Card Making - A creative card making activity which allows the students to express their feelings while hand-making greeting cards was conducted for Std VII from October 11 to 15.
Lantern Making - A fun lantern making activity to get the child's imaginative energies pumping was conducted for Std VIII from October 11 to 15.
The students of Std V were assigned a week's activities from November 4th to 10th, 2021 revolving around the theme - Light Up Someone's Diwali: The spirit of Diwali lies in spreading love, light, and joy in everyone's life.
This theme was introduced with a PDF that explained the importance of the festival and ways of celebrating it in an eco-friendly manner. This was followed with the seven days activities hosted by Ms. Ashnima which involved real life experiences and deeds involving values that children would inculcate in their future as well.
Here's the list of activities that were conducted throughout the week:
- DAY 1: GIVE TO THE NEEDY
- DAY 2: COMPLIMENT OTHERS
- DAY 3: SPREAD SOME CHEER
- DAY 4: CARE FOR ANIMALS and BIRDS
- DAY 5: PICK UP EXTRA CHORES
- DAY 6: SPREAD POSITIVITY
- DAY 7: PLANT A TREE
Students were given out each day's activity on WhatsApp and were asked to click pictures or record videos of the same and upload them to their respective class teacher's G-Classrooms. Many students throughout the standard participated in making others cheerful while following the principles of kindness.
Here are a few glimpses of the works done by the children
On November 3rd, 2021, the class teachers of Std VIII organized virtual Diwali Celebrations for their classes. A video on the entire programme was made by students under the guidance of their class teachers, which comprised of sharing the importance of different Diwali days, different types of rangoli making, innovative ways to make a Diwali greeting, a tutorial to make handmade lanterns for home decor, parent sharing views on significance of Diwali and Diwali sweets. Children were also made aware about pollution and health hazards caused by bursting of crackers during Diwali. Teachers encouraged them to celebrate a pollution free Diwali to save our mother earth.
To mark the occasion of Diwali, students of Std X involved themselves in various activities on November 1st, 2021 like diya making, lantern making, preparing wall hangings and other decorative articles out of waste materials. Some students also displayed their creativity by making beautiful rangolis. The students were very enthusiastic and creative in their work. The pictures of various activities were then sent to their respective class teachers as they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Teachers also encouraged the students to celebrate the festival in an eco-friendly way.
This year Std V planned a little different way to celebrate Diwali. It was decided that the celebration would be Value Based. Every day from November 4th to November 10th, details of the events were sent online and the students had to complete each activity according to their needs and time and send the same to the class teacher.
The activities were as follows:
Day 1: Give To The Needy
Day 2: Compliment Others
Day 3: Spread Some Cheer
Day 4: Care For Animals & Birds
Day 5: Pick Up Extra Chores
Day 6: Spread Positivity
Day 7: Plant A Tree
On October 30th from 9.30am onwards Std VIIID celebrated virtually different Diwali activities like rangoli competition, art competition and food junction. The celebration began with a speech on the importance of Diwali followed by games and a video of all the competitions held was made.
In the evening on the same day Halloween was celebrated. All the students were dressed up in different characters. These video links were shared with all the rest of the divisions of Std VIII on November 3rd on the topic - The Festival Of Lights
