Silent Night

1984 - and it's an important time for the children of Ragley-on-the Forest school... Their school choir is to sing a carol in a church in York, and is actually going to be on television! Helping to keep his excited children, not to mention their parents, under control during these momentous events taxes Jack and his staff to the limit.And at the same time, Jack has his own problems to deal with...

Info autore

Jack Sheffield grew up in the tough environment of Gipton Estate, in North East Leeds. After a job as a 'pitch boy', repairing roofs, he became a Corona Pop man before going to St John's College, York, and training to be a teacher. In the late seventies and eighties, he was a headteacher of two schools in North Yorkshire before becoming Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds. It was at this time he began to record his many amusing stories of village life as portrayed in Teacher, Teacher!, Mister Teacher, Dear Teacher, Village Teacher, Please Sir!, Educating Jack, School's Out!, Silent Night, Star Teacher, Happiest Days, Starting Over, Changing Times, Back to School, School Days and Last Day of School. He lives in Hampshire.

Riassunto

1984 - and it's an important time for the children of Ragley-on-the Forest school... Helping to keep his excited children, not to mention their parents, under control during these momentous events taxes Jack and his staff to the limit. And at the same time, Jack has his own problems to deal with...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jack Sheffield, Sheffield Jack
• Editore: Corgi
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.11.2014
• EAN: 9780552167048
• ISBN: 978-0-552-16704-8
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Serie: The Teacher; Teacher
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Christmas, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, FICTION / Sagas, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Humorous / General, Yorkshire, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Schools, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Schools and pre-schools, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary