12 things only experienced primary teachers know
From befriending whoever's in charge of the stationery cupboard to spotting the playground troublemaker from 100 yards, Ian Goldsworthy rounds up a dozen things all long-serving educators have learnt…
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3 | A lesson plan is a lot more like a wish list than a script
4 | If you keep those loom bands, yo-yos, and cat’s cradles in a box somewhere they’ll all come around again
5 | The colour pen you mark with has never made any difference to the progress a child makes
6 | Like spotting a snowflake in an avalanche, an experienced teacher can pinpoint the ringleader of all the trouble on the playground
7 | You’ll never not panic that you’ve forgotten how to teach at the end of the summer holidays
8 | Nothing slams the passage of time in your face quite as hard as bumping into your ex-students who are now, inexplicably, adults
9 | An NQT will search their soul for weeks if only half of the class’s DT projects work; an experienced teacher will consider that a pretty decent hit rate
10 | It’s impossible to make it through a leaver’s assembly without crying
11 | When teaching electricity, fixing all the flat batteries, frayed wires and broken crocodile clips requires a teacher to be more like an octopus than an educator
12 | No matter how many times you receive a “best teacher in the world card”, they can still find a new way to misspell teacher
2 | While it’s important to be well liked at school, it’s especially important to be well liked by the person who holds the key to the stationery cupboard
3 | A lesson plan is a lot more like a wish list than a script
4 | If you keep those loom bands, yo-yos, and cat’s cradles in a box somewhere they’ll all come around again
5 | The colour pen you mark with has never made any difference to the progress a child makes
6 | Like spotting a snowflake in an avalanche, an experienced teacher can pinpoint the ringleader of all the trouble on the playground
7 | You’ll never not panic that you’ve forgotten how to teach at the end of the summer holidays
8 | Nothing slams the passage of time in your face quite as hard as bumping into your ex-students who are now, inexplicably, adults
9 | An NQT will search their soul for weeks if only half of the class’s DT projects work; an experienced teacher will consider that a pretty decent hit rate
10 | It’s impossible to make it through a leaver’s assembly without crying
11 | When teaching electricity, fixing all the flat batteries, frayed wires and broken crocodile clips requires a teacher to be more like an octopus than an educator
12 | No matter how many times you receive a “best teacher in the world card”, they can still find a new way to misspell teacher
1 | The exact number of raindrops on the window that equal wet break
2 | While it’s important to be well liked at school, it’s especially important to be well liked by the person who holds the key to the stationery cupboard
3 | A lesson plan is a lot more like a wish list than a script
4 | If you keep those loom bands, yo-yos, and cat’s cradles in a box somewhere they’ll all come around again
5 | The colour pen you mark with has never made any difference to the progress a child makes
6 | Like spotting a snowflake in an avalanche, an experienced teacher can pinpoint the ringleader of all the trouble on the playground
7 | You’ll never not panic that you’ve forgotten how to teach at the end of the summer holidays
8 | Nothing slams the passage of time in your face quite as hard as bumping into your ex-students who are now, inexplicably, adults
9 | An NQT will search their soul for weeks if only half of the class’s DT projects work; an experienced teacher will consider that a pretty decent hit rate
10 | It’s impossible to make it through a leaver’s assembly without crying
11 | When teaching electricity, fixing all the flat batteries, frayed wires and broken crocodile clips requires a teacher to be more like an octopus than an educator
12 | No matter how many times you receive a “best teacher in the world card”, they can still find a new way to misspell teacher
