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Goal:
The goal of all activities is to enhance students'
understanding, skill or effectiveness in a specific
area by engaging multiple styles of learning.
School activities also serve to infuse fun into
learning as well as bolster student confidence
and the ability to think critically.
School activities allow both students and teachers to
make the educational process in and out of the
classroom entertaining and engaging. They also help
students get reacquainted with each other or meet new
friends at the beginning of the school year, break the
monotony in the classroom, and do something different
than the regular activities they engage in.
Yet, with so many such activities out there, it’s
understandable that it can sometimes get
overwhelming to make a choice.
School activities give students the opportunity to
engage with one another, and show many of their
skills, talents, and capacity in a wide range of settings.
And if you or your students believe such extracurricular
activities are unnecessary, we’re here to tell you that
they come with many benefits and are worth pursuing.
Below, we discuss the most significant ones.
Engaging in school activities allows students to get
a taste of real-life skills. For instance, preparing an
impromptu speech allows students to work on their
public speaking skills, diction, and interaction with
the audience.
Other such skills include teamwork, leadership
opportunities, prioritization, problem-solving, critical
thinking, analytical thinking, interpersonal skills, time
management, and so on. The more students engage
in these activities, the more they’ll work on developing
these skills.
When students take part in fun and versatile activities
with their peers, their self-esteem blossoms.
For instance, if they play trivia games, they may realize
how much general knowledge they have. This may
motivate them to further expand that knowledge, and
gives them a much-needed confidence boost.
Even those who don’t struggle to make friends can use
this opportunity to expand their social network and meet
new peers. This allows students to explore different
perspectives and hang out with people they might not
mingle with otherwise.
When students engage in such organized activities,
they get the chance to do something different than
what they’re used to, diversify their skills, have fun,
and create new favorite memories.
Namely, as much as learning new history information,
math equations, and reading assigned literature is
important, sometimes these simple school activities
may be just what’s needed to make someone’s day
and break the monotony in the classroom.
School activities help boost students’ creativity skills.
For instance, when students engage in a scavenger
hunt activity, although they’re required to follow
instructions and a fixed set of tasks, they need to
think outside the box too.
Or when they play an escape room, they need to
approach the process of solving clues in a creative
manner. The same applies to murder mystery games -
they need to be open-minded when it comes to
interviewing potential suspects, finding “holes” in
someone’s alibi, detecting irregularities in someone
else’s story, and so on.
- In school activities and classroom
- Student activities outside school
- Scientific activities
- Cultural activities
- Religious activities
- Awareness activities
- Sports activities
- Artistic activities
- Voluntary activities
Academic activities that typically occur within the walls
of a classroom and are part of a school’s curriculum
are known as curricular activities.
They include subject-
specific learning, encompass different modes of
evaluation, and work to improve a student’s numeric
and language literacy at the elementary level.
This is followed by a deeper understanding of core
subjects such as algebra, biology, history, chemistry,
and literature, among others, in middle and high
school and a focus on developing critical thinking skills.
Difference:
Generally speaking, co-curricular activities are an extension of the formal learning experiences in a course or academic program, while extracurricular activities may be offered or coordinated by a school, but may not be explicitly connected to academic learning. This distinction is extremely fuzzy in practice, however, the terms are often used interchangeably. Activities may be offered or coordinated by a school, but may not be explicitly connected to academic learning. This distinction is extremely fuzzy in 'practice, however, and the terms are often used interchangeably. Athletics, for example, are typically considered to be extracurricular activities, while a science fair would more likely be considered a co-curricular activity, given that students are learning science, participation may be required by the school, students may be graded on their entries, or a science teacher may coordinate the fair. Still, in some schools certain athletics activities might be considered “co-curricular,” while in other schools a science fair may be labeled “extracurricular.”
Generally speaking, co-curricular activities are an
extension of the formal learning experiences in a
course or academic program, while extracurricular
activities may be offered or coordinated by a school,
but may not be explicitly connected to academic
learning. This distinction is extremely fuzzy in
practice, however, the terms are often used
interchangeably.
Activities may be offered or coordinated by a school,
learning. This distinction is extremely fuzzy in '
practice, however, and the terms are often used
Athletics, for example, are typically considered to be
extracurricular activities, while a science fair would
more likely be considered a co-curricular activity,
given that students are learning science,
participation may be required by the school,
students may be graded on their entries, or a
science teacher may coordinate the fair.
Still, in some schools certain athletics activities
might be considered “co-curricular,” while in other
schools a science fair may be labeled
“extracurricular.”
Kinds of these activities:
A-Co-curriculum activities and syllabus:
They are are syllabus -planned Activities.
They are practiced inside the classroom.
They refers to activities, programs, and learning
experiences that complement, in some way,
what students are learning in school—
i.e., experiences that are connected to or mirror
the academic curriculum. Inside classroom,
learners participate in practicing a lot of activities
that belong to the course content.
1- The learner can listen and answer exercises
in his workbook.
2- The learner can listen to a tape and speak.
3- The learner can listen to a situation and answer
questions.
4- The learner can read, think and answer and he
learner can read a passage or a topic and write a report.
5- The learner can listen, imagine and guess.
6-The learner can think, compare and evaluate.
7-The learner can correct others' mistakes through pair work.
8-The learner practices critical thinking through group work .
9-The teacher can do interaction with his learners to enable
them to participate in learning.
10-The teacher enables learners to share in actual situations
11-The teacher enables the learner to express his opinions
and solutions to the problems.
