Literacy week- Wrapping up

Celebrating students work

Even though Literacy week is passed, it would be unfair not to highlight students’ hands on work. Their reflection on ‘who’s the greatest’; an Indian folk-tale and using THINKING Hats while expressing their ideas and feelings on a Russian folktale; ‘The Frog Princess’ was totally marvellous. Students also made some beautiful hand held puppets, bookmarks and designed book covers choosing a folktale of their choice.

Well done kids!!

An Insight into child’s

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

Albert Einstein said, "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." This observation is never truer than when raising children. Each child has a different set of strengths and weaknesses. Nurturing his/her strengths while improving his/her weaknesses is the key to raising your own well-rounded, happy and fulfilled genius.

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Our students have unique strengths and weaknesses. The things they are interested in and excel at will change as they grow. Using strengths to their advantage and using their weaknesses to help them learn helps kids feel confident regardless of what they can and cannot do. It is important to recognize that weaknesses in kids are not permanent traits, but rather indicators of areas that may need attention. Learning about and helping children identify their strengths and weaknesses can help us support them 
as they make decisions about their life path.

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In a nut-shell,

our STRENGTHS creates OPPORTUNITIES

and our WEAKNESSES could lead to THREATS.
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Students in our class have been meticulously involved discovering their strengths & weaknesses especially by doing various activities like; Circles of viewpoints, Reflections on ‘Brave Irene’ story (video), Flip a Card and then SWOT analysis. 

This strategic-planning tool will also provide information to set GOALS for each student and will facilitate in matching resources with their capabilities, to reach those desired goals by the end of this year.

LITERACY WEEK - Day 5

DRESSING UP

FAVOURITE CHARACTERS

A finale to the literacy week was celebrated by students getting dressed into their favourite characters. They had a ball…and such a great time dressing up. They even came prepared with their favourite lines and surprised everyone in the class. Some of them displayed their creative side by bringing props along to match their characters. The whole school looked festive and sparkled with excitement and enthusiasm towards their learning.

CHARACTERS

        Who’s the Greatest?      

Indian Folktale

Manas, Manguru,

Kartik and Aryan

as AKBARS of our class

Aditya & Devansh as

 BIRBALS of our class

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CHARACTERS

The Frog Princess

Russian Folktale

Snehal as

Ivan Tsarveich 

Mahin as

The FROG Princess

The Kodak Moment!!!!

The charming frog is 

happy to marry 

the Prince...ooops!!

Diya, Chehak, 

Lavanya and Shivani as 

beautiful PRINCESSES

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CHARACTERS

Hiding the treasure

Folktale from Denmark

Sehan & Pratham as

ERIK the clever man

Alexandra, Anushhka, 

Ishani & Mehr as

DANA the chatterbox

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LITERACY WEEK - Day 4

Celebrating

ROALD DAHL’s Birthday

(13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990)

A British novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and screenwriter. The official Roald Dahl Day takes place every year on 13 September, on the birthday of the World's No. 1 Storyteller. 

At Pathways Library we celebrated this special day by storytelling one of his famous story books; ESIO TROT to our students during their Library period. 

Ms. Sneha; the Library teacher also took a quiz to check their understanding. Students came back to their class being thrilled and excited about their learning.

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Folktale with a twist

Today students chose a folk tale and twisted into their own style by ending it with a humour. They not only practiced their comprehension skills but also used their vivid imaginations and enthusiastic creativity. We all had fun hearing their stories. 

LITERACY WEEK - Day 3

PARENT VOLUNTEER

Story telling in Punjabi language.

A BIG THANKS to

Mr. Vikram Sehdev, who kindly volunteered to share a folktale in Punjabi language. Mrs. Priyanka Sehdev assisted him by showing some props to the kids. Students thoroughly enjoyed themselves. For those kids who could not understand the language it was translated for them in English.

The Elephant's Nose

Adapted from Rudyard Kipling's 'The Elephant's Child' by Meera Joshi; Illustration by Anup Singh

There was a time, when the elephant's nose was no bigger than a boot that he could wriggle from side to side. But an elephant's child changed all that. He was a curious fellow who asked ever so many questions.  He asked the ostrich why her tail feathers grew just so. He asked the giraffe what made his skin spotty. He asked the hippo why his eyes were red, and the baboon why melons tasted as they did. "What does a crocodile have for dinner?" he asked one day. "Shushh" said all the animals in a scared voice. But he would not shushh. By and by he met the Kolokolo bird. She told him where he could find an answer. "Go to the grey, green, greasy Limpopo river," said she. So off he went, carrying a load of bananas and sugarcane and melons. He'd be hungry on the way, you see. After a week of trudging and budging he reached where he had to reach. At the edge of the river he stepped on what he thought was a log of wood. It winked one eye. "Excuse me, but have you seen a crocodile in these parts?" asked the elephant's child politely. The creature winked the other eye and half lifted his tail out of the mud. "I am the crocodile," he said. The elephant's child grew excited and kneeled down. "I have been looking for you all these days," he said. "Will you please tell me what you have for dinner." SPLATH! Went the crocodile's tail back into the oozy mud. "Come nearer little one, come nearer and I'll whisper," said the crocodile. The elephant's child put his head down close to the crocodile's musky tusky mouth. And the crocodile caught him by his little nose. The elephant's child knew he was in BIG trouble. He sat back on his haunches. And he pulled and pulled. The crocodile splashed in the water and pulled and pulled. They both pulled and pulled. And the elephant's nose kept stretching and stretching. At last the crocodile let go. Bfuddudd!! Fell the elephant, right on his big broad back. He looked at his nose. He could not see where it ended! It was loooong! So long, he could swish it around. But it hurt him awfully. So he wrapped the nose in cool banana leaves and waited for it to shrink. He waited and waited. But nothing happened. He could still swish it all around. And so it remains to this day. LooooooonG!