View Full Version : First day at school, who wants to know how it went!!?!?! :)
Blue_SV650S
03-05-08, 11:29 AM
As title really ... had my first work experience day at a primary school yesterday ... :)
Come on then? Spot any hot teachers? Get glued to your seat?
come on then - spill the beans
Blue_SV650S
03-05-08, 12:39 PM
Come on then? Spot any hot teachers? Get glued to your seat?
Only one of you ... :rolleyes: EDIT: two now!! :D
I am not going to write a full tome then ... :D
But here is the gist ...
Turned up
got changed in the worlds smallest bog
entered the class
pupils turned up, ~30 in the class.
Teacher started doing her thing - taking register and then started reading a book to them.
Kids seemed entranced and remarkably well behaved throughout.
Teacher then started teaching maths, simple fractions. Like 1/4 and methods of calculating quarters of something.
There then was a class exercise to answer some questions on fractions like had just been covered.
I was asked if I could go around and help if they needed it.
I helped making sure they used the processes just described by teacher and understood that sometimes one method is more appropriate/quicker/easier than another and the first ting they need to do is look at the numbers and work out what they already know about those umbers .. and that they should show their workings.
I then went to another class with another teacher. He was teaching younger kids English.
Lunch time ... and a walk round the block to get a bit of air and reflect on the morning ...
Back after lunch, and back to my original class, the kids seemed to be hovering around me now and trying to attract my attention.
Whilst I was in the other class doing English, they had been doing geography ... basically picking up litter from around the school in pairs, and then making a chart of types/quantities of litter found. I then said to the kids that were showing me this that I can see they all picked up different amounts of litter in different categories. Could they tell me how much of each litter type was collected by the class as a whole? i.e. the total amount of litter found by category. I then introduced the concept of average/mean and asked them to calculate the average number of sweet wrappers found. Once the concept was understood, they got on with the maths. I actually only used numbers from 4 groups from the class. the idea being that they would then need to find 1/4 of the total to find the average (they had been doing 1/4s in the morning ;)).
teacher settled the class ready for more teaching. It was another passage from the book.
We then had assembly ... I tried my hardest not to giggle during this .. . :oops:
We then made displays of some book reviews and stuff they had done in groups. I was to help cut things and give a general hand. There was limited room on their large bit of card, so we had to work out what we wanted on there. There was a tendency for the kids to try and put photocopies of the book covers etc on there as they looked good. I said to them that I wanted to see something that each of them had actually made (pics) or written (review card) on there and each kid should pick their favourite bit of review or pic and we will make sure that has a place on there. They were only then to fill any left over space with cut-outs of the authors face and book covers.
Whilst this was going on, teacher marked the maths questions from earlier. She seemed really surprised that one lad had answered all the questions, shown his working and got them all right ... she asked me if I had given him the answers!! :D .. I hadn't but I said I had guided/helped him as I had all the others I'd spoken too (that is what I was there to do right?? :scratch:), but the answers themselves came out of his own head, she was surprised at him and told him well done!! 8)
We then went to go see our 'buddies' in 'reception calss' (they get the older kids to go visit the younger kids and do a little presentation/dance/singsong ... to promote integration and responsibility I guess?). I again had to stop myself from laughing as they did little bunny ears and other actions!! :D
Back to class and another passage from the book.
Home time!
missyburd
03-05-08, 12:56 PM
Aww that brings back memories, I loved primary school! (Well two out of the three I went too :lol: )
Sounds like you settled right in Blue :cool:
Blue_SV650S
03-05-08, 01:06 PM
Aww that brings back memories, I loved primary school! (Well two out of the three I went too :lol: )
Sounds like you settled right in Blue :cool:
I had to sit on tiny chairs :D ... I can't believe they didn't have man size chairs at ALL, that and leaning down at the tables, I ended up with a bit of a bad back*!! :(
*I double fractured my back a few years ago in a motorbike racing accident, so I have to be careful with it now, it doesn't take much before it starts to give me gyp! :cry:
missyburd
03-05-08, 01:09 PM
I had to sit on tiny chairs :D ... I can't believe they didn't have man size chairs at ALL, that and leaning down at the tables, I ended up with a bit of a bad back*!! :(
*I double fractured my back a few years ago in a motorbike racing accident, so I have to be careful with it now! :cry:
oh dear, that's not very good, I'm sure the grownups got big chairs at my schools, you'd think they'd cater, but then I guess it's not like secondary where the teachers just sit at their desks all day :rolleyes:
Blue_SV650S
03-05-08, 01:13 PM
oh dear, that's not very good, I'm sure the grownups got big chairs at my schools, you'd think they'd cater, but then I guess it's not like secondary where the teachers just sit at their desks all day :rolleyes:
Main teacher had a larger chair, but none for assistants ... she was about 5'4" ish so not that tall anyway, I am no giant at ~5'10"-5'11", but I did either need to sit, kneel or bend over to work with the kids as the tables are kid size too .. :smt088
Warthog
03-05-08, 06:27 PM
Seemed like a full tome... :D
Glad you had fun! When are you teaching them how to ride a motorbike? :-P
missyburd
03-05-08, 07:02 PM
Main teacher had a larger chair, but none for assistants ... she was about 5'4" ish so not that tall anyway, I am no giant at ~5'10"-5'11", but I did either need to sit, kneel or bend over to work with the kids as the tables are kid size too .. :smt088
Reminds me of when I was in year 5/6 and we had to buddy up with the little kiddies in Reception, little cartons of milk at breaktime and everything :D
Such fun!
