The egg protecting cover

The egg protecting cover 

This time our activity is to make a protecting cover for the egg.When we throw the egg the cover should prevent it from breaking.
First the whole class was devided into three groups and then madam gave  1egg,five A4 papers and and cellotape for each team and told us to make the protecting cover within the time period of 45 minutes.
After the  given time was finished the eggs were thrown from the top.
Unfortunately 2 teams eggs were broken and one team made it successfully.

The lessons we got from this activity

• Plan before you do anything
•  Working as a team.
• Winning and losing is just a part of the game.Participation matters a lot.  

Stand on the paper&lava river

   STAND ON THE PAPER

To each of our groups a large paper was given. The objective of the game was for everyone to keep their feet on the paper and have no part of their body touching the floor. In this game everyone of our teams had to squeeze as much as together.For each round that was successfully ended, we had to fold the paper in half and attempt to stand on it again and kept folding the paper in half again and again until we were unable to successfully stand on the paper as a group.



From this game also we learn many things. Some of them are mentioned below.


How to work as a team.How to manage our given materials to reach our target.How to work in co-operation.How to maintain a good communication.How to balance the thingsTeam compatibility.




 THE LAVA RIVER

First we were devided in to 3 groups and each group had 8 members.To play the game lava river four plates were given as our materials.What we had to done was we had to use those plates and go across the lava river. The river was filled with lava so none of as cant touch the river.these plate can be placed on the river as stepping stones and can be moved around.If anyone makes contact with the river then that person was considered as fell in to the lava river and had to go back to the starting point.The team that got its team members across in the minimum time won.on the lava river there were some special point and on those point there were marks and that marks were added to our final marks.


From this game we got an idea about


How we can work as a team.How to communicate with others to achieve our received target.To work in co-operation.How our leadership skills should be improved.In which way we can use our ability in problem solving phase and etc.

University of kelaniya

University of kelaniya 

History

        The University of Kelaniya has its origin in the historic Vidyalankara Pirivena, founded in 1875 by Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera as a centre of learning for Buddhist monks.


       With the establishment of modern universities in Sri Lanka in the 1940s and 1950s, the Vidyalankara Pirivena became the Vidyalankara University in 1959, later the Vidyalankara Campus of the University of Ceylon in 1972, and, ultimately, the University of Kelaniya in 1978.


      The University of Kelaniya has 7 faculties , studentwalfare devisdevision,medical centre,library,playgrounds.

Faculties

•  Faculty of humanities
•  Faculty of social sciences
•  Faculty of commerce & management studies
•  Faculty of science
•  Faculty of medicine
•  Faculty of computing and technology
•  Faculty of graduate studies

Student welfare division

    Some Services provided by student warfare devision:

•  Administration and maintanance of hostels,canteens,studentcentre,the book shop,milk bar,hairdressing salon,photocopy service.
•  Calling applications for hostel facilities.
•  Registration for student's committees and activities related to bursary, mahapolascholarships.
•  Coordinating activities of fundraising by student unions.

Medical centre

 University health service provides free consultation and free basic medicine.
Student's need to provide medical certificates whenever they take leave due to illness,especially during examinations.

Library

The university library has a spanning over 55 years owns a collection of over 239,800 books and monographs relevant to various study programs and research activities.
The library reader services section are normally kept open for users from 8.00 a.m to 6.00p.m.

Grounds

 There are 3 grounds in the university.
          Main ground.
          

          

What we learnt from PPD?

What we learnt from PPD? 

From this ppd we have learnt a lot and enjoyed it well. And we got amazing experiences throughout this session. It helped us to develop our skills and know about us others strength too.

• Self Confindence
• Time Management
• Dicision Making
• Planning Skill
• communication skills
• How to manage stress  
• Team Working
• Communication SkillsTeam WorkingPresentation Skills

Those are the things what we learnt from PPD mainly.



With the session PPD we learn how to help people when they need and also we get the knowledge when people need help and what are the different ways we can help them. ppd is a good session that we can develop our personal skills with enjoyable way

To develop that main ability and to communicate correctly and to respect our team members and to listen them, the PPD session is the most important part in our life .

And it also made
1. self-awareness.

We got to know who we really are; our values, beliefs and the purpose we wish to pursue. True fulfilment can never come from chasing other people’s dreams. If you want to achieve lasting happiness, you need to design your life based on who you are. Then you can chase your own goals and objectives. When you are chasing your own goals, there is as much pleasure to be derived from the journey as there is to be derived from reaching your destination. 

 2. A sense of direction



Once you have raised you self-awareness, you are clearer on the things you wish to achieve from life. Decision-making becomes a lot easier. Tasks which used to take a great deal of your time, no longer make it onto your to-do list. You now realise that they do not move you towards your objectives and therefore are not worthy of your time.

 3. Improved focus and effectiveness



With personal development . Even with an improved sense of direction, there will always be multiple tasks looking for your attention. As your personal development improves, prioritisation becomes much easier. You are clearer on your objectives and you can quickly identify which task will give you the best result with the resources available to you at that moment.

