If you had asked me 10 years ago what I wanted to be I would never, in a million years, have said be a teacher. Even, at an interview for a maternity LSA cover, when asked “do you think you could be a teacher” I responded with “no. The job is too stressful, too long,...
Whether it’s emerging from the sparks and flames of a welding and metal brazing workshop, or pressing pause on the classical music that has soundtracked the delicate transparency of watercolour painting, the feeling that comes after each lesson I teach is one of...
I graduated over 30 years ago. I have been working in industry, using my skills, both subject specific and otherwise, learnt at university and beyond, at home and at work. I have changed careers twice already, working in the personal products industry and in...
About halfway through my first term of teacher training I found myself really struggling with my mental health, to the extent that I wasn’t sure if I would be able to complete the course despite how much I wanted to do so. What really saved me was that being...
I had always loved coaching sport and getting involved in team activities, but I never thought I would end up becoming a teacher. At the end of my University degree, I said to myself I’ll have a year off and “find myself”. Long story short, I panicked and became a...
