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Top Five Worst Moments as an NQT #1 from studentteacher83 815 days old

When you’re teaching it sometimes feels like you’re going round putting out fires. You get one kid sorted with the work, then another puts their hand ...

Top Five Worst Moments as an NQT #2 from studentteacher83 816 days old

One morning nearing the summer holidays I was merrily going about my business during a free. I was taking it easy as there wasn't much to do, no more ...

Top Five Best Moments as an NQT #2 from studentteacher83 817 days old

I shared a form with another teacher this past year. Officially they belonged to her but I mucked in on plenty of occasions. Whenever they did something ...

Top Five Best Moments as an NQT #3 from studentteacher83 818 days old

One of my worst moments was when I had a lesson rated as inadequate. The flip side was a lesson just three weeks later where I got graded as outstanding. ...

Top Five Worst Moments as an NQT #4 from studentteacher83 835 days old

Being told your inadequate is sure to bring up feelings of, well, inadequacy. When I was observed by the deputy head in April I had a nightmare lesson. ...

Tea anyone? from studentteacher83 846 days old

Today there was an afternoon tea for the surviving NQTs from this year. Ten out of the eleven of us who started had made it through. It was at a plush ...

QTS from studentteacher83 849 days old

I've officially passed my NQT year. People keep asking me how it feels to have made it through but I wasn't really sure at what point it happened anyway. ...

Training day from studentteacher83 919 days old

Some NQT training sessions are quite fun, unfortunately others aren’t. Friday’s session was one such occasion. The woman leading the session was nice ...

An Outstanding Week from studentteacher83 933 days old

[ ... ] NQT seems keener than ever to sit with you during briefing. As if that weren't enough your head of department observes you teaching an ...

Seeing things differently from studentteacher83 964 days old

As part of my induction programme I have to go into another secondary school. So today I went to the Catholic school just down the road. It was alright ...