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Pre-Service Educator (Internship) | Pat's Schoolhouse @ Claymore | September 2020 - February 2021
During my final year, I got the opportunity to intern at a private childcare organisation for 22 weeks. Through my internship, I planned and implemented 10 lesson plans across the 6 main learning domains for 12 children from Kindergarten 1 and 2 (5 - 6 years old).
A group photo with my attached class on my last day of my internship.
A photo of children in my attached class doing an activity relating to how can we save habitats of plants and animals.
A photo of a child writing "No rubbish in the sea" when she was doing the activity on what can we do to protect the habitats of plants and animals.
A group photo of fellow colleagues and I helping to make mooncakes in preparation to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in school.
A photo of children in my attached class doing an activity relating to how can we save habitats of plants and animals.
Photos of children when I am implementing my lessons. | Photos of me being involved in school celebrations.
Lessons were engaging and received good feedback from my mentor. With feedbacks given for every lesson, I constantly find ways to improve my lesson and the way it is being delivered.
Apart from planning and implementing lesson plans in my attached class, I have also helped other younger classes with routine care when needed. As I was there daily, I helped out with the daily traffic routines such as arrivals and dismissals. I was also involved in preparing materials for various celebrations and events such as Teachers Day.
As part of my internship deliverables, I had to also create a Take-home kit that promotes parental involvement and a school-community project.
Along with the school's help, I collaborated with St. John Home for the Elderly Persons to help raise funds by doing a car wash event. The event received positive responses from both children's parents and the organisation. By the end of the event, we raised a total of about $7000 and funds raised were given to the organisation to purchase electronic devices for the beneficiaries to stay in contact with their loved ones during this pandemic.
Banner of how the Charity Carwash looked like. Made by my intern buddy and I.
A photo of me with other children interacting with each other while cleaning the car.
A group photo of the children showing their own take-home-kit product of how they can do a part to protect habitats of plants and animals.
Banner of how the Charity Carwash looked like. Made by my intern buddy and I.
Photos of children with their take-home-kit and when they were involved in the charity carwash.
Key takeaways
This internship allowed me to grow professionally and honed my classroom management skills. I was able to apply many teaching strategies taught in school into practice.
Through my involvement in various events and celebrations, I have developed the qualities needed to be a competent and reflective educator.
The experiences gained shaped me into someone who is proactive and observant. It has taught me to value every child's opinion to nurture them into confident individuals that are challengers of the future.
Pre-Service Educator (Practicum II) | PCF SPARKLETOTS Preschool | October 2019 - November 2019
During my 2nd year in my course of study, I was attached to PCF SPARKLETOTS Preschool for 22 working days.
I was tasked to plan and execute 3 lessons based on the interest of 12 Nursery 2 children (3 - 4 years old) in the centre. The 3 lessons were namely Music and movement, Art and Numeracy.
A group photo will all the teachers and principal and my practicum buddy on the last day of our attachment.
A photo of the end product of the art activity that I conducted with the children.
A photo of a child doing her art activity independently.
A photo of my music and movement materials that I used when conducting my lesson with 10 Nursery 2 children.
A photo of the end product of the art activity that I conducted with the children.
Some photos taken when I was implementing my lessons
Lessons were well received by children, host teacher and supervisor. Some comments included "Lessons planned were developmentally appropriate for selected age group" and "Lessons were very hands-on and kept children engaged throughout the lesson"
This experience enabled me to build my confidence as I deliver lessons in front of children. I was also able to apply knowledge learnt in school such as classroom management strategies into practice.
Key takeaways
I constantly reflected on my practices and feedbacks given so that, I could be an educator who is able to differentiate teaching styles to cater to individual learners. It was definitely heartwarming and fulfilling to see children having fun when I was implementing my 3 lessons. I was motivated and learnt to purposefully plan lessons that will spark children's curious to explore freely.
Pre-Service Educator (Practicum I) | Creative Thinkers Preschool | May 2018 - July 2018
A photo of me observing how the teacher is conducting her closure activity with the children.
A photo of me observing how the teacher is conducting her closure activity.
A photo of me observing a motor development lesson where a child is trying to balance a rubber circle on his head while hopping on both legs.
A photo of me observing how the teacher is conducting her closure activity with the children.
During my 1st year in my course of study, I was attached to Creative Thinkers Preschool for 10 weeks.
I was there once a week for 10 weeks and I was tasked to observe, record and evaluate children's behaviour in Kindergarten 2 (5-6 years old)
Some photos taken during my duration at Creative Thinkers Preschool.
Key takeaways
It was an eyeopening experience for me as I got to experience first hand of how is it like working in the Early Childhood field.
I enjoyed my time there and interacted well with the children and teachers. I learnt to be receptive as I did my best to learn and acquire skills from the teachers there.