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Paper bags and sowing seeds

"Buckbee's seeds full of life"

Thank you very much to all those who contributed to and tweeted about the Week 4 posts. The subjects of the posts were thought-provoking and honest, although sometimes difficult. Michael Canavan’s post about when CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) may not be

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Love, love, love – and some leadership

All together now… It was Valentine’s Day the day after Weekly Blog Club’s Week 6 ended, and the posts of the week anticipated it with lots of love in the air. Mark Wood wrote about his love of photography that

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Fighting talk, scrutiny, Spinal Tap, and the odd zombie

The themes that emerged in Week 50 included the importance of being local (heritage and networks), scrutiny, communicating in better ways, and how to do things. Mark Braggins started the week by looking at some of the images of his

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Trojan horses, writing ghosts, and aiming for the Moon

The posts in Week 46 were as varied as ever but with a strong emphasis on healthcare and training, with some ghosts of writing (but no ghost writing), the odd Trojan horse and bovine brain, and some sport thrown in.

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Training courses: ‘8 causes of reading difficulty’ & ‘Elklan’

John Cane writes about a couple of speech and language therapy training courses that he has attended recently, including one covering 11 to 16-year-olds. Training courses: ‘8 causes of reading difficulty’ & ‘Elklan’ by  John Cane.

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Looking at things differently, communicating clearly

Apologies for the delay in doing the Week 45 summary (been a bit busier and more tired than I’d anticipated). Thank you very much to those who contributed posts this week. It was great to have a new contributor, John

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My working life…

John Cane, a first time contributor to Weekly Blog Club,  writes about his work as an independent speech and language therapist working in primary and secondary schools. My working life… by John Cane.

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Technological inspiration at #tmbucks

A new blog from Louise Brown this week as she shares with us her experiance of studying for a PGCE. Not only has Louise had her first day at college but she has also attended a Teach Meet Bucks event

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Language, art and a bit of elbow grease

We’ve had 10 contributions this week – thanks to everyone who’s blogged, read and liked the posts, as well as anyone who’s decided to follow the blog. It’s been great reading all your posts, and I highly recommend looking after

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Back to school?

Karen JK Hart’s daughter has just had her result back for her AS in History. But far from relaxing and taking it easy, she’s working solidly on coursework; reading numerous books; writing an assignment on the state of the oceans; heading

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