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Milestones of Junior Wing @ Silver Oaks Hyderabad Vol:2

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HAPPY MONTH ART CLASS – ZEN TANGLES We had a lot of fun on this online learning journey. This year, it was nice and enthusiastic. But I loved Happy Month the most. We had so much fun in the happy month. We had art, music, dance, etc. Let me speak about art. We had a lot of fun in art. We made greeting cards and we learnt about Zen tangles. Zen tangles is another form of art. This month we learnt how to do Zen tangles. Here is a student’s work on Zen tangles. Zen tangles is practice for focus and relaxation. People use it as a relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. We call these tangles. We create tangles of simple lines, dots, and curves. People practice Zen tangles for stress and anxiety relief, for improving eye-hand coordination, nurturing, and developing creativity, etc. Art has many benefits and Art is fun. Art has many benefits too. SAI SASHREEK CANADA, GRADE V

Guest lectures for PYP exhibition We had a lot of opportunities this year even in this lockdown. One of them is our PYP exhibition. The theme we were given for the PYP exhibition was how we express ourselves which literally means about how we can express ourselves indirectly through artforms.so, we needed to depict our research through artforms. All the art specialists have given us guidance with this. It all started with the PYP ORIENTATION by Shoba Mam. Art: Lavanya mam the art specialist for drawing gave us guidance by giving us tips of how our drawing must look and she also showed us different types of drawings as examples and gave examples using different issues. Craft: Geetha mam the art specialist for craft helped us with making our backgrounds and puppets. She showed us different types of puppets we can make like hand puppets, stick puppets, string puppets and finger puppets. She also showed us how to make them and she also showed what it is. Story Telling: Divya mam the art specialist for storytelling also the librarian told us a small story about covid-19 and gave us an example of how to modulate our voice and how to make our story more interesting and attractive. Music: Stanley sir the art specialist for music helped us make our lyrics. He helped us to understand all the parts of a song and how to make sure that the lyrics are relevant to our topic. A great Thanks to all the teachers. AKSHAYA GREECE, GRADE VI

HAPPY MONTH - DANCE CLASS Dancing is the joy of movement and the heart of life. As we do this year turned upside - down. But we still managed ourselves with new entertainment and activities. Firstly, I would like to thank my teachers for making this year awesome. We made funny names to months like - July Project, August Rising, October Mantras and November is called Happy month. In this Happy month we did many activities like dancing, drawing, crafts and many more. Let us know about dance in the happy month. We had many dance activities during the happy month (November). Every day in the breakout session we had one activity. But one day when we heard that the activity was dance the girls were excited. But whereas the boys were feeling sad as they did not like dancing. But the boys also had a good opportunity to present the music. Soon all the boys lined up raising their hands to present. But even some boys liked to dance so they got an extra opportunity to present and dance. Finally, I would like to say that dancing is fun. We loved it and dancing is a good exercise. GEETANSH KARTIKEYA ARGENTINA, GRADE V HUMAN CALCULATOR COMPETITION We did human calculator; yes, human calculator is a competition judging our speed and accuracy we had winners every week. Human calculator’s questions are the questions that are from our topic. For ex: 12.345 + 14.567= addition, decimals. Our ma’am made a pdf showcasing the winners name and their scores just like this picture and we get to do it live and we get our scores right after everyone completes. ROHAN CHANDRA COLOMBIA, GRADE V

HAPPY MONTH - GAMES A game is a structured form of play. Usually, games are for entertainment and fun but sometimes an educational tool. There are 4 main components of a game - goals, rules, challenge, and interaction. In few of the breakout sessions we played games like queen of Sheba, tombola, etc. In the queen of Sheba, one person chooses a topic and others to ask questions about the topic to figure out the term the former is thinking about in the form of yes or no questions. The person who identifies the word will be the next queen of Sheba. There is also another game where the teacher asks the students to find a few objects, whoever finds the object first is the winner. The games conducted were very fun and refreshed our minds. KRISTAM ARYAN BRAZIL, GRADE V SANSKRIT LANGUAGE Sanskrit is the mother of all Indian languages. Ancient Indian Literature Is Written In Sanskrit. Famous Epic like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavatam, The 4 Vedas and many more literatures are written in Sanskrit. The ancient Indian literature is in Sanskrit. Famous epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavatam,the 4 Vedas are written in Sanskrit Sanskrit we did many activities to learn new words. Example When we started learning numbers in Sanskrit We did an activity where we had to make lemonade and sing numbers song as instructions to make a lemonade. Another example is We did Kahoot activities to Remember The Matras and Varnamala of Sanskrit. It was fun, interesting and we learnt something. While Learning Sanskrit I Learned Many Skills To Develop Like How to pronounce Words or how to recognize which Letter it is While Speaking.. I would Finally Like to say that Sanskrit Is Very Interesting Because We can learn or understand many Ancient Script LALITHA MEXICO, GRADE V

