Maggie Gibson: Balby High School Former Staff Member 1973-1980

This video features Maggie Gibson, former English staff member of Balby HIgh School. During her interview with Project Director Tony Armstrong, Maggie recalls her early childhood days in Chesterfield pretending to be a teacher with her younger brother. Roll forward a few years and Maggie has qualified as a teacher in real life and finds employment at Balby High School in the mid 1970's under the headship of Ken Nadin. The areas of staff lesson planning, the English Curriculum are discussed alongside the qualities exhibited by colleagues Joan Watson and Gervase Phinn. Watch and discover interesting stories about school drama productions, lunchtime activities, staff netball games, school pupil antics and the more serious gender issue of women wearing trousers.