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Understanding the topic Health and hygiene is difficult for young

learners to sip in. I never took up any charge in making its lesson plan
or flow chart. The fear within me was that I always used to think that
I am not a creative person neither good at technology to surf or
research on any games or activities. The only thing I was sure of was,
good execution of someones plan.
This year is a year of new insight. I promised myself to go little
beyond my comfort zone and try and do things which I was running
away from. I realized that practising the things which I am already
good at wont help me grow. I need to broaden my horizons for my
growth and thats the reason why I enrolled my name in PBL, decided
to learn some technical skills (which I have learned and executing),
and make the plans which I had not made till now.
Topic- Health and hygiene
The topic of health and hygiene is very broad. Its very important that
from a very tender age students should be taught to practise certain
habits which will lead them towards a healthy life.
This is a topic which is taken across by all the grades at their
level but its difficult to imbibe certain routines in students as they
are very young and dependent on their parents for their work.
Based on last years reflection, we did some amendments in our
plans. We changed our plan this year and focused on the skills and
understanding more. Our goal was to go vertically deep and
strengthen the contents importance and application.
Action takenWe executed the plan and were successful in imparting the proper
awareness to the students. As we had some authentic practises in
our plans such as brushing for few days on the campus and learning
the proper steps for it, washing hands using soap to clean the entire

hands and using of accessories to keep our body

clean were
successful. Students who did not liked to brush or was not realizing
the importance of hygiene in daily life, started implementing the
things taught to them. We got good oral feedback from many
parents but we did not get expected support from parents in terms
of follow up activities given in B.A.

Name of the child: ___________________________________________________

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the blank column of the table given below

Days
Sunday

When did I brush my teeth?

In the morning
At night

Monday

In the morning
At night

Tuesday

In the morning

Tick mark ( )

Parents feedback

At night
Wednesday

In the morning
At night

Thursday

In the morning
At night

Friday

In the morning
At night

Saturday

In the morning
At night

Learning- GeneralThis year we stuck to some protocols such as time management,

constructive feedback etc. Certain topics are sometimes stretched as
they are informative or inquiry sessions but we made sure that we
revolve our discussion around our objective. Keeping students age in
mind as young students have less attention span. As a team, we kept
on reminding each other on the time protocol, as well as the think
time to be given to the students while discussions which was a good
learning from PBL study aids. Other than that discussion on what
went wrong or where we will like to modify our plan was done on
regular basis.

Learning leading and collaborating with colleaguesMaking the lesson plan and sharing it aloud helped me rectify my
mistakes and got a better understanding and a broader view point.
We got more clarity and confirmation on our thought process.
Learning action researchI feel that practising using youre asking muscles help you get more
clarity and confirmation on your ideas which helps in better
execution. It helped me grow a lot as a practitioner and developed
my confidence.
Reflection-

1.-Personally this year I got a new insight i.e. - when you share, you
dont lose anything but you gain more.
2- Secondly we realized our mistake of giving B.A (Check list) during
Navratri break. We thought that parents will take the task seriously
but because of the festive mood, they did not do anything
enthusiastically.

SurprisesI am astonished as well as happy that I am able to manage things in

crisis also. I am practising TFU well, learning many things from PBL
and still balance my personal life as well. I was never sure that I can
go an extra mile and learn new things.
QuestionsServing my best to the school and my family is my aim but because of
that I have to at times compromise on my health or wishes. How far
is it worth? How do I manage both the arenas?
Next steps- I would like to schedule my day where I can spend some
time being myself.
I would like to continue taking some risks in my life to overcome my
fear.
I would like to continue sharing the feel at the end of each unit in
reflections to better up for the next year. This will help in taking the
best from the whole.