COMMUNITY LIVING CAMP REPORT

As part of the B.Ed curriculum, our college, Fatima Memorial Training college had organized a community living camp (venal mazha) from 03/04/2019,Wednesday to 07/04/2019,Sunday. The community living camp was inaugurated by Dr.Arul R.B Krishna IPS. The welcome speech was given by our Principal Dr.Anitha.N and the keynote address was given by Dr.A.Younus Kunju EX.MLA and the felicitation address by Sri Noushad Y,vice chairman of FMET,Dr Mini k.S vice principal  and Dr.k Soman,PTA president and vote of thanks was given by Ms Akhila.A

After the inauguration, the camp started with a house warming ceremony. Later a food fest and painting exhibition was also arranged. 

After the food fest a musical night programme was coordinated by Mr.sreeraj Parackal.He is a radio jockey of community radio Benziger as well as an assistant professor at Bishop Jerome institution. After that all had have their dinner and went to bed.

The next day(04/04/2019),Thursday starts with a wake up bell and all had tea at 5.45 am.The physical activities were started at 6.15 am. After having breakfast, a personality development class was organized and the chief guest was a clinical psychologist Dr.Justin.G.Padmadan .It was an inspiring class which he also shares his life experience with us a best example of psychologically proven models. After the class we all had lunch and the next season was an orphanage visit to Chathanoor Snehatheeram and visiting a family. Visit to both the places made feel very miserable in their conditions and our college also provided financial support for them. The next session was a musical show which status at 7.00pm. It was a'Nadan Pattu' programme and the songs were sung by Noushad sir ,other singers and also some students like Devika,Archa,Suvarna were also accompanied along with them to sing the songs. After the programmes all had went to have dinner and went to bed to sleep. 

The third day 05.04.2019,Friday was a day of outing for all. We all had went to tour to Athirapally and Vazhachall. The visit to both places was an unforgettable and memorable experience to everyone which we enjoyed a lot.

The fourth day ,06/04/2019,Saturday starts with a wakeup bell at 5.00 am and had tea and went to do the physical activities. After the refreshment we all had our breakfast and later it was followed by a counseling class by Dr.Mohan a consultant psychologist. The class was amazing which points out the faults that teaching makes  and also taught interesting ways to deal a class. After the lunch break, it was followed by an art education programme in which each class played and performed various performances on the stage and made wide applause. After that it was followed by camp fire and after dinner and all had gone to bed to sleep.

The last day(07/04/2019),Sunday started usually. After having tea ,physical activities and having breakfast it was followed by reflection section. Every students felt bad to go back to their home. It was  really a wonderful experience which we felt during the five days and made us an unforgettable event in our life.

FIELD TRIP REPORT

      FIELD TRIP REPORT

As  part of the curriculum we the students of 1st year B.Ed batch went to kuthiramalika and planetarium for a monument visit on 24.11.2018.We started our journey at 7.30 am in the morning by Airbus. We reached kuthiramalika at 9.45am. Kuthiramalika was a historical palace built by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma on the south eastern side of Padmanabhaswamy temple,Thiruvanthapuram.

    

Etymologically, the palace got its name from the 122 horses that were carved into the wooden wall brackets that support the southern roof.The official name of the palace was Puthen Malika(New Mansion).The palace forms part of a vast complex of royal buildings in the vicinity of padmanabaswamy Temple.The building was left unoccupied for more than a century,following the demise of Swathi Thirunal in 1846.

   Although built in the 1840s,kuthiramalika was an example of traditional kerala architecture, with its typical sloping roofs,overhanging caves,pillared verandahs and enclosed courtyards intricate carvings adorn the wooden ceilings with each room having a distinctive pattern.

The construction of the palace was completed by 5000 vishwabrahmins in 4 years. The palace was made from teakwood, rosewood,marble and granite.The roof of the palace was made of wood and 42 beams support the carved patterns. In all,the palace contained 80 rooms, of which 20 were opened for visitors in 1995. The floor inside the palace was made of egg whites, charcoal and limestone, which made it cold and smooth even in hot weather conditions.

  There was also a portion of kuthiramalika which had been converted to a palace museum that houses some of the assets owned by the Travancore Royal Family. Although,so rooms were there in the palace only 20 were opened for visitors. The palace collections include 14 life size. Kathakali, Mannequins, Belgian harpoons armaments,musical instruments,traditional furniture, Greek statues, a musical tree which produced 8 sounds on tapping and other artifacts.The palace had on display two royal throne,one made from 24 elephant tusks (Dantasimhasana) and the other of Bohemian crystal with the Travancore emblem conch adorning the top of the backrest. 

On the first floor, were rooms that once served as the audience chamber, library and an alcove that Swathi Thirunal used for meditating and for conceiving many of his famous musical compositions. One of the rooms displayed an illusion  portrait of Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma painted by svetoslav Roerich. The face and the shoes of the king appear facing the onlooker from every corner of the room. The courtyard of kuthiramalika was the venue for Swathi Sangee(also known as kuthiramalika festival) a yearly music festival,commemorating the legacy of Swathi Thirunal. These music festivals were conducted from 6 to 12 January every year. It attracted many of the leading stalwarts of carnatic and hindustan classical music.

Then by 11.30 am we left from kuthiramalika palace and started our journey towards Priyadarsini Planetarium which  was situated in the heart of Thiruvanthapuram city in kerala science and Technology Museum. We reached there at 11.45 am. Planetarium was a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and night sky or for training in celestial navigation. The most feature is that planetarium was the large dome shaped projection screen on to which scenes of stars ,planets and other celestial objects could be made to appear and move realistically to stimulate the complex motion of the heavens. The celestial scenes were created with a wide variety of technologies such as precision engineered stars ball that combine optional and electro magnetic technology slide projection,video and full dome projector systems and lasers. Typical systems were set to stimulate the sky at one point in time,past or present and depicted the night sky that appeared from any point of latitude on earth.

The show started at 12.00 pm and the name of the show was 'Hello Earth'.It lasted about 45 minutes. The show mainly focused on the origin of words,printing press,technological development and also proved that how man became the supreme being of all inventions. It also made us wonder about the place we sat upon was a miracle of the advancement of technology and mesmerised our mind and eyes using a three dimensional image which was exactly like a 3D show without glasses.

The monument visit to both the places was awesome and also made us wonder to the world from a traditional palace to a place of technological advancement.It made us proud to be a citizen of kerala to witness these wonders of excellence. Anyway it was an informative as well as a pleasurable trip.