The Teachers

Founded in 1972




We asked our students to tell us about their teachers... ...and this is what they came up with! [ Claire - Nursery ] [ Yvette - Kindergarten ] [ Kate F - Yr 1 ] [ Lionel - Yr 2 ] [ Catherine - Yr 3 ] [ Kate D - Yr 4 ] [ Barbara - Yr 5 ] [ Jon - Yr 6 ] [ Cristiana - Italian ] [ Camilla - English ] [ Kate - Music ] [ Susie - English ] [ Paola - Italian ] [ Ombretta - Yr 7 - Italian ] [ Eugenie - Yr 8 - English & Drama ] [ Lawry - Yr 9 - History ] [ Ted - Yr 10 - Maths ] [ Jonny - Yr 11 - English ] [ Lucy - Yr 12 - Maths & IT ] [ Rosine - Yr 13 - French ] [ Darrell - Biology ] [ Michael - Chemistry ] [ Tony - Physics ] [ Francesca - Art ] [ Claudio - Italian ] [ Bryn - Geography & History ]
Claire Subject: Nursery Catchphrases: Sit down! Favourite things: Penguins; red; brown; colouring; computer; playing in the castle Characteristics: Short, quiet [ TOP ]
Yvette Subject: Kindergarten Catchphrases: Good morning! Characteristics: Nice, big fun Favourite things: Cute kittens; staying in bed; driving her scooter [ TOP ]
Kate F Subject: Year 1 Catchphrases: Silly bananas! Cheeky monkey! You’re driving me nuts! Noodles Characteristics: Good; kind Habits: She has a terrible sneeze, really loud! She puts things somewhere and then she can’t find them anymore, but she finds them in the end. Favourite things: Doing nice work; pigs; learning Italian [ TOP ]
Lionel Subject: Year 2 Catchphrases: Use your noodles! Shooosh! Listen! Come along! Characteristics: Nice; I like him; hardly ever cross; sometimes a bit strict when we forget things; young; kind Favourite things: Ostriches; teaching; sitting and having a bit of a rest Habits: Bad singing; changing your name, like for Matteo, he’ll say Matty or for Giorgio he’ll say Georgie-Porgy. [ TOP ]
Catherine Subject: Year 3 Catchphrases: Don’t rock on your chairs! Be sensible. Character traits: Sunny; friendly; energetic; welcoming; ALWAYS happy, cheerful and calm at the same time! Generous; lively; jolly; she always helps you when you need it; a nice person to be with Habits: She always shakes your hand at the end of school Favourite things: Cats; plants; a tidy classroom; reading; singing; reading with children [ TOP ]
Kate D Subject: Year 4 Catchphrases: Be sensible! You wretched children! Characteristics: Nice; energetic; strict; shy Favourite things: Science; Maths; Romans; coffee; visiting new things; driving around in her new car; art [ TOP ]
Barbara Subject: Year 5 Catchphrases: You’re chitter-chattering! Stop fiddling! Not interrupting. Habits: Playing with her hair; always moving around the classroom Characteristics: Happy; jolly; friendly; helpful; fun; friendly Favourite things: Silence; neatness; sleeping; playing with her son; shopping; correcting homework [ TOP ]
Jon Subject: Year 6 Catchphrases: Year 6, this is not rocket science! For your birthday, I’m going to give you an apple. Character: Jolly; funny; critical; enthusiastic about learning; kind sometimes, annoying when he wants to be Habits: Every day he wears a different tie (to remind him that he's at work); telling fantastic true stories; putting on great plays; racing the 301 bus down the Cassia on his bicycle; cuts his nails with school scissors Favourite things: Cleaning up dirty beaches; talking about science; cooking bread [ TOP ]
Cristiana Subject: Italian Characteristics: Kind; rarely cross; nice to new people; jokes around but can be a bit strict sometimes Favourite things: Giving chocolates; eating chocolates; watching TV; calling her son; animals; making her own handbags [ TOP ]
Camilla Subject: English as a Second Language Catchphrases: Be quiet Don’t shout out Don’t rush Characteristics: Kind; friendly; long yellow hair; quiet Favourite things: Brown; chocolate; strawberries; teaching lessons; her children [ TOP ]
Kate (Music) Subject: Music Characteristics: Fun; really nice; never gets angry; great! Favourite things: Warming up her throat; people doing the work; writing songs; colouring; bringing in lots of different instruments for us to try Hobbies: Teaching piano; listening to music [ TOP ]
Susie Subject: ESL (English as a Second Language) Catchphrases: Nil difficile volenti! (Where there's a will, there's a way!) Characteristics: Funny, laid-back Habits: Checks the temperature in the car every 5 minutes Favourite things: Loves hot weather; loves pasta but can't eat it; vegetables; outdoor life; the countryside; all animals (but doesn't have many because she already has three: her husband and 2 stressful teenagers); travelling; Salsa dancing; reading; clothes shopping; gardening; meeting with friends; skiing [ TOP ]
Paola Subject: ISL (Italian as a Second Language) Catchphrases: Parla in italiano! We do not need your comments! Character: Cool; laid back; forgiving when students forget to do their homework; speaks perfect English, Italian and Hebrew Habits: Using games and Italian magazine articles in lessons; handing out sweets Favourite things: Loves watching movies [ TOP ]
Ombretta Subject: Italian Catchphrases: Ragazzi se parlate tutti insieme non sentiamo niente! Uno alla volta! Allora ragazzi ritorniamo a noi. Calmi ragazzi!!!! Characteristics: Patient; quiet; caring; she never shouts; calm; always (most of the time actually) happy; she helps us in everything, even things that have nothing to do with Italian; if we are not feeling well we go to her, maybe because we know she is a great person and understands every little problem. Funny; lively; always has a smile on her face. Favourite things: Telling us stories…; children; discussing world wide facts; Italian poetry; sweets; cappuccino; tea Habits: She doesn’t have bad habits but still she gives us homework for the next day. [ TOP ]