Improved focus and effectiveness comes with knowing and playing to your strengths.

 4. More motivation



When you know what you want to achieve, it is easier for you to see the benefits of taking action. Even when the task ahead is not enjoyable; if you can see a clear benefit, you are more motivated to take the necessary action. There is truth in the old adage‘Where there is a will there is a way’. With strong personal development, you develop the necessary will.

 5. Greater resilience



There will be tough times in life. When these tough times occur, you need to have the skills and attributes to deal effectively with them.  Personal development cannot prevent all bad things from occurring but it will help you deal with them when they do. You will have greater confidence, resilience, personal and interpersonal skills to cope with any eventuality.

Personal development is a much used and much maligned term. It is about taking the time and, making the commitment, to invest in your greatest resource – you. When you put the effort in to developing yourself, the rewards are amazing. Many people are put off personal development because the results are not always measurable. However, the greatest achievers in life know that the key to success is the ability to manage yourself in a variety of situations. That ability comes through personal development.

Paper tower

Paper Tower

 Paper Tower is a simple teambuilding activity that involves creativity, planning and teamwork.  Build the tallest tower using just A4papers and cellotape and scissor .

• Materials required:12A4papers, 1cellotape, and a scissor.
• Number of People : Three  teams of 8 people Time Required:45 minutes.
• Rules: You cannot use materials other than A4paper and cellotape and scissor. The winning team will be decided according to the height and creativity and stability and streightness of the tower.

How Do we Play Paper Tower?

Give each team 45 minutes to plan and discuss strategy, and then start to build the tower.Each team will build a tall tower using the materials supplied.  When time is up, stop everyone and measure the height of the tower to determine the winner.  Towers must remain standing and not fall and be straighten.

    At the very beginning of making Paper Tower ,we had not a plan how to built it.All of the members in our group presented their own idea about the basement and how to built it height.After long discussion our group member Shehara started to make the basement as her own way.It was right and it was accepted by all the members.Then we had a plan and started to build it all together and we made four supports for the basement.Then we rolled the papers like cones and pasted them one by one.But when tower's height was increasing,the straightness and strength went down.When the time was over we had used 11 papers and had made 2nd highest tower,from the three groups.

End of this activity we had learnt a lot.when we are doing anything we must have a plan and strategy about what we are going to do.when we are working as a group all of the members have the responsibility on that and someone should take the leadership as well. We must listen to others. And we also learnt to how to finishes the work within the given period of time.

Know about PPD

What is PPD??

PPD means Personal Progress Development.

PPD covers activities that improve our softskills.Such as awareness and identity, develop talents and potential, build human capital and facilitate employability,enhance the quality of life and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations. Personal development takes place over the course of a person's entire life.

The phrase ‘soft skills’ is often used to describe the skills which characterize relationships with other people, or which are about how you approach life and work.


What are the Most Important Soft Skills?

It’s hard to judge which soft skills are most important, but this list is soft skills and the skills which are most likely to enable you to build constructive working relationships with others, or to be a constructive and helpful employee.


1. Communication Skills

Communication skills are always top of the ‘essential skills’ list in any job advertisement. People with strong communication skills can build relationships ,listen well, and vary their communication to suit the circumstances.


2.  Making Decisions

Valued by employers for many reasons, being able to make decisions is key to getting on in life. Sometimes the actual decision doesn’t even matter; what matters is that you have made one and moved on.


3. Self-Motivation


People who are self-motivated get on by themselves. They don’t need close supervision and they are good to work with because they are generally positive about life and can be counted upon to keep going. It also helps to work on your personal resilience and adaptability to change.


4. Leadership Skills

These are the set of soft skills that we least expect someone to develop by themselves.



5. Team-Working Skills

 There is also plenty of thinking to suggest that good communication skills, particularly good listening skills, together with an ability to build rapport will go a long way to support your ability to work well in a team.


6. Creativity and Problem-Solving Skills


Creativity and problem-solving skills are highly valued because they are hard to develop. There are many people who believe that creative thinkers are born, not made, and there are certainly some people who find these skills much easier.


7. Time Management and ability to work under pressure


Many would say that these two skills, which often go together, are more an attitude than a skill. However, they can also be developed and honed, which is why we include them as skills. Highly valued by employers, they are also very useful for organizing a family or a team, and for making sure that the job gets done.

How to Improve Soft Skills

1.     Developing Your Communication Skills

•          Aim to be understood

•          Make eye contact.

•          Monitor your body language

•          Practice speaking

•          Develop your writing skills.

•          Pay attention to the other person's body  language

2.     Strengthening Interpersonal Relationships

•          Build relationships

•          Be friendly with colleagues

•        Network with people inside and                      outside your organization

•          Practice leading

3.     Demonstrating Enthusiasm and Ingenuity

•          Take initiative

•          Do tasks without being asked by                       someone else

•          Seek more challenging work

•          Improve your problem-solving skills

•          Boost your creativity

Through out the PPD activities we can able to get all these personality and develop our softskills.