Connecting Communities. Cultures
Day 1
Enthusiastic readers thronged the book fair organised to mark the day with myriad of activities lined up for the week.
‘Where we have been in the world?’ Particularly caught the attention and participation of the students of all age groups. A huge board had been placed at a strategic venue with bold and large world map. Tiny flags were provided to students who have visited any countries of the world, to write their name, grade, section and the year visit. Then identify the country on the map and place the flag there and get a one minute video shot narrating the experience or something unique of that country. An overwhelming response was received and some wonderful videos were made which will be shared with the students in assemblies and 5 best videos would be awarded.
Day 2
Excitement prevailed in the assembly hall after Halloween celebrations. PYP students dressed up in scary costumes had continued fun with the MS Sneh, the story teller who created a stir among the students.
Middle school students enjoyed being audience of Star Wars and Science Fiction characters, Inter house competition. Cedrus house emerged as winner. Halloween decorations and display of books attracted students to go for books.
Day3
“My name was Parvati. When I went to the new school in Malaysia, I was introduced as ‘poverty from India’ as the teachers could not pronounce my name.”, Paro Anand, the renowned authoress of children’s literature interacted with young students of the school. Students learnt that simple day to day happenings could be interesting stories for others. These stories have solutions to student life problems as well. The author presented an engaging session and was a talk of the town.
Day 4 and 5
Flags and Folktales of countries of the world, was the theme of the days. PYP students learnt to identify and draw maps of Selected countries and listened to the folktale of the same countries. As a learning outcome activity, they wrote the folktale with a changed ending.
