For the last week I have been on work experience observing a reception class. By observing I mean; a lot of cleaning, finding toys, putting out toys, getting toys back in, cutting out pictures and stopping fights.

I have come to the conclusion that a child's behaviour is extraordinary, I have come to this as a result of the following observations:

If they don't like what you say they will 'tell their mummy'
They seem to only want to build hotels with blocks, no matter how many

times you tell them castles are better!
They make you feel so guilty if you tell them off that you end up saying

sorry.
They like to add bits to your name, if they cant remember it they just

yell 'teacher' until you take notice
They all speak at the same time, so you have to attempt to listen to about

three conversations at the same time- no matter how much you tell them to

stop, they don't!
They think that being called 'a big banana' is offensive

This week was however an enjoyable experience, even thou it left me physically and mentally drained. I did feel slightly exploited, the fact that I was unpaid and ended up being asked to stay later and also having to do a lot of irrelevant stuff. This experience has also taught me that even though primary teaching looks easy, it is actually extremely hard!!! But im still going to apply.