Instead of seeing today’s school as part of the messed up 3 day workshop plan, I simply looked on it as a “from the beginning” workshop for a new school. This is another one of the Ministry Of Education’s pilot schools for this year ( are there any schools that have not been pilot schools?)…

Well maybe I was a little harsh on the school yesterday, today they actually tried really well. I expected only a handful to turn up, but we had more than yesterday. Work wise they got to present one more lesson each and although not perfect by any means at least in the feedback sessions they…

Yesterday I was seriously thinking of cutting out the free workshops for public schools and charging for them all. The reason being that I’ve had to spend the last 3 days organising hotels and planes and visits for the upcoming Summer tour. With all the projects underway at the moment it’s just not an efficient…

If you’re looking for a Summer Camp activity, one good one is a simple treasure hunt. You can either review “Where is Mr Monkey?” and have clues that use near, next to, under, on etc. Or you could make your own Da Vinci Code Game. Simply have the code spell out words like “desk” or…

I don’t know if you’ve seen the new Harry Potter movie yet ( I got to see it in Imax 3D in Bangkok on Monday!), but there’s a new Head Teacher at Hogwarts: Dolores Umbridge. She starts off the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class by telling the students to forget any practical things,…

After the success in Thailand ( you can’t ask for more than having Genki English in every primary school in the country), this week it’s on to Hong Kong to see what we can work out here. Hopefully, fingers crossed, we should have a big announcement for teachers here too. Watch this space.