Educationalist

I am a former Head Teacher whose school won the Queen’s Bronze Environmental Award. The school was also the first one ever to stage a science exhibition manned by young children at the annual Royal Society meeting in London. I had to retire due to ill health and I am now somewhat disabled.

I still teach – to a limited extent - at home with children of all ages, covering English, Maths and Science to GCSE in particular, as well as the Humanities. I have additional, special qualifications in the teaching of Reading/English.

Email Writing Scheme

Via email, I write with children in Primary Schools (Y3-6) entirely by email. I respond to the type of writing which the school wants.

Basically, I write Parts 1, 3 and 5 of a piece of fiction or non-fiction. The children respond with parts 2 and 4 to end up with a good piece of writing which they have steered and part-written. The benefits to the children are enormous. Price £99.

The writing is especially beneficial for children on the brink of doing KS2 SATS. Some schools go on to publish the material as a book for use within school.

Read an example from one of the email stories, from New King's School, Fulham

Some of the comments I've had from schools are:

"The project initiated great enthusiasm. The children felt they were leading the story with their own ideas. I think it has improved their ability to work one with another and has led them to want to develop their story writing skills." (All Saints CE Primary, Hammersmith)

"A big thanks - the stories are great and the children are delighted with the outcome" (Annie Holgate PS, Notts)

"Thank you very much Bob for writing this story with us. The children have thoroughly enjoyed it and have got a lot out of it." (Sir John Lillie PS, Fulham)

"It has inspired the children's story writing." (New Kings School, Fulham)