Ideas for a 15 minute observation - interview

[Guest]

I am preparing for interviews for a nursery nurse in a maintained nursery. I would like the applicants to carry out a 15 minute activity with a small group of children around a letters and sounds aspect (phase 1). Any thoughts?

[Guest]

Could you not ask them for the idea?

 

It would mean the applicants would have to know their stuff or have some idea or be prepared to research?

 

Just a thought!

[Guest]

Could you not ask them for the idea?

 

It would mean the applicants would have to know their stuff or have some idea or be prepared to research?

 

Just a thought!

Yes, thanks for your reply Scarlettangel - I intend to give the applicants a certain amount of scope - but the applicants need to have the 'same' activity - sorry I should have made myself more clear! So, they will be told to prepare and teach a 15 min activity centred around a specified aspect of Letters and Sounds. I'm not sure which aspect to choose and wondered what others might do ... Aspect 7 might be tricky if there children in the group who are not starting school in September, Aspect 2 would be great - if we had a good selection of instruments :huh: ! Aspect 4 'Rhythm and Rhyme'?

Sorry - I'm just rambling, I know!

[Guest]

I have just attended an interview with the same task as you are suggesting but we were able to bring our own resources, we did aspect 1 by the way and extra merit was given to those of us who adapted the tasks or devised our own rather than sticking to the letter of the document