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Garodia International Centre for Learning

Newsletter 2016-2017, Week 04-05

Nursery

Monsoon Tunes Our little ones of nursery enjoyed

music and movement sessions where

they sang and danced to monsoon

tunes.

They also had hands on experience

where they made delicious Monaco

toppings with cheese. It was great to

see our children eagerly enjoying

games based on our concept “Big and

small.”

Medical Check-up This week the entire school had their

medical check-up where even our

nursery children went for their

regular health check-up.

Pre-Primary

Fruit Salad An active and interesting week in

preschool with more to follow…. What does a neighbourhood look

like? The little curious minds were

put to rest when they were taken

for a walk around the school vicinity

and queries were answered

automatically.

The class of T2 also enjoyed making

their very own delicious fruit salad

with the given rain fruits.

“Cleanliness is next to Godliness.” The importance of keeping your

home clean was understood through

a self-learning experience in class.

‘Elements of nature’ The preschool topic for the month of July is ‘Elements of nature’ and we kick

started the week with the element

“water.” It was great to see the

children of T1 mixing and pouring

water in different containers.

An experiment was conducted where

they observed what ingredients are

soluble and insoluble in water. They

also predicted objects that would

float and sink in H2O. As a part of

their work experience our T1

children helped in washing their toys.

A fun filled drama on the water cycle

concluded this week.


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Primary

Our Earth

Weeks after school started, children

of Grade 1 were geared up for some

activity session. Colouring our Earth,

having vivid coloured fingerprints

around the Earth and turning those

fingerprints into children holding

hands got them excited and asking

the purpose of the activity. ‘Together’

we can make this world a better

place- Our objective, was then

understood and agreed well by them.

Estimation Guessing, calculating, and assuming

were some describing words they

learnt for the topic of Estimation.

Children engrossed themselves in

group activities that helped the

estimate and come to an actual

count.

Flashcards Having flash cards placed on their

tables, children had to write few

sentences describing the pictures.

Their illustrations supported their

written work well. All in all a fun filled week.

Swimming + Rains =

Awesome time

On Friday, (01/06/16) second

graders had an opportunity to

experience the downpour during

their swimming time. They were

super excited to swim.

Children tried learning some new

paddling moves. After their usual

practise sessions they had some free

fun time in the pool too! It was a

treat to watch them and their wide

smiles!

Power of description!

Our grade 2 children on 28/06/16

(Tuesday) tried their hand at using

their knowledge of adjectives for

describing characters. The aim was to

make them observe facial or bodily

characteristics of funny pictures

given to them and describe them

creatively.

They came up with amazing new

adjectives like ‘wiry hair’, ‘bulgy eyes’

or ‘patchy clothes’. They could also

relate their word list words with the

pictures. The session ended with

them happily colouring their work

and discussing about their choice of

words. They also understood how the

power of description can easily turn

them into SUPERHEROES, in the

world of creative writing!

Can we see Anger? This was the essential question

posed to our little Garodians. Grade

1 to 4 introspected over this question

and pondered over the emotion of

'ANGER'.


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With an aim to identify this negative,

destructive, but imperative emotion

of 'Anger' a Volcano was symbolized.

With this symbolization, students

could easily explain and ponder over

this eruptive emotion. After this, to

touch upon the experiential learning

there was a game of Dumb Charades

played, wherein they had to enact

various angry situations. With this

activity the students brainstormed the

different ways of expressing anger.

Also we got back to the volcano,

where the students spoke

importance of communication to

express anger periodically, so that the

anger is not built up within leading to

a volcanic eruption of hurtful words,

disruptive behaviour and maladaptive

techniques of coping and negative

body language.

Students enjoyed this activity and

self-introspected within themselves

for identifying the cues of anger.

At the end of the session the

essential question was revisited. 'Can

we see anger?' and this time the

answer was YES!!

Internet Safety The Internet can be a wonderful

resource for kids. They can use it to

research, explore new topics and play

interactive games. But the access to

internet can also pose hazards. For

example, an 8-year-old might do an

online search for "Lego." But with

just one missed keystroke, the word

"Legs" is entered instead, and the

child may be directed to a slew of

websites with a focus on legs —

some of which may have

inappropriate pictures.

