Hey, it's Oliver Manley here, past pupil at Downham Prep School. Such amazing memories! Too many! From summer school and bonfire nights, roasting marshmallows; playing football with Mr Laffeaty and Mr Lane; Music with Mr Last, playing recorders, (and him always offering out tic tacs – ha ha, the legend!); Cooking and French with Mrs Goodwin; studying plants with Mrs Rowe; there are so many! I’m extremely grateful for my time at your school. The staff were, and still are, incredible and have influenced me massively into becoming a teacher. I'm now a fully qualified teaching assistant and debating becoming a primary school teacher. I'm working at a school in Wisbech in Year 1, as a 1:1 with a boy with special needs, and it has been amazing. It’s the most rewarding thing I've done to date. I also love to travel and have worked in the USA, France and Italy, working with children. I'm off to Australia for at least a year on a work and travel visa, as I wish to help myself move there permanently.
Oliver Manley tells us about Teaching and his Travels
Former pupil Oliver Manley aiming to teach down under