Nursery & KGTopic-Modes of Transport

BIRLA VIDYA NIKETAN

MONTHLY REPORT – JANUARY 2021

Project

Modes of Transport•Speaking Skill- ‘If I Were A Mode of Transport’•Discussion/ Video

•PPT’s-•Modes of Transport- Land, Water & Air•Public & Private transport•Eco-friendly means of transport•Special vehicles•Traffic Rules & Road Signs•How we travel – Activity on ‘Requirements for Air Travel’•Fun Time-Colour Coding, Memory Game, I spy… and WordGame

•Classification- Modes of transport (land, air & water)•Free Hand Drawing•Craft- 1. My Travel Bag along with checklist

2. Special Vehicle•Picture Reading-Safety on Road [KG]•Quiz•Rhymes/Action Song

Art& Craft

•Free hand drawing

•Card Making and Collage – Festival of Lohri

•Poster Making and Stick Puppet – Army Day

•Craft Activity – My Travel Bag and Special Vehicle

Special Events

• Fun Activity -‘Twist and Turn’-Children had fun repeating the tongue

twisters and enjoyed doing various fun filled activities/exercises.

•Army Day -On 15th January, children witnessed an informative video about

the Indian army. They showed their gratitude towards the soldiers of the

Indian Army by making colourful posters and stick puppets.

•Republic Day- 1. Ramp Walk [Unity in Diversity]

2. Special Assembly -Students of KG F presented a

spectacular display of unity in diversity.

The school bid a warm farewell to

Ms. Kalpna Bisaria, after having

served the institution for 16 years. We

wish her happiness, good health and

a wonderful life ahead.

CLASSES I & II

SPECIAL ASSEMBLY:- ‘SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE’

• On the eve of the birth anniversary of the most beloved

National Hero, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the students of

classes I F and I G paid a heart touching tribute to the

valorous freedom fighter through a beautiful special

assembly.

• The inspiring glimpses showing his love for the country and

his remarkable contribution to the freedom struggle will

always be remembered and admired.

CELEBRATIONS:-

❑ ENGLISH WEEK (11.1.21 – 15.1.21)

• Spell Bee

• Pictionary

• Story Narration by the children

• Spin -a-Yarn

❑ PAYING TRIBUTE TO OUR PATRON SHRI B.K.BIRLAJI

• The inspiring life of Shri B.K.Birlaji, his contribution towards

building a strong nation and the way he touched the lives of

innumerable people, was discussed and also brought to light

through a short movie for the little children.

❑ REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION (25.01.2021)

• The day was celebrated with great fervour.

• Presentation of patriotic poems / songs by children.

• Tricolour Sandwich Making

• Making the Tricolour Badge (Craft work)

❑ LIFE SKILL ACTIVITIES:

As a part of making children understand the importance of saving

money and to develop their creativity in using waste material to

aesthetically design and make new things, the students were taught the

following:-

i) Making a piggy bank from any empty carton or box (Class I)

ii) Decorative paper balls from any wastepaper (Class II)

CLASSES I & II

FITNESS PROGRAMME FOR OUR LITTLE ONES TO ENJOY THE GLOW OF GOODHEALTH-‘AAJ SE ADHA GHANTA ROZ, FITNESS KA DAILY DOSE’ 30 minutes dailyfitness session.

ART & CRAFT ACTIVITIES:-

Topic for the month of January:- Lohri & Republic Day

SNIPPETS FROM THE CLASSROOM:

•MORNING ASSEMBLYThe day begins with a prayer and thought, followed by childrenpresenting the amazing facts using pictures or props. Show & Tell andQuiz are other activities that are also done regularly.

•‘WORD OF THE FORTNIGHT’- Vocabulary Enrichment (ENGLISH)•‘DISCOVER INDIA’ -To make children aware of the rich cultural

heritage of our motherland.(ENGLISH)•CURRICULUM CONNECT WITH ART AND CRAFT AND OTHERACTIVITIES (EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING)

CLASSES I & II

1. ACTIVITIES OF THE ENGLISH WEEK (CLASSES I & II )-

The major focus of celebrating English Week was Vocabulary Enrichment,

strong foundation of phonemes and blends for better understanding of words,

honing up the creative thinking skills and to be able to articulate ones thoughts,

experiences and ideas in English . (ENGLISH)

CLASS I:-

i) CLAY MODELLING- THE NATIONAL BIRD PEACOCK :-

- Integration with craft work for Hindi ओऔरओ ki matra. (HINDI)

ii) SALAD MAKING - using raw and cooked ingredients:- The aim of the activity

was to make children aware of the names of the various vegetables used in

making salads and the importance of eating them. Also, to understand about the

vegetables that can be eaten raw and the ones that can be eaten only after

cooking. (HINDI)

CLASSES I & II

2.COIN RUBBING- Children created different patterns and designs by rubbing

pencil colours on the coins. Observing the unique things printed on coins and

its journey down the ages, was an interesting discovery for the little children.

(MATHEMATICS)

3.CURRENCY DESIGNING – After observing the currency notes minutely,

children were asked to design a currency note creatively.

