I have craved stillness all week. A classroom is not the best setting when temperatures are rising, and the movement required of teaching Year Ones, even in a bubble, is not the most comfortable thing in the world when outdoor temperatures are high. But the real stillness I've wanted has been mental rather than physical: … Continue reading #DailyWritingChallenge – Stillness
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NQT Blogs #3
What do I do in my first week? This was requested on Twitter by @miss_jwoodcock - I hope there's something helpful in among all this! I think this is the blog I would have most wanted to read myself, as an NQT-to-be. There was so much running through my head, and despite all my placement … Continue reading NQT Blogs #3
#DailyWritingChallenge – Happiness
I struggled writing this! Not because I'm not happy, but because there's a lot of things that can make me sit back and say "Yeah, I'm happy." And for someone with a chronic anxiety disorder, it's pretty great to be able to do that! When I sat with my blog notebook today, this is what … Continue reading #DailyWritingChallenge – Happiness
#DailyWriting Challenge – Roots
I'm currently reading Becoming by Michelle Obama; after lusting after this book, life got in the way and I ended up putting it down for an extended period, more than once. But there really is no excuse not to read, in lockdown! Though that makes it sound like a chore, and this book is far … Continue reading #DailyWriting Challenge – Roots
NQT Advice #2
On Rejection... I wrote this in the wake of what initially felt like the end of the world: being unsuccessful in interviewing for a further maternity cover at my school, that would have allowed me to stay for another year. I was crushed because I've loved working at that school, with wonderful children and fantastic … Continue reading NQT Advice #2
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
#DailyWritingChallenge – Harmony
Harmony - noun - the state of being in agreement or concord There has been a lot of negativity about teachers this week. Some of it is aimed directly at us: poisoned arrows of accusation that we're not working hard enough;that we haven't worked while schools are closed; that we think ourselves 'special'. The worst … Continue reading #DailyWritingChallenge – Harmony
#DailyWritingChallenge – Curiosity
https://happilyeverafteretc.com/25-free-printables-for-your-home/ Curiosity. Noun. The desire to learn or know about anything; Inquisitiveness.https://www.dictionary.com/browse/curiosity?s=t Curiosity is the value that immediately sprang to mind as I chatted to one of my pupils this morning (over the phone, observing and respecting all social distancing and professional boundaries, I feel obligated to add!) They told me excitedly about all the … Continue reading #DailyWritingChallenge – Curiosity
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
#DailyWritingChallenge – Trust
There have been better days than today, and I am sure that better days are coming. Today, not even a run was enough to clear my head, so I guess that leaves me waiting it out. I have to trust that it will get better. How is it even possible to feel burnt out by … Continue reading #DailyWritingChallenge – Trust
