3 International day of the family- poster making.
This day highlights the importance of families. It aims at fostering equality, bringing about a fuller sharing of domestic responsibilities and employment opportunities. The poster making activity undertaken to commemorate the day, encourages pupils towards supporting families in the discharge of their functions. The event focused to promote the inherent strengths of families, including their great capacity of self-reliance, and stimulate self-sustaining activities.
Students at Bal Bharati engaged themselves in Family Poster making .All the posters adorned the display boards in corridors . Students were encouraged to share their family values in their pictures and reflect interdependence.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Labour Day
Labour Day- Slogan writing.
Labour Day or Labor Day is celebrated all over the world that resulted from the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. The majority of countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1, and it is popularly known as May Day and International Workers' Day.At BBPS Dwarka we organised a special assembly tp commemorate the day where dignity of labour was highlighted by students in the form of a dance drama presentation .A slogan writing competition was held which brought forth the right for equal access to equal opportunity for all irrespective of any discrimination of any kind
Mothers Day in BBPS
1 Mothers Day- Poem writing and card making.
The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, West Virginia, as a day to honor mothers and motherhood; especially within the context of families, and family relationships.[1] It is now celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, some of which have a much older tradition than the modern holiday (e.g., dating to the 16th century in the UK). .
On 4th May 2009 Mother’s Day was celebrated in Bal Bharati Public School Dwarka as the day to honour all mothers and thank them for the services they impart for the benefit of their individual child and consequently to development of mankind.
Card Making Competition was organized in classes I to IX. Children brought decorating material like mirrors, beads, sequins etc.from home. They decorated the cards. Some of them pasted the photograph of their mother on it. They wrote beautiful quotation about their mother.It was a fun-filled activity.Certificates were awarded for the best three cards.
Mothers Day Poem writing Competition was organized for classes IV and V. Children brought pictures ,slogans and posters related to the topic of Mother’s Day.They decorated the board of their classes.Children enjoyed this activity a lot..
International Project Work
17.SUMMER HOLIDAY PROJECT WORK
Summer holiday project this year was a journey of exploration. All subject teachers sat together to link their subjects with countries allotted to them. Students are asked to collect pictures and information and use them to creatively use the information and draw conclusions
Class 1 started their journey near home and collected pictures of festivals and foods associated with them
Class 2 loved Kangaroos and decided to explore Australia . They painted beautiful T shirts on Australia and made lovely posters of famous places in Australia.
Class 3 went to enterprising Japan and made models of Indo Japanese collaboration in electronics . They read Japanese stories made models of Japanese objects in the story including tea cups and hand painted Fans. They even made costumes with paper folding.
In Maths they decided to use origami to learn about angles and triangles and other geometrical shapes.
Class 4 had fun with Disneyland characters which they used to create cartoon cubes in Maths. They had fun making models of inventions made by American scientists . Wright brothers were famous among pupils with model aeroplanes. They made posters of National Bird Bald Eagle and collected information on its habit and habitat.
Class 5 were sent to magical Russia to find out more about the great epic “ War and Peace” Students wrote book reviews and made book covers . They made made models of famous landmarks in Russia and located them on the Map and then find out more about climatic conditions prevalent there. They made gift boxes to pack most beautiful things in Russia and wrote letters to their penpals to send them which included Russian dolls , chocolates , coins in many cases.
Class 6 wanted to know more about history of Royal Family of UK so they decided to create a family tree. They created travelogues and travel brochures of their virtual journey to UK. They brought from UK a rich tapestry of UK for their friends depicting National flower and emblem of four parts of United Kingdom namely England ,Wales , Scotland and Ireland .
They even brought back from their virtual journey a miniature of Big Ben personally crafted by their little hands .
Class 7 virtually went to China to collect information of their early civilizations and its contribution to modern science and technology .They discovered history of gunpowder , paper making and advancements in language and computation by Chinese . They made models of Great Wall of China and learnt about its history . They looked at the communist political system to make comparison with politics of democracy at home .
Class 8 were the most creative in their literary , scientific as well as gastronomical pursuits.
They took a newsletter on history of Fashion in France and its current trends . They discovered that there are great possibilities of fusion cuisines so they created a menu card of French , Indian as well as fusion cuisines. They made models of French space shuttle Cassini A photoalbum of French landmarks with subtitles in English and Hindi will come in handy for any traveler going from India to France.
