By Tricia Nash, Researcher, Open University
I would like to describe the four schools and the five classes I am so fortunate to be regularly visiting and observing as one of the researchers for the TaW project. They include a year 3 and year 5 class in a school located near the centre of a popular Cornish coastal town famous for its sailing and oysters; another year 5 class in a junior school on the outskirts of a well-known Devon university city; a mixed year 4, 5 and 6 class in a quintessential Somerset village nestling in the stunning Blackdown Hills; and finally a year 8 class from a secondary school situated in the middle of a thriving, bustling Devon market town. So all are quite distinctive although all of them have a number of children from socially deprived circumstances and all have been so incredibly welcoming. Continue reading “My TaW Schools: Their Classes and Teachers”