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FROM THE COORDINATOR’S DESK…

PersonalityIsn’tPermanent.Yourpersonalitychangesovertimeregardlessofintention.Butonce you make it intentional, your level of change will be dramatic and directed, notrandom. As the actress Lily Tomlin explained, looking back over her life and career, “Ialwayswantedtobesomebody,butnowIrealize Ishouldhavebeenmorespecific.” Youaregoingtobecomesomeone.Thatmuchiscertain.Thequestionis:Whoareyougoingtobe?Andhowspecificandintentionalwillyoubeinthatcreationprocess?Themore specific the vision, the clearer the path. Is your personality actually fixed andunchangeable?No,it’snot.Andthereisalotofdata,especiallynewlyuneartheddata,thatprovesthis.Your personality is not the most fundamental aspect of who you are. Instead, yourpersonality issurface-level, transitory,andaby-productofsomethingmuchdeeper.Whatmattersarethechoicesyoumake.Regardless of who you’ve been, you no longer have to be that person. As you’ll soondiscover,youactuallyaren’tthatpersonnow,andyouwon’tbethatpersoninthefuture.

Youcanbethenarratorofyourlife’sstory.Contextchangeseverything.Like history, which constantly changes with time and perspective, our own personalnarrativesalsoadaptorchangeovertimeandwitheachretelling.Onereasonforthisisthatyourmemoryisnotaninertfilingcabinet.Instead,itisfluidandconstantlychangingasyouhave new experiences. In fact, your memory changes by simply recalling a particularmemory. Each is aweb of connections, and when a new connection is integrated into amemory,thewholeofthememorychangesinstantlyandimperceptibly.

Buckle your seat belts. You’re bound to hear something you’ve never heard before.Somethingthatcouldchangeyourlife.InPersonality Isn’tPermanent, Dr. BenjaminHardycrushes anoutdatedparadigmandgivesyoutheprocesstocreateabigger,bolderfuture.BenjaminHardy’sbookisagamechanger.Itisabookthatwillshowyouthemosteffectivewayforintentionallyandstrategicallybecomingthepersonyouintendandchoosetobe.

MsSmritiSharmaEarlyYearsCoordinator

PRE-PRIMARYSECTION

NewsFromTheSpecialists

a) ArtTocelebrateourNationalAnimal, theBengalTiger,ontheoccasionofGlobalTigersDay,

The Gera School Newsletter (Pre-Primary – Grade 2)

8th August 2020

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our early years’ students enjoyed the process ofcraftingtigersoutofpapercupswith assistancefromtheirparents.Thetwinkleintheireyesandsmilesontheirfaceswerequitecaptivatingastheynamed their tigers. “POGO’ THE TIGER BY SIENA,”LULU” by NATALIE,” TEAGY” by SASHA, “SIMBA” byASHER,“TIMON”byKIAANAND”Cub”bySHRIHAAN,

b) MusicStudentsofUKGwere introduced to the ‘TigerSong’. Children learntapatrioticsong‘’NanhaMunnaRahiHoon’’aspreparationfortheIndependenceDay.Ourstarmusicianscreateddifferentsoundswiththe instruments theyhadwiththem. Indeed,astimulatingmusicalexperienceforourlittleones.

c) PhysicalEducation

Our little sports enthusiasts enhanced their visualmotor and bilateral skills where they learnt tocoordinatebothsidesofthebody.Thechildrenweretaughtdifferentjumppatternslike1foot hops, crisscross jumps, cross rotational jumps, ski jumps to name a few. They alsopractisedvariousformsofanimalwalksandmovementskillsthroughBeanygameaspartoftheirwarm-upactivitiesalongwithvariousbrainGymexercises.

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d) Drama

To foster communication, language, role playing and imaginative skills, children wereintroducedtoapuppetshow.Childrenhadfunwatchingtheshowastheywereintriguedbythepuppets.

e) DanceA new concept of ‘Directional Steps’ –right, left, up and downwas taught tothe children of Pre-Primary. Theconceptswere applied in their regularclassroutine.

f) StorytellingThe story ‘No Milk Today’ by ‘JulianaDonaldson’was narrated to the students ofLowerKindergartenwithpuppetsandaPpt.The story focused on animal care and howtheyareusefultous.The story ‘Giving tree’ by Shel SilversteinwasreadaloudtothelearnersofUKG.

