September-Week-2

This week we continued with our provocation on our new unit “Where are in Place and Time”. The provocation was to survey the parents and grandparents about their past. The survey was used to analyze data using the PESTEL model. Students displayed immense interest which was evident during the discussions. PESTEL stands for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal factors. 





Nature Walk- Collecting natural resources/artefacts for the 'Nature Table' in our class.


Students enjoyed in the mud kitchen(a new area in the loose parts playground) connecting with nature.





In English, we had reading sessions on books called ‘How My Parents Learned to Eat’ which we connected with our AK strand on ‘Culture’. Students were excited to share their stories about their culture and how we are similar and different from each other. Another book read aloud to them by Ms Robin was “The Koala Who Could”. Students were asked to connect this book with learner profile attributes and most of them could reflect and share relevant experiences. We also had guided reading session as usual on their level books. For writing, we had centre activities on ‘Descriptive Writing’, where students enjoyed different activities especially making riddles and challenging other group members to guess them.










For Maths, we played click and salute game to recap counting and games including odd and even numbers in the grass patch. We also continued with more challenging tasks related to place value in class having centre activities. It was nice to see that students accepted the challenge and got through the task. 








Hindi Day- Assembly presentation





Unpacking the central idea of the new unit using their keywords





 





Junior School Friday Enrichment - Music and Dance led by Grade 5 students



Student Council members were also announced during this week's assembly on Monday.

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