David Sykes

Designed and in the process of implementing an environment for cultivating Porcini/Cep/Mamatarki/Edible Boletus mushrooms in the UK, together with other species. This is not simple. Also growing fruit trees and soft fruit and teaching one of my sons the fundamentals of gardening.

I assisted teachers in the classroom, concentrating on individuals or small groups of pupils having lower ability or behavioural issues. I used my mathematical skills, my life experience, my empathic skills, all the little tricks and wheezes that I had picked up as a parent over the years and my sense of humour to encourage these pupils to learn. Did not get on with the new headmaster but hoping to do similar in another local school from June 2015.