Monthly Archives: July 2020

There is no greater smell of contentment than that of a freshly sharpened pencil. In days before everyone had ballpoint and felt tip pens, pencils were pervasive. In High Ham Primary School, we were allowed to write with pens only … Continue reading →

Boiled potatoes with butter, salt and pepper at dinnertime and a glimpse of a meal more than fifty years ago. Long Sutton Primary School and a harvest supper. We sat along tables that stood in lines in a classroom. Perhaps … Continue reading →

In times before the Met Office adopted the Celsius measurements, seventy was thought to be a good temperature. Perhaps there was a subconscious association between the Fahrenheit readings and percentages – if temperatures rose to the eighties or nineties, we … Continue reading →

For those of us who teach lessons on less important subjects, like good and evil relationships, human rights and life and death, as opposed to more important subjects such as algebra and books like An Inspector Calls, lockdown has been … Continue reading →