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Teaching is more than just a profession

It was near impossible to escape the world of education due to growing up with a primary teacher, now primary head teacher, for a mother and a principle teacher of physical education for a father alongside numerous family friends who are also involved in education. From a young age I was constantly in a variety of different schools when my own school had an in-service day or bank holiday for example, being exposed to the chance of helping out in classes of different ages with their art work, numeracy, literacy and much more. I took great delight in these opportunities and could only imagine what it would be like one day to have my very own class to run. Fast forward some years and I have just embarked on my new adventure at university with the aspiration of becoming a qualified primary teacher.

To have the privilege of teaching young children and helping them create their own pathways in life is an honour. Having the capability of shaping and moulding them in preparation for later life is a task to be taken on with great courage and confidence. Children look not only to their teachers to not only teach them the alphabet or how to do the eight times table but for needs that are out with the curriculum. For some children, their school teacher may be the only positive role model they have in their life, the only adult they feel they can speak to when something is bothering the, the only person who will listen to them in their time of need. To have such an impact as this on a child’s life is something truly special. I feel extremely humbled to have started my training in order to do such things and look forward to the forthcoming opportunities and challenges that the next four years, and the rest, will bring to me.

Welcome to your WordPress eportfolio

Welcome to your ePortfolio. This is where you will document and share your professional thoughts and experiences over the course of your study at the University of Dundee and beyond that when you begin teaching. You have the control over what you want to make public and what you would rather keep on a password protected page.

The ePortfolio in the form of this WordPress blog allows you to pull in material from other digital sources:

You can pull in a YouTube video:

You can pull in a Soundcloud audio track:

You can upload an image or pull one in from Flickr or any other image sharing site.

Teacher, Lorraine Lapthorne conducts her class in the Grade Two room at the Drouin State School, Drouin, Victoria

You can just about pull in anything that you think will add substance and depth to your writing.