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STEM workshop – engine manufacturer

As an alternative to traditional work experience, we took two small groups of Year 10s from Ken Stimpson Community School in Peterborough to an...

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children making notes in a lesson about safety

Stay Safe Workshop at Norwood School

Staying Safe was our subject when I spent the day at Norwood School in London, working with the school’s Journalism Club – ten students...

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Primary children wrote ‘thank you’ letters!

Primary children wrote ‘thank you’ letters!

I spent a morning with a beautifully behaved Year 4/5 class at Farcet Primary School – I don’t think I’ve ever seen primary children...

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Transition – Primary to Secondary

I am finding myself increasingly asked to do a transition school workshop as an introduction for primary school children to secondary education. In a...

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Working with international students on a summer enrichment programme

I had the absolute pleasure this year of working for the Oxford Royale Academy’s international summer enrichment programme held at various different Oxford University...

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Children interview celebrity in the classroom!

It’s not often that I’m joined by a celebrity, but Barr Beacon School, in Walsall, organised to bring in voice actor Marc Silk to...

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How to write a school newsletter

When visiting schools, I regularly get asked for advice on writing a school newsletter. Some schools already publish a school newsletter or magazine and...

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Roving Reporters go out and about in Hull!

Following on from a ‘Hold the Front Page’ workshop a group of Kelvin Hall School students were picked to take part in the ‘Roving...

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Exotic pets join us for a school workshop!

As a small business I try to do my best to support charities local to me, or the school I am working in. A...

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Pupil premium children call workshop ‘cool’ and ‘inspiring’

I recently had the pleasure of working with a delightful bunch of 24 pupil premium children at the St Thomas More RC Primary School...

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Super young writers at Abington Academy

Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with 30 Year 8 pupil premium pupils at Abington Academy in Wigston, Leicester. It was a full...

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Year 8 reporters at St George’s Academy did it like dudes!

Journalism for Schools spent the day in Sleaford with a huge group of 260 Year 8 students. There wasn’t enough computers to go round...

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