week 2

Term4, week2, 2007-2008 (March) , Saturday, 11.45-1.15pm,teacher-Jenny


THEME OF THE TERM:THE INCREDIBLE RACE

FOCUS FOR THE DAY : PREPERATION FOR THE RACE



MY FIRST CLASS:
Here I was, walking towards my first class with jittery steps, unsure of what was to greet me. As I entered the class, an exuberant hi! from Jenny put me a little bit at ease in terms of my body language and mental state.
The prodding eyes of the children (inquisitive) made me blurt out a little some thing, about my self and the smile on their faces assured me that I was understood .

SHARING:
OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS:
The sharing made me relate to and understand a little bit of each of the child's personality and attitude. A sudden burst of sensitivity, understanding and cooperation was created.
Liba: came across as confident with good inter personal skills when she shared her pen & did so enthusiastically, answering all the queries quite comfortably.
Aryan: the youngest in the group was reluctant to share an object, was however contributing to sharing by asking questions, by listening, concentrating, thinking and being inquisitive.
Sambhav :came across as imaginative, despite not bringing an object for sharing , but by putting forth interesting questions.
Shivam :shared his book with enough gusto and brought forth the fact that he was confident with good articulation.
Isha shared her bag with good articulation, strong vocabulary and ease of expression conveying that she has a strong command over the language.
Abhinav, Aditya, Debangshi & konkana did not show up for the first class.

WARM UP:
The physical warm up : was hop on a leg , which loosened up all of us in general and having found a physical freedom we were more receptive towards the activities that were to follow.
The voice warm up: was resonators and Shivam showed how loud and clear a voice he has.
Speech warm up: were the poems on the block.

DRAMA:
Now, we were team India, freshly recruited against teams from other countries for the incredible race all around Asia , starting our journey from New Delhi.
Each one of us took out the magic box from the cupboard and wore the costume of our favourite character and did our little antics and movements as the particular character. Each child came out to be quite imaginative & could put on the appropriate facial expressions and the wonderful gestures of the characters like superman, spiderman, princess, Jerry & witch. I joined in wielding my magic as a wizard. Our good use of space, imagination, engagement as a group and confidence won team India a place in the incredible race.


JOURNAL:
Having reached back the reality zone post drama, the children sat down to describe themselves & their costumes, where Isha, Aryan and Shivam came across as quite creative, Liba as neat and meticulous & Sambhav as imaginative.

MY REFLECTIONS ON THE TEACHER AND THE CLASS:

This class showed me a key feature on part of the caring model "the teacher" where she was celebrating each child's effort as an achievement. The atmosphere was free from pressure, stimulating and motivating. I wondered, and then acknowledged the atmosphere, as being quite close to an ideal learning environment.