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FANTASTIC FEBRUARY

3/9/2020

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ENGLISH :
During this month, students revised the topic ‘The Man With the Twisted Lip’ and completed reading comprehension questions. Students revised all the topics in literature, grammar, comprehension and writing. Separate practice was done for story writing, poem comprehension and newspaper report writing. The class tests and revision tests helped students to prepare for the annual exams .Several doubt clearing sessions helped them to clear their doubts individually.

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HINDI :
रचनात्मकलेखन में प्रारूप सहित औपचारिक-पत्रलेखन, संवादलेखन , व्याकरण - मुहावरे , विलोमशब्द , पर्यायवाचीशब्द, वाक्यांश , कारक , काल, क्रिया , श्रुतिसमभिन्नार्थकशब्द आदि व्याकरणिक पदों का पदपरिचय देते हुए वाक्यरचना कर भाषा को रूचिपूर्वक सीखा और जिसके अनुसार छात्रों ने भाषिक क्षमता को सुदृढ़ता प्राप्त की। अपठित अवबोधन - पद्यांशावबोधन और गद्यांशावबोधन का अभ्यास कक्षा में प्रश्नोतरी कार्य करते हुए पूर्ण किया । उपर्युक्त सभी बिन्दुओं की क्रमश: मौखिक और लिखित परीक्षा द्वारा तैयारी कराई गई । वार्षिक परीक्षार्थ छात्रों का उत्साहवर्धन किया गया ।
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MATHEMATICS : 
As we were nearing completion of the syllabus in the month of February, students learnt about Average, Percentage and Volume of cube and cuboid through class activities. Practice exercises were discussed and done to strengthen their understanding. Volume of cube and cuboid were understood using Jodo Blocks. Students also revised for the annual examination by attempting practice sheets and revision tests.

SCIENCE : 
With the objective of students’ better performance in the Annual Examination to be held in the month of March 2020, revision of all the previously taught topics was taken up in the month of February. The importance of revision is indeed twofold. It not only helped them to remember facts, figures, topics and methodologies but also boosted their confidence. After revision of the concepts, they were able to easily solve the practice papers given to them. Though they had to put their efforts to solve the analogies given to them yet they enjoyed doing them. Their hands moved dexterously while drawing various diagrams. Wish them good luck for their Annual Examination.​
SOCIAL SCIENCE :
Students learnt about Government, levels of government, the local, state and central
government from the topic ‘Government’. They also understood the relationship between the center and the states. Further, the functions of Central government, Lok sabha and Rajya Sabha were also discussed. The duties and responsibilities of the President, Prime minister and council of ministers in the State government and the Courts were also discussed. On completion of syllabus, students revised all the topics covered as part of the Annual examination and cleared their doubts.


GERMAN:
In the month of February, students learnt about Time in German - formal and informal time. Students also enjoyed doing various activities like making the dream timetable. On
completion of the syllabus, students started their revision of topics that are covered for the
annual examination.​
FRENCH :
Introduction on the topic Time was done with the help of worksheets. Reading passage and self-presentation was done in the classroom. Students also revised for the annual examination by attempting recap worksheets and practice sessions.

SPANISH :
During this month the class learnt how to read the time by using the verb to be in singular
and plural. Example: Es la una. Son las dos. As a oreparation for the annual examination,
written revision work was done in the class, with the help of a revision worksheet.
A class test was conducted the last day of revision and the feedback of the result was
discussed with the students, focusing in the topics to be revised.

ICT :
The month was fully packed with the revision, internal assessments, oral test as well as intensive practice to develop the focus and concentration factors for long. The students were given long hours practice in ICT lab to clear their doubts and to increase their speed and performance while doing Scratch projects.
LIFE SKILLS :
Students talked about their happiness and what makes them happy and associated feelings like kindness, empathy, honesty and care. Students compiled and submitted a booklet “BOOK OF FEELINGS”. Workshop on “ADOLESCENCE” was conducted for boys and girls in separate sessions. The counsellor informed them about holistic development at this age; emotional, social, cognitive and physical developmental stages and suggested them to develop healthy eating habits while maintaining personal hygiene.
INDIAN MUSIC :
The students learnt -
Name of the song: Sloka chanting with instruments “Sarve bhavantu sukhina , om
Purnamida , Shubhamkaroti kalayanam ”.
Instruments played: Combination of Harmonium, Tabla, Tanpura, Markas, Swartarang
Exercises done: Vocal warm-up with sargam in different scales
WESTERN MUSIC :
​Revision of the previous lesson with Instruments (Guitar)
1. This is our world oh ooh
2. Beautiful day
3. Hey mamma
4. Rudolph
5. Feliz Navidad
6. Sowers of blessings
7. Here I am to worship
8. Hall of fame
DANCE :
The students learnt the basics of Indian classical dance in Kathak style. They learnt the basic Tatkaar(footwork), Hastak (hand movements) and Guru Vandana . Navras is the most important part of our life, so all the students enjoyed learning about all the 9 emotions through two different facial expressions and postures, which includes all rasas like Shringaar, Hasya, Bhayanak, Veer, Raudra, Shant, Adhbhut, Vibhats and Karuna.
DRAMA :
Students learnt various forms of acting in drama classes, like mood, gesture, posture, facial expressions, laughter, anger and sadness through different Drama Games. 'Hands of Power' ; 'Heads up-Heads down ' and the Mind Game 'Up and Down' helped improve their attention span and instilled confidence in them.
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POTTERY :
The students learnt a new sculpture technique called ‘Relief Work’, where the sculpted elements remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The sculpted material was raised above the background plane. The technique involved considerable chiselling away from the surface. The students made plants, flowers and the full body of animals (elephant, giraffe, horse and tiger) in 3D work.
BODILY KINESTHETICS :
1. 1. 75 metre race
2. Practice for football match as per rules
3. Recreational games- KHO KHO; Dog and the bone
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JOCUND JANUARY

2/5/2020

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ENGLISH :
​During this month, students studied more of informational text while learning
about the first men on moon and universe. ( Chapters- Walking on the Moon and
Looking at the Sky ) They loved sharing their previous knowledge about these
topics and built on it as well. The topic of grammar –Modal Verbs was introduced
with a game and further practice in ‘The Grammarite’ strengthened their
concept. In writing, the topic of story writing was dealt with. It began with the
basic structure of a story. The students focused on writing a different ending for
a given piece of fiction. The students conducted a Food Fiesta exploring the cuisines of four countries - India, Mexico, Italy and China. It was part of the ISA project where they began with research in small teams to finally conclude with a power point presentation about the cuisines of the designated countries. The culmination activity was the presentation of their PPT and some main dishes with teachers and students as guests in this fiesta.
हिंदी : 
रचनात्मक कार्य के रूप में अनुच्छेदलेखन में "मैं और मेरा देश "गणतंत्र दिवस" " स्वतंत्रता दिवस ", "शरद्कालीन अवकाश में आया एक यादगार दिन " आदि विषयों के द्वारा छात्रों ने यथानुसार स्व-विचारों को अभिव्यक्त करते हुए अनुच्छेदलेखन का उत्साहपूर्वक अभ्यास किया ।;काव्यपाठ-दोहे नामक काव्यपाठ गायन और मौखिक वाचन करते हुए तन्निहित जीवनोपयोगी शिक्षा को स्व-विचारों में अभिव्यक्त किया। पद्यांशावबोधन और गद्यांशावबोधन का अभ्यास कक्षा में प्रश्नोतरी कार्य करते हुए पूर्ण किया । व्याकरण - मुहावरे , श्रुतिसमभिन्नार्थकशब्द , वाक्यांश आदि व्याकरणिक पदों का पदपरिचय देते हुए वाक्यरचना कर भाषा को रूचिपूर्वक सीखा और जिसके अनुसार छात्रों ने भाषिक क्षमता को सुदृढ़ता प्राप्त की।
MATHEMATICS :
​Students continued their learning of Decimals and started their learning of the Average
concept. They understood the meaning of Average by taking the class strength and finding the Average of boys and girls in all the grades. This was later reiterated by practicing few sums and word problems related to real life.
SOCIAL STUDIES :
​The Globe -- Students learnt the shape, various features of Earth through a model of Globe. They understood about the North & South poles, Northern & southern hemisphere, latitudes & longitudes and the Globe Grid. Further, they also discussed about Rotation and Revolution of Earth causing day and night and seasons with the help of Globe and videos.
SCIENCE :
Natural Disasters - Grade V students learnt about Natural Disasters, explored various safety measures planets and important facts related to the disasters. They were engaged in the learning process through a Trivia Time video played on the smart board followed by exploration i.e. Research work. The students explained the formation of a volcano, cause and effect of the earthquake, Tidal waves and Tsunami in groups as inquired by the facilitator. Later, the learning process was extended to the fact and data collection on recent disasters. They discussed various preventive measures required to be followed in order to save a life during these disasters. A quiz was conducted in the class to evaluate their learning and understanding of the concepts related to Natural Disasters. 
GERMAN :
In sync with the monthly theme, ‘Universe’ students learnt about Solar System and names of planets in German by watching a video. They also prepared and presented a PPT on ‘Festivals celebrated in Germany’, which reflected their interest in the language. In the next topic, the students got a chance to expand their vocabulary on ‘My Universe - My School’, in which they learnt about subjects and objects related to school in German.
SPANISH :
The topic of the month “Los planetas” the planets was introduced with a video. Students learnt the name of planets in Spanish and related words and were able to recall them after the presentation. As a class activity students drew and coloured the solar system and named the planets in Spanish language.
FRENCH:
Students were introduced to the topic ‘Solar System’ in their French lessons. The topic was supported with a solar system song video which helped them learn the name of different planets in the language with correct pronunciation. This was followed up with an activity related to solar system. As an add-on, they also learnt the vocabulary of school subjects and things used in school in French.
संस्कृत :
छात्रों ने संख्यावाची शब्द १ -१० तक का लिंगवाचनानुसार प्रयोग करते हुए चित्रावली का वर्णन किया । जिसके माध्यम से छात्रों ने संस्कृत को सीखने के प्रति उत्साह दिखाया। लट्लकार में शब्दरूप-अकारांत , आकारांत की पुनरावृति के साथ हिंदी से संस्कृत में अनुवाद का उत्साहपूर्वक किया गया प्रयास अत्यधिक प्रशंसनीय रहा। जिसमें छात्रों ने पशु-पक्षियों के मुखौटे पहनकर संस्कृतसंभाषण किया।
ROBOTICS :
​UNIT TOPIC: PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Activity 2: Stomata ----In this session, students were explained about the process of transportation in plants. They also understood the parts needed for transportation. They also studied about stomata and how it is responsible for the transportation of CO 2 and O 2 by making a visual representation through a model. They learnt about open and close stomata and its function.​
DRAMA :
​Students learnt various forms of acting in drama classes, like mood, gesture, posture facial expressions, laughter, anger and sadness with the help of a story and their characters of ‘Jungle Book’ and also understood various characters of the ‘Jungle Book’, like Sherkhan- the lion, Mowgli- The son of jungle, Bagheera, Ballu- the bear while practicing for Annual Day ‘Jungle Book’ presentation.
WESTERN MUSIC :
The students practised for Annual Day harmony choir.
Song: A Million Dreams
Instruments: Guitar/keyboard/Drum/ shakers/Bass Guitar
INDIAN MUSIC :
​In the month of January, the students learnt
Name of the song: Sloka chanting with instruments “Sarve bhavantu sukhina ,
om Purnamida , Shubhamkaroti kalayanam ”.
Instruments played: Combination of Harmonium, Tabla, Tanpura, Markas,
Swartarang. Exercises done: Vocal warm up with sargam in different scales.

