‘The Best Laid Plans’: 101 Reasons Why Lessons Go Wrong

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I have been teaching for nearly 14 years, and only recently have I come to accept that are just some things beyond your control.

Entrances and exits

1. Late from registration
2. Late from last lesson
3. Late from PE (standard)
4. Late from assembly
5. Late from speaking to another teacher
6. Doctor’s appointment
7. Time out card
8. Toilet pass
9. PE fixture
10. Art trip
11. Intervention

Unwelcome interruption

1. Fire alarm
2. Door alarm (sounds like fire alarm)
3. Car alarm
4. Tannoy
5. Someone needs to talk to a student
6. Someone needs to talk to you
7. Someone pops in and pops back out but you can’t see who
8. Someone’s on a learning walk
9. Two people on a learning walk
10. Several people on a learning walk
11. Several people on a learning walk with the head
12. Several people on a learning walk from another school
13. Several people on a learning walk from Denmark
14. Ofsted
15. Pseudo Ofsted or Ofsted-lite
16. Student passes wind
17. You pass…

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