Week Two Reflection

Welcome to my blog on my work experience!

In this blog I will be reflecting on my second week on my work placement. My reflection will be produced around Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (1988) [Refer to my blog ‘Introduction’ for more details on the model of reflection].

In terms of how the day went, the day was fairly easy as I only taught two and a basketball match periods. The year 7s has fitness (circuit training) in the sports hall whilst the year 10s had badminton to which they learnt how to perform the serve. The day ended with a basketball match against Worden where they lost by a significant amount. You can refer back to my ‘Week Two of Work Experience‘ blog for more detail on the day.

With regards to how I felt during my second week at my work placement, I felt more confident with my teachings due to the increased amount that I was doing. I was able to teach the techniques, coach the pupils playing basketball and help them to be better and, I was able to progress pupils and challenge them which was part of last weeks action plan. All around I was jovial with my second week there as I was able to be a P.E. teacher. Despite the first lesson being the same as last week, I was able to progress the pupil which, in my opinion, made the session more enjoyable and not as boring for the pupils. The only downside to the day was the lack of lesson that I was in. Due to the fact that there was only two lesson towards the end of the day, the begining of the day was very boring as I found myself not doing much.

In the idea of improving myself for the remaining weeks, I believe that the only changes that I would make would be to occupy my time more efficiently and dig deeper into the occupation. I could also plan a lesson at the beginning of the day for the lessons later on to give better structure and time for myself to prepare and gather the correct information. For my action plan, I am going to ask the other teachers about the role of their occupation and see if I can help during my time there. I will also interact more with the pupils to help improve my confidence in teaching to allow a friendly environment to occur.