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PYP Buzz

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Volume 2

Grade Page

Grade 5 2-3

Grade 4 4-5

Grade 3 6-7

Grade 2 8-9

Grade 1 10-11

Grade K2 12-13

Grade K1 14-15

Grade Nursery 16-17

Specialists 18-26

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Calendar

October

Diwali Break: 18– 22

United Nations Day : 24th

Inter-House Elocution 28th

Halloween : 31st

November

Holiday: 1st

Working Saturday: 4th

Science Day: 10th

Children's day: 14th

Dramatics Competition: 14th

Sharanya

Narayani

International

School

Welcome to the second issue of SNIS PYP Buzz which communicates about the exciting

things happening in the Primary Years Program.

Through this newsletter as a medium, we are covering and communicating about the core

aspects of the IB PYP and its methodology and different activities happening in the class-

rooms.

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Grade: 5

UOI

While exploring human body system,

fifth graders created their own working

models of human body system which

demonstrated the physiology of body

systems. It was indeed a pleasure to

watch our budding scientists assemble

different organs together with skill and

precision! The digestive system and res-

piratory systems were the highlights of

the lot! It was encouraging to witness

students reuse articles that have been

recycled.

Math

Shape superman! Chess champs of Grade 5!

Robots

Students of Grade 5 created a Robot using differ-

ent shapes. The inquiring minds of Grade 5 put

together Robots using cubes and other 3D shapes.

English

Weaving the story is fun! Camping can happen inside the class!!

Little weaver birds in Grade 5

Story telling technique is one of the ways in which

children build their creativity! It was indeed a

pleasure to watch our students weaving stories

that were mind boggling! Using the resources

available in class, children supported each other to

build a beautiful beach side camp!

Sitting besides the fire camp, they narrated a sci-

ence fiction in which the little Ozies help human

beings protect the Ozone layer from the harmful

rays that depletes the Ozone layer.

It was interesting to watch the budding story tell-

ers develop a science fiction by helping one anoth-

er through story weaving technique! This is a very

handy technique to encourage students who are

shy to speak in front of a large audience.

Look what’s in your tummy! Interview with school nurse Human laboratory!!


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Grade: 5

Class Assembly : Ozie Ozone

Human beings—learn from me to keep the planet clean!

Grade 5 performed an assembly on Ozone Day.

Students demonstrated an awareness towards the

depletion of Ozone layer and spoke about our

responsibility towards its protection. They Dis-

played preventive measures to protect ourselves

from the harmful UV rays. The confidence with

which fifth graders spoke made the audience

dumbstruck!

Dance Performance during Assembly

Students Participating in a Dance Performance

Students danced on an Afro Jazz number to depict

the earth elements that bring an equilibrium in

Earth's environmental composition. It was a real

treat to the eyes!

A Skit by 5th Graders

“Come, let’s make this planet a happy place!!

“It is crucial to dispose old electronic gadgets in

environmental friendly way. Use sunscreen and

protect yourselves from the harmful ultraviolet

rays !” It is the plea of our students to the entire

mankind!


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UOI

Students using I see-I think-I wonder strategy

Students presenting their religion to their peers.

Grade 4 started the ‘Religions’ unit using I see-I

think-I wonder strategy on the artefacts of different

religions. They further inquired into the unit by

choosing one religion to learn about in detail and

made an information text in the form of a poster.

Students presented their religions to their peers

who learnt about other religions through class

presentations.

Math

Students making the place value chart for the class.

Students exploring the manipulatives

Students learnt ‘Place Value’ and made a class dis-

play of the same.

Students explored the various manipulatives in the

Math corner of the class and made different shapes

using the same.

English

B.S Chetan talking about the signifi-cance of haldi-kumkum in Hinduism.

Display of Story Mountain in the class

Students learnt to identify the elements of a story

like characters, setting, time, beginning, middle and

end. As a whole class, they built a story mountain

of the story ”The old lady and a crow”.