Jayneflakes
03-05-08, 10:08 PM
oh dear, that's not very good, I'm sure the grownups got big chairs at my schools, you'd think they'd cater, but then I guess it's not like secondary where the teachers just sit at their desks all day :rolleyes:
:rant:Oh we do, do we! Grrrrr.....
I walk on average between four and five miles per day when I am in work. Mind you I am not in work at the moment because I was assaulted four weeks ago and I am off with stress. It is great working in a secondary school.:-dd:smt102
Jayneflakes
03-05-08, 10:11 PM
As title really ... had my first work experience day at a primary school yesterday ... :)
Teaching is a great career, good luck and have fun. :smt023
missyburd
03-05-08, 10:33 PM
:rant:Oh we do, do we! Grrrrr.....
I walk on average between four and five miles per day when I am in work. Mind you I am not in work at the moment because I was assaulted four weeks ago and I am off with stress. It is great working in a secondary school.:-dd:smt102
Please don't take it personally! I talk from my past perspective as a pupil, where a fair few of my teachers were fresh from college and pretty useless. My ma's is a fully qualified teacher (BEd) and love the job to pieces. You get good and bad teachers as you get good and bad in everything, so sorry if my post offended, certainly wasn't intentional :rolleyes:
Oh and I'll also add that I think it takes guts to work in a secondary school with some of the little blighters about these days :-)
Blue_SV650S
04-05-08, 07:59 AM
Teaching is a great career, good luck and have fun. :smt023
I am sure it is for some, but I have actually pretty much decided it is not for me!! :(
i wouldnt be a teacher for all the money in the world. Ive been a classroom assistant for 4 years now and dont particularly enjoy it. but the day flies in, no day is the same, the kids at the school at the moment are ok, last years primary 7 kids were horrific.
I know what you mean about the wee seats blue. im a shorty myself but still end up sitting like a grasshopper with my knees by my ears. I usually dont sit when in class ill either kneel on the floor or wander about.
so what you going to look into doing now?
Blue_SV650S
04-05-08, 11:27 AM
i wouldnt be a teacher for all the money in the world. Ive been a classroom assistant for 4 years now and dont particularly enjoy it. but the day flies in, no day is the same, the kids at the school at the moment are ok, last years primary 7 kids were horrific.
I know what you mean about the wee seats blue. im a shorty myself but still end up sitting like a grasshopper with my knees by my ears. I usually dont sit when in class ill either kneel on the floor or wander about.
so what you going to look into doing now?
The kids were fine, it just isn't for me ... I am not ruling out adult education, but I have put 'teaching' on the back burner as I am now not sure it is what I want to do .. the whole idea of getting classroom experience was to either rule it in or out!! :)
As for what now, just keep doing what I have been doing in parallel all along, but with more focus now I have ruled out teaching ;) ... i.e Get a job using skills from my old job (but in a totally different arena preferably) ... here are the latest two positions I am going to apply for ... :)
Aiming slightly high (http://www.ecmwf.int/newsevents/employment/en/ap08-09-en.html)
A reasonable chance of success (http://www.ecmwf.int/newsevents/employment/en/ap08-10-en.html)
If you can't be bothered to read all that, it is basically the detail of the jobs in this add (http://jobview.monster.co.uk/GetJob.aspx?JobID=71124224&aid=74783832-158&WT.mc_n=MKT000350).
weather and satellite stuff sounds cool ... 8)
Gonna apply for this one too (http://jobview.monster.co.uk/GetJob.aspx?JobID=71141673&aid=74783832-358&WT.mc_n=MKT000350) .. basically I am quite excited to get 'out there' in a totally new arena, building on/using existing skills!! 8)
Basically, if I feel I can fulfil the majority of the key requirements or at least give a parallel equivalent, and it sounds potentially interesting/exciting then I'll apply ... :)
It's a pity that it's not for you - but as I said before, you can ask for all the advice in the world yet at the end of the day you'll only really get an anwser you can trust by doing it yourself.
At least now you know from your own experience.
Your new options look interesting... but a thought...
... have you thought of being a product tester for Kellogs? :twisted:
Blue_SV650S
05-05-08, 08:02 PM
It's a pity that it's not for you - but as I said before, you can ask for all the advice in the world yet at the end of the day you'll only really get an anwser you can trust by doing it yourself.
At least now you know from your own experience.
Your new options look interesting... but a thought...
... have you thought of being a product tester for Kellogs? :twisted:
I am slightly glad that it didn't hit the spot as it makes where I go from here a bit clearer now that element has been taken out 8) .. I was really deliberating over if it would be capture me enough to make the sacrifices/investment it'd entail .. and, well from the taster I have now had, it didn't! :(
I'd rather be product taster for an entire supermarket!! :D
I'd rather be product taster for an entire supermarket!! :D
Ok, but only of the 'Special Offers' to say whether they are worth it or not! ;)
Blue_SV650S
05-05-08, 08:10 PM
Ok, but only of the 'Special Offers' to say whether they are worth it or not! ;)
Is there such a thing as a non-bargain special offer?!!? ;)
Saying that, the other day I saw a "2 for £2.50" offer on ice creams, great you might think, but ... individually they were £1!! #-o :D
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