Day 1 Tasks

5/3/2017

Gather information about the school:

Complete the School Profile
Identify important dates (holidays, school events, trips etc.) on the
school calendar
Map the themes to be studied, important school events, trips etc.
during the placement
Make a copy of the weekly/daily class timetables and note the time
school starts and finishes
Obtain a class list
Draw a map of one indoor learning environment in your school

Reframing classroom rules:

Discuss classroom rules with your MST
Identify any other rules which need to be made explicit
Frame all rules using positive language
Identify how these rules are being reinforced during the school day and
note opportunities to teach these rules
Construct your own means of recording this (see table 3)
 Table 1: School Profile
Name of school: Victoria English School Location: Sharjah

Principal: Mr. Yrquhart

Tel: 065227770 Fax: 065226446

Address: Al Azra, Near Laders Private School PO Box: 25549 Sharjah

Teachers Starting Time: 7:30 Finishing Time: 2:30

Students Starting Time: 8:00 Finishing Time: 2:00

Total Number of Classroom Teachers in the school Department: (Kg1 & Kg2) 6

Total Number of Children in the Preschool Section: 115

Teacher / student ratio: 1-24

Number of Classrooms: 110

Facilities available to student teachers:

Bathrooms
Stuff rooms
Pray room

Class for this Practicum: FS2

Mentoring Classroom Teacher: Ms. Jessica Costen

Classroom Teaching Assistant:

Number of children in this class: 21

Number of children identified as having SEN in this class:

Additional information: e.g. English, Arabic, Islamic Studies teachers

Arabic
Islamic

School Nurse: Ester School TP Coordinator: Ms. polin

Librarian: Jennifer

Resource Room Manager: Jamal

 Strategies for building a positive relationship with children, colleagues and
families.

When you start being a teacher, the most important thing to do first is building a
positive relationship with everyone around you, especially children, colleagues, and
families. Firstly you need to give them a good first impression about you, by smiling
in their face, talking to them in a kind way. Always give children the space to talk to
you and listen to whatever they want to say, and then comment on what they've
told you but in a gentle way, never harsh talking to them unless they've done
something really bad. Be a friend to them more than a teacher. And with the
colleagues make them your friends talk to them express ideas with them. With
families, always show them that you care about their children, show them the good
things that their children have done in classroom, their paintings, good marks,
creative ideas..etc.
Names list
Classroom Timeline
Classroom Weekly plan
 Classroom Map
Table 2: Map of indoor learning
Table 3: Reframing Classroom Rules

Discuss classroom rules with your MST. Identify any other rules which need to
be made explicit. Frame all rules using positive language. Identify how these
rules are being reinforced during the school day and note opportunities to
teach these rules
Construct your own means of recording this. E.g. Table 3 below.

Table 3: Example Reframing Classroom Reframing Rules Record Sheet

Classroom rules Reframe using
positive language
1. Dont run in the Walk carefully in the
classroom classroom
2. Good speaking Use an appropriate word
while talking.
Opportuinities to teach these
rules
(both observed and ideas of your own)
Picture signs on display
Teacher praises children who are
following this rule
Teacher asks children how they
should walk in the classroom
During circle time the teacher asks
the children to think about what
might happen if this rule is not
followed
If they want something they need to
say please to get it.
Whenever they get the thing they
ask for they say thank you.

3. Good listenning Listen carefully while the
teacher is teaching.
4. Be kind and share Be kind with classmates
and share equipments.
No one talks while the teacher is
teaching.
No one talksnor laugh while their
classmates is sayiing something
they need to all listen and respect
what everyone says.
They share coloring pincels and
erasers while coloring or solving
activities.

Discuss visual means of representing these rules with your MST to be

developed and introduced to the children over the next three weeks for
example.