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Hywel Roberts
All articles by Hywel Roberts
‘Some teachers love accompanying their pupils up mountains and through cave systems. I am not one of them’
In the latest in a fortnightly series, one ‘travelling teacher’ remembers a school trip in which he found himself on the edge of a cliff, working out how to avoid following his students over the edge
4 May 2017
‘Remembering the inset day that resulted in four rap-based lessons - and the pupil who begged it to end’
In the latest in a fortnightly series, one ‘travelling teacher’ remembers an inset day that gave birth to an unlikely – and unwelcome – burst of ‘creativity’
7 April 2017
‘Never start building a pyramid if the Pharaoh is unwell’: Learning about the Ancient Egyptians in East Yorkshire
In the latest in a fortnightly series, one ‘travelling teacher’ discusses ‘Toot and Come In’ – the best way remember Tutankhamen
22 March 2017
Tales of a Travelling Teacher: have you ever had a cover lesson quite like this?
In the latest in a fortnightly series, one ‘travelling teacher’ remembers teaching the crucifixion with a backdrop of Oasis vs Blur
3 March 2017
‘What to do about the ghost child? The kid who does everything right but stays in the shadows’
In the second of an occasional series, a ‘travelling teacher’ revels in the moment one “shadow pupil” suddenly came out of himself
15 February 2017
‘Callum’s only motivation for wanting a decent grade in English is that his mum will let him get a tattoo’
In the first in an occasional series, one ‘travelling teacher’ explains how his enthusiastic attempt to recreate the charisma of John Keating in Dead Poets’ Society was lost on one class
2 February 2017