"In The Day Sky"

Posted by arti On Tuesday, March 29, 2011 0 comments


In the Day Sky.....The preschoolers had a wonderful time out in the garden today as one of my preschool teachers executed this beautifully planned activity for them.

Chart Papers entitled 'IN THE DAY SKY' were given out to each student along with a crayon box and a clip board.The children were then asked to observe what can be seen in the sky.They had to draw or list what they saw....."I saw a big black bird" "A jet plane flew past me" "I saw a grasshopper" "There is a big hole in the garden!!" "This tree has pink flowers!!"'There are so many clouds in the sky" ...Excitement rose as their teacher put up their their drawings on the display board in the reception for all to see.

A great way to let children freely express their creativity....try it it works!!!

Reminders!!!

Posted by arti On Monday, March 28, 2011 0 comments

As we dash from one part of our lives to another, we need gentle reminders that we are part of a community.This is especially true for students who are actively occupied with varying activities.
As a part of our February and March unit on ACTS OF RANDOM KINDNESS the students had to draw self potraits using a generic body shape.
They had to ensure that their potraits were unique...once complete all the potraits were joined at hands together with speech bubbles stating their hopes and dreams for a better world.They wrote a positive word about themselves under each potrait.Cutouts of their hands were also put together to form a peace sign.

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Quid for a Quote- cost effective way of improving the environment

Posted by arti On Sunday, March 27, 2011 0 comments

I firmly believe that pieces of prose and poetry as well as epigrams and other quotations are often an opportunity to stir the minds of the passer-by into a profitable thought.
This gave birth to -Quid for Quote.....at a staff meeting.
Here is what we did...at the start of the year in each assembly the assembly head teacher and one of the school leaders( a student)did a piece on their favourite quotation.This was followed up by the class teacher.Each student had to go home and as a home assignment share and discuss a minimum of five quotes with their families.Then on completion atleast one quotation from each student was framed and put up in the classroom,corridoors and other bullietin boards.In short just simply displayed.
"This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognised by yourself as a mighty one;....being part of a great enterprise rather than a feverish selfish little clod of ailments complaining that the world won't devote itself to make you happy....i want to be thoroughly used up when i die, for the harder i work...the more i live....Life is no brief candle to me.It's a sort of a splendid torch which i've got hold of for the moment and i want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."-
George Bernard Shaw
The visual and aural and behavioural impact of the scholl plays an important part in the likelihood of a schools sucess.Ensuring that your schools visual environment is stimulating is always a challenge.This activity provided a simple way to create awareness on varying issues.

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