I am in the final stretch of the PGCE. I did a month abroad, followed by 4 days at a new placement school at the end of March. Then I had 3 weeks off for Easter, during which time I suffered a MMC I nearly left the course as I felt so de-motivated and upset by it all. However, I took a few days off, which included 3 days of uni and 4 days of placement, and I have decided to pull myself together and keep going as I'm so close to the end.
So all in, I haven't been in school for 5 weeks , and this placement is so new to me that it feels like my first day all over again. I'm so nervous
It doesn't help that there is another PGCE student from my uni in the same school who didn't do the month abroad so she has been in the school now for 7 weeks instead of 4 days so she is doing really well and has fitted right in. I am only teaching group activities this week whereas she is taking the whole class for the full two days. I feel like such a loser I was doing this very early on in my last placement and was progressing so well. I feel I have taken a huge step backwards.
Any motivational tips, please?!