SUPW WORK SHOP

January 24 & 25, 2023

Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW) is a "purposive productive work and services related to the needs of the child and the community, which will be proved meaningful to the learner.

 The SUPW program started on January 24 . Principal Santhosh Kumar sir was the general convenor. Jayakrishna teacher was the program coordinator of SUPW. Gowri Venu was the student coordinator.  

Two elder skilled craftsperson  took a class on this and they took the class in great detail about the methods of making . Not only that, but they also shared common knowledge and their experiences with us. 

The main purpose of SUPW is to provide social as well as economic activities to the children for a better understanding of scientific processes and practicals involved directly or indirectly in the future opportunities and social atmosphere. On the first day, we were taught how to make lotion and detergent. Most of the students participated in this program. 

We have produced 14 bottles of lotions with a nice fragrance. Each bottle of lotion was given to each department in our college for cleaning purpose.  Then we prepared the soap solution for making soap. 

On the second day we made soap. Soap making was interesting. Now Most of the students in the class know how to make soap. So this program ended today with great success. Today we understood that , it is so easy to learn to make these products. After learning this, I realized that it will be very useful in our life. Thanks to the college principal who gave us an opportunity to study it and the teachers who taught it. We look forward to more such activities.

Socially Useful Productive Work (SUPW) bridges the gap between life and education, education and work. It makes learning effective and valuable. It correlates knowledge with craft and theory with practice. It may help to increase national pro-ductivity and self-employment. 

FIELD TRIP

January 20, 2023

Friday

Today we went on a field trip from GCTE. Places I went to: Kuthiramalika Palace, Palm Leaf Manuscript Museum. All these were places in Thiruvananthapuram . Today 51 people from our college participated in this field trip. Similarly, the teachers of our college were also there.

The first place we went to was the kuthiramalika Palace. That one palace is very beautifully built. The palace is more than 200 years old. We all looked at the palace in awe. We were very much fascinated by each and every building work there as well as the pictures displayed there. There was a guide there to show us more about the palace. So we got a rough idea about that palace.

The beauty of that palace cannot be described enough. After seeing this whole palace, we walked to the next palace. What is special about it is that there were pictures of all the kings and the royal family who ruled Travancore.

Not only the pictures but also pictures of the important celebrations that took place there were also included. So after seeing the two palaces, we next went to the museum where the palm leaf scriptures are kept.

There were also things that surprised us because there is a collection of more than one crore palm leaf books and there is no other palm leaf museum like this anywhere else in the world. I was very surprised to find palm leaves from the 13th century in its collection.

Today was very useful trip. I am very happy that I was given a chance to go here. Today's field trip wassimple and today I realized that there is no point in going to far away places without knowing what is going on around us. I would like to thank all the teachers and principal of our college for giving me such an opportunity.

Social Life Wellness Programme- Day 3

January 19,2023

Thursday

The Social Life Wellness Program run by the Department of Minority Welfare under the Government of Kerala has ended today. As always there were two sections today. One section in the morning and another section in the afternoon. Today's morning section started with the prayer song by Reshma.

This morning's section was handled by Advocate Thomas sir. The topic of League and Religious Aspect of Marriage was covered in today's session. The class was taken using PPT. What is Marriage? What is Marriage Register? What is Hindu Marriage and Christian Marriage, Muslim Marriage, Special Marriage and Judicial Separation/ Indian Divorce act, This is what Advocate Thoma sir talked about in the first section. He is a Post Graduate in Law. There were short activities and discussions. In between we were given a tea break. If the presentation was not so effective, the class was taken without much trouble.

The afternoon session was moderated by Professor Anwar Sir. He is a principal of a college. This was the last section of this program. The subject he handled was family budgeting. He told us how to control the salary and how to use it wisely. This sir took a good class which is very useful in life. We are thankful to the Principal of the College, Minority Welfare Department and Government of Kerala for arranging such a good program for us.

Social Life Wellness Programme - Day 2

January 18, 2023

Wednesday

Today is Day 2 of the Social Life Wellness Program. This is a program run by the Minority Welfare Department under the Government of Kerala. 

Today's program started with Parvati's prayer to God. Like yesterday, the classes were divided into two sessions today. The morning session class was taken by Bindhu Philip. 

Today's topic is Effective Management of In Law Relationships and Conflict Resolution Techniques. It was an interactive section that took Bindu Madam. This section was spent discussing everything with the students.Bindu Ma'am divide us into ten groups and discuss the conflict and find a solution. Along with this program we had a tea break during which we got tea and sweets.It was 12:45 pm when the morning section ended. 

Dr. Deepa Ma'am came to take the afternoon section. Dr. Deepa Maam explained to us the topic of Infant and adolescence, parent Skill, sex education and Pregnancy. Everything was explained using PPT. It was actually a premarital class. Therefore, this class was very informative and interesting. I studied zoology so I knew about things but it was a good glass of knowledge for someone who had no idea. This teacher taught everything openly. Therefore, everyone liked today's afternoon session.