DANCE :
The students learnt the basics of classical, semi-classical, ballet ; contemporary dance style for the Annual Day choreography based on five elements, to save mother earth and love for nature. They learnt about all the emotions for different elements like for sky- its grandness, air- free world for birds , fire- the strongest, earth -the beauty and water- the life. Navras is the most important part of our life, so all the students enjoyed learning about all 9 emotions through two different choreographies.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
BODILY KINESTHETIC
1. 75 metre free run and relay races
2. Second  heats for 75 metre race
3. Final races for Athletics Meet 2020
4. Recreational game- KHO KHO
LIFE SKILLS :
For this month, students worked for the last page of the booklet “Inside-out”. Students discussed what makes them happy and recognized that we search for happiness in materialistic things and depend on it. But feelings like caring, empathy, kindness, gratitude and respect are forgotten. And, these values not only give them happiness but inner peace as well which helps us in keeping overall wellbeing.
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DELIGHTFUL DECEMBER

12/29/2019

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ENGLISH
​The month of December was all about engaging students with a plethora of activities around literature, grammar, writing and consolidating their constructive learning. The literature text- Swifter, Higher, Stronger enabled them to research about Olympics, famous gold medalists and its relevance. Each small team did skim reading of the text, prepared a biographical sketch and presented it. They further inquired and studied about the Olympic winners from India too. In grammar, the students recapitulated the concept of Conjunctions and further brushed up the rules for each conjunction. It led to the application based activities in the Grammarite book and notebook. Taking forward the ritual of reading the NIE newspaper, the students discussed about a newspaper report, its pre requisites and format. Students discussed about various events of their school and practiced writing newspaper report. 
HINDI
पाठ - अपना स्थान स्वयं बनाएं  नामक पाठ छात्रों ने कौन बनेगा करोड़पति में कर्मवीर के रूप में सादर आमंत्रित पहली महिला इंजीनियर, सुविख्यात लेखिका, सच्ची समाजसेविका, सफल उद्योगपति और इंफोसिस कंपनी की संचालिका श्रीमती सुधा रायणमूर्ति के साक्षात्कार से किया । जिसके माध्यम से छात्रों ने जाना कि किस प्रकर परिश्रम पूर्वक अथक प्रयास सादा जीवन उच्च विचार के जीवनोपयोगी नैतिक-मूल्यों और आदर्शों का पालन करते हुए एक महिला ने न केवल भारतवर्ष में अपितु विश्वपटल पर अद्वितीय स्थान प्राप्तकर अपना स्थान स्वयं बनाएं नामक पाठ को भी सार्थक किया। परियोजनात्मक- शिक्षण (पी.बी.एल) के माध्यम से छात्रों ने श्रीमती सुधा नारायणमूर्ति के विषय में जानकारी प्राप्त कर संवाद विधा में अभिव्यक्त करते हुए (Visible learning) सचित्र प्रस्तुति दी। रचनात्मक कार्य के रूप में संवादलेखन और अनुच्छेदलेखन का अभ्यास छात्रों ने उत्साहपूर्वक किया । काव्यपाठ- दोहे (साहित्य और संगीत) से (Integrated) समायोजित कर काव्यपाठ गायन करते हुए वाचन सीखा । पद्यांशावबोधन और गद्यांशावबोधन का अभ्यास कक्षा में प्रश्नोतरी कार्य करते हुए पूर्ण किया । दोहवाली के माध्यम से छात्रों ने जहां काव्यविधा को समझा वहीं दोहों के माध्यम से जीवनोपयोगी मूल्यों को जाना और समझा।
MATHEMATICS
​Students of Grade 5 continued to strengthen their understanding of decimal number operations – addition, subtraction and multiplication. They were also introduced to decimal division, where they learnt how to divide a decimal with a whole number and dividing by 10s, 100s and 1000s. It was a difficult concept for them. However, with practice they were able to grasp the concept and calculate correctly. They also attempted a class test on Decimal division.

SOCIAL SCIENCE
​In the chapter, ‘Some people never die’, students of grade 5 discussed about Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King in class based on the research conducted by them. They also watched a video on Mother Teresa to learn more about her. They understood how these people worked for the betterment of the society and people. Making real-life connection with the present weather conditions, students started their inquiry into the Climate chapter. They were able to differentiate between weather and climate. They understood the different factors affecting climate :- distance from the equator, height above sea level, distance from the sea, winds and humidity through classroom discussions.

SCIENCE
Our Environment : It’s our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the world in which we live. Understanding and following the same, the students of Grade 5 voluntarily took part in various activities. JAM session was held in the class wherein the students shared their thoughts with the class on various terms related to the environment. A group discussion was held using Fish-bowl strategy. The facilitator introduced the topic and the selected group initiated the discussion. The outer bowl comprised of the listeners who raised questions to the inner bowl. The students enhanced their listening, speaking, questioning and reasoning skills. The students watched videos on Climate Activists- Greta Thunberg and Riddhima Pandey followed by discussion in the class. They pledged to keep the surroundings clean and also illustrated ‘India of My Dreams’ in their note-books.

ICT
​The students progressed in Scratch and learned to make a variable, applying conditions in a program and changing the backdrop of the stage. By doing this, they grasped the usage of mathematical operators, variables and conditions in Scratch application. 
ROBOTICS
UNIT TOPIC: PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Activity 1:  Process Tree
In this session, students were explained about the process by which plants complete their nutrition. They were also explained about photosynthesis and components required for the process. They put all the components of plant food together to complete the structure of a tree and to find what is formed.
They also understood and derived the relationship between food and photosynthesis.
Activity 2:  Stomata
In this session, students were explained about the process of transportation in plants. They also explored the parts needed for transportation.
They also studied about stomata and how it is responsible for the transportation of CO2 and O2 by making a visual representation. Through the model of stomata, they understood about open and close stomata and its function.


FRENCH
Students revised the concepts done in class and attempted their UT2. The topic ‘Seasons and Festivals’ was introduced. They learnt about different festivals celebrated in France and also made a poster of seasons. They also understood how to describe the weather related to the seasons. 
SPANISH
The theme “Seasons and Festivals” was introduced with a video on Seasons and
Weather. The students learnt the related words and names of seasons of the year and weather, followed by the vocabulary writing in their notebooks. Practice was done in class by describing pictures that were shown of different seasons. Question & answer on the topic was done like Qué tiempo hace What is the weather  like? and Cuál es la estación What is the season? Considering the proximity of Christmas, students enjoyed making Christmas cards in Spanish.


GERMAN
​Students revised the concepts done so far and attempted their UT 2. The topic ‘Seasons and Festivals’ was introduced and students learnt about the different festivals celebrated in Germany. Students also conversed with each other on the topic ‘weather’ with their peers to enhance their communication skills. They also wrote a few lines on their most favoured weather in German.

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SANSKRIT
​​लट्लकार,  शब्दरूप - अकारांत , आकारांत की पुनरावृति के साथ पाठ-१२,१३,१४ आधारित धातुरूपों की तालिका निर्माण करते हुए संभाषण कार्य सीखा । संस्कृत में अनुवाद का अभ्यास छात्रों ने उत्साहपूर्वक किया । संवादविधा के लिए किए गए प्रयास प्रशंसनीय रहे । जिसके माध्यम से छात्रों ने संस्कृत को सीखने के प्रति उत्साह दिखाया।
LIFE SKILLS 
Students are making a booklet “Inside-out” which includes 5 to 6 pages. Students learnt coping skills for sadness. Students illustrated it in creative way “Turn me upside down”. Students learnt different strategies to divert their attention when the mood is upset. 

Students made a booklet “Inside-out” and illustrated the same in a creative manner ‘Turn me upside down’. They learnt different strategies to divert their attention to lift their mood. Distraction is a surprisingly effective technique for changing our mood. When we realize that we have become upset, we shall choose to interrupt our negative mood by engaging in something that distracts us from what has upset us.

