Cambridge School, New Friends Colony Monthly Report March - June 2020

The report covers the time when the school went under lockdown as well as the

summer vacations which started from May 23 and will end on June 22. The online

classes started from April 1 and ended on May 23. The classes will resume again as soon

the school reopens after summer vacations.

A. Curriculum Highlights

Online Academic Classes

The Covid pandemic situation which started around March, forced us to start our new

academic session with online classes instead of offline. What would have been a new

session with children all around and the school resonating with their laughter, we ended

up brainstorming on how to take classes online for our students.

We started with our Zoom classes from April 1 onwards for classes 3-5. All the

concerned staff members were trained and given the requisite technical assistance in

order to take online classes successfully.

However, for classes nursery – 2, we stuck to videos, worksheets and modules

prepared by the teachers.

During this period, we also launched our parent portal. In order to facilitate the easy

access of the worksheets and modules to the parents, the portal along with WhatsApp

was being used extensively.

Along with studies, the students also attended reading, art as well as singing classes.

Periodically videos by the sports department and the dance department were also

shared with our students and parents.

Hence, it was of utmost importance to us to give a holistic approach to these online

classes.

Last year we had collaborated with a farming organization called SowGood, who

conducted integrated farming classes with class 3. This year too we had SowGood take

these classes online.

B. School Events

Founder’s Day

As is done every year, this year too

we celebrated the Founder’s Day on

April 7th, however, with a slight

twist. Our music department, in

collaboration with the technical

department and inputs from Mrs. And Mr. Roy, released a video celebrating Shri. A.C.

Deb’s complete journey from the start till the end. The video and the hard work was

well appreciated by all our staff members.

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jigw2cWbZjE

Earth Day

Earth Day, which had its 50th anniversary

this year, was celebrated with a video

uploaded on our school’s Facebook page,

website and YouTube channel with the

underlying message - The only way Earth will

survive is if each of us joins hands and takes

action today. We need to change the way we

live and function daily. Instead of taking from

her, we need to give back to the Earth. In order to do that, we need to make each day count

and plan for a better life.

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeTu5nVZYfU

World Dance Day

April 29th is celebrated as World Dance

Day. Students from classes nursery to 5

along with Sumit Samanta (dance teacher)

and P.C. Arun (WM teacher), came up with a

video which was uploaded on Facebook,

Instagram and sent to all parents and staff.

The students were asked to send a 10 - sec

video on the song “Can't stop the feeling”.

All the videos sent by the students were painstakingly consolidated into one and finally

the World Dance Day video was made.

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAkVEuIQNqc

C. Activities On Facebook

In order to keep the creativity alive in our children, we organized a few activities, which

helped and encouraged our children to share their thoughts and experiences in their

own way.

Online Art Event for classes 1 to 5

An online art competition - ‘Imagine – Draw – Colour –

Create’ was organized for the students of classes 1-5. The

students of each class were given a topic to work on.

More than 200 entries were received. Few of the art work

sent by the children was outstanding and showed

creativity at its best.

Mother's Day photo contest

We celebrated Mother’s Day with an online photo contest.

Students were asked to send their most memorable

photograph with their mothers. They were also asked to

send a small write-up on why this was their favourite

picture. The response was overwhelming. Some of the best

moments were uploaded on our Facebook page.

D. Teachers’ Enrichment Webinars

‘The Psychological Impact of the Lock-down on Children’, a webinar

conducted by Akshita Dutta, a child and adolescent psychologist and part of ‘I Am’

NGO was attended by all out staff members.

Coping with Anxiety and Emotions in the current time - a webinar conducted

on April 18, by Ms. Aneez Katre, and attended by all our staff members.

Our technical department attended a webinar on Cyber-safety at School: During

and Post Covid conducted by Mr Rakshit Tondon on May 29, 2020.

A few of our teachers attended an online event - Teesri Manzil conducted by Ms. Paro

Anand, a well-known author and performer. The topic of this webinar was - Be

Brave, Talk dirty to your Kids.

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