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Diary of an NQT: Taking on the residential trip

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Ahead of her first residential trip, our NQT diarist reflects on the challenges she will face spending a week abroad with a group of students

At the beginning of the year, I agreed to help staff the annual ski trip and, as I write this diary entry, it is now just a few days away (although by the time you read this, it will all be a distant memory).

Both the excitement and the nerves are kicking in. This is the first residential trip that I have been a part of since embarking on my teaching career and, in all honesty, I am not quite sure what to expect.

Apart from the obvious physical aspect of skiing every day, I’m pre-empting the mental exhaustion of not having the opportunity to escape a large group of teenagers at my leisure!

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