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Welcome to MrLeach.com

I am a semi-retired computer science teacher from Bedford UK.

I put this site together as a pilot to help me learn some of the things I needed for other projects I work on, and also as a place to host my pupils’ work.

The site is produced using WordPress hosted locally. I made a simple theme which uses Bootstrap 5, and also added the ‘Bootstrap Blocks’ plugin. The site is then exported as static HTML pages using the ‘Simply Static’ plugin , which go into a Github repository. When that is updated the content is automatically transferred to an AWS S3 bucket using Code Pipeline. After a while the Cloud Front distribution gets updated and the pages are live.

Sundials

Horizontal Sundial

I’m a member of the British Sundial Society, and a bit of an enthusiast. I like to make a sundial for the location when I go on holiday.

Music

Fifth Dimension Group Photo

I’m the drummer in a covers band playing music from the 80s onwards.

Camino de Santiago

Church on the Camino de Santiago

In 2008 and 2009 I spent the school summer holidays walking 500 miles across northern Spain.

Woodwork Projects

Bronze Age Canoe Project

I like making things from wood using mostly hand tools. I’ve made some furniture, spoons, and am currently volunteering at Stanwick Lakes, where we are making a canoe from a tree trunk using Bronze Age tools.

Whiteboard

Mind map with the CS Whiteboard

An online whiteboard system which I made with Javascript, filled with things to make it helpful for teaching computer science.

Pupils’ Work

Tank Game

Some games made in HTML and Javascript by my Y12 A Level Computer Science pupils.