Sathya Sai Centre of Leicester

Sathya Sai International Organisation UK

Date 8th April 2020

Dear Parents,

Jai Sai Ram

It is with great pleasure that we would like to announce that we have started our virtual SSE

classes following the great response we have had from our recent audio SSE classes taking place

from the last few weeks.

Please provide us your feedback on your experience so far and how we can improve this better

and we would love to hear from you.

If you would like to join your child’s virtual class, please feel free to send us an email and we

can get you started quickly. We are hopeful this will help all children and the entire Sai family to

keep connected spiritually and will have a positive impact during these tough times.

These are extraordinary times which demand extraordinary measures, and we the gurus of SSE

are wholeheartedly committed to sustaining our children’s educare and spiritual learning, as

the best we can. We, the Gurus team are ourselves going through loads of training sessions on

how we can improve from our end and conduct these classes in the most creative and

interactive way as possible. Our ability to do this will naturally be influenced by the health of

the SSE teams themselves and of our families too. We are also learning as we go along and

making changes to provide the best. We are sure you’ll be able to support us as we will work

together as one big Sai Family.

Aim of these virtual classes:

Swami has given us a tool of SSE to help sharpen our children’s future with the help of Value

Based education. We, the gurus of SSE would like to continue this spiritual journey the children

are on and would like to provide SSE sessions class wise through a social media platform during

the SSE term as usual.

Each guru has created their own class groups via google hangouts or other social media

platforms like What’s app whichever is most suited to that group size and availability.

We are refraining from Zoom as it has some security related issues and not going to be using

that media platform currently unless it gets sorted I the near future. Each class parent or child

will be contacted by your respective class teachers to coordinate the day of the week and time

that’s most convenient to the class group if Sunday morning is not most appropriate. Having

said that most of the classes are taking place on Sunday at 10:00am like it would’ve been in the

normal circumstances.

How will these classes take place ?

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Play Group – There are no classes being conducted at this current point of time as the

children are too young and parents are engaged in the SSE fold in different ways

Nursery – This group is our youngest group in a classroom set up and learning is more using

visual aids(like photographs, pictures and video links) showing a step by step guidelines for the

various activities to help conduct interactive classes, google hangout classes are in full swing

and are doing well.

Group 1 – This group will require parents to accompany them during the virtual sessions to

allow the gurus to get their full attention to a maximum time span of 20 minutes at any given

point of time. This group will be given appropriate rest and water breaks to keep them engaged

virtually. The use of audio-visual techniques is used to help impart the Sai lesson. Some of the

lessons plan and sheets have been posted to the respective parents to plan the lessons more

effectively. The lessons are carrying on very well.

Group 2 – This group of children are older, more independent and most of them also possess

their own personal devices and email addresses to allow the Sai Spiritual lessons to be

delivered with minimum adult supervision. Children of this group are slightly more independent

to sit in front of a laptop or device and can digest information imparted for a maximum of 40

minutes to 55 minutes without any breaks. Classes for this group are running through What’s

app or Google Hangout sessions and running very smoothly.

Group 3 and Group 4 – This group will be imparted lessons through their own personal devices

and set homework which can be marked by gurus setting a set deadline. Children of this age

group can sit through these lessons on their own with very little adult supervision. Gurus can

organise a session which lasts for an hour or longer if required. Classes are running through

Google hangout call sessions and running very successfully.

Work can be sent back to teachers for (electronic) marking. If the work is written out, the

easiest way to do this is to scan the work using a free scanning app (available from Google Play,

Windows Store etc.) rather than taking a normal photo. The work is much easier to read and

mark if it is scanned rather than photographed. Photos can still be used to send to your teacher

particularly of practical activities set.

If you have questions about the provision of work, please contact your child’s class teacher via

email or telephone and we would be happy to talk to you.

How you can support your child

Please bear in mind we are all aware of the difficulties each of us might be facing in terms of

work pressures and frustrating times as many of us are stuck at home. We, by no means want

to add to your other pressures of your already hectic life schedules. If you feel there is too

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much going on and would like to speak to your child’s guru for further support, we are more

than happy to help over a phone call or text message.

We are very aware that children will respond in different ways to virtual learning. Some will be

able to manage their time effectively and will make most of the session, whilst some of us will

find it a challenge to stay focused and will struggle to work effectively but we are all on a

learning journey and we pray to Swami to guide us through every step.

Where possible we suggest that you:

Actively monitor your child’s email account (where applicable), discussing with them

the work that has been set and helping them plan out their activities.

Encourage your child to concentrate and take part wherever possible

Set up a quiet space for your child to sit during the SSE session, with minimal

distractions, in the same room as you so that they are less tempted to lose focus.

Alongside the activities set by gurus it is important that the children have time to: -

Play games - Carry out practical activities - Enjoy some “outside” time - Take part in

physical exercise - Share stories - Prepare and eat meals together - Practise musical

instruments - Write letters to neighbours and elderly relatives who may be isolated

due to the restrictions placed currently.

Whilst it may be important for your child to remain in touch with other children

during the lock down, social media could present a huge distraction during sessions.

Please do your best to monitor and restrict this access. Especially for Group 2,3 and

4 SSE children.

These are few sites which you can access to enhance your children’s spiritual journey:

1) https://leicestersaicentre.org.uk

2) http://media.radiosai.org/journals/Archives/darshan-video/Sathya-to-Sai.htm

3) https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=mahabharat+animated+movie+in+english+&vi

ew=detail&mid=A6070E4B483EE0A05550A6070E4B483EE0A05550&FORM=VIRE

4) https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ramayan++film+in+english+&view=detail&mid

=907A5FEB09EC4690C375907A5FEB09EC4690C375&FORM=VIRE

5) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uac

t=8&ved=2ahUKEwiGr5zNoLPoAhWOfMAKHcJeB3QQFjALegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F

%2Fwww.radiosai.org%2F&usg=AOvVaw2MOQkS0wLGiwRn4HsLDQSs

6) https://srisathyasai.org.uk/

7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naRk0lZQxdA

8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT3mFgZHy48- Sai Prem Prasad – Popular Sathya Sai

Baba Bhajans VOL 1 || Non Stop Bhajans || Top 10 Bhajans 9) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXqBg1Uirbo

10) https://www.facebook.com/goodvaluesclub/

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Please do click on the above links and be enlightened by the divine power of positive energy

and spirituality.

At these times we are all facing, we continue to Pray to our Beloved Bhagawan to protect all

and keep us at His Lotus Feet.

Sathya Sai Centre of Leicester

Sathya Sai International Organisation UK

Please do connect to the Sunday at 9:00am and Thursday at 19:45 pm bhajans which take

place twice a week and the link is below :

There are other service activities like Study circles and other activities organised via other Sai

centres and links will be sent via our What’s app group.

Please notify us by sending an email if you would like to join the What’s App chat group

“Leicester SSE Group 2020”.

Please Note: SSE classes are off for the next 2 Sundays due to Easter Break but

feel free to contact your child’s teacher if you need anything as happy to help at

any time. We are back on the 26th April 2020.

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Sathya Sai International Organisation UK

Spring term

12th January 2020 SSE open – New Year

23rd February 2020 SSE closed – Half term

1st March 2020 SSE open

12th April 2020 SSE closed – Easter holidays

Summer term

26th April 2020 SSE open

31st May 2020 SSE closed – Half term

7th June 2020 SSE open

5th July 2020 SSE closed – Summer holidays

Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavanthu - “Let all the beings in all the worlds be happy”

Humble Pranams

Leicester SSE Gurus Team