January 28, 2019
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Why do we need Mathematics? I believe this was a very important input for me as it confirmed some of the fears I have around teaching mathematics and has spun them in a positive light – that we have to teach maths with enthusiasm, skill and purpose so our children can build confidence. Some aspects I […] Continue reading
January 26, 2019
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Comments Off on A Health and Well-being lesson plan
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January 25, 2019
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Comments Off on Lesson Planning- A Work in Progress
For our health and well being workshops, we were instructed to create three lessons based on one of the Experiences and Outcome’s for that area of the curriculum. When I left that workshop I had already started to think of some activities that I could do– which I know now is the wrong way to […] Continue reading
January 24, 2019
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Comments Off on Stigma of mathematics
Maths. Some people love it and others not so much. However I had never stopped to consider why until the recent mathematics inputs with Tara Harper where she did a few exercises to help us see the myths and stereotypes surrounding the subject. In one of these examples we were asked to draw a line […] Continue reading
January 24, 2019
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Comments Off on Out with the Myths and in with the Maths!
When I first got to our first Maths input, I was really looking forward to it as I haven’t attended a Maths class in four and a half years (AHHH). Tara started us off with drawing a scale and we had to mark the scale depending on how we felt about teaching Maths- 10 being […] Continue reading
January 24, 2019
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Comments Off on Lesson Ideas – Food and Health 2nd Level
After our health and wellbeing workshop, we looked at food and health and how important it is to explore with children – as it affects everyone’s lives. After watching the ‘Sugarcrash’ documentary, I was shocked at the amount of hidden sugar in the foods I am eating. I try to be as healthy as possible, […] Continue reading
January 23, 2019
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Comments Off on Mathematics (1) Reflection
I have been worried about teaching maths. This is because I have never liked maths, therefore I felt as though I would not be good at teaching it. The reason I don’t feel passionately about it is because I remember maths as sitting quietly, doing ten questions then for the teacher to mark them and […] Continue reading
January 23, 2019
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Familarise yourself with First & Second Level Health and Wellbeing Experiences and Outcomes. develop my self-awareness, self-worth and respect for others meet challenges, manage change and build relationships experience personal achievement and build my resilience and confidence understand and develop my physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing and social skills understand how what I eat, … Continue reading “Food and Health” Continue reading
January 21, 2019
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Comments Off on Reading, Writing, Listening and Me
For me, primary school was so long ago that I find it hard to recall details of learning rather than all the time I spent with my friends. However, I do have a few memories of some aspects of learning reading, writing and listening although not so much on the talking but I guess that […] Continue reading
January 21, 2019
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Comments Off on Dancing My Heart Out
When I first discovered that we would be doing dance, I naturally went into panic mode. This was purely because when I thought of dance I expected Scottish Country dancing, and as I did not go into school in Scotland I was certain I’d have no idea what to do. Thankfully, to my relief, it […] Continue reading
January 21, 2019
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Fourteen days into the semester and I have already been introduced to my first handful of subjects with many more to come. The first subject I had for this semester was ICT, taught by the very enthusiastic Sharon Tonner-Saunders. Within the first class we were introduced into the world of animation and how we can […] Continue reading
January 21, 2019
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Comments Off on Semester one, over and done.
So here we are, second week of January after surviving the first semester of my first year at university… and how do I feel? I feel pretty good to be honest. And following receiving my results I am feeling OK with my progression so far, although there is definitely plenty room for improvement. For the […] Continue reading
January 21, 2019
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Comments Off on Reflection, why is it important to reflect?
Reflection is one of the most important ways in developing as a future primary school teacher. Reflecting on my work makes me aware of my own strengths and weaknesses. Highlighting your weaknesses allows you to react quickly and improve and progress as a practitioner. Within the first semester at university, when completely tasks or being […] Continue reading
January 21, 2019
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Comments Off on The Structure of a Drama Lesson
The video lesson was structured into 10 parts. The first section was establishing an agreement- the rules and aims of the lesson. The video used the 3 Cs (concentration, cooperation, and communication) which I thought was an interesting idea as they provide the children with a structure and set of guidelines that they need to […] Continue reading
January 18, 2019
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Suzanne Zeedyk is a current theorist who explores the study of neuroscience. Zeedyk explains how important the pre-birth stage is as well as the development outside the womb and stressed that development of the brain doesn’t stop when children are aged 3 within her Youtube clip. Suzanne Zeedyk believes neuroscience helps babies brains function properly … Continue reading “Relationships” Continue reading
January 18, 2019
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Comments Off on Relationships To Primary Practitioners
Relationships are vital to our future profession as they determine the success rates of our learners. The children who come into our class have brains developed by the relationships they have with the people around them. The child’s brain is very flexible and so can learn to survive in different situations/learn different languages. However, the […] Continue reading
January 17, 2019
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Comments Off on Reflecting on Dance Workshop 1
This lesson pushed me out of my comfort zone as I was interacting with people whom I hadn’t before. For some children this may also be the case but I can see that it would build their confidence as throughout the lesson everyone became more comfortable with one another. I was put in the pupils’ […] Continue reading
January 17, 2019
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Comments Off on A Lesson On Drama
For our first drama input we were set a task to watch a short video clip and think about this in relation to our own practice along with a set of questions. Throughout this clip the lesson structure was made evident. Agreement – warm up – provide stimulus – development of ideas – visualisation – […] Continue reading
January 15, 2019
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Comments Off on Teaching Across the Curriculum – Health and Wellbeing
As part of the health and wellbeing inputs I have watched some videos surrounding early years development and relationship building. The first video discussed how babies brains are very flexible in the fist stage of their life and the experiences they have here shape what kind of pathways are made in their brain for their […] Continue reading
January 11, 2019
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Comments Off on Year 1, Semester 1
Semester 1 went so quickly! I had 2 main modules to complete. Values and Working Together were the modules. I was looking forward to my values module as the content interested me. The lectures were sometimes powerful and moving. The lecturers were passionate in what they were talking about and that came across during each […] Continue reading
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