My Work Experience at a Primary School
For my work experience I received a placement at Primary
School. It is located in Wyke, Bradford and provides education for
children aged three to eleven. I attended High Fernley primary school
for two weeks; my work placement began on 27 September and ended on 9
October. Each day I arrived at 8.30amand normally finished at 3.10pm;
sometimes I would work slightly longer in order to finish tasks.
I did not attend a pre-placement visit as a result of a delay in
confirmation of the placement. Nevertheless, I rang High Fernley as
soon as I received confirmation and I spoke to the school
administrator, Mrs. Julie Malinder. I introduced myself and thanked
them for accepting my work placement. I asked important questions
regarding dress code, arrival times and lunch arrangements.
Before the placement I was excited because I was looking forward to it
and I knew that I would like the school environment. However I was
also nervous because I was going to be working in a different
environment and I would be working in a different role as a teaching
assistant not as a student. I had a basic idea about what this work
placement would involve and I had already thought about what skills,
abilities and qualities I hoped to gain from this experience.
I was hoping to gain further knowledge about the working environment,
what it was like and how different it is to a student life. I also
wanted to develop my communication skills by talking to adults and
children and participating in class discussions. I also hoped that it
would give me a taste of this type of work and help me decide if I
wanted to do a simi...
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...unicate effectively with
large groups of children.
In the future I would like to keep on improving the above skills so
that I would feel confident in any work situations.
Overall I had an excellent, fun and memorable work experience. I
enjoyed most aspects of this type of work and I learnt so much and I
feel that I have become more knowledgeable and improved as a person.
The only parts I did not enjoy was when I had nothing to do; I like to
always be doing something that is productive and active.
I do not know what career I would like to pursue in the future but I
would like to be involved in an active job where I would not be bored.
I would also like to do a job that involved music or sport. In
addition I would like to be in a job where no day is exactly the same
and where I can learn something new everyday.
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