​September is the month of nutrition as “The National Nutrition Week” is observed in India every year from September 1st to September 7th in order to create awareness about nutrition and health. There could have been no better month to explore the theme of ‘Food’. Students were excited to explore the importance of healthy food and learnt how they benefit us. They were also introduced to the disadvantages of consuming junk food in excess. The educators and learners connected together throughout the month and explored the importance of healthy food.

​ ‘The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.’
Our efficient students of Grades II astonished their parents with their marvellous executions in the Virtual Parent Walk-in organised from 6th to 10th September 2021. Parent Walk-in is a remarkable component of Suncity Schools where learners don the hats of educators and recapitulate their year-long learning accentuating the essence of “Multiple Intelligences”. The orbits of intelligence are an array of specially formulated activities based on all eight bits of intelligence. The parents were brought on as audience and they became the learners to be taught by our budding educators. It was an extraordinary role reversal and flipping of roles where all the children executed their part impressively. Under the guidance of their educators, the students undertook multiple rehearsals to prepare for the final event. The parents were fascinated to participate in the programme. Young educators allured everyone not only by their confident teaching but also with their modern pedagogies and technological expertise Their meticulous performance left everyone awestruck. Parents applauded the effort put in by the educators and appreciated the individual guidance that was provided to each child. The Principal, Ms. Guneet Ohri addressed the gathering by congratulating all the students, educators and parents for participating enthusiastically in the event.
This Virtual Parent Walk-in was a considerable hit and a delightful experience for all.
 

​Students were engaged in exploration of the concepts of ‘Addition’ and ‘Subtraction’ in mathematics followed by recapitulating the same through playing different online games. With the learning practice, the students developed number-sense and fluency in operations. They practiced, breaking down numbers into tens and ones and used a variety of manipulatives, tools, and math games to develop understanding. Students used different ways to represent addition and subtraction concretely, pictorially, and symbolically. It was remarkable to see them working on word problems and to understand those in a better way, students were introduced to numberless word problems which provided them the space to visualise and helped in understanding the context of the problem.

The month of September was full of new ideas and building confidence among students with recapitulation of the topics covered so far and through assessments.
As a concept closure and evaluation of the learning, students attempted live worksheets and played lots of game via online platform – toy theatre, Math Learning center.
https://toytheater.com/subtraction-sumo/
https://www.liveworksheets.com/hs1997331zy
https://apps.mathlearningcenter.org/number-pieces/

Taking the topic of ‘Plants’ further, the students learnt about the usefulness of green friends in their lives. In the ‘Organic Bazaar’ activity, our little nurturers performed with full zeal and enthusiasm. To connect the month’s learning with the SDG- Life on Land and Life Below Water, a poster-making activity was conducted in which our little artists showcased their talent and visual-spatial skills.
Later in the month, the students delved deep into understanding the nutritional value of the food. They learnt about the various ‘Food Groups’ and their importance for our physical and mental development. ‘Good eating manners are equally important as good eating habits’. These were discussed and supported with a video on ‘Food Etiquettes and Table Manners.’ The SDG- Responsible Consumption and Production was discussed with the help of the story- ‘A Wise Sage’. Towards the end, the responsible Suncitizens took a pledge not to waste the food that is served to them.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7FcWYRELow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VtxCxtsMAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJH9MYZO50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE8lezHs19s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My-KFPmrwzM
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​The students were introduced to the various keys of the keyboard – Alphabet keys, Number keys, Enter Key & Space bar etc. They were introduced to Tux Typing Software, where they had fun learning typing and also played online games for typing. The students also played games in tux typing where they crossed the easy and medium level very easily and were excited to go for the next level. They enjoyed learning and had a lot of fun while learning this skill.

​ Literature
The month of September was characterized by students learning, practicing, revising and as a result honing their vocabulary and spellings through Spell Well sessions. This was coupled up with the enhancement of listening abilities as well, through video demonstration and discussion of comprehension-based questions. Picture comprehension took an interesting and technological shape as students answered questions through MS-Forms and performed excellently. Introduction of scientific word bank also took place, with Unit-6 ‘Baby Reptiles’. They also learnt vocabulary related to bridges in Unit-8 ‘Bridges’, followed by learning to arrange words in an alphabetical order. Thereafter, they created their own indexes as a part of practical-based learning.
Grammar
Students got a sneak peek into India’s glorious history while researching about the famous places related to India’s freedom struggle for a Paragraph Writing activity. They wrote about places like Dandi, Jhansi and made relevant pictures to enhance their presentations. This was an activity to commemorate ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsava’- an initiative by the CBSE. ‘Eat Healthy, Stay Healthy’ campaign witnessed the students spreading awareness about eating a healthy and a nutritious diet through a Poster Making activity. They made colourful posters and wrote creative slogans on the topic and thus celebrated ‘Poshaan Maah’- a CBSE activity, with full zeal and vigour.  The recapitulation of grammar concepts like ‘Genders’ and ‘Homophones ’was done to reinforce the learning which has taken place in the previous months.
Video Links
Noah’s Ark- Revision of Gender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAsfOcGjgoM
 
