About Me

Hi,

My name is Mr. Watts. I am originally from Tasmania,  Australia which is why I have the accent. Thank you for listening so hard to it in class. I have been a teacher nearly all my life spending much of my time in Macau and China in International Schools. I have now been teaching in Canada for 11 years. I met a wonderful Canadian teacher while in Macau and we eventually came to Canada to live. I have two amazing children and live in the town of Oakville.  I love languages (especially Chinese) and I speak Mandarin and Cantonese and a little Farsi. I love cultures and I live between my own, Chinese and Persian cultures and the mix is fantastic, particularly the food!  

I believe everyone of us has something special to offer and each one has a talent or something we are good at that needs to be found. My job is to help you find it. 

If you want to read about my educational background you are welcome to look me up at the Ontario College of Teachers website. Just look up my name in the "find a teacher" section. I am very excited to be joining my new school, James W. Hill this year as a grade 7 teacher after 6 amazing years at EJ James. 

I love basketball and have coached for years. I love Chinese and Western Chess and hope I can teach you how to play those. I am passionate about games and think that if you are having fun you will learn more. Technology is important to me as a tool for doing your work and it has its place. Most important of all is that I believe; who you are is more important than what you know. If you work hard in my class you will be rewarded. 

Below, I have added some recent photos of my family, Ontario and I as well as a gem from my grade 7 year.