grade 6 newsletter 2019-2020 - nafl
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GRADE 6 NEWSLETTER 2019-2020Term I [JUNE – October]
National
Academy
For
Learning
Dear Parents
We are happy to welcome you to this exhilarating new academic year! We at NAFL
believe and strive in providing child-centric environment through numerous learning
opportunities and best teaching practices. The students learn the nuances of team-
work, problem-solving and critical thinking through various activities and events.
CARE, COURTESY and CREATIVITY are the highlights of this fun-filled and power-
packed year!
Welcome to Grade 6
Where great minds grow !
WELCOME TO OUR NEW ENTRANTS
Dasariraju Hemish Dhruv C Rahul Hashica Raaj Satvik
Akshay R Amogh Raghavendra Sanika Suresh
SCHOOL NEWS!Our senior school students from grades 9 and 11 visited the United Nations, New York, in February 2019 as part
of the Future Leaders Programme and presented their community outreach projects to a rapt audience.
MORE SCHOOL NEWS!MORE SCHOOL NEWS!
MORE SCHOOL NEWS!Students from grades 11 and 12 visited the CERN Institute, Geneva, in June 2019 for a
Master Class and thrilling visits to the Antimatter Factory, the Syncrocycloton and the
Compact Muon Solenoid or CMS experiment site.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA
NAFL Elections 2019-2020Elections @ NAFL was conducted using a software developed
by our own students. The project was developed during a student
training collaboration with CISCO, Bengaluru. On Election Day
this June, students from grades 6 to 12 used the smart app and
voted for their leaders!
THE NEW STUDENT COUNCIL members !
Head Girl: DISHA JAIN Head Boy: SHREYAS S IYER
Sports Captains: PRAKRUTI RAGHAVENDRA ABHISHEK SATNUR
Nihal House Captains: ANANYA TALWAR ADITYA ANANTH RAJAN
Kamal House Captains: GITANJALI RAGHAVENDRA MAANITH S SHRIYAN
Vishal House Captains: SIMRAN SHARMA RAHUL CHAKRAVARTI
Prize day !
BEST HOUSE FOR 2018-2019NIHAL House !
MEET THE EDITORIAL TEAMFEATURES: Meghana Krishna, Shweta Ullala,
Vanshika Arora, Suchintha Divakaram
PHOTOGRAPHY: Simran Sharma, Kavana Rao
TECHNICAL: Prajwal Nandkishore
SEND US YOUR ORIGINAL IDEAS TO WWW.THEWRITEWAYNAFL.WIXSITE.COM
NAFL GREEN An endeavour to achieve carbon neutrality and to care for Planet Earth.
Congratulations, GANESH BANNUR (12ISC) and PRANAV RAO (AS)!
2017
2018
2019
Adding to the host of leadership badges,
here are the newly elected Choir Leaders . . .
Junior School: CHAAYA BASAWARAJ & RISHITH PRAVEEN
Senior School: AMAN MAKHIJA & MANASI RAGUNATH
NAFL SCHOOL CHOIR
As part of this year’s French Day Celebrations, French students of grades 6, 7 and 8 recreated the famous Cannes Film festival. They competed for the most coveted award , The Golden Palms, by bringing alive on stage scenes from three nominated films.
The Pink Panther
Le Malade Imaginaire
Le Petit Prince
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Comprehension/Application/Analysis/Synthesis
Interaction…Discussion…Collaboration
THE NAFL WAY…
A HOLISTIC WAYFor a confident, bold, fearless
NAFLer!
E Independent … Original thinking/work
ANew strategies -Teacher Training Academy (TTA)
Activity-based / Enquiry-based approaches
TERM 1ENGLISH I Nine Hats Grammar and Creativiy
Ch.1 Sentence Structure
Ch. 2 Auxilliary Verbs
Ch. 3 Subject –Verb Agreement
Ch. 4 Pronouns
Ch. 5 Determiners
Ch. 6 Other Determiners : Demonstratives and Quantity words
Writing Tasks
• Story Writing
• Picture Composition
• Descriptive Writing
ENGLISH II Nine Hats Integrated Course Book
Ch.1 Secrets
Ch.2 Dear MUm
Ch.3 Working together
Ch.4 The Gifts of wali Dad
Ch.5 A Dream
Ch.6 How I have Suffered
Ch.9 Foolish Questipons
Ch.10 Totto Chan
Black Beauty
Ch.1 -21
HINDI 2L Poem-
• Usha aa rahee hai
• Piplika
Lessons-
• Zafar miyaan ke lagan
• Pustak mele ke maaze
• Do gauraiyan
• Thomas Cook
Grammar – Bhavvacak Sangya , Paryayavachi shabd, Karak , Kriya,
Muhavare , Anek shabdon ke liye ek shabd, Visheshan , Upsarg, Pr
atyay, Samuchaybodhak shabd, Viraam chinha, sarvanaam , Samba
ndhbodhak shabd, Vachan, ling, Kaal , Letter writing, Paragraph
writing , Descriptive Writing.
HINDI 3L Varnamaala
Matra – ( aa to Au ) Words and their meanings
Sangya ( Noun) , Vilom ( Opposites), Sarvanaam ( Pronoun)
Lessons-
• Kiske peeche
• Van ke holi
• Ret ka ghar
FRENCH 2L Unité-1 Bonjour !
