... divided accordingly, including whether there is a need for classroom assistants. My placement took place in a Junior and Infant school where in total I spent three full school days in observation and a further two hours in an after-school session in discussion with the teacher. Before my visit I talked on the phone to the teacher regarding the aim of my observation, after research I had a broad idea to focus on a child with difficulties learning and who perhaps found it hard to keep up with the rest of the class. The teacher helped me pin-point which child to observe and why. My first day's observation started on Monday morning. The year two class consisted of 29 children between the ages of 6-7, one learning support assistant, one classroom assistant and a primary school teacher. The classroom itself was reasonably large, with spaces selected for specific activities, for example 'the reading ...

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