Class 9 decided to take a new view point and decided to look for Principles of Mathematics in New Zealand . Landmarks in NZ were objects of Geometrical interpretations conforming to laws of Trigonometry .Data interpretation on basis statistics collected on demographic profiles became the new area of interest. Hindi lessons were not left untouched by the frenzy of exploration of new ideas and decided to look at Cricket links between NZ and India .
Posters in Hindi on upcoming test match between NZ and India and Cricket score cards of teams members from both sides could be traded at a wishful price. Mr Isaac Human Liaison Officer , International Trade with NZ High Commission was so impressed with project work on Adventure sports in NZ especially mountaineering , that he requested the school to share samples of the w0rk with schools in NZ .He offered to gift NZ cricket team sports cards to the NZ team
On the whole the massive exercise of desktop exploration around the world received rave reviews from all participants and parents when this work was displayed for parents on 18 th August 2009 raising the benchmark higher for teachers as well as students in their future exploits.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Face To Faith on line- VC with Westhoughton school UK
Videoconferencing between BBPS Dwarka and Westhoughton School UK
The moderator of the conference was Ms Joe Malone she did an excellent job by making both school exchange the activities conducted and the school curriculum. After the basic general discussions the focus shifted to the exchange of views of the main global issues surrounding the world at the present. It was interesting to see the similarities in views between the students sitting in different continents separated by sea. Then the opportunity was given to students to ask questions directly to each other. The questions revolved around the topics of their understanding of faith, what can a student contribution to resolve the world issues discussed? Bal Bharati students raised an important issue of ‘whether religion and spirituality synonymous?’ Students also discussed the various activities conducted in their respective schools under the program of face to faith. The student’s view regarding the Government’s role in managing world issues was also taken up. Commenting on import and impact of Videoconferencing Ms Jo Malone said,” I thought there were some interesting outcomes in terms of their top priorities regarding global concerns and what governments should do about these issues, and also some interesting points raised regarding faith and identity.”
The workshop ended by sharing the ways in which Christmas is celebrated in the respective countries. The students of Bal Bharati got an opportunity to know more about Christmas. Now, while performing a ritual they will be aware of the significance of it and this will increase their faith on it. Mrs. Simmi Kher, India Coordinator, Face to Faith Programme applauded everyone by saying “It was one of the best and intense Video Conference I have witness and it makes me feel proud and satisfied that the young of today are involved in such meaningful dialogues.”
The videoconference helped students to widen their knowledge. This was a step, an opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that awaits us
Mrs. Abha Adlakha
Counsellor
Press Release
Face to Faith Project connects Bal Bharti, Dwarka to UK schools through Video Conference
Across the seas, in a conference room students of Bal Bharati Public School, Dwarka and students of Westhoughton School, UK sat talking to each other as if they were in the same room on 15th December 2009. This was made possible by the Face to Faith Programme of Tony Blair Faith Foundation which aims to offer an authentic and meaningful environment in which students can develop key 21st century skills such as collaboration, communication, critical thinking and problem-solving. It also aims to improve young people’s cultural/religious literacy, which is a vital skill in an increasingly complex, global society.
Eyes glued to the plasma screen television and speaking to their peers at Westhoughton students were eloquent, honest and curious - which is a great starting point for any successful Video Conference. They had obviously really taken in the messages about communicating honestly in a respectful way.
The Video Conference began with some general hellos and chit chat about the weather and so on. The students then asked one another questions about their schools and school days, e.g. when school day starts and ends, what subjects they study, what IT facilities they have, etc. There was good and equal participation from both sides. The conversation then moved on to the most important issues in the world today. Issues highlighted were: world hunger, poverty, disease (malaria, HIV, cancer), global warming, natural disasters, human trafficking, terrorism, animal extinction and recession. The discussion then hinged around what individuals could do to help to deal with these issues, and what their experiences of raising money, and/ or campaigning were, and also what they thought governments should do. When Elliott from Westhoughton mentioned about Western government giving aids to Developing nations, Vaihav from Bal Bharti offered further suggestions on this point. This showed that they were really listening to one another and probing deeper, clarifying further and reflecting more deeply.
The conversation was then steered onto the topic of faith. A student from Bal Bharti asked whether the concept of faith varies from person to person. Westhoughton responses included – yes, it does, because there are people of different faiths in school. Then a very eloquent response from Bal Bharti was made where one student explained why they believed faith was a matter of individual interpretation and reflection.
