Just a quick post tonight, I'm over the moon that I finally have another Blackberry on my insurance!
This morning we had our 2nd science lesson where we had a play around with bulbs, motors, buzzers, batteries and crocodile clips! It was basically back to year 6 circuit making.
This meant seeing if different ways or connecting things meant that the bulbs were brighter/motors spun a different way etc. We also were given a nice Science audit to complete (similar to the maths and English one), and after looking through it on the train I also have a lot to brush up on in Science!
We briefly talked about Lewis Latimer, a black inventor who was the chief rival to Edison who invented the lightbulb. Here is the QCA Standards for Science as well.
Professional Studies in the afternoon, I managed to finish the reading on the train but not add to my notes! Obviously the Teaching theories will be key to getting a masters so I've noted this chapter in the EIC book as particularly noteworthy.
The main things that came out of this workshop was the a video where a 2yr old child was completing a large piece puzzle. We were asked if we should dive in and help at points and guess what, I couldn't stand more than 30 seconds of it!! So I put my hand up and said that he should find the corners first etc... Of course forgetting he wasn't an adult. I also found out that I was a dominantly right sided thinker which means this (have a go yourself with the spinning girl!).
Day off tomorrow which means catching up on tons of reading (and its only the 4th week!). I'll see if I have anything to write tomorrow!
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Monday, 1 February 2010
Inspirational Artists!
ART ATTACK!Anyway, wearing a white t-shirt and hoodie (I had tottally forgotten we were PAINTING today) myself and my fellow table mates Andrew, Sarah, Emma and Clare, embarked on our 2nd Art class.
The purpose of the class was to learn about Primary Colours, Secondary Colours, mixing colours etc. We first took out watercolours and were asked to find a colour as an inspration and ty to mix paint to match it. It was a lot harder than you think and I ended up just mixing some colours and then finding things to match them to instead!
Here are some attempts that Andrew and I ended up coming up with!
We then went on to do do some printing and used West African "Adinkra Patterns" as inspiration. Traditional examples can be found here.
This was my attempt (I know what you're thinking, its not my specialism!).
Once we had all put it all together on a cloth this was the result, and we were all pleased with it!
This was my attempt (I know what you're thinking, its not my specialism!).
Once we had all put it all together on a cloth this was the result, and we were all pleased with it!
Just to document what we had done in the first and previous art lesson, we had been talking about self portraits. Although mine does not quite look like a self-portrait it was the best I could do with the materials I had! (Art really isn't my strong subject!)
You will have to excuse the photo, I've not worked out how to rotate photos on a Mac yet but I'm working on it!
You will have to excuse the photo, I've not worked out how to rotate photos on a Mac yet but I'm working on it!
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Welcome!
Welcome to my Primary PGCE Blog.
I am 28 years old and decided to leave my job to follow up my aspirations to become a Primary School teacher. Having worked in sales for 4 out of the 5 years since I graduated it was a big step for me, but if you are thinking of embarking on a PGCE then I can re-assure you that the people on my course are from very diverse backgrounds.
I travel from Epsom (in Surrey) to South Bank at least 4 days a week to attend University.
As a bit of a twist I am studying a 'flexible' manner on a full-time course at London South Bank University. This means that instead of the usual September start and summertime finish, I started on 11th January 2010 and will finish just before Christmas (but then, people who know me would always say I never do anything the normal way!).
As mentioned earlier, I started the course on 11th September 2010. I have completed the first 3 weeks of the course with the first week just being an induction week to settle us all in.
I won't go into detail too much about what I have been doing for the first two proper weeks, but will summarise what the experience has been like.
As you can imagine, we were all bombarded with booklets, course guides, handouts and resources for us to use throughout the duration. The PGCE staff and lecturers all spoke to us at length about the course, the administration and the subjects they all taught; But also understood that it was a lot of information to take in!
Indeed this is going to be the most challenging year of my life and I am not naturally an organised person. I decided that I was going to get organised and this was the result...
It seems key (for me anyway that you are organised because so much does go on and you really need the Wednesday that you get off to catch up on work. Even then, I sit down at the weekend to do reading and audit my English and Maths (I will come on to those later on in my blog, as I should get the results soon)
A "to-do-list" really has been key for me and it is helping me keep track of everyth
ing I do. I was taught this when I worked in a job 2 years ago and have kept the idea going as it really works for me. As soon as I get home I write down what I have to do and then once I have done it I highlight it through, gives that 'visual satisfaction' that I've achieved something!
I intend to take my camera with me from now on and will try to update this blog as often as possible. This blog not only serves a purpose as an account of my time throughout my PGCE but I hope that it will serve to help others and illustrate the role that ICT can play in education.
I hope to be able to use a range of media perhaps even braving a video at some point. Please feel free to comment on any of my posts.
I am in no way an expert so please take whatever I post with your own interpretation. The blog is totally independent of LSBU and the views and opinions are mine entirely.
I am 28 years old and decided to leave my job to follow up my aspirations to become a Primary School teacher. Having worked in sales for 4 out of the 5 years since I graduated it was a big step for me, but if you are thinking of embarking on a PGCE then I can re-assure you that the people on my course are from very diverse backgrounds.
I travel from Epsom (in Surrey) to South Bank at least 4 days a week to attend University.
As a bit of a twist I am studying a 'flexible' manner on a full-time course at London South Bank University. This means that instead of the usual September start and summertime finish, I started on 11th January 2010 and will finish just before Christmas (but then, people who know me would always say I never do anything the normal way!).
As mentioned earlier, I started the course on 11th September 2010. I have completed the first 3 weeks of the course with the first week just being an induction week to settle us all in.
I won't go into detail too much about what I have been doing for the first two proper weeks, but will summarise what the experience has been like.
As you can imagine, we were all bombarded with booklets, course guides, handouts and resources for us to use throughout the duration. The PGCE staff and lecturers all spoke to us at length about the course, the administration and the subjects they all taught; But also understood that it was a lot of information to take in!
Indeed this is going to be the most challenging year of my life and I am not naturally an organised person. I decided that I was going to get organised and this was the result...It seems key (for me anyway that you are organised because so much does go on and you really need the Wednesday that you get off to catch up on work. Even then, I sit down at the weekend to do reading and audit my English and Maths (I will come on to those later on in my blog, as I should get the results soon)
A "to-do-list" really has been key for me and it is helping me keep track of everyth
ing I do. I was taught this when I worked in a job 2 years ago and have kept the idea going as it really works for me. As soon as I get home I write down what I have to do and then once I have done it I highlight it through, gives that 'visual satisfaction' that I've achieved something!I intend to take my camera with me from now on and will try to update this blog as often as possible. This blog not only serves a purpose as an account of my time throughout my PGCE but I hope that it will serve to help others and illustrate the role that ICT can play in education.
I hope to be able to use a range of media perhaps even braving a video at some point. Please feel free to comment on any of my posts.
I am in no way an expert so please take whatever I post with your own interpretation. The blog is totally independent of LSBU and the views and opinions are mine entirely.
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