Is a whole day of observations normal

[fluffyslipper1]

Is it normal to just have the 30 m lunch break free as a trainee on 2/5 placement days? I'm not fussed either way I'm just wondering as a lot of the trainees I take to say they have a very limited time table

If you're observing, that's not unreasonable.
If you're teaching, it depends what % of full time that is.

It can be. At our school, lunch is 30 minutes. Staff can often be teaching 5 periods one one or two days a week (even 3!) Depending on when their PPA falls.

In block B, we try to give trainees a full day of teaching in the week as it's preparation for the NQT year.

A full day's teaching is often exhausting but also fun and the days fly by!

I am middle leadership now and this year, it so happens I have at least one free a day. Yesterday, I covered a lesson for an absent colleague so taught all day and it was great!

It would seem a lot if you were getting observed all day as its very stressful but not against the law

Actual formal observations or just the teacher sitting in on the lesson? 2/5 full days teaching on a 2nd placement sounds okay- not if all of thar is formal observation though.