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I have survived the week!

It turns out that the books I bought before the course were not needed; and the ones I really need I haven't got. There will always be someone who beats you to the last available copy in the library; and electronic resources (esp core reading) will inevitably crash on the night before M-level lecture. Hence Amazon is making a fortune from desperate trainee teachers like me.

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kpwxx

Original post by hana&feather

You can always sell some of the ones you don't need if you don't like them. Amazon does a reasonable buy back for some textbooks.

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xjay1234

I hate the Professional Studies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reflective Practice bla bla bla!

We are ALL reflecting! We are trainees! ¬_¬

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Red Lightning

Original post by xjay1234

I hate the Professional Studies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reflective Practice bla bla bla!

We are ALL reflecting! We are trainees! ¬_¬

I share your pain. My professional studies was a weekly 9am lecture.

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kpwxx

Original post by xjay1234

I hate the Professional Studies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reflective Practice bla bla bla!

We are ALL reflecting! We are trainees! ¬_¬

Make the most of it.

You won't get very much time to reflect or link your practice to theory/the big picture or even think about what you're doing once you're actually teaching. It's vital that you reflect well, and it can be so incredibly helpful to be around others who are doing the same and discuss this with them.

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xjay1234

Falling in love with a fellow PGCE student - (MY DAMN EMOTIONS @ THE WRONG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

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xjay1234

Was our last PS session, today =D

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kpwxx

Original post by xjay1234

Was our last PS session, today =D

That's crazy!! We had them all through the year. You need something to reflect on, and time to reflect continuously! That's a strange set up, I can see why you didn't enjoy it.

Xxx

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Carnationlilyrose

Original post by xjay1234

Falling in love with a fellow PGCE student - (MY DAMN EMOTIONS @ THE WRONG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Won't do you any harm. I married one of mine.

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xjay1234

Original post by kpwxx

We are in the HUB school in a few weeks - cos we will be in our school placement FT but PS will continue after x-mas (don't worry we have been crammed with reflection etc etc etc)

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xjay1234

AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Well - I need to stay focused.....but, hard, especially when they're in your class.....

Original post by Carnationlilyrose

Won't do you any harm. I married one of mine.

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Carnationlilyrose

Original post by xjay1234

AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Well - I need to stay focused.....but, hard, especially when they're in your class.....

We did our teaching practice in adjacent classrooms.

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magic_box

Original post by xjay1234

We are in the HUB school in a few weeks - cos we will be in our school placement FT but PS will continue after x-mas (don't worry we have been crammed with reflection etc etc etc)

Are you at Roehampton by any chance?
If so PS does continue, just held in the Hub schools instead of at uni ... which hopefully is going to be better!

Enjoyed the fist two weeks on the whole, but just want to get into school now!

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xjay1234

Yep.

Yes, on the academic timetable I see we are in our HUB school twice, till the end of this calendar year.

School will come, soon enough, don't worry.

Meantime, get as much reading done, as possible, because once we are in our placement school, full time, time will be few and far between.

Going to get on with my reading, now...................

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magic_box

Spent today in a primary school and it 100% confirmed to me I've made the right choice with secondary. There's only so much phonics I can take before I crack I think!

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username892469

Original post by magic_box

Spent today in a primary school and it 100% confirmed to me I've made the right choice with secondary. There's only so much phonics I can take before I crack I think!

I have to do a week in KS3 in January and I'm sure I'll feel the same about secondary! I'm dreading it already- I definitely don't have the patience for dealing with teenagers.

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xjosielr

Original post by JoannaMilano

I have to do a week in KS3 in January and I'm sure I'll feel the same about secondary! I'm dreading it already- I definitely don't have the patience for dealing with teenagers.

Oh gosh, there's no way I could handle a week! I only have to do one day in KS3 in April and I'm dreading even that!

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hana&feather

Original post by xjosielr

Oh gosh, there's no way I could handle a week! I only have to do one day in KS3 in April and I'm dreading even that!

For my specialism I'm doing 4 weeks in a secondary school after Feb half-term! And we'll need to arrange that ourselves.

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S27

What does everyone wear on the uni days? Does every dress like they do at undergrad or is it more professional? Don't want to overdo it on my first uni day :hat:

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Airfairy

Original post by S27

What does everyone wear on the uni days? Does every dress like they do at undergrad or is it more professional? Don't want to overdo it on my first uni day :hat: