My interest in becoming a teacher first began at primary school. Here I saw great teachers inspiring me to learn and encourage me to reach my full potential. As I passed through high school I was given the opportunity to go out 1 day per week to a local school and assist the children during […] Continue reading →

  Why have I chosen teaching? Basically I’ve known since a young age that becoming a teacher was what I wanted to do. As a child I loved pretending to be a teacher and always wished I had my own class of pupils to teach. This casts my memory back to when I was about […] Continue reading →

Having a lot of experience with my siblings definitely influenced by decision in choosing a career in teaching however when I was a teenager my career was not something that I was focused on.  I’ve always whole heartedly put everything in my previous jobs but these were not jobs that I aspired for a career […] Continue reading →

On leaving school, I had it all planned out – the business degree, the highflying job, the house, the car, the kids & the man of my dreams all by 25. That was the plan and that was how I saw things panning out. I was raring to go with my course, ready to learn […] Continue reading →

My primary one teacher had a massive impact on me. She was the type of teacher who made every child in the class believe in themselves. (SORRY IF IT’S CHEESY) She would tell the class that if they worked hard in life they could be whatever they wanted to be. It didn’t matter if you […] Continue reading →

Why teaching? A question that nearly every soon to be teacher is asked multiple times and the answer is never short. For me, wanting to be a teacher is something I have always wanted to be, cliché I know but true. Always having the passion to teach, along side the experiences that I have been a part of, has […] Continue reading →

Growing up I always respected my teachers highly and remember thinking “Wow, they know everything. I wish I did!” That’s when I started to become curious as to what was involved in becoming a qualified teacher. This curiosity only continued further as I moved up into High School and my opportunities broadened. When I was […] Continue reading →

My progression into this discipline which I have chosen to study and hopefully succeed into one day has been influenced by many factors and people. From an early age I have been confident that I want to enter a profession which works alongside children and as I have grown up and matured the path to this […] Continue reading →

My parents were foster carers for many years which allowed me to have contact with a diverse range of children and their families as well as learning how to care for children. It was from this experience that I knew I wanted to work with children. Through doing my fourth year work experience, I developed […] Continue reading →

Throughout my childhood I always had aspirations to become a teacher, I would sit with my friends playing a game we called ‘schools’ most often than not I would play the role of the teacher. I would give my ‘class’ spelling tests and maths tests to complete and correct them. During my primary education I […] Continue reading →