NEWSFROMEACHGRADE

2)L.K.Ga)ThematicLearning“Takecareofyourbody.It’stheonlyplaceyouhavetolive”-JimRohnThe students of the LKG did a recapitulation of their body parts and learnt about the 5senseswiththehelpofdifferentactivities.Ouryounglearnerswereengrossedinlearningabouttheirinternalorgansandthisweekwelearntaboutlungsandwaystotakecareofthem.

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MATHOutyoungMathematiciansarelearningnumber sense. They practised writingnumbers 1-7. They are graduallydevelopingdecisionmakingandcriticalthinking skills as they are learning theconcepts of ‘’Missing Numbers’’ and‘’WhatcomesBeforeandAfter’’throughvarious stimulating and discerningactivities.LANGUAGEThestudentsofLKGarelearninglettersoundsandapplyingtheirphonologicalawarenesstoformandreadnewwords.Theyarelearningtorecognizeandreadtrickywordswhicharenotdecodable.

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3)U.K.Ga)ThematicLearning

With the objective of understanding cultural diversity, learners of UKG discussed theirfamilytraditionsandculture. b)NumeracyThelearnersofUKGdisplayedtheirknowledgeofshapes,patterningandnumbersthroughhands-onactivities andsolvingworksheets.

c)Language Children were engaged inbuilding their literacy skills.They have been enjoyingexploring opportunities forreadingandwriting.

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SPECIALEVENTS&ACTIVITIESa)RakshaBandhan Students of the L.K.Gcelebrated the eventof ‘Raksha Bandhan’by making lovelyrakhis with seedswrapped in a paperand string attached toit. This activity wasdone with an aim tomark the significance of the event and tied inwith bondingwithNature and plantingmoretrees.

b)InternationalTigers’DayAshortskitwaspresentedbythepre-primaryteacherstocelebratethe'InternationalTiger’s Day' on 29th July. The day was marked to create awareness about tigers, tosupportandsavethembyprotectingthemandpreservingtheirnaturalhabitat.

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PRIMARYSECTION

5)NewsfromtheSpecialists

a) ArtStudentsofGrades1and2learntwatercolourswatching.Theactivityisdividedintwoclasses:partAandpartB.LearnersofGrade1enjoyedusingabrushfortheapplicationofwatercolours.Studentswereprettyexcited.

b) PhysicalEducationBalanceandCoordinationaretwoofthemostimportantgrossmotorskillsinphysicaldevelopment for learners. They allow learners to participate in sports and physicalactivities, reduces their riskof injury and improves their ability to perform everydaytasks.The focusofPE thismonthhasbeen toengage learners inactivities todevelop theseskillswithhelpofasimplelineonthefloorandaballwhichevenchallengedthemwiththeirreactionabilities.Learnersalsocontinuedtheir journeytounderstandand learnabout important life skills (HARDWORK & ENTHUSIASM) and what it takes to besuccessfulbyusingCoachWooden’sPyramidofSuccess.c) CircleTime

This fortnight, the learners ofGrade 1 discussed ‘Respect For Elders and Places’ and ‘BeingUnique’.Therewereexcitingdiscussions;thelearnersanalysedvideos,drewpicturesdepictingtheirunderstandingofthetopicsandsharedtheirexperiencewiththeothers.ThelearnersofGrade2madethankyoucardsfortheirparentsandsharedtheirreactionswiththeirclassmates.Theydiscussedfurthertheideaofgratitudeandrespect.Thefollowingweek,thelearnersanalysedthestory‘ABadCaseofStripes’anddiscussedbeingunique.

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d) HindiGrade 1 learners were taughthowtowrite‘I’and‘AA’. Grade2learnerslearnthowtowrite‘BH’and‘U’.

e) FrenchGrade1The learners were able to learn different ways to express themselves and theycontinuedlearningsalutations(nicetomeetyou,excuseme,thankyou,sorry,welcome,etc.)

