Саффолкийн Пейкфилд бага сургуулийн төгсөгч Фрэн Хардинг, Элли Маккомб нар өөрсдийн суралцаж байсан сургуульдаа багшийн дадлага хийж байна.
44 настай Хардинг болон 23 настай Маккомб нар Лоуэстофтын ойролцоох тус сургуульд суралцаж төгссөний дараа багшийн туслахаар ажиллангаа багшийн мэргэжлээр суралцжээ. Одоо тэд сургуулийнхаа ангид багшийн дадлагаа үргэлжлүүлж байгаа бөгөөд Маккомб энд буцаж ирэх нь гэртээ байгаа мэт санагддаг гэжээ.
Хардинг 1980-аад оны сүүл, 1990-ээд оны эхээр тус сургуульд суралцахдаа өөрийгөө аюулгүй, аз жаргалтай мэдэрдэг байсан бөгөөд бага насны хүүхдүүдтэй ажиллахыг хүсдэг байснаа ярьсан байна. Тэрээр бага боловсролын салбарт бараг 20 жил ажиллаж, хүүхдүүдэд бэрхшээлээ даван туулахад нь тусалсан нь багш болох дараагийн алхмаа хийхэд нөлөөлжээ.
2000-аад онд тус сургуульд суралцсан Маккомб багш нар нь өөрөө багш болох урам зориг өгсөн гэж хэлсэн байна. Сургуулийн захирал Райан Стивенс тэдний туулсан замналаар сурагчдад хичээл зүтгэлийн үр дүнг харуулах боломжтой болсондоо бахархаж байгаагаа илэрхийлжээ.
Дадлага хийж байгаа нь Пейкфилд сургуульд ажилд орох баталгаа биш ч сургуулийг ажиллуулдаг Active Learning Trust-ийн харьяа Лоуэстофтын бусад бага сургуулиудад боломж гарч магадгүй гэж Стивенс хэлсэн байна. Тус траст Лоуэстофтын орчимд нийт дөрвөн бага сургууль ажиллуулдаг.
Дэлгэрэнгүйг эх сурвалжаас харах
↓Эх сурвалжийг нээх ↓
Two former pupils of a Suffolk primary school have gone full circle by helping children in the same classrooms where they felt inspired to become teachers.
Fran Harding, 44, and 23-year-old Ellie McComb both attended Pakefield Primary, near Lowestoft, and went on to study for a teaching degree while working as teaching assistants there.
Now graduates, they are completing their teacher training at the school, with McComb describing it as “like I’m back at home”.
“It’s a really special place, it has a special place in my heart and it’s just amazing to be here training as a teacher,” added Harding.
The mother of two said she felt “safe and happy” as a Pakefield pupil in the late 1980s and early 1990s and knew, growing up, that she wanted to work with young children.
She spent almost 20 years working across primary education, supporting children to overcome challenges, and said it inspired her decision to take the next step.
The school had some changes in the intervening years, she said, including no more “horrible concrete changing rooms outside” for the swimming pool, which along with the changing rooms has gone.
“The hall is still the same. I remember performing many Christmas plays in that hall, so it’s really special to walk in and remember my memories from when I was here,” she added.
McComb, who attended the school in the 2000s, said she was “inspired” by her teachers to become one herself and praised staff for being supportive as the pair juggled their jobs and coursework.
“It just feels like I’m back at home; Pakefield Primary feels like a family – the staff are lovely, children are lovely,” she added.
Head teacher Ryan Stevens said: “Any school intends to have adults in that school who inspire the children, so to know that Ellie and Fran both came to this school to become teaching assistants and then training teachers, inspiring pupils – I’m incredibly proud to have been part of their journey.”
He said they would spread the word among the children to show them “look what happens when you put the hard work in”.
A training placement does not guarantee a job at Pakefield, but Stevens said there were likely to be opportunities within Active Learning Trust, which runs the school and three other primary schools in the Lowestoft area.
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