Full time PGCE, lone parent with 1 year old DS

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Exactly that!!!
Sooo happy I've been accepted, will be training to do special needs which is my passion.
However I have a 1 year old who will be starting nursery end of aug (I don't want to let him go!!) and I'm panicking already at how I will manage...I know the course is tough.
Anyone else been through it, or going through it? Pls what advice or tips to stay sane, enjoy family and study/pass all at same time?

Haven't done it but well done at getting on! My advice for studying though would be try and do a bit every day. It's surprising how much you can get done in even 15 or 30 mins.

I'm starting in September too, and I have a 2yo... I keep telling myself it will be fine

I start my PGCE in September too! I'm a lone parent but my son is slightly older, he's 4 and starts school in September.

Starting to get nervous about the impending workload!

It was the hardest year of my life, and I didn't have kids at the time.

You will need back-up childcare, and extra back-up for that. Your placement days will be only, and there will be hours of work either side. You will be exhausted and emotional.

That said, it's absolutely worth it in the end! Love my job.

*long, not only

Oo let me know how it goes!!! :) I'm going to be applying for primary pgce to start in sept 2015 - DS will be 18mo. I'm lucky that I have a DP to support us. Currently have one more year left of my undergrad and I'll start getting some experience in one day a week this year.

I've heard it's doable (I've been doing lots of research!) and I've had a few people put me off. But honestly, everything you are going to do in life career wise is hard with a young child.

My tip from studying so far is that don't do any work around your child - get out of the house. And don't think you have time to complete your essays later - do them straight away (already emailing my lecturers for module handbooks for this semester as I have 5 essays which total 20,000 words to do before December!)

Schedule in study time away from house.
Take floradix
Have plan a b and c for childcare.
Start reading now! And do keep up with it.
Schedule in fun too.
Deactivate Facebook and other distractions.

If I had done above I wouldn't be doing resits for my degree now! A different occupational based one.