Students were also given an opportunity to talk

about the artefacts which they brought from their

home through an activity called “Show and Tell”.

Students communicated the importance of these

artefacts

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Grade: 4

THOTS Workshop

Students showing enthusiasm to conduct the THOTS assembly

Field trip to Religious Places

Students visiting Mahabodhi Buddhist Society

Students of Grade 4 visited Buddhist temple and

Gurudwara to learn about the beliefs and values of

Buddhism and Sikhism. They were respectful and

tolerant towards the religion by following the cus-

toms of both the temples.

Assembly on Peace Day

Students made a chart showing beliefs and values of various religions and connected with the symbol of peace which holds the values like

Love, Respect and Empathy which are common for all religions.

Students visiting Gurudwara

Students hosting the THOTS assembly for teachers on Teacher’s Day

Students hosted the International Peace Day assembly . They concluded that even though the beliefs are different, the values of

all religion like Love, Respect, Empathy and Justice are the same.


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Grade: 3

UOI

Students play the Human Knot game Students try to help each other to turn around without breaking the

knot

As part of Conflict Resolution, children played a

team building game called “Human Knot”. The

purpose of this game was to develop co-operation

& communication skills. After the game, children

reflected on their behaviour; how they could have

communicated better and how listening to their

team-mate helped them to form a better team .

Math

Students counting the steps to esti-mate

Students counting trees to estimate

To learn about the concept of Estimation, the task for

Grade 3 was to go around the school guessing the

number of objects or things, and then count them

again to see how close or far their guesses were.

Children guessed and counted the number of steps

they needed to take to get from one point to another,

they counted the number of trees along the basketball

court sidewalk and number of windows on the front

side of the staff quarters.

While the Children had a lot of fun walking around

and being independent learners, the post activity dis-

cussion made them aware that estimation is about

trying to guess a close number to what they are trying

to find out. It also made them understand that they

used some form of rounding or skip counting strate-

gies to estimate.

English

Students playing plurals game in the circle area

Learning English through Games

Grade 3 played a game on Singular and Plural

nouns as reinforcements.

Each player had a card with a question and an

answer. The game began with a student who

had the start card and a question on a plu-

ral/singular form of a noun. The student having

the answer stands up to reveal the answer and

then asks the next question. The game contin-

ued till the last student reveals his final answer

and the END card.

Children had a lot of fun playing this game. They

were so enthusiastic that they even ended up

blurting out the answers even without their

answer cards or out of turn.


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Grade: 3

PEACE DAY

Students march during the Peace Day Celebrations

Grade 3 made Placards and message cards for the

International Peace Day. The children learnt about

the significance of Peace Day and the bell that rings

at noon at the United Nations. On their Placards,

they drew a symbol or wrote about what Peace

means to them. They were part of the whole

school Peace March.

CIRCLE TIME

Students share their feelings during Circle time

Every morning during circle time, Grade 3 children

talk about their feelings and share stories with each

other. They also reflect on some good moments or

negative moments as a class or individually.

They take turns to ‘conduct’ the circle time.

Circle time allows our young learners to exhibit

some aspect of social and communicating skills.

They also become good listeners and reflective

students

Letters to Children in Sudan

Cards made by Grade 3

As a part of our action cycle, children in Grade 3

wrote letters and made cards for their friends in

Sudan. Students had learnt that a large percentage

of refugees are children in Sudan, so they felt em-

pathetic and wanted other children across the

world to be happy. Writing a letter was a way to

express their feelings and the same was sent

through a UN representative who works with refu-

gee children.


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Grade: 2

UOI

Students making their own Travelers Compass for Understanding Inven-

tions

Students experimenting with the Travelers Compass.

Grade 2 enjoyed the activities related to their Unit

of Inquiry “Journeys create opportunities to ex-

plore, migrate and make connections between

people and culture”. They made their own travel-

ler compass and using that they made the school

map

Math

Playing a fun skip counting game Students discussing some grid games

Grade 2 have had fun with Maths, playing games to

understand new concepts using manipulatives like

blocks , beads etc. Some times they learnt few

concepts by creating their own manipulatives.

