January 31- Last Day at School

 January 31- my last day of first phase teaching practice. Last day at GHSS Kamaleshwaram which was not less than a home. I don't easily show my emotions, and was normal the whole day, But when I came back home and went through the entire journey, tears formed in my eyes. I had less expectations when I started off the first day but at the end it had become a place close to my heart after my home. 

Teaching Phase - 1 Kamaleshwaram Noon-meal duty

 Noon-meal duty was something which we truly looked forward every time. We really loved to serve food for the children during noon-time as we enjoyed doing it. 

World Arabic Day Celebration

UN Arabic Language Day is observed annually on December 18. The event was established by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010 seeking "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization". December 18 was chosen as the date for the Arabic language as it is "the day in 1973 when the General Assembly approved Arabic as an official UN language".

World Arabic Day was celebrated on December 13, 2022 at GHSS, Kamaleshwaram as December 18, the students had their christmas examinations. The assembly was conducted in Arabic language by the children who had taken second language as Arabic. Rashid Sir, gave a speech about the importance of Arabic language across the globe. 

 

Exam Duty Filing of Papers

December started off with exm tensions, duties and a rush to finish the balance portions and conducting revision classes. Though exam duties were at times boring and even hectic, it was totally entertaining. I was able to understand the feeling of a teacher getting to enjoy examinations with no fear and anxiety. It was a wholesome experience. 

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Manacaud School Youth Festival

Myself and Remya got duty on November 16 at Manacaud School as aprt of the school youth festival. We had to take some boys who were participating for events like light music, arabipaatu etc. We had lunch from the school and got to meet our classmates who were student teachers during the first phase teaching practice. It was really endearing to meet all of them. 

Children's day Celebration - November 14

 We had morning assembly in November 14 at GHSS Kamaleshwaram school. Children sang songs, and recited poems in honour of their beloved Chacha ji (Nehru). Later sweets were distributed to children of every classes. The children were in a jubilant mood and demanded free hours and P.T as it was children's day. 

Kerala Day & Say NO to Drug Campaign

 November 1 Kerala Day, we wore Kerala saree to school. Afternoon, we did not have classes. All of us went to East Fort in the school bus to attend the Say NO to Drug Campaign. It was a tiring as well as a unique experience to stand in the middle of the road amongst different pupils and teachers from various schools. 

The Kerala government on October 6 launched a "No To Drugs" awareness campaign with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan saying that the objective of the drive is to make the state free of destructive contrabands. Urging people from all walks of life to join the drive, the CM said not even a second can be wasted in the fight against the deadly substance as the terrible danger it causes in the society was beyond description.

First Day of Teaching practice

The first day of teaching practice started off with jitters and ended on a good note better than what I had expected. The key is Less EXPECTATIONS always turns out to be WONDERFUL and the BEST. Honestly speaking the new surroundings were a bit overwhelming but overall it was okay to start with. The teachers were supportive and that was something which kept me calm and gave hope

Unfortunately I did not get my English class in the 9th STD, as a seminar/discussion on the topic 'Mental Health and Physical Health in Adolescents' was conducted for the high school students by the Women Cell from Chalai School. We were told to sit in the staffroom which was of course nerve wrecking as you need to behave and be at your best in front of your superiors. keeping aside the anxieties and tensions, it was a wonderful day. 

First Phase Teaching Practice

 

As part of the B.Ed Curriculum I got Government Higher Secondary School GHSS Kamaleshwaram for my first phase teaching practice. We were a team of four teacher trainees- Myself and Praveena from English optional; Remya and Reshma from Social Science optional. We were told to go and meet the HM and the teacher in charge on October 17 which we did. We got to know that  there was no permanent English teacher and the subject was handled by other subject teachers. I got the required lessons from Dhanya teacher for Class 9. I prepared lesson plans for teaching the pupils from next week. It was a huge task in itself yet I was prepared as one had to go through it and get over it eventually. There was no escape as you have signed into it. So despite the nervousness and anxiety about the unknown, I relied on God's power to help me through the storm.   

Flipbook on A Prayer in Spring

I made a flipbook on the poem 'A Prayer in Spring' by Robert Frost. I had already prepared the ppt for my criticism class and hence it was easy to compile th rest of it and convert it into a flipbook. 

Flipbooks are currently used to replace conventional digital PDFs and paper-based documents such as reports, presentations, magazines, catalogs, brochures, books and more. A digital flipbook looks and feels exactly like a printed publication with pages that can be flipped and turned - without the cost of printing!

 https://online.fliphtml5.com/pkaga/pweh/

Video-Scripting

Our English optional has a total of 11 students. We took lots so as to divide into two groups. My group comprised of 5 members- Myself, Jyotsna, Shipa, Zainab and Aardra. We discussed the theme of the video-script and wrote the script during onam holidays. There were 5 scenes in the play. We shot the video at Shilpa's house. The laughter, the number of cuts/retakes, incident of the dog, etc and  our very own dear characters Barbara Thompson, Maya Vinodhini will be hilariously remmbered, A special thanks to our dearest Shilpa for editing the video into a remarkable one and for the yummy lunch. A moment of gratitude to Aardra for doing my make-up, Jyo for mentally prompting me to act as the author and Zainu for rehearsing with me endlessly despite being sick.  It was a memorable day which will forever cherished. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i3MrdFrf2WRZuoUejEoZqpHlVQKDuPlR/view?usp=sharing