Playground duty If your school based mentor is not doing playground duty whilst Complete in mentor meeting to evidence 8 shadowing a teacher. you are in school, shadow another teacher each time they do a this. duty. 1 Study the displays you Consider : Put ideas in section IV. Displays and areas of the indoor and outdoor classroom. Create one display during your three week see around school and consider the learning What are the main areas e.g. continuous provision for EYFS, role block. play, book corners etc areas in the classroom to support you in the How do the displays support learning? development of your own display. 3 Familiarise yourself with Consider the following when planning: Resources needed and used should be How do children access the resources? evident on your planning. key resources within the school for Mathematics, What space/resources are available, if appropriate for learning English, Science and through play? Computing, appropriate How does the teacher organise the use of play to your age phase. spaces/resources? How does the teacher use resources during teaching sessions? How does the teacher organise the clearing away of resources at the end of the session/day? 3 Observe the teacher Become familiar with the phonics scheme used in your school. Make notes on each of the observed teaching phonics, guided Use phonics scheme evaluation sheet in Phonics Booklet (and sessions, and keep in section IV file it in Phonics Booklet). reading, and handwriting practice in English, or in Model appropriate handwriting whenever writing anything for FS1 observe the teaching children of phonological awareness. Investigate the handwriting policy and practise handwriting on the whiteboard 4 Plan and lead a Plan the session recording appropriate questions, and ensure Put plan in section V session you bring the story to life. 3 Observe then lead Observe a P.E. lesson and then lead the warm up and cool down Weekly reflection should make reference warm-up/ cool down in from the teacher’s planning the following lesson. to this. P.E.
8 Playground duty shadowing a teacher. If your school based mentor is not doing playground duty whilst you are in school, shadow another teacher each time they do a duty. Complete in mentor meeting to evidence this. 1 Study the displays you see around school and consider the learning areas in the classroom to support you in the development of your own display. Consider : Displays and areas of the indoor and outdoor classroom. What are the main areas e.g. continuous provision for EYFS, role play, book corners etc How do the displays support learning? Put ideas in section IV. Create one display during your three week block. 3 Familiarise yourself with key resources within the school for Mathematics, English, Science and Computing, appropriate to your age phase. Consider the following when planning: How do children access the resources? What space/resources are available, if appropriate for learning through play? How does the teacher organise the use of play spaces/resources? How does the teacher use resources during teaching sessions? How does the teacher organise the clearing away of resources at the end of the session/day? Resources needed and used should be evident on your planning. 3 Observe the teacher teaching phonics, guided reading, and handwriting practice in English, or in FS1 observe the teaching of phonological awareness. Investigate the handwriting policy and practise handwriting on the whiteboard Become familiar with the phonics scheme used in your school. Use phonics scheme evaluation sheet in Phonics Booklet (and file it in Phonics Booklet). Model appropriate handwriting whenever writing anything for children Make notes on each of the observed sessions, and keep in section IV 4 Plan and lead a session Plan the session recording appropriate questions, and ensure you bring the story to life. Put plan in section V 3 Observe then lead warm-up/ cool down in P.E. Observe a P.E. lesson and then lead the warm up and cool down from the teacher’s planning the following lesson. Weekly reflection should make reference to this.
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