Intervention Reflection

During my work as a Teaching Assistant, my role involved teaching intervention and booster lessons in both Key Stage 1 and 2. Interventions are essential in targeting areas where children are having difficulties that are effecting their work in class and effecting their ability to progress and meet curriculum expectations, whilst early intervention is important when considering a child’s future progress. Working in Year 6, I provided booster lessons in Maths and English, which had a positive impact in bridging knowledge gaps and aiding the children in successfully completing their SATs. I also provided interventions in Maths, English and Phonics in Key Stage 1. My intervention lessons were successful, in particular within phonics where 9 out of 10 Year 2 children who …show more content…
ICT supports creativity and offers experiences that are not easily accessible, for instance, I used it to show a class the Northern Lights. It supports independent learning and in my interventions, I used Maths games on tablets, which were enjoyable and could be completed independently, whilst I could monitor progress. I use ICT as part of my own love of learning and I am currently learning Spanish using a language app. I have taught Maths in all Key Stages, along with my intervention work, giving me a great depth of experience. I have a great passion for Maths and I see its use beyond the subject, including through creative activities. I believe I have the skills to successfully lead both subject as part of my continual development, bringing my knowledge and ideas to have a positive impact on its teaching. My ICT knowledge would be vital to the school’s improvement plan in relation to pupils being active in informing the community about the school, and could form an extra-curricular club with a pupil created and written blog on the school website, supporting the Computing