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Graffiti name :)

This is done on the same website as word text and is a different way for writting and displaying names.

http://www.graffiticreator.net/

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Estyn by Dr Russell Grigg

Today in Andys Lecture we had a guest speaker called Dr Russell Grigg who is head of South West Wales centre of teacher education. From this lecture we learnt about the company estyn. Estyn are a company who inspect quality and standards in education and training in wales. They look at anyplace where education takes place and inspect standards and quality. Standards and quality sound the same however they are completely diferent. Standards mean a level reached for example getting a 2:1 or 1:1 in your degree, form this we can then see how much you understand and know about the course. Quality on the other hand refers to how much expirience you have. There are also 3 aspects which estyn focus on improving these include:

provide accountability to uses of services and other stakeholders through public reporting on providers.

promote improvement in education and training

informing governement in education and training.

When yestyn go around inspecting, they grade schools etc using by judgements. The four catagories are: excellent, good, adequate and unsatisfactory. By doing this we can see where wales is in the rankings and see what we need to improve on. Estyn aslo report on best practice.

More infroamtion can be found on:
www. estyn.gov.uk

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Placement

Two weeks before xmas I went on a weeks placement to Penyrheol primary school to gain expirience in a classroom environment. During my time there I worked with a year 1 class and helped out in different ways such as working with focus groups, helping set up and watch free choice, reading to children etc. When I was there I wacthed the differnt ways in which the teacher taught and the way children learnt. I could completely see the foundation phase was the main part or the curricliam as the class was split into 4 small groups and each morning and afternoon 2 groups would be chosen to work in focus groups. This was when the group worked with a teacher doing a main subject e.g maths, the teacher would explain to them using multi links etc to build scaffolding for them to learn and would then go through work sheets witrh them. The other two groups of the class would be given time to do free choice where they would each select an activity and spend time doing it untill they want to move activities or until they reach lunch. This gives them chance to play and explore everything for themselves to learn and understand. I thouroghly enjoyed my week on placement and feel I have learnt alot from it. I am looking forward to many more :)
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