Eight weeks of school closures means eight Mondays where I have emailed my form to find out how they are doing, as per my duty of care. Despite them receiving this weekly email with clear instructions that they must reply, unfortunately the response rate isn’t always great. Some students will happily answer my questions and…
4 things I thought about teachers as a child that I now know aren’t true
It’s the new year, which seems like a good time to write another long over-due blog post. My last post was in October and a lot has happened since then. Highlights included another breakdown in school in which I questioned why on earth I am putting myself through this. Ahh- no half-term is complete without…
Back to school
In our last session of the summer institute, we were asked to write down our biggest concern about our first day on a post-it note. Jokingly, I wrote that my biggest concern was that I would be crying by lunchtime on my first day. I did not think that it would actually happen. Well, how…
Teach First, Blog Later 