INDIAN MUSIC 
​In the month of December, the students learnt:
Name of the song: Prayer song “Itni shakti hamai dena data”, “Vandna” for their assembly.
Sloka chanting ‘Saraswati maha bhagye’.
Instruments played: Combination of Harmonium, Tabla, Tanpura, Markas, Swartarang. Exercises done: Vocal warm up with sargam in different scales.
WESTERN MUSIC
​In the month of December, the students learnt : 
Song taught: “Mary’s boy child” (Christmas carol)
Exercises done: finger warm up exercise in c major scale (in guitar)
Instruments taught: G major progression chords
DANCE
​All Students learnt the basics of Indian classical (Kathak) and freestyle dance form. They learnt how to emote different gestures, posture through body language and facial expressions. They also learnt guru vandana, tatkaar , Hastak in kathak dance form. To learn about expressions they practised Navras- nine emotions of dance. For more understanding of rhythm, they learnt about teen taal (16beats)as all Kathak basics are on teen taal. Apart from that, they have learnt the choreography on Christmas song by the name “We Wish You A Merry Christmas(funk version)”.
DRAMA
Body language plays a crucial role in drama and one act plays. Students not only
understood how to work as a team in theatre but also learnt how to portray the character
assigned to them. They built confidence with their body language and learnt how to
present themselves as charismatic and confident characters.​

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ART & POTTERY
​Clay captivates a child’s interest for hours, and it has a calming effect too. It was phenomenal to witness their joy as they created lovely art pieces.
3D Clay work: Earth and Human face
Carving on slab: Christmas tree and Santa
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CRICKET
  • Front foot defence
  • Back foot defence
  • Catch the ball
TENNIS
  • Multi-ball feeding by coach
  • Understanding how to hold and hit the ball by a racket
SOCCER
  • Stations training include jumping above cones, sprints and Zig zag running
  • Stopping the ball by chest
BODILY KINESTHETIC
  • Warming up of body with stretching, jogging and running
  • Inter-house 50 m flat races
  • Limbering down of body parts
TAEKWONDO
  • Front kicking and punching
  • Back kicking with the help of pad
  • Fight practice
Carol Singing Competition
The students participated in the Inter House Carol Singing Competition with great zeal and enthusiasm. They enjoyed the journey of learning new carols, rehearsals and performances . The event also built in room for collaboration across grades as was evident during the practices .
School Excursion - Visit to Jaipur
Education is an enlightenment of oneself to achieve maximum benefit.
There are different ways to provide a holistic learning environment and conducting educational tours is among the most creative and alive ways. Grade 5-7 students of Suncity School 37 Gurugram traveled to Jaipur - the pink city for hands-on interactive learning. They headed for the Bhamashah Techo Hub, a platform where they were awed by what they saw
Latest technologies startup opportunities, a digital museum and a tinkering lab for the development of products in an adaptive learning environment. The students explored the VR and AR technology through interesting games and challenges in the museum. Their curiosity and excitement saw no bounds during the interaction round.
In the evening, they visited Chowkidhani and participated in workshops led by master craft persons, saw live performances of traditional music and dance, relished local delicacies, enjoyed rides and traditional games, and got in-depth information about the battle of Haldighati. .The Kalagram was a platform for local artisans and the students made sure to visit the shops got souvenir shopping.
The visit to Jantar Mantar was a treat and a window to the contribution made by Indians in the field of Astronomy. A tourist guide took the students through the collection of various architectural astronomical instruments like Sunclocks, Sundial built by the Kachwaha Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh II the founder of Jaipur. The session was quite interactive and informative.
The next destination was the very famous architectural marvel, Hawa Mahal which was mesmerizing.
Its unique five floors exterior akin to the honeycomb of a beehive with its 953 small windows called Jharokhas decorated with intricate latticework was worth watching. Just wandering around through Jaipur's tiny streets and alleyways was fun in itself. On the way back, the students had an interactive historical session about the Amber Fort and Jal Mahal as the drive past destinations.
The journey enabled the students to explore the impressions of Rajput rule through its history, architecture, cultural heritage, cuisine, handicrafts, and warm hospitality.
The core objective of enabling students to learn skills like time self-management, becoming independent, handling money and effective communication was achieved when they all reached home with memories of their visit and learning, happy and wanting for more.

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NOVEL NOVEMBER

12/4/2019

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ENGLISH
During the month of November, the students became familiar with yet another informational text – Growing a City. They could make associations with such similar texts done this year. The students enthusiastically gave their inputs about Dubai. They focused on understanding the details of informational text and attempted comprehension questions along with sharing their previous knowledge. In grammar, the topic of similes and metaphors was taken up where they to identify and differentiate them. They learnt to use the tool of simile and metaphor to make their writing piece interesting. They also shared their previous knowledge about adverbs to understand and apply adverbial phrases. In Writing, they learnt to write newspaper report. They referred NIE newspaper and followed the format too. They applied their previous learning of brochure making after the visit to Anandgram.
हिंदी - 
पाठ -अब्राहम लिंकन के माध्यम से छात्रों ने जाना कि टूटी-फूटी झोपड़ी में रहने वाला अत्यधिक गरीब परिवार का बच्चा कैसे विश्व के सबसे ताकतवर देश अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति पद पर अपनी मेहनत और लगन से पहुँच
गया। छात्रों ने उन जीवनोपयोगी नैतिक-मूल्यों और परिश्रम पूर्वक अध्ययन करने के संबंध में जानकारी प्राप्त की जिनके कारण वह केवल अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति ही नहीं बल्कि जन - जन का मसीहा भी बन गए थे । परियोजनात्मक-शिक्षण (पी.बी.एल) के माध्यम से छात्रों ने भारत और अमेरिका के प्रथम-राष्ट्रपति, वर्तमान-राष्ट्रपति और प्रसिद्ध-राष्ट्रपतियों के विषय में जानकारी प्राप्त कर संवाद विधा में अभिव्यक्त करते हुए प्रस्तुति दी।
पाठ - रक्त की कहानी; को दृश्यात्मकाधिगम (Visible learning) (विज्ञानविषय से समायोजित) करते हुए समझा और गद्यांशावबोधन का अभ्यास कक्षा में प्रश्नोतरी कार्य पूर्ण किया । कविता - हमारी नाव चल का काव्यपाठ गायन करते हुए वाचन सीखा । उपर्युक्त कविता के माध्यम से छात्रों ने समझा कि सभ्यता के विकास के साथ जब नदी पार करने की आवश्यकता हुई तो किस प्रकार नाव का निर्माण के हुआ ।
MATH 
Students strengthened their understanding on the fraction concepts – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of like and unlike fractions. They understood the meaning of reciprocal and practiced sums and word problems on all the fraction concepts done so far. They were introduced to Decimals through a class discussion ‘quick talk’ strategy. They also watched a video to understand the difference between whole number and decimals. They also learnt about place value of decimals, fraction to decimal conversion and vice-versa, ordering & comparing of decimals, addition, subtraction and multiplication of decimals. They practice sums and word problems and revised for the 2nd unit test. . As part of the Math Science and Visual art integration week, students understood that the subjects are not stand-alone, but transdisciplinary. A whole lot of activities were planned and the students participated with enthusiasm.
SOCIAL STUDIES
As a part of Project-Based Learning, students researched and collected different facts related to modern means of transport and submitted their activities in class. They discussed the invention of the wheel, steam engines and different modern means of transport like roadways, railways, waterways and airways. They suggested different ways to solve the problems of increasing traffic. To introduce the monthly theme a video was shown to them related to the importance of Air and Water. They also discussed the development of civilization near water resources. In sync with the present scenario of Gurgaon city related to environmental conditions a discussion was held on the topic ‘Conserving Our Environment’. A video was shown to them followed by a talk show on ‘Pollution’. They also suggested a few ideas related to waste generation and disposal and how to reduce waste. As a part of the activity, they made attractive posters with catchy slogans to reduce
pollution.
SCIENCE
Air, Water and Weather Grade 5 students enhanced their basic understanding of the properties of air and water through various engaging activities. They made 3D models of layers of the atmosphere. While discussion about the importance of various layers, they appreciated the presence of the ozone layer and talked about the reason for its depletion. They learnt about the purification of water through hands-on experience of Sedimentation, Decantation and
Filtration in the Science Lab. They loved ‘Ice cube’ and ‘Walking Water’ activity about the properties of water.
ICT 
​In progression of Scratch 2.0 programming language, the students prepared several small programs such as take the input from the user and find its length, use of mathematical operators to compare digits. They also learnt how to create new variables and list. They also practiced several small programs given in the ‘lab session’ of the ‘Cyber Beans’ text book.​
Robotics
​UNIT TOPIC: DAREDEVIL ROLLER COASTER FUN - RUN A MARBLE
Activity:  Jump the marble
In this session, students were explained about jump (a ball that can jump over a gap and land on the other side and continue on its way). To establish a correlation between momentum and distance to be jumped by the marble in the roller coaster they followed a design process to plan, build and investigate a ‘Roller Coaster Marble Run Track’ with a foam pipe insulation that has a jump.
Sanskrit
​​संस्कृत    लट्लकार,  शब्दरूप - अकारांत , आकारांत , पाठ-७ सर्वनाम शब्दरूपों का प्रथमा विभक्ति में तालिका निर्माण करते हुए और पाठ-८ अव्ययपदा: के माध्यम से संभाषण कार्य सीखा । चित्रावली और मूकाभिनय के द्वारा पशुपक्षियों के संस्कृतनामों का अभ्यास किया गया । जिसमें छात्रों ने उत्साहपूर्वक भाग लिया । संस्कृत में अनुवाद  का अभ्यास  कराया जा रहा है।
Spanish
The theme Air and water “Aire y agua” was presented with a PPT. The students learnt the complete conjugation of new two verbs “Viajar” to travel and “Respirar” to breathe. Application and usage of the verbs learnt was done by writing few sentences. With “Viajar, the students learnt also some means of transport. Students watched a PPT and were able to translate sentence on famous English – Spanish TV cartoon character Dora, related to pollution. This was followed by a class discussion on how to frame sentences using negation. Students also learnt basic vocabulary related to sources of water and use of water at home. The verbs “Lavar” to wash were introduced and recap of the verb “Beber” to drink was done in the class.
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German
Students of Grade 5 learnt about their daily routine in German. The reflection of which was being carried out in class by students speaking about it in class on the topic. They thoroughly enjoyed watching a PPT on ‘Air and Water’ that included lot of new vocabulary, new verbs like ‘atmen- to breathe’ and ‘fahren- to travel’, uses & sources of water. They also did an activity of making a collage on ‘Air and water’ using resources from old magazines and newspaper.​
French
In the month of November, students were introduced to nationalities along with countries and the languages. They also learnt new vocabulary related to different means of transport and communication. A quick recap of articles was done with supporting worksheets. Students learnt to associate the flags and the country it belongs to as a class activity.
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Physical Education 
CHESS :  Understood the role and movement of pieces
BODILY KINESTHETICS : 75 m race and  Relay race
 Dance
The students learnt the basics of Indian classical (Kathak), semi-classical and western dance form. They learnt how to emote different gestures, posture through body language and facial expressions. They also learnt Guru Vandana, Tatkaar (basic footwork), Hastak (basic hand-movements) of kathak. For more understanding of rhythm, they learnt ‘teen taal’ (16 beats) as all Kathak basics are on ‘teen taal’. Apart from that, they have learnt the choreography on Christmas song ‘We Wish You A Merry Christmas’. (Funky version)

Drama
Students understood how to work as a team in a dramatics lesson. They understood the various parts of comedy plays and one-acts. Also, they understood how to portray comic characters in one-act plays focusing on acting techniques, body language, observational skills, voice modulation, diction and speech. 

