Top marks for amazing teacher Dan
A HALIFAX primary school teacher has been given top marks by parents for going above and beyond during lockdown.
Dan Crook, who turns 30 on Friday, teaches at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School and has organised several fun games and activities for his class to enjoy, as well as giving them regular schoolwork to do.
Mr Crook, who has had to postpone his wedding, which was due to take place on Easter
Sunday, said: “We use Zoom every morning and afternoon. We do prayers and I give them a run through of any work they need to do.
“We use a digital app and we put tutorials on there.
“As well as all the school stuff we’ve been trying to do interesting activities like a Great British Bake-Off and I went round with the chair of governors to their houses.
“We’ve done a video where it looks like they were throwing each other a paper plane, the idea being they were spreading positive messages and reading it on the plane, we recreated famous photos, they’ve done some stop-motion videos recreating famous moments in history, with lego or toys, they’ve done gym challenges, quizzes, reading a book in a funny place like washing machines or hanging upside down on bunk beds, and we did a scavenger hunt so I’d send them off for a pint of milk and the first one back got a point.”
Speaking on behalf of all Year Six parents, one parent told the Courier: “He is just an amazing teacher and credit to St Joseph’s School. He is so personal with the children and goes over and above to help all the kids, and also us parents.
“At the same time as being so professional, he is also so much fun and down to earth and the children absolutely love him.”
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