Gross / Fine Motor Development

Finger Tracing — using rice grains

Buttoning /Unbuttoning

Fun with Clay

Colouring

Tearing and Pasting Activities

Painting Activities

Warm –Up Exercises

Yoga- Garden Yoga & Animal Yoga

Simple exercises

BIRLA VIDYA NIKETAN

MONTHLY REPORT—AUGUST 2020

Projects: Plant Life

Story Time–

1.The Giving Tree

2. Peep plants a seed

3. PPT –Life Cycle of a Plant

4. Vocabulary Building

5. Germination –Sowing of tomato seeds/rajma beans /green moong dal

6. Life Skill Activity-Watering and taking care of plants

7. Leaf Printing

8. Free hand drawing- Parts of a plant

9. Life Cycle of a plant

10. Podcasts -Rhymes

11. Virtual Nature Walk

Animal Kingdom

Movie - Lion Guard-Besthe and the Hippo Lanes

PPT- 1. Cat Family 2. Canines

Virtual tour-Farm Animals

Guessing Game - Animal Shadows/ Animal Sounds

Drawing-1.Pig with piglets 2. Patterns on figures of Cat family Animals 3.Canines

Animal Headgears-Craft Activity

Animal Yoga

Podcasts –Rhymes

Panchatantra Stories( Parent Participation)

Special Assembly was conducted by the students

of Nursery A & B depicting Animal Kingdom.

Art and Craft

Free hand drawing-1.Parts of a Plant

2.Life Cycle of a Plant

3.Pictures related to the letter p.

4.Patterns on outline image of Cat Family animals

(Tiger,Cheetah,Leopard & Jaguar )

5.Canines

Printing-Leaf,Fork, Feather and Potato

Hand Puppet-Lion

Headgears-1.Janamashtami

2.Animals

Tearing & Pasting-National Flag

Clay Modelling-National Symbols

Special Events

World Lion Day-10.08.2020

- A presentation on lions followed by a discussion on the amazing facts was done.

- Craft activity (hand puppet).

National Potato Day-19.08.2020

- PPT on interesting facts about potatoes was shown, followed by potato printing

and potato salad making activity.

Celebrations

Janamashtami

Children of Nursery and KG dressed as Radha and Krishna. They were shown a short animated movie ‘Little Krishna’ .

‘Krishn leela -a musical extravaganza’ a Special Assembly was presented by the students of KG A, showcasing the birth of Lord Krishna . All the students of classes Nursery and KG witnessed the online assembly .

Independence Day:

PPT/Video depicting the National Symbols of India was shown.

Quiz Time – National Symbols

Making of National Symbols using play dough

Hands on activity -Learning to button and unbutton their shirts.

Reciting/Singing of patriotic rhymes & songs.

The celebrations concluded with singing of the National Anthem.

CLASSES I & II

CELEBRATIONS

Independence Day :

Students of classes I & II conducted a quiz competition –on the topic ‘KNOW THE NATIONAL LEADERS.’ They also attempted an online quiz (in the google form) about knowing the National Symbols. Janamashtami Celebration- Stories from the life of Krishna.

Mothers were invited to narrate the stories from the life of Krishna. Chil-dren too shared a few perfor-mances. National Potato Day : Discuss-ing interesting facts about po-tato. Children were excited to learn few amazing facts about their favourite vegetable – Potato.

Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration (Clay Modelling) : Chanting the Ganesh Van-dana and making the idols of Lord Ganesha was a great hands on experience that all the students thoroughly enjoyed . \

Making a First Aid Box- Discussion on the importance of keeping one at home. Life Skill Activity-Making of an Emergency Directory : How to make it and it’s relevance were the focal points of this activity. Personal Safety- Videos were shown to make children aware of the measures that one should take to keep oneself safe. This was followed by a discussion and an interactive session wherein children presented their views on what they would do to avoid or combat such situation. Honing up the thinking skill in children was also the focus of the activity.

ART & CRAFT ACTIVITIES:- Monsoon Season in August

Art and Craft work was related to the festivals celebrated this month and the rainy season (Janamashtami, Independence Day, Onam).

SNIPPETS FROM THE CLASSROOM:

CURRICULUM CONNECT WITH ART AND CRAFT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES (EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING):

CLASS I:-

Research Work- Drawing of vegetables that grow under the ground an extension to the listen-ing skill-‘The Enormous Turnip’As an introduction to

the Hindi letter and to decorate the same using paper tearing.

‘House with Origami,’- Craft work- By folding paper, children made houses and drew their family members in it. Later, they pasted the same in their scrap book, observed the other places in their neighbourhood and drew them around their house.

Making a Necklace of ‘th’ words. ‘Arranging the ages of the family members’ using strips of paper.

Doodle Art inside NUMBERS ( children’s date of birth)

SPECIAL ASSEMBLY:- ‘BEING SAFE’

Reiterating the importance of being safe, the students of classes II E and II F presented a Special Assembly wherein through dramatization and dance, they shared the guidelines and the precautions one must adhere to, in order to safeguard themselves at all times.

CLASS II:-

1. Gender Noun -A craft activity 2. Learning Ascending and Descending by drawing the phases of the moon 3. Expression through drawing- My Favourite Weather. 4. Research work - Electrical safety tips

OTHERS:-

Virtual Elocution– The students recited the English poem ‘ My Neighbourhood’ with great zeal.

PODCAST :- Podcasts were prepared in all subjects by the teachers and shared with the students every week. These podcasts were discussed with the students during the online sessions.

