[Ken Moss]

I went to school in Bamber Bridge in the days when teachers weren't hampered by rigid lesson plans from the National Curriculum. We were taught many things which I suspect are now out of the window but the teachers knew EVERYTHING and I got a really well-rounded education.

I can still remember, clear as day, our fourth form teacher bringing in a vinyl copy of The War of the Worlds which we had to listen to and evaluate. It gave me the view that there are more interesting ways of learning than simply by looking at textbooks and blackboards.

I fear that any 'wildcard' methods of trying to teach children things these days would result in a formal reprimand.