First Half Term   I have   laughed cried doubted my ability worried myself to sleep run run run 12 miles to sweat out my worries   Yet I wake up every morning on a high when I think of the classes I have that day. The pupils I get to teach, challenge, motivate, inspire and help blossom! All the above I can live with when I know my job everyday could change someone else’s life. It not been an easy half term and I am not going to lie I was so excited for half term to come and have space away from the school, department, pupils, staff, WhatsApp group, Teams and just breathe.   Let me start with something  really special …   The final week just before half term I was off sick with  Covid  symptons !  Luckily  my results came back Negative and I managed to come back for the last two days before half term.   Sadly, 30% of year 11 were sent home due to two pupils getting  Covid . This meant my favourite class period 5 on a Friday would not all be in. I was gutted! but knowing they are h

I initially considered  going into teaching with a fair degree of doubt. I had been working in marketing for over ten years prior to having kids, and did feel it was high time I turned to a vocation that I could truly feel passionate about. My parents were teachers and I also know a great many teachers who all love what they do, which I found very inspiring. However it took me a little while to take the plunge as I have two small children and I had concerns about how the demands of a full time teacher training year might impact me and my family. It was arguably a bold move, but boy was it worth taking! To my delight, the people at Redhill SCITT were unfazed by my family situation, and the trust that Sally Barfoot seemed to place in me and my potential at my interview was so encouraging. I thought I would feel on the back foot for having family commitments, but the truth is it is an achievable juggling act! I have felt so energised and determined to become a teacher that I managed to do