Massively premature - but this is to remind me to register / start looking in all these places in December / January:
Lewisham NQT talent pool
Southwark NQT talent pool
Lambeth NQT talent pool
https://www.schoolsrecruitment.education.gov.uk/
Speculative applications?...
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Monday, 25 July 2011
Terrifying to-do list...
To Do
CRB - done £55
French CRB - done
Occupational Health - done £45
Send P45 and P50 to Inland Revenue
Placement form - done
Student travelcard - done £10
Check Student Finance updated - done
Council tax exemption form - done
Hand in notice - done
Student bank account
NUS card - done £12.99
To Buy
MS Office done £40
Printer done £35
Laminator
Guillotine
lever arch files
punched pockets
stickers
academic diary
clothes...
2x ballet flats
boots?
PE clothes / sports bra?
more black trousers (like DP ones) buy 3x =£75
more new Look jeggings c.£15 each
cheap / bright washable tops
House Stuff
Paint balcony
book boiler service
clean oven - done
switch to capped energy - done
CRB - done £55
French CRB - done
Occupational Health - done £45
Send P45 and P50 to Inland Revenue
Placement form - done
Student travelcard - done £10
Check Student Finance updated - done
Council tax exemption form - done
Hand in notice - done
Student bank account
NUS card - done £12.99
To Buy
MS Office done £40
Printer done £35
Laminator
Guillotine
lever arch files
punched pockets
stickers
academic diary
clothes...
2x ballet flats
boots?
PE clothes / sports bra?
more black trousers (like DP ones) buy 3x =£75
more new Look jeggings c.£15 each
cheap / bright washable tops
House Stuff
Paint balcony
book boiler service
clean oven - done
switch to capped energy - done
Friday, 22 July 2011
Science
What were your own school/university experiences in science? Most memorable, DS setting herself on fire. At primary science was a tangential subject eg dry stone walls, pouring vinegar on limestone, confused explanation of particle theory.
What did you learn? Not very much!
What teaching approaches were used? experiments without context, lots of copying from the board.
What images or feelings do they conjure up? boredom
Have you observed any science teaching in your experience of primary classrooms? not a lot
What aspects of science were addressed?
What kinds of work were children engaged in?
How was the class organised?
What informal experiences of science have you had outside school or university?
Think about any books, TV or computer programmes you may have come across or museums you have visited. Some work on biodiversity at HM. Robin Ince's stand up. Dad making hot air balloons, metal detector, volcanoes.
Do you have any interests that might have extended your knowledge in particular areas of science e.g. gardening, fishing, cooking, outdoor pursuits?
cooking - adapting recipes / substituting ingredients. Hyperbolic crochet!
These informal experiences are of increasing importance in the development of people’s understanding of science. What have you learnt from these?
Science can be fun...
How have they affected your attitudes to science? Increased interest in and respect for science. Feelings of inadequacy at lack of scientific knowledge.
What did you learn? Not very much!
What teaching approaches were used? experiments without context, lots of copying from the board.
What images or feelings do they conjure up? boredom
Have you observed any science teaching in your experience of primary classrooms? not a lot
What aspects of science were addressed?
What kinds of work were children engaged in?
How was the class organised?
What informal experiences of science have you had outside school or university?
Think about any books, TV or computer programmes you may have come across or museums you have visited. Some work on biodiversity at HM. Robin Ince's stand up. Dad making hot air balloons, metal detector, volcanoes.
Do you have any interests that might have extended your knowledge in particular areas of science e.g. gardening, fishing, cooking, outdoor pursuits?
cooking - adapting recipes / substituting ingredients. Hyperbolic crochet!
These informal experiences are of increasing importance in the development of people’s understanding of science. What have you learnt from these?
Science can be fun...
How have they affected your attitudes to science? Increased interest in and respect for science. Feelings of inadequacy at lack of scientific knowledge.
Lifeline and Critical Incidents
Lifeline
1980 Born
April 1985 Start School
I only spend a term in reception and hate it. Terrified of my teacher, convinced the other children know everything already.
Sept 1991 Start secondary school
Work is boring, get bullied, disengage with school system.
Summer 1994
skive school for year 9 SATs
Sept 1996 Sixth form
Move to larger, more academic school, suddenly achievement isn't seen as something shameful. Now I'm ashamed - I can't be the best without trying anymore.
Oct 1998 Cambridge
College and course are full of dazzlingly confident private school kids. Takes me most of the four years to realise that this is all bravado and they are not in fact more brilliant / interesting than anyone else.
Oct 2003 London - first job in PR - hate it - feels utterly pointless
2008 - relationship with NR who wants to become a primary teacher - first pangs of jealousy that I've left it too late.
May 2008 Step change interview - identify education as area I'd like to move into - unsuccessful
April 2011 listen to In Our Time on Octavia Hill, feel like a wastrel in comparison
May 2011 - search PGCEs with view to 2012 start, see places are still available for 2011 - galvanised!
1980 Born
April 1985 Start School
I only spend a term in reception and hate it. Terrified of my teacher, convinced the other children know everything already.
Sept 1991 Start secondary school
Work is boring, get bullied, disengage with school system.
Summer 1994
skive school for year 9 SATs
Sept 1996 Sixth form
Move to larger, more academic school, suddenly achievement isn't seen as something shameful. Now I'm ashamed - I can't be the best without trying anymore.
Oct 1998 Cambridge
College and course are full of dazzlingly confident private school kids. Takes me most of the four years to realise that this is all bravado and they are not in fact more brilliant / interesting than anyone else.
Oct 2003 London - first job in PR - hate it - feels utterly pointless
2008 - relationship with NR who wants to become a primary teacher - first pangs of jealousy that I've left it too late.
May 2008 Step change interview - identify education as area I'd like to move into - unsuccessful
April 2011 listen to In Our Time on Octavia Hill, feel like a wastrel in comparison
May 2011 - search PGCEs with view to 2012 start, see places are still available for 2011 - galvanised!
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