CHANNEL CHOPPING

It has been reported that a man has taken a television company to court because he cannot watch his favourite television programmes any longer; he argues that the television company is being grossly unfair, uncaring and unthinking in cutting off the programmes coming...

HOW TO JUGGLE AS A TEACHER

Ask any coach of a sport that uses a ball and the advice will be the same: keep your eye on the ball. When we take our eye off the ball, we will mishit it, we will miss-stop it. If we take our eye off the ball to see where our opponent is or where our team-mate is...

THE PERFECT SHAPE

How often have you been asked: “What sort of shape are you in?” One rather rotund and relaxed gentleman responded to the question by saying: “I am in shape – round is a shape!” And, of course, he is correct; round is indeed a shape! It may not be the shape that people...

A LESSON ON – LESS

“Senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless” – these are not words found in a youngster’s report last term, though many may feel they would be entirely apt! No, these are words recorded almost two thousand years ago (in Paul’s letter to the Romans, 1:31) to describe...

POWER TO THE PUPILS

It is interesting that people say the favourite question in interviews is, “What is your greatest achievement?” More interestingly perhaps, the super-model Elle MacPherson is quoted as saying, “Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched...