About Me

Hi! I'm Barry. I'm the *only* author of this website.

I'm currently working as a mentor in a SEN environment with children between the ages of 11 and 16, and the idea behind this website comes from about three years of hard work online in the midst of a pandemic (which we will leave unnamed, as let's face it, we still hear about it to this day!).

When we had the first lockdown in the UK in March 2020, we all (our school) went online with Microsoft Teams, YouTube and other websites. But what I have progressively found is that not everything is in one place, or the right place at the right time.

So, my thought was, why not collate all the resources, information and images that I have gathered over the years and put it onto one website? Great.

Great.

So now, fast forward to the beginning of the new academic year for 2022/23, and I have many more resources than I care to imagine, with people now showing me new things, and giving me ideas for the site. Which is fantastic. The website itself has had a bit of an overhaul, with some small additions (an overhaul of the front page to look more like a landing page - I've always wanted one!), and also some changes (names of sections have been changed, pages have also been renamed if needed) that have made it more appealing and flow better.

Along with the smaller changes, I have a couple of larger changes. The addition of Physics and Chemistry. Now, I am no chemist, nor a physician (that being, a person who likes physics), but I am learning along the way, and adding new content to the site as I go along.

That being said, I have a long way to go before those two sections are complete, as I will be teaching them as well as biology. I will be adding new sections one at a time, with new pages, information, images, video links, and my favourite part - the interesting facts.

The interesting facts are what makes this website. For me, they add a personal touch of information that you might not already know. I've used them in lessons, and sometimes I get a "wow" moment from students when I do. They are literally little nuggets of out-of-the-box information that can make or break a lesson. I can start with that fact, or bring it in to the teaching during the 45 minutes we get to teach it. Either way, it helps the process of learning. I like that.