Bachelor of Education, Primary Education (EPR) EPC3903

Discussion Board Notes- Completed weekly

Week 05
Table 4: TP Discussion Board Notes

How did you feel about TP today/this week? What areas are you focused on and what progress have
you made? Explain.
This is the last week of TP. It was an exciting week because it will be the last. The area that I focused on
this week was giving instructions.
What duties / activities did you carry out during the school today? Critically Reflect: Did you feel that
you did a good job?
This week, I did one activity, which is making a model using Oreo cookies. I did this activity to extend
children’s knowledge of moon phases. The objective was achieved.
The duties that I did in this week were, finalizing students mark for the second term. I did my MST
markings and assisted other MSTs marking, including the marks that they have to insert it into the
school system portal.
What was the most interesting science activity or strategy you saw? Why did you think it was
interesting and worth noting/remembering?
This week, we just did the Oreo activity, since the children needs to do revisions for their quizzes.

What did you try out? Was it successful? Why/why not? Which TP competencies do you feel you
achieved and which do you think that you need to focus on next time?
Since this week was only for revision, I did not really try anything new. There is no time for doing so.

What was the most important thing you learnt about students or teaching science today? Can you
think of any way you could better engage students in any activity you saw today?
Engaging children, and not all activities can be done outside.

Critically Reflect: Identify an aspect of your own behaviour (e.g. time / behaviour management) that
you feel you could improve upon. Discuss ways in which you could improve this.
Time management, sometimes the lesson ends without any summarization. But by the time, timing
improves and the lesson ends with a summary and a plenary. To end the class on time, I used simple
activities that can be done on time.

What are your agreed responsibilities for your next day/week in TP? Be specific
To make the lesson objective achievable through creating success criteria.

TP Guide for EPC3903 (EPR) Practicum 3b 1

Year Three, Semester Two / 2016-17 /