I have been fortunate to experience a variety of school settings throughout my educational and working career. In my undergraduate degree I was able to experience two different local schools. The first I was able to experience the move into a new school and the disruption but also excitement this had, I gained skills on how to manage pupils under times of change. The second school I was able to build friendships and learn from the teachers there with whom I still talk to now, my relationships here led to me getting a job here the following year. I was able to work as a classroom assistant with a child with autism and that really taught me new skills on how to manage a child with a developmental disability. The school had specialised classes for pupils with more severe learning difficulties than the pupil I worked with and so I learnt a lot from the teachers of those classes and was able to make use of their sensory rooms when my people became over stimulated. My PGCE took me to England and I was able to experience things I had never been exposed to in Northern Ireland. I worked in classes with children with EAL, severe behavioural issues/ learning difficulties and children with difficult home lives. This forced me to research a lot of new teaching styles and ways to best help these kids learn, promoting more visual aids I found important and the use of sound through songs etc.My final placement was back in Northern Ireland but I was put in a P6 class after previously never teaching above P4 and always being fearful of KS2. I really enjoyed it and I was able to implement topics that I was interested in as the class had a better understanding than younger children.