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CENTRAL BICOL STATE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE

San Jose, Pili, Camarines Sur 4418
www.cbsua.edu.ph
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NAME: _______Elaine D. Mandia______ YEAR AND SECTION: ____BSE 3A____

SCHOOL: CBSUA main campus TEACHER: _____________________________

Objectives:
 Determine characteristics of a school environment that is secure, safe, and supportive of
learning;
 Differentiate the characteristics and needs of learners from different developmental
levels;
 List adaptive measures taken by the school to be New Normal ready.

General Instructions:
 Be able to contact family member, friend, acquaintance or peer who is/are currently
teaching in school via messenger or thru any social media platforms. Seek permission
so you can have access to their classroom pictures and use them as reference to
answer this module.
 You may also conduct interviews as another form of validation to some of your answers
and your observations.

Activity 1:
Interview family member, friend, acquaintance or peer who is/are currently teaching in school to
complete the table specifying the available school facilities and provide a brief description of
how valuable these areas and facilities are to student’s learning and development.

FACILITIES AVAILABILITY DESCRIPTION AND VALUE

Principal’s Office Planning, organizing, directing and co-
everyday coordinating the teaching programmes and
activities of staff and students to ensure their
proper and harmonizing implementation.
Ensuring that issues regarding human
resource management adhere to education
policies, rules and regulations.
Library Libraries are important cornerstones of a
Closed until healthy community. Libraries give people the
further notice opportunity to find jobs, explore medical
research, experience new ideas, get lost in
wonderful stories, while at the same time
providing a sense of place for gathering. ...
Our library is a unique and valuable
resource.
Counselling room Counselling is a process of talking about
Twice a week and working through your personal problems
with a counsellor. The counsellor helps you
to address your problems in a positive way
by helping you to clarify the issues, explore
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options, develop strategies and increase
self-awareness.
Cafeteria/Canteen Well planned school canteens support
Closed until student development and learning. They
further notice provide adequate nutrition which gives
students and staff high energy levels and
prevents diseases, such as obesity and
anaemia, which are related to poor diet.
Medical Clinic/Infirmary Clinics typically provide non-emergency
Twice a week outpatient care that's routine or preventive.
Although hospitals can also provide
outpatient services, they focus more on
providing inpatient care. You'll typically go to
a hospital for specialist care, surgery, or for
more serious, life-threatening conditions.
Audio-visual Room The audio-visual room is a place where the
Every students of all classes experience learning
Thursday in an effective way. The audio-visual method
appeals most to the senses. It leaves a
deeper impact as it involves greater
attention in the act of learning and helps the
child to retain the concepts taught through
these aids.
Science Laboratory Science laboratory equipment will allow your
Closed until students to interact directly with the data that
further notice is gathered. They will be getting a first-hand
learning experience by performing different
experiments on their own. Pupils make use
of the models and then understand the
different scientific concepts and theories.
Gymnasium The main objective of the gym is to help the
Opens only students develop more strength and stamina
every time in terms of their health and other activities.
there’s a The formation of the gym will enhance the
conference overall development of the students as they
will be exposed to many types of exercises
to improve their fitness and endurance
power.
Auditorium It is used for all types of formal assembly:
none lectures, award ceremonies, dramatic plays,
musical theatre productions, concert
performances of orchestra, band, chorus,
jazz band, battles of the bands, dance
competitions and so on. These varied
events place a range of demands on the
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room.
Home Economics/TLE room The TLE (Technology and Livelihood
Twice a week Education) Room caters to the various
needs of the students on homeroom
activities. It aims to provide the necessary
materials and facilities to augment the
students' knowledge and skills in their
everyday lives such as cooking,
construction, gardening, sewing, painting,
and such.
Industrial Workshop Area The primary role of Industrial Arts
Twice a week education is to expose students to a variety
of industrial and engineering technologies
that improve their understanding of
the industrial and engineered world.
School Garden School gardens can make a direct and
Thrice a week immediate improvement in children's diet.
They can provide fruit and vegetables rich in
vitamins and minerals, add nutritional value
to school meals, increase the variety that is
so important for health and growth, and help
children to appreciate and enjoy this variety.
PTA Office Every elementary and secondary school is
Closed until tasked to organize a Parents-Teachers
further notice Association (PTA) for the purpose of
providing a forum for the exchange of ideas,
discussion of issues, and formulation of
solutions related to the school program.
Restrooms (boys and Girls) A restroom can play a prominent role in a
Opens customer's first impression of a company. A
everyday clean bathroom makes your business seem
capable and professional, while a dirty
bathroom has the opposite effect. A clean
and sanitary restroom increases customers'
trust in your business and encourages them
to stick around longer.
Restrooms inside the rooms A lack of access to proper sanitation
Twice a week facilities poses a huge barrier to education
as children frequently miss school due to
hygiene-related diseases. Toilets and proper
washing stations can help stop the spread of
many diseases and parasites such as
diarrhea.
school school provides a balanced education,
Opens which helps to promote a child's
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everyday psychological and mental growth. Besides
academics, children also learn a wide range
of important life skills like good manners,
teamwork, sharing, responsibility, and unity.

