The Time School series follows four friends as they journey back to different periods of time over the course of their first year at secondary school. Not only do the children embark on the adventure that is their first year at secondary school, but they also get the opportunity to see what ... READ the POST
Heartbreak and Hope – Voices of a Pandemic
Back in March, when the world seemed to have lost its way, a group of friends – women – mothers – writers – got together over Zoom to provide comfort to one another and to try to make sense of it all. Alice, Chrissie, Maddy, Nikki, Renee and Sophie – talked about their concerns, fears, hopes and ... READ the POST
100 days of lockdown.
It’s been 14 weeks and two days since schools closed their doors and the majority of us went into lockdown. That’s 100 days! I don’t know where the last few months have gone. It’s all blurred into one, each week seeming to go quicker than the previous. Considering the way things have been ... READ the POST
Time School: We Will Honour Them launch and special Year 6 event
In honour of the forthcoming launch of the next book in the Time School series, I would like to invite Year 6 students to join me for a special online event. This dedicated event aims to bring the amazing Year 6 students together - virtually - in the classroom or in their homes - to celebrate ... READ the POST
The young people who didn’t get a chance to prove themselves.
All their secondary school life, from the age of 11 up to 16, children in England are working towards one goal; the GCSE examinations. These are the exams you can’t leave school without. These are the exams that are your passage to A-Levels. Without an English and Maths GCSE, you cannot go on to ... READ the POST
Book Review – Holes, by Louis Sachar
A mob sets fire to the school house and burns it to the ground. They are angry because the schoolmistress was seen kissing the local onion seller. She is white, he is black. According to local law, this is not allowed. Sam, the onion seller, escapes in his boat, the Mary Lou. He does not get far. ... READ the POST
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