English

“Heidi - The Girl from the Mountains” Enjoying an animated story telling

session

Students engrossed in a group discussion, planning for a group presentation

English has always been interactive and activity

based. The students enjoy doing various activities

that makes the English language class productive and

fun. Activities like group discussions, class presenta-

tions, story time are some of the few activities the

students have been involved in.


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Grade: 2

Golu

Grade 2 students placing their dolls for Golu.

Grade 2 enjoyed the Dusherra celebrations by

participating in arranging Golu in the school. The

children enthusiastically bought dolls from home

and arranged it in the school lobby area.

Peace Banner

International Peace Day was celebrated on the 21st

of September. Grade 2 participated by making the

peace banners

International Peace Day March

Peace Day March

Grade 2 enthusiastically participated in the Peace

March holding their individual placards and peace

banners , all dressed in white representing peace!

Students Involved in making a banner on Peace.


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Grade: 1

UOI

Role plays on friendship Appreciating and bonding time

Our first unit of inquiry was about

“Friendship".

This was a clear inquiry into the nature of the

self. Children began to realize themselves in a

role of friend. Through discussions and exam-

ples, children pondered on how they them-

selves can make and keep friends, how friends

should be treated, and how their actions

could affect friendships, both positively and

negatively. The areas of personal and social

health were also touched upon as children

recognized the feelings associated with friend-

ships and how important these relationships

are to our social well-being. Children had the

opportunity to inquire into why we need

friends, valuing the relationship and pondered

upon these necessary human relationships.

Math

Students counting objects in 5’s Counting using 5 fingers

Grade 1 was involved in an activity to learn

counting in 5’s as they counted objects in the

class. The students picked 5 objects of their

choice and arranged them in an order. As

they kept counting the group of 5 objects

they could understand that it was a quick

way of adding five to the previous number.

Students traced their hands and counted in

5’s to make a display of the numbers repre-

senting 5-100

English

Students identifying the parts of a book Role play on Friendship stories

In language, we will continue reinforcing

vocabulary and reading fluency. By identifying

story characters, plot, setting, problems and

solution, students read carefully to learn the

details. They are able to name the different

parts of a book and understands the role of

the author and illustrator. The students are

able to fill the graphic organizer to show the

elements of a book or story. This improves

students' comprehension and provides them

with a framework for identifying the ele-

ments of a story.


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Grade: 1

Joy of Giving

Students donating for the needy.

As we have started a drive called "Joy of Giving".

Grade one takes immense joy in donating clothes,

toys and books to the orphanage or to the needy

people. Through this, they show empathy, compas-

sion and respect towards the needs and feelings of

others. The students are taking effort to make a

positive difference to the lives of others and to the

environment.

Dusshera

Dusshera celebrations at school

Grade 1 celebrated Dusshera with great

enthusiasm and energy. They participated in

Rangoli making and arranging the Golu. The

children came dressed up in their traditional attire

to feel the spirit of Dusshera.

International Peace Day

Peace Day celebrations PEACE BEGINS WITH A SMILE

Students of Grade 1 enthusiastically led the Peace

Day march by carrying placards and posters made

by them. The participation of our young learners

on Peace Day is a small effort that will take them

way further and gather hands to create peace in

their little world.

Peace Day celebrations WHERE THERE IS COOPERATION

THERE IS PEACE


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UOI

Students talking about their similarities and differences.

Grade K2 was involved in an activity to learn about them-selves: their body parts, dis-covering their self-help skills, their favourites etc. Each one performed some tasks like buttoning, lacing, walking zig-zag ,sideways and marked themselves accordingly. They discussed and found out the similarities and differences between themselves and their friends. They presented their personal chart and spoke about themselves. They showed traits of being com-municator as they presented their work.

Math

Student making a pattern with algometry blocks.

Students placing the numbers in sequence showing the number

line.

Grade K 2 participated in an

activity to learn about num-

bers. They learnt numbers

using number charts, manipu-

latives and number line.

