After completing the crazy
year of post graduate primary I was looking forward to having my own class and
doing things my own way.
This first week has past so
quickly. It seems so long ago when I had my first in service day. During the in
service day, I managed to speak with the teacher who would be my 0.3. I
attended some whole school meetings and planned for the following first day
with the pupils. My 0.3 is a great source of advice and without her I would be
completely lost. I overly planned for the first day as I didn’t want to run out
of work.
Before starting in school I
visited the teacher resource centre and borrowed some books to plan a mini
topic for the first few days. I decided upon a mini topic of Traditional
stories (I have an infant class) and
I planned a number of activities based around different books for the first
week.
On the first day I was as
excited as the pupils and I went to school about an hour early to get set up. I
was a bit lost at times with where resources were but the pupils and other
staff members kept me right. I set a number of routines which still need to be reinforced.
I now have my forward
planner which I will begin to work on next week. I found it difficult to plan
day by day and I prefer to have a plan for the week ahead.
I really enjoyed the week
getting to know the class and the staff. It has been an exhausting few days. I
feel I have hit the ground running and I cannot wait for the week ahead.