Lesley's Loot

Some children find it hard to get to grips with their new school uniform. Here’s an example: After a summer of easy slip on clothing the tie can be a difficult one to master. But what’s the problem these days kids? You lot have it easy with the clip on tie; it not one of those wrap around affaires that can be annoying when you’re in a hurry. Meanwhile looking online you’ll find it’s actually a safety feature as it acts as a potential weapon that can be used by the school bully who can easily strangle their enemies. This feature is also present in order to avoid those kipper style knots therefore keeping within the perimeters of the school uniform style.

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!

Just go and dump you’re old pushchair outside someone's house why don’t you? Fly tipping is a degrading problem amongst our population today. Symptoms can range from being too lazy or too busy and most of all selfishness. This could quite easily have been sold in a charity shop benefiting a family. Instead selfishly trashed and left for someone else to pick up and dispose of. The cure is quite simple; take on less work, calm down, think of others less fortunate than yourself.   

I know just what it’s like when you’ve got long hair and it’s getting in the way of everything you’re doing like eating and doing your school work. Then you simply reach for one of these – the trusty old hair grip or hair slide. This ones a cute little fashion accessory version as you can see. For the older female on the other hand then you’re using something more specialised; the hair spray so your hair stays in place all day long: You look good and you feel good too so one of the TV advert slogans springs to mind. As an adult that hair grip is either too childish or too impoverished or just plain weird. I know as a friend of mine used to tease me about it. Is the hair spray option too good to be true? Yes! Over use can give you a permanent bad hair day as it’s not good for your hair and it’s an environmental polluter too! Short hair’s the answer to all these wows. Firstly is not messy – just leave it as it sorts it’s self out – out of sight out of mind. Secondly – it’s good ...

This cute little neckless is typically made with fake white pearls.