Indian Music 
In the month of November, the students enhanced their singing and instrumental skills through the following songs and instruments. 
Name of the song: Prayer song :Vandana k in Swaro mai and ‘Humko Man ki Shakti’
Instruments played: Combination of Harmonium, Tabla, Tanpura, Markas and Swartarang.
Exercises: Vocal warm-up with sargam
Western Music 
In the month of November, the students learnt: Name of the song: “Let it be” by the Beatles : “Feliz Navidad” Christmas carol (Spanish version)
Instruments played: G major progression chords
Exercises done: finger warm up exercise in c major scale (in guitar)
Art and Pottery
The students drew marine life. They drew all the prominent sea animals of their own choice . They coloured their compositions with acrylic and poster colours. In clay modelling class they made fish and boat using clay slabs. Fist the drew fish and boats on slabs and cut them in the shapes and coloured them with acrylic colours.

Life Skills
Students are making a booklet “Inside-out” which includes 5 to 6 pages. Students learnt about different emotions interlinked with each other, they had also drawn and coloured different emoji’s illustrating different emotions in the month of October. For this month students learned how to control sadness (coping skills). These coping skills included little things that we can do when we are sad like – talk to someone you trust, hug soft toy, write it down, go for walk, be in sunlight for some time.
Field Trip -ANANDGRAM SANSKRITI MUSEUM OF TERRACOTTA, ART & TEXTILES
With the aim to sensitize young Suncitizens and to bring about an understanding and awareness of the creative vivacity of the Indian culture and heritage all in sync with Science, Maths and Visual Art integration week, the students visited Anandgram -A Terracotta Museum. The campus itself is a welcome sight with a serene ambience. The students were greeted at the museum gate and were directed towards the Terracotta Museum. They were introduced to the soil/mud/clay from various states of India where Terracotta is prevalent. Students were made aware of the various regions where terracotta flourished, history of terracotta and the states of India where it is still practised. The students came across a map depicting the region that had developed terracotta art and given its own flavour to it. They loved the animal figures, human figures, deities and various everyday use articles like pitchers and stands displayed in terracotta. The museum of everyday art has articles for everyday use, but art being an integral part of each piece. Students came across furniture pieces, kitchen items, hookahs, home temples, deities, scales, kids’ items while visiting this mini-museum. They were arranged in the chronological order as human life progresses from a baby to an adult. Beginning with the things used by children, followed by student items, householder’s items, Shringar or beauty related items. And finally, the articles used in a devotional pursuit. At the end of their visit, the students entered the textile museum where various textiles gamut like silks, weaves, embroideries, stitches, colours, and prints have been displayed. The Saris from various places have been artistically displayed in glass panels. The visit provided an enriching and engaging experience to the students. This outing helped them to connect with the rich culture and heritage of the country which was evidently visible in the collaborative reflection sheets filled in by the students in groups on their return.
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OUTSTANDING OCTOBER

10/24/2019

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English 
In the month of October, the students explored the genre of poetry through the chapter- Wind Poems. Through this poem students learnt about various poetic devices like poems with stanza, couplet, rhyming words, blank verse and personification. They also understood how to
comprehend a poem and attempted a few questions. In Grammar, the concept of Direct and Indirect speech was introduced. They practiced few exercises on the Grammarite workbook. In writing, students were introduced to Formal letter writing.
Hindi 
अक्टूबर माह में विषय हिंदी  कक्षा -पाँच में  पाठ - बापू की सीख ' के माध्यम से छात्रों ने जीवनोपयोगी नैतिक-मूल्यों की जानकारी प्राप्त की । वाद-विवाद अभिव्यक्ति के द्वारा छात्रों ने आपसी प्रेम अर्थात सद्भावना, पवित्रता-
स्वच्छता , परिश्रम , सत्य-अहिंसा आदि गुणों को अपनाकर हम समाज और देश का हित कर सकते हैं आदि गुणों के महत्व को जाना और समझा । व्याकरण अध्ययन के माध्यम से क्रिया, काल, कारक , विशेषण , मुहावरे आदि
का भाषा में अनुप्रयोगात्मक ज्ञान प्राप्त किया । गद्यांशावबोधन का अभ्यास कक्षा में प्रश्नोतरी कराते हुए पाठ्यक्रम पूर्ण करा दिया गया। अक्टूबर माह में विषय हिंदी  कक्षा -पाँच में  पाठ - बापू की सीख,  गद्यांशावबोधन  और व्याकरण से क्रिया, काल, कारक , विशेषण , मुहावरे आदि पाठ्यक्रम पूर्ण करा दिया गया है।

Math
Students understood the Test of Divisibility of numbers and attempted to use the strategies
learnt in a related worksheet. They were introduced to fraction through Jodo-Gyan kit quiz in
class. Their prior-knowledge was assessed when the teacher called out a fraction and students
had to assemble using the Jodo-Gyan kit. They studied the different types of fraction and
learnt to identify them amongst the numbers listed. Adding and subtracting like and unlike
fractions, conversions of mixed to improper fractions and vice-versa, fraction word problems
were some of the things that the students are learning in this concept.
Social Science
As a part of project-based learning on Communication, Grade 5 students researched and prepared a report on the special assembly conducted by Grade 4. They interviewed everybody associated with the assembly viz students, teachers and the Principal. They completed their research work, collated the information and presented the report in various mass communication ways like School magazine report, News channel report, TV shows and Radio programmers. They presented their research work in class with their peers. Students were assessed on a rubric based on the content, body language, research and teamwork. This was followed by recording the communicated knowledge through language, numbers and Braille script.
Science
Force, Energy and Simple Machines
Grade 5 students enhanced their basic understanding of Force and Energy through various activities. They experienced and shared amongst each other various effects of force. In their ‘Thinking Class’ they were given some topics to ponder over viz. ‘What if Gravitational Force Disappears’ and ‘The World without Friction’. The students gave wings to their imagination and expressed their views in front of the class. They joyfully played ‘Dunk the Ball in the Basket’ and realised the importance of amount and direction of force applied. They enhanced their knowledge about the types of simple machines and their importance in daily life. They used recyclable and reused material to make models of simple machines viz pulley, inclined plane and lever. They brought various articles from home to demonstrate the function of Class I, II and III levers.

संस्कृत  
अक्टूबर माह में  कक्षा - पंचमी  विषय संस्कृत   पाठ - (६ धातुरूप से ८ प्रथमपुरुष के तीनों वचनों तक) अव्ययपदा: ,  लट्लकार,  शब्दरूप - अकारांत , आकारांत , अस्मद् - युष्मद्  सर्वनाम शब्दरूपों का प्रथमा विभक्ति में तालिका
निर्माण करते हुए अभ्यास कार्य करते हुए अनुप्रयोग किया गया है । पशुपक्षियों के संस्कृतनामों की चित्रावली बनाकर अभ्यास कराया गया, जिसमें छात्रों ने उत्साहपूर्वक भाग लिया । संस्कृत में अनुवाद  का अभ्यास  कराया जा रहा है।
 
French 
In the month of October, students in their French lessons were introduced to
nationalities of different countries and did activities related to it. In grammar, Definite
articles were introduced with the help of related vocabulary. They also understood
new verbs to enhance more usage of verbs. 
German
October is a month full of festivities galore which made learning that much fun. Students learnt about Germany and its neighbouring countries, nationalities and languages in German. Students enjoyed the research work on marking the neighbouring countries on the political map of Germany. A PowerPoint presentation on “Means of Communication” was also shown in class. New verbs – to speak, to write, to read, to send and to hear were introduced along with the verb conjugations. The reflection of students learning was done by way of a class assessment. They enjoyed making a collage / booklet on German speaking countries.
Spanish 
In the month of October, students learned the names of neighbouring countries in Spanish and their nationalities. In reference to the chapter 'Dónde vives', the students studied the verb ‘vivir’ means ‘to live’ and ‘hablar’ means ‘to speak’. Students also answered questions related to the names of nationality learned in Spanish language. In sync with the monthly theme ‘Globalization & Communication’, students learnt basic vocabulary by watching a PowerPoint presentation and class discussion. They also learned the complete conjugation of verbs ‘escribir’ means ‘to write’ and ‘leer’ means ‘to read’. The topic about ‘school subjects’ was an interesting one where they learned to use adjectives to describe the subjects they are learning in school.

Life Skills 
In the month of October, students studied ‘emotions’ in detail. They made a booklet “Inside-out” which included 4 to 5 pages. Students learnt different emotions interlinked with each other. They also drew and coloured different emojis  illustrating different emotions (page1& 2).
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Dance 
Students of Grade 5 learnt basics of Kathak dance form. They learnt how to emote different gestures, posture through body language and facial expressions. They have learnt the choreography on Deepawali song “Deepawali Aayi Re”. The were excited to perform the dance ‘school ke din’ and ‘bum bum bole’  during “Kids Wonderland, The Fall Fest” held at our school.

Indian Music 
In the month of October, the students learnt a prayer song ‘Humko Man ki Shakti’, “Hum Balak
Hai Tere”  and shloka chanting ‘Sahana Bhawatu’. The students practiced playing instruments : :Combination of Harmonium, Tabla, Tanpura, Markas, Swartarang. The students continued their vocal warm-up exercises with sargam.

Western Music 
In the month of October, the students learnt a song by the Beatles -  ‘Let it be’ . The students did
finger warm up exercise in C major scale (in guitar).  They practiced  G major progression chords.

Physical Education 
The students learnt various skills in their PE lessons.  They practiced the long service of badminton and rally between the opponents. In swimming students learnt sitting and diving from edge, swimming on lanes, kicking with kickboard, head up breathing and back kicking.

ICT
In Scratch 2.0 Programming Language, the students got to understand how real world objects can be mapped into the virtual world using animation software. They learned how to create animation using software by changing the location of the object randomly. They learned to comprehend the use of arithmetic operators and comparing values between them and sensing Input and its Execution. During this process of learning Scratch programming they displayed their creativity and logical skill.

