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Originally Posted by sarah.payne
espically in my placement. I have gave school a list of what I need to be doing and how invovd I need to be etc within the class and they said it wouldn't be a problem and they will sort it out etc. Now I hardly do anything in class. I know and understand they have 3 teachers for the set groups and they seem to be doing all the assessing etc and filling out the learning journals.
I haven't been given any of that to do and just seem to be mingling with the children while I also know and understand this is just as important as well I do feel I need to be involved in other things espically as I am training for level 3 qualifaction.
I have done 2 observations in school which I spoke to them about and tried to do another one today and was told I couldn't and shouldn't be doing it as need to play witht he children.
While we were doing number work last week I noticed a child could count up to 40 on his own and was very confident about doing it so I wrote it on a post it note like the others do and later in the day I found the post it note in the bin. It's feels like my assessments and small observations I do of the children are not worth anything. The other post it notes are all kept in pockets but mine wasn't put in thier.
I just feel the placement is not giving me enough hands on work and really dreading my assessor coming in to see me as I know I won't be doing anything
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Hi
I would agree with Natalie and find another placement unless it is paid work.
If it is paided work i would try and get myself involved by speaking to the teacher by asking her to show you the journals and how things are done (completing a learning journal together maybe) and when the teacher has seen what you can do slowly ask for more responsibility maybe taking a small group for a reading time or group time to try and gain the teachers trust.
If all else fails ask if you could work in a different class or speak to the headteacher or your tutor. By just helping in a classroom your tutor will be able to see more than what you think, they are trained for this and communication, with personal, social and emotional development are the key areas and from what i have read there is probably alot of these skills being shown, so tutor will see alot more than you think.
Keep your head up and see what tutor thinks when she observes you for the first time, you might be surprised what she shes.
Good luck
Lynne