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March 21, 2018
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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 19, 2018
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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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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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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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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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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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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

February 27, 2018
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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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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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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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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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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 5, 2017
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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

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