I have been at Knox Academy now for two years and I have to say, i’m loving every minute of it. In the past two years I have been encouraged to experience new things and given space, by my line Manager Lynn Black and Head Teacher Janis Craig, to build and develop the department. In [...]

Last week seen the annual Knox Academy Activities Week and I ran this years trip to London. We took 20 S2/S3 pupils down to the Capital for 4 days. Day One seen us leave school on a coach and head down, we arrived in London at about 3pm, unpacked and went to Lecister Square for [...]

Well my pupils have sat their Higher Drama Exam and I would have to say I thought the paper was quite fair. Section A questions seem to the usual variety of asking pupils to think of themselves as either an actor or director and some good questions in relation to key scenes or characters. Section [...]

In case you hadn’t yet heard.  Augusto Boal has passed away. These are sad days, but joyous too in remembering all he achieved and the enormous amount he taught us. Augusto Boal 1931-2009 Augusto Boal was a giant in so many ways: theatre director, scholar, teacher; pedagogy colleague of Paulo Freire; political representative and statesman [...]