Friday 6th March 2015

Again, today I feel a lot happier about the way I have been able to create a variety of work today. I had a lot of things going on today and managed to get lots done.

As of my new planning, I work up early again at 6;00 and got set on creating some work in my sketchbook, continuing my drawing based around sea defences at Felixstowe, inspired by the work of Mondrian, to create a vibrant, geometric pattern focused more on mark making. My hope is that my sketchbook will work alongside my lesson planning, making my work easier to mark against the learning outcomes and will reflect the research that I have complete, so in a way, both sides of the project work in sync, informing each other.

I then spent the morning at my school placement, as usual on a Friday. The work that I helped the children to complete today was based upon learning about the landmarks of Australia, creating a piece of writing using some bullet pointed facts which they turn into sentences. This was a tricky task for the children and it took a lot of effort to get the children writing, I am not sure many of the children understood the task. After playtime, I also helped the children with a comprehension task, based on their SATs style tests, which again, even though I only had three children, was a tricky task and took a lot of effort to keep the children/ motivated.

Even though I was exhausted, I left school at lunch and popped into university to take down out exhibition which has been up this week. I really enjoyed the experience of creating work for display and from what I have heard, people's reactions were very positive and I think it really showed how much fun I had in this project so far and what is to come :) This work, took a week out of my more formal work, but has re-ignited my enthusiasm to get going a create lots of work again.

When I got home, I started going back over everything I have with me, to try to decide when I am now going to begin with this mountain of a workload. Everything starts with organisation, so I must have things clear in my head to be able to complete lots of work. I have made sure to get back to my blogging, which has be a little sparse of recent. Juggling everything is hard and is something everyone struggles with every day of their life, so making sure I have a good plan will be invaluable to me in the weeks and days to come.