This slideshow of photos details different activities that were conducted on my school based activities block as well as photos of displays and learning support tools that I documented as I progressed through my placement.
5. Stiles Trays: A useful picture
and number matching tool
that helps children develop
number sense and reading
skills.
I used these with children as
part of my learning support
portion of my placement.
6. Toe By Toe: A reading
manual that children in
learning support in St.
Brigids B.N.S used as a
parent support tool.
7. This page displays
how children and
parents mark their
progress that can
be read by the
teacher.
8. A view of some of the tools
that were available for
students to avail of in the
learning support room.
9. Some students in the
learning support room
were equipped with a
whiteboard and marker
to help them describe
and explain what they
were thinking. This was
also used for quick
maths work.
10. A large scale 100 square
that helps children
visualise the range of
numbers they deal with
and helps for simple
counting
11. One of the numerous
learning aids that were
on display in the Maths
support room. The use
of rhymes and songs
were a key tool here.
12. A simple pop-up cardboard
store front that I incorporated
into my aistear set up while
teaching Senior Infants. I
found that this tool helped
children acclimatize to the
setup and proved to be an
attractive station.
13. A picture of the Senior
Infants yard. My yard duty
was conducted here for
my first teaching block
14. A maths display featuring
the concept of the week:
Money
Items included physical
coins, paper money,
counting trays and
matching sheets to
develop recognition.
15. An art display that
presented the weeks
art work from my
senior infants.
This was was guided
drawing that used the
childrens knowledge of
shapes and size to form
a picture of a penguin
16. A collection of pva glued jars with
colored tissue paper. These housed a
candle inside that were used as displays
for my 6th Class Confirmation ceremony.
17. A copy of the pamphlet
we made for the 6th class
Ceremony of Light: A
precursor to the
Confirmation.
18. A page from the book
“weaving well-being” an
excellent tool that the
school used for their
senior skills programme
in the learning support
department.
19. An example of the
weaving wellbeing book.
Children would read this
book together and would
discuss ways they could
make themselves happy
and proud.
