Where We Are in Place and Time – 1St Oct 2019 Save Nature
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Where we are in place and time – 1st Oct 2019 Save Nature – 3rd Oct 2019 Magazine by Ajooni Kaur – 3rd Oct 2019 Learn & Play – Kindergarten 4th October 4, 2019 A Step Towards Global Warming – Myp 2 & 3 Differences in Kinetic and Potential Energy – PYP 1 & 3 – 9th Oct 2019 ART FORMS-Song composition by students – 10th Oct 2019 Learning is Fun – PYP 4 – 10th Oct 2019 MUN training Session – 10th Oct 2019 Sorting the basket: Kindergarten Activity – 14th Oct 2019 Travel and Origin – PYP 3 – 15th Oct 2019 Landforms – PYP 1 – 15th Oct 2019 Egmore Museum Field Trip (MYP1 to DP1) – 16th Oct 2019 Eldrok Awards – 16th Oct 2019 Save Nature - An Awareness Program – 16th Oct 2019 Element Card Games – 16th Oct 2019 Class Debate-”Performance Art vs Visual Art -PYP 5 – 17th Oct 2019 ART FORM-WALL MURAL – 17th Oct 2019 Seminar of Population – 18th Oct 2019 Cookery Club – 18th Oct 2019 Skype Meeting – 18th Oct 2019 Waldrof Teaching Methodology – 19th Oct 2019 Kindergarten Activities – 21st Oct 2019 Grammar and Vocabulary – 22nd Oct 2019 Effervescence – Kindergarten – 22nd Oct 2019 Types of Soil – PYP 4 – 24th Oct 2019 TOK – 24th Oct 2019 Presentation On Extended Essay – Oct 24th A live demonstration by fire fighters – Oct 25th Exploration and Observation by PYP – 29th Oct 2019 Where we are in place and time – 1st Oct 2019 The learners of PYP 1, 2 and 3 started with their 2nd unit "Where we are in place and time.” Each grade has started exploring this as per their understanding. PYP 1 explored the concept of rotation and revolution, the different seasons, and the changes that occur with the seasons. The students of PYP 2 conducted a talk show on the different weather conditions in the local as well as the global environment. They exhibited and expressed their communication skills further by connecting the them to their personal experiences on how they felt during different weather conditions and the similarities and differences in weather patterns. They undertook a hands-on activity to understand how animals and plants respond to changing seasons. The students of PYP 3 were introduced to Forces – Push & Pull. During reflection, on different types of forces, they were able to correctly identify the examples given and explain the Gravitational force, Magnetic force, Friction & Acceleration. Save Nature – 3rd Oct 2019 MYP 3 students made a chart on 'Save Nature' during I&S class. The aim of this activity is to give awareness to the other students to save our nature and plant a tree and save the environment. The endless greed to live luxuriously, we human beings have given rise to environmental pollution and deforestation. Humans have harmed the environment in many ways. Magazine by Ajooni Kaur – 3rd Oct 2019 Ajooni Kaur from MYP 2 had created a magazine on Biome. She has chosen the Polar desert of Antartica and made an excellent Magazine. She presented in the class as a part of class activity. Learn & Play – Kindergarten 4th October 4, 2019 Learning through play is the key term for Kindergarten learning.Kindergartens were taken to Moosa Land for the field trip to have some hands on experience to play and learn. K1 and K2 children were excited to watch the different sets placed to identify their more interesting area. They found their interest and they demonstrated the Caring Learner profile through sharing the toys and takingturns to enjoy their time. K3 Children became the guide for the younger group of K1 andK2 children. They established the Caring Learner profile and Social skills in guiding the children, understanding the space provided for them and playing with care.They took responsibility for the toys and they managed to play as a teamwith the time provided to them. They made the day the most memorable moment with loads of fun. A Step Towards Global Warming – Myp 2 & 3 MYP 2 & 3 students had Service Action Activity linked with Individual and societies. During Club period students have done plantation on our school campus. The endless greed to live luxuriously, we human beings have given rise to environmental pollution and deforestation. Humans have harmed the environment in many ways. The children brought varieties of plants and their efforts should be to slow down global warming as the increase in Earth's temperature poses a grave environmental crisis. Plantation drives as much as possible as trees and plants to help to absorb the carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. Differences in Kinetic and Potential Energy – PYP 1 & 3 – 9th Oct 2019 The Learners of PYP 3 explored the differences between kinetic and potential energy forms. They were able to gain a better understanding of the concept while creating simple machine models and comprehending the workings of the same during their robotic sessions. The