CLASSES I & II

CLASS II:-

1.STORY NARRATION BY CHILDREN ON FEMALE WARRIORS OF INDIA(ENGLISH)2.POEM RECITATION -Children were asked to recite any one poem by thesame poet apart from the one mentioned in the text book. (ENGLISH)3.FORTUNE TELLER -Integrating craftwork for learning the table of 8.(MATHEMATICS)4.MULTIPLICATION CHART- for memorizing all the tables from 1 to 10(MATHEMATICS)5.MAKING OF ‘MAUSAM CHAKRA’ – The focus of this craft activity was toenable children understand the order of different seasons, their names inHindi, the changes in nature during the various seasons, clothes worn / fruitsand vegetables eaten and the festivals celebrated in each of them. (HINDI)6.EXPIRY DATE AND MANUFACTURING DATE (In connection to the topic‘MAHINO KE NAAM’) – Children were asked to collect five eatables sealed inpackets and write their Manufacturing and Expiry dates along with the dateand months in Hindi .(HINDI)

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

Parent Teacher Interaction on 30.01.2021.

House activities :

• Class 3 -Weave a story

• Classes 4&5 - Students tickled their brains with an interesting Math quiz.

• Interdisciplinary Project for class 4 on 16.01.21

An interdisciplinary project was held on 16th January '21for class 4. All the students participated with great vigourand thoroughly enjoyed giving their performances ontopics like food, monuments, shopping and weather in theform of short skits, PPT presentations, short videos,articles, cartoons, singing songs and dances.

• The school paid its tribute to our founder Shri B.K.Birlaji on12th January to mark his centenary birth anniversary. Videosand collages were shared in the classes to give an insight tothe life of the Late Birlaji's and his immense contribution inthe field of education and nation building.

CLASSES III- V

Special Assemblies:

• Students of Class III D enthusiastically participated in the Special Assembly

on the topic - “Rashtrabhasha - Hindi”.They portrayed the importance of the

Hindi language through poem, dance and amazing facts of the language.

Students also talked about the history of the language and it’s significance in

modern times.

• The presence and successful survival of “Democracy” in such diverse

conditions is the most celebrated fact about our country and constitution. To

strengthen the significance and importance of the constitution, class 3E

presented a special assembly on the Indian Constitution. The students

explained the significance of the Constitution Day.

Republic Day Celebration

The Republic Day celebrations were held on 25.01.2021 by classes

3/4/5.Students enjoyed various activities like making tricolour buntings,

bookmarks of National Symbols and a tricolour sandwiches. The celebrationsfilled their hearts with patriotic fervour and love for their motherland.

CLASSES III- V

Parents Teachers Interaction:

06.01.21 -With the Class Teachers (IV & V only)

30.01.21 -With the subject teachers (III-V) and class teachers of (Nursery- II)

WORKSHOPS & WEBINARS

FOR TEACHERS:-

• Online Training Programme for teachers- NISHTHA on DIKSHA portal.

• Integrated online learning PROGRAMME - by Ms. P Bajwa and

Mr. L. Abraham

• 30-30 STEM - by Mr. Manish Jain. Conducted by CBSE in collaboration with

CCL IIT Gandhinagar (A 30 week programme, restarting from 26.01. 21)

• CBSE INDIA HERITAGE QUIZ 2020-21 ON DIKSHA PLATFORM for

children. (Also attempted by all the teachers.)

• A workshop was conducted by TUK on Integrated Online Learning Program.

Ms Poornima Bajwa and Mr Lovelish Abraham were the resource persons.

• 30 -30 STEM –Workshop on “Mysteries of Cricket”

FOR STUDENTS:

Birla Vidya Niketan in association with

Kiran Nadar Museum of Art organised a

workshop on Step Card Making for the

students of the Art and Craft clubs on the

8th of January 2021.The workshop was

via a video where the resource person

gave a hands on training on paper folding

and decorating the same with different

cutouts of animals ,trees ,houses etc. The

resource person also gave an insight into

the various Art Museums by having an

interactive session with the students. The

workshop enjoyed active participation by

the students and their parents.

Birla Vidya Niketan in association with

Kiran Nadar Museum of Art organised an

Origami workshop for the students of the

Art and Craft clubs on the 22nd of January

2021.

The workshop was in a video form where

the resource person taught the students

how to make Tricolour Lotus flower with

Origami sheets. The students participated

in the workshop enthusiastically and

enjoyed the session thoroughly.

Achievements:

Junior school students participated in the interschool event 'Mysteriously

Marvellous' organised by Mahadevi Birla World Academy which

culminated on 30th January 2021. Our students displayed the best of

their skills and bagged the following prizes:

1. 1st Position- Shadow In The Armchair - Vihaan Jaju - V E

2. 2nd Position – Detect o word- Arnav Bablani V E and Prabhjas

Singh Chowdhury III E

3. 3rd Position- Rahasyataal- Vaasvi Singh- V D

Online Interschool Aerobics Competition was organised by Birla Vidya

Niketan, Junior School on 30th January 2021. Participants from various

renowned schools of Delhi presented marvellous performances matching

their steps to music. The results are:

Girls

Position Name Class School

I Shivika Bajpai IV Birla Vidya Niketan

II Megha Sulania IV Apeejay School, Saket

III Satleen Brar IV The Indian School

Boys

Position Name Class School

I Akshaj Hasteer IV G.D. Goenka Public School

II Rajat Basist IV Birla Vidya Niketan

III Yashveer Singh Cheema IV Delhi Public School, Vasant Vihar

Girls

Position Name Class School

I Ananya Sharma V G.D. Goenka Public School

II Pratyaksha Dubey V Birla Vidya Niketan

III Racherala Samhita V Navy children school

Boys

Position Name Class School

I Ridhay Veer Singh V Birla Vidya Niketan

II Praaket Soni V Delhi Public School Vasant Vihar

III Tanish Shukla V The Air Force School