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  • Unit7- Exercise, Health and lifestyle

    today was the first time where i was in charge of the group, luckily i take this group for sports coaching, so i have already bounded a relationship wioth them, up until now i have been only take bits and bobs of the lectures due to one staff member walking...
    Posted to 20414889 by Jordan Morris on 02-09-2010

  • How many hours do we need to do... 150? Thats been and gone :-)

    Had a fairly mad time of the end of last week and beginning of this week so far... I am covering for an absent member of staff in Crosskeys College at the moment. This is a very different environment from where I have been teaching in Coleg Gwent Newport...
    Posted to Craig Sims by Craig Sims on 02-09-2010

  • A Bit of a Messy Blog for a Bit of a Messy Week.

    This week I must firstly draw attention to last weeks issues. Last week I was having a little bit of a stress about the attendance and punctuality, however, this week was different. I believe the pressure of having an assessed performance at the end of...
    Posted to Emma's weekly rant by Emma Dippie on 02-07-2010

  • I can almost do it!!!!!

    I at last feel that I am on the way to understanding what this is all about! Gone is that funny feeling of being on the outside looking in, I feel asa if the light bulb has at last come on and things are now clearer and less frightening. I had my observation...
    Posted to 10039001 by Hayley Hill on 02-07-2010

  • Miracles do happen!

    It's week three at my placements and I'm finally adjusting to being a teacher. I have my schemes of work sorted and everything is going according to plan. It's still only four hours but, I'm still hoping for a miracle. After my class on...
    Posted to 20111371 by funkybabe85 on 02-07-2010
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  • Brand new teacher!

    Even though it wasn't really what I planned to do, the session was still quite brilliant. We started with a game of "I spy" which was a really nice warmer. It was fun, but at the same time, it had a learning angle to it because it served...
    Posted to 20111371 by funkybabe85 on 02-07-2010
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  • I'm officially the worst session planner ever!

    Finally, the moment I've been waiting for since the beginning of the course has arrived. I finally get to teach my own class. I have everything planned. My session plan, the resources, and even a nice warmer to break the ice. I'm not sure how...
    Posted to 20111371 by funkybabe85 on 02-07-2010
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  • MY FIRST FEW WEEKS AT MY PLACEMENT

    After such a long wait, I finally have a placement, yay! It's only four hours a week for now, but at least I have a shot at graduating after all. My mentor had planned for me to just observe in week one, but thanks to the bad weather conditions, that...
    Posted to 20111371 by funkybabe85 on 02-07-2010
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  • First Hours of Higher Educational teaching

    This week I was asked by my former lectures at Newport to take a lecture on surviving first year documentary photography and the work which i produced during my time at Newport, initially the excitement was off the scale I was in seventh heaven until...
    Posted to 20082193 by Tobias Beach-Wyld on 02-06-2010

  • Blog 6 A SHATTERING WEDNESDAY (CONFIDENCE KNOCKED AND ASSESSMENT NEXT WEEK, CAN I TURN IT AROUND?

    Blog 6 A SHATTERING WEDNESDAY (CONFIDENCE KNOCKED AND ASSESSMENT NEXT WEEK, CAN I TURN IT AROUND? Monday 1 ST February 2010 – Thursday 4 th February 2010 Week five. Monday 1 st February 2010 Smiley Faces Day T oday was a productive day, with 3 hours...
    Posted to 20414854 by PHILIP WEBBER on 02-06-2010

  • Week ending 4th Feb 2010!

    A very hectic and tiring week! I have been working flat out for the last six days: Uni assignment and lesson plan non-stop! I am glad I don’t have to prepare a lesson plan for tomorrow. I can just sit back and be one of those college students ‘Wat...
    Posted to Wendy's blog by 20443251 on 02-06-2010

  • Confessions of a placement virgin.

    After weeks(months?) of listening to peers comments about ' my learners did this...' or 'at my placement...' I finally started my own placement. It's quite a surreal feeling after months of being the exception, witnessing the awkward...
    Posted to 20443676 by 20443676 on 02-05-2010
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  • Out of the frying pan....

    My first blog has finally arrived! I have finally started my placement in HMP Cardiff and it is a relief to say the least. However I anticipate this feeling will be short lived, my timetable and workload has doubled in the space of a week!! I am finally...
    Posted to Out of the frying pan....... by Becky Ashman on 02-05-2010

  • Politics

    There is a certain atmosphere in the office at the moment. When I first was placed at the college it was hard for me to distinguish the normal stresses of the teachers there from the nags that made certain parts of their jobs a daily struggle. This is...
    Posted to Lloyd's Blog by 20443331 on 02-05-2010

  • Practical performance assessments....

    Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This week has been a little bit odd. As mentioned in my last blog, Emma and I were asked to stand in for two students for the assessed performance, as their attendance (their lack of it to be precise) had...
    Posted to Rhian's blog by Rhian Jones on 02-04-2010
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