1. Welcome to the School of Education
BEd (Hons) Primary Teaching
With recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status

2. So… you want to be a teacher?
Explain your reasons for becoming a teacher and ask the potential applicants to discuss with those around them,.
Ask for feedback on what your partner said – this is what you might do in school. We are modelling a process.

3. Why might you study at the University of Hertfordshire?
Key strengths include:
‘The self-motivated, confident and enthusiastic trainees who are well prepared to enter the teaching profession.’
‘Courses are responsive to individual requirements and feedback and are kept up to date with changing national requirements and priorities.’
‘The rigorous and very successful selection and recruitment procedures which result in high completion and employment rates.’

4. Why study at the University of Hertfordshire?
The course combines a rigorous academic underpinning with opportunities for personal and professional development.

5. Why study at the University of Hertfordshire?
High level of employability of our trainees as recognised by Ofsted
Good reputation with local schools
Student satisfaction surveys
Peer mentoring scheme

6. TV / Gym
We ensure that our seminars and lectures develop your thinking and understanding rather than simple transmission of knowledge

7. What will I study?
On the BEd Primary Education course you will enhance your knowledge of all National Curriculum subjects plus RE
The course is underpinned by a ‘developing professional practice’ course where the emphasis is about how children learn and the skills required to be a good teacher
You will undertake school-based training in each year of the course. Currently students spend a minimum of 24 weeks in school
At the end of the course, you will be qualified to teach the 3 – 11 year age range

8. School-based training
You will:
be allocated schools within our partnership area
have assessed placements every year
have opportunities for enrichment and extension (non-assessed)
develop your personal and professional learning in a supportive environment
Elaborate on the process and what they will get from it. Incremental time in school

9. Your time in school
What are you most looking forward to in school? What do you think you do well? What reservations might you have?
Drawing out their initial views and reassuring them that we will draw out these reservations before they go into school in order for them to feel comfortable. It’s alright to feel anxious or concerned

10. Applications Apply through UCAS (open now)
On application for BEd Primary teaching, register to take the professional
skills tests in literacy and numeracy
Practice tests are available
Take and pass them to meet this entry requirement
Google ‘Professional Skills Tests’
Go through the process – there are also skills test support sessions

11. Entry requirements GCSE English language, mathematics and science
Prior to Grade C or above (no equivalencies accepted)
From Grade 4 or above
112 UCAS points
At least 5 days school observation experience in a state primary school to complete set tasks (available from
Pass Professional Skills tests in literacy and numeracy
All suitable applicants are interviewed.
Entry is also subject to completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) barred list and criminal records check; a Declaration of Disqualification by Association; and required to respond to targeted and relevant health questions (NCTL )

12. Personal statements Demonstrate your enthusiasm for teaching
\Must include work experience / time spent in schools
Reflect on this experience: What have you learned? How? Why?
Include other relevant information e.g. hobbies

13. Interview Day Welcome talk Written task Group task
Short individual interview
Qualifications already awarded will be checked on the day

14. Tuition fees for 2017/18 entry
All programmes:
£9,250*
You may be entitled to a student loan
Fees are not paid until you are in employment
*to be confirmed

15. When you join us
Ask them why we have chosen this image as a representation of starting out at university.
As Maths and English are the core subjects we are going to give you a little example. It’s about talking, sharing, thinking creatively anddivergently. Getting away from seeing learning as more than just answering questions

16. What does Maths look like in the School of Education?
Number grid – if I add
Low threshold ; high challenge – some might say they are all even numbers – others might add up the rows and others might add up

17. In pairs count backwards from 99 in steps of four
Ping pong
In pairs count backwards from 99 in steps of four
Start at 99 and count back in 4s ‘pinging’ from one person to the next
Bring our strategies, patterns and generalisations that are noticed e.g. I will never say an even number

18. What does English look like in the School of Education?
We will talk to you about subject knowledge and the importance of children’s literature. Of course it is not enough to know children’s books – it is what we do with our knowledge and understanding

19. Activity
The Wuggen and the Tor Onz upon a pime a wuggen zonked into the grabbet. Ze was grolling for poft because ze was blongby. The wuggen grolled and grolled until ze motte a tor. Ze blind to the tor, ‘Ik am blongby and grollingfor poft. Do yum noff rem ik can gine some poft?’ ‘Kex’ glind ze tor, ‘klom with ne,wuggen. Ik have lodz of poft in ni bove.’
To get a feel of how children read a text.
Ask these questions :
Where did the wuggen zonk?
What was she/he grolling for?
Why was s/he grolling for poft?
Who did s/he meet?

20. Activity
The Wuggen and the Tor Onz upon a pime a wuggen zonked into the grabbet. Ze was grolling for poft because ze was blongby. The wuggen grolled and grolled until ze motte a tor. Ze blind to the tor, ‘Ik am blongby and grollingfor poft. Do yum noff rem ik can gine some poft?’ ‘Kex’ glind ze tor, ‘klom with ne,wuggen. Ik have lodz of poft in ni bove.’
To get a feel of how children read a text.
Ask these questions :
Where did the wuggen zonk?
What was she/he grolling for?
Why was s/he grolling for poft?
Who did s/he meet?

21. Thank you – please ask questions
We hope to see you all very soon.

22. Further information www.herts.ac.uk
BEd Primary Teaching Ann Geeves
BEd Primary Teaching John Mower
Principal Admissions Tutor Mandy Phillips

23. The information in this presentation was believed accurate and up to date at the time of delivery. We may however make changes from time to time to advertised courses or modules (or occasionally discontinue them), for example as a result of the way in which we continually seek to improve our academic provision and take on board feedback from students and other stakeholders, or to take account of changed circumstances.
For full details of when we might make changes, and how we will try to minimise any impact on people affected by them, please check our Key Facts Document at