Students of class VIII were involved in an interactive session with Doctor Lakshmi Prasuna in connection with their science topic- Age of adolescence & Reproduction. They learned about the various physical and emotional changes occurring during this phase and ways to tackle them. Balanced diet and physical fitness are key factors during this period.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
“FIBRES TO FABRIC”
In connection to the topic “FIBRES TO FABRIC” the students of class 7 are taken to the jute factory. The students learnt the process of the transformation of the raw jute to the final product.
Perimeter and Area
Children of class IV A & B had done an activity related to ‘Perimeter and Area’. They made different irregular shapes using grid papers and found out the Perimeter and Area of those irregular shapes. Children used practical demonstration on perimeter and area by using the squares in the School corridors to find Perimeter and Area.
Curriencies
Children of classes IV A & B have collected currencies of various countries with different denominations and involved in understanding the various names, sizes, shapes, coins, colors etc..Through this activity they explored currencies of Ethiopia, China, England, U.S.A, Amazon, New Mexico, South Africa etc.. Children enjoyed the process of knowing the currencies and some details about those countries.
Smart Kid Contest
As a part of its search for talent, Oakridge conducted “Smart Kidz Cup” on 19th Feb 2012. For a child to be crowned with the title “Smart Kid” the child should excel in three series of competitions which will test his/hers intellect, artistic talent and sports skills.
The child’s intellect was tested with competitions like Spell Bee, Math Quotient, Elocution and storytelling/poem recitation (for sub juniors). The children showed their talents in singing, dancing and drawing under the artistic skills. Their physical fitness and sports skills were tested with swimming free style and obstacle race (for sub juniors).
Morning assembly
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On 22nd of February class V ‘A’ presented the assembly. Robin Rao very smartly compared the full assembly. Yeon Ji Lee recited a hindi poem then 12 boys and girls presented a spell bounding Yoga dance which was the highlight of the assembly
Friday, March 2, 2012
Maths Workshop
Children of classes I to IV have participated in ‘Maths Workshop’ held on 13-02-12. This preparation was well planned by the primary teachers of classes I to IV. The workshop started with a ‘Warm Up’ session by making hand symbols of addition and subtraction. Children then continued with ‘Popcorn’ activity where whenever the teacher tells an Odd number students need to take a ‘crouch’ position and when it is Even number they need to ‘jump up’, in this way they finished this activity in the School Ground. Later, all of them went for the second round, where they were all divided into 8 groups (i.e square, triangle, cube, rectangle, circle, star, cone & Cylinder), each group was given cut outs of shapes and were made to work in a group and create objects. All the Kids displayed great team spirit and came up with different patterns like a train, a house, wall hangings, people, monster etc. It was great fun and it helped students to learn about different shapes and also how to work in a team. The concept of addition, subtraction and multiplication has been used for the third game by using dice. Children threw the dice to add, subtract or multiply this made them use mental abilities. In the end an interesting activity involving ‘Oakridge Supermarket’ was made and the concept of ‘buying and selling’ and ‘optimum utilization’ of money was demonstrated. The teams were called and given duplicate hundred rupee notes to solve word problems and shopping from the fake Money given. Children thoroughly enjoyed and showed great enthusiasm in all the activities by participating and responded well.
Field Trip
The ambiance, the people and the way they received the students and explained the entire process to students are extremely good. Children also showed tremendous interest to know the culture of food in western countries and the exchange of culture happening these days, how the people living here are inviting the other culture and the way we develop interest towards different food cultures in reasonable limits. The equipment they used in making the items is really good.
The students observed the kitchen of the bakery, so many things like hygiene, making of cakes, bread, pizzas, varieties of chicken and different items with bread and they noted down the ingredients used in the baking, the machinery used in making of various items. The cleanliness measures followed by the workers are really appreciated. The way of presenting the items is also excellent. This is good to see the chefs wearing their uniform and children are also in their uniform.
The students utilized their trip in a good way and this is related to their subjects like social studies, science and French (for French students). In many countries people do not eat rice regularly and they eat bread and other bakery products. So the people from western countries are really enjoying the food here in such confectionaries like Food-Ex. They will get the same items which they used to eat in their countries. Our children also will learn by visiting the confectionaries like Food-Ex the food habits of other countries and when they go there they can easily acclimatize to the conditions. And the bakery person served us the muffins to taste in their confectionary.
The students learnt the culture of French people and also vocabulary from the bakery and bakery products.
Boulangerie -Bakery
Le Boulanger- Baker
La boulangère -Baker (f)
Gâteau- Cake
Faire un Gâteau -Make a cake
Pain -Bread
Baguette -Long French bread
Le beurre- butter
Le coca -Coke
Jus de fruits- Fruit juice
Le steak -Steak
Les Frites- French fries
Les croissants- Croissants
La grillade -Grilled meat
Les pates- Pasta
Pasteurise -Pasteurized
La pate -Pastry
Le beurre de cacahuètes- peanut butter
Les crêpes- Pan cake
Le sandwich -Sandwich
La pizza- Pizza
Le fromage Cheese
Names of French cheeses: Le camembert, Le brie, Le Roquefort, Le gruyere
The numbers of meals French people have per day:
4 meals a day.
1. Petit dejeuner
2. Dejeuner
3. Gouter
4. Diner.
online language learning games
Class V children played some French computer games online, the digital dialects. Language learning games aimed at learners with beginner level of French language. In regular class their learning is limited to books, reading and writing. But in online language learning games they will learn more vocabulary with the help of audio and the pictures. Children involved in the production sang French songs and performed short plays in French. The children learn French, but it doesn’t feel like learning because they are having fun. “But when you are young, you are still learning your own language so the brain is already open to it.” They viewed the pictures of French national day.
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