The Worst Witch (CBBC 2017) review

I watched this series in less than a week, it was only 13 episodes long but I'm not the greatest at binge watching anything if I'm honest.

The 1st time I watched this series I wasn't sure about some of the episodes, they seemed very spaced out with no connection to the previous episode. I think this was because it was only 1 episode a week so I probably forgot what happened the episode before, but watching it back all in one lump sum proved my 1^st thoughts to be wrong as I noticed little number of plot holes or anything  that stood out as being horribly wrong with any part of it

As far as I'm aware of there hasn't been a show like this on CBBC since The Sarah Jane adventures so I think it was a great idea to give it a chance & the way they did it was amazing.

All the magical elements looked so realistic, this surprised me as I wasn’t really sure what to expect , I don’t really think I put much thought into it or that it was just a kids T.V show so they probably wouldn’t give it a big enough budget to do many visual effects but I think I  probably expected to little so was pleasantly surprised.

I loved how at the start of the series Mildred is a ordinary girl who will be starting secondary school after the summer but keeps seeing magical things that see can’t explain, not being able to understand how she has powers, as far as she knows none of her family have ever been witches, this makes the series more interesting as Mildred isn’t just a witch who struggles to keep up she’s struggling to keep up as she’s never before been taught any magic or anything about the new world. She has suddenly been flung into.

Despite this Mildred continues to work hard and doesn’t just give up, I think this is a very important message to send out to young people who feel like they don’t fit in or like they can’t do something just because they struggle with it or other people put them down for not being at the top. This also teaches children that you should believe you can achieve anything you put your

mind to it & can get better at anything if you give it your all and really go for it.

Throughout the series Mildred nearly gets expelled on quite a few occasions due to not being able to keep up with her peers or for causing trouble but she somehow manages to save the school on several occasions by using her general knowledge or whatever found around her.  I believe this is an important lesson as it teaches that there is always something that you are good at you just need to believe in your strengths not to think or worry too much about what you can’t do as there is always something you can.

Mildred’s friendship with Maud and Enid also plays a vital part of this show as we get to see the ups and downs of their friendships; with them sticking together & helping each other when trouble arises, through thick and thin. Mildred’s rivalry with Ethel is also a very interesting element to this show especially as Ethel is trying so hard to stand out and all Mildred wants is to fit in, Ethel has the chance to use this to her advantage using any opportunity to get to Mildred and put her down.

Regardless of whatever Ethel says Mildred always rises above it, this teaches  to always raise above others attempts to get you down or make you feel bad about yourself, although Ethel and Mildred are worst enemies when they need to they can work together, by doing this they manage to help save the school proving that no matter how different you are to a person you can come together ,working  together to figure out a solution to the problem and then resolve it.

I thought all of the acting in this series was really good especially for young girls who haven’t had a lot of experience (I know some of them have but most haven’t , not sure about west end productions tho) of acting on screen.

Another thing I also loved was that they stuck to Miss Cackle’s academy being an all girls school where as nowadays they tend to add boys into these shows but they kept mostly  to the original book series (other than Enid being black). I also loved how the main people writing and producing the show were women I feel this is very important as I don’t think many men could write a show based around teenage girls as they don’t know what it’s like to be a young girl growing up as they haven’t experienced it, this is also important as it creates less plot holes for the show as everyone working on the episodes remained the same through the whole series.

Thank you for reading my 1^st ever TV series review,Ive done 1 film review before but this is something I really wanted to try, it took a long time to get to a point I was happy with so I really hope you’ve enjoyed it.

Self care

I can't really talk about this because if I'm honest I know alot of people have atual self care routines that they follow weekly or even daily,I've struggled quite a bit over the past  year or so as I've been feeling slightly better & experiencing what its like to be slightly more normal so its even more frustrating

when I have a bad day or week a few months ago I'd decided that on days like these I need to stop hating myself,being upset & try to be more positive (which I can achieve most days but becomes really hard when I'm tierd) I've found a few things that have worked for me so I thought i'd share them with you guys incase they might work for any of you guys

●Watching films or T.V shows/series with positive messages~anything from Disney or any feel good film you can think of maybe 1 you've loved as a child or 1 of your favourite films

●Nail painting,

I've seen some people use this as part of a self care routine or just doing it regularly,I don't do fancy nail art neither do I really have any idea how to my hands shake sometimes so half the time the nail varnish ends up all over the place. but its makes me feel alot better having atleast 1 part of me that looks nice even if I'm half asleep or feeling really ill.

