Lesley's Loot

This time there are no hidden clues as to what this might be, such as a serial number or company details etc. As it’s brightly coloured it might well be a part belonging to a now de-funked toy.

Kids just love Harry Potter so Kinder Surprise, that lovable chocolate egg that surrounds the plastic toy within side has a collectable set for you to enjoy; unless you’re like me, on the hand and happen to come across one that’s been dropped in the street. This one’s Professor McDGonagoll. If you want an easy alternative and have a bit of disposable cash then you can pop over to an online shop such as eBay where someone’s done all the hard work for you having collected the lot so that you can simply type in your payment details and patiently wait until they arrive within the post.   

Together we are Stronger https://www.unifiedminds.co.uk/ is a charity for people who need extra support to get them through the hurdles of daily living. Mental health issues are on the increase and this has been largely exasperated by the aftershocks of the pandemic. However it is thanks to charities like this one that help is available. Young people especially were effected. Many of them cannot go back to school. While adults are finding they cannot return to work either because of their ever increasing health issues such as not being able to find work or mobility problems bringing on mental health issues resulting on an ever increasing reliance on the overstretched NHS.  

This is an extraordinary school find; even the infants are working according to this, what you would call a school worksheet. It reveals the first stages of the world at work. Play is after all work as its doing stuff you may or may not want to do. Like cleaning the house. The kid might not like playing with Play-dough or going outside in the garden but it’s in the curriculum so you have to do it. At work you may not like having to attend those meetings but you have to do it to improve productivity etc. Learning to use the toilet is all too important when it comes to employment; there mustn’t be any soiling or wetting otherwise you’ll get the sack. So here is the place to learn all that – school. What would we do without school? Leaving it up to the parents is not always the greatest solution if you tune into today’s media. However not all children fair well at school either. The main culprit though is social media.   

This tiny limpet once belonged to a beach. It’s now in the middle of a busy street far away from it’s usual surrounding's of sea, sand and rock but now leaves, litter and tarmac.

Look who’s been to Australia for their summer holidays. This kid, who proudly presents this in the form of a cute little clip on koala bear souvenir. Alternatively they may well have given this to a friend and on a more cynical note may well put their friendship in jeopardy. This maybe because their friend hasn’t been able to arrange a holiday as extravagant as going abroad, either resorting to a cheap camp site somewhere in the UK or has spent their entire holidays at home or worse still at summer school as their parents/guardians go out to work and so never venturing further than the school playground. So just imagine for a minute some scenario around this one. I have to bitch at this point as girls are notorious for this sort of thing... Oh god is that’ s all you did all summer – Amelia you’re so dull. Oh S u zie, (another girl here who’s been on holiday like her) did you, OMG that’s just so ooo cool. Look at my pics – yea that’s me on the roller-coaster a t Disneyland P...

This was dropped I suspect by some school child coming back from a school church introductory service. Many primary schools belong to a church organisation. It’s a way a child can connect with their local community especially if they are from another country or feel lonely or isolated. There are family and young persons groups like the mothers union or the scouts which is being highlighted. This is especially important as the numbers of church goes has dwindled significantly over the decades so more more the church is reaching out to a wider community.   

It’s not just the sounds of the kids in the playground and the clogging up of roads that tell you it’s back to school even the litter does too.

Another hair grip – and it’s another unicorn which is, you’ve got it – pink!