Typing/Keyboarding Lessons Lesson 1: The home row of the keyboard is the most important to the touch‐typist. When at rest the typist's fingers are positioned, lightly, on the A‐S‐D‐F keys for the left hand, and the J‐K‐L‐; keys for the right hand.
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Typing/Keyboarding Lessons Lesson 1: The home row of the keyboard is the most important to the touch‐typist. When at rest the typist's fingers are positioned, lightly, on the A‐S‐D‐F keys for the left hand, and the J‐K‐L‐; keys for the right hand. Basic Course in Computer Typing English/Marathi/Hindi 40 w.p.m. (GCC-TBC) Content of Syllabus:-1.0 GCC Typing Syllabus Duration Marks Passing Marks 1.1 Keyboard Awareness Like Typewriter 15 Days 10 Marks 1.1.1 Practice Of Typing Words Drill for 40 W.P.M. 07 Marks 1.1.2 Sentence Writing /Typing Practice FOR 40 W.P.M.

To instill love, passion and confidence amongst our students in the learning of Tamil Language.
To groom students to be effectively bilingual and Information Communication Technology (ICT) savvy.

TAMIL LANGUAGE (TL) DEPARTMENT
Mrs Hema Elango AED for TL	Mrs Santhi Chandrasegaran TL Co-Ordinator	Mrs Francisa Subash Lazar SSD

a. ONGOING PROGRAMMES – PART AND PARCEL OF LEARNING

• Engaging Teaching Pedagogies to learn Tamil in a fun way. Students are taught skills to assisT in their learning. Co operative Learning is a key strategy used in the classroom.

Students gainfully engaged in a lesson using the Co operative learning strategy Round Robin

• Building Information Communication Technology (ICT) at every level
- We are currently using the Murasu Anjal (MOE-Singapore) software.
- Currently all students from Primary 1 to 6 are taught to use Tamil 99 (MOE-Singapore) keyboard.
- Students from Primary 3 onwards will be applying their Touch Typing skills on level specific tasks in 2016. (see table below)
- All students are introduced to reliable and safe Tamil search engines to encourage research for learning.

Level	Skill Taught	Assessment
P1	Touch Typing the Tamil letters learnt in P1	Be able to use the correct fingers. Be able to type the words learnt.
P2	Touch Typing the Tamil letters learnt in P2
P3	Typing in Microsoft word document	Short stories with relevant picture(s) inserted.
P4	Creating Powerpoint slides in Tamil	Students to create storyboard using powerpoint slides
P5	Writing and sending emails	Internet etiquette to be taught in sending and receiving emails
P6	Creating small posters in Tamil	Students will be tasked to create A4 sized posters for a school / Department event

• Experiential Learning through LEARNING JOURNEY

Every year ,the Primary Four students will embark on a Learning Journey to Little India during the Pongal Festival week. They will engage in activities conducted at the premise. The knowledge and experience gained is used in completing their first unit of their prescribed textbook/workbook.

Students listening intensely to the facilitator at the Heritage Hunt @ Little India Pongal Festival Celebration .

Students learning about the Farm animals’ contribution in Farming@ the Pongal Festival Celebration

• Enhancing their oral skills through ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME
Students are engaged in varied forms of enrichment activities to enhance their oratorical and critical thinking skills as well as to provide an holistic approach to Learning Tamil through their assigned tasks. The Programmes vary annually based on the students’ needs.

b. 2015 ENRICHMENT PROGRAMME

P1 and P2 – Speech and Drama

P3 and P4 – Poet in the Making

P5 and P6 – The Journalist in Me

c. TERMLY EVENTS

TERM 2

TERM 4

a. PONGAL CELEBRATIONS@INNOVA 2015

Sharing our Indian Culture and Tradition with the whole school community at our Annual Pongal Celebration. The event is conducted on the second or third Friday afternoon in the month of January.

Students waiting for the milk to boil over before they can scoop a spoonful of rice into the pots.

Student displaying her Kolam artwork done during the school Pongal Celebration.

1. ANNUAL TAMIL LANGUAGE COMPETITION

This competition was introduced in 2009 . It aims to provide a platform for our students to showcase their proficiency in spoken Tamil Language. The competition is held on the last Friday of the month of April and is in conjunction with the National Tamil Language Month Celebrations.

Level	Category
P1	Singing
P2	Character Portrayal
P3	Story Telling
P4	Advertisement
P5	Oratorical
P6	When History comes alive

All students are strongly encouraged to participate in the class based audition. The top 3 students of each level will compete on stage in front of all the TL students. The competition is run by the Primary 6 students with the advise and guidance of the Tamil Language teachers.

2. MOTHER TONGUE CULTURAL CAMP

Tamil Typewriting Finger Practice Book Pdf

This camp is been held on a Thursday either during the March or June holidays for students from Primary 3 to primary 6. Students are engaged in activities that promotes the use of the Tamil language and the provides knowledge about Tamil Culture.

Students learning to make garlands under the watchful eyes of the trainers

1. MOTHER TONGUE FORTNIGHT ACTIVITIES

The students are introduced to Language activities during curriculum time in the month of June. They will be engaged in fun-filled classroom activities to promote the use of the Language and Culture. Two major activities are conducted over and above the fun filled classroom activities.

Tamil Typewriting Online

2. Equiping students with hands-on experience in Indian Tradition Games through ‘A GAME A YEAR’ programme.

Students playing boardgame ‘Aadu Puli Aatam’

An outdoor game similar to hopsctotch – ‘Paandi Aattam ‘

Tamil Typewriting Software

3. Providing students the platform to showcase their knowledge of using the Tamil99 keyboard via FASTEST FINGER ON THE KEYBOARD Competition.

Students are assessed on speed and accuracy in this activity. The students will be given a passage /phrase which they will be required to type in the shortest time possible. This activity is another platform for students to use their Touch Typing skills learnt.

4. OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR MTL FORTNIGHT in 2014:

Young ‘Journalists’ in the making at the office of Tamil Murasu

Practice Typewriting For Kids

DEEPAVALI CELEBRATIONS

An annual event since 2008, the concert is run by the P5 TL students from comperi