A RED Cliffs Secondary College physical education teacher marked his 40th year teaching this week.

Sandy Thomas started at the school 38 years ago, having previously spent one year working as an emergency teacher, and another at a school in Merbein.

"In Year 12, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do but I played tennis and coached a lot of kids, and I read a book called Angels in Faded Jeans about a...