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KNOW ABOUT<br />
LEARNING THROUGH DRAMA<br />
Drama is a fabulous way for anyone to communicate, connect with one<br />
another and build their confidence and social skills. The students of Grade<br />
3 were inquiring into non-verbal and verbal communication through their<br />
unit Let’s Talk. Thus, a workshop combining the two was conducted by Ms.<br />
Cathy, the Drama Teacher in the Senior <strong>School</strong> for these students to help them<br />
understand the different perspectives of verbal and non - verbal communication.<br />
The workshop created a safe environment for the students to explore and<br />
express themselves. The activities were ‘Self- Introductory Game’ and ‘Bang<br />
Bang’, where the students had to respond to a particular situation. They also<br />
ART SPEAKS<br />
Grade 2 has been<br />
inquiring about different<br />
forms of art as<br />
a part of their unit<br />
‘Art Speaks’ under<br />
the TD theme "How<br />
we express ourselves".<br />
Their learning reached<br />
a new dimension with<br />
the inputs from our<br />
guest speakers: Mr. Paul Hume – international artist, Ms.<br />
Cathy - theatre artist and Ms. Charuvi – animator. Paul<br />
Hume is a famous visual artist. He shared a few of his art<br />
pieces (paintings and videos) from his campaign on malnutrition<br />
and upcoming exhibition in Singapore. He explained to<br />
students that Art can also be used to convey meaningful and<br />
thoughtful messages besides abstract ideas. Ms. Cathy, theatre<br />
artist taught the students non-verbal forms of Art through an<br />
activity to demonstrate how different people can have a diverse<br />
perspective about the same thing. Ms. Chaurvi, an animator,<br />
unveiled the mystery of animation to the students. The sessions<br />
were immensely enjoyed by the students and they understood<br />
how these art forms can be used to express ideas, feelings,<br />
spread messages and awareness globally.<br />
Ms. Rekha Saluja<br />
MATH IS FUN... THE INQUIRY WAY<br />
It’s always a question<br />
as to how an inquiry<br />
happens in Numeracy!<br />
Yes, Numeracy!<br />
Inquiry is the root<br />
of the PYP curriculum<br />
and the teachers<br />
strive their best to<br />
deliver a lesson<br />
in Literacy,<br />
Numeracy, Units<br />
of Inquiry, Hindi or<br />
for that matter P.E., through inquiry.<br />
Let us take the example of a Grade<br />
3 inquiry into Measurements. For<br />
the tuning in activity, the teacher divided<br />
the class into groups. The students<br />
were given some tools and<br />
were asked to measure the class<br />
cupboard, white board, desk, etc.<br />
using any one tool they felt appropriate.<br />
The students used their thinking skills<br />
and social skills while working in the<br />
group and justified why they used a foot<br />
ruler or an inch tape to measure. Once<br />
students got an idea that they would be<br />
working with measurements they<br />
embarked on the finding out stage. The<br />
students were then given some cut outs<br />
of whales (and other animals) with<br />
different sizes and were asked to sort<br />
them out according to the sizes from<br />
ascending to descending order. This<br />
was then the sorting out stage. Having<br />
arranged it according to their sizes,<br />
the students then made a bar graph to<br />
did a ‘3 Photo Frame’ activity where they had to depict<br />
a situation of their choice using non - verbal cues.<br />
Through this workshop, children gained a sense of<br />
achievement in creating their own work, both individually<br />
and as a team, while having fun at the same time. It<br />
also focused on each individual’s perspective of different<br />
situations. Learning through drama was truly FUN!!<br />
Ms. Dura Shawar<br />
MIRROR MURAL<br />
Arts engage students in creative processes<br />
through which they explore and experiment<br />
in a continual cycle of action and<br />
reflection. Such creative processes are<br />
seen by the PYP as the driving force in<br />
