Shilpa Krishnan B

  DAY 5 FINALE FRIDAY  17 of March marked the last day of our camp and the day began with a prayer by Anjana.S Nair. The first session was the news release presented by Gemini House depicting the events of the previous day. The best part of it was a video played by them that shows the students leaving the campus with their belongings the previous day, which was a heart-melting one. After a tea break, the official Valedictory Function began at 10.45am.  Our beloved Dr. Simi Teacher addressed the gathering, followed by the report presentation by the College Chairman,  Parvathi.S,  consolidating the entire events that happened during the camp. Financial report of the camp was submitted and read by Priya Krishnamoorthy, and explained about the entire expenses of the entire camp.  After that reflection session was provided,  where the students came front to talk about their experiences regarding the camp. The most common topics that they told include, the r...

  DAY 4 THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY  Today was the last day of our residential camping, each and every one were worried about leaving and started to miss the past days of the camp. So, today morning as usual we had our bed coffee, personal time and prayer time. At 7. 15 till 8.30 we had an Aerobics session conducted by our classmates Archana Mohan and Arathi.R.P. It was one of the most memorable events, and everyone enjoyed as well as took part in it wholeheartedly. They played a video of the session and demonstrated it in front of us, and we joined them.  After our breakfast and relaxtion time, we had the news release done by Virgo house, depicting the events of the previous day. The presentation of Remya Ratheesh was the special part of the session. At 9.45 Cultural Programme of Leo House, 'Prakambanam', began, and it surprised us with the exquisite performances of each group members. They played a skit based on Retro theme,  sung amazing group song collecting the best son...

  DAY 3 WEDNESDAY WISDOM  On the third day of our camp (15th of March), we woke up at 5.30 after an amazing and enjoyable stay at the college. Then everyone used their time to get ready for the day and we were served tea at 6 am. After our tea time, we had our prayer time at 6.30 and breakfast at 7.15.  Later we had news release presented by Leo house which was really entertaining and it consolidated all the relevant things that happened on the previous days. At 9 we had our yoga class which was guided by Thushara Kala Ma'am.  It was a great session and had a soothing effect.  It made us relax from our within and concentrate to breath and body. And it came to an end at 10.45 am. Then at 11 we had a class on Self Defense which was taken by two officials from Kerala Police. It was a thought provoking class that taught us about the insecurities that prevail in our society and how should we maintain focus and clear awareness regarding our immediate environment. They...

DAY 2 TRAVEL TUESDAY The second day of our camp was the most awaited one, since it was a field trip day. Hence from that day we were going to stay at the college,  everyone came with bundles of their belongings. At 8'O clock our journey began and we went straight to Padmanabhapuram Palace, which was one among the  historical treasures of the South India.  Eventhough the day had a boiling climate,  nothing would made us stay away from enjoying our maximum throughout the journey. We reached the palace at 10.15 and spend almost one and a half hour at the palace. The palace filled our soul with peace, culture,  tradition and above all, pure satisfaction.  It might be my love for arts that always connects me to such places but I really enjoyed the trip. Heat of the day was managed by refreshing nature drink.  At 12 we went to Thriparappu Waterfalls which was also a splendid place. We had our lunch there and spent 2 hours at the place. Certain spot of the pl...

DAY 1 MOTIVATION MONDAY  Officially the camp kick start on 13 of March. The day beholds the Inaugural function, theme presentation,  cultural programmes and gardening of Virgo group,  cleaning of Leo group and games set by Gemini group. The theme of our camp was, Environment,  Education and Empowerment.  The chief guest was Dr. Meenakshi Ramachandran,  former principal of Christ Nagar College of Education and who presently took the chair of principal at Christ Nagar School, Thiruvallam.  Her presentation was a splendid one which was highly informative, thrilling and thought provoking.  After lunch the cultural programme named Cinemala was hosted by Virgo group based on retro theme, representing the transition of movies from ages. The games presented by Gemini house set the mood for the day and made a competitive spirit in the audience.  With the tea break, the day came to an end. Since the day was non-residental we went back to our home and p...

    "Community Living Camps help the students in understanding the core of rural life,  their problems and needs, and help them in preparing a plan for social work practice and community development ."  As a part of our B.Ed curriculum we the students of Christ Nagar College of education arranged our Community Living Camp named MELIORA 2K23 from 13 March 2023 to 17 March 2023. Before the announcement of our camp, everyone among us were really worried about the nature of the camp, whether it would be residential or non- residential. Looking into our college from our perspective,  it was mainly a place of hectic works, programmes,  records, teaching practices, frustrations and much more. We, often went there with a mind filled with anxiety and stress. I was always the admirer of my previous college life, so for me the place was very different as well as novel, I never explored much more there. Later our Principal Ma'am announced that our camp would be a blend...