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Diary of an NQT: The power of the peer

Behaviour NQTs
Seating plans can be challenging as we seek to place every student in the optimum position for learning. Our NQT diarist reports on her success so far.

I have had some ups and downs this week – at times feeling completely in control and very positive, as well as the opposite.

I have been very fortunate to have a timetable that allows me to replicate some of my key stage 3 and 4 lessons. This has been beneficial from a planning point of view, however as I have already mentioned in this diary, I am finding that until you meet each class differentiating is not always enough.

However, I have found that the effect of the peer is incredibly powerful. This information, however, is something that is not always accessible in any form of pupil data or progress tracking. 

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