Unité-2 J’habite ici !
Unité-3 Chez moi
Unité-4 Les animaux
Unité-5 Des fêtes et des festivals
Unité-6 Qu’est-ce que tu fais ?
FRENCH 3L Leçon -1 Les Salutations
Leçon- 2 Comptons ensemble
Leçon -3 Les Copains
Leçon -4 Devinez
Lecon -5 Dans la classe
Leçon -6 Les amis de Caroline
Leçon -7 Quel jour sommes-nous?
Leçon -8 La Famille de Manuel
Leçon -9 Les Vacances
Leçon-10 Le drapeau de mon Pays
MATHEMATICS • Number System
• Estimation
• Numbers in Indian and International System
• Plave Value
• Natural Numbers and Whole numbers
• Fundamental Concepts- Geometry
• Fundamental Concepts- Algebra
• Fundamental Operations
• Angles
• Negative numbers and Integers
• Number Line
• Symmetry
• Recognition of solids
• HCF and LCM
PHYSICS Ch.1 MATTER
Ch.2 PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND MEASUREMENTS
Ch.3 FORCE
CHEMISTRY Ch.1 Introduction to chemistry
Ch.2 Elements, compounds and mixtures
Ch.3 Air and atmosphere
BIOLOGY Ch.1 The Cell
Ch.2 The Leaf
Ch.3 Digestive system in humans
Ch.4 Health and hygiene
HISTORY &
CIVICS
Ch.1 River Valley Civilization
Ch.2 Mesopotamian Civilization
Ch.3 The Egyptian Civilization
Ch.4 Chinese Civilization
Ch.5 The Vedic Civilization
GEOGRAPHY Ch.1 Looking at the Earth
Ch.2 Major Landforms
Ch.3 Major Water bodies
Ch.4 Types of agriculture
Ch.5 Major crops
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
Ch.1 Categories of Computer and Computer Languages
Ch.3 Word processor: Tabular Presentation
Ch.4 Word processor: Mail merge
Ch.6 Scratch Programming – Introduction to Game creation
Grade 6 Faculty2019-2020
ENGLISH Ms. Athira , Ms. Sangeetha Mehta , Ms. Nirmala Shenoi
HINDI Ms. Raina K Singh, Ms. Sanjana Mani
FRENCH Ms. Indira Natarjan , Ms. Darshana Mehta
MATHEMATICS Ms. Swati Belur , Ms. Veena Naik
PHYSICS Ms. Jomcy Merin Philip , Ms. Sandhya Mohan
CHEMISTRY Ms. Swati Belur , Ms.Anjali Ramakrishna
BIOLOGY Ms. Lakshmi , Ms.Anjali Ramakrishna
HISTORY Ms. Rashmi Satish
GEOGRAPHY Ms. Piyali , Ms. Rashmi Satish
COMPUTER SCIENCE Ms. Kavya Rani N, Ms. Indumathi M H
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr. Suresh A N, Mr. Mahesh P, Ms.Roopa Bhat
DANCE Ms. Swetha
CLUB ACTIVITY Grade 6 - 8
Needle & thread
Basketball
Write right
Design
thinking
• VERBATTLE(Seniors) – July 13
.• Bharat Divas – August 15
.
• Model United Nations, NPS Mysore (Seniors) – July 21, 22 & 23
.
• VIVUM, TISB (Seniors) – August 14 & 15
.
• MATHRIX, NPS Indiranagar (Seniors) – July 26
.
• VIVUM, TISB (Seniors) – August 14 & 15
EVENTS AHEAD!
HAPPIIIEEEE BIRTHHDAYYYY!EVERY YEAR ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU GET A CHANCE TO START NEW!JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
AADYA BANSAL-2nd
[6C]
AYUSH KOUNDINYA-3rd
[6B]
PRATYUSHA R K-4th
[6B]
AMARTYA K SINGH-23rd
[6C]
SAMARTH MANDYAM-9th
[6B]
OM REETHA PRAKASH -11th
[6B]
ADITI SANCHETI-6th
[6B]
KRISHAY SYAM-29th
[6B]
IMPANA KRISHNA -15tH
[6 B]
SHREESH G P-17th
[6A]
SHASHANK RAJEEV-15th
[6A]
AADITYA MANOJ-21st
[6B]
ADITYA SHAH-22nd
[6A]
AMOGH RAGHAVENDRA-23rd
[6B]
DASARIRAJU HEMISH-28th
[6A]
VIBHA RANGANATHAN-28th
[6B]
SCHOOL GUIDELINESFrom the grade teacher
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pages 75 & 76.
ALMANAC GUIDELINES
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HOMEWORK & ASSIGNMENTS
You can reach us by phone or e-mail
Phone: +91-80-23231567 or +91-80-23239281
Email: [email protected]
Grade & Associate Teachers
6A - Ms.Sanjana Mani, Ms. Kavya
6B- Ms. Sangeetha Mehta , Ms. Raina K Singh
6C - Ms. Anjali Ramakrishna , Mr. Srinidhi
SCHOOL CONTACT DETAILS