HALLOWEEN!!

Today is our annual Halloween dress up day. I love coming in and seeing what everyone has dresses up as. Every year group has a different theme and this year;

First years are Cats and Witches 

Second years are Vampires and Werewolves

 Third years are Pirates 

TY are Zombies

Fifth year are Scary Circus 

Sixth years are Harry Potter

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Most people have made some effort to dress up and those who did look every good. It's always fun coming in and seeing all the different costumes. Even some of the teachers dress up too. 

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FUNKY SHOES!!

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Well last Friday, October 10th, was all about Mental Health Awareness. We got a non-uniform day to support the cause and it is called "Walk in my Shoes" where we got to wear funky shoes. Unfortunately I don't own any funky shoes so I just wore normal navy low top converse. Other people were wearing cool boots or wellies or even slippers!! The day was really fun and it was funny seeing everyone in their Funky Shoes.

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THE WORKING GURL- week 3

Well this weeks work experience was fun. This time the class were not painting, thank God it's a messy business, but instead they were doing tree and leaf rubbings. So I brought the girls in groups of two outside where they did their tree rubbings. After they all did their tree rubbings it was time for break.

After break we started doing leaf rubbings, where they put a leaf under the page and use the side of a crayon to get the outline and details of the leaf. I even did one myself. They did the leaf rubbings until lunch, and a few continued after lunch. Then the girls went home and I stuck their tree and leave rubbings into their scrapbooks and then I was free to leave. 

I'm really enjoying my work experience in my old primary school, it's a good insight into what it's like to teach a class of junior infants. I still time primary teaching is a career option for me. 

Can't wait for next weeks work experience. 

FUN WALK!!

Yesterday was the annual Fun Walk. Brilliant fun! We all arrived in school in our colours- first year pink, second year purple, third year green, TY yellow, fifth year blue and sixth year black and white. The school was all colourful with all the different colours going around the school. 

"Fish are friends not food"

At about 1:30 we were called down to the tennis courts to perform our dances to the judges and the rest of the school. It started with the first years and worked its way around to the sixth years. My class, Ariel, were the first of the TY's to perform our dance. We decided to do a dance to a mix of songs- Under the Sea, Jaws, Part of Your World, Dangerous Love and On Top of the World. Our tutor dressed up a shark (he made a costume for it too), Sarah was Ariel and a brill one too, while the rest of us were Flounders since our colour was yellow. The "story line" to our dance was that the shark came in and everyone ran away since they were scared but all he wanted was to be friends and then in the end everyone is friends. 

We all thought our dance was really good since we only had two classes before to do it properly. Unfortunately we lost though. Aurora won. My class also didn't get to see all the performances because we helped out with the traffic coordinators for the walk so we left earlier than the rest of the school. 

All in all it was a really fun day, everyone enjoyed it.

Hope you enjoyed,

                               Aimee 

THE WORKING GURL- week 2

Well work experience this week was kinda the same as last week. I was helping the same class with their art but this week the girls were doing sponge paintings instead of self portraits. The girls weren't as messy this week as they were last week since they were using the sponges. The girls were painting Autumn Leaves. They used the leave shaped sponges to paint their leaves Green, Yellow, Red, Brown and Orange. This week everyone was quicker doing their paintings and everyone was finished before lunch. 

So after my lunch I cleaned away the paints and washed out the sponges and paint pots. I then went around the room and put a letter into the girl's folder for their parents. It was then time for them to go home.

After they all left, I went around the room sticking a page into their scrapbooks where they had drawn their Autumn drawing and I had to pick the best one. Their drawings were of a tree, with the leaves falling down and of some animals you see in Autumn, like hedgehogs, squirrels and bats. I also went around the made sure they all had the correct crayons in their crayon box and then my day was done. 

I'm enjoying my work experience so far and am looking forward to next week. I also should probably start looking for my next placement before it gets too late.

Hope you enjoyed,

                               Aimee