Cambridge Chronicle-PRIMARY 3 4- JUNE 2021

JUNE 2021 www.cambridgepublicschool.com 2019 Cambridge Chronicle 2019 Monthly From The Desk of Principal Cambridge Public School HSR Extension, Bengaluru - 102

2 Cambridge Chronicle Cambridge Public School JUNE 2021 PARENT ORIENTATION PROGRAM Cambridge Public School organized an extensive Virtual Parent Orientation Program for all the parents of Grade 3 & 4 students on 15th of May 2021. The main objective of this program was to lay the foundation for the new parents, to familiarize them with the curriculum, teaching methodologies, evaluation system, co-scholastic activities, and various other programs of the school. The Principal, Ms. Judith Singh, apprised the parents about the vision, mission, and core values of CPS. She emphasized the importance of effective communication between parents and teachers and active collaboration between the school and parents. She also expressed hope that the journey of the students and parents with CPS will be a happy and a fruitful one. The Coordinator, Ms. Khudeja Sheeba, gave an overview of the Curriculum and the Assessment pattern followed by the school. The parents were briefed about the major milestones achieved by the school in the Academic Year 2020–21. Important information regarding the commencement of the new session, availability of books, uniform, transport, and other facilities, mode of fee payment, mode of communication with the school, and other relevant details were provided to the parents. The co-scholastic activities were also touched upon. The orientation program was successful as we made the parents aware of the readiness of the school to welcome the students in the New Academic Session. TEACHER ORIENTATION PROGRAM Teachers of CPS are exposed to several orientation programs at regular intervals as a part of Professional Development Program. These programs provide great insights into functioning of a teacher with respect to interaction, communication and management of their pupils. The programs are an ongoing process with domain specific programs as well as subjects which are generic and can be incorporated and implemented by teachers across various specializations. We had the wonderful opportunity of attending three such programs, INDUCTION: The new academic year began with an intensive and thought-provoking session for the teaching staff by our Principal, Ms. Judith Singh. The basic focus of the session was changing mindsets. And to begin, the mindset of teachers should change to make them relevant for the twenty first century learning & teaching. She emphasized that the foundation of every teaching should be to introduce critical thinking in children. Knowledge can be limited but imagination and ideas are not. She also said that the teachers should teach their students to be perceptive and discerning. They should teach their students to understand the value of character more than position or rank. The teaching of values and character is the very basis of education at CPS. Thus the emphasis should be towards the teaching of values rather than just imparting knowledge. MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE: A child’s mind receives information in different ways according to different backgrounds and experiences. From here comes the importance of studying the different kinds of intelligences through which an individual receives, decodes, understands, applies and analyzes information. In order to be successful in teaching, teachers have to improve their abilities to address all students’ thinking as different as they may be. This theory of MI and its applicability in our classrooms was very well explained in a training session conducted by Ms. Rajani Pattabhiraman and Ms. Shanti Rao. POCSO: The staff and teachers of Cambridge also attended a wonderful workshop on POCSO, which helped us to understand our role and responsibilities in identification and prevention of the very serious and extremely important topic of Child Abuse.

