World Book Day at a Specialist School
"Phil came in to help us celebrate World Book Day. Our children have a range of needs so they needed some extra sensory stimulation to...
'The Footballer's New Clothes' - shortlisted for the National Literacy Trust short story
The Footballer’s New Clothes “And on tonight’s show, have we got a treat for you!” announced Sammy Showbiz, presenter of Friday Night...
Reading Ahead
As you may know, I'm the treasurer for the Doncaster Book Awards (www.doncasterbookawards.net). This year marks our thirteenth...
Lollipopman... back from the brink!
Forget Batman! Forget Superman! There's another superhero making a major comeback... it's Lollipopman! My clumsy, comical book character...
Show Racism the Red Card winners!
I've just got back from the West Ham football stadium where this year's Show Racism the Red Card awards took place. My class won first...
Teacher of the Year nomination, IntoFilm Awards
I've just had a very nice e-mail from the folks at IntoFilm who have forwarded some of the comments the film industry judges who looked...
Into Film Awards 2016
An amazing time was had by all at the Into Film Awards at London's Leicester Square Odeon yesterday. The venue was packed with excited...
Nominated for poetry prize
Well, this is rather splendid... I've been selected as one of the final 10 in the National Literacy Trust and Bloomsbury Books 'Poetry...
Baddiel launches this year's DBA!
David Baddiel took to the stage to launch this year’s Doncaster Book Awards to a packed house of children at The Dome (1st October). The...
Animated Doncaster?
Think of modern animation and you think of Pixar or Dreamworks. Think of British animation and it’s Aardman all the way. But could...