That's why it's important to be aware

of what your kids see and hear on the

Internet, who they meet, and what

they share about themselves online.

Students of Grade 3, 4 and 5 had a

session on “Internet safety rules”. They were acquainted with different safety rules. For example:

1. Use keywords while browsing. 2. Do not share passwords with anybody 3. Keep strong passwords. 4. Do not post or share personal information online. 5. If you see something inappropriate

online report to parents or teachers.

An activity was conducted where the

students wrote about different

safety rules which they will follow.

Students also took an internet safety pledge.

Let’s hope they follow the rules and surf safe and be smart online.

One Fold Craft One fold craft is a simple & very

attractive art work which done by

grade 3 children. It’s based on basic

shapes like circle, square & rectangle.

Each cut-out of that basic shape has

given one fold to get the proper

shape of the bird’s body, beck & tail

as well. They have used various types

of materials like scissor, glue stick &

sketch pen so skilfully. They were

very enthusiastic & creative. They

have done fantastic art work with

using one fold.



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Checkpoint Results The much awaited checkpoint results

for the Primary grades were

announced early last week. The

school has recorded a good score this

year too with the average Math

score at 5.4, English with 4.9 and

Science with 5.5. The toppers at

Primary Checkpoint were:

Ms. Aisha Lowe at 1st position,

closely followed by Ms. Rhea Panda

at second position, and both, Ms Jiya

Lakdawala & Mast Arnav Shah, at the

third position. We had about 5

students with a 6-6-6 score in the

core subjects.

Congratulations to all the students

and teachers, and we look forward to

an encore of this performance.

Secondary

PUSH OR PULL? Students of grade 6 discovered how

and why objects move in an

interesting way. They explored and

manipulated the motion of objects

and the forces required to control

that motion (pushing, pulling,

throwing, dropping, rolling and so on.

In this activity the students used a

straw and a ball and through sucking

and blowing of air into the straw,

they understood the effects of force.

This fun-filled activity helped them

analyse that the position and motion

of objects can be changed by

pushing or pulling, and that the

extent of the change is related to the

strength of the push or pull.

Speeding Up! Students of grade 7 in their Physics

class determined their own rate of

walking speed. In this activity the

students were given the task of

covering 75m and using a stopwatch

to record the time taken to cover

the distance. They could apply the

formula to calculate their walking

speed.

ENERGY SEEKERS Crucial to science education is

hands-on involvement: showing, not

just telling; real experiments and

field trips and not just 'virtual

reality.' Martin Rees

This is the philosophy adopted by our

science department and on this note,

the students of Grade 8 had visited

the Physics laboratory to determine

the energy content in food by burning

different food items like (biscuits,

bread, potato chips and carrots) and

converting their chemical energy into

thermal energy in order to boil water.

Based on the rise in the temperature

of the water, they determined which

foods had the highest amount of

energy and which had the lowest.

Students were provided with eye and

hand protection as the experiment

involved burning. However, as it was

their first experience with a Bunsen

burner, a few of them were slightly

nervous at the beginning but

overcame it quickly. The experiment

successfully helped in reinforcing the

concept of energy in foods.

OUR YOUNG DELEGATES Eight students from Grade 9

participated at the Annual Vibgyor

High – Model United Nations (VH-

MUN) held from 23rd – 25th of June,

2016 held at Hyatt Regency. A Model

United Nations also known as Model

UN or MUN, is one of its kind, extra-

curricular activity in which students

typically role play delegates of

countries to the United Nations and

simulate UN committees by

discussing real world problems. Our

students did a fabulous job, while

some got over their apprehension of

public-speaking, the others found

new confidence in addressing large

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professionals. One of the students,

Rohan Budhrani, also got a special

verbal mention for his speech.

The exposure was indeed exhilarating for our young delegates!

The MUN has definitely benefitted

our students, from increasing their

knowledge about world politics to

being updated on current affairs. MUN also helps in building critical

thinking and negotiation power, as

the students not only have to solve

the issues at hand and draft working

papers, but also think on their feet

and tackle any crisis thrown at them

and by the end of the 3-day

conference, should have worked

with the other delegates and

convinced them to pass the

resolutions submitted by them.

