Kids
I've been working in a Primary school the last couple of weeks and loving it, however the kids are absolutely exhausting!!.
Seriously, today it rained so they didn't go out to play, this made them edgy and wound up to the point at which they were a nightmare.
Plus that I hate working with key stage 1 anyway. I like the 7-11 year olds better than 4-7!! How many ways can you explain that 2 + 2 is 4? AAAAAAAAAAARRrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggg!!
The one thing i really don't understand is some children's complete lack of motivation. One little boy refused point bank to do anything. He wont even tick boxes on a questionnaire? Exactly what he thinks high school is going to be like I don't know, but I feel like some kind of fortune teller seeing vast quantities of detention on the horizon for him :P.
Overall the 2 weeks I've just done have been really good. Most of the kids are lovely and even some of the naughtier ones are very eager, they just call out a lot because they desperately want to show the teacher that they can do it. There does seem to be a severe lack in ability to express themselves on paper, which I think is a shame, as without the ability to write fluently and enjoy writing they will struggle in later years when they have to write essays and assignments at high school, or just further up the schools. Hand writing and spelling, even with literacy hour, seem to be suffering from the sheer weight of subjects they have to learn, and the children are growing to dislike them, seeing them as a chore, rather than something usefull or enjoyable.
Aaaanyway, rant over, I guess not everyone is good at or enjoys writing, I will just have to work on getting the kids involved and excited when I am teaching them.
Hmmmm, seems like a challenge if this lot are anything to go by.
I have to pack, I'm off to Newquay on Monday with the girlies. I can't wait, I'm so excited, Heather, Laura, me, Emily, Christine and a random in a caravan for a week! Gonna be hillarious! Much like a beachside freshers week! I hope it doesn't rain!
Cass
Seriously, today it rained so they didn't go out to play, this made them edgy and wound up to the point at which they were a nightmare.
Plus that I hate working with key stage 1 anyway. I like the 7-11 year olds better than 4-7!! How many ways can you explain that 2 + 2 is 4? AAAAAAAAAAARRrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggg!!
The one thing i really don't understand is some children's complete lack of motivation. One little boy refused point bank to do anything. He wont even tick boxes on a questionnaire? Exactly what he thinks high school is going to be like I don't know, but I feel like some kind of fortune teller seeing vast quantities of detention on the horizon for him :P.
Overall the 2 weeks I've just done have been really good. Most of the kids are lovely and even some of the naughtier ones are very eager, they just call out a lot because they desperately want to show the teacher that they can do it. There does seem to be a severe lack in ability to express themselves on paper, which I think is a shame, as without the ability to write fluently and enjoy writing they will struggle in later years when they have to write essays and assignments at high school, or just further up the schools. Hand writing and spelling, even with literacy hour, seem to be suffering from the sheer weight of subjects they have to learn, and the children are growing to dislike them, seeing them as a chore, rather than something usefull or enjoyable.
Aaaanyway, rant over, I guess not everyone is good at or enjoys writing, I will just have to work on getting the kids involved and excited when I am teaching them.
Hmmmm, seems like a challenge if this lot are anything to go by.
I have to pack, I'm off to Newquay on Monday with the girlies. I can't wait, I'm so excited, Heather, Laura, me, Emily, Christine and a random in a caravan for a week! Gonna be hillarious! Much like a beachside freshers week! I hope it doesn't rain!
Cass