From a very young age I knew that I wanted to become a teacher. One of my own many inspirations to follow this through began with my own primary one teacher. I loved her enthusiasm for every lesson, her gentleness and kind approach to us anxious children and her unique style of teaching. As a child, this made me laugh but also made me look forward to the day ahead at school. As I look back now, I understand why she taught the way she did and I aspire to be as good as her.

As I continued through school knowing that teaching was my aspiration, this was confirmed during my different placements. These included one during my sixth year at my own primary and a completely new primary school in my year at college. As daunting as it was at first I really looked forward to going in every day to be faced with smiling children who seemed happy to see me. And even now, it is so lovely to see some of these same smiling faces approaching me outwith the school.