Investigating Graphs The students of grade 10 investigated

graphs of different types of functions.

They analysed and matched

equations to the graphs, while being

segregated into 5 groups. The

students discussed different aspects

of functions which can lead to the

corresponding graph.

During the discussion , as they

exchanged their answer sheets and

evaluated each other’s answers the

students reflected upon their errors

and learnt how to understand

graphs in a simpler way.

Plotting of points for graph was easy

for most of the students but few of

them were not aware of the

interpretation of the graphs also

didn’t know about shape of rational

function, cubic functions and simple

transformation of graphs. They

shared their views in their home

group and then with other groups for

summarization. Peer discussion

helped them to calculate maximum

and minimum point, zeros or roots

of the functions.

The continued emphasis through the

activity encouraged students to

participate, communicate, reflect

and give reasoning against their own

judgments.

Creating circuits... An activity was conducted in

Grade 10 as an extension in the

topic electricity.

The activity involved making of

circuits which could involve any of

the components like resistor,

lamps, buzzer an ammeter and

voltmeter. Students were first

divided into groups of 4 and were

asked to draw two circuits, one in

series and the other in parallel.

The concept of series and parallel of

resistors and battery was well

understood by the students as they

had hands on experience on the

theory learnt in their previous

classes. Students got an insight in

joining a circuit, take readings using

ammeter and voltmeter. This activity

helped students to view how the

resistance affects the current in

series and parallel. It was a hands - on

learning experience for the students

who enjoyed every minute.

PASCH CAMP 2016 -

Wayanad, Kerala... The Timing was perfect! From the 25th

of June to the 1st of July, I was

spending my days in 'God's Own

Country' Kerala. It was another PASCH

camp I was attending for having won

the German Olympiad 2016. To my

surprise, the majority of the students

there happened to be younger than

me. Initially, I thought that I wouldn't

be able to socialise or find anybody

with common interests.

Naturally, I was proved wrong.

The students there were mostly first

timers and it felt nice being able to

guide so many of them. There were

plenty of workshops and classes to

keep busy, and in our free time, we

would engage in some sports. I was

the leader in certain activities. Being

older, I also had the opportunity to

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chance that I've never received at any of my previous camps.

I have learnt a lot about responsibility

and learnt many practical lessons

about leadership. I hope to imbibe

those qualities in me and put them into

action here at school.

I ended up having a really good 5 days

with everybody there. The weather

was pleasant and it certainly proved to

be a nice break from the hustle of

school and city life.

- By Ananya Bhat

CAMBRIDGE SECONDARY 1

CHECKPOINT RESULTS Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint

Results were declared in June. The

school is incredibly proud of the

levels of academic attainment

achieved by our students. These tests

have been designed to assess

learners at the end of Cambridge

Secondary 1.The children are

assessed in the core subjects--

Mathematics, Science and English.

These assessments provide the

school and the students an

international bench mark for the

learner’s performance.

The following students are the top

3 students in Cambridge Secondary

1 Checkpoint examinations:

1st Dheer Bhanushali

2nd Manav Gandhi

Mishti Raveshia

3rd Aditya Shah

Siddharth Krishnamurthy

IBDP

Use of simulation as a

way of learning.

The DP Biology students designed a

simulation lab for exploring the

concept of natural selection. In order

to simulate natural selection

between organisms obtaining food,

instruments like forceps, scissors,

tongs were used as mouth parts of

birds and a variety of small objects

like seeds, pins etc. were used as

food. A Petri dish was used instead of

stomach. The investigation involved

the students simulating the

organisms using their mouthparts to

fill their stomach with food in a set

time. This simulation lab helped the

students to think critically and

creatively.

Developing research skills IBDP 1 students of Psychology

learned the topic of the sampling

techniques used in conducting a

research. They explored the various

ways of Sampling like Random

sampling, Cluster sampling, Stratified

sampling, and Snowball sampling in a

very interesting way. They used the

name list of students of GICL and

their choice of second languages to

do the various methods of sampling.

Through this activity they acquired

the skills necessary to conduct inquiry

and research and show independence

in learning.



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