Robotics 
UNIT TOPIC: DAREDEVIL ROLLER COASTER FUN - RUN A MARBLE
Activity 1: INVERT A MARBLE
In this session, students explored about energy by understanding how potential and kinetic energy of a car changes as it negotiates the roller coaster track by establishing a correlation between height of release of a roller coaster and diameter of a loop . They designed and built a roller coaster track using foam pipe to determine the height from which a marble is released so that it can loop the loop. 
Activity 2: BANK THE TRACK
In this session, students explored parts of a roller coaster, types of loop present in the roller coaster and its working. They also studied the concept of banking the track and why it is necessary by designing and testing a roller coaster marble run track with foam pipe that has at least one horizontal loop and a hill to understand about the requirement of banking of tracks and which force helps it to work.
 

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SPECTACULAR SEPTEMBER

10/12/2019

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​ENGLISH
​‘Changing Times’ chapter in Literature enabled the students to understand that ideas can
be expressed through poetry. The theme of the poem gave them an opportunity to
compare the different times and make predictions about future too. Students learnt
about the elements of poetry and tried their hand at writing a poem.
As part of grammar topics, students learnt subject verb agreement, adjectives, adjectival
phrases and types of verbs (non finite & finite). The previous knowledge of prefixes and suffixes helped students to form more words and add on to their vocabulary. Students
also attempted the workbook exercises to understand its usage.
HINDI
​(पाठ - रक्त की कहानी )  का पाठवाचन, कठिन शब्दार्थ और अच्छे स्वास्थ्य के लिए जीवन में खानपान के सही खाद्यवस्तुओं की उपयोगिता का छात्रों से परिचय कराया गया । आशयस्पष्टीकरण करते हुए गद्यांशावबोधन विधा सिखाई गई ।  गतिविधि के रूप में  छात्रों के समक्ष विज्ञान की अध्यापिका के द्वारा प्लाज्मा , हीमोग्लोबीन , रक्त कोशिकाओं , श्वेतकोशिकाओं और विभिन्न खनिज़ पदार्थों की प्रायोगिक जानकारी प्रदान की गई । पुन: अगले दिन छात्र विभिन्न प्रकार का भोजन लाए। उस भोजन से प्राप्त विटामिन्स  और विभिन्न खनिज़ पदार्थों पर चर्चा छात्रों से की गई ।  छात्रों ने व्याकरण में अनेकार्थक शब्द और रचनात्मक लेखन  के विभिन्न बिन्दुओं जैसे- स्लोगनलेखन , अनुच्छेदलेखन और  अनौपचारिक-पत्रलेखन का अभ्यास किया ।  
MATH
​Students learnt that while we calculate numbers with multiple operations we have to follow a particular order. Students had fun in understanding this concept through a game of numbers. This concept was further strengthened by practicing sums in their notebook. They also attempted word problems using multiple operations and solved them using the BODMAS rule. The next concept that they learnt was Multiples & Factors. Students prior knowledge was assessed through a quiz in class. They were able to relate to the multiples and factors in the times tables. Practice sums in notebook reinforced their understanding of the concept. Prime and Composite numbers, Test of Divisibility were few other topics that were discussed and practiced in class to grasp this concept.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
​The month of September saw students learning about ‘Temperate Grasslands’ through a group discussion. They researched to find out about agriculture, climate, vegetation and wildlife of Temperate Grasslands. They shared their findings with their peer group.
As the next topic, they learned about United Nations. They discussed about 2 World wars and how the different organs of United Nations work. They correlated the working of different organs of UN with the current situation around the world through News and Internet.
SCIENCE
‘A Healthy Outside Starts from Healthy Inside.’
Keeping the above objective in mind and sync with the theme of the month ‘Food’, grade
V students were involved in an array of activities. The lesson was started with an
introductory activity ‘What’s in the tiffin’? The students explored their lunch boxes,
discussed the ingredients of various food items and realised the importance of eating
healthy for staying healthy. To enhance their visual-spatial skills, ‘Comic Strip Making’
activity was held wherein they focused on taking balanced diet highlighting five basic
nutrients. To understand the importance of maintaining hygiene for preventing
communicable diseases ‘Sparkle Handshake’ activity was held. The students realised
how germs spread through contact with the infected person. Ms Renu Malik, the infirmary
in-charge, was invited as a guest speaker in the class to throw light on the importance of
timely vaccination. The students brought a xerox of their vaccination card, analysed it and
understood the importance of maintaining immunization record. To commemorate ‘World
Peace Day’ on Sep 21, an ‘Article Writing’ activity was held in the class on the theme
‘Food for Peace’. The students brainstormed on various topics like ‘How Peace Begins
with Them’, ‘How Peace is related to Food’ and what all steps can lead to sustainable
development goals like ‘People-Planet-Profit’ and ‘Zero Hunger’. The students wrote
thought-provoking articles. They also pledged to share food and spread awareness for
‘From My Plate to Yours’.
ROBOTICS
​UNIT TOPIC: DAREDEVIL ROLLER COASTER FUN - RUN A MARBLE
Activity 1: Students explored about energy and how can we use it and classified different types of energy that we use in our surroundings. They explored about potential and kinetic energy and their differences as well. They explored how change in energy affects the speed of motion of the roller coaster by designing and building a Marble run. This was done to negotiate the track exactly in 10 seconds and to observe the various factors that affect the movement of the marble on the track.
ICT
​Students have learned to represent the step-by-step process of a program by
algorithms and flowcharts. Algorithm and flowcharts helps to clarify all the steps for
solving the problem. Using an algorithm the students have described a step-by-step
analysis of the process, while by using a flowchart they have solved day to day real life
problems explaining the steps of a program in a graphical way.
SANSKRIT
​व्याकरणपाठः- अव्ययशब्दों  को तालिका से चुनकर वाक्यों में प्रयोग केआर अभ्यास किया । पुरुष और वचनम् अनुसार वाक्यों को स्पष्ट करते हुए  अनुवाद का अभ्यास कराया गया ।  शब्दरूपों , धातुरूपों का प्रयोग उदाहरणों व नियमों सहित कराते हुए अनुवाद का लिखित अभ्यास कराते हुए अर्धवार्षिक परीक्षा की तैयारी गई ।
FRENCH
In sync with the theme of the month for September ‘Food’, students learnt about different
vocabulary related to food and beverage of France. They were also assessed on their Speaking skills through an oral assessment and a written assessment on the topics done so far.
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SPANISH
During this month the students learned how are call the four means of the day as well
vocabulary of food. Also learnt the complete conjugation of the verbs “comer” to eat,
“beber” to drink and “tomar” to take and the related question answers on the topic.
The class enjoyed a PPT on Spain and Latin America dishes, followed with a discussion
about the ingredients and the food culture of different countries.

GERMAN
Students enjoyed the September month’s theme ‘Food’ through a video presentation on ‘How to order food in a restaurant’. They learnt the basic vocabulary related to food. Students learnt conjugation of verbs related to topic - to eat, to drink, to take and would like to. They enjoyed making a collage on famous food and drinks of Germany as part of home assignment which added to their repertoire of German vocabulary. Students were assessed on their Speaking skills in German by reading a passage and by giving basic introduction of themselves. Students were assessed on their knowledge of all lessons learnt in German language in a written assessment.
Western Music
During this month, the song taught was - ' This is our world oh oh.' Some  warm up exercises were done in C major scale (in guitar). The students practiced playing the G major progression chords.
INDIAN MUSIC
​In the month of September students learnt the prayer song “ Hamko Man ki Shakti”, “Hum Balak hai tere”. The instruments played along were a orchestra of Harmonium, Tabla, Tanpura , Markas, Swartarang. The  Vocal warm up began with  sargam in different scales.
DANCE
Students learnt basics of Kathak dance form. They learnt how to emote different gestures, posture, mood through body language and facial expressions. They also learnt tatkaar (basic footwork), Hastak (basic hand-movements ) of kathak. Apart from that they have learnt the choreography for Teachers Day special assembly performance on the song  “school ke din and bam bam bole”. 
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 SPORTS
The students worked on the understanding  of the forehand grip of the raquet win the game between the opponents. In swimming , the students are learning sitting and diving from edge, swimming in lanes, kicking with kickboard, head up breathing and back kicking.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES
The students conducted a special assembly on the occasion of International Day of Democracy.They presented a power packed dance performance in the Teacher's Day assembly.
Farewell
We  bid adieu to Sanchi as  she shifted to UK in September. The students made a beautiful goodbye card  for her to wish her all the very best . They spent some quality time with her.
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AWESOME AUGUST !

9/6/2019

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ENGLISH
​In sync with the ongoing theme of the month-‘ Plants’, the students integrated their previous learning of flora and fauna and their importance to study a piece of persuasive writing, Chapter- ‘Rainforests in Danger’. They took it as a case study and learnt ‘Persuasive Writing’  as a way to spread awareness about saving the forests . Post  reading, comprehending and the pre- writing activity, students individually prepared a leaflet, using their Persuasive Writing skill to convince others about the importance of preserving the rainforests. Using their understanding of Persuasive writing, students of Grade 5, in groups, prepared a Slogan and a Jingle (integrated with Music), about saving trees. With the English lessons abuzz with opportunities of ideating and implementing, the students expressed their emotions and feelings while learning to write Diary Entry. Their grammatical skills were honed through exposure of concepts of Clauses and Phrases. These activities were a part of the Language, Sst and Performing arts integration week (19th -23rd August ).
HINDI
​(कविता - एक बूँद)  और (पाठ - दानी पेड़)  का पाठवाचन, कठिन शब्दार्थ और जीवन में वृक्षों की उपयोगिता का छात्रों से परिचय कराया गया। आशय स्पष्टीकरण करते हुए गद्यांशावबोधन विधा सिखाई गई । गतिविधि के रूप में  छात्रों ने वृक्षों की उपयोगिता पर चित्रांकन कर स्वरचित काव्यपंक्तियों और नारे लेखन (स्लोगन) की रचना कर  कक्षा में प्रस्तुतीकरण किया।  पाठ  के स्पष्टीकरण के साथ गद्यांशावबोधन सिखाया । अनौपचारिक पत्र लेखन का प्रकार,  प्रारूप सिखाया समझाया गया।  गतिविधि के रूप में अंतर्देशीय पत्र द्वारा पत्र के डाक द्वारा भेजे जाने की कार्यशैली से छात्रों का परिचय कराया गया।
MATH
​Reinforcement of the number operations concept was done through mental math questions (written / oral), practice sums and word problems. Students challenged themselves by solving multi-step word problems in class. The culmination of this whole concept was done by students, in groups, creating a mathematical game using the four number operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). It was heartening to see the students creatively expressing their understanding of the four operations by creating a board game, flashcards, quiz on Kahoot, PowerPoint presentation etc. Students shared their project with their peers in class. They had fun challenging each other by playing games created by their friends. They were assessed on their project and were marked on a rubric. They were also assessed on the number operation concept through a class assessment. As a way to enhance their logical – mathematical skills, they also attempted to solve puzzles using SEP module.

