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The best thing about July and August is catching up with all my teacher buddies on holiday.
Even though those supposedly ‘long’ holidays are actually pretty full of planning, paperwork, and getting your classroom sorted for September, we still find time to catch up for dinner and drinks and a few giggles. Even if, like me, you’re not actually tied to the academic year and should probably be in the office…
I was especially enjoying the wine and tapas this week, because today I start training for the Birmingham Half-Marathon on October 24th.
I’m running to raise funds for Volunteer Reading Help, after I found out that they need just £510 to fund their helper for 2010-11 at Herne Bay Infant School in Kent.
Just a few hundred pounds will pay for a year’s worth of one-to-one work with the children who most need support with their reading skills.
We’re off to a good start but every little helps, so click on the justgiving widget at the top of this post or head straight to justgiving.com/booksadventures to help out this marvellous charity.
You do your bit and I’ll do mine; I might even try and get my half-marathon time down to something creditable!
matt finch / mechanical dolphin 