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Congratulations on joining the Primary PGCE with QTS programme, and a very warm welcome to St Mary's.

Your induction timetable

Introduction to the PGCE

  • Date: Friday 30th August
  • Time: 9am-4pm
  • Location: K222 + breakout rooms (View campus map)

About the session

Your first induction session will be an introduction to the PGCE Primary team, and an introduction to the course. We'll share an outline of the course with you and give you a flavour of what to expect on the year you'll be studying with us. During the course of the day, you'll receive input from: 

  • Student services and Wellbeing
  • The Hub at the Library
  • Digital Learning
  • The Student Union

You'll also have some key introductory sessions for the course including:  

  • Introduction to Partnerships
    In this session, you'll get an overview of what your school experience will look like, and what to expect from your placements.

  • Introduction to Professional Studies – the Role of the Teacher
    In this session, trainees will be introduced to the 'spine' of the curriculum: Professional Studies. You'll learn about the role of the teacher, and begin to explore what that will mean for you as your career develops.

  • Introduction to Masters
    In this session, you'll learn about the content of the Masters portion of the course, consider what M-level writing is, and consider what being a reflective practitioner means.

  • Tutor groups
    For the final session of the day, you'll be split up into your tutor groups where you will meet the trainees you'll be in lectures with, as well as your personal tutor.

University-wide induction

Your Welcome Week timetable

Try some of the welcome activities and socials on campus during 16-20 September. From fitness to freebies, they're great ways to settle into university life.

Join one of the SU's Student Life sessions in Welcome Week

They’ll explain what’s good in the local area, and the societies and clubs you can join. Basically how to make the most of student life!

Join one of the mandatory Student Essentials sessions in Welcome Week

These are a warm welcome and introduction to different faces you’ll see at the university, plus essential info about support services, health and safety, the code of conduct, and ID cards.

Complete the two mandatory Learning Modules online

They’re about SMU’s safe and supportive environment for our students, staff, and visitors. These values of Inclusiveness, Generosity of Spirit, Respect, and Excellence set the tone for how we all behave as a community.

 

Pre-induction tasks

The pre-course reading has already been sent out to trainees and is available on your Pre-registration Moodle page

About your programme

Module information

You’ll complete your course one block or ‘semester’ at a time. In each semester you’ll study modules. Some are core modules you have to take – others you’ll be able to choose between when you arrive, personalising the course to your interests.

In your first semester you will study the following modules:

  •  Core
  •  Core
  •  Core

Further information about the structure of your course can be found within the programme specification document.

Resources

Once you’re registered, you can loan textbooks and other resources from our library. We have plenty of copies of key texts, though some students choose to buy their own.

We’ll let you know more in our induction sessions. Plus how to use our online learning environment Moodle – where you can access, lecture recordings, copies of lecture slides, handouts, further reading, and interactive resources.