Tag: school

  • Questions for a Children’s Author

    I visited St Paul’s CofE Primary School in Gloucester last week and some of the children still had questions to ask when our time was up. I asked their teacher Mrs Bevan, to send me an email with the questions I hadn’t answered, and promised to make a video for her and her class 5.…

  • Guiness Book of Records Reading Scam

    On tuesday, “At 27 schools cross the capital, 2,735 children set a record by taking part in the biggest co-ordinated reading lesson, all enjoying Born to Run by Morpurgo at exactly the same time.” But take a look at the picture of one of the students featured in the Evening Standard Movie in this article,…

  • Wilcombe, Sampford Peverill and Hemyock – federated Schools – Devon

    Last week I visited three schools in and around Tiverton in Devon. What was interesting about them was that they had come together as a Federation. Wilcombe, in Tiverton, was the lead school, looking for partners to join them. As I understand it, a speed-dating event was organised and Sampford Peverill and Hemyock liked the…