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An NQT's epiphany – my moment has arrived

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Our NQT diarist finally experiences the moment her father told her about – the educational epiphany when something happens to justify all the slings and arrows, all the stresses and strains of life as a teacher...

I take a step back and put the track back to the beginning, watching with pride as my year 8 dance club perform (and to a high standard!) a Charleston medley of the Jungle Book.

I always get a strange sense of achievement seeing young people performing dance genres from decades ago – even if it took some revival by Robbie Williams to get them to do it. The girls were showing off using their facial expressions at every opportunity, and yet it was the boys who, although aren’t as good, have become a ray of sunshine throughout my hectic working week.

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