3 Cambridge Chronicle Cambridge Public School JUNE 2021 -School days are the best days in everyone’s life- A school provides a structured education to the child and promotes his mental and psychological growth. Apart from learning academics, a child also learns other important skills as team work when they involve in various games and activities. Charity begins at home. A child learns good manners and the virtues of sharing and caring from his family members. When the child starts schooling, he extends that to his classmates and teachers. He becomes more responsible and self-dependent. The school prepares the child to develop good habits as well as right and rational thinking. It makes the child duty- bound and obedient. We learn to respect everyone and how to converse with others in a respectful manner. Everyone’s school days have the memories they can cherish and treasure for life. School days are the most joyful and fun filled with many mysteries to solve and many fights to resolve. I would like to share with you that during my school days we all use to go to school with the intention of having unconditional fun. We use to love our games and PT periods the most. Over fifteen years of my teaching experience, I have noticed that nowadays, a few students prefer to stay in the classroom rather than going to the playground. They are more interested in playing video games or games in the mobile phones. Remember children, this will help you to exercise only your hands. Everyone must get involved in Sports and play games with their friends every day. This is very important for your physical development. We should have a healthy body to have a healthy mind to grow and achieve our goals in life. I would like to share a few things with you which will help you during this virtual schooling days. Be responsible for your own work. Be systematic and complete your work on time. Follow your parents and teachers' instructions. Have a methodical strategy for studying. Revise your lessons well and prepare for your exams. Learn to relax and rejuvenate yourselves. By – Ms. Priya Biju Primary - English Teacher My experiences about virtual classes STUDENT I enjoy attending my virtual classes; it is very interesting and CORNER informative. Once the teacher arrives, we turn on the cameras and get a chance to see our teachers and friends. This academic year is very exciting, as we have a lot of fun activities along with learning core subjects. Our teachers are all very kind and patient with us. The way our teachers teach us is very nice and educative, if we have any doubts; our teacher clarifies it clearly, so that we understand the concept well. I love this year’s virtual classes. I thank my teachers’ effort to make us learn and understand. I am happy to see my friends and teachers on the camera. We friends talk and share a lot of information before the class starts. My special thanks to the school and the technical team for arranging the virtual classes so well. Thanks, Kavyasahana B Grade IV A

4 Cambridge Chronicle Cambridge Public School JUNE 2021 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY – June 5th 2021 Theme: REIMAGINE. RECREATE. RESTORE “Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.” ~ Alfred Billings Street WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY is a yearly celebration held on JUNE 5th to acknowledge the importance of the environment and to encourage positive action to protect it. The activities planned, play an important role in creating environmental awareness amongst the future generation. These activities conducted in schools are how students can be empowered to participate and take up meaningful environmental activities and projects. Preparation of Eco-friendly products out of waste material forms an important part of this day as it enables us to make the useless things more useful. Activities conducted: 1. Handmade Bird Feeder using carton box: Students were told to make a bird feeder from used carton box. They used their creativity in designing the feeder. From this activity students learnt to reuse old items and create useful things. 2. Making of compost using household bio waste: Students were told to make compost using kitchen waste like vegetable and fruit peel, paper scraps and soil. This activity enhances students to make organic manure and utilize in growing plants. 3. Handmade piggy bank or a pencil organiser using plastic bottles. Students were asked to make piggy bank and a pencil organiser from used plastic bottles. Students used decorative items to make their piggy banks and pencil stand more colourful and attractive. This activity enables them to understand the concept of reusing and upcycling the waste plastic material into a useful things. This is our moment. We cannot turn back time. But we can grow trees, green our cities, rewild our gardens, change our diets and clean up rivers and coasts. We are the generation that can make peace with nature.

5 Chronicle Cambridge Public School JUNE 2021 HEALTH AND SAFETY WEEK (14th June 2021 to 18th June 2021) Health and safety awareness program is an annual event at CPS, which aims to create awareness and reinforce healthy and safe practices amongst our student community. This year the major emphasis of the program was to educate students and parents about several healthy practices which can be incorporated within the safe confines of our homes. The importance of safety of our students in the digital world was also emphasized. The well-structured program had a combination of activities ranging from simple exercises to good and healthy eating habits. Experts and doctors addressed our students regarding good physical and dental hygiene as a part of intraschool educational activity. Our senior school students presented videos on very relevant topics like ‘Stranger Danger’, ‘Healthy Lifestyle’ and ‘Cyber Safety’ to the students of primary section. The process included a cluster of easy and enjoyable events, which very effectively reinforce the idea of health and safety, both on campus as well as on digital platform. * The importance of protecting ourselves from strangers was explained to the students with the help of video and discussion. *The importance of eating healthy and being healthy was instilled to the students through the salad making activity. FITNESS The importance of Yoga, breathing exercises and Body Scan Meditation were explained to the students through a video and they were asked to practice them in the class.

