WEEKLY PRACTICUM JOURNAL

  HELLO! HELLO! It is now week 8! How fast time flies. During this week, we had one big event. It was exciting because this event involved pupils, teachers, parents and also public. On 24 th October 2023, I entered 2 Alfa for Art class. We made animal masks. They enjoyed the lesson very much. But, it was a bit hard to handle the class since they were too excited and tended to talk and walk around the class a lot. I need to calm down the class every 10 minutes. It was a bit tiring. On 25 th October 2023, on Wednesday, we had a curriculum session in the afternoon. I joined PPIM (Puteri Perlembagaan Islam Malaysia). The activity on that day was, that the pupils need to be a fashionista! They need to dress their friends like women warriors using tudung bawal and kain batik. This activity was also very interesting and enjoyable. I could see a lot of batik styles and it was also hilarious because there was one group that tried to make a tanjak but failed during the presentation. ...

  HELLO! HELLO! Believe it or not, I am halfway done with my practicum! Another 7 weeks to go. Let’s go! At this point, getting in class no longer gave me that nervous wreck in my tummy. English Week was held during this week. There are a few activities that happened throughout this week. On 16 th October 2023, I entered 3 Gamma at 11 in the morning. We did a reading comprehension activity. I could say that most of the pupils in the class can read. Only a few of them need some guidance to read. The activity on that day went very well. All the kids were enjoying the class so much. We also did a few other activities to keep the pupils entertained in the class. Up until this week, what I can say about teaching children under 12 was, that the kids tend to feel bored in the class if you do the same thing every day. They need something new every day. It was so hard to come out with great games or classroom activities ideas. I usually surf it online to collect some ideas from various...

  HELLO! HELLO! Welcome to my week 6 of practicum at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Maluri! Phew! Week 6 already? Time flies so fast. As for now, I feel comfortable walking into classes and interacting with kids and the teachers. It took me some time to feel this comfortable. So, this week, I think it is more challenging than the other weeks, why? First and foremost, on Monday 9 th and 10 th October 2023, the place I lived in had no water supply. But, luckily I already prepared 2 buckets of water for preparation. I got to school clean and showered. Some people don’t get the notice and end up going to school without taking a bath.   On both of these days, I entered my class like usual and there was no special occasion happening. Next, on 11 th October 2023, the water supply is finally back. It was such a relief! Then, I entered 5 Sigma to start the learning. I asked them to write an email to their friends from another country. It was so difficult for them to brainstorm some ...

  HELLO! HELLO! Welcome to my week 5 surviving the practicum! During this week, there was only 1 event that happened which was the Maulidur Rasul Celebration. So, let’s start with the first day of the week. On Monday, 2 nd October 2023 I got to enter 3 Gamma for English class. We learned about past tense. There is this one special kid in this class. He was a bit slow compared to his friends. But, what he did on this day was very thoughtful. I distributed them a worksheet and asked them to complete the exercise and handed it to me by the end of the class. As usual, some advanced kids completed the exercise within the times given. I made an exception for that one student because I knew that he would take the longest to complete the exercise. So, I don’t really mind if he wants to bring his work home. But, little did I know, he actually completed the exercise. Right after I stepped out of the class, he ran towards me to hand over his work. Honestly, I was shocked. I did not expect ...