Twelve months ago we were just coming up the end of our first half term at a new school and I’ve been thinking about how easy it has been to forget how tough it all was and was saddened the other evening to see a couple of tweets from teachers asking about when they could … Read more
The last six weeks I have had to go back to basics in terms of my lesson planning and behaviour management … let’s just say that at times it feels like doing my PGCE all over again. Of course I’ve had the data on my groups (I’ve had that for months!!) but this only tells part … Read more
I did promise that I would be chronicling the journey … warts and all! (Mainly mine!) so here goes: It’s Friday evening and I am absolutely “banjaxed” after a week that has been full of highs and lows. To those of you that have moved jobs in teaching, more than once (I’m not sure I … Read more
This is probably one of the most honest posts I’ve ever written: I have come to the conclusion that I must be a nightmare to manage. I think of something and the next thing I know I can hear the words coming out of my mouth … the next bit is meant in some way, to explain … Read more
In our school’s newsletter tomorrow there is a section about leavers and promotions, so as of then, the students will be made aware. To be honest I’ve told my groups already as I wanted to tell them myself and for them not to hear it on the grapevine, so to speak – I felt I … Read more
I have been keeping a low profile this week for a number of reasons, one of which for the last couple of days has been flu .. not your run of the mill “man flu” but proper red nose, snot streaming, coughing … you get the idea? I could go on if you don’t! The … Read more
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