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Welcome to my website, such as it is. Expect random things to disappear/reappear as I learn how to do this. My most recent posts will be listed below, and you can have a look at the books I have written or appear in too. Man I hope this works…
…pitch-perfect action sequences combine with the wild Celtic magic to create a genuinely thrilling experience
jim Mcleod, Gingernuts of Horror
…a wonderful mix of old school horror story and psychological mind games.
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RECENT POSTS
Sports Day*
*or don’t worry folks, the heat wave will be over soon1. Ah Sports Day, that annual event despised by many teachers and students, but equally adored by others. At my previous school, we2 tried to make Sports Day a more exclusive event by including sports such as Ultimate Frisbee3 and Rounders. Of course the usual…
To SM or not to SM…
Social Media is in the news in the U.K. again. The Government has introduced legislature to ban social media for all under 16s, starting from Spring 2027. Australia paved the way for this, but now many other countries are joining in and looking at either banning or severely curtailing social media use for teenagers1. Note…
Resilience
A very good friend of mine is currently doing some work as an invigilator1 and last week, when we were in the pub, he started to tell some stories about what he’d seen. Our conversation lead to a bigger issue for our young people today, and what we, as teachers can do about it: resilience,…
David Watkins 