I just handed in my Numercy assignment yesterday and we got our next one.

3000 words on Child development!!!! We have to pick a pupil or group of pupils and discuss their development and how our working practice aids that development and use theories to back up our statements.
I didn't really put that much effort into my last one and just know this is going to be bloooooommming tough!

ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! To top it all, I threw loads of books away about 2 months ago on child development thinking I wouldn't need them as I had kept them for 6 years and they had just gathered dead spiders and woodlice!!!!!!

Do you only get one assignment at a time? I am due to hand in 3 essays, covering 2 modules next sat and will either be doing 2 or 3 modules, either 3 or 5 essays, depending on whether or not I get any APL for my OU course!

One assignment every six weeks vary between 2000 and 4000 words.

We had 3 months to do one of 1800 plus a 200 word intro piece, one of 1000 and one of 3000. Assuming a pass for all that will get us 45 credits. The rest of the group will be doing 75 credits as of next week but i am hoping for APL so might only have 45 again.

Thats not good we get 20 credits for each assignment assuming we pass each one.

That sounds more manageable than ours, she seems to be trying to rush us through. We have been made full time students, working on 120 credits a year over 2 years, whereas when I signed up it was 90 credits max per year and 2 years 2 terms til we finished. We didn't get a choice about the change either.

Thats interesting. We gain 120 credits every year and as I said if we pass each assignment at the end of the course will have 240 credits. Having an assignment though every six weeks is hard and we get the new one on the day we hand the last one in!

Thats the same as we had BB.

It is a quick turn around but I am enjoying it and the tutor we have this module has accent to die for, he is Irish not too heavy an accent and to be honest I spent more time just listening to his voice than taking it in. I did email him with my intro to which I have added and got some lovely feedback from him.

I have got a Numeracy and Science assignment to do in quick succession, it feels like one after the other! i dont know if can do all this, when will TA's HLTA's and all other support staff get the recognition we deserve and a pay packet to match that!....Im beginning to think i took a wrong turn somewhere. Even though i get satisfaction from working with children....but................

Hey matrixx we all have low times like that, but you'll get the satisfaction of furthering yourself academically and professionally and knowing that you are doing the best you can for the kids you support. You need to take your strength from that - because hell will freeze over before we get the financial reward

Aww Matrix we do get the recognition from the kids and their achievements and I wouldn't give that up for a larger pay packet!!

Well I passed my numeracy assisgnment and the bits of feedback I got I will be taking with me to the Child Development module. The tutor has been nice if a little hard to follow and has given us mountains of handouts! We have an extra week to hand it in, which is a good thing as I am not motivated at all at the mo. Next module SEN.

I have also been told that in yr 2 of my degree I can get my HLTA accredited by adding a reflective essay, which is cool, when everyone else is doing the HLTA.