COMMUNICATION IS POWER – SPEAKER@SO Those who have mastered it’s effective use, can change their own experience of the world and the world’s experience of them. Speaker@SO helps the acorns of Silver Oaks to master out communication skills. Let me walk you through Speaker@SO and its advantages. A general or subject related topic will be given to speak in 2 to 3 minutes every week. We will be given some pointers to build our speech. Each student will participate effectively to gain confidence and to come out of stage fear. We will be judged based on the criteria - topic relevance, pronunciation, voice modulation, audibility, body language and confidence. Speaker@SO not only improves our speaking skills, but it also improves our presentation skills, thinking skills and listening skills. We usually present our speech in our classroom one after the other. So, while our peers give their speech, we listen carefully, we respect and get to know multiple perspectives. We prepare our speech with the help of the pointers given and present our speech with proper introduction, main content, and a conclusion. Speaker@SO builds good communication skills which includes (listening, friendliness, open mindedness, confidence, and gestures) at a very young age. We also gain the ability to appreciate other’s thoughts with open mindedness. In the month of November 2020 (Happy Month) the topic for Speaker@SO was “Our favorite animal or plant”, in which each of us has chosen a different animal and plant and spoken about its specialty, origin and few facts about it. From this we gained more knowledge apart from our academics. I strongly believe that “Good communication will help in getting - better response, more productivity, strong decision making, quick in problem solving, consistency in the workflow and better control”. Saanvi Costa Rica, Grade V

HINDI IS THE REPRESENTATION OF INDIA Hindi language is just like the backbone of India, it is said to be the 2nd most spoken language, we the acorns of silver oaks learn many languages like Spanish, French, Telugu, Sanskrit, and last but not least Hindi. We acorns learn Hindi, firstly to enhance our speaking skills and secondly to show gratitude and respect towards our nation. To make learning more interesting our Hindi teachers, make us do some activities to learn faster and understand the concept. One of the activities was Hindi word hunt, where you were given a few hard words and you had to find them in the grid. Through these activities we also enhanced our skills, and we were not only given activities for learning but also were given activities to enjoy ‘Happy Month’. During such a wonderful time in happy month, we all dance, sing, dress up like some characters….are Hindi teachers also did some contribution in making happy month even more exhilarating. In every breakout session we used to wait for the Hindi activities, the activities were mostly puzzles and riddles. Though all the puzzles and riddles were in Hindi we still enjoyed solving them. We had to do a lot of brainstorming to solve those riddles and puzzles. We too played name, place, animal, and thing, and that was our favorite activity. We spent quality time with our Hindi teachers, and we thank them for keeping up our enthusiasm and making every breakout session great. We all love learning Hindi. Aradhya Cuba, Grade V FRENCH LANGUAGE I learn the French interactively along with my friends and teacher, French is interesting because there is much to explore in it and it is a new learning. This new learning will benefit us in the future in many ways. I feel the French language is wonderful, but a little hard to remember the grammar but all the hard work is worth it in the end. I want to express that .........French is one of the 6500 languages in the world. It has its own beauty of the language, and I appreciate it very much because I am learning French, I am daily exploring new grammar, words, sentences, and it makes me feel like an inquirer! Ram Aryan Austria, Grade VI

“Learn Telugu Love Telugu” Telugu has its own script and is among the ancient native languages of India with history of more than 1500 years old. Telugu is considered as “Italian of the east” as each Telugu word ends with vowels, making it a beautiful poetic language. Learning a language requires a great deal of effort. Activities help students to have a better learning environment in the class. Activities would also help students to sustain the effort they have put in learning the language. They provide practice to the language in various skills - Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading . They would also improve the creative and thinking skills of students. In this academic year we had many activities to make our learning, Telugu, more interesting. Here are some such activities : Picture Stories: We were asked to interpret a story based on a picture sequence. Creative writing helps students in the development and presentation of thoughts in a structured way. It can develop students’ confidence in writing and improve students’ vocabulary, thoughts and ideas. Drama and Role-play: We did a skit virtually based on the story book “పిల్వల ాడు డప్పు “ and showcased our acting talent. Drama provides an useful and enjoyable medium to discover language. Acorns could express themselves in a variety of ways and each one of us enjoyed doing this activity. Draw a Story: We were asked to create a Picture Story based on the lesson “నాన్న బళ్ళో చేరడం “from the model book. Drawing a story helps students to practice storytelling and gain confidence in the depth and quality of their ideas. Neethi Padyalu ( నీతి పద్యా లు ) : We have recited some beautiful moral poems along with its meaning in Telugu. Moral Stories:

We learnt morals from our lessons like “చేతనైన్ విద్ా “and “అవును నిజం “. Moral stories are the best way to teach students moral values and life lessons. It also inculcates good manners, social behavior, and respect for elders. Transdisciplinary Language (Telugu) : We made connections to different Transdisciplinary themes through Telugu language. We have explored aspects of civilizations and the components of music by integrating with Telugu Language. SOHAN PERU, GRADE V SPANISH ACTIVITY In the Month of Synergized September, we had Spanish sessions in Breakout sessions with our Spanish Expert Mr. Praveen Kumar Hamsa sir. We came to about sweet little tourist and family conversations, Bright colors, Different types of food cuisine and Spanish skits also speeches about ourselves in unique ways such as conversations and skits with friends and comprehending and understanding meaning of each word while the conversations and making sentences with food types. IPSITA CANADA, GRADE V GAMES IN HAPPY MONTH During the Month of November, which is a complete celebration of CHILDREN’S DAY, our teachers have played a crucial role and involved in giving us suggestions upon the games. They gave many exciting and fun games such as, ➔ QUEEN OF SHEBA → SIMON SAYS →CHALLENGES. Many more…. Our teachers were giving all of us different games to play online. All the games were fun, exciting, and engaging to all of us during the BOS {BREAK-OUT SESSIONS}. Thanks to all the innovation and contribution of our teachers as well as a few ideas given by the students, we enjoyed and made the celebration of the HAPPY MONTH NOVEMBER more fun and it took a place in our memory lane of 5th and 6th grades. SHRIYADITHA VENEZUELA, GRADE V

THEATRE IN EDUCATION In the Month of October we had theatre in education. We had fun while we were also learning and demonstrating our skills. We exhibited the skit on a novel called “THE MERRY ADVENTURES OF HARSHABARDHAN AND GOBARDHAN’. We all read the chapters we wanted to display, then we all communicated and wrote a skit. We gave everyone equal opportunities to participate and prepare the skit which is called open-minded people. We gave equal dialogues to everyone so that our skit will be beautiful. We also had fun by discussing and preparing the dialogues on our own. This activity also helped us to improve our confidence and leave our stage fear behind us. We saw many trailers and promos for an idea. Then we created our group promo. Then after preparing our dialogues, we were ready to create our video. We created the video, and we exhibited our project to our parents, teachers and friends. Our teachers were very helpful and were our guides. They were also a part of our project. They took every step with us. The month of October was very nice and wonderful. We all students enjoyed every minute of this activity. It took a precious place in our hearts. SAMYUKTA SWITZERLAND, GRADE VI

CHARACTER FIRST AND COMPETENCE NEXT – A TALK BY PRINCIPAL MS.SEETHA MURTY Principal's speech - take away - character first and competence next-: The first step into our schoolhouse is Character First and Competence Next and we implement it by using inside out approach. The Inside Out approach can be explained as, how we control our inner emotions, & thoughts, and how we are going to express it through actions in the out approach. To build character and competence, learner profile acts as a backbone. The learner profile has different attributes which are Inquirer, knowledgeable, open-minded, thinker, communicator, principled, caring, risk-takers, balanced, and reflective. For example, when I am being principled, I am naturally developing character and also competence. Competence can help us finish the finish line, but it always will not help us cross the line, again and again, that's the reason we should build both character first and competence next. RAM ARYAN AUSTRIA, GRADE VI READING FOR FLUENCY A book is a man’s best friend. Reading is very important for us as it expands our mind and helps us evaluate ideas and creativity. It also increases our vocabulary and comprehension skills. Our school helps us in reading by having “reading for fluency” practices in our classes. We get our novels, and our teacher conducts it. We improve in reading day by day with this engagement. It not only develops our reading skills but also our knowledge on a particular topic. Our teachers have a criterion -volume, clarity, fluency, expression, and posture which determines our reading ability. Not only English but we have reading in language, social and many more subjects. Our school has this culture called “culture to read” where it says, we learn to read and read to learn. It also boosts our fluency levels. We use books, newspapers, articles, or any reading material to extend our reading skills. Our school strongly believes that reading is the only treasure which accompanies its owner everywhere and it is right. Our aim is to achieve good fluency in our reading! RUTWIKA DENMARK, GRADE VI

