Monday, 13 May 2013

Thoughts and advice from my 10 year old self (10 year old me is bored)


10 year old me is bored

I’m usually bored on a Sunday
Mum says
I should play my guitar
But
I don’t want to
I ask my sister if she will play with me
But
She is playing with her stupid doll
I ask my Mum
But
she is washing up and then doing Open University
AND that’s what she is ALWAYS doing
I go to ask my Dad
But
He’s asleep
I decide to go upstairs and look in my toybox
AND think hard about what it might be like
To be nearly 40 and a parent of a 10 year old.



Spellings have stopped being sent home. Today I found my personal file written by me aged 10.
There are some strangely surprising thoughts within. This appeals to my list vice.




Thursday, 31 January 2013

School Spellings for a Daughter aged 11 (Part 2)



TELESCOPE for the pope and a
TELESCOPIC
TELEVISION given via
TELEPHONE by a telefriendly
TELEPHONIST. Climb on up my
TELEGRAPH and we’ll
TELEPORT via
TELEPATHY. Here receive this
TELEGRAM with a
TELEPHOTO pleasantry.

These spellings have been lifted from another school. Perhaps the teacher used to work there.

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

School Spellings for a Daughter aged 11



It was
AUTOMATIC to give an
AUTOGRAPH on the
AUTOBAHN in the
AUTOMOBILE in question. The
AUTOMATION was exquisite and his
AUTOBIOGRAPHY a thrill. His tale was played on an
AUTOHARP without
AUTOPSY or
AUTONOMY. He was a true
AUTOCRAT and we liked that and his love for Deuteronomy!



The first spellings for 2013 have finally arrived. These are for an 11 year old daughter!
I don't know much about Autos. I do not drive.

Monday, 19 November 2012

School Spellings for a 10 year old daughter part 5 (B & C)



B

They were the
MOODY times. They were the
MOODIER of times! The
MOODIEST was to be the winner. The
MOOD was what mattered to each moody sinner. They
TERRIFY themselves and others. He
TERRIFIES her into tatters. They are bathed in
TERROR. Now they are whimsically
HUNGRY. She is
HUNGRIER but he is by far the
HUNGRIEST. They share their
HUNGER by gazing at wrapped complex biscuits.


C


The
ECSTATIC SON SOON BECAME
DESPONDANT. HE WAS
DEVASTATED AT THE
MONSTROUS NEWS THAT
PETRIFIED AND
TERRIFIED THE WHOLE VILLAGE. HIS
MOROSE BROTHER WAS NOW
DELIGHTED yet appeared to be
DISGRUNTLED AT THE SHOCKINGLY SECRET NEWS.


My Son aged 7 gets secret spellings. He is tested in the classroom. Spellings for seven year olds are not allowed off the premises.

Thursday, 8 November 2012

School Spellings for a Daughter Aged 10 part 4 ( C)



C

His
REIGN was average. He
ROWED through much
WASTE up to his
WAIST. Bring forth the
BOARD to the
BORED, if he speaks
ALOUD he will be not
ALLOWED to be my
KNIGHT of the Shush when it is
NIGHT.


Tuesday, 16 October 2012

School Spellings for a Daughter Aged 10. Part 3 (A,B and C)





CITY starves all
CIVIL thoughts becoming a sad
CIRCUS
CIRCLE stuck in a
CERTAIN sort of
CELLAR selling out for a stupid
CENT. In his
CELL, the
CYST
CYNIC finally explodes.


Cereal Box Cyclone



The
CELERY
CENSUS occurs every
CENTURY in the
CENTRE of a
CEREAL Box
CYCLONE. 1
CYLINDER
CYCLIST collates all the info. Only the
CYNIC is
CYNICAL










































CIRCUMFERENCE of the
CIRCUMSTANCE is purely down to the
CIRCULATION of the
CISTERN. A
CERTFICATE is awarded  at the 3 degrees
CENTIGRADE
CEREMONY and the
CENTIPEDE
CENTENARY is now flushed into the
CEMETERY

It's hard to create a Cereal Box Cyclone

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

School Spellings for a Daughter aged 10 Part 2 (A,B and C)

 
I think this week's spellings may have been created by a human. Although Part C spellings are a little bizarre and fiendish and have a muchly random quality that could possibly be some form of low frequency words! 
I had to look up a word.




DO IF A

At the low
BOUGH he gave a little
COUGH, as delivering the
DOUGH was really quite
ENOUGH. Better
PLOUGH through
THOUGH quickly. Coz what he
BOUGHT was very much
SOUGHT after and not an after thought.


DO IF B

HAPPILY but
PRETTILY she
LAZILY laid down the
HUNGRILY often
WINDILY sounding baby as it
READILY added to its
HEAVILY soiled nappy.
EMPITILY the baby stared back.


DO IF C

It really is
BINARY as the
AQUAPLANE of the
AERODYNAMIC
SUPERPOWER will land on the
MICROCOSM right in the centre of
AUDITORIUM. Perhaps we could
EXPORT it afterwards and send it as a
TRANSACTION to the
PRIMATE with the most
GRAPHIC cunning!
They all agreed enthusiastically
for fear of execution.

Sunday, 30 September 2012

Spellings for a daughter aged 10 (A,B and C) These are MEDIUM frequency words


YOU CAN NOT HIDE FROM THE FREQUENCY SPELLINGS


Do if A

the
baby had a
head that often
heard a
happy tune.
‘Those and
these the
word is please. We’ll
work the
world for
sure with ease’



Do if B

Our
Brother of the
Children with figgy leaf
Clothes,  in the  
Garden of the Rose. `We must worship our
Great
Father and  Great
Mother for ever and ever and EVER on this
earth in the
world and always and totally on their
birthday. Amen Alady Agreeting



Do if C

Something brushed past him
swimming,
suddenly chasing a shoal.
Sometimes you find out it’s quite
important as a
whole in certain types of sea. Great
White sharks will only be best
friends
during ones
birthdays.  This was not his birthday!!

Monday, 6 August 2012

My Bear : High Frequency words for a son aged 7 (121-130)


   MY
   BEAR
   CAN’T bear to be cuddled
   EVER again. The crazed
   CAT with
   LONG claws extended her paws, shredding  furry
   THINGS once soft. He sits and manically grins with his
   NEW hidden filling.
   AFTER the incident, he
   WANTED eternal teddy life and is now destined to
   EAT needles and pins and feel
   each pained giant piercing knife.


    This is my Teddy
    He is called Teddy

    words 121-130

Thursday, 2 August 2012

Would you : High frequency words for a son aged 7 (111-120)


WOULD you
OR would you not? He
TOOK to
SCHOOL to
THINK. At
HOME he took to drink. Now
WHO
DIDN’T go? We’d like to know, as he
RAN over with
KNOW’ing wink.

Words 111-120