salaaam sadia,

Thank you for your kind reply.
Alhumdulilah im ok, I strongly belive whatever happnes, happens for the best. I think the first time when I applied in Nottingham and I didnt get it, that really upset me, but Now i can understand.

Inshallah something is waitintg, just need to be patient.

Yes I asked for feed back, i did 12 question on the maths and i passed 7, i didnt manage to finish them all.

I thought the only route into priamary teaching is PGCE i didnt no about GTP i thought that was for secondary teaching? i.a ill check it out.

goodluck to for this septemeber, i.a. i hope you pass, just be determined to do it, in the end it will be worth it.

look after yourself and thanks for the advice.

I will keep u informed if i get a place elsewere.

are you on facebook? if so let me know.
take care x x x

Walaikumsalam salmaaa, I'm so sorry that you didn't get in but don't give up hope, it's good that you are on the reserve list and there is also Clearing so you might get a place that way.

When things don't go my way I try to think that there must be a reason, it will all work out for you Inshallah, try to stay positive and hopeful. I think it it would be helpful to get feedback. Have you considered the GTP route into teaching?

salaaam saadia,

How r u? Unfortunatly I did not get a place, Although, they have said I am the first on the reserve list if anyone drops out.

I was good at the num and lit tests, presentation went well, they have not given me feedback as to why they did not offer me a place. I am going to enquire. I thought I did pretty well to be honest, i would have known if i didnt do well.

Thank you for your help. I do appreciate it.
salma x x x

Again if this is newman it's primary with extra credits in EAL?

My test at Newman was basically year 6 maths - the 4 operations, percentages etc. The English one was very hot on spelling, punctuation, grammar etc but I don't know whether you'd have an extra one for EAL?

I've been accepted for Primary French there so I had a French test too.

I will Inshallah salmaaa

saadia, thank you soo much for the reply, it is extremely helpfull. woow You made me feel alot better.

Inshallah I am going to go and give it my best. I am feeling alot more positive about it now. I think its just the word "INTERVIEW" that frieghtens people.

I will let u know how I got on. Make duaa 4 me, Inshallah I pass.

Thank you.

Salmaa the essay question we had was about why we would be a good teacher. I found the maths test quite tough but they said not to worry as they wouldn't reject people on the basis of the maths test but would just ask them to do some extra revision.

The main thing is to try and relax and not seem nervous (even though it is unavoidable). I just thought that if you look too nervous they might wonder how you would handle a class. Look the interviewer in the eye, smile, breathe deeply and the try and get your passion for education and how much you care for the children across. Think about your placement and try to bring up examples from that during the interview if you can.

Good luck, (I am really excited about starting the course - hope you are successful).

Hi, Saadia,

I also wanted to ask you what type of essay question do they ask you?
hope you can help.

salma.

all that kinesthetic stuff is old hat it seems.
remember to mention fun
and interntational perspectives
emotional intelligence etc

hi everyone,
thank you for your feedback on the questions it is really useful. And thank you sadia, woow you are really luck you got a place. I am suprised they only allocate such a limited nymber of places.
i am revsising the questions and planning what i can say about eal, sen and ecm, and all the rest of it.

Unfortunatly I tend to fail one the maths, as I am weak at this.
what sort of maths questions do we have.? I am revsising the basics.
I belive it is primary teaching aswell as eal, not just eal in primary schools?

salmaa.