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Telling Stories
by Old GreyowlShort stories, poetry, and thoughts about Education, Politics and Culture
Copyright: Old Greyowl
Episodes
The Watcher and The Friend by R J Barron. Chapter 3 The Watcher
19m · PublishedThis is chapter 3 of The Watcher and The Friend. Thomas Trelawney, aged 13, meets the mysterious Silas Cummerbund, The Watcher, for the first time
The Watcher and The Friend Chapter 2, The Grandfather Clock
17m · PublishedThis is the second chapter of the YA/Childrens book, The Watcher and The Friend, by R J Barron
The Watcher and The Friend, Chapter 1
9m · PublishedThis is the first chapter of a new novel for children by R J Barron, The Watcher and The Friend, published by Burton Mayers Books on June 11th 2021
Asking the Questions
27m · PublishedA short story about one teacher's interview to be a Secondary Deputy Head, the latest in a long line of unsuccesful interviews. Of all the questions that entails, the most important are those that you decide not to to ask....
Episode 6 Don't Smile before Christmas, part 2
25m · PublishedA short story. When Ed starts his teacher training year he is excited and just a little worried. He was right to be....
Episode 5 Don't Smile Before Christmas, part 1
30m · PublishedA short story. When Ed starts his teacher training year he is excited and just a little worried. He was right to be....
The Chains He Forged - a Ghost story for Christmas
35m · PublishedBen Marley has climbed his way up the greasy pole Β to finally become Headteacher. All the scams and tricks and double dealing of his ruthless pursuit of advancement come back to haunt him when he finds himself back in his old school one last time on Christmas Eve as darkness falls.
Episode 2 Three Poems
18m · PublishedA reading of three poems with some commentary and suggestions for use in the classroom. The poems are: "Cultural Capital", with some thoughts on the inadequacy of OFSTED's conceptualization of that topic, "What Were They Like?" with some ideas on using this to get students to write their own version of Levertov's original, and Casting Spells and some thoughts on the power of reading aloud.
Episode 3 September
29m · PublishedA new short Story by The Old Grey Owl. Anna always looked forward to September, with its promise of a new start. But new starts never last.
Episode 1 Mr Stringer's Snow Day
49m · PublishedThis is a short story first published on my blog at www.growl.blog. It's set in a Secondary school that has to close because of snow. A snow day is something that nearly all school staff and students look forward to, but it doesn't always end like this.
Telling Stories has 10 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 4:23:24. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 25th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on March 26th, 2024 22:17.