phew - assessment all done - and it wasn't too bad at all. assessor spent much of the day writing up and looking through my portfolio and witness statements - I had less children here than normal and it was a very nice day actually. I felt a bit silly in my interview cos I kept forgetting the words and terminology I was looking for - not even complicated stuff just everyday words!! but think it went ok and the only thing that she wasn't able to ask me that i hadn't demonstrated was communication with younger children because none of my witness statements had covered it and my activity was with older children. my colleague that was there to help me had witnessed me with babies and young children so was able to write a quick reference (assessors suggestion) and I had another child arrive aged 2 and i said do you want me to interact with him for a bit so I did that and she was really happy with that.
Just glad I've done it now but think rather than doing it for the sake of saying I've got this its propelled me now to move forwards and think what do i want to do next and where do i want to be?
Good luck to everyone still to do assessments xxx
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