Task four: A Day in the Life of a UAE Primary School Science Teacher

Time

Activity

7:23 am

Signed in the school

7:30 am
7:39 am

Notes

My mentor arrived before the time about

7 minutes, she signed in the reception.

Went to the staffroom My mentor went to the staffroom and met

her colleagues, she talked with them
about 8 minutes.
Get in the classroom My mentor turns light and AC on, put her
stuff on the table.

7:42 am

She wrote the

objectives on the
board

7:50 am

National anthem

8:00 9:20 am

She taught English

Subject

9:3010:10
am
10:15
am

She collected the

students copybooks

10:40
am

She went to meet the

principle

11:40
am

She went to her

classroom

12:00
pm

She taught a math

lesson

12:40
pm

She had lunch duty in

the canteen

12:55
pm

She lined up the

students

She had her break

fast break

My mentor wrote the English lesson

objectives on the board. Then, sat down
and opened the laptop to check emails
with complaining comments on the school
Wi-Fi speed.
My mentor sang the national anthem with
the students and then allowed them to
come in the classroom.
My mentor had two classes in teaching
English.
My mentor went to the corridor and
marked the learners copybooks after the
class.
My mentor went to staffroom and made
for herself and me two cups of coffee
My mentor had an hour meeting with the
principle discussing about a parent
complain on her daughter quiz grade.
My mentor came back from meeting and
changed the second quiz because the
principle said she has to make it easier.
My mentor gave worksheets for the
learners to work while she was explain for
the low-level students about multiply
three digits.
My mentor watched the grade 1, 2,3,4,5
students in the canteen. She stopped
misbehaving students from moving
around.
My mentor used her whilst as a sign for
students to line up and in the classrooms.

Task four: A Day in the Life of a UAE Primary School Science Teacher
1:00 pm

She had her lunch in

the canteen

1:41 pm

She went back to the

corridor (preparing
the quizzes)
She went to the
classroom and gave
two science quizzes
She sent learners to
the waiting area

1:50 pm
2:30 pm

3:00 pm

She signed out

My mentor had her lunch (soda, chines

rice, salad). And she discussed with me
about the final observation.
My mentor went back to the corridor and
continue her quizzes.
My mentor gave learners two quizzes in
the last period.
My mentor sent her students to go back
home, then she sat with me chatting
about her childhood and educational
journey.
My mentor signed out from the school,
and walked me to the parking area.