Primary and Secondary PGCE UEA 2013

Hey

I was just reading through your messages and I was just wondering how long it was between the dates of your interviews and finding out whether you'd been accepted or not? I had my interview 11th January & I haven't heard anything as yet! I've applied for the Upper KS1 and Lower KS2 course.

Congratulations to you all on being accepted :smile:

Gemma x

University of East Anglia

Norwich

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dramakatie

Hello

It took just over a month until I heard back, I had my interview on the 9th November and it wasnt until a week or so into December that I found out. I'm on the KS1 and Lower KS2 course as well. Good luck! Let us know how you do! :smile:

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Laura_91

Heyyyy, good luck on getting a place! I heard a little sooner than Katie, I think I heard three weeks exactly after my interview, but I'm specialising in Early Years to KS1, so that could have had something to do with it. :smile:

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Thanks for your replies!

I got offered a place yesterday! Couldn't believe I got the offer a day after I posted on here! But very excited to start the course and meet you all! :smile:

Still need to do the QTS skills test though which I'm a bit scared about! Have you both done them? I've looked at some of the practice ones, but a little bit nervous about doing them!

Well done on getting your places! :smile:

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Laura_91

Well done! :biggrin:

Thats fab news! I've done my literacy one, but not the maths one yet, thats the one i'm dreading! Yehh the practices are so boring too! Are you local to UEA?

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I have an interview in march, just wondering if you had any pointers or experiences of them that would help. For the written task how long are you given to complete the task?? are any key topics brought up in the interview ?

thanks in advance

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Original post by Ledge19

Hi, when is your interview? Mine is the 8th!! :smile:

I know you get given the written task when you arrive and have until 5pm to hand in because I had to call them about it :smile:

Vee xx

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Original post by Vee3289

Hi, when is your interview? Mine is the 8th!! :smile:

I know you get given the written task when you arrive and have until 5pm to hand in because I had to call them about it :smile:

Vee xx

Hi
im on the 8th as well getting really nervous now. Apparently the individual interview lasts 45 mins.
X

Reply 28

Hey everyone,

I had my interview in January, and the interview process really isn't too bad :smile:

You arrive there and they give you an introductory talk which lasts about 45 minutes to an hour, if my mind serves me correctly!

You all then get individual timetables given to you, with the times that you are doing things. I had a break first, then my interview (about 30 mins), then another break, then a group discussion on my chosen book (20-30 mins for the whole thing (about 3-5 minutes per presentation of book)), then another break. It's during the breaks that you do your written tasks.

For the interview, I would advise you to have fresh in your mind, why you want to be a teacher and examples from the classroom. You're interviewed by two people (one lecturer and one head teacher). The lecturer asked me about reasons why I'd like to be a teacher etc, about my experiences, whereas the headteacher gave me more specific questions like, explain what a good discipline policy might be, or give me an example of a time you had to react without thinking in the school environment and on reflection, would you have done anything differently? Make sure you have a couple of questions ready for them at the end of the interview. I asked "what was the most challenging part of becoming a teacher" and "what is your fondest memory of teaching?" We spent quite a lot of time engaging in general chit chat about these questions, which was quite nice.

The group discussion of books is totally fine. You discuss the book individually in the group (in front of the interviewers you have) - theres about 4-5 people per discussion group. You then have a group discussion of all of the books, so it's a good idea to listen to other people's books and think of questions while they're talking!

The written task, (well, the one I had) wasn't too bad. You have all day to do it. You all get the same written task, and are allowed to discuss it (well the people I was with discussed it). We were given 8 newspaper articles, published 2011-2012. The first question we had to write down in 100 words, the general theme of the articles (mine was on boys having lower academic abilities than girls) and you can summarise these in bullet points. The next question involved writing a critical response, bringing in our own knowledge and thoughts on if we agreed with the articles, citing the articles in the text, and presenting a bit of an argument. This will become clearer once you read the articles though. Thats only about 600 words if I remember correctly.

It really isn't a bad day and I actually really enjoyed it while I was there, have a little mingle with everyone there - you're all in the same boat. I would advise you to take lunch though! As a couple of girls I was with didn't and they were starving by the end of the day! There is a vending machine though doesn't work sometimes.

I hope this helps :smile:

GOOD LUCK!!x

Reply 29

Original post by Ledge19

Hi
im on the 8th as well getting really nervous now. Apparently the individual interview lasts 45 mins.
X

The info someone has just posted has made it seem so much less scary!! I will see you there then :smile:

Mines 12:45 but im gonna get there for 12:15 :smile:

think of it like this, this time next week it'll all be over :smile:

xxx

also Gemzi-xx thank you, that is a massive help!! :smile:

How long do people have to wait to hear back from them? xx

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Original post by Vee3289

The info someone has just posted has made it seem so much less scary!! I will see you there then :smile:

Mines 12:45 but im gonna get there for 12:15 :smile:

think of it like this, this time next week it'll all be over :smile:

xxx

also Gemzi-xx thank you, that is a massive help!! :smile:

How long do people have to wait to hear back from them? xx

You're more than welcome! I'm glad it helped a little bit! :smile:

They tell you in the introductory talk that if you haven't got a place that you tend to hear from them within two weeks but that if you have got a place then it'll take a little bit longer to hear back as they have to process all your details. I think I heard from them in just under a month after my interview (felt like the longest month ever!!).

Wishing you the best of luck!

If you have any more questions do let us know! But lots of luck for the interview, let us know how you get on! X

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Original post by Vee3289

The info someone has just posted has made it seem so much less scary!! I will see you there then :smile:

Mines 12:45 but im gonna get there for 12:15 :smile:

think of it like this, this time next week it'll all be over :smile:

xxx

also Gemzi-xx thank you, that is a massive help!! :smile:

How long do people have to wait to hear back from them? xx

Mine is at that time to so we might be put in same group my names Laura so perhaps we might see each other.

big thankyou to gemzi too really helpful info calmed me down a bit :smile:

Reply 32

Awesome, I'm Verity :smile:

im already sooooo nervous already, we're travelling up Thursday as we're a 5hr drive away! What age range are you hoping to do? Xx

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Reply 33

I've applied for early years so 3-9 years how about you? I'm nervous too but we are all in the same boat just got to do are best. :smile:

Counting down the days il be relived when its all over then it's just the horrible wait after recon that will be the worst part .
hopefully see you Friday xx

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3-7 eyfs -ks1 :smile:

love early years :biggrin:

yup im looking forward to next sat lol yup see you then x

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Reply 35

I am so impatient!! I really wanna know how it went Friday! gonna be the longest two weeks! :P

Reply 36

I know the feeling but in my experience and what others say on here it may be longer than 2 weeks so prob best to tell your self u won't hear till next month. If not you will be pacing up and down stressing about getting an answer. Il let you know when I hear . Fingers crossed for both of us xx

Reply 37

Yeah true, gonna feel like years haha I didn't get a chance to say hi the other day, how did you think it went? Xx

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Reply 38

Ya I feel it went quite well got good reactions in my interview but you can just never tell exactly what there looking for. A little bit of it is luck I'm just hoping I'm in luck this time because I really think I'm ready . How about you? How did you find the process ? X

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