●Shower~ I've found that showering sometimes wakes me up and is also quite good for my bones as the cold really helps,alot of people use baths which are quite relaxing  (the only reason I don't is because my hurt trying to get in)

●Audiobooks~

I've spent years not being able to read and even tho I now can its still nice to be read to especially when I'm feeling to tierd to read to myself or if my head hurts to much to watch T.V


There's some of my ideas I don't know if any of them will work for you guys or if you have your own self care routines that you do but I hope some of these help some of you.

My plans to review childrens films & television & what I think about it.

I enjoyed writing my Royally undercover review so much I thought i'd try & do some more,I'm planning to review childrens films or television series maybe even books rather than actual  products, I spend & have spent alot of time over the past few years watching T.V as I just haven't been able to do anything else,having a younger sister I've also sat through countless hours of young children's T.V shows,I'd be lying if I told you I'd not enjoyed some of that time.


A child's mind is alot less judgmental than a adults making their shows/films made to be more light hearted,when your suffering anything its good to have something to laugh at or make you realize or remember the simplest of things.

Personally out of choice I also chose to watch a few CBBC children's television series some that I've been watching since I was a kid & just haven't stopped & some that have just caught my eye.

 I've also noticed that since we got rid of sky a few years ago that British children's  television  (mostly CBBC cuz that's what im watching) compared to the stuff I used to watch on Nickelodeon when I was younger seems to have alot more meaning also our every show isn't set in a secondary school there's the odd 1 or 2 but its not most of what's on the network,we seem to be more a variety of shows with deeper meanings attached.


As for films I struggle to watch anything past a PG I seem to be really easily stressed now, tiredness takes over alot of the time so I get more emotional than I used to, I also have to cram my head with good & positive messages as this is the only thing that seems to keep my brain from over thinking,childrens films&T.V have really helped me with that,being able to become a child again has given me alot more strength than I could ever start to explain

That being said I also don't believe that the people making these series or films are catering just for children I believe that if they do their jobs properly they are catering for the childlike mind/imagination,you need to be able to add in jokes that a child wont understand but can be laughed at by adults or teenagers or put in things that the whole family will find funny or relatable  to be able to make it enjoyable for all ages.

In these reviews I will try to find & cover all those points & anything else I find that I think is worth a mention good or bad,this was going to be the start of a review but I rambled & it kind of turned into something to long to put at the beginning of anything turning it into a childrens film & television ramble I

 hope you enjoyed it anyways,my 1st review will probably be the entire Tracy  Beaker series & spin offs as I've just currently been watching them and I'm coming to the end of all the series
so hopefully that will be up soon.

Grades don't define you

Days like this always seem to hard for me you know results days&proms ans whatever watching people be normal & be normal teenagers,for me its the thought that she school didn't believe that I could achieve anything despite being ill & the fact that everyone deserves to have the same chances no matter who they are I know I wrote a bog blog post on all this the other day

 but It makes me really angry which is why I'm more determined than ever to start up my own school for sick kids, also I've realized over the past few years there's more important  than being graded. I believe all this has made me a better person this is gonna sound creepy but I've had the chance to watch people

when your out & can't walk around you notice more you notice children playing the noises around you & hear peoples conversations about their days,kids,friends or lives & sometimes you hear there funny storys & for a few seconds you feel like you know them. I've also had the chance to find out about  other peoples ways of life people who have it worse off then me & people who are struggling just as much as I am.

It's given my life more than a meaning,one of my favourite Harry Potter quotes is "There's more important things than being clever like friendship and Bravery" I can't remember what Harry Potter it's from only that Hermione says it to Ron at some point. I believe this to be true because you can be smart,have a posh house well paid job  but be a horrible person who has no friends or family around as long as you're a good person ot dosnet matter what you end up doing because you'll always have alot of friends& family around you supporting you through wherever life takes you.


