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I really enjoy nature so having my own garden is really special!  I love seeing plants grow and all the wildlife that comes to visit – even the slugs!!  I started watching the birds who visit during lockdown and am hooked!  It’s amazing what you can see and hear if you stop to look and listen.

I love reading, TV, films and listening to music.  I’ve been to a few festivals and love a good dance and sing to my favourite music!  My current favourite is Sam Fender.

I spend a lot of time with my mum – she brought me up on her own so we are very close and like similar things.

I work in an office and look at information about chemicals which might be in food that we eat.  The information can be very different – every day and every chemical is different!

I look at data (numbers and words) which shows how much of a chemical might be in our food.  I think about this, using some instructions (laws) to help me.  I write reports to explain my decisions.

I look at pesticides (weedkillers, things that kill insects and fungus) and decide if they can be sprayed onto our fields where we grow food.  I look at food that we buy from other countries too.

I wake up and drive to my office.  I get to work at 7.30 am and have my breakfast at my desk.  I start looking at data (information) on my computer.  I sometimes talk about the information with my friends.  Some of my team are in different offices so I use video calls to talk to them.  I have lunch in the canteen in my office with my friends.  I go back to my desk and continue looking at information.  Sometimes I talk to my friends across the world about the information I’m looking at and the instructions I use to make sure that we are all doing similar things.  I normally go home at 3.30 pm.  I can work at different times if I wanted to, but I like starting work and finishing early so I have more time in the evenings to do things I enjoy (and miss the traffic on the roads!).  I can work from home if I want to but I miss my friends.