SOCIAL SCIENCE
​As a part of project based learning, students of Grade 5 were divided into different groups. The task assigned to students was to research and find out about Greenland, Saudi Arabia, and DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). The area of research was to get information about the climate, natural vegetation, wildlife, transportation, people and agriculture of these 3 countries. Students utilized various means of research – internet, people and books to find out the information. They completed their research work and collated the information as a PowerPoint presentation and A3 sheets. They presented their research work in class with their peers. Students were assessed on a rubric based on the content, body language, research work, team work. This was followed by the students watching related videos to understand about these three countries better. As a part of subject integration week, in sync with the theme of the month “Plants”, students of Grade 5 presented a MIME act (integrated with Drama) based on project HARIYALI, “Saving Trees”. It was a new concept for them, which they learnt in a short span of time and performed  exceedingly well. They presented the act to create awareness for a green earth. Theme for the act was 'Save a tree Save a life'. This presentation was presented by them in a Special Assembly.
SCIENCE
​Look deep into the nature and you will understand everything better. This is exactly the Grade V students did in the month of August. To deeply understand the process of growth and development, the students grew the seeds in the Science Lab. They not only loved watching them growing into tiny saplings but also understood that for a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone, the shell (testa) cracks, the inside comes out and everything changes. Every part of the plant plays a significant role in its growth. They visited the school kitchen garden to observed various stem modifications and were wondered to see the tendrils, tubers, stolons and bulbs. The students understood the role of the stem through a hands-on-activity in the Lab followed by observation in their note-books. Depending upon the presence of number of cotyledons the students did a sorting activity wherein they brought various seeds from their home and sorted them into two different categories i.e. Monocots and Dicots. While studying about the agriculture and crops, the students understood the importance of a scarecrow in protecting the ripened crop from birds. To add an element of fun in learning, the students made scary scarecrows and shared their importance with each other. They ended the theme by making attractive calligrams of plants.
SANSKRIT
​(व्याकरण पाठः- वर्णविच्छेद और वर्णसंयोग की पुनरावृत्ति अभ्यासपत्र द्वारा कराई गई।पुल्लिंग,  स्त्रीलिंग और नपुंसकलिंग प्रथम पुरुष  एकवचनम् द्विवचनम् बहुवचनम्)का स्पष्टीकरण करते हुए संभाषण व वाक्यानुप्रयोग सिखाया गया। । अव्ययशब्दाः शब्दों  को तालिकाबद्ध किया। प्रथमपुरुष एकवचनम् ,  प्रथमपुरुष द्विवचनम्,  और  प्रथमपुरुष बहुवचनम्, को स्पष्ट करते हुए  लट्लकार का भी प्रयोग छात्रों ने सीखा। समस्त विषयवस्तु को उदाहरणों व नियमों सहित सीखा।
ROBOTICS
​UNIT TOPIC: ELECTRICITY –GENERATION AND ITS USE - MAKER SESSION
Challenge : In this session, students were introduced to a problem statement with the help of some videos and images- What kind of solution can be possible to design and build an electric circuit to make an automatic door lock and which should work with the help of electricity. The main focus of maker session was to see what students can actually think of building after learning the basic concepts electricity and circuits.


FRENCH
In the month of August, students learnt about different animals (farm, domestic and wild animals), fruits & vegetables. They learnt how to pronounce the words in French building on their vocabulary. In Grammar, they studied the Adjectives with gender difference. The Subject Integration week saw French/Spanish/Sanskrit students also singing a French song related to fruits and vegetables linking to the monthly theme ‘Plants’.
GERMAN
​This was a very enthralling month for the children with lots of activities and new learnings. The theme ‘Plants’ was introduced by presenting them a song on fruits ‘Das Obstlied’, which whole of Grade-5 sang in the Language Integration Week .It was thoroughly enjoyed by our young enthusiastic learners. The children were also taken for a nature walk, to introduce the concept of Vegetables and Nature, after which the related vocabulary was shared. Lots of adjectives were also shared with children so that they can describe their favourite fruit or vegetable. They also came to know about different weather conditions in the target language. Overall quite a learning and enthusiastic month for the children!! Soon we are going to tune into our next interesting theme for all that is ‘Food’! 


SPANISH
Students enjoyed nature walk in the school garden. They identified some of of the vegetables in the school garden and shared their names in Spanish. 
They also learnt the names of natural elements (weather, climate etc). They attempted simple sentences worksheet which helped them strengthen the knowledge of adjectives (of colors).The month for Spanish  students ended on a very sweet and yummy note wherein during our Spanish and German lessons, students got engaged in a Salad making activity. The students got the ingredients from home and they excitedly cut fruits, mixed condiments and made a yummy salad. The cherry  on the cake was when they took their preparation and shared it with the Principal  and other teachers for a taste test. Much to the delight of students, everyone enjoyed the salad. On the whole by this activity , the names of the fruits were learnt and understood in the respective language which made learning a lot of fun.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
​Students continued to explore the game of Basketball. The focus was to make sure everybody is able to get familiar with the ball and is able to do basic ball handling exercises. Students were also introduced to stationary dribbling and dribbling on the move (Pound dribble and crossover dribbles). They were introduced to different types of passing skills (Chest and Bounce) and form Shooting, They also continued with their swimming and Taekwondo classes where they got to know about skills such as bubbling under the water, kicking in freestyle, front float and kicking and self defense techniques.

LIFE SKILLS
​In their Life Skill lessons, students learned about the significance of expressing their feelings. They learnt that to express oneself, it is important to understand the body language of the other person. They had fun time deciphering and comprehending what the other person was feeling through body language, by playing a game of ‘dumb charades’.
 
 
DRAMA
​Students learnt various forms of acting in the Drama lessons. They learnt how to
modulate their voice as per the character they were playing and showcased their acting prowess during role plays done in class. In sync with the theme of the month ‘Plants’, they listened to various stories related to plants and trees and understood the importance of characters in the fables and emulated a few characters with appropriate voice modulation and expression. Students also performed a One Act play on ‘Mangal Pandey’ as a part of the Independence Day Assembly which was well appreciated by one and all. During the Subject integration week, the students prepared and performed a MIME act which was a very new concept to the students. They learnt it in a very short span of time and performed well to the applause of the audience. 
INDIAN MUSIC
​In their Indian music lessons students, practiced their vocal warm up exercises through Sargam and sang in different pattern and different rhythm. Selected students for ‘Anveshan’ competition practiced hard for the song created and composed by them “Rangeela Desh”. The winners of the Patriotic song competition, practiced their song and performed during the Independence Day special assembly. During the Subject Integration week, students prepared a Jingle in Hindi on the theme of ‘tree’ and presented it in the class.
WESTERN MUSIC
​In the month of August the students learnt Note Cycle with ascending and descending direction. They did  finger warm up exercise in c major scale (in guitar) and practiced G major progression chords.
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Jubilant JULY 2019

8/6/2019

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INVESTITURE CEREMONY
Suncity School believes that the child centric approach will frame a responsible citizen. Keeping up with this thought in mind, The Suncity School, Sec 37 D, Gurugram held its first Investiture ceremony for the academic session 2019-20 on the 30th of August 2019.          Ms. Rupa Chakravorty – Director Suncity Schools presided over the event as the chief guest. To inculcate the leadership qualities in the students and to give them a feel of functioning of the administrative body, a school council board was formed through democratic nominations followed by scrutinous interviewing and voting. The students’ council took the pledge to uphold the standards and ideals of Suncity School with high esteem. The ceremony was held with lots of zeal and zest. 

