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Informationen zum Autor Mr Read Klappentext If you thought reading Gervaise Phinn was like drinking a warm cup of tea this book will knock you over with the force of a vodka slammer. Mr Read survives the nightmare of planning, Ofsted and an incompetent head ... He also takes the class to Ireland, the House of Commons and wins a film award. We guarantee Christmas Lights, The School Trip and Stressbusters will make you laugh out loud. A searing indictment of our joyless, exam ridden primary curriculum... 'it will take a bareknuckle fight to save its soul.' Down-to-earth and outrageously funny, this guide will prove essential reading for all teachers everywhere. Vorwort This book follows an 'academic year in the life' of a primary teacher. Each section of the book relates to a particular term in the school year. Zusammenfassung If you thought reading Gervaise Phinn was like drinking a warm cup of tea this book will knock you over with the force of a vodka slammer. Mr Read survives the nightmare of planning, Ofsted and an incompetent head ... He also takes the class to Ireland, the House of Commons and wins a film award. We guarantee Christmas Lights, The School Trip and Stressbusters will make you laugh out loud. A searing indictment of our joyless, exam ridden primary curriculum... 'it will take a bareknuckle fight to save its soul.' Down-to-earth and outrageously funny, this guide will prove essential reading for all teachers everywhere. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The heirs of M-Choakumchild- Introduction 2. Some history - How did it ever come to this? 3. - Drowning Not Waving -teaching in an "economically challenged" area" Autumn 4. Snake Oil - Accelerated Learning a new fad 5. A Local School for Local People - starting a new year 6. Not the Caine Mutiny - the headteacher leaves 7. Guided Reading - a boring LEA training session 8. The stretch limo and Prince Charles' aide - stars for a day 9. The One-Armed Bandit - some of the odd supply teachers who come into school 10. Brian - a pupil I'll never forget 11. A normal afternoon - inclusion isn't working 12. Teaching Awards - not greeted with universal enthusiasm 13. The ICT lesson from hell - a trip out to the local CLC 14. Christmas Lights - the choir sing in town, it pours with rain, and the teaching assistant's car gets broken into... Spring 15. Reasons to be Cheerful - songs to lighten the mood 16. This is your flight attendant -classroom assistants as teachers 17. Help! I'm an ICT Co-ordinator - problems with ICT 18. Literacy Planning - another disastrous training event 19. How Miss Perfect Lost Her Smile - Briony can't quite handle my class 20. I'm Bobby Charlton - P.E. 21. Luminous Green Snot - why teachers take sick leave 22. The Play script - a lesson that went wrong 23. The winding road from Ballysomething - our trip to Ireland 24. Nothing sacks faster - The Woodhead Years as advertising slogans 25. Hello! -ICT awards 26. Ten things that are wrong with the Literacy Hour 27. The File of files - why paperwork is destroying teaching 28. Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer - why they can't get headteachers Summer 29. Stressbusters - an unusual staff meeting 30. 'A quiet rural location' - what the adverts really mean 31. A consultant calls - someone else who can't hack my class 32. Let them eat marrow - school dinners 33. Looking down the barrel of a shotgun - our school gets inspected 34. The Heart of Darkness - the problem with SATs 35. The icing on the cake - the TES Newsday 36. Bill's New Frock - I get to dress up 37...