Virtual School and Classroom Visit

1. Describe the community or neighborhood where the school is found.

When I went to CBSUA two months ago, I've observed that there are only a few people roaming around
and they only come out from their homes when they need to buy something important such as foods or
their daily needs at home. There are no barangay officials that are going around the neighbourhood but
I can see how disciplined the people are.

2. What impression do you have in these offices?

I got so much nostalgic when I had the chance to visit our school two months ago, maybe because it's
been a year now since the last time we had face to face classes, face to face classes are hard and hectic
but at least we were having fun and we got to study together, we even celebrate our small
accomplishments but now, seeing the arrangement of the offices, it makes me feel like it's really
different now and we can't go back to school as soon as possible.

3. Look at the walls of the classroom. What are the things you can observe in the
classroom?

I didn't clearly see what are posted on the walls or it there were changes but I think it's similar with the
kind of set up that mom did to her classrooms. She posted all the health protocols on the wall so that it
will noticeable to anyone who will come in and out of her room; it serves as guidelines and reminders
also to them of what they should do when they are in public places. When I was outside of CBSUA, I
noticed that there are printed guidelines and health protocols that are posted on the wall before you
enter the gate, the same with what mom posted on her wall also. But I didn't see the walls inside of the
rooms of CBSUA because the windows and doors were closed.

4. Examine how the furniture are arranged. What are the learning materials/equipment
present? How are the desks, tables and desks arranged?

The tables, chairs, furniture and desks were arranged together. They were gathered in the centre aisle of
the room.
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5. Is the room well-lit and well-ventilated?

As what I've observed, the rooms are not well lit and well ventilated. since no one can come inside of
the rooms, even the students who visit the school, the rooms are still closed and secured. students only
go to CBSUA for important purposes

CLASSROOM FACILITATIES MATRIX

Classroom Facilities Description

(Location, Number, Condition, Arrangement)
1. Wall Displays
Since I only had a glimpsed of the walls of the
rooms at CBSUA, I think there's nothing changed.
Except for the walls at the guard house before
entering the gate, there were printed guidelines
and health protocols that are posted.
2. Teachers’ Table The teacher's table, chairs and students desks
were gathered in the centre aisle of the room. In
my own opinion, the reason why they were at the
centre is to keep to them out of reach and I
noticed that there are a few windows that are
broken, maybe it was damaged during the
typhoon

3. Learner’s Desks The teacher's table, chairs and students desks

were gathered in the centre aisle of the room. In
my own opinion, the reason why they were at the
centre is to keep to them out of reach and I
noticed that there are a few windows that are
broken, maybe it was damaged during the
typhoon

4. Blackboard I haven't seen any blackboards inside of the

rooms. If there were before, maybe they
removed it when the pandemic started. I don't
know the reason

5. Learning Materials/Visual Aids I didn't see any learning materials or visual aids
inside of the room since we are attending online
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classes. we answer the tasks or activities that are
given to us by our professors or instructors.

6.

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10.

