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BAILEY COXON Bailey Coxon joins St Lawrence College from South Africa where he taught Mathematics for the past 31 years. He has
GLENN BRISCOE David Glenn Briscoe is a new Geography teacher at the College and a Master’s student at the University of Cambridge. His latest
KARIS CHOPPING Karis Chopping joins the College as a full-time teacher of French, as well as a tutor in Bellerby. Her prior experience includes
relocated with his wife, Avis, after their retirement at an all-boys boarding school in the Natal Midlands, Michaelhouse. Bailey was the head of the Mathematics Department and then a Housemaster in one of the boarding houses. Apart from teaching Mathematics, he was involved in first aid (he currently has a level 3 certificate) and coached hockey and water polo. He was also an active member of the staff marimba band!
practitioner-based explores differentiation in human geography. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Bristol where he completed undergraduate research exploring research secondary school teachers’ perceptions. He then trained to become a teacher and gained a PGCE from the University of Cambridge. He is a member of the Geographical Association and has just completed an article for their journal, ‘Teaching Geography’. His article is entitled ‘ Generative Learning’ in the Geography Classroom: Teaching Food Webs ’.
working in a large secondary school in Sittingbourne after having studied French and History at University. Karis has always had a passion for education and guiding young people. Living in France has helped hone her language skills and she enjoyed immersing herself in both the language and culture. Extra-curricular passions include music and drama which she hopes to put to good use at St Lawrence College.
HAYDEN JUDD After completing
DANIEL NICHOLLS Dan Nicholls has joined the Science department as a teacher of Chemistry and Physics. He obtained his PGCE from Canterbury
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Mathematics and Economics degree at the University of Nottingham, Hayden briefly worked in
CARLIE CURNOW Carlie Carnow brings a wealth of experience to the Art department. Having trained as a teacher in Kent, she
London as a data analyst before returning to Kent to pursue a career in agriculture. After a few years farming and coaching hockey locally, Hayden completed a PGCE at Canterbury Christ Church University and joins St Lawrence as a resident tutor in Lodge where he hopes to be a positive influence on his pupils in and out of the classroom.
Christ Church University and recently completed his PhD. in Crystallography at the University of Reading.
moved to Surrey and taught in the public and maintained sectors. Carlie taught primarily at Sir William Perkins’s School before having two children. When she resumed her career, Carlie taught briefly at Junior Kings and then at CATS college. She has also trained as an illustrator and enjoys working as an artist alongside her teaching career. Carlie has created commissioned works including murals, portraits, pet portraits and developing her own fine art work.
THAHSEEN ALI Thahseen is a Biology teacher, resident tutor in Bellerby and our token Canadian! She came to the UK in 2012 to start
BLAKE ELLIOTT Blake Elliott has joined the Maths department and is a resident tutor in Kirby House. He joins us as after completing
her teaching career after completing her education in Canada. This transition was only supposed to last one year, but thanks to the charm of the English, one year soon turned into nine! Thahseen enjoys travelling and playing various sports including rugby, squash and climbing.
his PGCE at the University of Greenwich. Before turning his attention to teaching Mathematics, he worked at several independent schools in England and Scotland coaching sport, mainly hockey and tennis. Prior to this, Blake spent some time in sunnier locations coaching tennis, including Corsica, Sardinia and two years in New York.
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