learning through inquiry incorporating a<br />
lot of fun! In a quest to help students get<br />
a better understanding of the Visual Art<br />
in society, the students of Grades 4 and 5<br />
were involved in creating an outdoor mural<br />
in cement and glass. The mural has<br />
been inspired by a two dimensional linear<br />
clay-relief element adorned with bits and<br />
pieces of glittering mirrors. This creates<br />
an aura of mystic revelation in the clay<br />
murals, synonymous to the cultural<br />
identity of Kutch in Gujarat. During the<br />
process the students learnt about creating<br />
and appreciating art. The experience<br />
was fun filled and gratifying for us and<br />
will continue to encourage students to<br />
explore such creative ventures throughout<br />
their lives.<br />
represent the data.<br />
This was again a<br />
task to strengthen<br />
their understand<br />
ing of Bar Graphs<br />
through an<br />
activity done in<br />
Measurements. The<br />
students made connections<br />
of their<br />
undestanding<br />
about measurements<br />
by cutting pictures of grocery<br />
items and writing down how much<br />
each item would weigh by giving<br />
valid reasons to their answers. The<br />
students by this time were so very<br />
keen in knowing about how much<br />
each item actually weighed or<br />
measured, that they observed<br />
the shopkeepers’ weighing<br />
machines carefully in order to check,<br />
if the weight written on the product,<br />
matched with that on the machine. Wow,<br />
now that is what we call ‘taking action’!<br />
Thus, by using inquiry in<br />
Numeracy,<br />
learning<br />
is a whole<br />
lot of fun!<br />
Ms. Sabeena Menon<br />
Ms. Aditi Singh<br />
FUN WITH<br />
TOYS<br />
A workshop based on toy design<br />
and development was conducted<br />
by Prof. Sudarshan Khanna and Ms. Aarti Srivastav on the 28th April<br />
2011 at Vasant Valley <strong>School</strong>, New Delhi and was attended by two teachers<br />
from the Early Years, Ms. Sona and Ms. Neetu. The workshop commenced<br />
with a brief talk on how learning can be fun and understood as a process<br />
by experiencing the relationship between design, science and technology.<br />
The teachers were introduced to a couple of concepts in toy<br />
design after which they proceeded to designing and developing two or<br />
three toys by using the simple materials and tools provided to them.<br />
Ms. Sandeep Kamboj<br />
LITERACY DAY<br />
saaxarta vaar<br />
p`aqaimak ivaValaya ko p`aMgaNa maoM,<br />
saaxarta idvasa ko ]plaxya maoM<br />
caaraoM trf baccaaoM ko cahknao<br />
kI AavaajaoM gaU^Mja rhI qaI.saBaI<br />
kxaaAaoM maoM ivaiBanna p`kar kIo<br />
rcanaa%mak gaitivaiQayaa^M cala rhI<br />
qaI .ijasamaoM rivand` naaqa TOgaaor kI<br />
khainayaa^M, kivatae^M^M, phoilayaa^M^M,naaTk<br />
,SabdaoM ka jaadU, , ek imanaT maoM, khanaI<br />
rcanaa Aaid gaitivaiQayaaoM maoM<br />
saBaI iSaxaaqaI- vyast qao.saBaI bahut<br />
]%saaiht AaOr KuSa qao.<br />
rMjanaa vaaYNao-ya<br />
To reinforce our love for the Languages<br />
the Primary <strong>School</strong> marked<br />
Literacy Day on the 6th May. The<br />
students were introduced to the life<br />
of Nobel Laureate, Rabindranath<br />
Tagore whose birthday falls on the 7th<br />
May. The activities that were planned<br />
included Treasure Hunt, Buddy<br />
Reading, riddles, creating superheroes,<br />
picture dictation, word splash and many<br />
more to remind the students about the<br />
magic that can be woven with words.<br />
The students of Grade 4 and 5 had also<br />
m e t i c u l o u s l y<br />
prepared for Buddy Reading by reading<br />
the stories and making props and puppets<br />
to make the story sharing experience,<br />
with their juniors, an enriching one.<br />
The Literacy Day helped the students<br />
connect with English and Hindi through<br />
activities that were fun and helped<br />
them to enjoy the magic of languages.<br />
Ms. Renu Kaushal<br />
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