Week 2 :)

This week was my second week of my work experience in Peamount Hospital. When I arrived my supervisor greeted me and told me to go on a coffee break. After that the other girls and I had to begin our project by looking up pictures on the Internet that suited each category of the library. Unfortunately the pictures came out in black and white so they didn't look as well as i thought they would. After that we got to go to a fire safety training. I found this really interesting and I learnt some new facts! We then got to go and watch a DVD on abuse against patients. It was very interesting but sad at the same time. That had brought us up to lunchtime. We had our lunch and we then went over to a different ward and had a sing song with the elderly. I met some new people and I really enjoyed the day :)

Work Experience 3 :)

 This week I started my first week of my third work experience in Peamount Hospital in Newcastle. I arrived there at 09:50 in time for 10:00. Two of my friends, Hannah and Laura were also with me so I wasn't as nervous as I would be on my own. Our day started off by looking up facts and Information on the Hospital in their Internet Cafe. When we had finished that we got to listen in to a radio interview with a woman who is doing a skydive to raise money for the Hospital. I found this very interesting and we got invited to go to the radio station one of the days for some experience, which I am really looking forward to. We then had our Lunch in the canteen and met some more of the staff there. After lunch we got to go to a different area, which was with the elderly. We got to have a sing song with them which was very enjoyable. This brought us to the end of the day , and I really enjoyed it. I am really looking forward to next week to get some more experiences :)

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Last Day :)

 Yesterday was my last day of work experience in the boys National School. I have been there for the last eight weeks. When I arrived I met the vice principal and she let me in to the office where I was greeted by one of the receptionists. I spent most of my day photocopying six hundred and forty six copies of a school sponsor walk card. I then had to photocopy the back of it. When I had finished photocopying I numbered them from 1 right up to 646. It took ages! but I got it done. I then sorted them into class groups, writing each teachers name onto it.

 After Lunch, I had to photocopy a letter for every student and divide into the class groups. I also counted the Lotto Envelopes. I delivered the letters and the lotto envelopes to each class. I went around the different classes to see if any of them needed help and I eventually got a job in a second class to hang up their artwork outside their class. It was a long day, but I got a lot of experiences from the school in the last eight weeks :)

Week 7 :)

 This week was my seventh week of work experience :) I started off in second class. As they are making their first Holy Communion they have their first penance this week. They wanted to represent their class as sheep so I helped the boys colour in , stick cotton wool on and cut out their sheep.
 After break I photocopied letters for each class and I counted out the lotto envelopes and I delivered them into each class. I did PE with second class. They played loads of different games and had great fun. When they were out of the classroom I had to spray hairspray on top of pastille artwork they had been doing so it would conceal the pastilles. 
 After Lunch I went back to the office and I had to write out a list of all the children that are being enrolled for September. I had to write a stamped address envelope for each child. There was 90. It took a while but I got it done. I also did some shredding. I went back down to the classroom and did a few more sheep with the children and then it was home time! :)

Week 6 :)

 This week was my sixth week of work experience. When I arrived at the school I met one of the receptionists and many of the teachers. I went into the office and they asked me to count out more of the Lotto envelopes. After I had finished that , one of the teachers showed me how to work the fax machine. It was a busy morning as the boys in sixth class had made their Confirmation the day before. 

After little break I went into 2nd class. I was observing their maths lesson and I helped out with their Irish. The teacher the asked me to teach a little boy English, as he was knew in the school and he hadn't many words. I was teaching him the alphabet and helping him to figure out the sounds of the letters. There was also pictures beside each letter to help him out so I was helping him to figure out the different ones. 

After lunch I delivered letters and lotto envelopes to each class and I then went back into 2nd class and they went to PE. I played some games with them like snatch the bacon. It was very enjoyable. The boys then presented there history projects to the class about 'when there grandparents were in school'. They all had interesting facts and they knew what they were saying. They finished there day off with music. They were learning a song about a sheep that lost its way. It was very good and they were really good at singing. I had a really good day and I really enjoyed being in the classroom :)

Week 5 :)

 Today was my fifth week of work experience. My day started off differently as it was 'Enrolement day' which is when parents come to sign up their children who are starting school in the coming September. I started my day off by delivering notebooks to each class. After break I went into a junior Infant class to help them make 'Love Bugs' which is a paper love heart with arms and legs.  They really enjoyed making them and I had a great time helping them. It was much better being in the classroom as I got to experience more.   After I finished there I had to staple loads of booklets together which took a while.
   After lunch I just went around to the classrooms to see if any teachers needed my help, which they did. It was mostly photocopying and I then had to bring the booklets I had stapled together earlier to one of the classrooms. I finished my day by counting out more lotto envelopes. I really enjoyed being in the classroom for the short time today and hopefully i'll get into another class next week :)

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Week 4 :)

 This week was my fourth week of work experience in the boys national school. When I arrived the receptionists weren't there, so I had to wait. When she arrived I went into the office with her and she asked me to count the school Lotto envelopes for each class. The vice principal told me that one of the teachers had photocopying for me to do, so I went and got the books off her. I had to photocopy pages for senior-sixth class. After Lunch I delivered the lotto envelopes to each class and came back to the office.
   One of the receptionists was out and the other one went home at twelve. The vice principal also left, leaving me in charge of the office :) I had to answer the phone if it rang, which it did.  There was a little boy crying so I went over to him and I had to bring him to his teacher as he could not find his minder. When I was leaving I had to close the blinds and lock the doors :) I hope to get into a class next week, so I am looking forward to that :)