Hi guys, Friday already! Wow. This week has tired me out so much, but
looking back on it, it flew by.
Today was a great finish to the week. It was a unique day
filled with different activities exciting for both myself and the students.
In the morning I helped to disperse Fionnuala’s class
between the other classes, as she wasn’t in. All of the children were shouting
their news at me, and I loved to see how comfortable they felt around me. The
difference the week made was astounding. I gave them their worksheets and
helped them to carry their tables to different rooms (they were so cute trying
to show how strong they were). This took a decent amount of time and by the
time it was finished it was time for assembly. I sat aside and watched how it
took place. It was weird how much it reminded me of my primary school, yet it
was so different.
As usual I ate my snack at break, and then supervised in the
yard. After that, however, the special activities began. The school has its
sport week next week and the children had to practice their races. Between
break and lunch, I helped out with it. It truly was a lovely day for it, a rare
occasion in Ireland. I organised children into their lines, and basically spent
the rest of the time stopping the kids from hurting themselves. One boy just
wouldn’t listen to me and kept doing cartwheels on the concrete! Honestly! And
then his friends, who weren’t so practiced at gymnastics, tried to copy him.
Aaaahhh! At least by this point they were doing it on the grass. Eventually I
convinced them to stop, but my heart was actually in my mouth.
At lunch I was offered a doughnut, brought in by a parent
for the teachers. Honestly the food supply was so amazing in the kitchen, I’d
consider becoming a teacher just for that!!! After a rant about terrible
airlines (don’t even ask) I was outside again for my last break supervision. It
was a good one though as I chatted to my new friend I made at the races, Ciaran,
for a good amount of it. He didn’t seem to want to stop talking and kept coming
back to tell me more about his karate. His excitement for the next week was
quite contagious, which made me quite disappointed that I’d miss it. Anyway,
break flew by talking to him.
After break time, the younger classes basically had another
break time! They were having a ball! As a reward for their good behaviour
throughout the week they brought their toys outside. I supervised them like at
break and talked to them about all their toys. I’m pretty sure I had the same
doll as one of them at that age. Once we headed back inside there wasn’t much
time left. My timetable scheduled special assistance classes but unfortunately
like previous days this didn’t work out, so I returned to the office. This
disappointed me as it was one of the aspects I was looking forward to most and
today was my last chance to try it out. I repeated the piles of flyers and finally
finished covering the books. Nobody will ever understand how accomplished I
felt about that. I’m pretty sure I can call myself a pro at book covering by
now, after all that practice. So, if you ever need a book covered, you know who
to call (please don’t, I think if I see that plastic covering again I just
might cry). After that I said my goodbyes and thanks to all the teachers. I was
upset not to be coming back.
Credit: museumofplay.org
After only five days, this feels like my normal. I don’t
know what I’ll do with myself next week. I don’t know how I feel to be back in
the student’s shoes, but we’ll see. It’s ironic how much I learned though,
while doing work experience in a teaching role.
Bye for now. That’s the end of my week, but I’ll soon be
back to write a short evaluation on my time. See you soon!
Ceri
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