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Diary of an NQT: The quiet students

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A recent experience has opened our NQT diarist’s eyes to those quieter students in her classes who might be slipping under the radar...

This week, I’ve been introducing new modules, rejigging seating plans and looking through my data to get an idea of gaps of my students’ knowledge.

It has been a positive start back since half-term. The break was a great opportunity to refresh, and it gave me a chance to reassess my priorities for this term.

Alongside this, I feel that I’m getting to know my students more and more as the weeks go on. It is still taking me some time to develop relationships with the quieter students in my classes and I’m finding that there are some that fade into the backdrop, so to speak.

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