20 skills they won't teach you on your teacher training course...
...but you will need as a Primary ECT.
First Aid.
Planning trips to the toilet with military precision.
How to mediate between children.
How to mediate between parents.
How to mediate between members of staff.
How to pull a teabag out of a cup of boiling water with your bare hands.
How to open a cubicle from the outside.
How to cope with “wet play” inside your classroom.
How to walk past cakes in the staff-room without eating one every time.
How to get a child to lift their head off their desk.
How to tell SLT politely that their idea makes no sense (technically not required as an ECT but you are going to need this skill some time so best to learn it early).
How to fill in a detailed Excel spreadsheet full of data without messing it up.
Improvisation.
How to complete a risk assessment (for literally anything that takes children out of school).
How to console a child in distress.
How to calm an angry child.
How to calm an angry parent.
Acting as a human lie-detector.
Photocopier maintenance.
How to make a display.
This is my idiosyncratic list based on two years in Year 4. KS1 might feature more bodily functions to cope with and I am sure Year 6 would have SATs-specific things to add.