March 21, 2018
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Comments Off on LfL – Section 1: Audit of Skills, Knowledge and Personal Attributes
Skills Please find my Audit of Skills at the attached link; Personal audit & transferable skills Knowledge Science/Environmental Education: Much of my prior knowledge for this placement will be coming from school and university modules. Unfortunately, I have not had much experience in science and therefore the only experience I have is from biology in […] Continue reading
March 20, 2018
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Comments Off on A Whirlwind First Week in Slovenia
I have now spent a full week in Slovenia, and despite the mostly rainy and dismal weather, I am loving living here! When we arrived on Friday, after a rather quick 2 hour flight from London, we were driven to the house that we will be staying in during our time here. It is situated […] Continue reading
March 19, 2018
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Comments Off on The Importance of Encompassment in Language-Learning
On Wednesday (14th of March), I attended my first class of the children’s original mother tongue, as ISS aims to offer lessons that both encourage the development of English, but also maintain and improve their home language. A boy that is in the homeroom class that I am working with this week invited me to […] Continue reading
March 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Learning from Life (LfL) – About College Settlement
As stated in a previous post, for my LfL placement I have decided to work at an outdoor school in Horsham, Philadelphia, called College Settlement. In this post, I will explore the history of the camp, and also explain the aims and activities of College Settlement. College Settlement is a non-profit organisation with a rich […] Continue reading
March 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Learning from Life (LfL) – My Placement
Learning from Life’s core purpose within our course, is for us to gain a new insight and develop new skills out with a mainstream Scottish primary school. In doing so, this will allow us, as future practitioners, to broaden our knowledge, experiences and skills in different settings, which we can then use in the classroom. […] Continue reading
March 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Niemand hat gesagt, dass Leben leicht ist – Week 1 in Stuttgart Reflection
In such a short space of time, so much has happened. My first week in Stuttgart has come to an end, and I foresee that the rest of my time here will be just as insightful as this week has been; brimming with multiple points for reflection and development. Even before I started my work […] Continue reading
March 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Multi-Cultural Assembly – Understanding the Background of Our Peers at ISS
On Friday, the lower school of the International School of Stuttgart held an assembly that aimed to showcase and celebrate the various heritages and backgrounds that are evident within ISS. The children at ISS all come from different backgrounds and ISS believe that it is their mission to not only celebrate their development in the […] Continue reading
March 16, 2018
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Comments Off on Ich fahre mit dem Auto – Experiencing the Roads of Germany (LfL)
A skill that I did not know that would come in handy when I thought about coming to Germany for my placement was my ability to drive a car… The German family that I am living with during my time in Stuttgart stay some distance away from the school and the autobahn (highway) has to […] Continue reading
March 11, 2018
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Comments Off on Ljubljana- Here I come!
I sit here, in my comfortable house in Scotland, where I am surrounded by what I would call ‘the norm’. However, it is all about to change as on Friday I go on an 8 week adventure to Slovenia! The reason I am going to Slovenia for 8 weeks is through our course module at […] Continue reading
March 10, 2018
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Here I am, sitting in a hotel in London the day before I embark on my Learning from Life placement in Slovenia! This will be the first time I have been abroad with just friends which is something that really excites me but brings on nerves at the same time. I’m going to discuss a […] Continue reading
February 27, 2018
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Comments Off on LfL – Section 1
This post contains the information needed in section 1 of the portfolio. This section of the Learning from Life portfolio should be completed prior to going on placement, which will allow a strong basis for continual reflection points during the placement. Audit of Skills Rating of skills (1=Not very developed; 3= very developed) Skills and […] Continue reading
February 12, 2018
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Comments Off on Learning from Life – A Month to Go…
1 Month. 4 weeks. 28 days. Time is passing quicker with each passing day. One specific date is highlighted in my calendar as having great significance and it is coming closer. 12th of March 2018. Today, specifically, marks a month until I will working in a school in Stuttgart, Germany. Before this, however, we still […] Continue reading
May 12, 2017
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Comments Off on Week 6 – Reflection
My last week here at Moulsford was going to be hard because I have loved it so so much. I will have no doubt at all that at some point in the future I will be back. But before I write about the painful goodbyes I must go through the week and reflect on what […] Continue reading
May 12, 2017
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Comments Off on Culture Walk Around Moulsford
How is space allocated? Who has space All staff have a space whether that be a classroom or a desk to themselves or a room to do work in. It depends on the job of course and how much space they will need but each member of staff in the school has their own space […] Continue reading
May 12, 2017
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Comments Off on The Impact of Moulsford
The past 6 weeks have been the most incredible, humbling and educational weeks of my life. Throughout the 6 weeks of this placement I set out to complete my goals to the best of my ability. Here is what I think about how I have done; I want to work with a different curriculum. I have […] Continue reading
May 12, 2017
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Comments Off on Mathematics – Year 3 – Week 6
Unfortunately, this was my last ever lesson with Year 3N and it was devastating to say my goodbyes to them. I was genuinely nearly in tears when they all started clapping and shouting “3 cheers for Miss Whitham, Hip Hip Horray”. I could sob here and now writing this but I won’t I’ll just talk […] Continue reading
May 10, 2017
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Comments Off on The Culture of Moulsford. The Teachers Perspective.
As our placement is completely up to us as students, we do have some structure as to what we have to include in our folios. One of these is a piece on the culture of our placement and how we do this piece is completely up to us. I have decided to conduct interviews and […] Continue reading
May 10, 2017
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Comments Off on Science Lesson – Year 4 – Week 6
Monday’s lesson was my second science lesson within the school and I am really confident that it went well and know that the boys enjoyed it. Unfortunately there was no real opportunity for the teacher to observe me but did give me some informal feedback that was really positive. I think something that I can […] Continue reading
May 7, 2017
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Comments Off on Harry Potter Studios – School Trips
Before I write this blog post there is something I need to confess to. It takes a strong woman to admit to their true secrets but I feel it would not be right to let you continue to read this post with out truly exposing you to what you are letting yourself in for. I am […] Continue reading
May 5, 2017
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Comments Off on Moulsford’s Matron
I honestly have to say, when I was at school one of the places I frequented the most at school was the sick bay what with whooping cough, a bad back and then the general clumsyness of falling over. So when I came to Moulsford and found that they have their own matron, I knew […] Continue reading