Eugenie Subject: English and Drama Catchphrases: Flipping heck! Manners maketh the child Sweetheart That’s my name, don’t wear it out! Do your spellings! Characteristics: Kind, strict, smart, understanding, nice, well organised, sweet, out-going Habits: Talking to the cat; drinking coffee; staring you out; gesturing; drumming her fingers on the desk Favourite things: Year 8; coffee; Jonny; books; drama; cinema; theatre Hobbies: Cooking; reading; feeding the cat; going out with her friends; jazz music; bungee jumping (not!) [ TOP ]
Lawry Subject: History Catchphrases: Flipping heck! Hey lads! Don’t shout out, put your hand up! Characteristics: Attractive; energetic; imaginative; funny Habits: Always wearing his sunglasses; eating oranges; putting on funny accents; smiling Favourite things: Teaching history; rugby; dogs; England; oranges; West Ham; playing his guitar; playing football [ TOP ]
Ted Subject: Mathematics Catchphrases: Sit down chaps! How do you spell nuisance? Listen! I’m explaining! Who brought the cake? Characteristics: Serious; positive; tall; happy; smiles at everything Habits: Breaking out into laughter for no particular reason; arriving early; staring; giving detentions Favourite things: Italian food; Indian food; exploring Rome; cooking; gardening; homework being handed in on time; tracking students down; cakes [ TOP ]
Jonny Subject: English Catchphrases: Sunshine! Killer punch in the conclusion! (punching his hand so hard he probably hurts himself) You’re fighting for each and every mark! I double-checked with Eugenie Characteristics: Goes red when he’s laughing; politically biased; bad handwriting Habits: Gesticulating; teasing students Favourite things: Wearing pink; Fiat; cooking; playing tennis [ TOP ]
Lucy Subject: Maths, IT (computers) Catchphrases: Stop whingeing! You horrible ratbags! Language! Chop chop! Characteristics: Happy; patient; friendly; exaggerated; perfectionist; sweet; methodical; meticulous; very organised; precise and hates wasting time; can be very strict but very nice Favourite things: Her motorcycle; being in Italy; toffee; giving hard work; gesturing graphs Habits: Always moving house and making John T help her; fiddling; making us answer a maths question before she lets us leave the room [ TOP ]
Rosine Subject: French Catchphrases: ‘Alors’ (with a French accent). Asseyez-vous! Dépêche-toi Sigh…..! I don’t like your attitude. Characteristics: Chatty; strict but nice; family person; funny; quiet Favourite things: France; playing football and volleyball; The Arctic Monkeys; the environment; world affairs [ TOP ]
Darrell Subject: Biology Catchphrases: Iggly niggly Characteristics: Always in a good mood Habits: Leaning back on the stool, holding back his knee Favourite things: 60s music; films (comedies); Peter Kay; northern humour; football; squash [ TOP ]
Michael Subject: Chemistry Catchphrases: Stop toooooolking! Petrooooolium Booooooks! Do you need some paper? It’s not time to go yet! Observation! Characteristics: Has a weird accent; obscure; shy; kind; patient; pale and bald like Fester from the Addams Family; makes super jokes; Scottish or Irish or something; hates shouting; Habits: Melting glass to make dolphins Favourite things: Soooodium; chemistry; setting homework; making the room stink of chemicals; drinking milk from the carton; stars and the universe; everything that is science but not biology; explosions [ TOP ]
Tony Subject: Physics Catchphrases: Banana! This is a sexy equation… Characteristics: Very funny – classic funny, but sometimes weird funny; straight-forward; precise; organised; friendly Favourite things: Politeness; driving on slippery ice and ending up in his neighbour’s garden; reading about Physics (The God Particle, etc); quizzes, puzzles Habits: Blushes a lot; runs his hand through his hair; wearing glasses but they always fall off his nose. He’s a cross between Richard Gere and Harrison Ford. [ TOP ]
Claudio Subject: Extra Italian Catchphrases: Santi numi ! (if very angry he adds the word “inferociti”!) Characteristics: Allergic to Year 8… every time he teaches them, he gets very red in the face, and doesn’t turn the right colour until the lesson finishes. Loud; introvert Favourite things: Giving lots of homework; history especially medieval times; dogs; the cinema; supporting Lazio Habits: Sitting on the tables when he has just told us to stop doing it; sleeping a lot; eats too many fatty foods [ TOP ]
Francesca Subject: Art Catchphrases: You can’t work out side. Too much noise! Oops! Favourite things: Italian food; necklaces; England; summertime; the sea, snorkelling, painting Characteristics: Very creative and full of energy; not strict at all; patient; kind; funny; relaxed Habits: Untidy; thinks she is too kind to her students [ TOP ]
Bryn Subject: Geography and History Catchphrases: Pay attention! Stop whispering! Stop socialising! This is a Geography Lesson! I don't want to shout! Characteristics: Rolling his ‘r’s; happy; hyper; funny; grey haired; kind; experienced Habits: Singing dates; suddenly shouting one of the words in the sentence; singing “I didn’t do my homework!” in a funny voice; talking about public transport a lot; touching his hair Favourite things: Public transport; getting the bus; brushing his hair; going to museums; whistling; tennis; correcting homework; Anguillara; quiet classrooms; the Roman Empire [ TOP ]

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