Man did I have a hard day
I look back thinking 'I got all that done in 6/7 hours!?'
Anyway I woke up with a start as dad woke me, hes not as subtle as mum >.>
Today would be the day my college teacher would come to observe me
I decided Id look like business, So I put on my prim clothes and spent a lil longer
on my make-up to make me look a bit more mature or older?
Dunno. Did it work?
Anyway I headed off school thinking
'it wont look good if she's there before me' XD
I signed in and told reception to expect my teacher
I went round to the classroom to say Hi to my the teacher
I saw the pigs needed a food and drink top up so I was doing that
and as soon as I had finished I heard "here she is"
I turned round and my college teacher was there.....i had hay in my hand XD
and do you know how I greeted her!!!?
"man I was hoping something would keep you from coming today"
oh i could shoot myself!!! When Im feeling nervous I get so defensive for some reason
She just laughed and said "no i was definitely coming dont you worry"
spiteful teacher >.>
She said "why do you look so nervous?"
I thought id be honest as I gave her such a welcome
"Ive always had skanky teachers so i dont look forward to the feedback"
Anyway we talked and she sent me to go get my folder whilst she talked to my teacher
I came back to find she had settled in a place
i sat down some where else and the day started with the teacher addressing the class
"we have a visitor in the room, who do you think it could be?"
So they had various guesses one kid guessed it was someone for me
so we filled them in.
Did a very simple activity of going through the alphabet and thinking of a name for
a boy and girl for each letter. that was for 10-15mins
then they were show a video of 2011's class's fairground ride models - which were impressive
Then they went on the computers for 15 mins looking at rides
During this time my college teacher called me over to talk
she said "why you so nervous?" I didnt even realize I was ^^;
So she talked me through it all and said how well i was doing and that im doing it all
without thinking, thats why i feel i dont do anything. its cus i do it all naturally.
I passed sooooooo many units today i cant tell you how much i got done!!!!!! I was so happy ^^
and relieved of course
I even got my health and safety unit done just cus i was going round putting chairs under
Now we were asked to be observed doing an activity involving english, maths, ict and working together. I wasnt expecting to get any of those done today as she just wanted to see me in school.
But I got all of em done apart from maths!!! Just by doing that simple name exercise and helping kids look at rides on the computers.
Seriously what was i worried about!?
She said next time I need my own group to do some maths with just to pass that one, simples.
Her only 'nitpicking' was my body language at one point i slouched so people behind could see, whereas i should have just moved out the way. thinking back im not sure why i did what i did but considering that was the only 'bad' thing she mentioned i think i did pretty well ^^
We talked and she checked my folder out, my green dyslexic sheet was in there so she asked if i was dyslexic and if i needed any help. I told her i'll ask if i needed extra help
i was quite surprised she didnt know as i had put it on my forms..
she asked how my coursework is going. i told her its all typed up
it surprised her. she told me the rest of the class (who all talk on 'whats app') are struggling
with it. I saw her out to which i discovered my next task which was snaking from reception down the road.....
Grandparents day...
Yep it was gonna be one heck of a day alright!
The head teacher had ordered a load of union jack kites to make
the idea being grandparents and grandchildren build them together then go out flying them
but the instructions were terrible!!!!!
I was clearing the classroom and was casually watching this grandad put one kite together so i learned what to do from watching him. I helped round and tidied as i went.
I went round the classes to see if anyone needed an extra hand
i walked into year 1 and said to the teacher "wow your classroom is so quiet"
he replied "yes of course it is, its my classroom"
I love him hes amazing, 30 years of age and takes no crap XD never fails to make me laugh
there was teas and biscuits ^^ books to buy, and also a photographer!! we didnt have a photographer when i was there (apart from class photo day) i thought how lovely that was and cus the weather was so lovely he was taking the photos outside!
The classroom cleared as everyone went outside to fly kites so i cleaned up cus it was a bomb site
Breaktime seemed to mingle together with kite flying so i missed my break as i wasnt sure when it was and i didnt wanna slack off so i worked up to lunch time. Before lunch the kids were called in and the teacher got them to say 'well done' to me cus my observation went well. then he said "and i think we have something to say to Jo"
panic on quite a few faces at this point
"why is she leaving!?"
haha noooo, they were to thank me for cleaning up for them :)
Had lunch and then after lunch the kids had a guy come in from the high school to do a questionnaire i talked to him realizing he couldnt be older than me, he was 23 years old. I walked him out the school afterwards. The kids went to go rehearse their lines for the play they are gonna do
i begged any god out there not to be in the room with them
I saw the the girl with dyslexia having her extra lessons so I asked if i could observe and they both said it was fine, i learned so much in that half hour.
But it was time to join the rest of the class rehearsing
so i asked the teacher "was there anything i could do"
he gave me some display work to do. Border 30 A3 sheets of work
bit tedious but hell it got me out of hearing the kids rehearse.
doing the borders was tough work, i was stood up for almost 2 hours in a very stuffy room with no AC or ventilation i was hot. and missed my break T^T but i got it all done just before home time.
At home time I said thank you to the teacher as i know he had sung my praises to my college teacher ^^ i knew he would and i do feel better about it all now
I got home, showered and collapsed on my bed for half an hour
then i read and went online
my brother has gone out and my parents have gone for a drink to celebrate 26 happy years
so i was home alone
so i blasted 'utakata saturday night' and enjoyed a dance!
tomorrow i want an easy day
i feel like playing with make-up hmmmmm
