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    I adore my Latin lover

    Nov 16, 2022 2 minutes

    Now that the pandemic is behind us, we are back to normal with our extra-curricular school visits.

    This means an occasional ‘crash day’, when the timetable is scrapped and educational activities are put into place. My Year-8 tutor group were sent off to the Eden Project. Alas, as an English teacher, I wasn't

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