As another answerer has said, any experience that you’ve had with children at all in any capacity will be helpful – even if it’s just babysitting or helping to look after younger siblings or relatives.
Other than that, you need to think about things that you’ve done that will show them that you’ve thought about what working in a primary school is going to involve, and that you’ve already had some experience that could be relevant to it. It’s really important to be able to give examples.
Have you done any presentations for school, or done any tutoring at any point (even if it’s just explaining a maths problem to your friend or something)? Have you been in charge of a group project or task?
Team work is really important – have you been in a choir or performed in a play, played a team sport or done a group project?
You need to be creative – art, music, writing, or even just to be able to show that you can look at things in different ways to what might be considered the norm.
Good exam results will always be helpful to you, especially if they’re in a wide range of subjects as primary school teachers need to be able to teach a bit about everything! Don’t worry about it sounding as though you’re bragging, you need to show all your good points to try and make sure that they let YOU do work experience, rather than someone else!
Explain to them why you want to do work experience there – do you know someone who is a teacher? Did one of your primary school teachers particularly inspire you? Have you tried doing something teaching related and really enjoyed it?
Finally, what you were saying about being an ex pupil – it might help or it might not. I applied for work experience at my old primary school a few years ago and was told that they had a policy of not allowing people to do work experience there who were ex pupils or had sisters or brothers at the school. It seemed a little non sensical to me, but I ended up doing my work experience at another primary school and had a fantastic time – better than the people I know who did do it at my old primary school! So if you don’t get to go there, don’t be discouraged, it might be an idea to try a few different schools in your area, rather than just the one.
Hope this helps, and good luck!
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