Journal Notes for Practicum 3b.

Week There

Write your journal in paragraph form. It should be a minimum of 100 words and clearly
illustrated with photographs. Remember, it is your personal account of your thoughts, feelings
and reactions during your time in the preschool. Consequently, you may choose to focus not only
on the discussion points raised in each observation and/or use one, all or none of the following
focus points in your journal.

You can use this table to make notes / jot down ideas during TP. It would also be helpful to
consistently compare this practicum with previous TP experience and reflect on your
professional development with reference to the TP Competencies.

What is your general feeling about TP at the end of the day?

- In the third week, I felt that I dont want to leave my classroom and my amazing MST because
I had a good relationship with both the teacher and the children.

Reflect on the duties / activities did you carry out during the preschool today. How do you feel
about your efforts? Was there anything you could have done to improve the quality of the
learning experience for the children?

- Most of my activities were hand on and for different levels of learning, children enjoyed my
activities. The think that I need to make it better is give children who finish early extra
activities.

What was the most interesting activity or strategy you saw your MST use? Why did you think it
was interesting and worth noting/remembering? Compare this with previous TP experience.

- MST had a hand on activities for students and when some of them finish quickly she prepared
for them extra activities to give them.

What progress have you made in terms of your own personal targets for TP this semester?
Which TP competencies do you feel you achieved and which do you think that you need to focus
on next time? Discuss ways in which you could do this.

- I think that I achieved most of my goals that I want to focus on it. In week three I focused on
how I can improve low children.
What evidence of learning did you identify/document today? Relate this to the UK EYFS early
learning goals.

- Children learn the different subject in week three. They I taught

them to letter Aa in English and numbers 123 in Math.

What was the most important thing you learnt about the role of the teacher in managing all
aspects of the school day? Compare this with previous TP experience and where possible make
links with college based learning.

- In this week, I learned from my teacher how I should focus on a low level of children and what
are the steps that I should use to improve them.