There were some interesting outcomes in terms of their top priorities regarding global concerns and what governments should do about these issues, and also some interesting points raised regarding faith and identity.
Present on the occasion were Dr. Nigel Fancourt from Warrick University, UK and Mrs. Simmi Kher, India Coordinator, Face to Faith Programme. In Simmi’s words “It was one of the best and intense Video Conference I have witness and it makes me feel proud and satisfied that the young of today are involved in such meaningful dialogues.”
Overall it was a mesmerizing experience and will be fondly etched forever in memory of everyone present there.
The moderator of the conference was Ms Joe Malone she did an excellent job by making both school exchange the activities conducted and the school curriculum. After the basic general discussions the focus shifted to the exchange of views of the main global issues surrounding the world at the present. It was interesting to see the similarities in views between the students sitting in different continents separated by sea. Then the opportunity was given to students to ask questions directly to each other. The questions revolved around the topics of their understanding of faith, what can a student contribution to resolve the world issues discussed? Bal Bharati students raised an important issue of ‘whether religion and spirituality synonymous?’ Students also discussed the various activities conducted in their respective schools under the program of face to faith. The student’s view regarding the Government’s role in managing world issues was also taken up. Commenting on import and impact of Videoconferencing Ms Jo Malone said,” I thought there were some interesting outcomes in terms of their top priorities regarding global concerns and what governments should do about these issues, and also some interesting points raised regarding faith and identity.”
The workshop ended by sharing the ways in which Christmas is celebrated in the respective countries. The students of Bal Bharati got an opportunity to know more about Christmas. Now, while performing a ritual they will be aware of the significance of it and this will increase their faith on it. Mrs. Simmi Kher, India Coordinator, Face to Faith Programme applauded everyone by saying “It was one of the best and intense Video Conference I have witness and it makes me feel proud and satisfied that the young of today are involved in such meaningful dialogues.”
The videoconference helped students to widen their knowledge. This was a step, an opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that awaits us
Mrs. Abha Adlakha
Counsellor
Press Release
Face to Faith Project connects Bal Bharti, Dwarka to UK schools through Video Conference
Across the seas, in a conference room students of Bal Bharati Public School, Dwarka and students of Westhoughton School, UK sat talking to each other as if they were in the same room on 15th December 2009. This was made possible by the Face to Faith Programme of Tony Blair Faith Foundation which aims to offer an authentic and meaningful environment in which students can develop key 21st century skills such as collaboration, communication, critical thinking and problem-solving. It also aims to improve young people’s cultural/religious literacy, which is a vital skill in an increasingly complex, global society.
Eyes glued to the plasma screen television and speaking to their peers at Westhoughton students were eloquent, honest and curious - which is a great starting point for any successful Video Conference. They had obviously really taken in the messages about communicating honestly in a respectful way.
The Video Conference began with some general hellos and chit chat about the weather and so on. The students then asked one another questions about their schools and school days, e.g. when school day starts and ends, what subjects they study, what IT facilities they have, etc. There was good and equal participation from both sides. The conversation then moved on to the most important issues in the world today. Issues highlighted were: world hunger, poverty, disease (malaria, HIV, cancer), global warming, natural disasters, human trafficking, terrorism, animal extinction and recession. The discussion then hinged around what individuals could do to help to deal with these issues, and what their experiences of raising money, and/ or campaigning were, and also what they thought governments should do. When Elliott from Westhoughton mentioned about Western government giving aids to Developing nations, Vaihav from Bal Bharti offered further suggestions on this point. This showed that they were really listening to one another and probing deeper, clarifying further and reflecting more deeply.
The conversation was then steered onto the topic of faith. A student from Bal Bharti asked whether the concept of faith varies from person to person. Westhoughton responses included – yes, it does, because there are people of different faiths in school. Then a very eloquent response from Bal Bharti was made where one student explained why they believed faith was a matter of individual interpretation and reflection.
There were some interesting outcomes in terms of their top priorities regarding global concerns and what governments should do about these issues, and also some interesting points raised regarding faith and identity.
Present on the occasion were Dr. Nigel Fancourt from Warrick University, UK and Mrs. Simmi Kher, India Coordinator, Face to Faith Programme. In Simmi’s words “It was one of the best and intense Video Conference I have witness and it makes me feel proud and satisfied that the young of today are involved in such meaningful dialogues.”
Overall it was a mesmerizing experience and will be fondly etched forever in memory of everyone present there.
Friday, January 1, 2010
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