Story of Jhansi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ4CuzlvAXw
 

शिक्षक दिवस के अवसर पर छात्रों ने कार्ड बनाकर शिक्षक के प्रति सम्मान व्यक्त किया ।
विलोम शब्द को वीडियो लिंक के द्वारा तथा अन्य वास्तविक उदाहरणों द्वारा समझाया गया । ऑनलाइन वर्ड वाल लिंक के द्वारा विलोम शब्द सिखाए गए।
उड़ान पुस्तक से ‘ रस भरे फल और ताज़ी - ताज़ी सब्जियाँ ’ पाठ के अंतर्गत छात्रों से उनके पसंदीदा फल और सब्जी के बारे में पूछकर उनके गुणों की जानकारी देते हुए पाठ का परिचय कराया गया । उनसे मिलने वाले पौष्टिक तत्वों की जानकारी भी दी गई ।
पाठ का सारांश और कठिन शब्दों के अर्थ बताते हुए अभ्यास कार्य करवाया गया ।
‘ हिन्दी दिवस ’ के अवसर पर सतत् विकास लक्ष्य -12- संवहनीय उपयोग और उत्पादन, मासिक विषय - भोजन से जोड़ते हुए मुख्य विषय ‘ पौष्टिक भोजन करे धमाल ’ की गतिविधि कराई गई ,जिसके अंतर्गत सभी छात्रों ने अपनी मनपसंद सब्जी और फलों की विशेषता बताते हुए यह संदेश दिया कि स्वस्थ रहने के लिए पौष्टिक भोजन जरूरी है ।
आज़ादी का अमृत महोत्सव के उपलक्ष्य में छात्रों ने साबरमती आश्रम के बारे में जानकारी
एकत्रित करके अपनी कार्य पुस्तिका में लिखा ।
https://wordwall.net/resource/3646277/vilom-shabd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FNYbDLrGxg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phTSAQjx
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In the month of September, the students worked on: 

• Learning chess with the help of online puzzles.
• Tabata workouts and yoga.
• Bring me something was played which was mixed with different animal walks and other movements.
• Coordination activities with ball & balloon.
• Some sections of grade 2 were also introduced to breakout rooms and made to play chess against their classmates.

The students learnt: 

• Zumba fitness dance movements.
• The importance of fitness in dance and daily life.

 Dance form: Zumba
Song: I like to move it
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymigWt5TOV8​

​Forms of Acting :-
Students learnt about various forms of acting such as comedy, tragedy, melodrama, etc. Children learnt a lot about acting and theatre.
 
Application of their learning:
Students performed a role play related to Cinderella written by Brothers Grimm and adapted by KIDSINCO. Through this, children understood gestures, postures, body language of the characters and also learnt how to modulate their voice according to the characters. They learnt how to narrate a story.
Additionally, they were made aware of costumes, makeup and props by practising for this play.
 

​सितम्बर माह में छात्र छात्राओं द्वारा की गई गतिविधिया:
 
गायन अभ्यास:अलंकार, बैलून ब्रीथिंग।
गीत- अरे अरे कृष्णा, नारंगीगीत।
प्रयोग हुए वाद्य:तानपूराऑडियो ट्रैक।
गायनतकनीक: गायन के अभ्यास की बुनियादी तकनीक, गीत के माध्यम से ततवाद्यों का संक्षिप्त परिचय।

In the month of September, the students learnt:
 
​Vocal warm-up exercises and basic notes of music
Recap session: ‘Five hundred miles’ and solo presentation
Instruments: Taught about the importance of rhythm in guitar
Techniques: Breathing techniques exercise with vocal warm-up.

​Folk and Tribal Art of India
     Warli Art
     Composition using floral designs and geometrical shapes
     Bookmark Activity
     Design a border using Warli art and paste their photograph in centre. (border design like a frame).
     Clay slab activity
Composition : Creative & freehand
 
Art Technique : Free hand, paper craft, colour mixing, geometric (with tools), colouring, outlining
 
Art tools : Pencil, sketch pen, crayons, oil pastels, scale, craft paper, tissue.

In sync with the theme of the month “I AM COMPASSIONATE”, students were introduced to the meaning of compassion in great depth with the help of picture reading, video and role plays. Students enjoyed performing role plays and learnt the value of being compassionate. It is explained that compassion is empathy and caring in action. Also, as per NCERT curriculum, the importance of nutrition, physical heath, balanced diet and exercise was explained with the help of a power point presentation. All the sessions were very interactive especially the one on nutrition as students discussed about their daily diet. 

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E39jpNN9eQ

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAFq6PcFYgI
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YimuIdEZSNY

 

“A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future!”
The young children of grade1E, rightfully set out the significance of the International Daughter’s day on 24th of September on the virtual platform of their General Assembly. Daughters are an incredible gift of God and every fourth Sunday of September is celebrated as 'Daughter's Day'. Along with the essential elements of an assembly of ‘News reading’ and ‘Word of the day’, The students of Grade1E communicated the importance of daughters in a family and her footmark on the society through reminiscing the accolades achieved by the women of India - Bharat ki Beti, in the recent Tokyo Olympics.  Students exhibited confidence in presenting the message aloud as a reminder to treat sons and daughters alike.
The objective of the Poshan Maah is to ensure community mobilisation and bolster people's participation for addressing malnutrition amongst young children was exhibited by the students through the ‘laghu natika’ in Hindi.

