During key stage 2, I had to become more independent with my literacy, so I had to work myself sometimes and try to adapt the new skills. By doing this I have learnt how write, read with very little support. This started of when I was in key stage 1 where they the teachers helped me with skills such as writing, reading but moving on to key stage 2 I have to become more independent and also I began to learn things myself. Going to the end of my primary school time, I already adapted all the basic literacy skills and have moved on to abit harder now. At this stage I have learnt how to take important notes also I began to reflect as well looking back on what I have learnt to make sure I have understood the task.
In high school where you are in a different environment, with different mix people. My reading and my writing skills got more advanced and my understanding and awareness got better. I became fully independent with all the skills that I have developed and there was more to it through out my time in high school, where I learnt many other different types of skills to increase my literacy skills.
Similar to my numeracy skill it began in a similar way to literacy where I started off very basic with learning all numbers up to a hundred and then trying to do basic sums. Moving onto key stage 2 I started to learn more about numeracy doing complicated sums and other skills linked to numeracy. I adapted these skill abit slowly as my numeracy skills were quite poor. Moving onto high school it came more complicated as there was lot of things to learn and it became challenging for as this was a weak subject for me.
I began to learn more about numeracy and slowly started to adapt to the new skills that are linked to it. It came more complicated as in high schools you do levels so the harder the level you the more complex it becomes. My IT skills started at a very young age in key stage 1 where I learnt the basics of using a computer for example using programs such as art to draw and also using word documents to type. As I progressed into key stage 2 I my IT skill knowledge increased as I learnt how use it properly and also how use the internet search engine.
When moving on to high school I developed new skills such as using new software’s and programs on the computer e.g. PowerPoint, Excel. It was first to start with quite hard as I needed some support, but slowly I began independent and now how use the computer and the programs. My research started when I was in high school as I learnt how to research effectively and easily. There were techniques and advise I had to look at which made it easy for me to find information on the computer. I also learnt new skills such as observing, seeing how other people do things as this is also a skill.
Throughout my primary and high school time I learn how to reflect on what I did such as my work seeing if I did it correctly and made sure I did what was requires. Looking at for mistakes and errors. Also I learnt on reflecting on what others say to me so I make sure that I have understood what they have had said to me. Whenever I found anything difficult I had the skill to ask them in a clear understanding way so they can know what I stuck with as this make it easier for them to help. I used feedback that was given to me especially from teachers so I can reflect and look at things that I can improve.
Task B (review placement experience)
During my time at my placement where I was in an environment with youths aged around 12-18 years old. My experience there was very important because my intended career is where I will have to deal and treat youngsters as well as this will give me the idea and knowledge of what am I going to expect.
I have developed different skills during my time at my placement, firstly my communication was very weak and poor but when working in a health and social care setting you communication skill must be good as you will be dealing with all sorts of people. My communication improved as time went on, I understood how to talk to the youths properly. My confidence increased by mixing and talking to them getting to know them, it shows that your showing an interest in what they have to say which means a lot to them.
My non verbal communication got better as when I was talking to the youths I used my non verbal communication at the right as like showing respect, emotions, empathy when talking to them. My posture was open and friendly, which made them feel comfortable for them to speak to me openly without any problem. My written skill was poor at start but you have to be consistent, I had to deal with a lot of paper work at my placement where I had to write my experience and things like that. It began to improve the more I did the more better it got. Every day I had to write a report on what I did and how I felt and during writing the report I was very open and clear.
At my placement there wasn’t many technical skills around as it was more of a gathering and getting the youngsters together, but there were same care routines which I had to follow as there was a disabled child, so I had to be beware of what are his needs and what support his requires. These skills I managed to develop with the support of the staff and taking on board with all their useful advice. My research skills improved as time went on as like my primary research improved where I went out and ask the youths what are their needs and support and see if it is available for them.
Then I had research to see what could be done for them which is called secondary research where I looked on the internet and other sources as well. My data handling was poor at start but it did slowly began to improve, I was given task to handle with data handling and I managed to it with some support but my confidence and ability to do it got better during my time at the placement. I was given situations and task that I had to solve which at first I did find it difficult to do but with developing the skills that I have learnt such communication skill, how to interact appropriately and also others skills helped me overcome the problems or situations that was given to me.
As time went on I had responsibility and also I had to make sure I was organised at all times. At first I wasn’t much organised at all which led to a lot of problems where I lost important information. Being organized and prepared helps you a lot to plan your day and I have realised it makes everything easy as you keep on track with everything.