The placement upon which this essay reflects was undertaken in a rural village school of 250 children, specifically in a year one class of twenty-six pupils and two teaching assistants including a specialist one-to-one teaching assistant. The essay includes an exploration of several areas of my SE1 placement, with links to rationale as to why those areas stand out as being significant for further development of myself as a practitioner. Bevins et al. (2011) talk about teachers having time to reflect upon their practice as a crucial part of their professional development, suggesting that those who do reflect will be more effective teachers than those who do not. This is reiterated by Mupa and Chinooneka (2015) who say that without reflection,
