For our first placement on our journey through our education degree, we have been asked to set goals that we would like to achieve through our time in the classroom.

I think it is going to be such a large learning curve, so I have put specific thought into what aspects I would like to develop.

Behaviour Management:

All children are not the same, as we have learnt through the behaviourist theory. Because of this, I know that I will have to take different approaches towards the behaviour management. The teacher I am working with may have already implemented certain management techniques; I feel that through further reading, I will also be able to achieve this goal, as I will be able to see during placement how it could be implemented.

Lesson Planning:

I believe that getting children involved in the classroom, by different discussion or activities, is very important. I am hoping to put in a lot of time, focusing on aspects that would be relevant to my placement class. As I have not had to do a lesson plan before, I think I may find this difficult at the start, but I am sure that the more time I put into working on the plans, the better they will become.