The start of Wimbledon, the throne of tennis.
Try a few online games of tennis here, here and here

Or get some good coaching videos for young players HERE
For tea love?
Whatever the weather (!) I like this quote from one of the great men of tennis:

“You’ve got to get to the stage in life when going [...]

I often encourage children not to worry about their spellings. I explain that that doesn’t mean “Argh! Don’t worry about your spellings e.g. DOG with a spelling of G. Q. W. H. U.G. 32 Zs and a K.
Instead it means “Don’t WORRY about your spellings”, in other words don’t allow a fear of making mistakes [...]

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by”.
Douglas Adams (Esteemed English humorist & science fiction novelist)
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“It is raining cats and dogs here, so much so that I just stepped in a cliché”.     
Geoff Staines, (A steamed Cousin!)

Random over hearings and thoughts after a surreal afternoon:  

Sign in baker’s window: cakes [...]

After the Hertfordshire ICT conference, I had an e-mail from Geoff Bannister, of Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School, saying “The doorways of doom was a great concept. I’ve spent the last couple of days creating my own ‘Doorways’ type-thing for my school website.”
Dare you take the challenge HERE?
Geoff has also taken up the idea of [...]

Happy Prosperous Year Of The Rat 2008

Just shows how a great (and simple) theme can be transposed into any culture.

Beatbox à la flûte
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On Wednesday, Sir Ken mentioned those people who don’t seem to have to stop to breathe when they are talking. Circular breathing is an art form! Who can spot the theme this fellow mashes up? (Slightly over long but impressive.) You can even get lessons on how to breathe [...]

I found this sign in a train toilet.
I was a little confused because I have to say that, no matter how hard I tried, I could not get the bin off the wall in order to insert it in the lavatory.

As a final festive flourish from the blog before shutting down until the New Year, here is a great little poem “what Ellie writ”. It could be subtitled The Fright Before Christmas.
‘Twas the night before Christmas
When Marjorie had a fright.
She looked under the tree with its baubles all alight,
Where were the presents she had put [...]