They needed to sequence the

numbers in number line along

with learning backward count-

ing and more & less.

They studied the concept with

the help of symbols and by

counting the objects and num-

bers. They also learnt patterns

by using the algometry blocks .

English

Students blending the sounds to make a word Students tearing newspaper while learning the sound “n”

Grade K2 took part in an

activity to learn phonetic

sounds of Jolly Phonics group

1 and 2. They learnt the blend-

ing technique to make words.

Letter formation was taught by

sandpaper tracing activity on a

sheet. They illustrated pictures

with related sound.

Grade: K2

Students walking sideways in PE class.

Students exploring buttoning skills.

Student making a number line by sticking numbers in se-

quence.


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Peace Day Activity

Students celebrating Peace day.

Grade K2 was involved in an activity to learn about

Peace Day. They made hand prints with blue which

symbolises peace and later hung them in the lawn

Grand Parents Day

Grade K2 celebrated Grand Parents Day to treas-

ure their grand parents. They exhibited few perfor-

mances and played outdoor games. Hand printed

cards made by the students were presented to the

grandparents.

Dussehra Celebrations

Grade K2 celebrated Dussehra by bringing the

earthen dolls for Golu. On the day of dussehra,

students were dressed up in Ethnic attire and made

a rangoli in the lobby .

Students hung their handprints on the tree symbolizing peace.

Students celebrating Grand Parents Day.

Students performing for Grand Parents Day

Students celebrating Dussehra by contributing for Golu in the school

reception

Students making rangoli on the occasion of dussehra

Grade: K2


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UOI

Children sorting pictures of healthy food items on a paper food plate

cutouts.

Students involved in an activity to

show healthy food

Grade K1 was involved in an activity to learn about

making healthy choices in their food habits.

Children brought pictures of healthy food items and

pasted them on a big paper plate to enhance their

learning on the healthy items and their consumption.

They drew and coloured fruits and pasted them in a

‘Healthy Food Basket’ .

These activities made them reflect on their own

healthy eating choices on a daily basis.

Math

Children using soft blocks for counting numbers and corresponding their

values till 10

Children exploring colourful basic shapes and using their creativity to

form different figures .

Grade K1 participated in an activity to learn about

Shapes and One to One Correspondence.

Children sat in small groups and counted the fig-

ures on the soft blocks, corresponding the values

with the numbers.

They also enjoyed themselves thoroughly while

arranging little squares, triangles, semi circles and

similar shapes to create interesting figures and this

activity encouraged team work and coordination

among the groups.

English

Children pasting ‘eggs on the nest ‘ cutout during a fun phonic sound

craft work

‘c’ for caterpillar, ‘k’ for kangaroo and ‘e’ for egg —it was indeed fun to learn

the beginning sounds

Grade K 1 took part in fun activities to learn

about phonic sounds from the first and second

group of Jolly Phonics.

Through craft work, their phonic awareness was

enhanced and they were able to associate the

beginning sounds of words.

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International Peace Day Activities

On International Peace Day, Children put their hand prints on coloured paper

They created peace doves with hand prints to gain an understand-ing of peace

The Food Pyramid made by the children and displayed in class.

Grade K1 was asked to learn about the Food Pyra-

mid in their Unit of Inquiry which inquired about

healthy and unhealthy choices.

Children pasted different pictures of food items

and became aware that the food items placed at

the top should be consumed less and the ones at

the bottom should be consumed more, this also

focused on learning the attributes of More and Less

Grade: K1

Food Pyramid

Health Related Activities

Learning about healthy teeth Understanding about germs through glitter art


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UOI

The child here learns to do an activity on identifying and matching

The young learner is busy making a family booklet

The little learners of SNIS began their first UOI and

started to learn about their family members. They

were involved in activities which made them inquire

into the types of families and the roles of each fami-

ly member. The students enjoyed making family

tree and family booklets.

