P.E has always been a subject that i’ve been passionate about, particularly as P.E had a huge impact on my life whilst I was still in school. I was very disengaged and had little ambition for my future, that was however, until a new P.E teacher arrived at the school who believed in me and allowed me access to many opportunities. This was the catalyst in my journey to becoming a P.E teacher myself, so I could have the same impact my P.E teacher had on me. That is why this placement means a lot to me, not only because I now have the opportunity to be in a position to influence and impact young people within Armadale Academy, but also because my mentor is the exact same P.E teacher who helped change my life. My first day of placement was a whirlwind of emotions, I was nervous but also really excited to get started and meet everybody.  Hayley (my mentor) picked me up from the station around 8am, it was going to be a full on day but I was ready for the challenge.  During my placement I observed teachers delivering classes as well as assisting with the lesson. I also observed the pupils, as part of my placement project is to identify pupils who may need extra support within P.E, so I can help develop their confidence. The first 4 periods flew by, from observing a P.E student on placement, assisting with a swimming class, watching a dance class for the first time and sitting in on a PSE session, I was already so excited for the rest of the day. Lunch time came and Hayley spoke with me about two pupils who do not take part in P.E anymore, their confidence is low and suffer from bad anxiety, they had approached Hayley about my arrival at the school and asked if it was possible to meet me at lunch time to talk about P.E, I jumped at the opportunity to help these girls. I met them both a short while after, we sat down in the games hall and had a conversation around their barriers to participation in P.E and discussed what they wanted from me during my time with them, we played table-tennis for a little while before discussing their goals, we sat down and wrote up a goal time-line with the end goal being integrating themselves back within P.E, I challenged them to set small short-term goals this week and next Monday we could look at them and set a plan on achieving them, I agreed to keep meeting them every lunch time to play different sports to help get their confidence up. The next 3 periods were a great learning opportunity for me, seeing other people teach is a great insight into what it means to be a teacher, it is a lot more than just turning up and teaching a lesson.