Year in the life of an NQT

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Helen Fuller is an English NQT at the City Academy, Bristol. We follow her throughout a busy day covering the start of a brand new module War and Conflict with a top set Year 9 class. In her mentor...

Helen Fuller is an English NQT at the City Academy, Bristol. We follow her throughout a busy day covering the start of a brand new module War and Conflict with a top set Year 9 class. In her mentor meeting at the end of the day, Helen considers what was a challenging lesson, and gets advice on how to deal with their behaviour issues in the future. At the end of the day we see Helen cooking at home with her husband and reflecting on her day and what the she wants from the future.This is the first instalment of a three part series documenting a year in the life of an NQT. We see Helen at home as well as school, juggling professional and personal life in her first year as a teacher.

In this second instalment of a three part series documenting the life of an NQT we are once again introduced to Helen Fuller, an English NQT at The City Academy, Bristol.Helen is in her second term of teaching as we follow her through another day in the classroom, seeing how she copes with a lesson observation and feedback session from her mentor. Helen discusses the progress she has made with her Year 9 English class as well as how she continues to juggle her professional and personal life.

This is the third and final installment of the year in the life of NQT Helen Fuller at the City Academy, Bristol. The pressure is on as we observe Helen's final observation with her Year 9 English class and discover if she has passed or failed the year. Helen reflects on her first year as teacher, on the highs and lows, and what she expects of the future. Helen and her musician husband Billy celebrate in style with a bottle of champagne and some fish and chips.

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