Memories of school holidays fade fast but the soundtrack to the summer is still ringing in many an ear.
Unless you’ve been hiding in Grampa Jack’s shed since July, you’ll know Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again topped the box office and album charts, sending those favourite ABBA songs back onto playlists everywhere.
In tribute to the Mamma mania we’ve pulled out the bell bottoms and blue eye shadow to offer an ABBA tribute to all teachers out there.
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Super Trouper
It may have been about a brand of spotlight but we like to think Super Trouper describes every teacher on the planet, especially when you manage to pull off a brilliant end-of-term show with only half a dozen recorders, some crepe paper and the lost property box.
You’re not ‘just’ a teacher. You’re part cheerleader, counsellor, entertainer, role model, mentor and expert negotiator. You deserve a moment in the spotlight.
The Name of the Game
Teaching may be one of the toughest jobs in the world but it’s also one of the most important. Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of that when struggling to get through to a raucous Nat 5 maths class throwing fidget spinners at your head.
In your own small way, you’re making a difference because you’re shaping the next generation . . . and that’s the essential quality of teaching.
I Have a Dream
Forget fantasising about next year’s summer holiday or getting through all your marking in time to watch Celebrity Big Brother, this is all about the kids and their dreams.
Teachers not only help students learn about the necessary stuff, they teach life lessons too. By inspiring, mentoring, and challenging students, you’re also teaching them to strive, persevere and dream big.
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Aha! Teachers stay long in the memory. Ask any friend and it’s likely they remember a teacher who made a lasting impression, hopefully because they turned them on to Shakespeare or quadratic equations and not because they were a good aim with the blackboard duster.
Waterloo
ABBA may have referenced Napoleon Bonaparte and his fateful 1815 battle in this song but actually it’s a metaphor for destiny.
If you have passion for a particular subject in Education, along with patience and imagination, then to carry on the tortured metaphor, teaching is where you could be victorious.
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