SBL: 30 min PE lesson
Today went okay...not as smoothly as yesterday.
I had fun but I should have planned more. The kids powered through the lesson I had prepared so I had to think of more ideas on the spot.
I think I managed fine but next time I will prepare extra activities, just in case.
Today i had seven kids, as opposed to the six I had yesterday.
The extra one, although he means well, is a bit harder to teach than the others.
Hes a bit PE challenged but his enthusiasm is incredible :) so adorable...anyway...
he loved to bounce the ball, but it kinda bounced of sideways a bit, so he was constantly running after it. This was a bit of a distraction from the lesson...but other wise it was awesome.
I really can't think of anything else to say....bit of a blank really.
Cya:)
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
SBL: 15min game
Today I finally got to spend my 15 minutes on a game with six children, it was great! I think I have the well behaved children in the class because they were amazing! They listened, did what they were told, participated...et cetera.
I ended up playing simon says for their warm up (I had planned to do line tag, but the courts are in the middle of the classrooms where the teachers can see, so decided against it in case the children behaved badly and make me look stupid :p)
Back to simon says...They loved it, and had turns being 'simon', and I joined in...soooo unfit!
Then I teamed up with another candidate teacher and our two groups of children played 'kangaroos' and 'farmer, farmer' with each other.
It was a little wild at first but they stayed within the cones, listened, and had a lot of fun...so we didn't mind.
For me it was really special because it really reminded me why I'm doing this course. I thoroughly enjoyed it and took great pleasure in reporting back to their classroom teacher that they had indeed behaved 'Fabulous!'
I ended up playing simon says for their warm up (I had planned to do line tag, but the courts are in the middle of the classrooms where the teachers can see, so decided against it in case the children behaved badly and make me look stupid :p)
Back to simon says...They loved it, and had turns being 'simon', and I joined in...soooo unfit!
Then I teamed up with another candidate teacher and our two groups of children played 'kangaroos' and 'farmer, farmer' with each other.
It was a little wild at first but they stayed within the cones, listened, and had a lot of fun...so we didn't mind.
For me it was really special because it really reminded me why I'm doing this course. I thoroughly enjoyed it and took great pleasure in reporting back to their classroom teacher that they had indeed behaved 'Fabulous!'
Saturday, March 8, 2014
second week of School based learning
I'm so exhausted...such a big week.
I probably should have blogged about this earlier but I forgot :I
Anyway, so i finally got to go into a senior classroom, which surprisingly I actually enjoyed. It was really nice to have children who actually could hold a semi-mature conversation with you, :D.
And even the topics they were studying interested me.
The day after I was placed in a year two class...completely different. But still so fun!
The teacher was a bit stressed but it was nice for me to be able to walk around and various children the one on one help they seemed to need.
What was really interesting this last week was being able to participate in the newly founded Accelerated Learning Programme. We got to go around year one classrooms for thirty minutes or so and help little tables of year ones with their writing.
Its amazing how patient you have to be...I don't remember ever finding writing and reading as hard as some of the children I see find it.
Any ways better get some rest, so I will be going now,
Nighty Night!!
I probably should have blogged about this earlier but I forgot :I
Anyway, so i finally got to go into a senior classroom, which surprisingly I actually enjoyed. It was really nice to have children who actually could hold a semi-mature conversation with you, :D.
And even the topics they were studying interested me.
The day after I was placed in a year two class...completely different. But still so fun!
The teacher was a bit stressed but it was nice for me to be able to walk around and various children the one on one help they seemed to need.
What was really interesting this last week was being able to participate in the newly founded Accelerated Learning Programme. We got to go around year one classrooms for thirty minutes or so and help little tables of year ones with their writing.
Its amazing how patient you have to be...I don't remember ever finding writing and reading as hard as some of the children I see find it.
Any ways better get some rest, so I will be going now,
Nighty Night!!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
School Based Learning
Soo...I was sposed to write this post last week, but I never got round to it.
Okay, So we had SBL two days. The first morning we talked with the deputy principle and got shown around the school. Then for the afternoon we were placed into classrooms.
I was in with the older year ones. They were adorable!!! but very in-you-faceish, I had about five little girls hanging off me and three or four little boys begging me to listen to their stories...that day was exhausting!
The teacher was nice enough but she didn't give me any instructions so for the first part of the lesson I felt a little lost, kind of aimlessly wandering around not feeling particularly useful.
However the next day i had a year three and four class all day.
Being a bit more capable and intelligent, it was a completely different experience from the first but not so exhausting which was nice.
The teacher was amazing, she gave me instructions and even a few times corrected me when I did things that didn't work so well, which was refreshing...and I really appreciate it.
I got to supervise half the class outside as they completed an activity on the playground, several times having to resolve small playground fights:), most of them were other classes that were unsupervised.
It was really interesting seeing how much technology they are using now, on the playground the children had to take the iPads with them to take photos...i was scared they would smash one!!
I also got to take a small group for maths...not my strength, and to be honest even I was learning about maths as I was 'teaching.'
Anyways...really looking forward to next week!!!
(:
ps its really weird getting called "Miss McIntyre"
Okay, So we had SBL two days. The first morning we talked with the deputy principle and got shown around the school. Then for the afternoon we were placed into classrooms.
I was in with the older year ones. They were adorable!!! but very in-you-faceish, I had about five little girls hanging off me and three or four little boys begging me to listen to their stories...that day was exhausting!
The teacher was nice enough but she didn't give me any instructions so for the first part of the lesson I felt a little lost, kind of aimlessly wandering around not feeling particularly useful.
However the next day i had a year three and four class all day.
Being a bit more capable and intelligent, it was a completely different experience from the first but not so exhausting which was nice.
The teacher was amazing, she gave me instructions and even a few times corrected me when I did things that didn't work so well, which was refreshing...and I really appreciate it.
I got to supervise half the class outside as they completed an activity on the playground, several times having to resolve small playground fights:), most of them were other classes that were unsupervised.
It was really interesting seeing how much technology they are using now, on the playground the children had to take the iPads with them to take photos...i was scared they would smash one!!
I also got to take a small group for maths...not my strength, and to be honest even I was learning about maths as I was 'teaching.'
Anyways...really looking forward to next week!!!
(:
ps its really weird getting called "Miss McIntyre"
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