Having completed a couple of days of week 1 and nearly a full second week at my lead school Newlands Girls' School, I am very pleased with both the school and department. The school aims to achieve highly and the English department has a fantastic dynamic to it, as well as being very welcoming and supportive.
The lessons I have observed this week have been very beneficial, watching different styles of teaching (of which the department has many, each with its own positives and negatives) and starting to understand what style or kind of teacher I would like to be.
The most interesting thing I have noticed or have become aware of is the school's and the English departments attitudes towards the idea of 'talk'. Instead of spoon feeding the girls information for them to commit to memory, actually getting the pupils to think for themselves and discuss ideas between them. This should develop learning and thinking skills which will really be important higher up the school. It would seem people have it the wrong way round, its not about the how much the teacher can teach, its about how much the pupils can learn.
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