Yesterday was the last day of my School Direct ITT course and the end of my second week as an NQT. Highs this week have been:
1) accompanying year 7 on a day trip to Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire for a "Bushcraft Experience" where it turned out that whilst the pupils were kept busy by the experts, the accompanying teachers and pastoral staff got to enjoy the tranquility of a day in beautiful woodland with free food and refreshments. What a welcome break in the middle of a very hot and sticky week in school!
2) Some of my year 9s saying that they hoped to have me as their teacher next year :-)
Unfortunately there were lows too, in the form of a group of year 10s, too many of whom preferred talking amongst themselves to listening to me or their peers in my lessons on the Sine and Cosine Rules. I find behaviour management both physically and mentally exhausting, especially during P5. (Timetabling maths for year 10 in P5 three times a week is just silly!)
This weekend will be spent doing solely domestic stuff but on Monday I should get my timetable for next year so I may spend some of next week looking at student data and producing seat plans for September! Off to Dublin for the weekend next Friday evening though so will be very much in holiday mode towards the end of the week x
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