Fast Forward to 2012

Well its been a busy couple of weeks! As you can see i have not blogged in a while. But fear not i am back! During the run up to Christmas and New Year i had to complete a 2000 word essay on, what is education? Even though it was a struggle to finish i was pleased with the completion of my first uni assignment! On the week of the 6th of December we went out on work experience. I went to Cwmdare primary school for my placement and enjoyed every minute. I was given many art based tasks to do at the school, such as helping the children to make Christmas cards and calenders. I have now also seen the Christmas play enough to last me till the end of 2012! Whilst at the school, i noticed  a wide range of technology in nearly every classroom. There were interactive white boards in every classroom, including the nursery class which was put into full use for the kids to draw on. In the year 4 class i placed in for two days, the teacher would use the interactive white board for many tasks. He used it for maths games, History, reading stories and also for the Christmas quiz! The school also had a computer suite which was always in use!! We were set tasks by our tutors to complete on our work experience which opened my eyes to a lot of things regarding the classroom and the relationship between the teacher and pupils. All in All i had a great week! Christmas and New year was brilliant as always and i am now looking forward to see what the new year brings! :D