Some valuable reflection

Dear blog,

I have gone through two phases of practicums and now I am about to finish my third phase of practicum session. My first practicum was at SK Raja Di Hilir Ekram while my second practicum was at SK Tanah Hitam, Ipoh. My third practicum school is at SK Tun Dr Ismail, which is located in Padang Rengas. Teaching experience differs every time I enter the class. I have gained many experiences especially in teaching and learning of English language. The time that was spent with the pupils was more than inspiring but truly wonderful.  My cooperative teachers did more than enlighten me on the important roles of becoming a good English language teacher; they opened up a whole new perspective on the many rewards and experiences that teaching children can have on me and how I can affect them during some of the most important years of their lives. 

Reminisce the memory of teaching and producing...

This 'Read Me' box is for the collections of pupils' work 

such as books, journals, scrapbooks and the like.

I paste it in front of the class to ease the pupils and teacher to have a look.

Although I got the chance to teach pupils of year 2 again for my third practicum, the feelings and experiences are different. I did not expect to gain as much experiences or inspiration in this teaching field during the practicum periods.  During the practicum periods, I was able to see how the pupils respond towards me as a teacher. With 35 pupils to 21 pupils in the class, I was able to spend more quality time with each and every one of them, and getting to know each of their unique personalities.  

'The Party Boy' is a simple story book I made to encourage pupils to write and produce creative art work. Learning to write a story book and instill awareness of loving arts and literature..

See how committed they are with their works 

and thru such activity, they learn to work as a group.. 

During the practicum sessions, and some other hours of active involvement with the primary school pupils, I had the chance spending teaching other classes during the relief hours. The pupils were more than eager to learn and cooperative as well. Throughout the lessons that I have been teaching for the past practicums, I feel very much happy as I learn so many things especially to experiment with all the techniques and approaches in teaching. My cooperative teacher enjoyed my lesson as well and provided me with more than enough positive feedbacks.

The most memorable part of this teaching experience was my language arts classes. I was surprised by how well the lessons went and again, I had a great bunch of pupils who did a great job, listened well, and commented on how much fun they had in the end. I feel that it is important that pupils not only learn through fun activities, but they managed to understand the language inputs that were being taught. It is also important that we set our goals as teachers to get students physically active and the more ways we find to make physical activities motivating and fun, the greater chance we have at reaching that goal.  This course practicum did what it is supposed to do, by providing me with a great positive learning experience and chance to see how rewarding a students’ achievement and happiness can do for me as a future educator.  

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ENGLISH CAMP, WHIZ KIDZ! 2015

Dear blog, 

Around 135 students had the opportunity to attend a one day English camp held at SK Clifford, in Kuala Kangsar Perak on March 28, 2015. The English language camp was sponsored by Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Ipoh and the camp was made possible due to support from SK Clifford, Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah Kuala Kangsar (PPD) as well as other schools in Kuala Kangsar. The goals of the camp were to attract the students to learn English language, to enable to students to participate in language activities which also provide leadership training for students.  They get the chance to learn how to lead a team. They learn organisational skills such as planning and problem solving, all of which the classroom situation may be unable to provide. Additionally, the camp was aimed to promote a meaningful interaction and provide platform for students to use English language in communication effectively.

                

The camp’s activities were varied throughout the one whole day with check points stations, action songs competition, gallery walk, telematch, and amazing race. Fun icebreaking session with creative English language building challenge which one of it was creating group cheers. The amazing race was fun as the students enjoyed the tasks and tricky clues which kept them stimulated until the end of the game.  Other check points stations which encompassed with interesting activities such as ‘broken-telephone’, ‘junior master-chef’, ‘spell it right challenge’, ‘talentime’, ‘puppet show’ and many others. Camp participants included 135 students, ages ranging from 11-12 years old, from 19 primary schools around the Kuala Kangsar district. The English camp committee members enjoyed tremendous support among the school teachers and has attracted many students to join. Apart from that, the camp also was giving out prizes for all the participants. Many teachers and lecturers from IPG Kampus Ipoh came to support the program that day. Each participant was given two certificates of appreciation from IPG Kampus Ipoh and PPD for their participation.

Based on the positive feedback from participants and the begging and pleading for more time at camp, the president of the language camp concluded that their goals were successfully met.   A big thank to the program adviser Puan Lizarose Abdullah for her dedication and for all the trainee teachers as well as the school teachers for their hard work and dedication towards the achievement of the English camp. It is hope that more English camp like this to be held and more students to join it for an exciting time next year. 

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