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Seven down, seven to go from studentteacher83 42 days old

My year eight class normally has fourteen pupils, however by the end of today's lesson we had considerably less than that. 1128: One of the girls informs ...

Puzzling it out from studentteacher83 117 days old

On the last day of the term I did a little quiz with my form. One of the rounds was of famous faces that they had to put a name to. I included a picture ...

It's all in the telling from studentteacher83 251 days old

My pupils need to work harder at their joke telling, I'd say most of them are on a Level 3 at the moment. On Wednesday a year eleven told me a joke that ...

Full of Praise from studentteacher83 286 days old

It's no secret that people respond better to praise than to criticism. So when the Head was asking me yesterday if I taught a particular pupil I wondered ...

Frustration from studentteacher83 293 days old

Marking tests is a frustrating experience. No matter how wel you teach your pupils sometimes their difficulties with reading outweigh all your good work. ...

Pushy Parents from studentteacher83 307 days old

It was year eight parents' evening on Thursday night. I'm feeling a bit of a dab hand at these things now. A couple of years ago and I'd have butterflies ...

Taking the Lead from studentteacher83 318 days old

My form now sit at the top of the year eight inter-form challenge. I'd love to say that it's a direct consequence of their having a brilliant, inspiring ...

The New Craze from studentteacher83 319 days old

First day back after Christmas and the amount of girls wearing bows in their hair suggests that Santa was severely lacking in imagination and just shoved ...

Shut it you slag from studentteacher83 345 days old

I have an unfortunate habit of saying the first thing that pops into my head without really considering what I'm actually saying. One girl in my year ...

Love, Lager... Learning? from studentteacher83 350 days old

Even after two years of teaching I can't believe the cheek of some pupils. Most are absolutely fantastic polite young people but one or two need extra ...