Vol. 15 February, 2021

‘Technovation 2021’, is a student-led event that the students look forward to every year. As all the events were hosted

virtually this academic year, Technovation was another event added to the list. The event was organized by students of

Grade 7 to 9 and was conducted on 17th and 18th February, 2021. The aim of this event was to motivate the students to

wear their leadership caps and give them a chance to participate in an event organized by their peers. The students came

up with fun events like bingo, logo making, treasure hunt, etc.

The event organizers were segmented into the following committees: event committee, design committee and

advertising committee. All the committee members collaborated and worked together to make this event successful. All

the committee members were guided by their IT teachers. Students from grade 4-9 participated in large numbers.

There were many events that were organized by the students and teachers.

Let's hear it from the event organizers about their event. To view the work of winners, visit the following website:

https://sites.google.com/dypisworli.in/technovation/home

Learners of Grade 4 and 5 participated in two offline events as part of the IT Fest held on the 17th and 18th Feb 2021.

THE DYPIS NEWS BURST

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Technovation 2021

Stop motion animation - Organized by Ms. Foram Shah

Learners created a stop motion animation using anything of their choice like legos, fruits, craft, toys etc. considering the

camera angles the sound and lights. They were risk-takers and completely enjoyed the process and came up with creative

videos, thereby offering ownership and autonomy in the film making process.

Winners

Grade 4 Grade 5

1st Vihaan Shah 1st Vivana Parmar

2nd Aara Patel 2nd Naavya Agarwal

3rd Aarav Ganguly 3rd Krishay Daga

Invitation card for the STEAM fest - Organized by Ms. Foram Shah

As our STEAM fest was just around the corner, the learners came up with the idea of making an Invitation card for the

fest. They took charge of making the Invitation card on any image editing software and came up with the creative

posters.

Winners

Grade 4 Grade 5

Aadi Kothari Aaryan Jain

Logo Making - Organized by Dia Makhecha and Dhara Inani

The Logo-Making Competition was the last to take place this year. Headed by Dia Makhecha and Dhara Inani, along

with Miss Nikita, an entertaining atmosphere greeted participants as they entered the meeting. Rules were explained

carefully and it was clear that everyone here wanted to win. A wave of competence and challenges met the students

taking part as they were presented with three topics to choose from, having to make a logo, along with a small description

(or tagline) on the same. Participants completed their tasks and handed them in on time, leaving the judges confused as

to which entry deserves 1st place. At the end of the day, Ayaan Shah won the event for his heartfelt logo for a Nature

Reserve. Our experience as head of events and judges was tense, yet amusing and wholesome. Would we volunteer as

Event Committee members again? Definitely, without a doubt!

Bingo - Organized by Yana Doshi and Ansh Zota

IT Fest has always been an essential part of the year. Excitement increases by the start of February as we begin our

preparations. This year I was part of the events committee. My partner and I brainstormed ideas thoroughly and then

shortlisted the idea of ‘Bingo’. Bingo is a fun game where luck plays a vital role. We twisted the game a bit so that it

would have an ICT aspect to it. Bingo sheet was filled with sixteen different words. One by one we presented clues to

the participants, they had to guess the word according to the clue given, if they had the word on their sheet they would

strike it off. We played using 5 different winning patterns, but whoever got a full house first, that person was declared

the winner. There were 22 participants. Their enthusiasm was extremely high which was very encouraging for us.

Hosting the event was a fantastic experience and I would love to do it again. Winners for this event were

Octagon - Organized by Hriday Sheth

Octagon, a game played on an endless map where the players try to survive for as long as they can tackling all obstacles.

Ferin Dedhia from grade 9A came first in the event.

Selfie Saga - Organized by Pearl Shah and Kiara Ladhani

IT Fest has always been fun and enjoyable! We always look forward to it every year, but this year the excitement and

curiosity levels raged their boundaries as we were curious to know how our school was going to conduct our IT Fest on

a virtual platform. It turned out to be entertaining and a stress reliever. My friends and I also hosted an event called

Selfie Saga where the contestants took selfies according to the given task. There were 9 tasks allotted and once they

were done with clicking pictures, they had to combine them in a grid, give it a catchy caption, and use their creativity

to decorate it. They had to submit it within the time frame. It was a thrilling experience and a cherishable moment.

Winners

1st Kiyan Vora

2nd Kayaan Parmar & Rusharth Ranka

3rd Keisha Jhaveri

Winners

1st Tianna Parma

2nd Thea Chandan

Emoji Pictionary - Organized by Eekshaa Shah and Maahika Kanakia

IT Fest was an amazing event, it was completely worth our time. My friends and I had taken part in the Events Committee

where we created a challenging game, called Emoji Pictionary. There were 4 different categories, each category having

riveting topics. Participants chose their categories and guessed the word with the help of emojis. It was a noteworthy

experience.