CLASSES III-V

Class IV D presented a special assembly ‘India at 74’. The as-

sembly showcased the sacrifices made by the immortal heroes

of India to attain Independence from the British.

Human compassion and generosity towards fellow human be-

ings and animals was highlighted in the special assembly ‘Being

Human’ by class V E.

Activities:

Talent Show was organised for the students wherein the students showcased their

aptitude and interest in dance, fireless cooking, art and craft.

Inter House EVS Quiz presentation was held where the students actively partici-

pated.

Inter School Activities:

Inter School Art Presentation was held where 9 schools participated. The theme

was Folk Art Of India.

Inter School Doha Vachan Presentation was organised where 9 schools participat-

ed. The participants recited dohas by Sant Kabir Das and Sant Rahim Das along

with the meaning of each doha.

Farewell:

School bid Farewell to our VP Ms. Anu Norula with plenty of good wishes for a bright and successful future.

Achievements:

Birla Vidya Niketan was awarded the rolling trophy in an Inter School competition” Ignited Minds’ organized by Indraprastha In-ternational School, Dwarka. The results are as follows:

1. Fairy Tale Warriors-Kimaya Manocha I C—1st position 2. Razzmatazz -Avyan Kunwar II F—2nd position 3 Aquagami -Ansh Arya II G—1st position 4 Fairy Tale Mash Up -Shivika Bajpai IV F—3rd position 5 Nanhe Fankaar -Udita Kukreja IV G—3rd position 6 Scrivener -Arnav Bablani V E—2nd position

Sai Krishna of class I G secured 100% in Maths Olympiad.

On the occasion of National Sports Day, the students participated in Inter House Online Chess Competition. The result is as follows

S.No. House Participants Class & Section Sch.No. Position

1 Nilgiri Ishanvi Arora 3-C 12434 1st

2 Kailash Aditi Nayak 3-F 12345 2nd

3 Kailash Shanaya Kapoor 3-G 12410 3rd

1 Annapurna Arnav Aggarwal 3-A 12436 1st

2 Dhaulagiri Pratik Rai 3-E 13807 2nd

3 Vindhya Aksh Anand 3-G 12951 3rd

1 Dhoulagiri Yashvi Rai 4-E 12475 1st

2 Nilgiri Hiba Faheem 4-E 12020 2nd

3 Vindhya Tenzin Norzom Tamang 4C 12503 3rd

1 Nilgiri Shashank Pali 4-E 13087 1st

2 Dhaulagiri Ronal Sarkar 4-A 11932 2nd

3 Dhaulagiri Mayukh Ghosh 4-B 13785 3rd

1 Nilgiri Rida Faheem 5-C 12150 1st

2 Dhaulagiri Gauri Chitkara 5-A 12189 2nd

3 Aravali Soumya Mehta 5-F 11861 3rd

1 Kailash Aashvat Gupta 5-A 11817 1st

2 Annapurna Aarush Agarwal 5-D 11816 2nd

3 Vindhya Geetansh Verma 5-E 12192 3rd

Boys Class 4

Girls Class 5

Boys Class 5

Held on - 28th and 29th August'20

NATIONAL SPORTS DAY 2020

ONLINE INTER HOUSE CHESS TOURNAMENT 2020-21

FINAL RESULT

Girls Class 4

Girls Class 3

Boys Class 3

WORKSHOPS & WEBINARS:

FOR TEACHERS

a ) 5.8.2020 -

i. Experiential Learning and Pedagogy in the Primary

School Years, Speaker- Dr. Amita Gupta ( Professor of Education,

Department of Curriculum and instruction, City University of New York

USA) .

ii. Spoken English organized by Trinity College London

b) 7.8.2020-

i) National Education Policy for Early Childhood Care &

Education, ICSL Convos.

ii) Webinar- ‘Relevance of Chanakya in our lives’ by Ashwin Sanghi

(Thinker, Speaker, Writer and a Story Teller)

c) An interactive session with the UPSC Topper Jatin Kishore,

BVN Class of 2012.

d) 15.8.2020-‘Celebrating 73 Years of Independence’ – A Special Assem bly conducted by the senior school students of Birla Vidya Niketan. The Chief Guest for the same was Padma Shri Prof. Dinesh Singh (Former Vice Chancellor, Delhi University of Delhi , Chancellor, K.R. Mangalam Universi ty

e) 16.8.2020 - The Adventure Of A4 Sheet, 30-30 STEM-Conducted by C CBSE in collaboration with CCL IIT Gandhinagar and IISER, Pune

f) 20.8.2020 - Experience the Power of Inquiry-Based Learning-A Discus sion

g) 21.8.2020 - @5 ICSL Education Convos

h) 26.8.2020—The Impact of the new Education policy on schooling Dr. Ameeta Mulla Wattal Moderator Ms. Minakshi Kushwaha

FOR PARENTS & CHILDREN

1.8.8.2020 – Watching the Inauguration of the Rastriya Swachhata Kendra By our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

2.Scholastic Story Fest – Facebook live from 17.8.2020 to 21.8.2020

3. Virtual Book Fair organised by Scholastic India Pvt Ltd.

DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS:-

a) 17.8.2020 – English. Conducted by Ms. Richa Nagpal (HOD- English)

b) 18.8.2020 – Hindi . Conducted by Ms. Alka Singh(HOD Hindi)

c) 19.8.2020 – EVS Conducted by Ms. Nautanpreet Bhogal ( HOD S.St)

d) 20.8.2020 – Mathematics. Conducted by Ms. Swagata Mukherjee (HOD-

Mathematics)