Week Six Reflection

Welcome to my blog on my work experience!

n this blog I will be reflecting on my sixth 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 days went, all days had the exact same sessions through the same so the order of setting up games were all the same. The day was planned to give the children games and a competitive nature. Dids had the session plan of; In The Bin, Super Skills, Flag Tag Parents, and finally 2 Slalom Goals. The mids session plan was; Line Races, Super Skills, Colour Circle, and finally 2 Slalom Goals. Finally, for bigs the session plan was; Robin Hood, Super Skills, Battleships and finally Jump Hoop Slalom for goals. You can refer back to my ‘Week Five of Work Experience‘ blog for more detail on the day.

With regards to how I felt during my sixth and finally week of work experience, I was really confident going in as I decided to read over the registers and remember the names to make the sessions easier for me to communicate. This made me feel comfortable going into this weeks work experience. In terms of the session plan, I was happy that there was a compeitive edge to the games as it would allow me to get more involved with the children, to try and win. On the flip side, I found again that on day 2, the children wasn’t as focused compared to the other sessions. A lot of them were running around and not joining in on the sessions. This did make me a little fustrated chasing the children around, however; I learnt to use what they were doing into the game. This made it more enjoyable for the children and easier for me. Overall, the week went really well and I was happy with the progression.

This week of work experience has allowed me to dig deeper into the occupation and understand the job better. The children can have their days of wanting to release more energy but its how you use that into the sessions. Tailoring the games for them types of children are essential to making sure the children aren’t getting bored and for the parents to remain happy bringing their child to the sessions. I asked the parents for some feedback to which they all said positive things. On the other hand, most of them said to stay confident and the children will acustom to how I coach. In terms of an action plan, I seek to remain at this occupation to dig deeper into the job and gain further experience coaching with younger children with different abilities and characteristics.