Saturday 30 May 2020

Teaching under the Corona virus lock down.

Hello again,

Its been a strange couple months living and teaching under the Coronavirus lock down.  Safeguarding our students is always a priority, I work in a special needs school and my class are mostly non verbal with learning difficulties and complex needs. In the beginning I really struggled to manage everything, learning unfamiliar technologies (I really had to ramp up my IT knowledge) and get used to being on camera a lot which is something I would usually avoid being a very practiced photo dodger.  Trying to “be there” for students and their families during a really stressful and worrying time for everyone while simultaneously trying to juggle the needs of my own family and managing my own corona virus fears.


 Large sections of the media are labeling teachers and the teaching unions "cowards" for daring to question the governments decision to open schools to Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 on June 1st. We also asked to see their ''scientific evidence'' for their decisions as quite frankly I for one am not impressed with their handling of the corona virus pandemic so far.  

With total deaths today at 38,161
The UK has the second highest rate of death than in any country.

Perhaps if MPs were to allow their own children and grandchildren to be the first to return to school we’d have a little more confidence in their rhetoric.

 Despite the media telling you otherwise, Teachers have continued to work through this pandemic, Schools have stayed open for key workers children and some vulnerable children, usually on a rota system for on site learning for key workers children with the remainder setting work for distance learning and delivering hard copies to pupils without internet access. We have also been delivering food parcels to any family that needs it. Currently we are planning to open up for more children,
if your school is anything like mine, the senior leadership will no doubt be communicating with parents to let you know their plans for wider reopening. 
 
I choose to answer that negativity with Love.




So you can download my Valentine's kit is available to download FREE HERE
this is a tagger size scrap kit so perfect for working digitally. 

Sunday 24 May 2020

Classy and Fabulous tagger size scrap kit FREE

Hi blog readers, I have a new freebie for you ....

its called Classy and Fabulous, this was a previous PTU kit.
I heard someone say that a woman should be 2 things,
Classy and Fabulous and I really liked the quote...
apparently coco channel is famous for saying it...
anyway this is the kit as is so often with me it is a pretty large tagger size kit,
so plenty in there and plenty of versatility for all your tagging styles...
here is a peak at the 34 papers!!!
I love cluster frames, there are a total of 8 cluster frames,
here is a peak at just 4!
and i dont think it would be a kit of mine without
some kind of bling or word art.. :)


so i hope you like and enjoy it :)
Download the full tagger size kit FREE HERE
Please share any tags you make on my facebook page HERE 
I still love to see them.
stay safe and well 
Diane x

Saturday 9 May 2020

'PINK TO MAKE THE BOYS WINK' FREEBIE

hellooooo blogettes!

Its been some time since I updated, hasn't it! Alot has happened,
These days I am teaching a complex needs class in a special school.
Right now, during the corona virus, its a strange, worrying and often stressful time so I have found myself tagging here and there, just for my own pleasure. I have had several requests to renew the links to my freebies. so I thought I would go through the blog and tidy it up and renew dead links as and when I see them. I hope my freebies come in useful for you.

This is a previous PTU kit. 'PINK TO MAKE THE BOYS WINK'







This is a digital scrap kit not a full size so perfect for taggers
and Id love to see any tags you make.
 my facebook page is HERE 
Its now FREE from my box account HERE
In addition, my husband and I worked his latest feature film
which incredibly we managed to get distribution for and has been released on DVD and VOD around the world! '24 Hours in London' as it known in the UK is available on Amazon HERE Sky and on DVD in stores such as HMV, Morrisons and Asda!

The rest of the world the film in known as 24 Little Hours.
 This is the worldwide poster for 24 Little Hours
available now on Amazon HERE



You can hear My husband Paul and I chat shooting an independent feature film in 8 days
on The Filmmakers Podcast with Giles Alderson. 
We talk about finally releasing A Landscape of Lies after years of struggle and then how we shot 24 hours in London in just 8 days!
 
 

Apple link
apple.co/3bjT0Hm 

Spotify link
spoti.fi/39bBd3KTill next time, stay safe
Diane x

Tuesday 31 December 2019

24 Hours in London - Official Trailer #3 - crime drama 2020

Heloooooooo
So as you can see from the updates I have not been around for quite some time.


so what have I been up to? The hubby and I have been busy making another film!

IMDb HERE 
amazingly the film got picked up for distribution, and its coming to a shop near you very soon!
 which for a small micro budget independent film is incredible news!  

The UK distributor wanted to change the title and poster from 24 Little Hours 
to 24 Hours in London, UK poster is below and will be available in shops such as 
Tesco, Sainsburys, ASDA and HMV
                                                                   13th January 2020 

 


This is a British independent film so please watch the trailer and you 
can get news and updates on the films website HERE


alternatively the films facebook page HERE

Monday 30 December 2019

New Trailer, Title & Poster For Paul Knights Crime Film 24 HOURS IN LONDON.

Hey bloggettes 

So as you can see from the updates I have not been around for quite some time.

so what have I been up to? The hubby and I have been busy making another film!
IMDb link  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7737394/
amazingly the film got picked up for distribution.  
the distributor for the UK wanted to change the title and poster from 24 Little Hours 
to 24 Hours in London, UK poster is below and will be available in the shops from
                                                                   13th January 2020



the film is a Action/Crime/Thriller 
LogLine: 

When Justice fails, Vengeance will rise
Synopsis
A vengeful ex-con goes on a 24 hour killing spree, never saying a word. The discredited detective investigating the case is convinced there is more to it than the evidence suggests.

What a difference a day make... 24 little hours

Below is the original poster for the US and the rest of Europe where the films title will stay the original title  24 Little Hours

This is a British independent film so please watch the trailer and you 
can get updates on the films website 
https://www.londonknightsproductions.co.uk/24-little-hours 
alternatively the films facebook page https://www.facebook.com/24littlehrs/