Childhood

My Roles
I work in the reception class which is 4-5 year olds, My duties include getting the children into the classroom in the morning and helping them get their coats and bags off ready for register time, I then start to prepare the mornings equipment and materials whilst the children do a warm up exercise called wake and shake with the class teacher, the morning materials usually include worksheets involving Mathematics, reading books and certain educational toys. For the remainder of the morning I take a group of six children who need a little more support in their reading to the quiet room then I can record their progress. At lunch time I tell the teacher how the children I have been working with have coped with the activities they have been doing that morning and if I believe any of them seem to struggling or excelling at their work so the class teacher can check on their progress for herself later on, I then start preparing the afternoons materials and set up the outdoor play area for the children. After lunch I again help the children with their coats and lunch bags and get them settled again for register time, After register time I am in charge of reading the children a story before I begin taking groups of 5 children out to play on the outdoor equipment I make sure all the children play safely as to avoid injury to themselves and others, when all of the groups have been outside I get 2 children to help me hand out the snacks of fruit and milk whilst the children are having their snacks I help the teacher clean up the classroom again. I am in charge of making sure the children’s reading records and bags are up to date so I make sure when the children have Read to me I make sure I update their records on how they progressed with the books they were reading and make sure I replace the books for them to take home with them. I also work with groups of children who need a little extra help with their work e.g. I recently helped a group of 6 children who were...