PROCESS OF PYP EXHIBITION First, we had an orientation with our head wing Shobha mam and came to know about the PYP Exhibition. Then we had chosen the different global issues to inquire about and were divided into groups. We have then started inquiring into the global issues and have chosen 2 different art forms to present our global issue as the theme is How we Express Ourselves. After we choose the art forms, we have integrated different Languages and connected them to the Global issues and even The 17 sustainable development goals. We have framed our lines of Inquiries and inquired. These lines of inquiry contain all our research work on our issue. Then we have connected the 17 sustainable development goals to our global issue. We have acquired different skills and also gained the learner profile while we are inquiring. Then we made a slideshow on our learning throughout the PYP Journey and Finally explained it to our parents and teachers. NV ADITYA AND SUSHANTH CYPRUS, GRADE VI MATH MARATHON LEVELS 1 AND 2 Level-1 In level one of the math marathon, we answered the google form given to us by the teachers in the time duration of 40-45 mins. Once everyone submitted the form within 2-3 days, we got the results. From each class 5 students were selected to go to the next level. Level -2 We were given a particular date and time to join a link. Once we joined the link our teachers instructed about the essential agreements of Level - 2. We were supposed to finish the google form in 45 minutes. Once all of the participants have submitted the google form in the span of 1-2 days, we got our results. And the students who performed well got filtered to the next level. NISCHAYA AND LOCHANA SWEDEN, GRADE VI

MATH MARATHON LEVEL 3 Just last year we started this wonderful thing called math marathon. It is a series of 4 levels. Each level gets more and more trickier and less time is given. It helps us improve our logical thinking as the math marathon is not only about math but also about logical solving. There are different types of sums in which, some questions can help us in real life and some questions help us in math and to improve our brain. Most of the sums are logical sums. People who got selected in the 1st marathon and people good in human calculators get selected to the 2nd round and from the second round we get selected to the 3rd round. ARJUN BELGIUM, GRADE VI CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS Christmas is a special day. It is celebrated worldwide as a festival but mostly celebrated by Christians. Well other people wanted to join in too and there was nothing wrong with it. So there started a tradition of celebrating the 25th of December as Christmas day. If Christian or not, its a happy day for everyone as its a festival for everyone. So in our school we had prize changes, fun activities and many more before this pandemic arose. Now we are all in front of devices and seeing our friends and teachers virtually instead of physically which was a little bit less exciting. But we managed to scrape off good knowledge like this too through online classes. This academic year (2020-21) we needed to attend classes online on devices like laptops, phones, iPad etc. This action was taken due to the ongoing pandemic of covid-19. This Christmas we had a pleasantly vacation and many fun online activities. We have made badges for our friends. Well almost. We made them in happy month but it bought us a feeling that it was for Christmas. We had kahoots which made the day fun but also gave us knowledge. Well if we keep all of this aside we had a very fun and pleasantly Christmas. YASHASVI PORTUGAL, GRADE VI

LAUNCH OF PROJECT GRADUATION In this academic month of February, we can view and assess the knowledge and skills gained by us in this academic year in a more appealing manner. All these years our project graduation was supreme to a large extent and in abundant capacity. But in this very special year, we are going to create a website where we write about what all we have learned about. We can write about topics we found very interesting and write about them on this website we have created and add several images, videos, and other aesthetics at our convenience. Discovering about this project graduation has made us enthusiastic to explore more and start up on this project. This project graduation has made us creative. We all thank our dear principal, teachers, and staff to make this graduation project a unique one. ARYAN CHILE, GRADE V Coins for the country Germany Pavan

22. Interesting strategies France Saatvika used in your class for learning

MARCH Abhiram 23. Presentation of project Italy graduation

24. Mega Math Marathon Germany Amay