Winners

1st Dheya Jhaveri & Krishay Daga

2nd Jeshna Mehra

3rd Samaira

Treasure Hunt - Organized by Ayaan Shah and Ayaan Patel

Treasure Hunt of ‘2020-21 IT Fest’ was the most exciting treasure hunt we’ve ever had. It was on the topic of World

War III. All the clues were related to ICT and the event was enjoyed by all the participants. Each team consisted of at

least 4 members and everybody made an effort to quickly try and solve the clues. The winner of this year was Yellow

House (Veer Sheth, Zeus Palia, Kiara Ladhani, and Dev Shah) followed by Red, Green and Blue. Teachers helped us

by giving us time to work on it and by motivating us to give our best. We, Ayaan Shah and Ayaan Patel, the organizers

of the ‘2020-21 Treasure Hunt’ think that this year’s IT Fest was a complete success.

Winners

Veer Sheth

Zeus Palia

Kiara Ladhani

Dev Shah

Video Editing - Organized by Ayaan Shah and Ayaan Patel

The Video Editing event of ‘2020-21 IT Fest’ was the most exciting event. All of the participants tried their best to get

to the podiums and make the videos likable. The organizers of video editing are very proud of the participants and they

had a tough time choosing the top two of each category. The winners of the event were: - 4th and 5th - 1st - Hrishika

and Tarini, 2nd - Aara and Tianna. 6th and 7th - 1st - Zeus Palia, 2nd - Pehel Mehta.

Winners

Grade 4 & Grade 5

1st Hrishika & 1st Tarini

2nd Aara & 2nd Tianna

Grade 6 & Grade 7

1st Zeus Palia

2nd Pehel Mehta

Netflix Kahoot Quiz - Organized by Ferin Dedhia

The Netflix Kahoot Quiz was a quiz on Western Cinema. There were 5 sections; Harry Potter; Brooklyn 99; Friends;

DC; Marvel, each with 5 questions. We had 16 enthusiastic students that took part in the quiz. After 10 mins of

questioning and answering we crowned 3 winners: Ayaan Shah Akshat Mehta and Maitri Taparia at 1st, 2nd and 3rd

place respectively.

Winners

1st Ayaan Shah

2nd Akshat Mehta

3rd Maitri Taparia

GRADE - NURSERY

Farm Blueprint

A farm is an area of land with fields and buildings that is used for growing crops and keeping animals for special

purposes. Diving into our second line of inquiry “Suitability of particular animals for specific functions”, the students

of Nursery decided to choose one farm animal to be sheltered in their homes, keeping in mind the form, function and

needs of the animals. Before they began the herculean task of setting up a home for the animal at the farm, they created

a blueprint using the knowledge and understanding of their virtual trip to the farm. Students documented their design

plans, ideas and materials they would use to create their farm. During the process they used their creative thinking skills

and were able to have discussions and generate ideas, seek information and were open to new perspectives and add

alternative solutions for their design.

The "Ahaaa" Moment

The students of Nursery have been using Numicon to inquire into numbers. During one of their investigations, students

were asked to use their observation skills and notice how each number had a specific shape and colour. Using the outline

of each number, they had to fit in two Numicon for that number and find out which two numbers complete the template

of that number. When it came to number '3' our learners noticed how 1 and 2 make up 3 in two different ways if we

changed the arrangement. Our curious learner used their critical thinking skills and thought out of the box. "Miss but if

I use number 4 and cover one circle then that too gives me 3". That was the Aahaa... moment for us. Our Nursery

students are moving ahead to subtraction. Way to go!!

Primary Section

The ‘word wall’ adapts to a word book!!

The ‘word wall’ is an important corner of a classroom which acts as an interactive tool for our young learners to help

them read and write. Due to the pandemic we adapted to the virtual class not leaving our wall behind and converted our

wall to books. Our Nursery students collaborated and co-authored with their teachers. They selected images that matched

with that word using the Bitmoji app inculcating picture reading in them. This practise excites and motivates our learners

to think and come up with words as they wish to see their own Bitmojis on screen and in the final book.

GRADE - JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing

them.” Aristotle,

Young children are naturally inquisitive, full of questions about the world around them and are curious to investigate

how things work. To satisfy this, little scientists of Junior Kindergarten got hand-on experience to perform various

simple experiments to find out the properties of air. They observed, made predictions, analysed and recorded their

learning. These activities provided them with opportunities to develop their thinking and communication skills. It helped

the learners to expand their vocabulary by using scientific terms.

Robotics and Body systems!

Robotic movement is an authentic style of expressing the relationship between the kinaesthetic, creative and

psychological dimensions of the body. Students have been learning how to use the muscular system effectively to fine

tune the basic techniques of the dance form. They have been risk takers experimenting with the different pictures and

elements of Robotics.

GRADE 2

MATHEMATICIANS GO HUNTING!

Grade 2 learners were introduced to the topic of right-angled triangles during our math class. Using their research skills,

the learners hunted for right angled triangles in their surroundings

They communicated their findings by clicking pictures and videos. Our learners showed excellent communication skills

and presented the task confidently with a number of examples.

