Anyone on a primary scitt course? Or working with a primary scitt student?

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Am trying to be as prepped as possible for September as I have time on my hands now. Anything I can be doing?

I’ve had many training with me. If you are able try to get some volunteer work in a school if you have the time, something like one morning reading with groups.
Get familiar with some schemes of work you may use.

Thanks Juniper. I am currently a TA in a primary school. I have 10 years classroom experience.
What sort of hours in school do your scitt trainees do?

anyone else got any tips?

I have had several scitt students and have one at the moment. I think I would talk to the staff in your school and if you're based in one key stage get a bit more familiar with the other one maybe? Also "borrow" any resources that you can pop on to a usb stick if they're ok with that and ask teachers what they find useful for planning / resources. In my experience teachers are happy to share. Anything you can get familiar with that will make the best use of your time will help when you have to juggle lots of things in September. Best of luck!

Are you a TA in the school/ borough you will train in?

It’s been years since I had Scittels students tbh, I recall even then pretty long days.

I always, once I knew the school, read the key policies (marking, behaviour etc) on the website in advance.

Maybe look at the parts of the day/ teachers role you are not currently involved in and ask to shadow a bit (eg marking, a staff meeting, look at planning docs - it varies by school, but think what you aren’t doing right now)

Look on amazon, there’s some cheap practical texts in things like classroom organisation, read a few. Eg
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teach-Like-PIRATE-Engagement-Creativity/dp/0988217600/ref=mpssa111?ie=UTF8&qid=1551215546&sr=8-1&pi=ACSX2366SY340QL65&keywords=pirate+teacher+like&dpPl=1&dpID=51j8S4ETe-L&ref=plSrchh
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADEPT-TEACHER-CLASSROOM-ROUTINES-Complete/dp/1729107680/ref=mpsa11?ie=UTF8&qid=1551215464&sr=8-1&pi=ACSX236SY3400_QL65&keywords=adept+teacher&dpPl=1&dpID=51Xr5fxK%2BNL&ref=plSrch
Are some I’ve seen on Twitter lately