Work Experience Finale!

Today was the day I was dreading the most of the ten weeks! The final day. I didn't want to go to school today because I knew it was the last day. I have grown so attached to the girls I didn't want to leave at all! I went into school and we gave Mrs.P a thank you present on behalf of Daina , Eilise , Alanna , Roisin and I. She was extremely thankful and talked to us about our experiences throughout the placement.

             I went into my class and gave Mrs.M a thank you present for allowing me stay in her class for 10 weeks!. She was ever so grateful.

             Today we were going to make ornaments for our Christmas trees. I had to roll out clay into pieces for each girl. They each made a snowman and bell, then made a hole in the top of them so that they could hang them on their trees. Next week they are going to paint and decorate them.

          

  Mrs.B brought in a gerbil today because the girls were learning about animals! While the class admired the gerbil I continued making the ornaments with them. We always made hedgehogs out of clay!

            After break I planted daffodils with the girls who were absent the last week. I then paired there pencils , stuck their names on their desks and cleaned up whilst they practised their Christmas play. 

            At the end of the day Mrs.M thanked me for all my hard work and gave me a present on behalf of the class. I was so thankful for this and gave each girl a hug. I gave the girls some sweets with permission from Mrs.M and they were all happy campers! I hated how fast the 10 weeks went and wanted to stay forever! I said my goodbyes and the girls went home. 

           Afterwards Mrs.M said I could leave and said she would have been lost without me I thanked her again for everything and went to the staff room. Here some of the other staff talked to us about our experience there and if they turned us off primary teaching completely! In fact it did the opposite! I know for sure this is what I want to be now! I was so upset leaving today!

Week Nine

I set off for work at 9 this morning and said hello to the girls in the yard. I walked into the corridor and waited for the bell. Daina Roisin Alanna and Eilise followed shortly after me. We greeted the teachers and students. The girls came in earlier than usual today because it was too cold and icy outside. I went into the classroom and helped the girls settle down and take off / hang up their coats. They all sat down and talked until Mrs.M came in and told us what was going to happen that day.

           She asked me to go out to her car and get the bulbs , soil and plant pots. Today we were going to plant daffodils. This was a very messy job! I brought the girls to the art table in pairs and planted the bulbs with them , When we were finished we put them at the back of the classroom , on the windowsill. 

          After we planted the flowers , I was given a 'tricky word' sheet I had to test them on.While Mrs.B and Mrs.M were teaching I took one girl at a time and had to go through the words with them and tick off the ones they knew. I also had to test them on their letters and sounds. Their parent teacher meeting are next Wednesday so I helped to set up their sheets in polly pockets.

    At the end of the day when they were gone home I had to cut out a lot of words with a slicer. I don't want next week to come because it will be my last day! I don't want to leave!

Week Eight

Today I woke up early and had a shower. I went  to work at 8:50 and met Alanna , Eilise , Daina and Roisin and we went into the school.

      We waited in the corridor  for the bell to ring for us to go to the classrooms while we  talked about school. We said 'good morning' and helped Mrs. Walton with her bags.I went into the classroom and helped the girls settle down and take off / hang up their coats. They all sat down in their seats and Mrs.Meleady explained to me what I was going to do for the day.

           At the start of the day I had to cut up numerous shapes out of different pieces of fabric. This week the girls read 'The Elf and The Shoemaker'. I was the shoemaker and they were my elves. I grabbed colourful unique pieces out of the box and began cutting them in all shapes and sizes. I had to take each girl one at a time and help them stick the colourful fabric onto the shoes. When the collage was finished I painted the inside and under the shoe. They looked really good in the end and I hung them up in the classroom.   I also made an art display board showing their creative shoes they each designed.

          Mrs. Burke was being examined the next day to see how her teaching practice was coming along so I decided to help her decorate the room with all the art she did with the girls.I organised the display board and had to thumbtack pictures of words and sounds from 'Jolly Phonics' onto the board.

         When the girls went home at 1:50 I filed all their worksheets and pictures away from the previous week.