This fortnight saw the school reverberate with excitement as students commemorated two unique days – Bird Day and World Peace and Harmony Day.
Zoya Gupta of our class, MYP 1C , initiated the participation of all students by suggesting that we all use a bird’s name as our last name for the day. Students created colourful badges and wore their name tags all day. The chirpy sounds that echoed in the corridors of our school brought a smile to everyone!
On World Peace and Harmony Day, students walked to the venue of a special assembly holding hands, symbolising togetherness and acceptance of one another. They created original slogans and logos and presented their posters. Deep thought had gone into each of the posters, offering hope to one and all that the youngsters will take us all towards a harmonious world.
ENGLISH: Now that we have read the novel, we are in the process of analysing the characters. For this, we have begun using the organiser STEAL by identifying how the character in question speaks, thinks, affects others, acts and looks. For each of these, we found evidence from the text to support our claim. We have worked in groups and picked our favourite character from the book to analyse. We have been using appropriate and relevant vocabulary to describe the characters. Our presentations are ready to be shared in class.
By Riddhima Pahuja MYP 1C
SCIENCE:
PHYSICS:
This week we learnt about the basics of Energy and how energy helps us to do work in our daily life. We discussed if we need energy even while sleeping. We brainstormed about the sources of energy. We found that energy resources are categorised as renewable and non- renewable resources. We have been asked to present our understanding on various renewable and non- renewable resources of energy. Currently, we are working on this presentation.
By Arsh Agarwal MYP 1D
BIOLOGY: We went for the field study and collected information on parts of plants, leaf margins, venation and flowers. We drew a plant of our choice and then we went to the library in the next lesson to research the same. We presented our research work and summarised our understanding in our journals. We also performed flower dissection and observed and labelled different parts of a flower as well.
BY ATHARV SINGH MYP1B
CHEMISTRY:
We researched about uses of common acids in daily life and shared in the class. We explored many substances at home which contained acids. We discussed the properties of bases and took self-notes using a graphic organiser. We explored to find out common substances containing bases and discussed uses of bases in our daily life. We discussed and learnt the need for various hazard symbols and made a note of all new terms learnt. We inquired how indicators can be used to identify acids and bases.
INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES:
We chose one landform we want to live in and justified our choice. We classified our points under social, economic and environmental factors. In the next task, we discussed the problems faced by that landform. We also discussed whether the problem was man-made or natural. The last task was to suggest at least 2 solutions to the existing problems.
Our next activity was to watch a video related to population and discuss the possible factors that affect the settlement of a place.
By Yeseul MYP 1B
MATH:
In the past 2 weeks we learned more about Fractions. We did a group activity on arranging unlike fractions in an order. Each group came with a different method of doing so following which we wrote a letter to our friend explaining our way of arranging fractions in order. We learned multiplication of fractions using clay dough. It was fun playing with clay and learning. We also learned division of fractions and plotting of fractions on a number line. We practiced many word problems to understand application of fractions.
By Tavanya Seth MYP 1C
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION:
FRENCH: We have gained a profound collection of vocabulary and expressions related to the unit ‘My Houseā. We have learnt to identify the different areas in a house, furniture and other accessories, as well as floor plans. We saw many interactive videos and did numerous fun-filled activities after seeing them. We also participated in other class activities that really helped us in memorizing the words. We will now start designing our own plan of an ideal house and will learn the French verb conjugations.
HINDI:
Phase 1 & Phase 2
We had group discussions about various aspects of festivals and their positive and negative impacts. We had group activities of card making based on various festivals. We read articles ‘dharm sankat’ and ‘ek bhediye ka bachna’. We wrote letters in response to these articles based on the issues raised in these articles. We watched short a Hindi film the famous story ‘Eedgaah’ by Premchand and wrote our understanding on the same.
SPANISH:
In the last 2 weeks, we first learnt the verb āVivir ā To liveā, the types of houses and the adjectives to describe them. We made a list of objects in each room and verbs related to household work. We also learnt prepositions for places which we are implementing in describing our bedroom.
By Sarim Khan
PRODUCT DESIGN: We have started exploring Auto Cad design software so we can create our jewellery designs using this. At the same time, we are browsing through internet to finalize our designs.
By Sarthak MYP 1D
DIGITAL DESIGN:Ā In digital design, we started exploring 123D design as the unit is focusing on 3D modeling. We started research work by focusing on first inquiry questions on art and culture of various countries. We worked on our design problem for the unit which is to create a 3D model and print it using a 3D printer.
ART: We have started the new unit āArt Installationā. Through group discussion and seeing photographs of famous installations of the world, we are trying to understand the contexts in which installation art is created and how site-specific installations change the way we see different materials. We are also trying to understand how installations impact society. We are looking at different materials that go into creation of an art installation.
MUSIC: We understood the symbols and the terminologies used to denote different musical elements. We watched a video on the classificationĀ of instruments and their sounds. We learnt about the Binary, Ternary and Rondo forms in music. We used our critical thinking skills at the start of every music lesson by answering the inquiry questions that were asked by the teacher.
By Satyam Wadhwa MYP 1B
Step into my World 