Childcare Level 3 Reflection

Analysis and reflection: Children
This lesson was one of the first RE lessons that the children had around their particular unit so I was unaware about how much knowledge they had however, I knew that they may require extra input in order to develop their understanding.
During the starter, the children sat together on the carpet in a circle in order for them to see each other whilst discussing. It motivated the children when I asked them to close their eyes to imagine somewhere that they would like to me. Most of the children enjoyed this aspect of the lesson and were able to imagine their special place however, some children needed encouraging to do this. All children listened well during this part of the lesson after being told that they must be respectful to each other’s ideas. AL children were sat next to the SSA in order to promote discussion. This benefited these selected children as they were able to have their own additional conversation.
Most children were able to identify a place which is special to them and some children were able to explain why. The lower ability
The activity was set as a whole class activity so that the children could work together as a group in order to produce images and descriptions of their favourite places. It helped that the lower ability children could work alongside a higher-ability pupil in order to share ideas and to discuss what they were doing. I found that some children were more interested in colouring the pictures and not working to complete all of the task. Therefore, it was beneficial to stop the children to remind them of what I expected. I also found that too many children were round a certain table at once as they all wanted to complete the same areas first. To improve on this, I would consider making the children sit down at a table and complete their drawings/explanations on a post-it note which could be stuck onto the paper at the end of the