New Horizons
May 29
I wasn’t looking for a new job but was immediately captivated by the prospect of working at a motor-racing circuit as manager of the Silverstone Study Centre.
Part of the Playing for Success scheme, I will get to teach in a really exciting and innovative environment. Making full use of the excellent facilities and creative opportunities at Silverstone, as well as developing partnerships with schools and motorsport partners, will be exciting parts of the post.
In true Fordy fashion, I created and used a Poetry Grand Prix blog during part of interview process to add real purpose and audience during an observed teaching session that I carried out with Year Five pupils from local schools. I’ve still got to add the performance poetry podcasts but it gives you an idea of what the children and I accomplished.
Feel free to comment and to offer any great ideas for innovative work learning and collaboration on a motorsport theme:-)
Hey, great work, that looks like so much fun! Congrats!
Hi Peter
Very jealous. There is a teacher at our school whose boyfriend is a steward at Silverstone during the Grand Prix weekend!
Well done, Peter! Looks like great fun. I’m looking forward to seeing more of you online hopefully, through your kids’ work at least
Thanks for your encouragement guys!
Glad to hear you are going back to the classroom. So often folks are drawn from the hurly-burly into more convivial niches (Will R at Weblogged, for example) so it is a happy reverse of the river. Keep on!