1st Edition

Oranges and Lemons Life in an Inner City Primary School

By Wendy Wallace Copyright 2005
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This warts-and-all look inside an inner city primary school is an intimate and charming account of how people at Edith Neville primary school approach issues that face urban schools everywhere. The author's insightful journalistic eye focuses on how individuals cope with government initiatives, the needs of the pupils and the community at large. Focusing on the progress of individual... Read more

1. Purple Nursery 2. Lunch at the Golden Tulip 3. Red Nose Day 4. Green Jelly 5. Kind of Blue 6. Brown Eyes 7. White Christmas 8. Grey Skies 9. Bright Blue, Beginning with T 10. In the Black 11. Strawberry Ice Cream 12. Pink Hearts

Biography

Wendy Wallace is a freelance education writer who has for the last five years been senior feature writer for the Times Educational Supplement. A contributor to national newspapers and magazines including The Times, The Times Saturday Magazine and The Guardian, she is editorial adviser to the Teacher Training Agency magazine Ruler and to the British Council’s International Placements for Head Teachers programme.

'If I had to recommend one book to explain what has happened to Britain's schools in the past 20 years, this would be it...I approached Oranges and Lemons with high hopes. Wallace exceeded them.' -Francis Beckett, New Statesman

'This is a highly readable account of a year in the life of Edith Neville Primary School.' - Church Times