Science Lessons and Soggy Paper Towels...

This week seems to be flying by! I can't believe it's Thursday tomorrow!


We had our first Science seminar today and it was great! After a short lecture focused on getting us, in groups, to discuss why science is important we got onto an investigation of our own! We were tasked to investigate "Which brand of paper towel is the best?". In typical primary school fashion we all delved in, pouring water onto paper towels, squirting syringes and wandering around campus gathering customer feedback on a selection of kitchen towels!!


After all the fun was had...and cleared away...it was great to see what the different groups had done during their investigation. It was all designed for us to realise that even though you give the same instructions to 30 children, they will all approach a problem/investigation in a different way.


We have a lecture on our first masters credit assignment tomorrow which is going to be interesting!!


Well, have a good evening,


Take Care


Student Teacher

Test Marks, Action Plans and Cycling!

Well that was a long weekend! We had Friday and Monday off which was quite nice. I managed to get quite a lot of my work done on the Friday so I had Saturday and Sunday off and sorted out the last few bits yesterday. We were all really shocked by the amount of work we got this week. I'm hoping we don't get as much as that every week, i'm off camping next weekend and don't fancy doing English homework in the tent!! :)


I marked my Science, English and Maths tests on Friday. I did quite well in the Maths and Science (only missed the 75% mark in two sections) but English wasn't great at all. I don't think I got more than 50% on any section. But no worries, I have until March to get my marks up to 75% and we've been asked to make up "action plans" to fill in any gaps in our knowledge! My action plan consists of spelling tests, practice QTS tests and writing a terminology glossary! Fun, fun, fun!!


Right I'm going to try out cycling to uni today so wish me luck. The drivers around here aren't the most patient with cyclists!!!


Have a great day!! :)


Student Teacher

First Self Study Day

Well that's the end of my first "self study" day...and I've not stopped.


I knew we would have a lot of work but I never thought there would be so much in the first week. We have had homework from every lesson, usually more than one piece. It all ranges from post-session reading and reflective journal entries to the audit tests we have to do for English, Maths and Science. 


I'm giving myself tomorrow off to spend with my boyfriend and his family but i'll be back on it on Sunday, still have all my post-session reading to do for next week.


One down side to our course, at the moment, is that our timetables are still being finalised. For example our timetable for next week has only just been given to us. This makes it quite difficult to time manage as we don't know when any of our work has to be completed by. The timetables differ every week as we don't have all sessions every week, for example we had Maths and English last week and have Maths and Science next week.


Well I'll catch up with you all next week! Please let me know if you have any questions about Primary PGCE courses.


Student Teacher

Book Reccomendations

Primary Maths, English and Science Audit and Test (Achieving QTS)


These three books are all super and helped a huge amount during the Subject Knowledge Audits I had to do in my first week. The maths and english one will also help with QTS test revision too!

Try amazon market place for a cheaper price!

Student Teacher

1 Week down, about 35 to go!!

Well that's the first week done...and considering it was only a four day week, i'm shattered!!


We've had introduction lectures on this, that and the other. 
We've been thrown into audit tests for English, Maths and Science, with questions I couldn't read, never mind answer!!
We've left every seminar with twice as much work to do than we did when we entered the room.
And we've got a self study today, which we all thought would be a welcome day off....but no....my To Do list is growing by the second!!!


Next week looks like the same thing (timetable only arrived today). Even though we have Monday off, a jam packed four days will follow!


See you all next week!! :)


Student Teacher