Teaching in the 60s (Part 3) - Consett Magazine

Teaching in the 60s (Part 3) - Consett Magazine

By Joyce Shaw The classes averaged 31-33 pupils per class and music was a mixed ability class…this was a good introduction to what was the norm for me over the next 40 years. One catastrophic day I remember well was on our way back to college, from a day’s teaching in Billingham. As the bus passed through Coxhoe, coming down a long hill, some of the rolls of teaching displays, rolled off the bus! When the bus eventually stopped we had to race ba…