Your induction timetable
Induction Day BA Primary Education Work Based Route (one year)
About the session
Welcome to work-based route BA Primary Education. We're looking forward to introducing your new programme – we'll get to know each other while sharing information about your new modules.
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.
Pre-induction tasks
Meeting the Special Educational Needs of the Individual Child
In your first semester you'll have the opportunity to develop your understanding of the importance of meeting the additional needs of pupils with SEND and explore strategies to support effectively.
Please read Chapter 6 of the SEND Code of practice. Consider how does the SEND CoP emphasise the importance of the individual child? Make notes which will be used in your first lecture of the module.
Learning Beyond the Classroom
This module will enable you to develop an understanding of the nature and value of how learning outside the classroom can be used to facilitate and inspire pupils. You'll experience trips to a range of galleries, museums and places of worship and have the opportunity to plan, assess and reflect on your personal and professional learning.
You'll cover subject knowledge and skills needed to implement engaging thematic learning with links to spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC)education and how community cohesion is strengthened through learning outside of classroom.
To prepare for this module, please familiarise yourself with the Council for Learning Outside the Clasroom (CLOtC) website. This website will give you an overview of the value of learning outside of classroom.
Optional – read chapter one from Waite, S. (2017) Children Learning Outside the Classroom. From birth to Eleven. London: SAGE Publications
The 21st Century Curriculum
This module is designed to develop critical thinking skills as well as knowledge and understanding of the skills, attitudes and dispositions children need to thrive now and in the future. You will reflect on how they can develop and how educational settings can enhance teaching and learning in the 21st century and be future ready.
For this module students should follow this link to read pages 5 and 6 of the National Curriculum and the purpose of study for each subject. Identify any common themes between the studies of subject and make short notes.
The British Betrayal of Childhood: Challenging Uncomfortable Truths and Bringing About Change: Amazon.co.uk: Aynsley-Green, Al: 9781138297920: Books
Here's an additional pre-induction programme for students in the following categories. If you feel you'd benefit from additional support, you're eligible to apply to Get Set for Success:
- Students who've previously been eligible for free school meals
- First generation students (the first in family to go to university)
- Estranged students (students no longer in contact with their families)
- Care experienced students (students who have spent some time in local authority care)
- Students who are carers
- Students from Gypsy, Roma, or Traveller (GRT) backgrounds
- Students with academic qualifications other than A-levels (BTEC, diploma, etc)
- Refugees and asylum seekers
Find out more about Get Set for Success or contact getsetforsuccess@stmarys.ac.uk.