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Thom's Christmas Message
We're following newly qualified teacher, Thom Dunn as he undertakes his first year in the profession.
Find out more about Thom from his previous blog entry here.
The last time we heard from Thom he had just finished his half term break and was about to head back to school.
So what's it been like for Thom at school in the lead up to Christmas...?
Jingle bells, no school bells, it's the holidays. Oh what fun it is to sit and not mark more essays.
At this time of year, school should be basking in the balmy glow of festive cheer. In reality, betwixt the Christmas cards and the opening of my Form Group's Advent Calendar, the end-of-unit-assessment juggernaut rolls on, eking out more words and more pen-smithery from an exhausted cohort of students and an equally shattered staff.
Crimble can't come soon enough - not since Hannibal's elephants looked forward to putting their feet up after trekking over the Alps has a break felt more needed (do elephants have feet or hooves?).
Nevertheless, even at this time of year, the job is ceaselessly fascinating: yesterday a student thanked me for the lesson as he left the room, which cheered up my day no end; today I covered a physics lesson and learnt all about alternating currents.
Tomorrow it's my first parents' evening, a chance to praise and chasten students in front of their folks. Then it will be football training and a beer (in that order), and only a few more days to go. Lots of Shakespeare next term. Love it.
Happy Christmas,
Thom
