Hurrah!

Phew - what a week. My most teaching yet (3 literacy, 2 numeracy, 1 history) and I was observed by the course manager...and she said the words 'excellent' and 'impressed'!! Hurrah!!!
And I cried - how embarrassing! I didn't feel particularly stressed but as soon as she started saying nice stuff (and a couple of niggley bits which my mentor thought were *very* nit picky) my eyes just welled up and I blubbed!
LOL!
It was a very good lesson.
I put up my very first display and my mentor told me that she was a little nervous when she first met me and found out I had very little classroom experience but now she trusts me with her class and is happy to leave me to it. What a compliment!
I'm on a high and feeling like I can cope with anything!
I have just spent all day planning and gathering/making resources for 3 maths lessons next week. Arggghh. I really need to get to know the worksheets and books we have in class so I'm not remaking the wheel -which I'm sure I've been doing. It would make the whole planning thing so much quicker.
Literacy and numeracy take sooo long to plan, and involve soooo many resources.
I've just got 1 numeracy lesson, a double science and a history lesson (covering a class I've never met in a year I've never taught!) for next week and then I'm done.
I have a clear plastic folder (with popper fastening, which I put all my plans and resources for the week in, each day separated by those cardboard file separator thingies, so they are all together and ready for me. My timetable of teaching for the week is in the front (clear plastic so I can see it easily) and assessments and evaluations for the lessons once their done just slot in there ready for filing.
You really need to be organised!
Still loving it - it's hard work and stressful, and my shoulders ache from bending over a lot, but it's great!