Placement week 3 - Final week and opportunity to gather evidence and experiences.

Last week involves teaching year7 & 8 dance, Zumba to Y11 observation, year 7 dance club  and observations. 

Bring it on. 

YEAR 9 GCSE dance

Students given homework to read pages from txt books.  Start of lesson students given a test. Good to reinforce knowledge and highlight gaps in individuals knowledge. Definitely something to use in my lessons.

Simple warm up - track Bang Bang will-I-am.  Everytime bang bang sung students have to do an action. 

YEAR 10 ASSEMBLY 
Taken by the Head titled the Lost generation.
Inspiring.  the manner she spoke to the students was encouraginWg and positive. Even when talking about a complaint she had had from the public, she didn't stand and tell the students off she explained that although not done intentionally, the student would have bowled our of school, completely oblivious to others around them and inadvertently upset the member of the public. The message was the same - be award and respectful to those around you, but delivered in a positive manner


Something I will certainly be thinking about when i deal with the students at school.  Another example of treating the students with respect, expecting them to do the right thing then dealing with it when they make mistakes,  not expecting the student to do the wrong thing.  

Have the presentation on Preso.  

Training meeting - drawing our attention to a research

Y10 Dance

Students given a self evaluation sheet to identify strengths and weaknesses and set targets to improve.

Warm up walking round when number called students perform the action prescribed for that no.  All actions are from the dance being performed in class.  

Wildern way staff training - RRR and Student Voíce. Interesting to see how it is included in the working life at Wildern and how involved the students are.

OBSERVATION - final obs completed. Class went well. Y11 PE class teaching Zumba.  Lovely girls quite shy so challenging to motivate them. 

YEAR 7 WORLD DANCE

when giving students instruction for task, demonstration from group to encourage ideas. Eg. Trying to get students to give canon as an answer, ask 1 group to do something, then another to join in etc until someone shouts out canon.    Leading the students to the correct outcome but not telling them. 

LITERACY

Nice way of getting literacy into dance lesson - ask students to read out facts about topic. Ask if a students wants to spell out a word the class have been asked to write down so everyone spells correctly.   Simple and affective. 

So the adventure is over.  Hamble I'm coming home.  I wasn't looking forward to it but it was definitely a worthwhile experience. Every teacher should do it.  We don't have time or the mental capacity to reflect on our practice when we are working. Lots of pressures all the time, but when we step out of the madness and into the light we can reflect and look forward. I have ideas to try, organising to do but feel like I am going back with a fresher and calmer outlook, and with my priorities in the right place.

THANK YOU WILDERN and all involved.