Week 10

Soooo I have nearly completed my first Term!

Thinking back to the start of the term, I have realised how much the behaviour of Room 7 has improved. They are slowly becoming more settled on the mat and I am not have children standing up to come and talk to me anymore. They now know that if they want a response from me they must put up their quiet hands.

This week I have completed my first lot of parent interviews. Although I found this a little daunting for the first time I still believe that I conducted myself well and had positive comments from the parents. They agreed with the strengths I identified and they also agreed with the points of concern and the next steps. I had 5 interviews to get through and each one lasted up to 30 minutes. It was great that these went so positively.

Coming up tomorrow is our class trip to the museum. I have helped to involve parent help and grouped the children in my class. I have had to check that a RAMS form has been filled in and made sure that I have all of the children's contact details and medical information. I am looking forward to interacting with the children in an environment outside of the classroom.

Belfast School has recently had the skate park built onsite. Every Tuesday the junior syndicate are allowed to bring their scooters and helmets and have some time playing over there. Each week a teacher needs to be on duty there to watch them and take them over there. I have been volunteering each week as I enjoy watching the children have so much fun over there. I always encourage some senior children to help me monitor the children over there and to help me supervise.

Something for me to continue to work on is my Reading programme. I have limited the amount of can dos that the children can do and I have also encouraged the children to spread out and use the whole space of the room. I am still having trouble with keeping the noise level down and I am and struggling to prevent children coming up to me and interrupting the group session. I am currently thinking about my instructions and making sure that these are clear and precise. I am also thinking about talking to the children about the importance of not interrupting my reading group and C 3 B4 ME.