Volunteering

I do my voluntary work every Tuesday at Dalton Junior and Infant School, I chose to do my voluntary work here as  it was my old primary school therefore holds many great memories for me. After receiving my offer for the SCITT at Kirklees and Calderdale training centre they advised me to get some more experience and volunteer at a different school if possible. 

I had previously done my volunteering at Berry Brow Infant and Nursery School and I really enjoyed my time here. I worked in a reception class of 54 children and I think working in such a chaotic environment really improved my confidence in the classroom. 

Dalton school is very different, the class sizes are much smaller.

I am now in a year 2 class of 24 pupils. 

The routine: 

Morning: Arrive at school and get briefed on the day and help set up the classroom

8:40: Help them children with their morning activities.

9am-10am: Usually after registration the children have an english task, during this I take some of the children out individually and help them with their reading. I often ask the children questions about the books they are reading or ask them to recap things they have read.

10am: The children have a 15 minute playtime 

11am: After milk time there is then a short maths lesson which I assist with, I help by taking the children through the questions step by step and talking them through how to answer it. 

12.40pm: Lunchtime

1.40pm: After lunch we usually do RE or art I then use this time to take more children out for reading. 

2.30-3.30pm: catching up on work that should've been finished earlier or doing some maths or spelling. 

Week 1: 05th March 

Week 2:  12th March

Week 3: 19th March

Week 4: 26th March

Week 5: 2nd April

Week 6: 9th April

Week 7: 30th April

Week 8: 7th May

Week 9: 14th May 

Week 10: 21st May