Wednesday, February 03, 2021

Can do, birdsong and prints.

1. Before he leaves Nick tells me that I'll have to print Bettany's maths sheet for her. When the time comes, Bettany points out rather tiredly that I can't print a PDF directly from Teams. 'You have to click those three dots to download it and then print it.' Which makes me wonder if she actually needs help doing this at all.
2. In a quiet moment I can hear birdsong from my desk.
3. After a day of looking at words to focus on a book of Hiroshige's prints.
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Pop-ups, fences and communication.

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