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“Rivers are compared to the arteries of the world. Rivers give us the water in our taps and play an important role in our lives.”
The young, talented students of Grade I D came concurrently on the digital platform to present the Online Virtual Class Assembly on 17th September, Friday on World Rivers Day. The assembly began on a soulful note with the Morning Prayer which was recited by the students seeking blessings of the Almighty. The students then shared ‘News’ and ‘word of the day.  Rivers have been the cradle of civilizations and the backbone of our economy. The students personified themselves as rivers and gave interesting information about rivers all over world. The students mesmerized everyone with their stupendous performance. Our respected Principal Ma’am, Ms Guneet  Ohri, applauded the execution of the students with aspiring words,  accentuating the necessity of rivers in our lives and how we can prevent them from succumbing to pollution. The learners showcased meticulous coordination and enthusiasm throughout. It was an overwhelming experience to see such young children performing splendidly. The assembly concluded with the National anthem

Alluring August is the month of getting a sense of wonder by observing the drops of water connecting sky and earth. It's the time when children enjoy rains and observe the changing patterns of clouds.Let their vivid imagination allow them to identify shapes formed by the clouds 
The monsoon season has begun taking over the nation, with the sweet smell of wet earth and running water droplets on plants. Which better season than the monsoon season to explore the theme ‘Plants’! Students explored the importance of plants and learnt how useful they are for all of us. They were also introduced to the concept of life below water which sensitised them to understand how important water is for aquatic animals, too. The educators and children connected together throughout the month and pledged to preserve our environment.
The universal value of the month being “I am respectful” was explored through various stories and activities. This enhanced the emotional outlook of children and helped them to emerge as better humans

​The Magnificent Mornings were brought in with a lot of positive thoughts to give children an optimistic view of life. Mingle Monday allowed the students to shed their shells and taught them how to bond with their peers. Terrific Tuesday was a day to discuss the monthly theme and explore the immense aspects of environment. Wow Wednesday brought a surprise element for the children teaching them how to hold on to their excitement. Tango Thursday- Let's dance! Every one wore their dancing shoes and danced to their favourite beats. Fantastic Friday was the Early Primary Assembly Day, where in the students of different sections conducted the assemblies thereby celebrating special days and events.

​Suncity School 37D celebrated India's 75th Independence Day with unprecedented patriotic fervour. The gamut of celebration started with our Principal Ms.Guneet Ohri hoisting the Tricolour on campus along with all the staff members with the national anthem echoing in the ramparts of the school campus.
The Independence Day Special Assembly was very well coordinated and conducted by our confident and enthusiastic VI graders. It was a moment of great pride for the newly elected council members for whom their parents had the honour of pinning their prefect badges.
The toppers of last year’s Olympiads, academic scholarship holders and winning houses were also felicitated for their excellent performances in the virtual presence of Maj. Gen. Kulpreet Singh (Retd), the Chief Guest for the occasion. Gen Kulpreet congratulated the students and encouraged them to take on the mantle of leadership seriously. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” is what he quoted to motivate the council members.
He also spoke about his fellow soldiers who sacrificed their lives for our country. He appreciated the Principal’s leadership under whose guidance the school is emerging to be one of the best in Gurgaon.
Our talented students paid homage to the martyrs through their impeccable song and dance performances. The event concluded with the Inter-House Patriotic Song competition which was assessed by the eminent judges Mr.Vikul Sharma and Ms.Riya Maity Sinha. The mellifluous performances by the students were highly appreciated by the judges. Principal, Ms Guneet Ohri, addressed the gathering by congratulating all students, staff and parents for enthusiastically uniting to celebrate and honour the nation despite the current tough and troubling times.
 

 Language and Performing Arts Subject Integration Week
 
"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child".    George Bernard Shaw
 
One way of discovering the curriculum with the children is integrating it across the board with other subjects and to do that we organized a Subject Integration Week in school during the week of 9th August to 13th August. We integrated Language with Performing Arts through an array of activities. Integrated study brought together diverse disciplines in a comprehensive manner, enabling students to develop a meaningful understanding of the complex associations and influences within a topic.  ‘Envirophilia-A Fancy Dress Party’ was organized for Grade I students. The little learners looked super excited as they came dressed on the theme of Plants and Aquatic Animals and spoke about the ‘Plant or Animal’ that they played the role of, using their drama skills. They also carried props to convey their message. They explored the importance of SDG 14- ‘Life below Water’ and SDG 15- ‘Life on Land’ and made other students aware about them through their presentations. ‘The Edible Tales- Story on my Plate’ turned out to be a successful venture for Grade II students as they narrated their yummy-licious stories with the help of creatively crafted fruit and vegetable salad using their vivid imagination and creative skills. This approach further developed the children’s ability to transfer their learning to other settings and correlate their sub-conscious selves to conscious ​selves. The class was divided into Performers group and Audience group for these activities. The audience judged their peers’ performance on a Peer Assessment Rubric. This was only possible because they were able to closely relate to real-world linguistic connections in an integrated curriculum approach. We were amazed by the meticulous efforts shown by the students. It was altogether an amazing week and we loved every bit of it.

​School assemblies are an essential component for learning and evolution of any child. Assemblies not only inculcate a sense of school unity but also encourage expression and boost confidence. Regular assemblies aid the development of proper habits and an attitude of being a part of the audience; for performers as well as audience are equally imperative to a wholesome aesthetic experience. 
In the month of August, grades I-A, I-B and I-C presented their class assemblies. It was the first time for the little ones to perform live. Grade I-A displayed patriotic fervour with their special assembly on Independence Day and remembered many of our freedom fighters. Grade I-B filled the audience with the joy of sibling relationship with their special assembly on Raksha Bandhan. Grade I-C celebrated the birth of Krishna and the highlight of their special assembly for Janamashtami was the ‘Dahi Handi’.
All the children performed their best and we value the cooperation of parents in making all the assemblies a success
 
https://youtu.be/cXb5OK0eEHI

Students were engaged in solving Mental Math questions by unravelling the way numbers work at a deeper level. Students applied strategies based on place value and properties of operations to add up to three-digit numbers. They explored flexible methods and models to solve and represent addition within 1,000, wherein concrete models, pictorial representations, number sentences and open number lines were included.
Taking learning further to an experiential mode, students made different creative shapes using trapezium with the help of the SEP Edu kit and book. They were also excited to create the first letter of their name using trapezium. It was remarkable to see them identifying the objects of that shape in their surroundings and bringing them to the class.
As a concept closure and a part of formative assessment activities, students attempted live worksheets, Ms. Forms and played lots of game via online platform – Toy Theatre
https://toytheater.com/addition-scale/
https://toytheater.com/addition-pull/
https://www.liveworksheets.com/em1396173gh

