Oenone Crossley-Holland: I know what little monsters await me in September; they are contemplating the dark, unknown horizon

Oenone Crossley-Holland: A handful of my year 11s found me and asked if I'd 'go through' Catcher in the Rye with them; their exam was the following morning

Oenone Crossley-Holland, our New Girl columnist, has to decide after two years on the Teach First programme whether to remain in teaching. She looks up her old classmates to see what they have decided

Oenone Crossley Holland: Today I spent my Sunday walking across 10 bridges with 28 year 7 students and a small party of staff

Oenone Crossley-Holland: I've been waiting for the summer term since the beginning of this year

Oenone Crossley-Holland: The countdown has begun. After more than five terms with my GCSE set, there are only 19 teaching hours left before the first of their English exams. The only one who seems to be panicking is me.

Oenone Crossley-Holland: Until last Thursday, I'd never taken out a group of students on a school trip

Oenone Crossley-Holland: The challenge of speaking two languages is a pertinent issue for well over half of my students

Oenone Crossley-Holland: We are one down in my year 10 class. I'm not sure what her final offence was, but she had run out of second chances.

Oenone Crossley-Holland: "Leave. Your work should not be making you cry."

Oenone Crossley-Holland: In the classroom, as a general rule, things that the students are raucously squawking about, I don't find funny

Oenone Crossley-Holland: This is bad teaching. Really bad

Oenone Crossley-Holland: On Tuesday, during lesson four, I realised I'd been bitten.

Oenone Crossley-Holland: One of my prize cards this year is from another naughty cherub. In her card she asks me, "Please will you mention me in your column? Lol"

On hearing that Gordon Brown would be dropping by, a student exclaimed: "Oh Miss, he's always here." By Oenone Crossley-Holland

Oenone Crossley-Holland: Year 11 do a presentation on the 'global village'

Oenone Crossley-Holland: A recent outing to see War Horse at the National Theatre got me thinking I'd quite like one of the life-sized horse puppets for my classroom.

Oenone Crossley-Holland: My year 11 set are tiring of coursework. In these last few weeks, I've given students a second opportunity to write something original.

Oenone Crossley-Holland: My heart rate increases when the boss drops by unexpectedly.

Oenone Crossley-Holland: The new year 7s are bright-eyed, behaving perfectly - and terrified.