John McNALLY

Retired Teacher of English and Head of Primary English Department

Since retiring, I have remained very active, volunteering for a foodbank charity, as a gardener and as a reading coach for an Adult Literacy Trust.I also worked as a Moderator of IGCSE  French oral exams for the Cambridge Examining Board .

I have been an active member of our multi-national and multi-cultural Community where we live and have been a member of our Residents' Committee. I have also organised several Community events and festivals.

My interests include walking, reading,theatre, cinema, concerts, art galleries, museums and visits to botanical gardens. I also enjoy travel through the UK and Europe.

My teaching career began in 1977 as a Year 6 class teacher in a primary school in Farnham, Surrey where I taught for one year. Having worked on a few Summer Camps for young foreign students (aged 8 to 18), I was invited by the proprietors to administer and organise materials and courses to develop their scope of provision for one year in 1978/79. In September 1979, I was appointed teacher of EFL in L'Ecole Jacques Prévert, Hammersmith where I taught for 5 years. In 1984, I undertook a similar role at the Lycée Francais Charles de Gaulle in South Kensington. I was appointed Head of Primary English in 2002 and had a team of 16 teachers in 4 annexes. I was responsible for the management of the curriculum, assessments, appointments and training and the general organisation and well-being of both staff and students. I created and coordinated all assessments and supervised the marking and grading.

Diploma of French Studies with distinction from the Institute of Touraine in Tours, France 1975.

Certificate of Education in 1976 LSU College of Higher Education, Southampton

Certificate of Religious Studies in 1976. LSU College, Southampton

Bachelor of Education in French and Education 2/1 in 1977. University of Southampton.

Annual In-Service training in areas of Primary Education and Assessment at the Lycée