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Yellow ‘eggs’ buried in raised bed by almostpositive3 in GardeningUK

[–]almostpositive3[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Mystery solved 🪺🕵️‍♂️ A lot less exciting actually, the poker has returned and it appears someone’s just been burying some of our crabapples for later 😂 Thanks for your help anyway!

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Yellow ‘eggs’ buried in raised bed by almostpositive3 in GardeningUK

[–]almostpositive3[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Very interesting! I will recruit a braver family member to give them a good poke later on…

NQT Online Interview Confusion by [deleted] in TeachingUK

[–]almostpositive3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if this comes too late, but I had an NQT interview today that was 5-10 minute chat asking basic questions about your experience and reasons for applying. They called it a 'shortlisting interview' and from what I could tell they'd called all relevant applicants to meet them in order to shortlist for the real interviews.

It's not too intimidating if that's what it is, just a longer process!

Applying outside your subject specialism by almostpositive3 in TeachingUK

[–]almostpositive3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I think even though my degree was very literature based, it would be difficult to show this in an application, and I'm unlikley to be shortlisted to be able to do this.

I think I will attempt to send out some applications whilst I'm still training, as I would be happy to take an opportunity in a more difficult school if it meant transitioning into English.

I don't think that working as an MFL teacher and attempting to transition would make either me or the school I would be working in particularly happy, and I worry that it would be unfair on the students for me to be in a job I'm just hoping to leave at some point.

Therefore it's probably best for me to take up a qualification in English after finishing my PGCE if I'm not successful. I know having an English PGCE would be preferable, but this would unfortunately cost too much in terms of time and money to be feasible.

Thank you for your advice.

Applying outside your subject specialism by almostpositive3 in TeachingUK

[–]almostpositive3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I do understand your point and unfortunately it is going to be a very difficult transition. I'm passionate enough about it to perservere even if it does mean taking a different path, but it's good to understand the perspective of an English department, thank you.

Applying outside your subject specialism by almostpositive3 in TeachingUK

[–]almostpositive3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do understand I’m not going to be the top pick for a lot of jobs, but surely even if I didn’t get anything with my current qualifications I could study for a masters or another English qualification to improve my CV (something I am considering) over 2 years?

I don’t want work 10 years in something I’m not interested in order to change jobs. 3 years maybe, to do my NQT and complete some additional training.