I guess that’s the thought going through a lot of parents’ minds right now, whether they’re teachers or not. My parents were both teachers and I can tell you right now that it wasn’t always an easy combination. I always really wanted to be their child, rather than their student. Perhaps that’s the most important […]
Month: March 2020
The First Day Of School: Keyworker Edition
Yesterday, I posted on my Facebook wall, expressing my fears and uncertainties before the first day back at school after schools were closed to all but the children of essential key workers. I think that it’s important that we talk about our feelings and are part of a community, after all this is physical distancing […]
This Has Been The Strangest Week In My Career.
When I started teaching, there were so many things that I expected. I expected to find that behaviour management was a struggle at times. I expected to work hard, work late and work at home. I expected meetings, parents’ evenings, detentions, marking, marking, marking and more marking. I even expected that every time I moved […]