From Haworth about an hour from Leeds we drove to Durham via Darlington where I had an interview with Ray Green, ICT advisor and ICT Teacher of the Year. Before we reached Darlington we stayed in Haworth which is Bronte country. We spent some time in a museum set up in their honour in the house [...]
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May
27
2008
By Allan Thatcher
This weekend we just did a couple of things to get ourselves ready for leaving Chulmleigh. On Saturday we were able to catch up with my nephew, Marcus who works for the CSIRO in the weather field and is staying in Exeter. He’s over here for 4 weeks and goes back in 2. For the [...]
Continue Reading→Thursday 15 May
May
15
2008
By Allan Thatcher
Today was a more casual day where we wrote up our reports and went for a sight seeing drive to the north at Lyndon and Lynmouth. To get there we drove through Barnstaple but stopped to have a look on the way. Its a very modern town, quite large with a mix of modern and old [...]
Continue Reading→Tuesday and Wednesday 13-14 of May
May
14
2008
By Allan Thatcher
Well off again to another school, this time in Taunton about 50 minutes away. It’s run by Kirsti Nelson and is called Staplegrove Church of England Primary School. Kirsti was Assistant Head before being selected as Head Teacher. She was really interesting to talk to as she had a vision while she was an assistant [...]
Continue Reading→Monday 12 May.
May
12
2008
By Allan Thatcher
Today we were to visit a small school in Upper Clovelly on the northern Devon coast. It had 17 students but at its base was an unusual town built on the sides of the hill. We were to visit the school around 1.00pm. The lower village is privately owned and costs to enter. It has [...]
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