Community Engagement – Volunteering at placement
On Monday 2nd March, I volunteered to referee a netball match at my placement school (Weetwood Primary). I have been assisting at the weekly netball club after school each Friday and this was a good opportunity to see how the school organised matches. Netball is not a sport I have been involved in much before…
Mentoring – Level 4 festivals
As part of the Coaching Pedagogy in Context module, my placement group and I have mentored level 4 groups during their festival delivery on two occasions. The first of these was the 11th November 2019 and the second was the 2nd March 2020. During these sessions, I learnt quite a lot about how to give…
CPD – Level 6 workshops
On the 23rd January 2020, I attended two workshops led by the level 6 students. These were titled “Behaviour management” and “Parents influence on children’s participation and performance in sport”. Firstly, the behaviour management workshop was very useful as I had elected to take the positive behaviour management module for the next semester. This workshop…
Employability Courses – CV and cover letter workshops
On the 5th March 2020, I attended two employability workshops; ‘Mistakes to avoid when writing a CV’ and ‘How to write a cover letter’. The first of these – Mistakes to avoid when writing a CV – was very helpful as I have written CVs before, but had never really been taught how to do…
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