​Taking the topic of ‘Animals’ further the students learnt about the animal homes and the young ones of different animals. They further enhanced their knowledge about animals by understanding the different ways in which they are useful to us. The topic- ‘Eating Habits of Animals’ was discussed with the help of an informative ppt. To make the learning more interesting they did an Animal Role Play where they wore the animal mask made by them and spoke about the food they love to eat. Further, the food chain was discussed with the help of an informative video.
The next topic ‘Plants’ was introduced with the help of a real plant, which was shown to them in the class and the functions of different parts of plants were also explained. The students further delved deeper into the topic of photosynthesis and learnt how the leaves make their food.
 
Project based learning activity-Let’s grow the plants together was taken up where the little nurturers planted the seeds, observed their plants for three weeks and noted down the observations in the record sheet shared with them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OALhQTNfUhs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rvd-b5fYKA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Offfhw5mboc
Types of Plants |Types of Plants for Kids | Plants around us | Different types of Trees | - YouTube
Parts Of A Plant | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn Videos For Kids - YouTube
https://youtu.be/D1Ymc311XS8

​The students were introduced to the topic “OPERATING A COMPUTER” by inquiring about how do they sit in the car, start it and go? They all replied with a few steps here and there. Then it was explained that to do anything there have to be a few steps to be followed. The students had a brain storming session on the steps involved in turning on and off the computer. This was integrated with Instructional Writing in English. The students also wrote the story of a thirsty crow in the word pad and learnt about the control buttons of the window, re-sizing of a window and computer care tips.

Literature
Students completed the Unit- ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ with focus on reading, comprehension, glossary and writing skills. Through the medium of story telling session, the students gained the understanding of story settings such as garden and woods and the usage of adjectives like bright, sunny, dark and gloomy. Further, they learnt about Adjectives and their opposites.  Story Map using graphic organiser became a window to organisation and differentiation of different story elements. Students of grade II also enjoyed creating book covers as a part of practical based learning following the information gained in Unit- ‘A Book Cover’. They turned into authors, giving their book covers suitable titles and publisher names.
Grammar
 Moving ahead and stepping into grammar, the students learnt about different types of Adjectives and used them in forming meaningful sentences. The recapitulation of grammar concepts like Verbs and Nouns was done to reinforce the learning which had taken place in the previous months. The game ‘Simon Says’ witnessed the integration of Bodily Kinaesthetic and Verbal Linguistic. Children loved donning the role of Simon as they took turns and gave commands to the class using Action Words. Students also understood the techniques of composing sensible sentences through Online Games for jumbled sentences.
Video Links
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/actions-1
 https://youtu.be/dUXk8Nc5qQ8
​https://www.turtlediary.com/game/end-punctuations.html
https://www.turtlediary.com/game/identify-correct-punctuation.html

कक्षा दो के छात्रों ने उड़ान पुस्तक के पाठ ‘ कृष्ण – सुदामा ‘ को पढ़कर उनकी मित्रता के बारे में जानकारी प्राप्त करते हुए उसका अभ्यास कार्य किया । छात्रों ने सतत विकास लक्ष्य – 15 तथा मासिक विषय पेड़ – पौधे के अंतर्गत कला विज्ञान से एकीकृत करते हुए विभिन्न पेड़ों के पत्तों जैसे – (आम , पीपल और अशोका) से मुकुट बनाकर पर्यावरण के अनुकूल तथा उनसे होने वाले फायदे के बारे में अपने विचार कक्षा में साझा किए |
९ अगस्त से १३ अगस्त तक भाषा – सप्ताह के दौरान सतत विकास लक्ष्य – १४ – जलीय जीवों की सुरक्षा, नाट्य रूपान्तरण के द्वारा हाव – भाव सहित जलीय जीवों पर कविता गायन प्रस्तुत किया । कविता के माध्यम से उन्हें बचाने का संदेश दिया ।
मृदुल व्याकरण से ‘ क्रिया पाठ ’ का पाठन करते हुए सभी छात्रों ने अभ्यास कार्य किया ।
पाठ -१५ ‘ राखी का त्योहार ’ पाठ का सारांश कक्षा में समझाते हुए भाई – बहन के अटूट रिश्ते का महत्त्व समझाया गया । पाठ में आए नए शब्दों की जानकारी देते हुए उनके अर्थ एवं अभ्यास कार्य करवाया गया। छात्रों ने अपने भाई – बहन के प्यार को दर्शाते हुए एक दूसरे के लिए सुंदर राखी - कार्ड बनाया । इस तरह से छात्रों के रचनात्मक क्रिया – कलाप में वृद्धि हुई और स्वयं के सूझ – बूझ का विकास हुआ । 
​पाठ से संबंधित लिंक
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WaWsWvPO2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQjrN0C49KI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EpEan-Bxy4
https://wordwall.net/resource/1401490/  

​In their Physical Education lessons, the students worked on:

• Chess with the help of online puzzles
• Tabata workouts
• Yoga

  The learners were also taught Chess Notations.

