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Congratulations to Mr Roberts!

Congratulations to Mr Roberts!

saltash.net community school is today celebrating the success of Assistant Headteacher, Dan Roberts, who yesterday became the South West region’s Teaching Award winner in the Next Generation Learning Category. Dan beat off tough competition to win one of the coveted Platos. He was presented with his Award at the ceremony held at Dartington Hall and hosted by Justin Leigh from BBC’s Spotlight.

The ‘Next Generation Learning’ Award is sponsored by BECTA and is a new Award this year. It recognises excellence in the area of developing learning and teaching with new technologies to meet the needs of 21st Century learners. After the ceremony Dan was interviewed by the national Guardian newspaper for an article which will appear in next Tuesday’s edition of the Education Guardian. One of the main Guardian journalists has been following Dan’s progress on Twitter and was keen to find out more about the work he has been undertaking at saltash.net.

Accompanying Dan to the finals were Assistant Head, Pete Bond, who helps to run the School Council which annually nominates teachers for the Awards. Representing the student body were year 10s Devon Harding and Adam Riglar, both of whom are taught by Mr Roberts. Headteacher, Isobel Bryce, a previous regional winner for Secondary Headteacher of the Year, also attended the ceremony not just to support Dan but also to present one of the main Awards – the Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School.

Everyone is now wishing Dan all the very best of luck for the national finals which are due to take place in London at the end of October!

• Read about this story on the Plymouth Herald website

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