​ENGLISH
The students undertook a project work of Travel Brochure making, post the reading and comprehension of the chapter –Holiday Destination. The class took this chapter (about Sri Lanka) as a case study to design their own brochures for different countries and worked in small teams . They studied the pattern, format, need and various requisites of a brochure. This was followed by class presentation by each team. The students further explored the animal tales through the chapter – The Hare and the Tortoise. This was in sync with the ongoing theme of the month- Animals. The students explored the story through role play , their opinion about the attitude of the characters and building on the vocabulary. Further, word work, practice exercises and written comprehension tasks were done by the students. In writing, students analyzed the format of Paragraph Writing and attempted to write on a topic with the help of an exemplar. In Grammar, a recapitulation of the topic Subject, Predicate and types of sentences was done through a Quiz. To build on it, the concept of Phrases and Clauses was introduced .
HINDI 
​(कविता - भिक्षापात्र)  का पाठवाचन, कठिन शब्दार्थ और जीवनोपयोगी सीख का छात्रों से परिचय कराना। आशय स्पष्टीकरण करते हुए गद्यांशावबोधन विधा सीखी। गतिविधि के रूप में कविता का छात्रों ने चित्रांकन कर स्वरचित
काव्यपंक्तियों की रचना की। विराम चिह्न नामक विषयवस्तु को विभिन्न गतिविधियों एवं चित्रावली विधा में समझकर वाक्य प्रयोग कराया गया।  वचन नामक  विषयवस्तु को उदाहरणों व नियमों सहित सीखा। पाठ  के स्पष्टीकरण के साथ गद्यांशावबोधन सिखाया । विशेषतः प्रथम इकाई के पाठ्यक्रम की लिखित व मौखिक पुनरावृत्ति कराई गई।
MATH
On joining back school, students revised the lessons already done and prepared for the Math unit test. A recap of all the concepts was done again to strengthen their understanding of Number System . As a prior knowledge assessment, students were grouped and were given a set of key words that they had to sort according to the number operations. In the second activity, students were given set of questions related to number operations to assess how many sums were they able to solve. This laid the foundation for planning the whole concept. Further, Math lessons saw the students practicing sums related to Number Operations and solving word problems using RUCSAC method.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
After the vacations, a doubt session on the chapters -The British Raj and the First War of Independence, The Struggle for Independence and Gandhiji Leads the Nation, was done. Also , students presented their holiday homework in class with explanation. With the help of a PowerPoint presentation, the concept of endangered and extinct species, was discussed with students. Also poaching and hunting of animals was explained to students along with  disadvantages of hunting. They were also shown their understanding on the reflection sheet provided. Students discussed in groups on various National Parks and diversities available nearby and in the country. They also marked Biodiversity and National Parks on map.
SCIENCE
Our world is so beautiful and so are its creatures. The students of  grade V (based on the monthly theme: Animals) studied about the 5 Kingdom Classification and could easily sort the living beings into 5 groups. They depicted the 5 kingdoms on the hand print cut-out using A-4 size colourful sheets. Their learning was bolstered through observation of mounted slides of kingdom Protista, Monera/Bacteria and Fungi. It was really a See-Think-Wonder time. They were astonished to see the unicellular microscopic organisms. Their understanding of the concept was assessed through ‘A Stick-on at Right Place’ activity. The students assessed their learning themselves through a reflection form in the form of red, yellow and green zones. The best part of the reflection was peer learning  where students clarified each other’s doubts.
VISUAL ART
Children made a poster on ‘Save Tiger’ campaign. First, they drew the poster on white paper and coloured it with oil pastels. While drawing they were explained the step by step method of drawing of animal figures and other natural elements like jungle and landscape. In pottery class they made figures of elephant and tiger . They made different body parts separately and assembled them.
GERMAN
The excitement was prevailing all over when the children came back after relaxing and enjoyable holidays. Children did excellent job in completing their Holiday Homework. The young learners were thrilled to take their first ever foreign language test. After the UT, the theme for the month, Animals, was introduced to the children through the medium of a funny video of animals and their sounds in German language . The concept was more clear to the students after the vocabulary along with some describing words(adjectives) were given to the them. They thoroughly enjoyed the activity of making the Pet ID tag, and also tried to frame simple sentences and describe their pets.  
FRENCH
After the summer vacation, children were comfortable using basic words in and outside the classroom. They were able to greet formally and informally in French. They also had their first French UT which was done in a smooth way. Children were introduced to names of animals under the wild, domestic and farm animals according to the monthly theme. The verb 'habiter' was introduced in accordance with -er verb. An activity of making pet tag was also done.
SPANISH
The theme “Animales”was introduced through a video on Animals sounds. Then through a PPT. the students learned some “animales de la granja” farm animals, “animals salvajes”, wild animals and “animales domésticos” domestic animals. New adjectives were introduced to describe different types of animals, like “lindo”, cute, “peludo” shaggy and others. Also, the class did a recap of adjectives of colours to form more attractive sentences. Gender and number agreement was discussed in the class with the help of the PPT. The students were able to choose and describe the animals of their preference using the colors and the new adjectives.
 WESTERN MUSIC
Children wrote a poetry about Saving Tiger related to the theme and composed a song with the help of guitar and practiced in a proper way .Vocal warm up exercises , breathing and controlling exercises were done along with the piano.Students are continuously practicing vocal warm up exercises to improve their singing .
INDIAN MUSIC
Students are practicing vocal warm up exercises to improve there singing .They started their class with सरगम in rhythm so they can understand about scale and important factors of rhythm  in classical music. They  practiced a song “ जाग रहे हम वीर जवान '' a
beautiful poem by Raam Dhani Singh Dinker ji in the form of song. Students learned about classical instruments and classification of Indian music instruments like स्वरतरंग, हारमोनियम . 
PERFORMING ARTS - DRAMA
StudentS learnt about movements of animals, its appearance, gestures and body language based on the animal character which was in sync with the theme - Animals. The students also learnt how to do story narration and practiced how to modulate their voice in their drama lessons. They rehearsed how to  perform on stage with confidence, how to maintain voice and body movement to justify the role.
ICT
The students extended their knowledge of using PowerPoint by organizing and rearranging the slides, using Word Art, editing the images and text and changing the slide layouts. They prepared presentations based on the theme and added animation and transition to the presentations by including all the features of PowerPoint
ROBOTICS
UNIT TOPIC: ELECTRICITY –GENERATION AND ITS USE
In this session, the  students explored about electricity, types of circuit and also about current, voltage and its unit. They also studied about different modes of communication with the help of electricity, studied about Mohr’s code and how to decode it. In order to understand it, they built a telegraph out of snap circuit kit to understand electrical energy and its role in communication. They also learnt about properties of magnet. They made an electromagnet by wrapping a coil of copper wire around an iron nail and investigating that whether a number of coils changes the electromagnet’s strength.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Students were introduced to the game of Basketball. They were made to understand the basic rules of the game and the markings on the Basketball courts. The focus was to make sure everybody becomes familiar with the ball and could do basic ball handling exercises. Students were also Introduced to stationary dribbling and dribbling on the move.
LIFE SKILLS
Students were able to  understand that their real friends don’t care what they look like. They like them because of who they are and not by looks. It’s not important to please everyone around us.  Understanding and valuing their own self and being proud of themselves was the core learning in this month Life skill session. Students learnt strategies to cope how to handle a situation when they are teased and learn to deal it wisely so that it doesn’t affect them negatively. As the theme of the month was animals, this concept was thought through a problem faced by a tortoise in a zoo. This was followed by students writing their thoughts in a reflection sheet.
CLASS ASSEMBLY
The Suncitizens of Grade V conducted a special assembly on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas in honour of the soldiers and enthralled the audience with their power packed musical performance. They instilled a sense of pride and respect for the soldiers in every spectator by sharing the anecdotes of their valor.
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NEWSLETTER MAY 2019

5/20/2019

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HINDI
(पाठ - छोटा जादूगर)  का पाठवाचन, कठिन शब्दार्थ-वाक्यप्रयोग, श्रुतलेखन और प्रश्नोत्तर आशय स्पष्टीकरण करते हुए गद्यांशावबोधन विधा सीखी। गतिविधि के रूप में कविता का छात्रों ने चित्रांकन कर स्वरचित काव्यपंक्तियों की रचना की।  पाठ के माध्यम से  गरीब किंतु स्वाभिमानी और परिश्रमी नन्हें जादूगर की संघर्षपूर्ण जीवनयात्रा के माध्यम से छात्रों को जीवन मूल्यों से परिचित कराया गया। व्याकरण भाग में समाचारपत्र से चित्र लेकर संज्ञाशब्दों का परिचय,  पहचान अर्थ और प्रयोग बताते हुए वाक्यप्रयोग द्वारा भाषा में प्रयोग व  महत्ता को समझाया । 
        विशेषतः मातृदिवस के अवसर पर माँ के प्रति प्रेम व श्रद्धाभाव को मार्मिक कविताओं , विभिन्न गतिविधियों और प्रस्तुतियों के माध्यम से छात्रों ने माँ की महिमा और  माँ की जीवन में भूमिका और महत्व पर स्वरचित काव्यपंक्तियँ लिखकर एवं पोस्टर बनाकर अपनी भावनाएं व्यक्त की।
ENGLISH
The prior knowledge of usage of Punctuation was checked as a class discussion. Post which the students strengthened their understanding of the Punctuation Marks and its usage by attempting various exercises and group discussion in class. They also  revised the topics in class for their Unit test. After the complete session on Punctuation, students showcased their knowledge of this concept by creating colourful posters which depicted the Punctuation and the usage with few examples. Students enthusiastically participated in the first round of Spell Bee Wizard competition.
MATH
Students continued to strengthen their understanding of the Number systems. They
challenged themselves by finding the equivalent of Indian and International place value of
numbers. They learnt rounding of numbers to 10s, 100s and 1000s and estimation of
numbers. Students grasped the idea that estimation is approximation of numbers which is done by rounding off numbers. They were assessed on their understanding of the complete concept of Number Systems in a class test. This work was peer assessed by the students themselves.

 SCIENCE
Students visited the Science Lab to understand the Musculo-Skeletal system with the help of the 'Skeleton' and the models of the muscles . Related videos added to their
understanding of these two body systems. Students revised these science concepts and
undertook their Science unit test. As part of their project work, students were divided into
groups and given topics related to Food – Components of food, balanced diet, food – an
important aspect of health, and diseases. Prior to starting the project work, students were
taught the skill of research and presentation. Students used books and internet to research
and find out information. This was later presented in the class. They were assessed on the
basis of their team work, content of research and presentation skill and marked on a rubric (an
assessment tool).
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SOCIAL SCIENCE 
During the Social Science lessons, students learnt about the story of Vasco Da Gama and the sea route taken by Vasco Da Gama during the circle time class activity.  A video on British Raj Establishment and Revolt of 1857 was shown in class while teaching the ‘Struggle for Independence’. Students learnt about the location of the cities where the revolt started by marking them on the Map. Students were introduced to the social reformers of India and the  difference between Extremists and Moderates. To understand why it is important to use the product made from our country and how our ancestors fought for it students understood about the "Swadeshi Movement". Students’ prior knowledge was tested about Mahatma Gandhi and they were introduced to movements started by Gandhiji.  The ­Rowlatt Act and Satyagraha Movement, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre were explained in class through a PowerPoint presentation.  Students also came to know about the Non-Cooperation Movement & Civil Disobedience Movement, The Simon Commission and the Demand for Purna Swaraj and the factors that lead to the Quit India Movement.