In their Western Dance lessons, the students learnt:

• Some freestyle dance movements with the fusion of Indian Dance
• Dance choreography on Janmashtmi song

 
Dance form: Freestyle with fusion of Indian
Song: Raat suhani mast chandni
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xj1fZD2r2U

​In Drama lessons, students learnt :
Forms of acting:  To emote different gestures, posture and mood through body language and facial expressions
Application of their learning : Role-play and dialogue delivery, story narration, voice modulation
Additionally, they also listened to varies stories and how to express themselves in different characters.
Forms of Acting :-
Students learnt various forms of acting by the help of stories and drama activities, they understood mood, expressions such as happy, sad, angry, scared, etc.
 
Application of their learning:
Students learnt gestures, postures, body language and voice modulation like human and animal characters, their jump, walk, run and different sounds.
They listened to many stories such as Rani Laxmi Bai, Bhagat Singh, The Magical Cap and The Clever Porter. Through these stories students understood various forms acting.

अगस्त माह छात्र-छात्राओं द्वारा की गई गतिविधियाँ:
गायन अभ्यास: अलंकार, बैलून ब्रीदिंग ।
गीत: (देश मेरे देश) देश भक्ति गीत, कृष्णा की कहानी , कृष्णा गीत (अरे अरे कृष्णा )।
प्रयोग हुए वाद्य: तानपूरा, ऑडियो ट्रैक।
गायन तकनीक: गायन के अभ्यास की बुनियादी तकनीक।
सन्दर्भ वीडियो लिंक:https://youtu.be/ztTNi6S7_4s
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​– Underwater Sea World (Students explored the life under water and tried to draw different types of fish and other animals under water)
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em9mlK45rP0
     Independence Day drawing
     Rakhi card making (made them understand the true bond of a brother and sister)
     Drawing different types of leaves (identifying textures).

​Valuing and expressing RESPECT is the need of the day. This month students learnt an important lesson- “Give respect to gain respect”. Also, students understood how it feels when someone disrespects. Respect also includes valuing parents, doing your own work and respecting our surroundings, too. Listening is also a form of respect. Students learnt listening plays more important role than speaking. Learning through stories and day to day experiences helped students to understand the concept more clearly.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-luRE-bOqQ8
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVSfBCovcT8

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vTsyJZbkug

July is a month of feeling of exultation and jubilation from the scorching heat. It's the time when children feel rejuvenated after their long, fun filled summer break. Another month of learning new concepts through activities that hone their skills and bring about holistic development in their personality.
Monthly theme being ‘Animals’ was a very big attraction for the children as they were sensitized about them through integrating various subjects. The children were excited by a range of activities done during this joyous month.
The Magnificent Mornings were named differently each day giving them a positive start of the day. Mingle Monday was a Rapport building session in which the educator and children interacted and bonded. Terrific Tuesday was a day to Discuss the monthly theme, Wow Wednesday was a Surprise element for the children which they eagerly awaited. Tango Thursday- Let's dance! Every one wore their dancing shoes and had fun. Fantastic Friday was the Early Primary Assembly Day, wherein the children conducted the assemblies celebrating special days and events. The educators and children had fun and looked forward to attend each session.
The universal value of the month being Honesty was inculcated and reinforced through activities and stories related to the theme.

Reenergized after a long summer break children continued their journey of learning by recap of concepts learnt before the summer holidays. The assigned holiday homework, which was to ensure continuity of lessons learnt, was also discussed in detail in the class. 
Taking learning further to an experiential mode, students were introduced to the concept of 2D shapes and 3D shapes with the help of online Geoboard and Tan gram. It was remarkable to see the creative shapes made by children on these tools. They also shared some of the real life 2D and 3D objects around us. 
As a concept closure and evaluation of the learning, student danced on the “Shapes” song, attempted online worksheets. 
As part of the regular class activity, they also enjoyed the activities from the SEP Edu activity book that helps enhance the students logical and reasoning thinking skills.
 
Shapes Song –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A
 

Returning after an exciting summer break, our little scholars were energetic and shared their holiday experiences in the class. The learning journey started with a fun filled activity- play time with friends. Recapitulation of what they had learnt about ‘Family’ was done. They understood the value and importance of family in their lives. Connecting to the ‘value of helping’, students excitedly shared how they help at home. Further, the topic ‘Celebrations’ was discussed with the help of a PowerPoint presentation. The students were able to relate to the various festivals celebrated at their homes. As a topic closure, students played a Match & Pair game with the tool ‘Book Widget’.
 
