10 Years

This week marks 10 years since I became a teacher so thought I would mark the event with this post.

When I was younger I had always wanted to grow up to be either a Dad or an Artist. 2 things that to be honest wasn't exactly the biggest goals or targets. If you had told me I would become a teacher I would have thought you were crazy.

Looking back I have had some great jobs doing it. Specialist ICT, Music and Art teacher within Primary ages. Year 1 and 2 teacher.  Department head in those subjects. I have worked in a school as head of KS1. Have worked directly for Ofsted to work with schools in special measures. The last few years i have been teaching the Piano and the guitar privately.  I have achieved and experienced so many great roles as a teacher and have grown and changed so much in that time.

What about now?

Taking a moment to sit and reflect on the last 10 years has made me realise one thing......This week marks such an important aspect of my life, not only as a career but also as a something that I truly love to do. So what am I going to do to celebrate this?

This is quite easily the simplest question to answer....This week I will restart Williams home schooling for term two. This is the greatest adventure of all of my teaching career. I get to use every part of my training and experience to support my son. It might not be the greatest celebration but it is definitely a landmark in my career and i'm not only doing something that I love but doing it with someone I love.

What more could I ask for!

On that point of Home schooling; look out for the continuation of our Home schooling journey with posts this week!