Teaching resources
Whether you invite me to visit your school or not (and I hope you do!) you may find some resources on this web site useful for teaching.
You may use the first chapter of each of The Greenwich Chronicles for free, subject to conditions that are published on the relevant pages for The Time Wreccas and The Time Apprentice.
You, or more probably your pupils, may like to explore the pages of fun and games.
Wow! 366, published by Scholastic, is a collection of 366 short stories and each one is exactly 366 words long, especially designed for the leap year. The stories are ideal for filling a few minutes and as discussion starters. I've got a story in there along with some other great authors and celebrities. You can buy Wow! 366 from Amazon and high-street bookshops, and £1.00 goes to charity too. I hope you find it useful.
National Centre for Language and Literacy
You'll find all sorts of useful stuff at The National Centre for Language and Literacy website .
Share your ideas
If you would like to share any teaching resources and ideas that you have developed around The Greenwich Chronicles I will willingly upload them to the site. Anything published on the site wil be subject to condition that it is downloaded and used for educational purposes only, that the name of the author and of this web site are acknowledged and that it may not be copied for any activity that leads to financial gain of any sort unless permission is first sought from the author.
A Time Wreccas comprehension sheet has appeared on the Primary Resources website. Well done Wendy Irvine for contributing to the site. It's good isn't it, Wendy?
You can get hold of me via the contact form or send formated text or graphics in a Word file to
DFES Standards Site
An especially good page for KS3 teachers about teaching and reading the whole novel can be found here .
Schools in Wales - funding
Welsh schools can apply for funding from Academi to assist with the costs of visiting writers: check their website www.academi.org