Second week of SBL

Week two was going to have a lot of highlights as everything is all very new. This week we were given a class and year group each that we would spend the two days in. This was good because it gave some consistency and a chance to see how a classroom operated over two days. One highlight was taking a PE lesson by myself I had the chance to watch one on Tuesday and then to perform that on the Wednesday. Another highlight was the teacher in my particular class giving me a range of tasks to help with and take which was a great experience. I also had the chance to read to class each day where I had a chance to practice my reading skills

Some of the challenges I faced over the two days were knowing my role, being put on the spot, being nervous in taking new entrants for PE and remembering I am with new entrant children. I knew I was going into the new entrants classroom but I wasn't sure in what I would be doing. I thought I would be observing and helping out where I can but I was very lucky where the teacher had put me straight into it and I was helping out from when I walked in. She had put me on the spot to help with reading groups and this was a great learning experience. The biggest challenge was to know how to communicate effectively with my students as they are the youngest class in the school. Our task was take a PE lesson I was very lucky that I could carry on with the module that they had started and the children responded well.

I had a great experience being with this age group and had learnt a lot. The class I was in had a great classroom culture and I experienced how firm with rules you have to be with this age group. I got see how you give instructions and how long you run a PE lesson for new entrants. I learnt that giving firm boundaries and giving the student their own space was a key element of the session being successful. The instructions have to be very clear and short so the student can stay focused to execute the skill or task. I found this worked really well in my lesson.