The upcoming topic ‘Animals’ was introduced with the help of a Jigsaw Puzzle which the students loved to solve. They learnt about the physical features of animals using the SEE- THINK-WONDER strategy. They added to their knowledge by learning new and interesting facts about animals around them.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wdM1Rx0HdI
THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ANIMALS - YouTube
 
https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/fVuYsJm9-iQAF4VnxfAAAA/6CLWU6X/festivals-fun?teacher_id=6228850055839744 

https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/4Zhmb1Tt-iQAFTN5MfAAAA/6CG396H?teacher_id=4688997778456576

As an introductory activity to the ‘IPO cycle’, the class discussion revolved around the food they had for breakfast. Connecting the Input – as ingredients; Process – as cooking; and Output – the finished product. Keeping this in mind, students were able to share few other real life examples like washing clothes, making tea etc. Connecting real life situations helped students to understand that IPO cycle is not just in ICT, but also in our daily lives.​

The month of July witnessed the much loved and anticipated ‘Fable Festival’. It was a celebration of the reader in all of us and was an effort to groom young readers. The festival was announced and explained to the students along with model reading of a fable in the first class. The reading log and its purpose were also explained to them. In the subsequent classes, the fables were read and discussed by the students. Through the medium of the story telling session of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, students gained the understanding of story settings such as garden and woods and the usage of adjectives like bright, sunny, dark and gloomy. The students of grade II gave an educational edge to the game of ‘Mystery Box’ by using the colourful Mystery Boxes to teach ‘Adjectives’ to their peers. They looked super excited while taking out objects of different shapes, sizes, textures, colours, numbers and qualities to explain Adjectives to the class. They were also able to recognize the ‘Contraction Words’ and usage of ‘Apostrophe’ through an interesting demonstration activity of joining the Lego blocks. Students learnt about some tips and tricks for adding endings such as -ing, -er and -ed at the end of words. To add final and finishing touch to the Fable Festival, an activity ‘Let’s be Expressive’ was done in which the students had to either dress up like their favourite character or be creative and draw or make a hand puppet of their favourite character. All the learners enjoyed reading and the final activity was a cherry on the cake for everyone.
 
Video Links
 
‘Punctuation Marks’
https://www.yout;ube.com/watch?v=Y-DTA0PeVz4 
‘Adjectives’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94cdAyyPj3Q
 

विद्यालय के प्रथम दिन छात्रों से उनके समय के सदुपयोग के बारे में बातचीत करने के साथ मनोरंजन हेतु पहेलियाँ पूछकर तार्किक ज्ञान में वृद्धि की गयी। आसपास की वस्तुओं की सहायता से संज्ञा की पहचान कराते हुए अभ्यास कार्य करवाया गया। सर्वनाम का परिचय एक कहानी के माध्यम से शुरु किया गया जहां पर बार-बार संज्ञा शब्दों का प्रयोग हुआ था। छात्रों ने अपने विवेक से उचित सर्वनाम का प्रयोग करते हुए जानकारी हासिल की। छात्रों को सर्वनाम की कहानी सुनाते हुए ईमानदारी का महत्त्व भी बताया गया |
 सतत विकास लक्ष्य-१५ ‘थलीय जीवों की सुरक्षा’ से एकीकृत करते हुए छात्रों ने संज्ञा और सर्वनाम की गतिविधि की । इस तरह से रचनात्मक,कलात्मक और  क्रियात्मक कौशल का विकास हुआ । उड़ान पुस्तक के पाठ ‘कहाँ चले जंगल के राजा’का विस्तार पूर्वक पठन हुआ। इस पाठ का छात्रों ने नाटक मंचन किया। सभी छात्रों ने अपने मनपसंद जानवर का किरदार निभाते हुए यह जानकारी हासिल की कि कोई भी जीव छोटा–बड़ा नहीं होता। छात्रों के वाचन कौशल में वृद्धि हुई । छात्रों ने अपनी दादी और नानी  को छोटा सा पत्र लिख कर अपनी खुशी व्यक्त की । इस प्रकार छात्रों का रचनात्मक और बौद्धिक विकास हुआ ।
 
पाठ से सम्बंधित वीडियो LINKS -
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Bk62MezwY&t=10s
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdqXOIUUlwY

In their Physical Education lessons, students worked on:
 
Learning the game of chess

• They were introduced to the game through a video which explained the history of the game and its origin.
• In the following classes, students were informed about the 6 different types of chess pieces in the game, how the board is set up and how every chess piece has a unique way of moving across the board.
• They were introduced to online chess gaming portal where they were given various chess puzzles related to the movement of all chess pieces.
• Gradually, they were introduced to the concepts of capture, protection and combat.

They were also given a chance to play an actual game against the computer​

​In their Western Dance lessons, the students learnt:

• About the different tempo of music and dance on the song Ram Sam Sam
• The basic feet positions used in Ballet, Contemporary and Jazz dance style.
• To combine the feet positions with the dance movements.

 
Dance form: Freestyle and Ballet
Song: Ram Sam Sam
Video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBttxAMxaXE

​    In Drama lessons, students learnt:
 
  Forms of Acting:
Students learnt various forms of acting with the help of stories and drama activities. They learnt about mood and expressions like happy, sad, angry, scared, etc.
 
  Application of their learning:-

• Gestures, postures, body language and voice modulation
• Human and animal characters, their movements and their sounds.

 
Additionally, they listened to many stories—‘The Naughty Boy’, ‘The Camel and the Zebra’, ‘The Rabbit and the Lion’, ‘The Lion and the Bulls’. Students understood various forms acting through these stories.
Students also performed warm up exercises and practised the nine emotions of acting (Navarasa).

In their Indian Music lessons, students:
 
Learnt Vocal warm-up exercises: Alankar practice, Balloon breathing.
Practiced: Shudh swar Alankar
Learnt the Song:  Guru vandana
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Instrument Used: Tanpura
Techniques: Basic techniques of practicing vocal Music.
Reference video link for the song: https://youtu.be/hTdZkPeIkhs
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​In their Western Music lessons, students learnt:
 
Vocal warm-up exercises: Basics of music
Songs learnt: (Recap Session) Five hundred miles
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Instruments used: Ukulele
Techniques: Breathing techniques with vocal

​In their Visual Art lessons, students learnt:
 
Memory drawing of any special event from their vacations. (‘How I spent my Vacations’)

• Shadow painting with background mixing with warm colours.
• Landscape using basic shapes.

