MY NETWORKING

Relationships at school

• Time with Head teacher 

 
 University tutor

• Making time to talk
• Taking notes and listening to advice

 
Communicating with friends

• Acknowledging their ideas for your work placement

 
 

Work within school

• Learning from other teachers around you
• Being sensible and firm with the children
• Journal

 

University friends

• Blogs

 
Work with The Drama Gym

• Organisation with the boss
• Journal

 
Chickenshed work

• Being a group leader
• Relationships with children
• Managing performances with everything else
• Journal

Talking to Teachers and Teaching Assistants

• Gaining a bond
• Understanding their way of teaching
• Attending staff meetings
• Being proactive with Head of department

Working in the professional way

When involved in the Christmas performances this year, I have been given the opportunity to be group leader of seventeen children. This means that you have to take care of your group and make sure they are prepared every time they go for a standby. This year I have been able to get to know my group quite well and they have grown to trust me throughout the whole of the Christmas period.
At one time I was told a secret which I didn't know how to deal with and I have found it quite difficult. I had to dig deep to find the correct way to deal with this.

'In Britain, we are going backwards'

Another article that I found from The Daily Telegraph was by Alex Hope saying "Today's computing classes teach passive software usage, not essential programming skills. " So what are we trying to about this? He goes on to say
"Britain has a heritage of technological ingenuity and creative flair, which goes hand in hand with our innate skill with computers. Which in turn, depends on knowing how computers work."

There is so much more that could be seen being done at school just like Alex Hope says
"First to engage young people with the excitement and potential of computer programming. One hopeful sign is the development by David Braben and his colleagues of Raspberry Pi, a whole computer on a tiny circuit board that its makers intend will be simple and cheap enough for schoolchildren to break and fix for themselves."

Computers offer a vast range of exciting possibilities, both to individuals, especially to the next generation, and to this country. There is so much room for growth, if only we can get the right people.