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A mentor's advice for NQTs at the end of term one

NQTs
NQT mentor David Torn takes us through the advice that he normally offers to his mentees at this time of year.

Congratulations, you are a third of the way through your first year. At this point you will, no doubt, be very tired, but hopefully extremely pleased with the career choice that you made just over a year ago. The last three months will have tested you in many ways and now it is time to reflect. 

The next two weeks will go extremely quickly – make the most of it. It will not be until Easter that you get a break of the same length and then you will probably be heavily involved in marking controlled assessments or other exam-related stuff.

I can hear you saying “but, I have got six sets of books to mark”! That may be the case, but if you do not get some rest you will not be able to function next term. 

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