GRADE 5

What can you infer about the text?

Grade 5 students explored varied texts and movie clips to observe and record their inferences with reasoning.

Students used their thinking skills inferentially when they connected with their background knowledge, information,

ideas and experiences with the text. Students were communicators as they discussed with their shoulder partner their

inferences using the clues in the text, along with their own experiences to help them figure out what is indirectly said,

making the text personal and memorable.

Siddharth Rukhana Std: Grade-5-Inferences Krishay Daga Std: Grade-5-Inferences

Scientist making discovery for mankind and to grow his knowledge

I see a person looking at something in a microscope he probably is a scientist since there are chemicals on his table.

Farmers growing crops and removing hay from the horses back in a farm.

People are harvesting hay or they are removing it. I think it’s in a farm because there are horses ploughing and tools that farmers use.

Aarav Std: Grade-5-Inferences Dhiyana Kothari Std: Grade-5-Inferences

I see lot of chemistry bottles and a man who is trying something out with the help of chemistry or physics

I see an old man experimenting. He is testing some chemicals which is on a table. He looks like he is important. I see a lot of machines which are there museums now. He is wearing clothes which look different than ours.

I see few people riding horses and helping horses and cleaning the pathway for the horses by removing haystacks and hay.

I see some people who are migrating by horses. They look like farmers. They are wearing clothes like farmers when they work. They are holding something that seems to pull hay towards them. They are in a grassland. Two horses are pulling a small carriage.

Presentation on Globalization & Sustainability

The students of grade 6 challenged themselves to present their inquiry-based group presentation on globalization and

sustainability in Hindi Language. It was a wonderful activity to boost students’ confidence as well as to develop their

communication skills This encouraged them to use their acquired knowledge of the language effectively.

Secondary Section

Jeshna’s Lockdown Journey

Jeshna Mehra, studying in Grade 7 has recently started writing her own blog.

She enjoys music, photography and watching movies/tv shows and spending time with her family. Everyone has

something special in them and what she can tell you about herself is that she has a good amount of will-power and a

great degree of determination. So, here is her journey which she would love to share with you :)

Once you make up your mind for something, you can definitely achieve it. Nothing can stop you and then there is no

looking back!

Online Decision-Making Game

The History students of Grade 9 participated in an online simulation decision making game.

The students stepped into the shoes of Adolf Hitler as they tried to use their factual knowledge and conceptual

understanding of the topic to make key decisions which formulated Adolf Hitler's foreign policy which played a key

role in starting World War 2. The students applied the skill of causality to gain a comprehensive understanding of the

motives of the European politicians in the 1930s which guided their decision making with regards to their expansionary

policies.

Anticipation Guide as a Tool to help Virtual Teaching

Purpose: For the teacher to judge prior knowledge of the students on the topic and students to understand where

they stand in their knowledge and write reflections.

What is an Anticipation Guide: The anticipation guide is a very useful teaching strategy for classes during lockdown

periods where virtual teaching is the norm? During this period student teacher interactions necessarily become limited

because unlike a physical environment, students do not react as enthusiastically to a screen as they would to a teacher

actually standing in front of them. I made use of the Anticipation guide for my Grade 11 students of DYPIS and I found

it to be a big help in judging the prior knowledge of students.

Most students at this level do have some prior knowledge of the topics they will be taught keeping in mind they have

gone through 10 years of prior schooling when the topics would be touched upon briefly at least if not in detail.

Use of Anticipation Guide in the classroom: The Anticipation guide was used in my class to judge the prior knowledge

of students on Ecology. Prior to starting the unit students were given a set of statements on Ecology to which they had

to respond by indicating whether they agreed to the statement or not. The statements were designed to challenge or

support their preconceived ideas regarding a particular concept of Ecology. At the end of the exercise students were

given a subtopic of the unit to read and then decide for themselves whether they were right of wrong.

How did the exercise with the Anticipation Guide help:

Help to the teacher: Going through the student responses helps the teacher to understand the prior knowledge of his/her

students and build up teaching strategies from that level.

Help to the Students: Students were also expected to note down their reflections regarding their responses giving

actual examples from the text and give a small presentation on what they learned from their experience with the

Anticipation Guide. Class discussions followed. This helped students to gauge for themselves their basic understanding

level and also identify for themselves their weak areas.

Rules to be kept in mind while using Anticipation Guides: The Anticipation guide should be given as a surprise to

the students. They should have no prior knowledge of the identity of the topic they were going to be taught following

their exercise with the guide. This would ensure that they do not prepare beforehand. Doing this gives a true picture of

their prior knowledge about the topic.

Advantage of the Anticipation guide:

Engages all students

Encourages them to critically analyse what they know or do not know about a topic.

Since the Anticipation Guide responses are fresh in their mind’s students can make clear judgements about whether they

need to rethink on certain points.

The responses help the teacher in building up the teaching appropriately and also saves on time. The teacher does not

waste time talking in detail on points students were already familiar with.

From Management, Staff, Students and Newsletter Team