This morning I was in with a year 10 fine art group and this was quite simply a fake it until you make it type of situation it was clear to me that every pupil in this class knew more about paint then I did yet I had to find a way to help out. The teacher assigned us to a pupil each.
The group of year tens all looked very apprehensive about us being there and whilst they were in a group it was clear they didn't want us especially with one girl Sophie who was saying "why are yous even here". All the MMU students looked at each other thinking please don't let me have Sophie and lucky me I did.
What I found so interesting is that once the group split up and it was just me and Sophie working one on one she changed. She said "so miss how do I do this?" and I thought back to when I was 15 if someone who wasn't much older then me came in and tried to tell me what to do with my work I was of been a pain to deal with. I told her to call me Lucy if she wanted which automatically calmed her down then we spoke about Manchester and Darwen and University as she had never been outside of Darwen. We built up a great rapor and by the end of the morning she had said that I convinced her to think about going to university because before that she thought only "posh and weird people" went and now she knows there's some "normal" people that go.
From when Sophie came into the class she was treated differently like a naughty kid which I myself was guilty of by not wanting to work with her. She was ignored by the teacher and some of the other pupils when she tried to talk, it seemed like she had been labeled a naughty child and everyone was just treating her like that. After working with Sophie I felt extremely guilty, she was a nice polite young girl who just needed someone to give her a chance and treat her equally to those around her.Whilst we were talking she said that she wished all the teachers were nice like me when honestly I was simply being respectful. This is something that I will keep with me that no child is naughty each child just needs to be thought individually and with respect.
The teacher was in and out of this lesson as it was their exam so theres not much I could say about the teachers style.
Afternoon Lessons
This afternoon I was in with year 7 textiles. As the solar eclipse is coming up, throughout the school they have chosen lessons so that each child can create a pin whole camera to watch the eclipse. I think is a great idea that every child makes one and for some its in the middle of exam week so is a well earned break, and is something that they can actually use outside of school. However the teacher had no clue that this was happening so clearly there needs to more communication within the school. We helped quickly set out some materials such as feathers coloured pencils etc.
It was clear that making the pin whole cameras would not take the whole entire afternoon so the teacher thought on her feet and got them to firstly design the cameras.
During the second half of the lesson the teacher got each one of the MMU students to stand up and address the class using firstly the 5 step countdown. I had to address the class and tell them they had 10 minutes to clean away and put all the folders in the box. However after 5 very little had happened so she asked me to tell them again and be stern. I felt extremely apprehensive about this because ide been gettin on well with the kids the whole lesson and now i had to basically shout at them. I used the 5 step method and told them I had been standing and waiting for 5 minutes and nothing had happened now everyone get up out of your chairs and put your folders in the box. One girl threw a folder on the floor and so I asked her to pick it up which her answer was to tell another boy to. I told the boy to put the folder back and for th girl who pushed it to pick it up she was not best pleased but she did it anyway.
Teaching Style (year 7 textiles)
The teacher was great at thinking on her feet, she has activities ready so that the children didn't get bored for example every twenty minutes she would stop and get the whole class back together to work on a short group game.
Music was played throughout the time they were working but when the teacher was talking she would turn the music off this was great at getting the children attention.
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