6 Chronicle Cambridge Public School JUNE 2021 KEEPING CLEAN The importance of keeping clean was instilled by displaying a few items on the PPT slides and students were told to pick any one of them and speak a few sentences on it. A Dental Hygiene Video recorded by our school student’s mother who is also a well-known dentist was shown to the students. The importance of dental care was explained in a detailed manner, and this was very beneficial to all our students. Grade: 3 Event: Father’s Day Honoring fatherhood and parental bonds. Children did an online activity with their father on 18 June,2021. Activity: Painting with Dad - Fathers along with their wards came online and painted a picture. Grade: 4 Event: Father’s Day Honoring fatherhood and parental bonds. Children did an online activity with their father on 18 June 2021. Activity: Making a greeting card -Fathers along with their wards came online and created a greeting card together

7 Cambridge Chronicle Cambridge Public School JUNE 2021 Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self. “The Bhagavad Gita” Yoga brings physical and mental disciplines to achieve a peaceful body and mind; it helps manage stress and anxiety and keeps you relaxed. It also helps in increasing flexibility, muscle strength and body tone. Yoga asanas build tenacity and confidence. Introducing yoga to children helps establish healthy habits at an early age. It can enhance their strength, coordination, and flexibility, while encouraging body awareness and self-esteem. It can reduce children's anxiety and stress and promote a sense of calmness. Cambridge Public School celebrated the International Yoga Day on 21 June 2021 for classes 3 and 4 Online, with much fervour and enthusiasm. The online celebration depicted the innumerable benefits of Yoga. Subject-wise Activities Topic- Making a family tree - Stick a picture of your family members, write their names below to make a family tree. Learner Outcome - Students gathered information about their extended family members and shared it with other students. Grade III – Social Studies – Our Family

8 Cambridge Chronicle Cambridge Public School JUNE 2021 Grade IV – Activities Subject: English Activity title: Preposition Activity title: Nouns Topic: Preposition Topic: Nouns Description: Students were asked to make sentences Description: Students were asked to list common nouns and using words ON, IN, AT and draw a picture depicting the give proper nouns for them. sentence. Learner outcome: Students will be able to identify common and proper nouns in sentences. Activity title: Hill station Topic: Visitors at Duliatal Activity title: Dice Description: During the activity children drew a picture Topic: Numbers of hill station and wrote five sentences on it. Learner outcome: This activity helped students to Learner outcome: connect with nature and feel the beauty of a hill station. This activity helped students to learn the concept of place value. Topic- Making a coin impression Description: Students were asked to use the different coins to make the impression on a sheet by scribbling with the pencil Learner outcome - This activity enhanced students to understand the metals used, Value of the coin , the year and about the trade. Activity 2 - Making a seal using Clay/dough. Exp: Seals were used in earliest civilizations and has great importance in history. Students made their own seals using clay and engraved it with different impressions.

9 Cambridge Chronicle Cambridge Public School JUNE 2021 Activity title: Nature drawing (Art and Craft) Learning outcome: This activity enhanced students’ imagination and feel the beauty of nature. Activity title: Hand Palm art Learning outcome: This activity helped students to be more creative and think beyond the reality and create their own imagination. Activity title: Name art Learning outcome: Students enjoyed this activity. Activity title: ಚಿತ್ರ ಕಥೆ Topic: ಗದ್ಯ - 6 ದೊಡ್ಡ ವರು ಯಾರು ? Description: ವಿದ್ಯಯ ರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಯಾವುದ್ಯದ್ರು ಒಂದು ಚಿತ್ರ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಸಂಗರ ಹಿಸಿ ಓದಿ ಕಲಿತು ತ್ರಗತಿಯಲಿಿ ಹೇಳುವರು. Learner outcome: ವಿದ್ಯಯ ರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಚಿತ್ರ ಸರಣಿಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಚಿತ್ರ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಥಿಸಿಕೊಳುು ವ ಸಾಮರ್ಥಯ ಿವನ್ನು Pruthvi Raj Grade IV C ಹೆಚಿಿ ಸಿಕೊಳುು ವರು. Mayuka Grade IV C Activity title: सामूहिक गान Topic : देश बड़ा िो जाएगा (कहिता) Description :कहिता का समूि गान Learner outcome: कहिता के सामूहिक गान से छात्ोंो में पठन कौशल और भाषा कौशल का हिकास िोगा | Upcoming Events & Activities - July 2021: 1. Doctor’s Day 2. Math Week 3. D.E.A.R Programme Team Grades III - IV