After successfully completing a list of good things that happened to me in 2014, I've decided to keep another one for 2015! Here goes!
Tuesday 6th January - Dad turned 60!
Friday 9th January - found out I was able to go back to my favourite local school for my final school placement!
Friday 16th January - handed in my dissertation!
Friday 16th January - found out I got a 1st on a geography assignment I thought I'd flunked!! Officially got 1sts in every geography assignment ever!
Saturday 17th January - bought my graduation/interview suit!
Monday 19th January - started back at school! Got such a lovely welcome from everybody!
Friday 23rd January - got a text from my teacher tutor to congratulate me on having such a positive attitude at school!
Thursday 29th January - found out my link tutor, and it's a lady that I like!
Friday 31st January - my first Inset day was a success!
Wednesday 4th February - letters went home to parents to say I was the official class teacher of Rabbits class until the regular teacher returns from sick leave!
Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th February - my first parents evenings went well!
Wednesday 18th February - finally saw Les Miserables in London and it was brilliant!
Monday 2nd March - had my final ever Link Tutor observation and got graded as ‘High’.
Tuesday 3rd March - found out my Primary Geography article has won an award for Leading Excellence in Primary Geography!! Invited to presentation in Manchester.
Wednesday 4th March - Bedtime Stories event at school! Everyone wore PJs and came back to school in the evening for some stories, hot chocolate and biscuits!
Thursday 5th March - First geography club after school!
Friday 6th March - ‘All That Glitters’ free dress day - everyone was rather impressed with my bright yellow t-shirt, bright blue cardigan and purple stripy tie!
Friday 13th March - my first ever assembly (Mothers Day), in front of Key Stage 1, and their parents!
Wednesday 18th March - my first ever school/class photo as a teacher rather than a pupil!
Wednesday 18th March - the headteacher of my school brought me a paper copy of the job advert she’d just put up and said she hoped I’d apply.
Friday 27th March - first ever ‘big’ assembly (Celebration Assembly) again in front of Key Stage 1 and their parents!
Friday 27th March - KS2 teacher/ICT leader/school governor told me he thinks it would be really good if I applied for the job and offered to check over my application for me!
Saturday 18th March - he said it was an excellent application!
Monday 30th March - first ever job application submitted!
Tuesday 31st March - found out I would be finishing placement with an overall grade of ‘High’ and ‘High’ in 6/8 teaching standards.
Wednesday 1st April - last day in Rabbits class. Such a sad day but I was treated so well and had such a fantastic send off from the staff and children (see other blog!)
Thursday 2nd April - invited to collect Geography award in Manchester, with the university funding the travel and a hotel! Also told I have been nominated by my lovely geography lecturer for student of the year for my contributions towards primary geography.
Thursday 2nd April - found out I got a first for my dissertation!
Wednesday 22nd April - got my first teaching interview confirmation for my favourite school. The lady from the office said “Jason, Jason, I’ve got some good news for you!”
Thursday 30th April - GOT OFFERED MY FIRST TEACHIING JOB AT MY FAVOURITE SCHOOL EVER!
Thursday 30th April - after lots of worry, my mums MRI scans came back clear!
Thursday 30th April - after being rushed to the vets with heart issues, my dog emerged at the end of the day much better, albeit with yet another set of ‘on them for life’ tablets!
Monday 11th May - my contract came!
Thursday 14th May - final day of university. Our lecturers flash mobbed us!
Thursday 14th May - got a 1st in my last ever university assignment!
Friday 15th May - took my signed contract into school, and found out I'll be teaching Year 2! A nice small class of 24 children for my NQT year!
Monday 25th May - got up at 5am to confirm/book ‘things’ for our Disney cruise - we got a Port Arrival time of 10:45am (really really good for first time cruisers) and we got all of the Port Adventures we wanted!
Monday 25th May - went shopping and did really well - I got some storage tubs and a map for my classroom, and three t-shirts and a jumper, which is a miracle as I HATE clothes shopping and can never find anything I like!
Tuesday 26th, Thursday 28th and Friday 29th May - I completely reorganised my room and removed all Uni stuff - it’s now a ‘grown up’ room (well, ish!)
Wednesday 27th May - a really good day at Victoria Country Park. Tried out the adult playground, got bitten by a duck for the first time, and accidentally got ‘attacked’ by the sea in trousers, shoes and socks!
Thursday 28th May - got my first list of dates as a cover teacher at my school!
Thursday 4th June - my first day as a supply teacher, with my lovely Rabbits class! I also found out the name of the class I will be teaching in September - Foxes!
Saturday 6th June - we booked Orlando 2016!
Monday 8th June - my first time covering a class that wasn’t Rabbits. I also found out that my LSA for September will be the wonderful Mrs Small! Found out which classroom will be mine too!
Thursday 11th June - finally went to the Sea City museum, on a school trip!
Friday 12th June - the newsletter announcing that I am a new teacher at the school was finally published. “Mr___ will be familiar to many parents has he has been a student here on two separate placements and we are delighted he will be joining us as a class teacher!”.
Monday 15th June - I had Rabbits to myself for the whole day! I also had parents come up and congratulate me on my new post, and say how excited their children were about it!
Friday 19th June - my first Inset Day - outdoor leader training.
Sunday 21st - Friday 26th June - went to Disneyland Paris with my friends for the first time. It was a great week, and I even rode Rock n’ Rollercoaster multiple times!
Monday 29th June - I found out that I got a 1st for my degree! I was on a trip to IBM, and the lady let me use her laptop to check. She then took photos of me and had lots of people congratulate me. It was then announced at the end of the day on the stage in front of staff and children from ten other schools!
Thursday 2nd July - transition day. I had my new class for the first time all day! Only one child cried (because he didn’t understand the rules to a game!) otherwise, a successful day!
