8 episodes
Telling Stories Old Greyowl
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- Fiction
Short stories, poetry, and thoughts about Education, Politics and Culture
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The Watcher and The Friend, Chapter 1
This is the first chapter of a new novel for children by R J Barron, The Watcher and The Friend, published by Burton Mayers Books on June 11th 2021
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Asking the Questions
A short story about one teacher's interview to be a Secondary Deputy Head, the latest in a long line of unsuccesful interviews. Of all the questions that entails, the most important are those that you decide not to to ask....
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Episode 6 Don't Smile before Christmas, part 2
A short story. When Ed starts his teacher training year he is excited and just a little worried. He was right to be....
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Episode 5 Don't Smile Before Christmas, part 1
A short story. When Ed starts his teacher training year he is excited and just a little worried. He was right to be....
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The Chains He Forged - a Ghost story for Christmas
Ben Marley has climbed his way up the greasy pole to finally become Headteacher. All the scams and tricks and double dealing of his ruthless pursuit of advancement come back to haunt him when he finds himself back in his old school one last time on Christmas Eve as darkness falls.
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Episode 2 Three Poems
A reading of three poems with some commentary and suggestions for use in the classroom. The poems are: "Cultural Capital", with some thoughts on the inadequacy of OFSTED's conceptualization of that topic, "What Were They Like?" with some ideas on using this to get students to write their own version of Levertov's original, and Casting Spells and some thoughts on the power of reading aloud.