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Jamie’s Dream School Episode 5 “Sperm, Shakespeare and surgery!” – comments from a professional schools speaker #dreamschool

31/03/2011

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school http://www.youtube.com/dreamschool Jamie’s dream school episode 5. “Sperm, Shakespeare and surgery!”   A big move this week as we (at last!) move out of the classroom a bit more. Jamie has really got it now as the penny drops that a lot of “challenging teens” are kinesthetic learners (they learn by ‘doing’).   We must let […]

Jamie’s Dream School Episode 4 – comments from a professional schools speaker

24/03/2011

  http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school http://www.youtube.com/dreamschool Episode 4 “Old school” Jamie and his team of celeb teachers take it back to the old school this week and try to teach Latin and Poetry, a brave move. And at first it’s a disaster! Constant chatting from the class (often known as “low level disruption”) causes some big problems in some […]

Jamie’s Dream School Episode 3 – comments from a professional schools speaker

21/03/2011

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school http://www.youtube.com/dreamschool Episode 3 Some interesting twists and turns in this episode!  Harlem was the main feature after her aggressive outburst and very nearly punch up. Not uncommon in some schools. She went home and told her Mum her side of the story but then she had to take her Mum into school and watch the video of […]

Jamie’s Dream School Episode 2 – comments from a professional schools speaker

21/03/2011

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school http://www.youtube.com/dreamschoo Episode 2 Well done Jamie! After the last episode and the Dr. Starkey incident things have got much better. The way Jazzy B dealt with the young people was brilliant, he was firm but fair and inspired them to write music, great stuff.  But the start of the show was Rankin who had a class full of young people who […]

Jamie’s Dream School Episode 1 – comments from a professional schools speaker

21/03/2011

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school http://www.youtube.com/dreamschool For the last 18 years I’ve been speaking to young people in schools, yet like the celebs I’m not a trained teacher and because of that i can sympathise with Simon Callow in many ways. The show like most TV is contrived to bring out conflict / good / watchable TV. The reality is that […]

BBC News – Newsnight – Singer Plan B on why poor youngsters feel worthless

17/02/2011

via news.bbc.co.uk

Channel 4’s The Joy of Teen Sex fails to satisfy health professionals | Media | guardian.co.uk

10/02/2011

The Joy of Teen Sex: ‘deals with teenagers’ real sex and sexual health problems’, according to Channel 4. Photograph: Channel 4 Channel 4 is facing criticism over its series The Joy of Teen Sex, with a group of health and education professionals calling on the broadcaster to set up an advisory group to inform future […]

Brewhouse PR & Marketing – Creativity Q&A: Lee Jackson

10/02/2011

Posted by James Allen Creativity Q&A: Lee Jackson Name: Lee Jackson Occupation: Professional speaker to young people and adults How do you define creativity? Creativity is in all of us its in our God-given DNA, its a spark that stops us in our tracks or a different plan to push through a challenge. How creative are you? I reckon I am […]

Does money make you happy? Err yes and errr no!

10/02/2011

Does money make you happy? via news.bbc.co.uk fascinating stuff – answer is err yes and errr no! I’ve met a few millionaires and some of them were happy and some weren’t. Strange that really esp. as most teens just want to be “rich and famous!” We have to dig deeper.

How To Be Sick At School – Everyday ways to enjoy and succeed at school and college the book from UK schools speaker Lee Jackson

10/02/2011

Hi this is my new book, follow the link for more information…   via howtobesickatschool.com

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