Today was the first day of my work placement! I was feeling rather nervous and not quite sure what to expect. This was the first time that Preston City Council had ever ran this programme, therefore it would be fair to say that Alison the leader of the programme was quite apprehensive too!
The first session was at - Our Lady and St Edwards on time for the session. I thought it would be useful to add in a copy of the session plan below, to give you an idea of what the session entailed:
This session was working with a year 5 class, during this session there was three volunteers (including myself) and then Alison, the other volunteers had worked with Alison before and it was apparent they already had a good working relationship. Having recognised the other volunteers from University I felt much more at ease and 'part of the team'. As the session began it worked out one volunteer to a table (groups of 5-6 childeren), I did feel a little 'thrown in at the deep side' for the first session as the class were learning about knife safety and it was vital for me to be extra vigilant and reamain in constant supervision of the group. I really enjoyed helping out with the session, it also re-introduced me to working with childeren, something I haven't done for 3-4 years.
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