TEACHING PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

Teaching practice period is an interesting and a variety experience in my life.It is a period of two and half months experience.I got the the school St.Thomas H.S.S,Karthikappally for my teaching practice experience.I along with fourteen students went to St.Thomas H.S.S,Karthikappally.Biji Abraham Sir is the principal of the school.I got the charge of 8B students.

HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL

St. Thomas School, located to the West of Karthikapally junction was established in the year 1919. The high school was established in the year 1957 while Higher Secondary School came in to being in the year 2014. The patron Saint of the institution is St. Thomas Apostle and the patron is H. H Baselios Marthoma Paulose II. The school is managed by Catholicate and M. D Schools Corporate. The manager is H.G Mathews Mar Theodosious and The Head Master is Mr. Biji Abraham.

                                             The High School alone has 1461 students of which 968 are boys and 493 are girls. The HSS, established in 2014 has 48 students; 34 boys and 14 girls. There is only commerce branch in the HSS. The School has 12 divisions in UP and 22 in HS. Around 50 teaching staff provide educational facilities to the students.

PTA

The PTA in St. Thomas School is very active and meets on a regular basis. They carry out many activities in the school. The PTA president is Sri. Kuruvila Koshy and the Vice President is Smt. Shyamala Satheesan. The PTA plays a major role in the developmental activities of the school.

School Discipline

Time	Period
9.25 am	Warning bell
9.35 am	1st bell
9.40 am	2nd bell (Assembly on Tuesdays and Thursdays)
9.42 am	Prayer bell
9.45 am- 10.30 am	1st period
10.30 am – 11.15 am	2nd period
11.15 am – 11.25 am	First interval
11.25 am – 12.05 pm	3rd period
12.05 pm – 12.45 pm	4th period
12.45 pm-1.20 pm	Lunch break
1.20 pm	Warning Bell
1.30 pm	1st bell
1.35 pm	2nd bell
1.40 pm – 2.20 pm	5th period
2.20p pm - 3.00 pm	6th period
3.00 pm – 3.05 pm	Second Interval
3.05 pm – 3.40 pm	7th period
3.40 pm	National anthem

Leave

The students are supposed to inform earlier and submit a leave letter to the class teacher if they planning to take leave. In case absenteeism is unexpected they have to fill  up the leave form in the school diary and submit it to the class teacher.

Usage of Gold

The students are not allowed to wear golden ornaments to school.

Cleanliness

The school authorities take good care of proper disposal of waste. The students are always monitored over the maintenance of cleanliness. During the lunch break we could see the principal walking around to find students throwing around paper bits and food waste. This is a major initiative from the side of the Head Master towards the maintenance of school discipline.

Uniform

Boys: White half sleeve shirt with ash stripes, ash coloured pants and belt.

Girls: White half sleeve top with ash stripes, ash pants and ash overcoat.

Identity card is a must.

               

Contributions of the school towards students’ personality development

Various activities are held throughout the academic year towards the improvement of students’ personality. Moral classes are conducted by MGOCSM on every Friday afternoon in the parish hall. The organisation also conducts various competitions for students. Two of our fellow teacher trainees were judges to a music and elocution competition conducted by MGOCSM.

Class discussions, seminars and elocutions are held in every subject classes. This has inspired students towards participating in youth festival and winning prizes. These activities are also a part of Comprehensive and Continuous Evaluation (CCE).

The students actively participate in science, maths, work experience and other subject exhibitions in the school, sub district, district and state level. In this academic year St. Thomas School won the first place in various exhibitions conducted in the sub- district level.

Though Sanchayika program is not active the school ensures active student participation in Deepika Balajanasakhyam and Vidyarangam Kala Sahithyavedi. Three students secured A+ and cash award for Deepika Balajanasakhyam this year. In the sub-district level St. Thomas achieved first place for ensuring the participation of maximum number of students.

The student Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Alappuzha district is from this school. Abin Jacob Mathew of 10 A is the PM and Aditya Varsha of 7A is the Deputy PM. Students have shown their intellectual talent in various talent search examinations. 3 students secured prizes in the Balasahitya Congress this year. Shankaranarayanan of 9A secured Victor Scholarship and second place in Social talent search examination this year.

Though the school doesn’t have a band troupe, the music club is very active. This led to securing 2^nd place in various items in the district level competitions. St. Thomas School students is an inevitable presence at youth festivals and sports meets. They secured 1^st position in sub-district and 5^th in district level. Students appeared at the state level for 3 items and secured A grade for Parichamuttu. The students of this school ensured their presence at sports meet in the sub-district, district and zonal level. The items the students participated include Shuttle Badminton, Football, Volleyball and Athletics.

                                           

Besides participating in sports and art events the students of this school have made appreciable presence in social service. There are active participants in junior Red Cross, scouts and guides, and health and first aid. Classes on health and first aid are conducted for the students. The school had recently won Fitness Award.

The retired teachers of the school have installed endowments for meritorious students. There are around 13 such endowments for 9^th and 10^th standard students. Alumni Association of the school is also very active a. they meet regularly and make valuable contributions towards the development of the school.

Conduct of Examinations

The overall charge of examinations is in the hands of senior teachers. Examinations in an academic year consist of unit test, monthly test, term and final exams. Internal evaluations in the form of assignments, projects and seminars are also conducted in the classes. Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation is followed in the school.

The school development committee is very active while the School maintenance is done by the management.

Infrastructural facilities

The computer lab consists of sixteen computers and a printer. It classes are held twice weekly –one lab session and one practical. Usually the subject teachers handle the IT classes. The students are evaluated on their technical skills twice in an academic year; i.e. in October and March.  Thirty marks out of 50 is given to evaluate the practical skills, 10 for theory and 10 for continuous assessment. Usually the students are given an online test out of 40.

The smart room also acts as the library due to the unavailability of sufficient space. The resources in the smart room include a projector and laptop. The students are taken to the smart room and are shown various videos. In language classes students are shown dramas. Students get the opportunity to use and learn various softwares. In Maths Geogebra software, Calcium in chemistry, Marble in Geography and Phet in Physics. Students have to learn two chapters each on these. Students of 10^th standard are taught to use the graphic software Ink Scape to draw figures in Biology. They are also taught Database construction and tupi2D animation sofware. On the other hand 8^th and 9^th standard students are taught to create web pages using “kompozer”, circuit construction and Gimp drawing software.

As they learn a number of softwares, the students actively participate in IT related competitions and have brought home various prizes.

Surveys conducted among students revealed that they depend on library and internet for doing their projects and assignments. The school has also ensured the availability of newspapers for students. The school has laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology and students are taken to the labs during allotted hours to do practical. The practical done by students are evaluated under CCE.

       

Toilets and drinking Water

There are 15 urinals and 4 latrines for girls. For boys there is 1 latrine and 12 urinals. Drinking water is sponsored by SBT Haripad branch. The facility is available to the students in front of the school administrative office during working hours.

The students have a big playground, football and volleyball ground, assembly ground and space to temporarily set up shuttle badminton court. Closer to the football ground is the vegetable garden.

The school has spacious parking lots. There are 4 school buses at the service of students in mornings and evenings. Students and teachers have enough sheds to keep their bicycles and two-wheelers respectively.