Mr Nicholls

• Does Mr Nichols class as a retired teacher or was he sacked? Anyone ever going to shed some light on this matter?

• Mr Nicholls was supposed to be a Year 8 form tutor for the 8R from the 99 intake..obviously they were devasted having sufferd three months of traffic light lessons...however when September came they found Mr Ward as there form tutor who informed them Mr Nichols was not 'returning' as he had a 'stroke'. However whenever he is mentioned to teachers they always refer to himas 'that dodgy old man'.

• It has also been suggested that Mr Nichols was asked to leave when all his students failed their exams.

• Mr Nichols was an ICT 'teacher'.

• Had a fasination with the young female members of his classes.

• Somehow always managed to drop his pen whilst standing near to said young females.

Quotes

• "The Scottish phone book is this thick [indicates that the book is slim with his hands] for an area this big [indicating large area with hands}, whereas the London phone book is this thick [indicating a large, thick book with his hands] for an area this big [indicating a small area]. That is what a computer file sytem is like".... All I learnt from Mr Nichols in a year... Thank heavens for Mr Gray and Saltash cruiser club spreadsheets...

• At a yr7 parents evening...

Mr Nichols: "I'm afraid I haven't seen your daughters work file for the past 3 months".

Parent (pointing at daughters file on table): "What's that then?"

• "Today we will learn how traffic lights work" (yes we had now been learning this for two months) "ok then...the sequence is...red, red-amber, green, amber, red..red-amber green...everyone got that? Ok now MAKE THE COMPUTER DO IT"....

the exact same lesson twice a week from April to July in Year 7 (the group combining 7R and 7S of the 99 intake...yes the days when 'triple tech' still existed.)

• " What's your name? I'll tell you what it means in Arabic...then show you how to write it"....Kirsty Preston gives name.... "No your name is American, it has no Arabic meaning, fool."