"My Best Five Years"

A review of Cann Hall Primary School by Judith Bland written on Wednesday 20th of June 2007

I taught at Cann Hall school in the 1970s; it was my first teaching post, and far and away the best. I learnt to teach there - not at college.

At Cann Hall I discovered that I could really teach - grab children's imagination and whirl it around, stretch it, fill it, remould it. We had fun, my classes and I; but all the while never forgetting that I had knowledge to impart, and they had to assimilate it. That was proper teaching; the children loved us for it. Misbehaviour was present but rare, and never on the sort of scale that finally finished me, last July.

I have now retired early, exhausted and demoralised. I will never teach again. But I will always be grateful for my first five years at Cann Hall..

NOTE: Reviews are submitted by visitors of our site. The contents of this page are in no way representative of the entity being reviewed, Cann Hall Primary School, and are merely third party opinions. London Online accepts no liability in respect of any material submitted by visitors and published by us and we are not responsible for its content and accuracy. For further details, see our Terms & Conditions.