students of PYP 1 had fun giving directions to their blindfolded peers for reaching the given destination. They also analyzed the directions using the position of the sun in the sky. ART FORMS-Song composition by students – 10th Oct 2019 IB aims at fostering creativity in students. The children of PYP 5 composed their own song on child labor. This song composition activity was a great way for students to express themselves and work more deeply with the content in their curriculum. Students framed the lyrics and tunes for their own song for creating awareness about child labour. They used various resources to gather information related to the topic and initiated the process of composing a song. They collaboratively discussed on the tunes and lyrics. This activity exhibited the choice of the students to express their feeling on child labour through song. Students thoroughly enjoyed this activity. Learning is Fun – PYP 4 – 10th Oct 2019 Learning through games is always fun. The children of PYP 4 learned active and passive voice through an interactive board game. A board game was conducted where they had to convert the voice as per the box in which they land on. This game helped them learn active and passive voice effortlessly, enhancing their social skills. MUN training Session – 10th Oct 2019 "Great Opportunity seldom comes without us seeking them but such a rarity becomes a reality". The concept of a MUN is important as it helps the participants to become fully aware of the way of the UN functions. MUN training session has been conducted on the GIS campus on 10th October 2019. It was a full day session with Mr. Akaksh, The entire session was informative. It was an incredible learning experience for students. The trainer made sure that Model UN students learned how to participate can compete at conferences and hone their knowledge of the world to improve student's ideas in a debate. Sorting the basket: Kindergarten Activity – 14th Oct 2019 Practical understanding works well with kindergarten children. K3 kids of Gateway IB were involved in an activity to sort the materials representing different seasons to the space named with the different seasons. This made them involve with curiosity to identify the seasons and the materials found in real life during different seasons. Travel and Origin – PYP 3 – 15th Oct 2019 PYP 3 students with the help of a song were introduced to the concept of "Spices" travel and its origin. The students were instructed to imagine tasting different spices and experiencing their flavors. Using play way method - Each student chose a spice name that they enacted the taste of for their peers. An activity was conducted with the PYP 2 learners to enhance their research skills, this hands-on activity was conducted to help them search words and finding its meaning using a dictionary. Students had fun searching for words in the dictionary and writing their meanings. Landforms – PYP 1 – 15th Oct 2019 The PYP 1 graders were exposed to the model of different landforms; they not only recognized the different types of landforms present but were also able to explain the differences between each of them. They exhibited their knowledge by giving a presentation on to same to the higher grades. Egmore Museum Field Trip (MYP1 to DP1) – 16th Oct 2019 MYP 1 to DP1 students had visited the Egmore Government museum on 16th October 2019(Wednesday) as a part of their educational field trip. The museum is the heart of the city of Chennai, spreading in acres of land and six independent buildings in this museum have 46 galleries. The five-building has a different history to tell us about ancient history. The archaeological section of the museum is primarily concerned with the acquisition, preservation, and display of antiquities of the historic period of South India. MYP 1 to 3 were more curious about to know the information about sculptures and the period belongs to that century. There are over 700 specimens of stone sculptures belonging to the period from about 600 AD to recent times in the section. Models of various dinosaurs and other extinct Reptiles such as Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Triceratops. The egg model natural size- 14" height exhibited here was of a large extinct bird Aepyornis. It was about 16 feet in height and considered to be the largest bird ever lived on earth. A miniature model of this bird is exhibited here.It was an informative educational trip for our students. Save Nature - An Awareness Program – 16th Oct 2019 MYP 3 students have conducted an awareness program during the assembly on 16th October 2019, regarding the subject related Service Action. From individuals & societies they have chosen the topic of Save Nature and gave an awareness program to their juniors and seniors. They prepared two charts and conveyed the message of the benefits of the plantation.