"The lesson I've learned is to keep my phone off when the 1950's gym teacher is on duty, " he wrote.

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The biggest difference, Prof Nicolson says, is that when the class is broken down into ability groups within the literacy hour each day, the teacher has to move from one to another.

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In Kindergarten, MacKenzie observes, when the teacher asks who is an artist, everyone puts a hand up, screaming that they are creative and an artist.

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Sometimes the lesson plans are part of the ongoing schemes of work and when this is the case I feel that I have been treated with respect as a teacher and that the long-term educational needs of the pupils are paramount.

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She said it was a "tragedy" when a teacher is afraid to put their arm around a child who has grazed their knee in the playground for fear of being branded "a potential criminal".

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When your job is constantly hanging in the balance of budgetary decisions, you might as well make more money than a teacher.

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