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#Writeclub #Ambition With thanks to Matt @ Writeclub for the prompt…. When you were young do you remember those flights of fancy? played out in the playground by the school Pirate Ships Captains Goodies and Baddies Cowboys and Indians led by The milky bar kid Or flying up to space to see who’s living on…
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#Napowrimo #writeclub #Learning with a nod to Leanne @ Writeclub for the prompt I Learning begins as soon as your born as you’ve got to waddle across the floor to get to your soft toys II Instruction comes from your elders touching something hot if you don’t know what you’re doing leads to singed little…
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#Learning This morning i learnt you don’t have to have milk with everything News can wait till after you’ve woken up The sound of passing traffic can be quite relaxing (through two panes of double glazing) Never trust the weatherman (leave the umbrella by the front door) Grab each moment as it comes – and…
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#WDYS While Nanna taught the little uns about life before they were born the crops grown on the farm and animals that lived there there was always something she could learn from her grandson like how to get the seeds for the fields in lightning speed – and all through the click of a button
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There was a sullen look over breakfast Samantha pushed her bacon and eggs around the plate Summertime was over – it was the start of a new term “Do I have to go” she pleaded, at the person opposite her at the table “I could always say i’m not well….” The newspaper opposite her ruffled…
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#school September a time announcing – the summer is over. No more creating sandcastles on the beach or hearing the breakers hitting the shore exercise books and pencils at the ready learning has begun again Unless they’ve sent you to “Big School”, your New kit will be much like your old one It identifies you…
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There’s a little place down my street where two scientists liked to meet Discussing science and things that moved sharing ideas in and industrial groove They were honored by peers of the grand society and recognised by titles and confered degree
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#fowc #kit All the pieces you need for your little engineering project are right here…all you need is the instructions and of course – screwdriver most of the parts clip into place so soon you’ll be watching your little creation learning its way around your floor space just make sure the pieces are in the…
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#Writeclub based on the prompt “if you fail, try again” Achievement they say, is a wonderful thing. He left the grand halls of learning with each wrinkle on his worn face turning upwards Plenty of Sand had made its way through this learners egg timer Perseverance – the key and the cracking of those Mystical…
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#Napowrimo A Place where writing implements go to sleep Hewn from the finest tree trunks a place where the little apes transfer their thoughts using pencil to paper some use pen, some use paper some use crayon, and some use colour words and pictures cascade on the page and then when finished, they return their…
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