Thank you guys.
Well, I finished at half past five and I'm still buzzing. Then, it is one of those weeks. This week I have my Gateway review, I've agreed to become Creche Leader at the Children's Centre from Jan, entirely on my terms (i think I was headhunted
), start mentoring properly, implement my new Group encouraging everyone to use the group to do obs plan AND have a new mindee starting, who is very very cut> I say this week - that's today and tomorrow!
Well, I did it. For better or worse, for pass or for fail, I did it. ANd I won't be doing it again in a hurry!
I started with the written tasks - 30 minutes to write about 5 situations (they do kill you if you give details so I can't, sadly......), both what you'd do in the short and long term. 30 minutes is not enough! I started with sentences and neat writing. By the end it was only the necessary words and my scruffiest writing ever.....
Part two was the presentation. This wasn't really a presentation in the sense that I understand it. We sat in a cirrcle and each spoke for four minutes about a change we'd implememnted, then had a group discussion. If you do EYPS, the group discussion is just as important as your presentation. It's about maintaining eye contact, giving input, drawing conclusions... Basically being a team player. If there's a quiet one, draw them in. In our group everyone, in my opinion, spoke fairly equally. I think it went ok.
Next was the bit I dreaded - the actor interview. I was expecting a safeguarding issue but it wasn't that hard. The actor was good and played along with the details I filled in that weren't in the brief, though even with the filling in I could only manage 10 out of 15 minutes. The nursery owner who went after me said the same - 'I finished really early'
Then finally I had my personal interview. This was the bit I enjoyed the most, though I have no idea how it went. I'm not sure how relevant my answers were to the questions I was asked, and the questions I was asked weren't specific to my role so I found them, at times, slightly puzzling. But equally I think I was relaxed at that stage as it was nearly over so maybe I just wasn't listening properly.
Feedback will come within 10 days...... I'll be interested to see what they say. You can't fail, but it can be recommended you move to a longer pathway. Watch this space.....
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