So I am finally back on school
placement again after having quite sometime of and having to orgainse it
myself, but I am just glad to be back in the classroom.
Since i have been in the
classroom a bit longer now i have started to see a few more differences with in
the Swedish school system and the Northern Irish school sysytem. One of the
largest differences i have noticed with in the class is that phyical contact
with the children is alot less strict. So far i can see the reasons behind it
and the reasons for doing it and so do the children which i feel is good.
I mostly notice this when it
comes to Fridays within my classroom. On Fridays my teacher wears a tie
(usually it is just normal clothes) and he ask me why he did this, he told me
its to let the chldren know its hugging day. So every Friday they hug before
they go home. The children seem to enjoy the close rapor they have with their
teacher. Futhermore on Fridays the children give each other back rubs. The
teacher says they do this to help bring postitive feelings towards each other
in the classroom and helps to reduce bullying withn the classroom and school as
it lets the children have contact in a non violent way.
I think that in Northern
Ireland we have taken no contact with children to the extreme, that of a child gets hurt or is upset we
can really do anything to comfort them. I feel that children are going to start
growing up with issues of contact as from a young age in school if they fall or
are upset they have to deal with it themselves. I also am a bit confused as the
Northern Ireland makes us as teachers teach PDMU, which is about feeling and
difficult issues, but at the same time don’t let children react they feel is
normal when they are hurt especially at Foundation stage and Key 1. I
understand that it is for our own protection as teachers but I think we miss
the point sometimes.
Maybe Sweden is too comfortable but I think they have a
better idea about it than us in the United Kingdom.
Until next time Hej
då
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