First Phase - First Week

The first phase of the internship began on 18th September. I am allotted to Govt. Boys' HSS, Kottarakkara.

 On 18/9/23, I reached the school early in the morning. There was an assembly in Sanskrit as part of Sanskrit day observed on Sravana Poornima. I got the timetable from the English teacher, Ms. Prabitha. In the second period, I had my first class in 9D. The teacher was also with me. She introduced me to the students and sat on the last bench throughout the class. I was asked to engage the students of class 8A and 10A. There was also a Social Science Quiz conducted in the school.

On 19/9/23, I had class in the fourth period. But I had a substitution period in 8C in the second period. I thought of engaging them with some grammar activities. But they were busy with some classwork. Some were writing notes, while others were making the models for the upcoming Science Fest. 

On 20/9/23, I had an eye-opening experience. I reached the school early in the morning. A child of around 15 years old was there in the school. He stopped learning after class 8 due to some difficulties in his family and was working in a bakery. But he had a deep thirst for knowledge and wanted to continue. So he came to meet the Head Master to seek permission to continue his studies. In the sixth period, I had my class in 9D. It was a grammar class. The class was almost silent and there were only 31 students. Students co-operated well with all the activities. 

Activity Card

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There was a quiz "Eureka Sasthra Vinjaanolsavam" in the school at 02:00PM and many students participated in it.

Eureka Sasthra Vinjanolsavam

On 21/9/23, the school assembly was conducted by students of class 8A. It had a prayer, the pledge, a quiz, a folk song, a talk on Vallathol Narayana Menon and the National Anthem. Moreover, it was announced in the assembly that the school won 1st prize in Quiz and 2nd prize in Patriotic Song I had the class in the seventh period. The students were completely in sleepy mode when I entered the classroom. So I introduced the beginning of a new chapter and the students listened completely. 

23/9/23 was a working day since the 22nd was a holiday. In the third period, I had a class in 9D. I continued the chapter "Listen to the Mountain". The students were interested in the slides shown. It was a rainy day and I had to engage the same class in the 6th period. They had Physical Education classes but they were restricted from physical activities because of the heavy rain. In addition to this, I had to engage class 10A along with Sankeerthana.