After watching the videos for the self study task I was left very surprised at how I felt watching others teach and how they behave around children. In the case of the male teacher and when I evaluated his work and gave feedback it made me realise how difficult it might be for me to do this in the future as you are potentially telling someone about the things they do poorly. So I practiced, then I practiced with a partner and to do this constructively I firstly had to ensure that they had trust in my judgement with some positive input before I delivered any negative points.

I was also very interested to hear about the teacher that video records her lessons in order to watch back in true reality of the way in which she delivers her lessons and how the class react. I do believe that this is a great opportunity for the teacher and others to reflect on the delivery of a lesson, also the childrens’ take on a lesson and what the teacher can maintain or change for future lessons both of which are of great value to the teacher, the children and the school.

If I can take one thing away from the videos and the self study task it would have to be, to make sure my peer who I am delivering feedback to has an understanding of me and the direction that I am coming from. This will ensure that they trust my judgement and that they take any points I have to make onboard and this will allow them to reflect constructively on anything that they might maintain or change for the future.

How am I feeling about placement? I feel a complete mix of feelings. I am thinking about my first morning from getting my daughter to childcare on time right through to what will that staff be like or will the like me? It is very daunting for me however the approach I am going to take is going to be an open approach and I will very much just be myself and I will judge it from there.