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Grade2Thelearnerswereabletorecognizewordslike‘Moi’,‘Toi’,‘Bienvenue’,etc.followedbytherecapitulationofallthetopicsinordertomaketheconceptsclear.

f) ICTGrade1learnttoputshapestogethertocreateanelaboratedesigninPaint.Grade2learnttousevariouscallouts(incontext)andweregivenworksheetstosolve

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basedonthesame.

g) DanceThelearnersdidbodyisolationwarmup(Chestroll,hiproll,handandwristroll).Thelearnershavealsostarteddancehall andcarriedonwitha fewmorenewsteps.TheyweretaughtJiggy,UrkleandWillibounce.

h) MusicGrade1andGrade2Learnersweretaughtthemarchingbeatbyusingtheirpencilsorpensasdrumsticksandusingatableasadrum.Thenewsong,‘Owhenthesaints’wasintroduced.Thelast10minutesof thesessionwereallottedto learnerstoperformorcreatesounds. 6)GRADE1

a)ENGLISHThe learners tookturns to retell thelesson – ‘Eat yourpeas’. They alsoread and discussedthe lesson ‘BunnyMoney’. Thelearnersidentifiedanddescribedthestorysettingsandcharactersfromthelesson.b)MATHThe learners were introduced to addition(adding of three single-digit numbers to onedouble-digit number). The learners were alsointroduced to subtraction through videos. Theywere later given real-life word problems onaddition and subtraction where they had toapply the taught concepts to arrive at the rightanswer. c)SCIENCE Through videos the learners were introduced toshadowsandobjects thatmadegoodshadows.Theyalso identified some shadow shapes. They latercreated some shadows using puppets. We alsoprobed deeper into the topic ‘Sources of light’. Theconceptof‘Dayandnight’causedduetotherotationoftheEarthwasintroducedtothelearners,andwith

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thatweendedtheunitof‘LightandDark’. 7)GRADE2A

a)ENGLISHAllaboutstories–Learnersaredwellingontheroleofcharactersinastory.Theylearntto sketch a character portrait by observing pictorial depictions of characters, theposture,lookandqualitiesfromtheirtextsaswellasonestheycanrelatetofromtheirfavouritebooksormovies!

b)SCIENCEDid you know that turtles’ lungs are attached to theinsideofthetopoftheirshells?Scienceclassthesedayshas these interesting facts being shared with thelearners as they learn about the various groups ofVertebrates.Frommammals,tofish,tobirds,toreptilesand amphibians, the learners are discovering thecharacteristics of all these groups with the help ofinterestingvideos,mindmapsandfactsheets.c)MATHEMATICSTakingastepforwardfromthe‘NumberFactFamilies’,the learnerswere fascinated to know all about how toplaywithnumbersusingadditionandsubtraction.Whosays Math can’t be fun when we have the learnerspractically deriving answers, employing interlockingcubes,pencils, candy sticksor crayons.Whenyouhave50piecesofcakeandyougiveaway38andyouarestillleft with a whole lot of 12 pieces, why won’t you behappy! 8)GRADE2B

a)SCIENCEOver this fortnight, the learnerscontinued the topic ‘Living Things’.They were introduced to the term'Reproduction' and ‘Excretion' as alife process. Here the learnersparticipatedinactivitiestohelpthem

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understandtheconceptbetter.b)MATHEMATICS:Nothing is better than gainingmastery over a concept. In the lasttwoweeks it was all about checkingon how much was grasped by thelearnersofwhatwasbeingtaught inclass. It was lovely to see how wellthelearnershavebeenperforming.c)ENGLISHDuringtheprevious fortnight, the learnerswereaskedtocreateacharactersketchwiththehelpof a visual. They were later asked to flip thecharacter by using different nouns andadjectives.

9)EVENTS:TalentShowATalentShowforourbrightstarsofGrade1and2washeldon31stJuly(Friday).Bubblingwith energy and enthusiasm, the little ones showcased some really exciting andentertaining acts. Even though the program was held online, we did not feel even theslightestdropintheenergyofthelearnersorparentsortheteachers!

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Thankyouforreading!Wewillseeyousoonforournextedition.

Sincerely,TheGeraSchool

Theysaythemore,themerrier!Andthisisexactlywhathappenedwhen2Aand2Bgottogether on one platform! Be it dance, singing, art or acting….therewas no stoppingthem! Performing, painting a picture, doing craft work and conveying an insightfulmessagewithactingskillsandeachoftheseinjusttwominutes!Theteachers,learnersandparentsexcitedlywatchedthesekidsstealtheshowwiththeirskillandremarkabletalent! This Online Talent Showwaswas just oneway to nurture a child’s individuality, nomatterwhat.RobertFrostoncesaid,“InthreewordsIcansumupeverythingI’velearntaboutlife.Itgoeson,”;And,so,wedon’tstop.