PGCE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES: what did you write for your personal statement?

Question

I am strugling to put my thoughts into words, please can you tell me what you wrote for your application.

I am applying for the PGCE Primary, I have been volunteering in local school for just over a year, i have previously volunteered in another primary school, i have also worked in a number of nursery schools and playgroups.

I'm in my final year of a Health and social care management degree, and doing my disertation on 'Autism in schools - whether children with autism should go to special schools or mainstream school'.

I really am stuck for what to write, but i need to get the application in asap to stand the best chance of getting a place on a course.

Please HELP!!!

and THANK YOU in advance for your assistance and advice.... x x

If you have ever written one, and wouldn't mind it would be really helpful if i could see what you wrote, not to copy or anything stupid like that - as i know it needs to be about me and my experiences - but so i can see what kind of thing i need to be putting and where to start.

Answer 1

Hi there

It looks like you've got loads of useful experience to use. If I were you I would:
- make a list of all the experience you have
- make a list of all the qualifications you have
- make a list of all the useful skills you have.

Then think about the structure of what you're going to say - you need to construct a good argument just as you would in an essay.

Start with why you want to do the course. Talk about your work experience and what you learned from your voluntary work. Go on to talk about your academic interests (focussing on the things that would be most useful in a primary school, so a big yes to the dissertation that you've done).

You probably remember giving a list of hobbies when you filled in your UCAS form for college in the first place. Do include some of this personal information but be brief, and focus on the useful skills you've got from your hobbies and interests.

Finish off with a killer paragraph about how motivated and committed you are.

Good luck!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Rav on about your experiences of working with children and how you wish to make an impression on their lives. Discuss how you relish the chance to influence young minds and that you would love to rise to the various challenges that teaching brings. Also, you wish to part of a community and take on duties to improve children outside of the classroom.