Over the past few years I've been in alpt of & fandoms and I've been a very loyal person in these fandoms,I've learnt alot from that & found joy in simple things like editing &I think I've become alot better at it over the years especially from when I started,grades don't define who you are and it doesn't  matter what age you do stuff or in what order another

1 of my favourite quotes is "you're never to old to dream a new dream". This is also true people do things at all ages so just because eveyone else is doing something you shouldn't feel bad about the fact you're not it dosnet mean you cant or won't do it it just means It's gonna take a little longer which will make it even sweeter when you achieve it.

Also as it took longer you have every right to celebrate even harder than eveyone else. I've learnt that just because some people never gave me a chance or believed in me it doesn't mean I shouldn't believe in me &
 alot of people do believe in me, no matter what anyone tells you
grades don't define you or who you are.

My school life & what I plan to change about for sick people

 I was watching lose women earlier cuz Pop put it on to watch the chaser and his wife & they had a story on about 2 mums who were rasing money for a disabled school and 1 of the things 1 of them said was that at a normal school her & ger family were constantly being told what he would never be able to do but at this disabled school they tailored what they taught to the  needs and had each goal as a small one that they could manage. I know its a completely different story but what she said

 reminded me of my school life especially towards the end teachers would put me in rooms alone & make me do tests that I clearly couldn't do,then when they couldn't handle me because they couldn't be bothered to try and help they just kicked me out. I've got alot of self confidence issues along with the fear that people don't want me around anymore  which I'm pretty sure are both mostly related to school and

 how they treated me,it would have been easy for them to come up with some sort of programme that gave me all I needed and taught me eveything I needed to know in a way where I could cope. I'm forever seeing adverts or appeals to help African kids get an education and one of the things they always say is that eveyone deserves an education and that's completely right so why is it right for them to treat me like that? It's not,

I feel really strongly that no matter who you are you deserve to be taught in a way that's tailored for you just like I do with myself now I can finally learn again you shouldn't take the power of an education away from anyone I might not be the smartest person but I still have passions& I still want to do well at whatever I end up doing & now I can read & write again no-one can stop me.

This year I learnt that I'm not alone in my battle with school
I speak to alot of chronically ill people who have or have had problems with schools faling to understand what its like to be sick but want to learn no matter how much yoy try ti tell these people they just don't get it,I sat in a room full of kids this year about 200

 All like me & I can't understand that just because someones diffrent or has different needs why should that stop them from having all the opportunities a normal kid does? I never got picked for anything at school, developed a passion for acting in year 6 (even tho I was incredibly shy) no-one gave me the opportunity to come out of my shell at the end of school play someone got ill & they had to pick another person to play her part I knew I knew all the lines this person had and as I only had 2 lines so I was excited becuase for some reason I thought i'd get picked yet because I was a sickly kid I wasn't.

I'm gonna wrap this up now cuz it's a way to long & I'm not sure it makes sense but my point is no-one should be able to treat you like you don't matter no-one should be able to take your education,passions or love for life away from you no-one should be able to tell you what you can and can't do I don't want anyone in the future having to sit down and write something like this I want people to know that others are going through or have been through the same.

Whatever I wanted before I don't want do much anymore but I want to set up a school for chronically ill kids  (or anyone who's ill with whatever it might be) the school system sucks so we won't stick to it & you only have to work an hour a day or whatever you can do Friday there's no school or school trips&Thursday is therapy/self care day because lifes hard & you need a break but you also need company (this includes art therapy,and any other therapy that might be needed and just doing whatever you want for however long you want to stay for) I also plan ro have a sleep/rest room incase eveything gets to much oh and lots if cake because cake makes eveything better

My swan princess live action cast for the Espionage cosmetics Swan Princess grand giveaway

Swan Princess live  Link:https://gleam.io/aek4j/the-swan-princess-grand-giveaway

Young Odette:Mckenna Grace

Reason:As I was trying to think of people to put down for all the charcters Mckenna came to mind fora young Odette,she's such an amazing actress&seems to get better in every single thing she gets cast in&she has the right hair so that's a bonus.

