Reflective Account

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Reflective Account Unit 8 For my first placement I was set in a year one classroom in a Catholic primary school; it was a small school with one class of around thirty children for each year, ranging from reception to year 6. In year one I worked with aged 5-6 year old children, two teachers who shared the class and a teacher’s assistant. The school had a friendly atmosphere about it and seemed very much like a big family as it had strong outside support from many parent helpers who voluntarily came in often providing extra help. P8.2 During my placement I had the experience of some confidential information being shared with me by my placement supervisor, concerning child protection issues with a pupil in the school; as I have knowledge…show more content…
During my placement if a parent was to ask me something I didn’t know how to answer, or didn’t feel it was my role to respond, then I knew who to refer them to in order for the appropriate staff to be involved. In one occasion I was given some information - by a parent who was picking up their child early, who I was waiting with and there to greet the parent – about who would be collecting their child from school the next few days, which I was asked to give to the class teacher, I did this straight after so that the teacher had the important information. I think a way in which to come across professional to parents as a student, when an enquiry was made to me which I couldn’t answer, was to explain that although I wasn’t aware of that information I could refer them to which member of staff was aware straight away, this meant I was helping to the point that I could which resulted in the parents enquiry being answered by the appropriate member of staff, instead of just responding to the parent that I couldn’t answer but not helping them out by referring them to who
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