Posts by Annemarie Thurgood

Liz, D&T, Training Year 2023-24

After many years of being a part time stay at home mum, I decided to fulfill my dream of becoming a teacher. As soon as I began my placement everything…
Design and Technology Teaching

Trainees get stuck into subject pathway

Subject pathway is an element of the GITEP course we are particularly proud of as it allows our trainees to really engage with subject teaching whilst being embedded in their…

Applications for Teacher Training Now OPEN!

If you are interested in a career in teaching, applications for teacher training in the 2024-2025 academic year are now open. Visit the Get Into Teaching website and see our webpage on…

Warm Welcome from our Partnership Schools

Prospective trainee teachers have been receiving a warm welcome from our Partnership Schools already this term, to find out more about teaching and get experience meeting teachers and observing lessons. Pittville…

GITEP ITAP Weeks

Schools from across Gloucestershire hosted the first GITEP ITAP Weeks – Intensive Training and Practice weeks supported by lectures and workshops provided by local experts. This was the first of…
Trainee teachers in one of our intensive training and practice weeks (GITEP ITAP Weeks)

ITAP (Intensive Training and Practice) Week

Our teacher training course focuses strongly on subject specificity, with distinctive weekly subject pathway sessions and an extra four weeks set aside for intensive training and practice. These additional sessions…
Trainee teachers enjoying some intensive training

Practical makes perfect

Our trainee science Teachers enjoyed a great pathway session exploring practical work. This session was aimed at developing domain and procedural knowledge to build understanding and skill from observation and…
Practical science training

A taster of Cheltenham Bournside School

Would you like to know more about a career in teaching and find out if teaching is for you? Join us for our Teacher Taster Day at Cheltenham Bournside School…
Cheltenham Bournside School teacher taster day
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