This week is supposed to be my “non-school” week, but I couldn’t resist taking up Balcarras’ invitation to give an assembly to their Year 8 students yesterday — they have had me there three times now and I’ve been so impressed by their enthusiasm! I had an hour with the students yesterday, followed by going [...]

And so my week of Gloucestershire schools comes to an end, kind of. I’ve been asked to go back to two of them next week, and to do another week in September — I’ve been very impressed by the enthusiasm of the schools I’ve visited! Yesterday it was back to Balcarras for two sessions. One [...]

I did four sessions at three different schools yesterday — it was another very enjoyable and productive day in Gloucestershire. I started off at Balcarras School in Cheltenham where I spoke to two different groups of Sixth Form geography students. I had about an hour with each group so this was plenty of time to [...]

I did five sessions at Farmor’s School in Fairford today, plus a meeting with the Sixth Form Charity Committee and a quick photo shoot with the local paper — my busiest day yet! This was brilliantly organized — a uni friend is the Deputy Head and he really made the most of having me there [...]