Day eight!

As normal I was really looking forward to work experience. At nine o clock I arrived at scoil Naomh brid ready for another day in the classroom. When Went in I was greeted by the teacher of the Class and also by the girls as they were taking off their coats. The girls had been bringing in photos of themselves showing how they have changed since they were born as part of their history. I was given the task of making timeline with their photos. I had to call each girl down one at a time and they told me what order the photos went in and explain to me what was happening in each photo. I finished them all by breaktime. I went to meet up with the other girls in the staff room for break and returned to my class for 11 o clock. When I went back into class after break the girls were excited for art. using the fabric that I had cut out last week, the girls were going to make collage of a shoe. There were big shoes drawn on separate sheets. i was asked to take a group of four girls down at a time to one of the shoes. I had to help them and make sure that all of the fabric was stuck on properly I then had to paint the heels and the inside of the shoes and hang them up on the wall. After lunch the girls practiced for their Christmas play. They also did a talent show. At ten to two when the girls went home I went into chanices class and helped her to stick pictures up on the walls and sorting out folders. We finished up at ten to three and I really enjoyed the day.

Day seven!:)

Once again, i arrived at scoil naomh brid at nine o clock. as usual when i went into the classroom, i saw all of the girls, as they said hello to me. The first task I was given, was to cut up pieces of old materials. I was given a massive bok full of old sheets and curtins and i had to cut them into little squares. at twenty five to eleven, i went for my break. after break, i was given the job of stapling. the girls had done pictures in crayon and and crumpled them up and then painted over them with black paint. they looked like mosaics. i had to staple the pictures onto a white sheet and then stick the pictures up on the wall outside the classroom. after lunch the girls had playtime so i walked around the room and talked to some of the girls about what they were doing. At ten to two when the girls went home, i went into chanices class and helped her to stick things up on the walls.

Day six:)

After having a week off for mid-term break I was happy to be back for another day of work experience. as usual I went in to school at nine o' clock and met up with the other girls in the hallway. At ten past nine I went into my classroom and Ms acton asked me to take the girls down to the back of the room individually. However after about fifteen minutes the principal came in and asked me to come down and manage the bookfair. I followed Mrs pierce to her office and found out that I would be with Alanna at the book fair. We both walked down to the hall and and mrs pierce told us what we had to do. We stayed in the hall until breaktime and then went for something to eat. after break we went back to the hall but soon enough mrs pierce arrived with chanice because it was time for her to have a turn so I had to go to chanices class to help out with art. They were painting cinderella in her ballgown. I returned to this class after lunch to finish off but after about twenty minutes Mrs meleady sent me back down to the bookfair. It was a really good day.

Day five:)

I cant believe that its already halfway done. As always I was really looking forward to going into work experience. I went into school for ten past nine and met up with the other girls in the hallways before going into our classes. straight away when I entered the classroom the teacher told me what I would be doing for the day. Ms. acton and Ms. meleady, the two senior infant teachers, needed Chanice, Daina and I to line and number five lines on the first ten pages in one hundred and twenty copies. We all thought that the job eould be easy enough. however after one hour and only completing about twelve copies, our opinions had all changed. By the end of the day our hands were falling off and we didnt even get all of them finished. I think the teachers really appreciated us doing is because if we hadnt done it they would have had to do it over their mid-term break. They also promised us that they would never make us do anything like that again.

Day four:)

Once again the week flew past and it was time to go back to St Bridgets primary school. when I first went in I was asked to bring the girls down to the back of the room one at a time to practise reading. some of then got the words straight away but other had a bit of difficulty and I had to help them out a bit. after break I was given a massive pile of worksheets and i was asked to sort them into different folders. while I was doing that, chanice,who was in the other senior infant class, came in and asked ms acton if I could go into her class and help them to make some halloween lanterns in the shape of pumpkins. I was in the class helping again after lunch and when the children went home i helped chanice to hang the lanterns from the ceiling over the girls seats. Then we did some stapling and then we went home at ten to three.

one problem that I encountered was when I went into chanices class, they all wanted my help but I couldnt help them all at once. The best part of the day was when I first went into chanices class the girls were all very welcoming. The worst part of the day was when I was sorting sheets into folders.

