I’ve been a member of the Professional Support Team (PST) in my school for the past two years and we have supported 12 NQT’s through the process during this time. There are four PST members in my school. Three of us completed mentor training and mentored NQT’s for two years before Droichead was introduced in […]

I have put together this booklet to answer all your questions about applications and interviews. I’ve been receiving hundreds of questions about different aspects of applying for jobs and the interview process too. The beginning section of the booklet details my own experience in applying for jobs (thousands of them since I qualified), the successes […]

3 Ways Teachers Can Work Smarter The reoccurring, and ever-important, issue of work-life balance comes to the fore as we reflect on the school year almost over. How can we build on our successes and adapt to improve our areas of development, both personally and professionally? We know that there are more and more expectations […]

What are they? Extra Personal Days (EPV) or ‘course’ days are days that a teacher can take off during the course of the school year. They are earned through completion of a summer course with an approved organisation (more below).

I was sent this Algebra Maths Box from ‘Creative Activity’ to review. As many people know, Maths is my favourite subject to teach so I was delighted to try out a new resource – particularly in the area of Algebra. The pack comes in a plastic box which is super handy for storage. It includes […]

I’ve been receiving a huge amount of messages from soon to be qualified teachers wondering about what happens next. I remember the overwhelming feelings of applying for jobs, understanding the panel and the daunting task of being in charge of a class. It is all very different to teaching practice and it can be difficult […]

My class are currently learning all about Kenya so I’ve created a thematic plan that has lots of different lesson ideas for different curricular areas including ideas for; Literacy (Reading, Writing and Oral language) Geography History Science S.P.H.E. Art Music P.E. My class are really interested to learn about a country that is so far […]

I don’t know what to call this post, I don’t know what I’m going to write about or why I’m even writing it but it’s been over a month since I’ve written a blogpost and nearly a month since I’ve engaged with social media and I suppose I feel I should explain even though no […]

This is something I started last year but I don’t think I’ve ever shared it here. It is probably one of my favourite classroom management tools. In my class I have the usual rules and expectations but I also consistently talk about kindness and our school motto is ‘Treat Others As You Would Like to […]

I’ve just created a set of real life division questions for my class as a revision after the Easter holidays. We’ve covered division already so these will be a good way for the children to revise division with real life questions.