We’re more than halfway through the academic year. Overall, routines are in place and things such as observations and NQT paperwork are becoming more instinctive and natural.
It feels as if each half-term is quickening its pace, however, and the inevitable countdown to the GCSE exams has begun.
I have been thinking about my professional duties, both as a teacher and a mentor figure, in relation to my year 11 students. After a shaky start to the year (when I was worried that student apathy seemed to be spreading like the plague), they seem to have pulled their socks up after the mocks and seem fairly focused.
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