SPANISH 
The students learnt Definite Articles through a PowerPoint presentation. After discussing the basic rules, students applied them by drawing parts of the body and adding the correct articles for each of the nouns. After learning the verb “Ser” to be, the verb” Llamarse” to be called and practiced them by applying what they have learnt in the book exercises and PPT.  They also wrote their and their dad's physical description. The topic - 'Family' was done in the class, ending it with designing a Family Tree.
FRENCH
After the initial introduction of the language, children became comfortable using basic
salutations in and outside the classroom. Students were able to name parts of the
body, described themselves and also talked about their family. Introduction of the verb “être”
(to be) was done with examples. Students were taught to make an Identity Card, where they
pasted their passport size picture and wrote the physical descriptions by applying their learning. An activity was done in the classroom where the students drew human body and labelled the parts of the body in French.
GERMAN
After having fun in Calendar Making Activity, children thoroughly enjoyed watching the PPT about the German culture. They were thrilled to know about Oktoberfest, cars etc in Germany. Students also enjoyed watching Finger Family song and another one about different colours in German. The reinforcement of their understanding of the family members and colours was done by making a Family Tree in the class and a wall hanging, which will be completed by the students during holidays.
ICT
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he students explored the flexible feature of MS -Word of presenting the data in the tabular form consisting of rows and columns. They created the school meal menu taking different days and food items for the month of May. They also actively participated in the discussion sharing the difference between the healthy and junk food and prepared its table in MS-Word. They also learned about - Splitting and Merging cells, applying borders and shading, and Calculations in table.
VISUAL ART
On the occasion of Mother's Day, students made posters in their Art lessons. .They used oil pastels as a medium to draw the figure of heart. Each student gave their special touch to the drawing, by expressing their love for their mothers through their creativity.
In their pottery class, they made heart shaped lockets with clay. These were decorated with colourful dry glitter. Students also created a bunch of flowers made with clay all the while focussing on the technique of Relief Work.
LIFE SKILLS
This month saw a continuation of their previous month's activity "Have you filled your bucket today?". Post the workshop conducted by our school Counsellor, students understood that it is important to recognize and appreciate our peers for their kindness. Each student enthusiastically went around filled their friends bucket by writing a note to them and thanking them for their kindness towards each other teaching them the art of Appreciation, Kindness and Empathy. 
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INDIAN MUSIC
​Students continued to explore different rhythms and practiced singing सरगम in different patterns to improve their singing. They practiced  वंदना based on raag Yaman. Students continued to strengthen their knowledge and classification about  Indian  classical instruments  like तानपुरा, स्वरतरंग, हारमोनियम, मरकस, तबला and tried their hand at playing all these instruments.

​WESTERN MUSIC
Children learnt a  song “Hey Mama” for Mother's day and created a school band for Mother’s Day assembly . They showcased their talent in the Special Assembly on the eve of Mother's Day. Students enjoyed the song especially dedicated to mothers everywhere. In their regular lessons, vocal warm-up, breathing and controlling exercises were done to improve their voice quality.
DANCE
Students explored different dimensions of kinesthetic movements with the support of instrumental music. Different variations of movements were taught through improvisational practice. 
​PERFORMING ARTS
On the occasion of Mother's Day, the context of Mother-Child relationship was taken up in the drama session. Students were given the situation when they miss their mom and  are not able to contact her. They presented the act with focus on dialogues, expression and voice modulation. They were  also given some tips to understand the character and situation.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Students continued to enhance their skills and techniques learnt in the game of Squash. They were made to understand the basic rules of the game and the markings on the squash court. The focus was to make sure that everybody is able to grip the racket properly and are able to make contact with the ball. They were also introduced to the court movement used in a game of squash. They were taught about forehand drives and service. They were made to make rallies with the teacher.
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Newsletter April 2019

5/3/2019

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ENGLISH
Students built upon their previous knowledge of the concepts they already knew in Grammar. They delved deeper and were familiarised with various kinds of nouns and pronouns. All types of nouns like abstract, collective and gender were introduced through a tuning in game. The learning of the concepts were consolidated through book exercises and follow up practice work in the notebook. This concept further led to the introduction of  Pronouns. Taking forward the basic knowledge students got familiar with various types of pronouns with emphasis on identification and application. Activities using songs and team games enabled the strengthening of the concept along with practice exercises in the notebook and workbook. In Literature, students made connections with the concept of mythology and shared some tales from Indian Mythology. It was taken forward by referring to the comprehension worksheet which was about Greek myth. The students further associated to it through story narration and discussion of the chapter - The Flight of Icarus. The language aspect of this context was revised through comprehension questions,  glossary, spellathon and new vocabulary.
Mathematics
In their Math lessons, students were grouped and they shared what they already knew about Indian and International Place value system. This was later shared with their peers. Taking cue from there, the facilitator introduced them to the differences between Indian and International Place Value systems. Finding the equivalent in these two number systems, comparing & ordering of big numbers was a challenging task for the students. Rounding off numbers was done through number line and poem which made it easy for them to round off numbers while estimating. Student’s understanding of Number Systems was assessed through a class test. They utilized their understanding of number systems to add big numbers.
Science
Students learnt about bones and joints by performing various exercises. They visited the Science lab to learn about the skeletal system with the help of the skeleton model. Students enjoyed solving the skeleton puzzle by putting the cut-outs together to form the skeletal model. They also visited the science lab to understand the muscular system with the help of the muscular system model from the science lab. Their understanding was strengthened further when they watched a video of the musculo-skeletal system and how it works. The culmination of this was done by way of answering questions in their notebooks. 
Social Science
Students understood the concept of migration and its types i.e. immigration and emigration. They were able to analyse the causes for emigration and immigration. An engaging fun activity was done to explain the factors influencing Migration in which students were divided in 3 different groups and were asked to collect the data from teachers by asking them if they have migrated ever and the factors/reasons for that migration. The data/information collected by students was collated and discussed in class along with push and pull factors influencing migration.
हिंदी
कक्षा पाँचवीं के छात्रों ने अप्रैल माह  के पहले दिन स्वपरिचय और विद्यालय के अनुशासनात्मक अनिवार्य गुणों व नियमों के विषय में जानकारियाँ प्राप्त की। राष्ट्रगान, प्रारूपलेखन , १ से ५० तक हिंदी में संख्यांक और संख्याशब्द लेखन सीखा । वर्णवृक्ष नामक गतिविधि के द्वारा स्वर-व्यंजनवर्णों का ध्वनितंत्र के माध्यम से परिचय प्राप्त किया। द्वित्वाक्षर ,  पंचमाक्षर ,संयुक्ताक्षर और रेफपदेन को वर्णविच्छेद द्वारा वर्तनी ज्ञान प्राप्त किया ।(कविता-सुमन एक उपवन के)  का कवितापाठवाचन, कठिन शब्दार्थ-वाक्यप्रयोग, आशय स्पष्टीकरण , श्रुतलेखन और प्रश्नोत्तर करते हुए पद्यांशावबोधन विधा सीखी। गतिविधि के द्वारा प्रकृति के उपादानों का महत्व चित्रावली में संजोया । स्वरचित कवितालेखन विधा के द्वारा प्रकृति चित्रण किया।पर्यावरण सुरक्षा और जल जीवन पर नारे लेखन , कविता लेखन करते हुए छात्रों ने पृथ्वी दिवस का आयोजन किया। जिसमें  नन्हें छात्रों का प्रयास अत्यधिक गुणवत्तापूर्ण और प्रशंसनीय रहा।
French
After the initial introduction, the students were able to introduce themselves and use simple greetings as a first communication in the French language. They were also able to identify the numbers along with days of the week and months of the year. An audio visual video was played to make them “écoutez et répétez” (listen and repeat) the pronunciation of the above. They enjoyed the creative task of making the French Flag in class.
German
The beginning of the session was quite interesting for the children.The introduction to the language was done through a video on greetings and the alphabet song. The students are well versed with the basic introduction in German language. They were excited about the creative task of making the German Flag. They are thorough with the numbers (0-31), days of the week and months, the reinforcement of which will be done by a calendar making activity. They will also be introduced to German culture in the month of May 2019.
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Spanish
An ice breaker activity with a self-introduction and informal conversation got the students comfortable with the language. The students watched a video on Spain and Spanish speaking countries. They were motivated to bring up previous Spanish knowledge and discuss the facts from the video. The students learnt the days of the week and enjoyed printing their coloured hands on a paper and writing the numbers from 1 to 10. Spanish alphabets were presented with a song. They also learnt days of the week, months of the year The lesson concluded with a calendar making activity.

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  ICT
In chapter 3 –Managing Files and Folders, the students explored several features of Windows, managing files and folders, moving or copying them from one location to another, deleting and restoring them back or searching them when their location is not known. They also got hands on experience of windows Explorer.
Western Music
Students were introduced to dynamic symbols in music. They understood how the symbols are interpreted and implemented. They were explained the twelve notes in western music and notes value with clapping and fun ways.
  Indian Music 
Grade V learnt about classical musical  instruments and vocal practices to improve their singing voice. They attempted Saraswati vandan based on raag . They were acquainted with the classification of Indian musical instruments like Tanpora, Harmonium, Swartarang and Tabla.
Art and Pottery
Students were introduced to art materials and the techniques of using them, They learnt how to draw a human face. On the occasion of Earth Day ,they enthusiastically made posters thus  integrating the lesson with the social and environmental cause.
Drama
In the introductory class, students were acquainted with acting skill and its various forms. A discussion was held about the Nau Ras in acting. The emphasis was laid on speech and the moods. The following classes were focused on Situational Acting making student more confident while expressing their thoughts through acting.
Physical Education
Students were introduced to the sport of Squash. They were introduced made to the basic rules and the  markings on the squash court. The objective of the lesson was to make sure that everyone is able to grasp the racket properly and work on their grip. The next step was to make contact with the ball. They also learnt the nuances of the court movement to be followed in the game of squash.
Life Skills
In this lesson , the School Counsellor introduced herself as a facilitator who is there to  help / guide the students related to time management, behavioural issues  among other things.  Under the theme Me and Myself , students worked on creating positive self-image. A case study was presented to them post which students got into a group discussion to understand building positive self-image. Some strategies were shared to deal with anxiety, anger, fear and how to relax our body & mind in difficult situations. 
There were sessions on “Have You Filled a Bucket Today? and “A Guide to Daily Happiness" organised for the students. This was taken from a book by Carol McCloud, where children are encouraged to express kindness and love. The author uses the metaphor of how every individual is born with an invisible bucket, which represents their emotional health (or happiness quotient). This session teaches the students and everyone how just by saying kind words to others, not only can we fill their buckets, but we will fill our own as well. Students develop sense of gratitude towards everyone around them. This session also was to teach the students to learn to think positive and spread positive vibe around and cultivating healthy atmosphere. 
The link for the story is given for reference : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEg38zCOMgk 
Post this a brainstorming session was conducted, where the students had to fill in each other's bucket by adding their thoughts.  
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