Blog week 2

This week I spent 2 full days at Wallace High with my mentor (forgetting how long the school day was), trying to keep up was slightly difficult. However, going from being in classes from First to sixth year was fun and interesting as it was great to see the difference in sporting ability and tempo. Over the two days, I was able to follow around and shadow a variety of teachers, this really helped me to see different types of teaching styles, a very important aspect that I wanted to learn.

I was able to take warm ups for sports including; football, basketball and dance. It was great to be able to use what I know, games and warm up wise, and implement it on a class. However, with taking a warm up for a dance class, this was one I found rather difficult and worrying. Although I personally danced for 12 years (2-14), I have not thought of what I learned since I quit, this forced me to go speak to teachers who take either the school or dance or dance teams for inspiration. This however, has proved to be a good thing, it got me out of my comfort zone and has allowed me to learn new skills that i can take forward in life. (217)

As I was able to complete another 14 hours this week, I have managed to learn a lot and I’m excited to do the same next week. I have been tasked with writing a lesson plan for an S2 basketball class which I am very excited and nervous about. (266) With a good background of basketball I have already managed to plan the vast majority of the lesson, taking all the tips and tricks my mentor has mentioned to me and implementing them into my plan. I hope they love it as much as I have enjoyed creating it!