Seeing it my way...

    After days of endless fun and exuberant creativity that culminated in the school arts fest "Dhwanitharangam", the school welcomed the new week with a rigorous refocus on academics. I engaged VIII B in the textual activities following the chapter "The Light on the Hills". In order to check the understanding of the learners, a role play of the story was organized on Wednesday this week. On the Stage       Students enacted the roles of the little boy, his sister, their mother and the audience who appreciate the paintings of the boy with appropriate voice-over and did an excellent job. I felt glad that even the students who missed the class last week due to practice sessions for the arts fest, took pain to read and analyse the story and play different characters in the role play.       On Thursday, 12th October 2023, we had the morning assembly, in which the students who received prizes in the sub-district level sports meet were awarded certi...

   The experience of teaching practice at NSS GHS Pandalam this week, was suffused with mirthful memories. We started the school week with the morning assembly. Winners of different competitions related to the Onam celebrations at the school, Science Fair and Knowledge Fest ("Arivutsavam") were declared and congratulated in the assembly. Morning Assembly - 25 September 2023    With respect to the classes, I got ample opportunities to get myself acquainted with the students of VIII B, the class allotted to me for practice teaching. We discussed the story "The Light on the Hills" by Lucy Clifford. In fact, I was surprised to find out the evolving teacher in me, constantly in search of innovative ways of integrating teaching materials and aids for diverse learning experiences, starting from the informal interaction to the follow-up activity of each lesson. However, many students were engaged in the practice sessions for the arts fest, as a result of which I could not h...