Optimistic October has been a month of hopes and new achievements. With the arrival of this month, we have been able to commence the classes on a hybrid model. The exciting stepping in of our zealous students on campus witnessed them beaming with excitement and happiness. The core value of the month ‘I Am Peace’ was discussed well during the QCT lessons in which students could understand the concept and its importance by watching videos on the theme. The students shared their views about peace within and everywhere. The festive season of Dussehra and Diwali has been enjoyed in the special assemblies and several cultural performances by our talented Suncitizens. The significance of the festivals was conveyed well. The students commenced their morning assemblies every day with beautiful thoughts and enriching words. They enjoyed reading the NIE and sharing numerous facts and regular updates about vaccination. Integration, being a part of the school pedagogy, the zealous learners participated well in the Maths- Science and ICT Integration Week and were exposed to various new digital tools. MathematicsTRIANGLES & ITS PROPERTIES: A prior knowledge of ‘Types of Triangles, Sides and Vertices’ was discussed with the help of Geogebra Software. Students understood the concept of Median and Altitudes and the difference between the two. Students also practised the following concepts:
INTEGRATION WITH ICT – Students used the GeoGebra Tool to derive the angle sum property of a triangle and exterior angle property. Students enjoyed working on this software and created their shapes to find unknown angles. INTEGRATION WITH ART – Students took a cut-out of a triangle on an A4 size sheet and had marked all three angles. Then they cut all the corners of a triangle to investigate that sum of all the angles forms a straight line. The practice exercises from the textbook and worksheets were done which strengthened their conceptual knowledge. CONGRUENCE OF TRIANGLES: A prior knowledge of Congruence of Plane figures was checked with the help of day to day examples. Students gave various examples where they see Congruency – like corners of smart boards, folding of a paper, notebook, chocolates of same brand etc Students also practiced the following concepts:
SUBJECT ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY – Students took a cut-out of a triangle from a coloured sheet and investigated SSS and SAS criteria for congruency by overlapping it on another cut-out of a triangle. The practice exercises from the textbook and worksheets were done which strengthened their conceptual knowledge. SciencePhysics: The topic ‘Electricity and its Effects’ was introduced with an inquiry session. Students were given probing questions about electricity and the types of charges that are responsible for the production of electricity. They learnt about the sub-particles of atoms, electrons, protons and neutrons and understood that the flow of electrons across the conductor constitutes an electric current. Taking further the journey of electricity, they learnt the symbols of electric devices and the construction of an electric circuit through a simulation. They also constructed an electric circuit using wires, a small bulb and a battery/cell. As a home task, the students were given a list of items where they had to replace the switch with the items listed and note their observations. They shared the same in the class and deduced the type of things that let electricity pass through them and the ones which don’t. They consolidated their learning about insulators and conductors. Links: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc/latest/circuit-construction-kit-dc_en.html Chemistry: Young minds learn by exploring, observing and experimenting during their science lesson on Acids, Bases and Salts. They carried out the identification test for detecting the nature of substances like vinegar, soap, toothpaste, chalk solution, the salt solution to check their acidic, basic or neutral nature using turmeric solution and blue and red litmus paper as an indicator. They recorded their observations in the observation sheet. Test Solution Effect on turmeric solution Inference (Acidic/Basic/neutral] Lemon juice, Vinegar, Common salt solution, Sugar solution, Detergent, Shampoo/soap solution, Eno solution, Aerated drink, Toothpaste solution. They also explored different types of acids based on the origin and concentration through video tutorials and ‘Think, Pair and Share Model’ where the videos related to different types of acids were shown. Then, they collaborated in pairs to understand the classification of acids into different types. Turmeric Indicator Art Integration Activity was also designed for them in which they made Turmeric Paper by spreading turmeric solution on a drawing sheet. They presented creative patterns of flowers and shapes using a detergent solution. They concluded that yellow turmeric paper turns red when patterns are drawn with detergent solution. SDG-3 Good Health and Well-being were synced with the activity by listing out the harmful effects of acids on the health of the person through a hand-made poster presentation. Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uHZ4Fwjx7o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWUGhGIyKG4 Biology: Respiration in Organisms The chapter commenced with the students sharing their previous knowledge about respiration and the respiratory system. They differentiated between breathing and respiration as two different phenomena which are dependent on each other. The students learnt that respiration is a cellular process that can happen both in the presence and absence of oxygen. They discovered that when they jump on a spot for a long time their calf muscles start paining due to the accumulation of lactic acid prepared during the respiration in absence of oxygen. They made a model of the respiratory system using plastic bottles, balloons and straws to understand the inhalation and exhalation process. They also understood the process of breathing with the help of diagrams and videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kacMYexDgHg ICTThere is a well-known saying that learning is not the product of teaching, learning is the product of the activity of learners. Following the same, the students learnt the basics of Python. They understood the importance of ‘Algorithm & Flowchart’ in a programming language. They learnt several commands and features of Python language like Print, Type, Variables, Operators, Comments etc. Students completed simple Python programs, which enhanced their logical thinking. S.stHistory ‘People without the knowledge of their past, origin and culture are like a tree with no roots.’ The learning was initiated by commemorating the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi through a virtual tour of the Eternal Gandhi Museum, New Delhi. The students acquainted themselves with his indomitable spirit of Nationalism and historic life events. Taking learning further to an experiential mode, students were introduced to the types of towns existing in Medieval India. With help of the Picture Reading method, students explained the characteristics of the temple town, administrative town and port town. Consolidated written work was also done in the notebook for types of towns along with their features and examples by using a graphic organiser template. The students were taken through another virtual tour to witness the beauty and rich heritage of Hampi which has been included in UNESCO Heritage sites. With the help of sharing pictures on the Class Notebook, students were acquainted with Kalamkari Design famous in Masulipatanam. A discussion on how to keep rivers clean near pilgrimage towns was held in the class where students participated enthusiastically and suggested measures while keeping SDG-6 Clean Water and Sanitation in mind. The topic was concluded with a Map Reading Activity where students categorized some cities in different types of towns and marked the same on the political map of India. Link: https://egmh.org/virtual-tour/ Geo. External Processes and Changing landforms Different processes responsible for changes in the landform formation like weathering, erosion, and deposition were discussed with students. A related video and an image as prompts were shown to them to understand these processes. Students gained knowledge about the Riverine Landforms and different courses of the river with the help of a video followed by an interactive session. Students also learnt a song based on the river. Different videos were shown to students to discuss and gain knowledge about different Glacial Landforms, Wind Landforms and Marine Landforms. Video link: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MFLgtti51I Weathering, erosion and deposition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdMmzY7XjFo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JM71mcw_LI Stages of river https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsXKv1yfNFk River song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loI584OFVpE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlWVGizsN0o Glacial landforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR1Q325-Nag wind landform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w8ttSMSVFg marine landforms Civics- Understanding Media Media is called the ‘4th Pillar of Democracy.’ To understand it better, the topic was introduced by discussing the latest news headlines. Students were made to analyze the different mediums and their advantages & disadvantages. With the help of a few examples, students gained the knowledge of media setting the agenda. Students discussed and analyzed the importance of media in democracy and also the need for media to follow a code of ethics. To make the learning interesting, students were given a task to prepare a piece of breaking news and present it. Some budding reporters were sighted as students created the background, gave their channel a catchy name, dressed as a news anchor and presented interesting news reports. It was a delight to see their enthusiasm. EnglishDuring this month, the students explored the extract – ‘The Strange Man’s Arrival’ from the literary piece ‘The Invisible Man’. The students skimmed through the text to frame interesting questions and challenge each other. They talked about the genre of Science Fiction to tune into the lesson and predict the events of the story. They built upon the literary piece by discussing the events of the story, character sketch of the protagonist and summarizing the story. This learning was further consolidated in their notebooks. In grammar, the students dealt with the topic “Active and Passive Voice ”. The topic was commenced through a poster of Instructional Writing for Recipes in Active Voice. The handout of rules, analysis of sentences, compare and contrast technique, video clippings and class discussions & practice exercises enabled the students to develop a better understanding of the topic. In writing, the students attempted to express their views through Article Writing. They studied various exemplars and deduced the format and the organizational skills to write an interesting article. Regular revision exercises in the notebook, reading comprehension worksheets and doubt clearing sessions further strengthened their understanding. The writing and critical thinking skills were the focus area in October. Video links: Character Sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp01Egn90C8 The extract: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKJ5v7lEdNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sSPXon2zEs HINDIइस मास के आरंभ में छात्रों को गुंजन पाठ्य – पुस्तक की कविता ‘ जयगान ‘ पढ़ाई गई | कविता को पढ़ाने का मुख्य उद्देश्य छात्रों को भारत देश की महानता और इसकी अद्भुत संस्कृति से परिचित कराना है | कविता को पढ़ाने के पश्चात कविता की प्रश्नोत्तरी पर चर्चा की गई | गाँधी जयंती और लाल बहादुर शास्त्री जी की जयंती के अवसर पर छात्रों को देश के महान क्रांतिकारियों , देशभक्तों के जीवन से परिचित कराते हुए उनके जन्म स्थान के बारें में जानकारी एकत्रित करके कक्षा में सबके साथ उसे साझा करने को कहा गया | इतिहास विषय से एकीकृत करते हुए उन्हें गुंजन पाठ्य – पुस्तक के पाठ – १४ नमक का दारोगा का परिचय दिया गया | नमक पर कर लगाए जाने पर उस समय के समाज में क्या परिवर्तन आए और समाज का उच्च वर्ग कैसे और उच्च होता गया , इस सब के बारें में जानकारी दी गई | छात्रों को ईमानदारी , मेहनत और कर्त्तव्यनिष्ठा का महत्त्व बताया गया | छात्रों को पोषण माह की गतिविधि भी कराई गई | व्याकरण के विषय कारक , उपसर्ग और प्रत्यय की परिभाषा देते हुए उनके भेदों से परिचित कराया गया | इन सभी व्याकरणिक विषयों का परिचय देने से उनके शब्द – भंडार में वृद्धि हुई | रचनात्मक – लेखन अनुच्छेद – लेखन का मौखिक और लिखित अभ्यास कराया गया FrenchThe students adapted the language with newer concepts. They were introduced to the topic ‘Time’ along with days of the week and months of the year. They were taught how to write time in two different ways. They also marked the French-Speaking countries on a world map as a fun activity. Negation concept: ne…ni….ni, toujours—ne…. jamais, encore---ne…. plus was also introduced. Recapitulation of regular irregular verbs was done to help them understand conjugate verbs easily. https://youtu.be/qVb0TPyzI6I GermanTerm II began with Module 4, Lektion 1(Kannst du Inlineskaten?). The students were introduced to various sports activities in Germany. They learnt the grammar topic ‘Modal Verbs’ in detail. They also covered the E-mail writing telling about their hobbies and likes & dislikes. They were exposed to various new words, vocabulary related to the topic. The students also prepared a collage on Famous Sports Activities in Germany SpanishTerm II concepts began with an interesting number game to tune into the lesson. The class recapitulated numbers