Pandemic Responsive School and Description

Classroom facilities
11. they give warnings about when the
transactions would return
12. they posted guidelines and health
protocols
13. they put alcohol stand in the entrance They put it in the entrance so that the people
of gate
(Location, Number, Condition, Arrangement)
They give warning through the facebook
page of the school and even print it and post
it on the wall of the guard house in the
entrance so everyone could see it.
They posted it on the walls also in the
guardhouse so that it will be noticeable
who are coming in will get their hands
sanitized

14. they scan the temperature of the

visitor The guards scan all the visitors’ temperature
before they come in so that they can
determine if there is someone who is a carrier
of virus
15. they look for health certification from
anyone who comes from other places Visitors who live in other places like naga,
when visiting the school they need to present health certificate to
prove that they don’t carry virus. The guards
who are in the entrance in the gate are the
ones who are in charge,

My Analysis
1. How do the school campus and the classroom in particular impact the learning of the
students going to school?
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Classroom design has the power to impact students' well-being and motivation, either for
better or for worse. If the classroom looks messy, the students are not likely to
participate in class because they can get distracted while school facilities improve the
quality of the study environment in the school, thus improving the quality of education. I
noticed that when the pandemic started, a lot of students are having a hard time to focus
on their studies because they are not used to environment where they listen to
discussions to their teachers online. A lot of them are saying their homes are not the
proper place where they can learn because they get distracted by the noise that are
created outside like the cars or the people passing by their house and even the people
inside their homes. This only explains that “place” matters for students’ learning.

2. How does school/classroom environment relate to your knowledge of facilitating learning

and to child and adolescent development?

A proper environment for students should be provided for them to learn. Some of them
complain that they cannot focus on their studies at home because a lot of distractions
can occur; some of them get depressed because of the new mode of learning. Seems
like all of the students prefer face to face classes than online learning because they can
participate more in the discussions, studies say that students who take part in
active learning actually learn more than they think they do.

DISCUSSION BOARD
My Reflections/Insights

1. What would you like to see in the school environment? What is your ideal school setting
or school environment?

For me, an ideal school environment embraces the idea that all students can learn and it
works up to build safe learning spaces for students. We hire teachers who are
knowledgeable, care about student learning, and adapt our instruction to meet the needs
of these young learners.

2. What kind of school or campus is conducive to learning?

A school campus is conducive to learning if it is fully fenced, if it is away from the noise
outside such as the noise produced by the cars or from construction sites and if it has
enough space for the learners to do their activities.

3. Describe a classroom that is conducive to learning?

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The ideal classroom is a positive place where a student can come to work toward
specific goals set before them in the class objectives. The teacher is to be positive,
organized, outgoing, confident, and compassionate.

A conducive classroom is a pivotal linchpin in promoting a favourable mood or

atmosphere in a classroom to ensure an effective teaching and learning process to take
place.

4. In the future, how can you accomplish your answer in number 3?

I can create a conducive classroom by putting some displays that encourages

interaction, come out with thought-provoking topics that require the students to think and
share their opinions with no prejudice.

5. At the time of pandemic, what are the adjustments made to the school/ classroom to be
responsive to the New Normal?

When school closures began in March 2020, educators had already spent months building in-
person relationships with students and their families. For many, one of the most jarring parts of
suddenly moving to an online learning environment was the inability to interact in person.
Although classrooms are closed, educators should do what they can to maintain student
relationships virtually. They would greet us students personally just as they would in the
classroom; they establish routines and create flexible deadlines

6. What are the highs and lows are of maintaining conducive and health-responsive school
and classroom environment?

Some of the common classroom challenges faced by teachers include lack of teamwork,

minimal personal time, working towards long term goals, arguments and student
excuses, etc. while a positive classroom environment helps improve attention, reduce
anxiety, and supports emotional and behavioural regulation of students. When educators
foster a positive learning culture; learners are more likely to acquire higher motivation
that leads to wonderful learning outcomes.

POST-ASSESSMENT
Integrating Theory and Practice

1. With the PPST as guide, an ideal learning environment should have the following
characteristics, EXCEPT:
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A. The learning environment promotes fairness.
B. Is safe and conducive for learning.
C. Builds may professional linkages.
D. Establishes and maintains consistent standards of learner’s behavior.

2. Which facilities are present in a health-promoting school environment?

I. Canteen that sells all kind of food including junk food
II. Comfort room common for boys and girls
III. Sanitary drinking fountains
IV. Safe playground
A. II, III, IV C. I and II
B. I, II, III, and IV D. III and IV

3. Which physical school environment supports learning?

A. Availability of flexible classroom furniture
B. Presence of spacious classrooms
C. Prominence of bulletin boards in every building
D. Tall school building.

Documentation
Paste here a picture of the virtual classroom/ school you have viewed or visited. Include best
practices done by the school or the teacher.
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Reference:
Lucas, MR. L., Field Study 1: The Learners’ Development and Environment. Lorimar
Publishing. 2015