Ailsa Stewart

I was keen to do a week of intense work experience in child-care, working with children ranging from 12 months to 4 years, in order to gain the necessary skills needed when working with young children.

• Assisted in the running of nursery classes: reading to children, encouraging creative play indoors and outdoors, helping during meal times and nap times and assisting in cleaning the nursery space

Whilst I was in high school education, I was keen to create an enjoyable dance club available for the Year 7's in order for all levels of dancer to come together, lean and meet new people. I ran this club alongside other students and we gained around 30 participants across the year. In the sessions, we worked on basic dance technique, making up routines and understanding the different styles of dance.

• Working with children aged 4-10
• Enhanced student understanding by demonstrating various dance moves, styles and appropriate warm-ups and cool-downs
• Facilitated improvement in dancer's skills and confidence with individual attention and feedback.
• Collaborated with main teachers to help choreograph show dances
• Created close bonds with both the dancers and main teachers due to consistency of my attendance