12-The learners answer puzzles, sing learning songs with
jazz music and do:( Interactive games, Card games,
Classic games, Miming games and quiz games ).
13- The learner understands, draws , paints anddesigns real
things out of the available teaching material.
14- The learner can consult a dictionary, an encyclopedia,
listen to a tape and watch a video tape , a CD or a power-
point program.
15- The teacher gives the learners the chance to listen, see,
listen and see, watch teaching films and overhead projectors,
demonstrate, act the roles, exchange roles to illustrate the
learning process and change the theoretical tropics into real
and actual situations.
16- The learner must think, pair, share, notice, observe, agree
with, ,dialogue with himself and with his peers .
17- How wonderful if the teacher transfers the outer
environment into class as real things.
18-The learner can learn through doing, dialoguing,
discussion, debates and conferencing.
19-The learner transmits what he learns to others through
the principle of learning through teaching.
(ECA)
Activities outside classroom
They are practiced outside classroom inside school.
They include:
Sports including; soccer, basketball, baseball, scooter,
racing, hockey, swimming. Performing arts, including
;dance, drama, ballet, choir and band.
A-Inside school
School English Club:
Definition:
It is an activity where learners meet to practice using
English in a relaxed informal environment and
friendly setting.They can range anywhere from a
robotics club to a film club. These clubs can give
you a fun alternative to things you learn in school.
They can also be a great way to make new friends
who have the same interests as you. Get out of your
comfort zone and join a club that peaks your interest.
There are also some ways to form clubs at your
school.
Benefits:
It:
1-Encourage participants to bring in their own content.
2-Asks participants questions about their lives.
3-Divides participants into small groups to do activities.
4-Gives participants opportunities to express
themselves creatively through drama, poetry or storytelling.
5-Gives learners fun, humor, freedom, a chance to meet
new people and make new friends.
Activities:
1-Discussions about childhood.
2-Playing music and songs.
3-Giving opinions about books and authors.
4-Online activities.
Click here to go to : School English club.
Other Examples
Bulletin Board and school magazines
activity group
1-Learners write about English culture every week.
2-They prepare a monthly English school
magazine.
Tools:
1-School board in the school court.
2-Big paper sheets for the magazines.
3-Essays about famous people.
Content:
1-School instructions.
2-Wise sayings.
3-Proverbs.
4-Poetry.
5-Cultures.
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Library
Aims:
1-Developing the soul of researching for
knowledge.
2-Encouraging independent learning.
3-Providing learners with knowledge about other
countries and other people.
4-Developing the soul of share, analysis, synthesis,
evaluation, creation, and imagination.
Strategy:
1-The selected learners go to the school library
once a week.
2-They read about science, literature, Maths, social
studies, athletics or arts.
Procedure:
1-Learners collect knowledge.
2-Learners can visit museums or associations to
support their work.
3-This activity is coordinated by school, but not
graded and not connected to academic learning.
Examples:
School broadcast
It is an activity where selected learners introduce
regular programs every Sunday morning during
the school queue.
1-Supporting share, independent learning and researching.
2-Learning responsibility.
3-Self-confidence.
4-Encouraging talents, creation and innovation.
Plan:
This activity is not graded. They are coordinated by
school, but not connected to academic learning.
The activity learners group meet to set and discuss
the performance of the weekly English program
under my supervision.
Course content:
1-School instructions and activities.
2-Local community news.
3-Simple political news.
4-General cultural, social, scientific and
environmental information.
5-Athletics, space and art news.
5-Geographical and history information.
B- Outside school
These activities are practiced outside the school.
Learners visit the realistic education sites like
museums, hotels, historic monuments, farms,
fields and factories to learn practical learning and
gain practical experiences out of practical learning
to acquire good manners and values.
Learners learn to do small real projects, researches
and reports and to solve problems on their own to
pave the way to the independent learning and
learning through discovery.
Extra Curriculum Activity
School journeys
Linking education to real daily life and the environment.
1-Practical learning.
2-Learning through projects, researches and group work.
3-Usaing direct and indirect environmental material.
4-Encouraging critical thinking(Applicability, analysis,
synthesis, evaluation).
5-This activity is not connected to academic learning.
6-It is not graded.
Learners visit realistic education sites like museums,
hotels, historic monuments, fields, farms and
factories to gain practical experiences by themselves.
Learners learn to solve problems on their own to
pave the way to the independent learning and learning
through their own discovery.
Extension:
Learners visit our national museums to explore about
the Pharaohs.
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A learning and Teaching Environment.
Extra-Curricula activities:
1-Athletics.
2-Visiting fairs and exhibitions
Extra-curricula activities are not connected to
academic learning and not graded.
The aim of this activity is developing the 4 language
skills. Learners work in pairs and groups practically.
Learning through brainstorming, solving problems,
active learning and humor.
1-learners must be mentally, physically,
environmentally and emotionally involved.
2-Learners draw, paint, trace, mime, sing, play music,
imitate and point.
3-They walk, listen, observe, speak, read, act, answer, write,
play roles, report, use technology, use electronic programs
and dialogue.
4-They interact with the teacher, the set-book,
the teaching material and the environment.
5-They debate and interview.
6-The learner applies, analyses, synthesizes, evaluates.
7-They are graded.They are connected to academic learning.
C- Co-curriculum activities
1-Classroom Activity 1
2-Classroom Activity 2
3-Classroom Activity 3
4-Classroom Activity 4
5-Classroom Activity 5
6-Classroom Activity 6
7-Classroom Activity 7
8- Classroom Activity 8
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