Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Art integration

Students built models to show their perspectives on the following issues:
water, development, children's lives, inclusivity, climate and environment, living things amd peace & conflict
Below are a few snapshots of the preparation process:





Sunday, 19 March 2017

Guest speakers who added value to the exhibition unit

Grade6 students had come to speak to grade5's about their experiences with exhibition, how they prepared for it and what have skills have they developed through the exhibition.


Ms Swati who is an architect gave very interesting information on eco-friendly buildings and eco friendly materials


Ms Ira, who is teaching middle school talked about personal projects and how students prepare for it in higher classes. 



Ms Roshni, gave interesting information about different types of living things, their requirements and she also took students around for a nature walk and showed them different types of plants which are considered parasites. She was a guest speaker specifically for the living things group.


Ms Shweta, who teaches the middle school talked about the The Big-6 and helped students to understand the planning process

Some visually challenged teachers and students had visited tha Aga Khan Academy and talked to students about their life, the challenges they face, how they overcame them and how some of them are very successful in different areas of life due to technological advancements. For example usage of phone and computers are easier because of certain apps which cater to their needs. They informed children that inspite of being visually challenged, they prefer to be independent and useful to the society at large.




We had students from grade8 (Aftikar, Salman and Bahar) who are from Afghanistan. They gave very insightful views regarding the lives of children, particularly girls in Afghanistan. They talked about the progress and development of Afghanistan in regards to education over the last five years.



Saturday, 11 February 2017

Snapshots of the ongoing inquiry

Students brainstormed on the survey questions on their chosen issues:

Climate and environment


Development


Living things and the environment


Development


Climate and environment

In the photographs below, students are engaged in inquiring from various websites





Climate change group made questions for survey

Exhibition Matrix

Comming up soon

Understanding of action in PYP

Ms Sreelatha Kumar, the principal of Juniour school, took a very engaging session on action in PYP.
She showed the action ladder and asked students to reflect on the actions they have taken and where would they place their actions on the ladder.
Thereafter an e-book was played which talked about simple actions which children can take.

At the end students were asked to reflect on their understanding of action through a Y chart:
What does action look like, feel like and sound like:


Central ideas

Students are working on central ideas and essential elements (concepts, skills, attitudes and attributes) in their groups:







Matching issues with the various themes of PYP + making the central idea

Students tried to find the most appropriate theme which matched with the issues they had brought out during the session on Aga Khan strands.
Thereafter they highlighted the strands in the selected theme on which they could base their central ideas.
Below are some photographs of the process: