Garodia International Centre for Learning Newsletter 2016...

Garodia International Centre for Learning

Newsletter 2016-2017, Week 06-07


153 Garodia Nagar, Ghatkopar (East), Mumbai 400077 +91 (0)22 2506 1133 www.gicl.edu.in

Nursery

Our little chefs of nursery enjoyed

making a c…c…Cookie sandwich with

Nutella chocolate and Digestive

biscuits which they thoroughly

relished. As a part of our circle time

activity each child brought in their

favourite toy. It was amazing to hear

them speak about why they love their

cars, dolls and teddy bears …and how

they carry it along with them where

ever they go. Kiddos to all our

Nursery babies.

Pre-Primary

Le Tour De France Knowing about other countries is as

important as knowing about one’s

own. The pre-schoolers were taken

on an imaginary trip to Paris and

shown the important places. New

and tongue twisting words did not

deter them and they were all eager

and enthusiastic to learn some words

and songs in French. The week ended

with a delicious French food…

Learning about other elements of

Nature Air and Earth, the children of

T2 had a lot of fun through activities

and experiments.

We live on planet Earth and if we

need resources for the future we

must follow the 3 R’s- Reuse, Reduce

and Recycle. This was emphasized

and made the children think of ways

in which one can save our planet. The

little hands made an easy newspaper

bag which they took home.

As a part of an air experiment our

little scientists of T1 enjoyed blowing

air bubbles thus creating big and tiny

ones .They also enjoyed digging the

soil, planting the seeds and watering

their little pots daily. It was great to

see a huge smile on their face as they

took their plants home.

Primary

Vachan ( Pairing activity) Students explored the possibilities to

convert Singular and Plural words.

They worked in pair in understanding

the variation in the sentences while

changing. The sentences were shared

in the class for better understanding.

With this activity students could work

with clarity while changing.

Garodia International Centre for Learning 153 Garodia Nagar, Ghatkopar (East), Mumbai 400077

+91 (0)22 2506 1133 www.garodiainternational.org


Punctuations come

knocking at the door!

Grade 2 students on Tuesday took

part in an activity on Punctuations.

Children were grouped and given few

cut outs of sentences and

punctuation marks. They had to

figure where these punctuation

marks would go in the sentence and

come out and pin them on the board.

The aim was to get them to indirectly

figure out the role of punctuations in

deciding whether a sentence is a

statement, question, an order or has

an Interjection. They enjoyed the

session.

The sentences were all related to

their recent topic of plants in life

processes so while placing the

sentences on the board we all revised

the science topic as well. The

students will now be using the board

to place sentences constructed by

them and placing them under the

right category, throughout the term.

International week

Grade 1: Germany

Hallo, alle miteinander ! The most awaited day was finally

here. Weeks of hard work, absorbing

new information about a new

country- Germany, having the

classroom adorn some beautiful

piece of work by our Grade 1 class

children and engaging themselves in

creative activities paid off when we

had our class full with parents to

render their support and cheer our

children on the most awaited day-

The finale of International Fiesta.

Children exhibited great enthusiasm

for the International Fiesta. It kick

started with a salutation song

followed by a popular fable, some

interesting quiz fired at the parents

and lastly an action song which got

the parents involved imitating their

children.

Grade 2: Sri Lanka

Getting creative with

International week! On 12th July, second graders had a

special visitor Mr.Sachin Bhandari a

travel blog writer who willingly

shared with our kids his travel

endeavors of Sri Lanka through his

photographs and presentation. The

aim was to give an opportunity to the

kids to interact and understand Sri

Lanka firsthand through our visitor’s

perspective. We had a lively

atmosphere in class throughout.

There was a beautiful Sri Lankan

dance performance by girls also boys

performed a small skit about ‘the

relic of Lord Buddha’s tooth’.




The skit even explained the reason

why the festival of ‘Esala Perahera’ is

celebrated in Sri Lanka. Making the

amazing takeaway of ‘Sri Lankan

masks’ added the fun element to our

learning. We also made tourist cards

in class. The aim was to get them to

think of their favorite thing to do in

Sri Lanka and allow them to recollect

all the interesting places of Sri Lanka.

So each child made cards mentioning

which tourist place or activity would

they not miss when in Sri Lanka

elaborating on why that place is

worth visiting. So let’s not waste any

time and pack our bags for Sri Lanka

as our grade 2 tour guides are ready!

Grade 3: Singapore

The children of grade 3 had fantastic

time learning about the country of

Singapore. They did a lot of research

with respect to the famous places of

the country and decorated their scrap

book with their creative work. The

girls performed a traditional

Singaporean dance which was taught

by the Ballet team. The art and craft

teacher made them do glass painting

about the national symbols of

Sinngapore.

The children also had the privilege to

read about the folktale of Singapore.

The food items of Singapore were

very limited and so there was not

much scope to venture in to the food

items. As part of their understanding

the children drew concept maps,

which proved their skills in organizing

the details. They also researched and

created PowerPoint presentations on

Singapore.

Grade 4: Spain

Students of grade 4 conducted an

inquiry on Spain, exploring about the

national symbols, national animal,

bird, economy, government, tourist

places, food, sports, geographical

characteristics, festivals and royal

family.

They created their own Spanish

masks and Spanish plate wall design.

Students wrote their understanding

in their scrap book and came up with

innovative charts.

They researched in-depth on La

Tomatina and came up with

informative writing on the famous

festival of Spain.

The boys of the class trained

themselves for singing a Spanish song

while the girls prepared ‘The

Flamenco dance.’

Overall the enthusiasm and

dedication projected by our young

explorers was tremendous!

Grade 5: Greece




Students of Grade 5 represented the

ancient European country Greece

during the International week. They

researched extensively and presented

a PPT prepared by them about Greek

people, their culture, , Ancient

Greece, tourist attractions,

mythology, their art (pottery)etc.

They also performed a Role-Play on

the story of Medusa and Athena. In

pairs, they made short story books

based on Greek Mythology.

Art It has been a lot of fun doing Art and

Craft during international week

celebration.Students enjoyed

everything from decorating the

classrooms to imbibing the specific

country’s art work in their takeaways.

Grade 1-German hat

Grade 2-Sri Lanka masks

Grade 3-Glass painting

Grade 4-Eye mask, Paper dish design

Grade 5-Pot painting,Design on

Pot,Parthenon temple model

Secondary

Mon Ecole It is common knowledge that by

doing presentations, students learn

how to speak confidently in front a

group. They learn how to prepare

material for public presentation, and

this practice together with feedback

improves their speaking skills. As part

of the ongoing topic of “Ma routine

Scolaire”, the French students of

Grade 8 were given the task of

making a presentation about the

school. It was boys vs. girls and each

member of the team had to

contribute to the presentation.

They were also encouraged to

evaluate each other’s presentation

since this is one way to get students

to listen and learn from the

presentations of others. While one

group was making their presentation,

the others had to listen carefully, as

well as observe the slides, so that

they could identify mistakes in

grammar and pronunciation. The

class ended on a light note as both

teams found almost the same kind of

errors in their presentations.

Nets and 3D shapes The students of grade 7A created

some known and few unknown 3D

shapes from nets provided by the

teacher. The activity was designed for

the students to understand that all

3D shapes arise out of 2D shapes. The

students had fun guessing the names

of the unknown figures and learning

the correct names for all the shapes

made. The activity generated

curiosity in them to know more about

the three dimensional shapes and

their nets.

Big History (A desire to go beyond specialized

and self-contained fields of study to

grasp history as a whole)

GICL students of grade 8 have

meaningfully participated to

understand how to approach

readings in Big History.

The foundation of the students

approach to reading was they being

engaged in a three-part reading

process called as the ‘Three Close

Reads’. This process included reading

for gist, reading for facts, and reading

for comprehension and extension.




Students presented each reading

process in groups to their classmates.

Post their presentation; they

questioned both the text and each

other. This contemplative dialogue

changed the entire classroom

environment into a thought

provoking discussion. They were able

to understand the difference

between the three reading processes

and their advantages.

By engaging in this process students

were able to complete readings more

quickly and with more understanding

than with one read. Big History

reading methods have encouraged

the students to use a careful and a

deliberate process when approaching

readings.

Colors in Chemistry

The students of grade 8 had hands on

experience with the technique of

chromatography which is used to

separate mixtures. With felt pens of

different colors as samples the

students used chromatography to

identify the components of that

color. The students witnessed first-

hand how components of a color can

be separated, even when those

individual components are not visible

in the color. The activity helped

students to understand the process

of chromatography and also its

applications.

It also led them to think of different

substances that could be separated

using chromatography.

The tree of phonology ‘Sandhi’ is the process whereby the

form of a word changes as a result of

its position in an utterance. ‘Sandhi’

occurs particularly prominently in the

phonology of Indian languages and

forms an essential part of the Hindi

grammar learning process. The topic

is not easy to assimilate but the

students of Grade 8 quickly grasped

the essence through a fun-filled

activity. They built the different types

of ‘Sandhi words’ using cutout leaves

made from coloured paper and

created the big ‘Sandhi tree’.

Environmental

Management students on a

field trip The Environmental Management

course was introduced for IGCSE last

year at GICL with the aim of

promoting awareness , addressing

‘burning issues’ and sensitizing

students on the urgent need for

sustainability.

As the complex dynamics of

environmental processes can be

understood clearly through ‘hands-

on’ experiences, the IGCSE

Environmental Management students

of Grade 10 went on a field trip to

Dahanu and observed the following:

• A dam and how it generates

hydroelectric power and its other

uses like – irrigation, recreation,

fishing, etc.

• Animal husbandry - An Emu farm

• Vermicomposting

• Aquaculture

• Hydroponics

• Grafting technique and mulching

• Rain water harvesting systems

• Solar powered lamps

• Cultured pearl farming

• A biogas plant and its working

• The soil profile

• Experiment on soil erosion

• A Warli house and their subsistence

living , etc.

Overall, it was an enriching

experience.




Product Life Cycle Business Studies students of Grade 10

had an assessment on the topic

‘Product life cycle’ by way of

individual student presentation. The

students were informed about the

rubrics for the same in advance. They

were really enthusiastic about the

presenting it as they did a lot of

research about the product which

they chose. Students made

presentations on product life cycle of

products like Pepsi, Hyundai Santro, X

Box, Play station 4, Apple II,

Cadbury’s Dairy milk etc. They came

up with interesting facts and

information about the stages of the

PLC with respect to the sales

revenue, pricing and the promotion

strategies.

Investiture Ceremony

2016-2017 The Investiture is a solemn ceremony

in which office bearers of the student

council are bestowed with duties and

responsibilities. Garodia

International Centre for Learning

witnessed the elaborate function on

15th of July. The parents and

guardians were invited to see their

wards take oath and be invested in

their offices. Dr. John Jenckes,our

Head of School, was the Investing

Officer and the ceremony was

compered by Mishti Raveshia , a

student of Grade 9.

The objective of having a Student

Council is to build the confidence of

the students, to develop leadership

qualities and inculcate a sense of

responsibility among them.

While the Head Boy, Head Girl and

the Sports Captain are selected after

an interview, the captains of the four

houses were chosen by ballot by their

respective house members.

Ananya Bhat and Shivank Ganesh

were elected Head Girl and Head

Boy of the school.

Risa Ganatra was elected as the

Sports Captain.

The new House Captains for the

four Houses are as follows:

Arthur House – Aditya Shah

Lancelot House – Krish Doshi

Percival House – Varun Parekh

Tristram House – Ayush Parekh

The students marched up to the stage

to take the oath and receive their

badges. This was followed by the

entire council taking oath to

discharge their duties with sincerity

and fulfill everyone's expectations.

The children sitting in the audience

watched with awe as they witnessed

their seniors taking oath and

promising to abide by the rules and

regulations of the school.

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