Richard Wilson

Writing…..again! I am really keen to try to engage pupils with writing and to link it strongly to purpose. I am going to worry it like a dog with a favourite bone until I can get a sustained improvement in the writing levels of the pupils in our school. My latest attempt is to establish [...]

  Vandalism versus us………………….a result! Opening the mail presents its own frisson of excitement, especially returning after a holiday, (no DIY duties this time, thank god!). I received an interesting letter, which I will share with you, from our own dear Clerk of Court today telling us that all our hard work in trying to [...]

Having trouble getting good resources both on-line and decent written material that isn’t scary? Here are two really good websites to try. They have lots to offer parents, pupils and teachers alike. If work about aliens doesn’t motivate boys I don’t know what will!   http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk An additional web site has fantastic visual resources and [...]

Oxytocin is considered to be the primary human bonding chemical, the so called “cuddle gene”. Diane Witt, assistant professor of psychology states, “All we know at this point is that in animal models, including non-human primates, oxytocin at the level of the brain plays a role in the expression of maternal, sexual, social, stress and [...]