Young Derek:Neel Sethi (Mowgli)

Reason: I  thought was I did a young Odette I should probably do a young Derek I thought about this for quite a while,all the young male actors I could think of have long grown up&are young adults or teenagers now. Then I remembered how amazing I thought Neel was in the jungle book,as I couldn't think of anyone else he seemed to fit.

Odette: Lily James/Jennifer Morrison

Reason:Lily already has expirence at playing a princess (Cinderella) & she played this role really well. I also choose Jennifer Morrison as I just think she's amazing actress & also has some experience at playing a princess.



Derek:Sebastian Stan

Reason: I found trying to pick a Derek really hard but my once upon a time obsession led me row Sebastian who played the mad hatter in the show there was a sense of mystery to the way he played the mad hatter and I think in tbr early films Derek is kind of mysterious as he always seems to be hiding something or planning something to defeat someone.



Rogers: Jim Carrey

Reason:Simple,Jim's hilarious and I think he'd make a brilliant Rogers


Jean~bob: Eddie murphy (Donkey shrek) Reason: Eddie made a really funny & believable Donkey in all 4 Shrek films&its a voice people will connect with comedy. I Also think Donkey is slightly  similar to Jean~Bob so this could work quite well.


Puffin:Jack Black
Reason:I just love Jack Black&again its a voice people will be able to recognize

Speed:Mike Myers
reason:I think he made a really funny Shrek & would be be able to use that in this. again its a voice people will know

Rothbart: Robert Carlyle
Reason:Robert was the 1st and only person who came to mind when it  came to thinking about who I should put down for RothBart he plays such a believable Rumplestilskin in ABC's once upon a time and would make the perfect RothBart


Chamberlain: Timothy Spall (Nathaniel enchanted)

Reason:Loved Timothy in Enchanted and I think he'd make a really convincing Chamberlain

Bromley:James Cordon

Reason: I love James Cordon he's really funny and a great comedy actor as well as presenter.

Uberta:Helen Bonham Carter

Reason:She plays the queen of hearts in such a way that reminds me of Uberta,I'm not exactly sure why but I think she's the right choice.

Love,ilness & what I've learnt

The past few month's have been really weird I've questioned everything and the one thing I believed in got taken away from me.
I suddenly had the realizaztion that as much I wanted it no-one was coming to "save me" & that no-one wants to wait around for a sick person because why would you? I would I'd wait forever if I had to but I see the world alot differently to most people & most people don't understand me at all.

All the work I did to try&get better seemed pointless because what was the point in anything if I couldn't guarantee anything then all the thoughts about no-one ever loving me or wanting me around because I'm ill&tbh this is probably mostly true but I realized that you can't use someone  else  your motivation to want to get better.

 Fairy tales don't exist as much as I'd been telling myself they did because it made me feel better pretending that things are that simple. Hans from the Southern Isles or the man at the start of Enchanted before he stops being grumpy are probably the most realistic Disney men. (No offence)

I stopped believing in anything,especially love,I started telling myslef that maybe I should just dedicate my life to working&atleast get a decent job but then realized that that wasn't gonna make me happy in the slightest and neither was buying a ton of pets and living alone.

 Like I said whos gonna love a sick person?
I'll tell you who anyone who's stuck around long enough & loved you regardless of what you've been through stucking with you through every bad day&sleepless night. They will and they always will regardless of what happens. So will other ill people they will appreciate how hard you work & everything you've been through,you'll be able to go through things together and although it might be harder you'll  alot happier.

might get rejected alot & not just by people but by places,but I've realised lately that that's just because I'm associating myslef with the wrong people or places.
 you're not unlovable just because your sick.You're definitely not a burden &you shouldn't feel like you are.
I might  chronically ill but I'm so much more than just a sick person I have ambitions,plans,places I wanna go&people I wanna see/meet.

I don't need anyone right now apart from my family & the very few friends who have stuck around who I appreciate & love more than anything I've got a long way to go but I know I can do it if that means doing it mostly alone that's what I'll do because lifes not that simple,I've gotta do this mostly alone obviously with the help of people around me but most of it has to be me I know I can do it.

Its a slow process but I know it's possible& other than being happy nothing else matters & I am happy,I wont end up lonely because I have do many incredible people surrounding me who I know will never leave me&who I know will always love me so everythings gonna be okay.