SANTINIKETAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, Theni

Club circular for teachers

Extracurricular activities allow students to apply academic abilities in a real-world setting.

Children gain increased social relations, critical reasoning, and teamwork with the help of a
featured and innovative curriculum. As a renowned CBSE boarding school in India, they
should encourage their students to participate in a variety of activities.

Think about teacher-student relationships.

The interactions teachers have with students have a big impact on learning – create a
classroom environment that constantly demands more while affirming student’s self-worth.
A student’s success should be attributed to effort rather than ability.
Praise your students and keep things fun.
The SDGs are fun in all shapes and colours so keep up the tempo. Encourage your
students that learning for action is fun! Use words like “I really like how hard you’ve tried to
answer this question, I like how much effort you’ve put into working on this project today.”
Build problem solvers!
Make sure you ask more questions and encourage students to solve their own
problems. Always refer to your local community to help bring problems to life. E.g. When
thinking about Gender Equality ask ‘what are the main issues affecting gender equality here
in this school and where we live?’. Facilitate students to identify problems for themselves and
design solutions to these problems too.
Apply your best teaching styles Make the sessions engaging.
Use inclusive and interactive teaching styles. Encourage everyone to listen even to
the quietest voices. Give students time to practice new skills and don’t expect too much too
soon.
Believe in your students.
Remember, giving students the confidence they deserve will help them inspire
change.
Note Taking
Keep weekly notes of whatever transpired at the session. Take photos where possible and
ensure you have good data from your weekly event as these will serve as your monthly
summary report. Don’t forget to make sure all pre and post activities are completed to enable
your impact to be recorded.
The discussions you have with your students in these activities need to be handled sensitively
and with consideration given to students backgrounds and experiences. You want to make
the classroom a safe place for your students to share their ideas and experiences. Some
students may want to be excused from certain discussions and this should be respected.
• As much as possible, focus on solutions rather than problems.
• If you think it’s necessary based on the local context, you could divide the class into smaller
groups based on age, gender or experience to create a more relaxed atmosphere to
encourage students to participate.
• If you already have standard “ground rules” in place for managing inclusive and respectful
discussions in the classroom, refer to them at the beginning of the session as you explain that
you will be discussing important but sensitive issues.
• If you do not already have such ground rules, can you develop them with your students?
This will help them to exercise their critical thinking and empathy skills and they will have
more ownership and commitment to respecting the rules. The rules can be illustrated and
displayed in the classroom for regular use.
• Provide an opportunity for students to feedback from their group work and to ask any
questions.
• Offer them the chance to speak to you separately after the lesson if they’re worried about
anything.
• Thank the students for their thoughtful/creative/interesting contributions and for listening
to each other in a kind and respectful way.
• End on a positive, preferably fun note (age-appropriate song, dance, joke etc.)

Importance of Club Activities

➢ It will create the ability’s students gain, such as proper time management to fit their
interests and classroom activities, improved organizational skills, and increased self-
esteem.
➢ Skills learned in clubs, like a conversation, can be transferred to the classroom as the
little brain learns to communicate more effectively.
➢ They were discovered to have superior administrative talents and a greater
understanding of how to connect with their peers than those who did not.

We are building SDGs Youth Champions and we are

depending on you to make this happen!