whispersandteardrops

  The ongoing pandemic situation has thrust the world in a state of crippling and challenging uncertainty. Many schools remain closed while others have opened, some more tentatively than others.  A variety of learning modes including home learning are on offer. While I think this post may be several months late 😉,  I'd be willing to bet there are parents out there who will be looking for tips   and ideas to help make the best of  home schooling. For parents , suddenly finding they are in charge of their children's education, this can be a difficult  situation to handle. We all want the very best outcomes for our children while also ensuring that they are safe. One way to best help children learning from home, is to establish and create as good a learning environment (or better) as what they are offered in school.  There can be some flexibility with this, but ideally try set them up where they can do things such as; complete writing tasks or work ...

    Over the past few months the world have come to see what most of us never would have imagined happening in our life time. On a daily basis we woke up quite similar news, images and stories all across the globe.Twenty twenty turned out to be a much different year than we imagined or expected.Life for many changed.The following poem was written to reflect some of my thoughts and  empathy towards those affected by this virus. The world weeps, is on its knees. Crumbling beneath the weight of an unseen foe. In daily hundreds the love ones go, alone. And the anguished  cries  go out into the night. The prayers said are desperate pleas that seem to bounce off the empty streets. I pass my neighbour on the street, but our gaze are fleeting across the gap                                                      ...