Math

The students of Pre K learn about numbers

Tearing and pasting activity to en-hance fine motor skill development

Grade Nursery took part in different activities to

learn about numbers and shapes in a fun filled way.

They were super excited to participate in tearing

and pasting activity which enhanced the develop-

ment of their fine motor skills. They learnt num-

bers and have begun to understand the concept of

patterns.

English

Students learning about letter ‘s’ sound and its related objects

Students learning the sound of letter ‘a’ and its related objects

Grade Nursery was introduced to the first group

of sounds as per the Jolly Phonics Framework. .

Students learnt the sound of letter ‘s’ and ’a’

through story telling sessions and listening to

rhymes. Vocabulary words related to their unit on

families were also taught. They were shown to

hold a pencil in the correct way and participated in

many colouring activities.

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Development of Fine Motor Skills

Grade nursery was involved in an activity of tearing and past-

ing to develop their fine motor skills

Development of Skills

Display of student’s work (fine motor skills development ) on the board

Learnings Through Art

Students learning to colour within the border

Students making structures with the building blocks

Students learning to paint with fingers to develop their fine motor skills

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Warm ups

Physical Fitness

Physical Education Activities

General Warm ups

Table Tennis & Swimming

Balancing the Ball Breath Control

Indoor Badminton and Chess

Badminton Chess


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Grade 1

Grade 2 and 3

Grade 4

Students are practicing a play on ‘friendship’ Conversations during a drama lesson

Grade 2 students are making tableaus for the topic “celebrations” Preesha is practicing for her Grade 3 assembly

Students are practicing different expressions Students are improvising and enacting a skit on the topic “Religion”

Drama Activities


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Drama Activities

Grade 5

Grade Kindergarten 1

Grade Kindergarten 2

Students celebrating the success of their school Assembly Assembly Practice

Students are learning to showcase facial expressions based on their choice for healthy and unhealthy food

Making different facial expressions

Students are trying to tell a story with expressions Learning how to act with expressions


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Dance Activities

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Students are learning about faith & friendship through disco dance steps during dance class.

Students are learning how to use shouts in dance.

Semi-classical dance: Raudra roop( Showing anger) Semi-classical dance. Chauk posture.

Practicing for World Animal day assembly. Contemporary Dance Style


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Dance Activities

Grade 4

Grade 5

Kindergarten

Students performing Indo-Jazz steps in Hanuman Chalisa. Semi-classical dance steps in Hanuman chalisa.

Contemporary and afro-jazz fusion dance during the school assem-bly.

Students learned cha’-che’, summer salt , afro jump and meat-hook steps.

Nursery– Students are learning hop and facial expression through dance on ‘iti si hasse’ song.

K1-Students celebrating Grandparents Day by performing free style dance on ‘5

little monkey’ during the school assembly.

K2-Students celebrating Grandparents day by performing Bollywood free style dance on

‘Daddi Amma rhyme during school assembly.


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Art Activities

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Art work : learning and beading together a friendship Band.. Students proudly showing off their friendship band– Integration with their Lesson .

Art work– Name Designing. Writing their name in uniform lettering and designing it.

Introducing an Artist. Primary and Secondary Colors Concept.

Student engaged in an artwork on the concept of overlapping shapes

Students showing their completed artwork


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Art Activities

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade Kindergarten

Students artwork on concept of overlapping shapes Display of Students Art Work

Students artwork on Name Designing Students artwork on Patterns in Nature.

Students involved in an artwork using clay K2 Students engaged in paper tearing, rolling and sticking work.


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Music Activities

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Students learning harmonica, keyboard and basics of violin. Students playing percussion instruments.

Students learning violin and basic piano. Students reading the notations.

Students singing western vocals. Students singing the school anthem.


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Music Activities

Grade 5

Grade Kindergarten

Keyboard lesson. Mixed group of students singing song from “The Sound of Music.”

Students splaying piano and reading clef notation. Students reading notations and playing instruments together

Identifying Instruments Guitar and Mouthorgan experience Learning Rhymes

Grade 4


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