PGCE - Current Students Thread

So I can't do my NQT year at the place I'm starting work in August. It doesn't necessarily bother me because my alternative was supply teaching where I couldn't do it anyway. According to TES you can't do your NQT 100% in sixth form though? You can do your NQT in a college but there has to be some days in under 16 education, which makes no sense to me.

It makes me wonder, what harm would come to me if I never did the NQT? I plan to stick in post 16 education so surely it wouldn't be overly detrimental to me to not do the NQT? Although it doesn't sound like I could do NQT in post 16 anywa. I don't knwo, I find the whole thing confusing and there isn't anywhere to find out more about it so I'm at a loss.



Are you doing this at the moment? Are you using your time off this summer to prepare for NQT in anyway?

Hey Everyone!

Congratulations on those who have got places. I got one for this September too for Primary PGCE and I am going to be blogging about it if anyone wants a read?

I was wondering as well, if there is any other bloggers who would like to join mine too? I am looking for other bloggers so hopefully have more traffic coming to the blog and more likely to get read and appreciated! Bit more fun to have a collective community of bloggers too, all of which trainee teachers.

My blog is at https://forgotmylessonplan.wordpress.com/about/ for anyone who wants to see!

Thanks guys and good luck for those applying this year!
Josh

Hi!

I also start in September, Secondary RE though! I too have started a blog to document the year we're about to endure/enjoy, I've just followed yours

Hi!

I also start in September, Secondary RE though! I too have started a blog to document the year we're about to endure/enjoy, I've just followed yours

Hi!

I also start in September, Secondary RE though! I too have started a blog to document the year we're about to endure/enjoy, I've just followed yours

Anyone else feeling bored this summer? I've got my first few weeks of KS4 and 5 all planned now and I'm doing various SKE bits for my sixth form classes.
Although it has been bliss being able to go to the gym a couple of times a day and playing games!

Anyone else feeling bored this summer? I've got my first few weeks of KS4 and 5 all planned now and I'm doing various SKE bits for my sixth form classes.
Although it has been bliss being able to go to the gym a couple of times a day and playing games!

Same. Bored half to death but I still have bits of planning to do. And I'm looking at self teaching AS maths so I'm not outsmarted by my pupils.

I really struggle with planning for KS5. I didn't really have much experience of teaching them. I've scared myself reading how NQTs should have a bit of KS5 experience but not too much and now I need to actually learn how to teach 9 hours of KS5 a week :/

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Hey! Sounds great, I'm bored too but I can't do any planning as I have no idea what I will be teaching!

Same. Bored half to death but I still have bits of planning to do. And I'm looking at self teaching AS maths so I'm not outsmarted by my pupils.

I really struggle with planning for KS5. I didn't really have much experience of teaching them. I've scared myself reading how NQTs should have a bit of KS5 experience but not too much and now I need to actually learn how to teach 9 hours of KS5 a week :/


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I'm nqt+1 and I've been given 4 ks5 classes. So nervous - I've got zero experience teaching ks5!

I feel the same as you guys because I will only be teaching KS5, and I have zero experience of teaching it on my PGCE. Sort of scared because I know they are too mature for most of the activities I'd plan for my PGCE.

Yes, anyone who has a 2:1, 1st, Master's or PhD in a relevant subject gets the £25k bursary. It's £15k if you have a 2:2 and £9k if you have a 3rd with a B or above in A Level Physics. Anyone with a 2:2 or above can also apply for a scholarship with the Institute of Physics, which comes with the same £25k bursary, but you also get specialist mentoring and other opportunities from the IOE, too.

There aren't any catches - schools are currently in desperate need of physics teachers so the government offers these incentives to attract suitable candidates. They adjust the funding every year but the bursaries for Physics are unlikely to be reduced.

Trainees who have achieved a distinction are eligible to receive the top tier bursary.

Trainees who took an integrated Master’s but didn’t have a degree classification orpass/merit distinction, can be considered for the higher bursary, but the provider will havebe required to demonstrate that the trainee is of high quality. Trainees that did notcomplete the final year can be awarded a bursary based on their final degreeclassification on exit and the subject in which they train to teach.

Had an awful nightmare about one of my new classes not doing anything they're told and each ended up with a detention for messing about on their computers.

I'm really starting to worry now