Composition: Creative & freehand
 
Art Technique: Free hand, paper craft, colour mixing, geometric (with tools), colouring, outlining
 
Art tools: Pencil, Sketch pen, crayons, oil pastels, scale, craft paper, tissue

​“Honesty is the best policy”, taking the monthly theme into consideration, the importance of honesty was explained to the students. Students learnt the importance of being truthful and the consequences of lying, no one will trust us ever. Also, BEING HELPFUL, CARING and COMMON GOOD concepts were introduced with enthusiastic videos and letting each student share their own experiences. This month’s learning includes being helpful and caring makes others happy and builds strong relations. Students enjoyed a lot learning these values.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGlHu7gufhc
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MikJ4kHtgc
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opqJBzO8L5w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG5oqo8XP0Y

Assemblies are the most interactive medium to facilitate learning.
 
July month started with a bang wherein the students eagerly participated in the theme based assemblies .
 
Details of the Class assemblies conducted :
Grade II A – Doctor’s Day
Students appreciated the selfless service of the doctors on Doctor’s day, and their worthy endeavor by saluting the health saviors working on the forefront especially in the present challenging times.
 
Grade II B – Id-ul- Zuha
The high-spirited students of Grade II B presented assembly on Id-ul- Zuhaas ‘Holiday or Festival of Sacrifice’ thus offering prayers to the almighty and respecting the major Islamic festival celebrated by the Muslims across the world.
Grade II C – Kargil Diwas
Vivacious children from II C paid an ode to our Kargil heroes who valiantly fought and sacrificed their lives for the nation, thus unanimously celebrating the Kargil Diwas.
Grade II D – Friendship Day
Sharing the human spirit through friendship, the assembly by Grade II D students taught everyone to celebrate differences, helping all to work together to build peace and mutual respect on International day of Friendship. “Through friendship, they wove strong ties of trust and generated passion for a better world where all are united”.
 
Grade II E - Respect
Students of Grade II E highlighted the importance of respecting others. They exhibited their skills by exemplifying to be respectful while listening and sharing views without losing patience.

The month of July was a reminder of the promises made at heart and an opportunity to remind children about values and expectations to come together as a group.

MATHEMATICS
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​The students continued the learning of the concept ‘Place Value Expanded Form’ through recapitulation sessions. The concept was fostered by solving practice questions and one on one problem solving sessions. They further learnt about the ‘3-Digit Number Formation’ using 3 digits. The same was taught using place value blocks, flash cards. Children excitedly shared the number created by them and arranged them in ascending and descending order. They played the game of Counting Caterpillar and Range Arranger and practiced arranging the numbers in ascending and descending order. Students were introduced to the concept of ‘Even Numbers’. Our little mathematicians loved to identify the pattern followed in the even numbers. Students learning on 3-digit number was assessed by using MS Form.

ENVIRONMENTAL  SCIENCE (EVS)
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​Moving forward in the new session, this month the students enthusiastically learnt about the different sense organs with the help of various activities. It was indeed a true experiential learning for them as they enjoyed and learnt together while participating in TOUCH THE BAG and GUESS THE SOUND activities which not only helped them understand different senses but also gave them an opportunity of learning by doing. The students continued their learning journey by conducting a PEER TEACHING/SHOW AND TELL session where-in they brought different objects like pistachio, flower, soft toy, hard ball, biscuits etc. and connected them with different senses and explained the same to their classmates. It was a wonderful session as the students taught each other and got an opportunity of expressing themselves through a live learning session. To recapitulate the different topics done in the class, MS FORM quiz was also conducted.
In order to connect the students’ knowledge to SDG 3- Good Health and Well- Being, the five-star breathing activity was done in the class. The students enjoyed coloring the star fish and also shared the physical activities that they do in order to keep themselves healthy and fit. 
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Video Links -
Listening Game - Guess The Sound | Help Children Improve Listening Skills and Improve Attention - YouTube

ICT

The class started with a discussion about the importance of body parts and that for the person to be healthy all parts of the body need to function properly. Connecting this to the parts of the computer, students understood that the computer can work only if all the parts are connected to each other properly. The students learnt what the different parts of the computer are and what their functions are. Also what are the other parts that can be connected to the computer externally like printer, scanner, headphones, etc.
They also enjoyed playing an online game where they were supposed to search for the different technologies and know the functions of the same.
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Video link -
https://www.abcya.com/games/find_the_tech

ENGLISH

Students completed the Unit- ‘How to make a Hovering Bee’ with a focus on reading and writing. The merry sounds of ‘Rhyming Words’ were taught through an interesting game. Students learnt about ‘Proper Nouns’ and ‘Common Nouns’ with the help of household objects. They donned the hats of their educators while conducting a Flipped Classroom session on the topic ‘Nouns’. Regular worksheets were provided for recapitulation of the taught concepts. Students learnt new facts about the human body through the Unit- ‘How do we move’ which will be continued after the vacations as well. Regular loud reading was practiced in the class to improve reading skills, pronunciation and fluency.​

