating memories that I will remember forever. Mixed emotions being back here but I think that is just the jet lag!!

Reading Area

So realistic!

March Madness

This half term has been insane. With a change in schedule and the way things are done has brought huge stress and a lot of extra work. As usual, I am spending today planning and getting resources ready for the week.

The past two weekends have been really good! I have spent time in Camberley with Josh and visited Demi in Bracknell last weekend. This weekend I went out with Ben and Josh on Friday. Yesterday Josh took me to Guildford to go skating :). It was a surprise and I didn't know what we were doing until we got there! It was so fun except the fact that they were all figure skates and I am not used to that. I fell because I am so used to leaning forward when playing ringette. Ahhh I miss ringette. We spent the rest of the afternoon shopping in Guildford which was really nice.

School last week was busy with parents evening two nights AND two world days back to back. Wednesday was World Maths Day and Thursday was World Book Day. All the teachers and LSAs dressed up as book characters which was really fun. I was The Paper Bag Princess! We found out our topics for next term so I am busy trying to sort all my decorations out for that! This link has a picture of my class all dressed up :)
https://twitter.com/_Cordwalles/status/573451842987921409

Counting down the days till a break and my trip home!:):):):)

He really does spoil me.

The Best Holiday Ever:)

Over the half term, Jess and I set off for Tenerife! Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands, which is technically part of Spain even though it is close to Africa.

This was one of the most amazing holidays I have had. It came at a perfect time and we both wanted to do the exact same things: Relax by the pool, tan, read and drink sangria. We did exactly that!! We left early on a Saturday morning.. I was leaving my house at 4:40! Thankfully Josh dropped me off :) We flew to Madrid and then another 2.5 hours to Tenerife.

We made it to the hotel and were upgraded to a suite!! It was such a clean and nice room and I was so impressed!! Night one.. drank some sangria and discovered we both knew how to play crib! Basically the rest of the week just involved playing crib! Our first day by the pool was windy but so nice.. the next few days we chose a better spot with less wind! We spent two mornings wandering the town and going to the harbour and had two of our dinners in town as well. One at a tapas restaurant and one at a Mexican restaurant!The weather was amazing for the rest of the days and we both came home with a tan.. and freckles!

It was the perfect relaxing holiday that we both needed and I was so happy to be sharing it with my best friend! So many memories were made and next year we are going to try a different island!

Heathrow Chilling

Mugs of Sangria

So so happy.

The hill above our hotel/pool

The Mountain

Pool Bar

Last day was a perfect day.

We bought matching bracelets

Dinner adventures.

Mexican food!

January and February

It is just so hard to remember to post on here! This post will cover all of January and February!

Our first weekend back at school, Jessica came to Camberley to visit me! It was a lot of fun and I showed her around the town I adore :) The next weekend I went to a wine tasting with two teachers from my school and it was nice to relax and not talk about work !

I saw a lot of Jessica this term which I am so so thankful for!! One weekend I went to Windsor... which I LOVE. We went to Windsor castle and shopping, obviously. We also went into London the next two weekends for some sightseeing, catching up with a friend from Winnipeg and shopping! I see something new every time I go into London. Ask me a year ago and I would have never thought that going into London would turn into a regular weekend outing for me.. but it does. Things have certainly changed!

If I am not in London or visiting Jess, I am just relaxing around Camberley with Ben and Josh and also working! I have also been seeing my new friend Demi, who is a brand new teacher as well from Australia! So nice to have a friend that is a girl close by... as I mostly just see Ben and Josh!

This is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life but I am growing as a teacher and a person because of it. My kids keep me going and I am so thankful to be the role model of 24 little ones.

Half term was spent in the lovely Canary Islands... but that deserves its own post! :)

Spoiled :)

WINDSOR WITH MY SISTA

It snowed :)