Welcome to your Primary with PE Specialism course

You will be in a class of around 25 other students.  Most of these will be PGCE Primary General students but some, like you will have elected to do PGCE Primary with a PE Specialism.  Our sessions are mainly in person and will be quite practical.  In addition to this you will be offered weekly tutorials with your Lead (university-based) Mentor and will have a school-based mentor to support you in school while you are on placement.  In addition to the primary input you will be completing nine extra days of PE input. 

Throughout your PGCE we will cover all aspects of what you will need to know to be a primary teacher.  Most of your sessions will be subject based but we will also be looking at things like behaviour management, assessment and pedagogy. 

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You’ll see what we post, links to relevant news articles, developments within the sector, employability support and things going on in our courses.

Following this account will give you the opportunity to do some pre-reading and research before you join the course.

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The following core texts are recommended reading:

• Haylock, D. and Manning, R. (2018) Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers + Student Workbook for 'Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers (London, SAGE)

• Waugh, D. et al (2017) Primary English for Trainee Teachers (London, SAGE)

• Roden, J. and Archer, J. (2014) Primary Science for Trainee Teachers (London, SAGE)

• McGregor, D. and Precious, W. (2014) Dramatic Science: Inspired Ideas for Teaching Science using Drama ages 5–11 (London, Routledge)

• Sharp, J. et al (2017) Primary Science: Teaching Theory & Practice (London, SAGE)

• Webster, M. and Misra, S. (2015) Teaching the Primary Foundation Subjects (London, Open University Press)

• Hayes, C. et al (2017) Developing as a Reflective Early Years Professional: A Thematic Approach (St Albans, Critical Publishing)

There is a variety of software which can be downloaded from the University’s website and can also be accessed via the button below. This software is free for all of our students, as we understand to reach your full potential and succeed in your degree you need the tools to help you. The software available is;

• Microsoft Office 365
• Microsoft Teams
• SPSS and AMOS
• Maple
• NVivo
• Sophos Antivirus
• Asure Dev Tools for Teaching
• VMWare
• Free Training

Free Software

• Mental Wellbeing - https://www.staffs.ac.uk/study/disabled/mental_wellbeing/
• Student Support - https://www.staffs.ac.uk/students
• Financial Support - https://www.staffs.ac.uk/students/money-matters/student-support-fund
• Study Support from the Library - https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/c.php?g=654666&p=4599175 and http://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/libraryresources
• Student Inclusion Team- Student Inclusion Team - Current students - Staffordshire University (staffs.ac.uk)

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