OK - I do seem cut out to be a teacher!! I’ve enjoyed my 6 weeks with Year 3 and can’t believe how fast it has gone!! I have learned so much in my time on prac, and I even think I have even taught a fair bit too!! :-)
My passage hasn’t been all smooth sailing though. After 2 weeks, my mentor from Canberra unfortunately had to return suddenly to Australia for medical treatment. My third week left me in the classroom keeping things running and helping get the supply teacher up to speed with the workings of the class. And I practically taught the whole week as I knew what was planned for each lesson. Some of my classes were observed by senior teachers, and I got some interesting feedback on my teaching!
The following week I started with a new mentor, the Year 3 coordinator, and went back to observing, and then slowly started teaching more and more.
There are so many things that go on in a 6 week period - Roman Day, a fundraising thing where everyone brought in their jiaos (Chinese equivalent of 1c), International week culminating in dress up day in national clothes and food fair, class preparation of school assembly, dance competitions and final show, and just regular lessons!
My favourite things to teach are literacy and numeracy - I like reading the kids ideas in their creative writing and seeing the penny drop when they finally get the concept in maths.
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