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First Class!
What do teachers really think about the children in their class?
What would they love to actually say to the stroppy parent or the headteacher from hell?
For Adrian Gray landing his first job at leafy Green Acre Primary School seems like the dream ticket, especially with Rachel, the gorgeous Reception Class teacher, just waiting to be swept off her feet. But then he finds out that he's to teach Year 6, who are ready to pounce on his every mistake.
With traumas such as an OFSTED inspection awaiting him, and the hideous prospect of having to teach sex education to a bunch of pre-pubescents, Adrian soon realises that he's going to have to wise up if he's to survive his first class...
What would they love to actually say to the stroppy parent or the headteacher from hell?
For Adrian Gray landing his first job at leafy Green Acre Primary School seems like the dream ticket, especially with Rachel, the gorgeous Reception Class teacher, just waiting to be swept off her feet. But then he finds out that he's to teach Year 6, who are ready to pounce on his every mistake.
With traumas such as an OFSTED inspection awaiting him, and the hideous prospect of having to teach sex education to a bunch of pre-pubescents, Adrian soon realises that he's going to have to wise up if he's to survive his first class...
320 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
John Mower
8 booksJohn Mower is an experienced primary school teacher.
He lives with his wife and two children in Hertfordshire.
He lives with his wife and two children in Hertfordshire.
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April 28, 2020
I loved this book! It really made me laugh and as a 3rd Education student, the perils of the NQT year were fun to read about in this book!
December 1, 2022
This is a fun book about a young teacher's first year in the classroom.
I was a bit confused by the grades and the testing names from another country, but the stories and the way they are told are heartfelt. I especially liked the imagined conversations at the end of each chapter.
I was a bit confused by the grades and the testing names from another country, but the stories and the way they are told are heartfelt. I especially liked the imagined conversations at the end of each chapter.
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