Happy belated Anzac Day to everyone!!!
Was thinking of you all leading up to Anzac Day and felt a long way away as I didn't get to go to a parade or service. I was working Monday-Thursday at a school called 'Grange Park Infant School' in a place called Hayes (... two buses from Margie and Brian's ... 7.05am I'd leave here and be there about 7.50am:-)
Today (Friday) I was on a work experience day and I'm back again on Monday. It's at the Infant and Nursery School right next door to Margie and Brian's house.... with the possibility of perhaps being offered a full-time teachng position starting next year...no not in Jan but their school year beginning September:-) I'd be teaching a reception class (4-5yr olds)...
In a reception class (30 children) there is the teacher (be me!)and a TA (Teaching Assistant) or otherwise known in some classes as a 'Nursery Nurse'
In the reception class the children all wear school uniforms....they have phonics classes, maths and numeracy, knowledge about the world around us. creative language and literacy, and physical development. They have a very structured curriculum....with far less 'uninterrupted spontaneous play' than our PreSchool 2 children at Belmont Kindercare had ("....what would ERO think of that!!!!!")
So far I have taught Key Stage 2 (6-7year olds) math and numeracy, design technology, phonics (!!!) (fortunately I'd observed a student teacher teaching that two days so I knew to use expression like "underline where the "sound buttons" are" (yhay for a model to go by!!! Talk about being chucked in the deep end!!!) They don't use black boards or white boards but a computer program white board that takes a bit of getting used to using and provides the children with a bit of entertainment as I get my head around it!!!!
In the Key Stage 1 and 2 classes there are generally 4-5 ability levels, each with their own learning outcome that their work is set to and marked by.... any suprise I get there half an hour early to give myself extra time to go over and prepare in my own head!!! Catherine at Kindercare will be impressed by my earliness!!! I'm appreciating the extra time to sit and have that cup of tea as well before the day starts... Liisa:-) a leaf from your book!....'cause then for the rest of the day I'm pretty much on my toes!!!
I'm learning the secret to getting work marked as I go and I got positive feed back from Protocol (my supply teaching agency) to say the school I worked at this week were very happy with my work and will use me again:-) (Whew!!!) I've joined up with three supply agencies now and one of them said they have put me at the top of their list to be booked for next week (hopefully they put me into work next week as they pay more than Protocol!!!)
Looking forward to catching up with a friend of mine who's in London until Tuedays on Sunday before she leaves London to go to Switzerland for three months...might have to fit in a visit to her there!!! Kirsty and I are going to meet at Covent Garden and check that out :-) before going to a church service there together in the late afternoon.
Lots of love and have a great weekend:-)
Big hugs,
Love
Shell
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