Week Two of Work Experience

Welcome to my blog on my work experience!

Week Two: (Started: 8:20 | Finished: 16:20 | Overall work placement total hours completed: 14 hr 40 mins/60 hr)

The second week on my work placement was very easy. Due to the two timetable rotation, I had two lessons due to the amount of free periods during the day. The first lesson was the year 7s who were on circuit training again. The lesson consisted of the same exercises as the previous week, however; this time we increase the difficulty of the exercises. For example, instead of planking with both feet on the ground, we got the pupils to raise one leg around 6 inches off the ground. This coursed the pupils to work harder and ultimately have their working heart rates increase in comparison to last week. The second lesson was year 10 to which they were on badminton. Their lesson revolved around the different types of serving (forehand, backhand, back court etc.). With badminton being a sport that I am quite aware of, I was able to help those struggling with the skill by demonstrating and explaining the technique for the serves. I then conducted a little tournament where the pupils playes half court singles, first to 11. If they win by a serve they get double points. This allowed them to test the different serves in order to challenge for an extra point.

After the school finished, Wellfield High School had a basketball match against Worden. Although the score wasn’t in favour for Wellfield, this allowed me to talk to the players and give them feedback on their performance. In addition, I was able to give them ideas and teach them a better way of defending or attacking. Whilst the players were playing, I got the pupils on the bench to analyse those on the court and feedback to me with what they are doing well and what they could improve on.