Social Life Wellness Program - Day 1

January 17,2023

Monday

Pathway- Social Life Wellness Program 2022-2023 run by the Government of Kerala's Department of Minority Welfare was inaugurated from today( Monday) till Thursday. It was inaugurated by Thycaud Ward Councilor G Madhava Das.This program's  presided over by the our Principal Santhosh Kumar sir. Anchored by Arsha, a first year MEd student. The program started with the Lord's prayer, which was prayed by a  Arya, a first year MEd student. Welcome was given by Dr. Isaac Paul sir, Chief speaker was Rafeeq sir. Dr. Jayakrishna ma'am gave greetings . Ms. Ashakrishnan, our psychology teacher, gave the thanks for this program.

 The first session class of today's program was taken by Doctor Joju John sir. He is a Professor at Marthiophilus College as well as a Live Skills Trainer and Research Guide. He completed this entire section with tremendous energy and the session was over by 12:30. He shared many ideas and his life experience with us. Similarly poems and stories were told to us. Joju John sir's class was very good and informative. Children who listened were able to develop a lot of moral values.

After lunch break in the afternoon we came back to class at half past one. So the next section started from 1:30. Rafiq sir, who has been working as a counselor for 37 years, took the class for this session. He told us about marriage, what is love and what is sex.

Rafiq sir's class was also very nice and the session ended at 4:15. Vishnu from MEd came to give thanks for this session.This program included refreshments in the morning and evening. It was a relief for all. I think there will be classes like this for the next two days. 

School Induction Programme Day 5

January 10, 2023

Monday

Today was the last day of the induction program. We are really sad to leave this school. We reached the school early and signed the attendance register. After that we took group photos to put in the induction report. After taking all the photos, we went to the canteen and had tea and samosas.

When it was the third period, I went to class 8J with Parvathy and observed the class. In 8L English medium class, 4th period science  Rekha teacher's class observed by us. She is the biology department's head.

At noon we ordered food and had it. In the afternoon we all went to the classes and wrote feedback.

After everything, we went to meet the head master and other teachers and then got the attendance register and left the school. We want to stay there.

School Induction Programme Day 4

January 4, 2023

Saturday

Today was the fourth day of school induction. Today is Saturday and today's timetable is Monday. Me and Rajalekshmi took 4th period 8L class today.

Today's class took part called Insitu conservation and exsitu conservation. I was the one who took the first class today and Rajalekshmi also took the second class. Rekha teacher went in to observe the class. Parvati was also there to observe our class. She gave a good opinion about our class.

Today Parvati, Rajalakshmi and Sinichechi and I wore sarees today. Today we went for observation with Parvathi in class 8J.

An important event took place in the school today morning as the new bus was flagged off with the GPS system installed. The flagoff was done by minister G R Anil. This bus driver is the mother of the child in that school. Today we took the rest of the muscles portion in class 9D. I really liked today.

School Induction Programme Day 3

January 6, 2023

Wednesday

Today was the third day of school induction program. Today there was a dental awareness program at school. So we got the duty to line-up the 8E and 8H kids there and take them to the program hall. After that Rajalakshmi and I went to English medium class 9D and took a shared class. The class was about muscle movement and types of muscles.

I took the class today with a teaching aid. All the children in this class had good response. 

Similarly, in 10 A Malayalam medium class, we went to the 6th period and asked the children questions about the potions taught by the teacher. The children were given some activities so that the class did not get bored. This afternoon we served food to the children and we ate. And so today is over.

School Induction Programme Day 2

January 5, 2023

Thursday

 Today is the second day of school induction. We signed the attendance register. We got to know a teacher named Srikala and then Rajalakshmi and I went to observation. What a beautiful class this teacher took!  10A Malayalam medium class was observed. Anyway, it was a good observation class.

Today we got a chance to take the class. But we were not prepared at all. I was very tensed. Although there was a little hesitation at first, we handled it well. It was in 8N English medium class that I entered to take shared class. Anyway, it was a rare experience. Today's last period was in class 9F.

 Parvathy and I went up to meet the children. I went with Parvathy today for observaton class in 8J. This teacher's name was Jayashree. This teacher recited poems very well. This observation class was also very useful for me. After today's last period, there was national anthem. And so today is over.

School Induction Programme- Day 1

January 4, 2023

Wednesday

Today our induction programme was started. I selected Cotton Hill School for this induction programme. Rajalakshmi and I from the natural science department selected this school for the induction programme. Parvathy was the only one from the Malayalam department. Eleven from the social science department participated in this induction program. We first met and got to know the headmaster, Rajesh Babu sir.

He gave us proper advice and instructions. He also gave us permission to take photos. I am the team leader so I arranged the things to be done for the induction program and put them in the group. The name of the WhatsApp group was Cotton Hill Induction program. There are 14 people in this group.

I separated the group members into five groups and put their tasks in the WhatsApp group. So the work I have is reduced by half. I handed over the attendance book to the headmaster of the school in the morning. There was an assembly today. We also participated in it. It was in the open-air auditorium. Only children from the tenth division (A-M) participated in the assembly. Today, all the teachers in that school were busy distributing evaluated answer sheets. There were three of us in my group. Everyone walked around the school and collected details. 

I got to meet a class of students today. This was my first experience. Today was a very happy day for me.