HINDI

छात्रों ने मज़दूर दिवस के महत्त्व को समझते हुए कार्ड बनाकर, गिफ्ट देकर एवं अपने प्यार भरे शब्दों मे वीडियो के माध्यम से कृतज्ञता व्यक्त की। छात्रों ने मातृदिवस को भी बड़े अनोखे अंदाज़ में प्रस्तुत किया और अपनी माताओं के प्रति कृतज्ञता व्यक्त की। छात्रों को उनके स्वयं के शरीर के अंगों का चार्ट तथा वीडियो दिखाकर नाम पूछते हुए हिन्दी  में अंगों के नाम की जानकारी दी गई | सतत विकास लक्ष्य - सामान्य ज्ञान विषय से एकीकृत करते हुए इस बात को समझाया गया कि प्रत्येक अंग का हमारे दैनिक जीवन में कितना महत्तव है और उन्हें कैसे साफ रखना चाहिए। हिन्दी रचनात्मक पुस्तिका में शरीर के अंगों का चित्र बनाकर सभी छात्रों ने जानकारी प्राप्त की | कैलेंडर गतिविधि के द्वारा दिन, महीनों व तारीख को समझाते हुए कार्य पुस्तिका में लिखवाया गया। इस प्रकार उन्हें हिन्दी में दिन व महीनों का सही उच्चारण करने का ज्ञान प्राप्त हुआ। महीनों में आने वाले पर्व को कविता के रूप में समझाते हुए हिन्दी के महीनों से भी परिचित कराया गया। उड़ान पुस्तक के पाठ ‘ नन्ही विनी ने लिखी नानी को चिट्ठी ’ का सारांश बताते हुए पत्र लिखने की जानकारी कक्षा में दी गई। पाठ से संबंधित अभ्यास – कार्य करवाया गया। वाक्य – रचना, कठिन शब्दों के अर्थ करवाए गए । प्रत्येक छात्र से बारी – बारी पाठ पढ़ने के लिए कहा गया और उनके उच्चारण तथा पठन शैली पर मार्गदर्शन किया गया। पाठ - आठ की श्रुतलेख परीक्षा हुई। छात्रों का प्रदर्शन सराहनीय रहा। इस तरह से छात्रों का मार्गदर्शन करते हुए रचनात्मक और क्रियात्मक कला का विकास हुआ।
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सिर, कंधे, घुटने और पैर | Head Shoulders Knees And Toes | Hindi Rhymes for Children (HD) - YouTube
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The students learnt -

• Getting to know each other better by playing introductory games such as 'Bring me something' where the leader gives the kids clues such as colors or shapes and different combinations and the kids had to explore around in their house and find such things. While playing these games opportunities were also given to kids to become the leader and give different clues to the whole class.

 

• 'Simon says' where instead of the teacher, the kids played the role of Simon and gave the tasks to be performed. Using such games a lot of exercises and other fun activities were incorporated by the children.

 

• Videos were used to show them the proper way to do 'alphabet yoga'. The kids enjoyed it thoroughly as it made a correlation with something that they had studied and at the same time got to work on their balance and flexibility.

 

• Kids also followed the teacher and performed exercises such as 'jumping jacks, high knees, butt kicks, skater jumps, forward, backward & side running' etc. which helped in improving their endurance. Exercises such as 'squats, knee push-ups, sit ups' help them to improve their strength especially around the core.

 

• They continued to participate in 'throwing and catching variations' using a soft ball which helps in developing better eye hand coordination and also brings a field element in the confines of home. In some classes where the kids were able to 'catch two balls' at the same time and 'juggling' was also introduced.​

DANCE

The students learnt -  

• Basic freestyle dance movements, hand positions and first two positions of Ballet dance style.
• Students also combined the hand positions with the dance movements.

 
Dance form - Freestyle and Ballet
Song -  Better when I am dancing
 
Video link -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N4BKYMuAYo

DRAMA

The students learnt -

• Forms of Acting - 

Various forms of acting were taught by the help of stories and drama activities. They understood and learnt to emote various mood and expressions such as happy, sad, angry, and scared.

• Application of their learning - 

Gestures, postures, body language and voice modulation were attempted. They enacted human and animal characters- their jump, walk, run and their voices.
 
Additionally, they listened to many stories ‘The Boy Lost in Mysterious Jungle’, ‘The Wise Man Raaman’ and students also narrated their own stories. Learners also performed various warm up exercises of Drama.

INDIAN MUSIC
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The students learnt -

• Vocal warm-up exercises - Alankar practice, Balloon breathing.
• Practiced - Shudh swar Alankar
• New songs - Mother’s day song (Ma), Rang birangi dharti
• Instruments - Tanpoora

Techniques -  Basic techniques of practicing vocal.

WESTERN MUSIC

​The students learnt - 

• Vocal warm-up exercises, Basics of music
• Songs learnt - (Recap Session) The Lord God made them all
• Instruments - Guitar/ Ukulele
• Techniques - Breathing techniques with vocal.

Video link for the song - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT_oDqOEGpc

ART

The students learnt: -

• To make a ‘Me & my Mother’ creative composition.
• To make and decorate a photo frame using hard paper/ ice cream sticks (Integrated with EVS).​  
• Composition - Creative and freehand
• Art Technique - Free hand, paper craft, geometric (with tools), coloring, outlining

Art tools - Pencil, Sketch pen, crayons, oil pastels, scale, craft Paper​

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LIFE SKILLS 

Smiling and being cheerful makes us feel good. This is what the learners understood in Life Skills lessons this month. The importance of Obedience, Sincerity and Sharing was discussed with the help of videos, games and puzzles. At the end, students got to know how obeying helps us to be out of danger, how sharing shows our care for others, and others like us when we are cheerful.
 
 Video links -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjrKiRNr8cw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziXvFCKEGqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jbwzr-fR8I 
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