I will have to take more time to digest all the wonders of Gateshead and upload the piccies of their amazing facilities when I'm back home as there is much more to say. In the afternoon I was taken to Whickham High School which is closer to where we are in our thinking around ICT. Longfield School in Darlington, Durham today was a totally different story. Promethean interactive whiteboards in EVERY room. EVERY room had it on and every teacher was using it from the food technology teacher to the art teacher and so it goes one. Mindblowing and visionary in its practical use. I loved it. The kids were just hilarious and just as good natured as the ones we see in front of us every day.
This is a pub in Durham which was at one stage (centuries ago) a theatre where the Bard's plays were put on. Wonderful tiny gorgeous streets!
Late afternoon we met a family friend who is a retired teacher and now volunteers as a guide around Durham Cathedral Saw a portrait of St Margaret who was the wife of Malcolm of Macbeth fame - (Year 11 take note). Couldn't take a piccie because it's forbidden - she wasn't very attractive though girls, he could have done better.
Tomorrow we go to Liverpool via York and I visit Broadgreen School (runner up to Longfield in the ICT awards 2006). Yeah Yeah Yeah!
2 comments:
Old Durham Town eh - Roger Whittaker eat your heart out! All sounds fantastic - keep up the daily doses of your happenings - we love them.
Our OC missing your OC. The Teacher is concerned that we may all get scurvy if The Cook is away much longer and The Lawyer is insanely jealous of your traipsing! What's more - The Nanny will join you on that side of the world in less than 2 weeks -arrghh. Other than that all is well here!!
PS: The Cat is fine
Hi Kathryn
glad you managed to get to Durham, and see the view from the top. I know what you mean about taxi drivers but I'm sure not all fit into the category you described, they may think they own the raod and are above the law etc but....
Anyway I share you observation about spitting etc and smoking. By August we will have a total ban on smoking in public places offices cinemas pubs,clubs and for many it couldn't come too soon, I suspect the smoking relates to the history of the North East as a heavy manufacturing mining community who needed something to get them through the day I suppose that could now be replaced by Kareoke :-))) enjoy the rest of your time over here.
Mike
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