AN EDUCATOR AT HEART.

I have spent all of my working life as an ‘educator’in the United Kingdom and have taught 5 year olds to young adults. Being a teacher and headteacher has been a challenge as I have seen the increasing drive of governments to focus upon standards at the expense of a love of and enjoyment to learn. I just loved reading Ryan Wilson’s book Let that be a Lesson’. It embodies my views entirely and I would recommend this for all parents to read. But there have been many ‘highs’ when I see pupils grow in confidence and are disappointed to finish a lesson. My stories do have underlying themes and with the Secret Cottage series it is the valuing and celebration of our multi ethnic links. To teachers who may be reading this resist the temptation to use my books as ‘class readers’. They should be read voluntarily by anyone and not allowed to be viewed by readers as ,coercive fiction. Happy Reading.

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