This week I was quite busy with placement to try and make up a few hours since I am later at starting. On Wednesday I attended Raploch Community Campus for a lunchtime multi sports session and I also attended an after school archery session at Fallin primary school.

Before attending placement I was slightly nervous which to me is normal as I always get nervous before starting new things. But I was soon put to ease when I attended my first session. Craig met me at the campus and he explained to me that the campus has 3 separate primary schools within it. Also that there would be children from mainstream school attending and also children from the ASN school. This session was basketball and consisted of familiarisation with the ball, dribbling, passing and shooting exercises. The children were all very keen to attend this session. I found that when children were taking part in the drills it was important to give them encouragement as it kept them trying hard. I also had to slightly adapt a drill as there was a girl with a walking frame who wasn’t able to dribble the ball round the cones. So I then suggested that she missed out the dribbling and tried to take a shot and she was more than happy to do this. Another thing I found which was pleasing was how encouraging and inclusive the children from mainstream school are towards the children from the ASN school. I thoroughly enjoyed this session and look forward to the next few weeks.

Also on Wednesday I attended Fallin primary school for an archery club with primary 6/7. This club started last week but I was unable to attend due to having the dentist. I didn’t really know what to expect at first as archery isn’t something I have ever taken part in. When I first arrived the children were very loud and were misbehaving. But I feel like this was due to excitement. They were very eager to get started and one of the girls showed me how to hold the bow and how to put my arrow in as I had missed last weeks session. The children really enjoyed taking part and I even got the chance to have a shot-i managed to hit an 8! I look forward to attending this session next week.

Then on Friday I attended a Boccia Festival. I attended this session with some of my class mates. We helped fill out some scoresheets to start with and then got paired up to be referees on the courts. We then took it in turns to referee and fill in the score card. I enjoyed this as I’ve never really had the chance to referee before. The children all tried really hard and enjoyed this event. Ive also been asked to attend a Monday night Boccia session and get my level 1 Boccia coaching.

-Chloe