Today we went up Constitution Hill in Aberystwyth on the Cliff Railway and went to the Camera Obscura. There are great views from the top of the hill and the kids were pleased to find a bouncy castle as well as a cafe and gift shop. Sadly,as you can see from these photos, the weather wasn't too good, cloudy with some drizzle.
Today we visited the Welsh Wildlife Centre. It was a lovely sunny day, but very hot. We did a bit of walking, saw some wildlife, learnt some interesting facts in the visitors centre and did some pond dipping, sadly we didn't get to see the water buffalo.
Today we have been to the butterfly farm at the Rheidol Power Station. The butterflies were good, lots of different ones to see but I struggled a bit to get decent photos. Then we went to look at the visitors centre at the power station, it shows you how the hydro-electric scheme works, fun and educational. And wonderful scenic views as well.
Today we have been doing one of our favourite things, dam building in the river. Great fun but we all ended up soaked!
 | Sarah took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test! "Longs for tenderness and for a sensitivity of feel..."
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And now look at her!
Happy Birthday Abi, looking forward to seeing you on Monday.
Wasn't she sweet? She's not changed at all!!!This is a tiny church on Guernsey called "The Little Chapel". It is possibly the smallest church in the world. It is beautiful and is decorated in shells, pebbles and bits of broken china.
I haven't done one of these for ages but I found the questions good this week.
Appetizer: On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being highest) how much do enjoy watching sports on television?
This would rather depend on the sport, generally I'm not into sport like football, rugby etc so I'd give them a 1, but I do like to watch athletics and Formula One is good so they'd get a 6. However if its the Olympics, I love to watch all of it and so that would get a 10!
Soup: If you could completely memorise any one work of fiction, which one would you pick?
This is a tough one, I love all the works of Jane Austen, then again there are so many books I love. I think actually I wouldn't want to memorise any of them, then I couldn't read them again in the same way. I think it would be more useful to memorise a book of non-fiction!
Salad: What is your favourite breakfast food?
Well, a full English breakfast is always good but I only have that if I'm on holiday and someone else is making it. On a cold winter's day I do like a bowl of porridge, that's definitely comfort food. Normally I have two choices, if its a working day I need my Shreddies to get me through but if not I love Crunchy Nut Cornflakes.
Main Course: Name something fun you can do for less than $10.00.
I could read a book, get together with friends, play on my computer or playstation, watch a dvd, watch tv, blog, surf the internet, knit, go for a walk, listen to music, or some combination of these, endless choices!
Dessert: How long does it usually take you to fall asleep?
This depends if it is the middle of a stressful term or in the holidays and if I've been sensible and stuck to the decaf tea in the evening! Somewhere between 10 and 30 mins on a good night, several hours on a bad one. I have always envied those who fall asleep as soon as their head touches the pillow, how do they do that?
Tomorrow I am off to see Starlight Express with Mum as my birthday treat. It should be great!
A strange and emotional day today. The last proper school day, tomorrow we just have prizegiving in the cathedral and then a party back at school. No lessons today, I taught my last lesson on Thursday, the girls were all out on trips on Friday. I got some lovely presents and cards from some of the girls, one of them who is leaving even wrote all her teachers really sweet notes about how much she would miss us and what great teachers we are (that was the point I was closest to crying today!), I'll be hanging on to that to remind me when I'm finding it tough to get used to my new school.
Today we had final assembly, which included all those little traditions I have become used to over the last 10 years. Every school has their own traditions and you become rather attached to them. I was determined not to break down and kept biting my lip to keep back the tears. I had to go up and get a bunch of flowers (we already got presents at the staff leaving do over a week ago now). There are so many of us leaving this year with the school merging, that it was nice not to have too much attention on me, but we all got our acknowledgment and farewell. I coped quite well even though loads of the girls were crying, in fact there was some quite loud sobbing! I did ok until we got to the school prayer and hymn, when I was struggling to keep singing. Then just when everyone was getting very emotional the fire alarm went off! It gave us all a chance to recover ourselves whilst waiting on the tennis courts to discover it was just a fault with the system, though some have suggested it was the ghost of the first headmistress (she wouldn't be happy with the merger and the school going co-ed!), I'm not sure about that but it was certainly strange timing to happen right in the middle of the school hymn.
I have spent most of this week packing up the Maths Department at school, I am fed up with boxes! Then in a few weeks time I will have to do the same thing with my flat!
Apparently Kylie has a starring role in the Doctor Who Christmas Special! Sounds like it should be good. Freema will be back for part of the new series, after a few episodes of Torchwood, as well as there being a new companion for the Doctor. I'm not sure how I'm going to wait until then!
Doctor Who is up for Best Loved Drama Series and DT for Best Actor in the TVChoice awards, you need to get voting!!!
Another great Doctor Who episode but I can't believe the series is over already. How am I going to survive until Christmas? Still we should get the new series of Torchwood in the autumn, so maybe Captain Jack will get me through it!
Don't want to spoil it for you if you haven't watched the episode yet, but can I just say Face of Boe?!?!?! I never saw that one coming.