Saturday 4th July - we had Domino’s to celebrate my degree!
Monday 6th July - I was called into school to cover Rabbits in the afternoon because the agency supply teacher was useless. Apparently, everyone was very relieved that I was coming in!
Tuesday 21st July - went in to do some planning for September and get a move on with getting things ready for my new classroom. I was also touched to be given a card and Amazon gift voucher from all the parents/children in Rabbit class - especially surprised as I’ve only taught them three times since Easter!
Wednesday 22nd July - end of term staff BBQ at one of the teachers houses. My first proper out of school staff social. It was a little awkward at first, but I really enjoyed it!
Thursday 23rd July - I officially inherited my classroom and could start moving in!
Friday 24th July - staff pub lunch. Jon locked my LSA in the car and didn’t notice!!! His daughter also asked why ‘that man had his [ding dong] in a sink! (it was a urinal!) all round hilarious day.
Sunday 26th July - Megan’s birthday party thing. We had pizza and I played Cards Against Humanity for the first time.
Monday 27th July - my classroom was more or less finished and ready for September!
Wednesday 29th July - received a copy of my nomination form for student teacher of the year. What my geography tutor wrote is so sweet!
Saturday 1st August - flew to Florida to start my 3 week trip of magic!
Thursday 6th August - finally met my friend Josh in Magic Kingdom!
Saturday 8th August - embarked upon my first ever Disney Cruise. It was a totally AMAZING week, including dolphin swimming and turtle farms (Grand Cayman), shopping in Mexico, waterfall climbing and exotic creature holding (Jamaica) and LOTS of Disney magic! The Fantasy was an amazing ship, and I felt like a made loads of friends (I didn’t though...)
Friday 21st August - arrived back to the UK to find my beautiful dog still with us.
Tuesday 1st September - I had my first inset day as a proper member of staff at my school. Also put the finishing touches to my classroom!
Wednesday 2nd September - my first day as a Year 2 teacher with my new class! I got given a ‘good luck’ Fox card from one of the other teachers too! :’)
Friday 11th September - made it to the end of my first full week! Had a great evening in fits of laughter with the head of Year 2 (and NQT mentor!) as we tried to set up our indoor caving equipment! Also got a comment on Facebook from one of my colleagues that said I was contracted with them for at least ten years! It’s a lie, but made me feel loved!
Friday 18th September - it was our first Key Stage 1 Celebration Assembly, with the theme of ‘confidence’. The head teacher called me up to give me an award for using my confidence in my first few weeks as a teacher. It was a (highly embarrassing) total surprise, and the children all thought it was hilarious. I got a school logo sticker that says “Congratulations! We are all proud of you!”.
Monday 26th October - half term. Went into school to do some work, but ended up hanging out with my two favourite teachers, Jon and Laura. We dragged a sofa into the Year R room, watched a film and ordered Dominos pizza to school!
Friday 30th October - went Donutting with some colleagues! Jon, Ian, Laura, Gemma, Jons friend Mark and Jons daughter Emma. It was supposed to be a date for Gemma and Mark (Jon set them up!) but it was a hilariously amazing day. After donutting, we went for a pub lunch, where Jons wife and other daughter joined us. Then Laura and I went to Jons house for some cake...which ended up being for five hours! It was great because I am now very popular with his daughter...she gave me a dance lesson and I even won her drawing competition!
Monday 16th November - after a hilarious ‘incident’ with strawberry laces the previous week, the other year 2 PPA cover teacher bought be a pocket of sour strawberry laces. I felt very loved!
Saturday 21st November - went out for a meal with work friends and then onto a pub...I may have accidentally done a thing called clubbing?
Thursday 10th December - our final Christmas performance ‘'Children of the World’ went without a hitch!
Friday 11th December - a long chat with friends/colleagues after school about social things and it was very fun. I have found a new cycling buddy!
Monday 14th December - County Geography Inspector came to visit me at school..very impressed with my geography and wants me to write things and send photos for the next Geography News. She also wants me to become part of a small team of geography teachers to set the bar for Hampshire!
Friday 18th December - finished my first term as a teacher! One wonderful parent even came back after school to thank me for doing a wonderful job! Got cards from my mentor and head saying I'd had an amazing first term. Go me!
Friday 18th December - staff Christmas do! It was amazing and I really love the people I work with. we had loads of photo booth photos done!
Saturday 19th December - accidentally had a 15 hour Facebook chat Marathon with some of my beasties from work...one of which is in the SLT!
Sunday 20th December - went round Jons house (aforementioned member of SLT) to watch the apprentice final with a takeaway!
Monday 21st December - did some work at school in the morning and then spent the afternoon watching films and bonding with Laura, an early years teacher at school (and friend). Dragging sofas into her classroom is always fun. Also had fun wearing an inflatable sumo suit around school!
Tuesday 22nd December - went to Laura's house with Jon and his children and had a pub lunch. Then watched films and bonded more with Laura. Also had to go on a mission to find Laura's phone that she lost!
Wednesday 23rd December onwards - all day Facebook chats with Jon and Laura...for literally 14 hours..
Sunday 27th December - Jon and I went to Laura's house for a fun evenin of hanging out (I shall not post the things we got up to!!) Jon and I also stopped off on the way to check out a crazy mountain bike area. He lent me his £800 bike for a few weeks! (Pressure!!). We also started our sock tradition ... At every available opportunity (Christmas, new year, birthday, pancake day...valentines....) we buy each other a funky pair of socks.
Thursday 31st December - went for an early morning bike ride with Jon and Laura.
Well, what a magnificent year 2015 has turned out to be. When I started writing is list, I had no final university placement, and now I've got a first class degree and my dream job in a school with people I love! I am so happy with how the year has ended...let's hope 2016 is just as good!
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