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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 […]

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.

What would starting High School feel like for an adult?

20/07/2010

First day at secondary school and parallels in adult life. What would it be like? ( Posted with permission from my Twitter friend www.twitter.com/bridgetclapham ) This article was written five years ago when my daughter Hannah started at secondary school. It received hundreds of views online and the feedback was that it helped many adults […]

Tread softly says Sir Ken Robinson tread softly…

26/05/2010

Another outstanding and seemingly effortless talk from Ken Robinson via Ted.com This seems all the more relevant in this time of new education policies and strategies… Tread softly… Tread softly…

Lee interviewed about his work speaking in schools

20/03/2010

Teachers – please feel free to download the track or just pass on the link onto colleagues.

Teenage boys are not yobs but loving, maligned boys – survey finds

11/01/2010

A survey of 1,000 teenage boys in the UK showed that 88% of them believed their career prospects were good, and 88% regarded themselves as ambitious; 87% were happy in their family lives, 87% were happy in their social lives, and 81% were happy in their school or work lives. via Teenage boys are […]