If you only had two more terms left to teach...

[Abelard40]

.. what would you try that maybe you hasn’t before? Or make sure you got in there and did? I’m thinking those crazy lessons you always dismissed, or interventions you wished you’d done more of, or some sort of amazing last assembly etc?!

I’m getting carried away clearly. I have been in secondary for 13 years and this may well be it for me. I’m quite emotional about it! Give me some ideas / inspiration xxxx

*hadn’t

If I had just 2 more terms left in teaching I'd be throwing a party on a daily basis!

If I'd 2 more terms left (which hopefully I will have soon) I'd be winding down and doing as little as possible and trying to find homes for all the stuff I've collected over the past 40 years.

Anything "new" is just something I've seen several times already rehashed under a new, innovative name

Lucky you - two more terms. Make it interesting and fun but start winding down the hours don’t increase them.

Start junking all that clutter that has built up.

Ha, probably some wise words here and fair enough! I will miss it for sure although looking forward to the next career move. It will be one step removed from being in the classroom though so trying to make the most of the parts of my job I do love while I can..

I’d start binning stuff/giving it away.
If I hadn’t already, I’d go on one of those retirement courses and check everything about the pension was all sorted out.
I would seek out another colleague or two in the same place for kindred spirit chats.l.to much talk of retirement grates with those who aren’t!
I’d look to book a holiday for the first day of the new term when I won’t be returning.
I would smile to myself in meetings when things for the period after I’ve left are mentioned.
I would do a good job and teach my classes well.
I would have a chart at home and cross off the weeks and the days.
I’d sweat the small stuff far less.

Can you see I’ve thought about this??

I love all those! Not retiring though xx

I retired 5 years ago after 38 years of infant teaching. As we did each topic etc for my last time I passed on all of my resources to the other year 2 teachers and made sure I spent more time on the arty, musical, PE etc aspects of each topic. I was determined that my last ever class would have the best time ever and as much fun as possible.
Guess what, they did just as well in their end of year assessments despite the outrageousness of their teacher!
Couldn’t be doing with any more reinventions of the wheel.
In my last year of teaching, after I had made it known I was retiring, I was expected to go on a course for my CPD.
“ innovative ways with number lines”

At my son's school the retiring head did a full assembly in her swimming costume, flip flops and sunglasses as she headed off for a life in the south of France.