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Don’t you worry Confucius

NQTs
In her final diary entry of the year, our NQT diarist reflects on a tough year, full of challenges, and realises just how much she has learnt and how far she has come.

So this week has seen me celebrate my work anniversary! Yes, apparently that’s a real thing, although the concept of being married to my job isn’t one I wish to entertain too much.

As I reach the milestone that sees the end of my first year at this school, I look back and it barely seems like a fortnight since I arrived as a bundle of enthusiasm, nerves and potential. This year has flown past just as quick as the Tour De France will be whizzing past our school gates later this summer.

They do say you should receive the gift of paper for your first anniversary and it seems that most people in school acknowledged this tradition in the form of curriculum maps, observation forms and assessment sheets. Even the students gave the gift of paper in the form of theatre reviews to mark! So generous...

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