up to 100 and further learnt numbers till 1000. A list of grocery items was discussed in class with inputs from students. A PowerPoint presentation and a video on “La Dieta Mediterranean”. The Mediterranean diet was presented in class followed by a discussion on Spain’s Food Culture. A video on SDG- 2 Zero hunger was presented and discussed at length in class. Video presentation: In the supermarket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y1wsFdPh70&vl=en PPT presentation on La dieta Mediterranea/Tapas https://www.slideshare.net/ChristinaVargas11/la-dieta-mediterranea-75196949 Video presentation on “La dieta mediterranea” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN6orimBHw Sanskrit’’कुशल: चित्रकार:” नामक पाठ पदपरिचयात्मक तालिका के माध्यम से स्पष्ट कराते हुए अनुवाद रूपांतरण सिखाया गया । गद्यांशावबोधन और वाक्यरचना अभ्यास द्वारा संस्कृत संभाषण का सामूहिक अभ्यास कराया गया । धातुरूपाणि - लट्लकार – लृट्लकार – लङ्लकार , अव्ययपदा: , शब्दरूप – इकारांत – मति , मुनि, कवि , शब्दरूपों को प्रत्ययचिह्नों सहित तालिका द्वारा अभ्यास सहित कंठस्थ कराया गया ।कक्षा – परीक्षा के द्वारा छात्रों का मूल्यांकन कराया गया । संवादलेखन के नियमों से छात्रों का परिचय कराया गया। सतत विकास के लक्ष्य -३’उत्तम शिक्षा और खुशहाली’ से सबंधित प्रश्नोत्तरी का प्रस्तुतीकरण करते हुए उत्साहपूर्वक अच्छा प्रदर्शन किया। क्त्वा-ल्यप्-तुमुन् प्रत्ययों और व्याकरणिक नियमावली का अनुप्रयोगात्मक रूप में रचनात्मक कार्य के अंतर्गत परियोजनात्मक शिक्षण (Project base learning) के रूप में दृश्य श्रव्य सामाग्री के माध्यम से छात्रों को पत्राचार के विभिन्न रूपों का परिचय प्राप्त कर पत्रलेखन प्रारूप और पत्रलेखन का अभ्यास कराया गया । सतत विकास के लक्ष्य -३’उत्तम शिक्षा और खुशहाली’ से सबंधित प्रश्नोत्तरी और श्लोकगायनपूर्वक प्रस्तुतीकरण करते हुए उत्साहपूर्वक अच्छा प्रदर्शन किया। Physical EducationStudents practised:
Students were introduced to Chess and learnt:
On-campus students learnt the following related to Squash: Appeal Foot fault Hot ball Indian DanceIn their Indian Dance lessons, the students learnt: ‘Ganesh Vandana’ in Semi-classical style and Asamyukta hasta mudras Dance form: Semi-Classical Song: ‘Gajanana Gajanana’ YouTube link: https://youtu.be/KJF8t-BWVRM Students enjoyed learning a beautiful devotional Semi-classical choreography for the upcoming Deepawali festival. Navras- Veer and Sringaar Western DanceIn their Western Dance lessons, the students learnt:
Dance form: Jazz Song : Step on up Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPy4i02J6JM DramaForm(s) of Acting: Mime Application of their learning:
Indian Music छात्र-छात्राओं द्वारा की गई गतिविधिया: गायन अभ्यास: शुद्ध स्वर अलंकार राग- यमन आरोह अवरोह बंदिश प्रयोग हुए वाद्य: तानपूरा ,ऑडियो ट्रैक गायन तकनीक: गायन के अभ्यास की बुनियादी तकनीक, प्रतियोगिता में प्रस्तुति के महत्वपूर्ण बिंदु विशेष गतिविधी- चयनित छात्र छात्रों ने स्पिकमैके की एक कार्यशाला में भाग लिया तथा जानेमाने कलाकार पंडित भोलानाथ मिश्रा जी से शास्त्रीय संगीत की बारीकियों को सीखने व समझने का अवसर प्राप्त किया सन्दर्भ वीडियो लिंक: https://youtu.be/vAzW1c--LqYhttps://youtu.be/UoymDZjTuC8 Western MusicIn the month of October, the students learnt: Vocal warm-up exercises Song learn: ‘Heal the world’ by Michel Jackson 2nd part with guitar and recap session Instruments: Taught about the chord and the function Techniques: Learnt vibrato/ falsetto in vocal (Vocal scaling) Visual ArtIn the month of October, in their Visual Art lessons, students learnt: Week 1: Graphic representation of Mahatma Gandhi in a creative way. Week 2: Dussehra composition Week 3: Caricature of famous personalities (integrated with GK)/ Diwali composition Week 4: Space balancing with shapes, Soap water drawing on turmeric dyed paper (integrated with Chemistry) Composition: Creative & freehand Art Technique: Free hand, colouring, outlining Art tools: Pencil, Sketch pen, crayons, oil pastels, scale, compass/circular object Life SkillEvery day thousands of teens wake up with a fear of going to school. Bullying is a problem that affects many students and it has everyone worried. Yet because parents, teachers and other adults don’t always see it, they may not understand how extreme bullying can get. It is also necessary for students to understand what bullying is, along with dealing with it. This month students were acquainted with the different forms of bullying like physical and emotional bullying, who gets bullied and things they can do to combat a bully. Also, a checklist was shared to find out, “ARE YOU A TARGET?” Cyber-bullying, which is most prevalent now days, was also understood by students with a discussion about safety measures.
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