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On Monday, 25^th of January, 2010, Lower 3 had their Egyptian day.

It gave us a realisation that being a teacher is much harder than anyone thought.

Throughout the previous week, in our groups, we worked really hard, each preparing our own lesson.  As a group we had to research and find out all the information on our own. 

Working in a group made the preparation both easier and harder: easier because it split the work so we had less work each; harder because you had to try and make everyone happy and keep everyone involved.

When we were preparing we had to have a clear learning intention and clear success criteria so our lesson could run smoothly, but had an aim.  This was difficult but having a group really helped.

During the day we learnt far more than just facts about Ancient Egypt.  We learnt how to communicate with others which is much harder than you'd think.  You have to try to keep the order and attention without boring anyone or being bossy.  To do this you have to involve everyone and still teach. 

Everyone had to use teamwork which, I admittedly struggled with.  We had to give ideas and be prepared for them not to be picked.  You also had to listen and I definitely learned something from that.

My favourite activity was making up a play for crime and punishment because, again, we were working in teams which I really enjoyed doing.

I learnt a lot from this day, teamwork was one of the main things.  I also learned that being a teacher is definitely very tough.

For another time, I'd research more to make sure that I know every aspect of my lesson.