Phil Avery's blog: Teaching on Ice

Age:  27
 
Current job:  Geography teacher at Oxted School, Surrey
 
Previous job:  Marketing and store management for Boots the Chemist; Researcher for the BBC; Barman in Spain
 
Education:  BA Geography and PGCE Geography at Oxford University. GCSEs and A Levels at Cranbrook School
 
Sports:  Rowing, running, cycling
 
Favourite films:  City of God, The Pianist, The Power of One
 
Favourite books:  Beyond the Limits (Ranulph Fiennes), Survivial of the Fittest (Mike Stroud), The Famished Road (Ben Okri)
 
Favourite music: mainly bands with K in the title: Kasabian, Kings of Leon, Killers…but also Turin Brakes and jazz
 
Favourite foods:  Pork pies, baked Alaska, sea bass, bread and butter pudding
 
Pet hates:  People who put the work ‘like’ at the beginning of every sentence, yellow cars
 
Desert island/Antarctic luxury:  A photo album
 
Currently writing on teachingexpertise: Teaching on Ice – an Antarctic blog