Your interview will be face-to-face on campus.
The interview will consist of a presentation task, some interview questions, and some tasks. You will complete the tasks at the University on the day of your interview.
Here is some information to assist you in preparing your presentation. This information can also be found in your interview guide.
Presentation Task
The presentation requires you to prepare a lesson based on a book or poem for a class of children in a primary school (5-11 years. Not early years). Produce a 15-minute presentation on how you would teach this and what you might need to consider in order to ensure that all pupils learn?
Consider the following:
- What age group/key stage are you teaching?
- Which area(s) of the Primary National Curriculum are being addressed in your lesson?
- What are your key aims for the lesson?
- What is your plan for the lesson?
- How would you adapt the lesson for those pupils who find the topic difficult, or those pupils who are already fluent in the topic area?
- How would you assess that learning had taken place?
- You might want to think about what the next lesson would include.
You do not need to ‘role play’ the taught session, but rather explain to the interview panel your thought processes behind your choice of topic, your plan for the session, how everyone can access the learning and how you would know that learning had taken place.
This presentation is designed to assess
- Evidence of the depth and breadth of the Primary National Curriculum;
- Evidence of the ability to speak in front of an audience;
- Evidence of understanding of the needs of different learners and the classroom context.