Day Three

Once again I was really looking forward to going to my work experience. On wednesday the 10th of october, I went to St. Bridgets primary school. It was really nice to be back because everyone was so welcoming once again. At ten past nine I went straight to Ms Actons senior infants and at first I was just listening to what they were learning when they were told that they would be doing activities the children got really excited. I was asked to watch over and help one group who were playing giant snakes and ladders. all went rather well and there were no fights between the girls about silly things. after break to my suprise, the two senior infant classes went on a nature walk to castletown. while out on the walk i realised how difficult being a teacher of senior infants was. the class got over excited and wouldnt stay in a straight line and they would not listen if I told them to stop messing. when we got back lunch had already started so instead of going to the staff room for lunch i had to go to the computer room because there wasnt enough room for everyone in the staff room. after lunch I was given the task of taking the girls down one by one to practice their reading. however that didnt go as smoothly as I thought. ms acton had to go for a meeting so I had to look after the class for about half an hour. They were supposed to be doing work but they kept getting out of their seats and fighting over a rubber(as they all share one rubber). however I eventually got them to listen to me.

one problem that I encountered was trying to keep the girls undercontrol on the walk. They wouldnt listen to me for ages but I eventually got them to do what they were supposed to be doing.Thee best part of the day was when the girls paid attention to what I was saying on the walk and the worst part of the day was when they wouldnt listen to me when ms acton was gone to her meeting.

Day two!

I was really looking forward to going on work experience again. so on wednesday the 3rd of october I returned to st. brigids primary school. This time I wasnt really that nervous because I knew most of the class from the week before. once again I saw a lot of friendly faces of teachers willing to answer any questions that I had. At ten past nine I went to my assigned class. all of the children said Hi when i walked in and all of their smiling faces made me smile. straight away I was put to work. I was given the task of making a robot out of cereal boxes that the children had collected. The robot was called robotot and was from a story that the class had been reading. My job was to take the girls down in groups of six to help me.I had break and lunch at the same time as the first week.I spent the whole day making the robot and decorating it. I was actually very proud of my robot. when the girls went home at ten to two I was given more folders and sheets to sort out.
one of the problems that I encountered was actually making the robot. It was very difficult to get the legs strong enough because the body was so heavy and the robot turned out to be about the height of me. another problem was that the children all wanted me to put their boxes in certein places but it wouldnt work so I had to try and convince them to put their box in a different place. The best part of the day was walking in in the morning and seeing all of the girls smiling up at me. The worst part of the day was when the legs of the robot broke and I had to build them again.

Day one!!!:)

On Wednesday the 26th of September  all of the TYs had their first day of work experience. I went on a trip down memory lane! I went back to my old primary school, St. Brigid's. Its was so fun.I started at 9.10am. At first I was a bit nervous bit I was really excited to find out what class I would be put in. At ten past nine, the principal Mrs pierce came to take me to my class. To my surprise I got put into senior infants! They are such a nice class. And their teacher, Ms. A., was there when I went to school and she was so nice and helpful. I also saw a lot of familiar faces of the teachers that taught me when I went to school there. The first task that I undertook was to swap the readers around so that all the girls had a reader that they hadn't read before. Then I was asked to number the lines in a pack of copies that Ms. A gave to me! I went for break at 10.35. luckily I wasn't the only TY student there. Two other girls from my class and also two other girls from different classes in the year went too so I wasn't alone. After break when i went back to the classroom Ms A asked me to take the girls down to the back of the room to the art table in groups of three and help them with the piece that they were working on. I had to paint the back of some jigsaw and Lego pieces and then the girls had to press them on a page in certain patterns.I had lunch from 12.10 until 1 o' clock. after lunch I continued with the girls at the art table. They went home at 1.50 but I wasn't finished until 2.50 so I stapled some  booklets together as Ms.A was going to be the next day and needed work to give to the children. I then was sorting some of their work into folders. overall I learnt a lot and had so much fun!:)