Cranford Review 2021

# T - LEVELS
Reflection 4
I personally feel that I’ve done well and made a lot of progress during this course. We have covered a lot of
different throughout the course. In element 9 we have been looking at reflective practice and how beneficial it
is and what type of impact it has on us and why it is important. In element 12 we have looked at EAL (English
as a second language) and we have looked at some strategies which will provide help to support students that
have English as an additional language. In some of our lessons we created PowerPoints which helped us build
up confidence by presenting to our class. We have also done a lot of active learning which helps us receive
a better understanding of the work and provides us with the opportunity to link it back to our placement
at Berkeley Academy. I have found this course to be very enjoyable as it has adapted my knowledge of an
individual’s developmental milestones and how theories are linked to my work placement.
The employer set project provided me with the opportunity to acknowledge all of the hard work that goes into
every activity in every single lesson and how a lot of different aspects are taken into consideration such as
planning, risk assessments, and if a child has any type of disability or requires additional support. I was also
able to see how the activities would link to the national curriculum and Early Years’ Foundation Stage.
Simone Mandall (year 12)
Reflection 5
For task 1a I made an intervention plan for Amelia to show
the different strategies that I would use to her meet expected
milestones for her personal, social and emotional aspects of
development. Through the intervention plan I stated what
strategies I would use to achieve this. After stating what my
strategy was I linked it to an educational theory. After linking a
theory to my strategy I stated what my intended outcomes were
for Amelia after the strategy had been used.
When completing my activity plan I felt very confident as I
understood what I was being asked to do and had enough time to
do everything that I needed to. Overall, I think my intervention
plan went well as I wrote down everything that I had in mind
and completed it to the best of my ability.
Task 1b was the activity plan. I used the activity plan to establish
what activity I thought would help Amelia to meet her expected
milestones for her personal, social and emotional development.
The activity that I chose was a role-play and I picked it because
it would encourage Amelia to communicate and interact with
her peers. As she socialises with her peers it will make her more
confident in herself and make her feel more confident to form
new relationships with her peers or other practitioners in the
setting.
I felt confident when I was completing my activity plan as
I understood the task and was able to complete and include
everything that I wanted to write. What I thought went well was
that I completed the task to the best of my ability.
Keiria Ahmed (year 12)
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