Tales from the head's room Life in a London primary school
When Mike Kent started teaching over half a century ago there was no national curriculum, no testing and schools were inspected, briefly, once in a blue moon. Mike has watched primary education spiral through enormous changes over the decades. Some changes have been worthwhile. Many have not. But if...
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| Abstract | When Mike Kent started teaching over half a century ago there was no national curriculum, no testing and schools were inspected, briefly, once in a blue moon. Mike has watched primary education spiral through enormous changes over the decades. Some changes have been worthwhile. Many have not. But if he is unhappy with a new initiative, or irritated by an incomprehensible directive from the men in suits, he'll do what he does best... pick up his pen and share it with his readers in a witty, whimsical way. This collection of articles from Mike Kent's popular weekly column in the TES covers a whole range of amusing incidents about daily life in a busy London primary school. From the fire officer who called the children's display work 'hazardous wall substances', to the class that caused the alarm to go off at Hampton Court and the burglar who stayed to play with a train set, Mike's anecdotes chronicle the trials and tribulations of modern primary headship. |
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| AbstractList | When Mike Kent started teaching over half a century ago there was no national curriculum, no testing and schools were inspected, briefly, once in a blue moon. Mike has watched primary education spiral through enormous changes over the decades. Some changes have been worthwhile. Many have not. But if he is unhappy with a new initiative, or irritated by an incomprehensible directive from the men in suits, he'll do what he does best... pick up his pen and share it with his readers in a witty, whimsical way. This collection of articles from Mike Kent's popular weekly column in the TES covers a whole range of amusing incidents about daily life in a busy London primary school. From the fire officer who called the children's display work 'hazardous wall substances', to the class that caused the alarm to go off at Hampton Court and the burglar who stayed to play with a train set, Mike's anecdotes chronicle the trials and tribulations of modern primary headship. |
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| TableOfContents | Forty-one Why we all needed a shower -- Forty-two The skip that wouldn't leave -- Forty-three Always game for a laugh -- Forty-four An idiot's guide to secure testing -- Forty-five A committee to crack a nut -- Forty-six Don't trip over the rules and regulations! -- Forty-seven Hunch that unearthed a star -- Forty-eight Questions! Eighty-three pointless questions! -- Forty-nine Tree tale that gave me the pip -- Fifty An old boy with distinction -- Fifty-one Life is a rollercoaster ride -- Fifty-two Playground spy follows the clues -- Fifty-three Oh no! Someone's watching our performance again! -- Fifty-four Boys will be boys, unless they are buses -- Fifty-five Safeguards strike fear into our families -- Fifty-six A dab hand at pigeon prodding -- Fifty-seven The lift that wouldn't -- Fifty-eight Vicki given the freedom to breathe -- Fifty-nine Let loose in the corridors of power -- Sixty Music on a rising scale -- Sixty-one Oh, go on Miss, just a sip -- Sixty-two Some of our children are missing -- Sixty-three Sadness and celebration -- Sixty-four September? Not a month I mind -- School closed for the summer holiday Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- One Here we go again -- Two A dad who hit life's high notes -- Three Odd body with a kind heart -- Four Rispek to Macbeff, innit -- Five Leon's change of direction -- Six Once upon a time … no, please listen! -- Seven History? Dull it isn't! -- Eight Massage the problem? Yes, it is! -- Nine It's the quality, not the ethnicity, that counts -- Ten Working wonders. With glue -- Eleven Pitched battles - and that's just the parents -- Twelve Discipline is deadly serious -- Thirteen Suspicious happenings in Henry's house -- Fourteen A close shave with a piano lid -- Fifteen The perils of the PlayStation -- Sixteen Hit and miss is par for the course -- Seventeen Pussyfooting won't help naughty boys -- Eighteen It's the beautiful game. Just make sure you win -- Nineteen Chemistry used to be such a blast -- Twenty Much ado about parking -- Twenty-one Not even hypnosis can help -- Twenty-two Watch out! Jobsworth's about! -- Twenty-three Issa just a seemple problem -- Twenty-four If it can go wrong, it will -- Twenty-five £355 for a day full of waffle -- Twenty-six A film buff 's admission of defeat -- Twenty-seven A day off sick? Surely not -- Twenty-eight Hold hands and always stay in pairs -- Twenty-nine The invention is fine. The service isn't -- Thirty An official gets me all fired up -- Thirty-one Snow way they didn't learn a lot -- Thirty-two Jakob and his argot of nowt -- Thirty-three Is it me, or is Circle Time just loopy? -- Thirty-four Society has changed. Children haven't -- Thirty-five We do it all for you, children -- Thirty-six Careful now … you'll get sold down the river -- Thirty-seven Suffering from stress? Hang upside down! -- Thirty-eight Put to the test getting the tests -- Thirty-nine Don't treat pupils as consumers -- Forty No harm in some rough and tumble |
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