Name: Mahra Al Qassimi

ID: H00330597
Teacher: Miss Muna Al Suwaidi

EPC 1403 - Practicum 1a

Day 1 - Tuesday, September 29th 2015 Table 1: School Profile

Name of school: Al Darari Kindergarten
Location: Sharjah, Al Darari
Principal: Fatima Saif Al Nuaimi
Tel: Kindergarten: 065385619, Prinicipal: 0506319935
Address: Sharjah, Street #23, Al Darari
PO Box: They use email
Teachers' Starting Time: 7:30am
Teachers' Finishing Time: 2pm
Students' Starting Time: 8am
Students' Finishing Time: 12:45pm
Class for this practicum: KG1 - Section 3 - Arabic
Classroom Teacher: Miss Ebtihal
Classroom Teaching Assistant: None
Number of children in this class: 24 students
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Roles and responsibilities

Morning assembly

What I observed
Class starts at 8 and almost

Interpretations/Comments
I liked how much control and

until 8:30 they would be

respect each teacher had over

outside lined up for the

her students and how

morning assembly.

organized and well-behaved

their students are.

Circle time center

The teacher first greeted them

I was interested at her

and asked how they were, she

teaching method, it's like they

then went over and discussed

knew the routine already

about the attendance, date,

without having to go over it

numbers, recite quran and

every morning. The teacher

religious related stuff etc..

made sure that each student

understood what she was
talking about and they
seemed excited to participate.

Staying clean

Before and after any activity

Teaching them how to be

she would send them in pairs

clean and organized will help

(2 boys and 2 girls) to wash

them in the future and stay

their hands and come back in

healthy.

turns. She also placed a towel

tissue and a small bin next to
it and she would let them
wipe their hands and throw it
away in the bin.
Teaching morals

Respect

She kept reminding them not

My favorite part is where she

to play with food or plates

made sure they washed their

and that they were meant to

hands and said Bismillah

be placed on the table and not

when starting to eat and

the floor.

Alhamdulillah afterwards.

Whenever the students were

Teaching the kids to respect

outside the classroom she

their fellow students and

would tell them nicely and

older people at such a young

gently to stay quiet and not

age will have a good

disturb the other classrooms.

influence on them when they

grow up.

Break time and safety

During break I had a student

4

I liked that they only sent the

who wanted to go to the

students with someone older

bathroom and I asked them

and with experience to escort

who do I send him to, there

them.

were staff who stood to help

Teaching

and escort the students.

After break, she played them

I would prefer to play a video

a video and while everyone

some other time and teach

was engrossed, she would call them without a video playing

a student and teach them.

in the background or it will

become a distraction and they
will have the urge to turn
around and wont be able to
focus.