Work Experience

       Two weeks ago we began work experience as part of our TY year. We do work experience every Wednesday and it really is an incredible experience.For my first term of work experience I am going to Scoil Naomh Bríd which is the primary school I attended. Work experience is meant to give you an experience of the world of work and what it is like. I was really excited to begin my first day and it went really well! 

      My day began at 9 o'clock when I arrived at the school, when I went inside, I went to reception and met the principal. She was very welcoming and showed me around. Then she brought me to the staff room where I met the rest of the staff who were also very friendly and made me feel very welcome. I also met the other TY students doing work experience in the school too. At 9:10 when the school bell rang, the principal assigned each of us to a teacher who we would help for the day, i helped in one  of the senior infants classes. The children were very excited to have me in their class and told me many different stories throughout the day.

     The first thing I did was help the children in the class with their maths game, they had to sort the toys into groups according to colour. After my break at 10:30, I went into the other senior infants class next door and helped them do marble painting. They had to dip the marbles in different coloured paints and place them on a page and then roll the marbles around on the page to make a colourful pattern. After that I went back into the class I had been helping that morning and helped them do marble painting too. The children enjoyed  it and it was really fun helping them. I had lunch at 12:00.

    At 1:00, I had to help another girl from TY cut out cards for one of the teachers. We also had to laminate sheets for the teacher. By the time we had finished cutting out all of the cards and laminating the sheets it was the end of the day.The time had gone by so fast, I had so much fun! At the end of the day I was covered in paint but it was worth it because I had a great time on my first day of work experience and I'm really excited for the rest of the term. The staff and students in the school were really welcoming and friendly and that definitely made the day more