It's such a long time since I've written one of these blog posts, revisiting my NQT year with an eye to finding something useful to share! When I flicked through my diaries to find what I wrote in December, I wasn't sure how any of it could become something useful to an up-and-coming NQT. Though … Continue reading December
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NQT Advice #1
What can I do over the summer to get ready? This was requested by @Miss_Grimmer on Twitter, and it's actually been quite nice to reflect on what I did last summer, what I didn't do and what I maybe should have done! I hope there's something useful in here for soon-to-be NQT's thinking about the … Continue reading NQT Advice #1
November
While this is an addition to my NQT series, it is equally an entry for the #DailyWritingChallenge, under the heading of 'perseverance.' November was a long, hard slog for me: not a month I will forget in a hurry for sure. I moved out of my parents' house, for that first taste of independence and … Continue reading November
Who Am I?
Being a teacher is something I dreamed of, something I worked hard for, something I knew would be difficult but that I persevered for regardless. I never expected my first year to be like this.
October
This is the second in my series of NQT Year blogs, looking back and reflecting on each month. Now, October, where I tried to keep afloat, sometimes with success and other times with less than that... "[My headteacher] told me today that I'm smiling again."Tuesday, 1st October 2019 As the leaves began to change, so … Continue reading October