DRAMA PRESENTATION

DRAMA PRESENTATION
BY GRADE FIVE
Mrs. Gowri Murali

Students of Grade Five gave a drama presentation for their summative assessment on the 21st of October. This summative assessment was for their UOI – Who we are?, titled, “Decisions, Decisions”.

Grade Four along with various teachers and staff members were the audience for this presentation. Mrs. Ankita, Mrs. Priyanka and Mrs. Kavita were the judges for the same.

The drama was titled, “Decisions in the life of Armaan” (does this name ring a bell, oops a heart?)

The narrator was dressed in white and presented the cast. The cast seemed in a terrible hurry to start the play and gave a brief glimpse of themselves.

Lights! Camera! Action!

Then the play started.

The play was divided into different scenarios where the hero Armaan had to take decisions; in school while studying in grade five, grade ten where he has to choose his future course of studies and as an adult when he has to marry a girl of his choice.

The students brought out scenarios that they felt were important from their point of view. There were some goof ups which brought laughter from the audience and turned our actors a bundle of nerves.

A question and answer session followed where students were quizzed on various topics from their UOI. Some questions were answered well while some answered needed clarity.

This drama was scripted by the students themselves and as the judges put it, “For the first attempt, it was well done!” This brought a nervous smile on the cast and they breathed a sigh of relief!

Hats off to Grade Five for a brave attempt!!!!!

(Student cast included: Pahini, Sneh, Shail, Harshil, Khushman, Deval, Shivani & Sumeet).

Interview Session

Students of Grade Five, on 25th September, undertook an interview session of some of our school staff and teachers in connection to their current UOI – Who we are? The Line of Inquiry was, “Decision making process for Individuals”. The experience was enriching and enlightening to the students and me and I would like to share this with all. The students took initiative to prepare the questions, conduct the interview and also submitted a report entirely on their own. The interviews will give you an insight into the personality of our colleagues who participated wholeheartedly, and increasing your respect for them. Some of the interview reports are presented below.


Interview Of Chetan Shah by Pahini


Pahini: What do you think is a decision?
Chetan Sir: Decision is the power of man.

P: Why do you think taking a decision is important?
C: It is important to take a decision because you have to choose what is right or wrong.

P: Name some major decisions you took in life.
C: When I got married, I had to get separated from my parents.

P: What was your aim when you were a student?
C: I wanted to be good in accounts.

P: Was your aim the same when you grew up?
C: Yes.

P: Did you help someone in taking a decision?
C: Yes, a friend for his studies.

P: Did you take any decision in which you were hurt?
C: When I got married, I had to get separated from my parents and that decision hurt me.


VARDAN SIR WAS INTERVIEWD BY SUMEET AND THIS REPORT IS PREPARED BY HARSHIL





SUMEET: WHAT IS YOUR GOAL IN LIFE?
VARDAN SIR: MY GOAL IS TO RUN A SCHOOL .

S: WHAT WERE YOUR IMPORTANT DECISION TAKEN TILL NOW?
V: THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION TAKEN TILL NOW IS TO START A SCHOOL.

S: TODAY, YOU THINK YOUR DECISION WAS RIGHT?
V: YES, I THINK IT WAS RIGHT.

S: DID PEOPLE AGREE WITH YOUR DECISION?
V: NO, MY FATHER DID NOT AGREE WITH MY DECISION. HE WANTED ME TO DO A JOB.

S: HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG?
V: IF I TAKE A RIGHT DECISION THERE ARE MANY ADVANTAGES AND IF I TAKE A WRONG DECISION THERE ARE ONLY FEW ADVANTAGES.

S: DO YOU OFTEN GET CONFUSED WHILE MAKING A DECISION ?
V: YES.

S: WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU MADE A WRONG DECISION?
V: THERE IS A CHANCE TO MAKE A WRONG DECISION TO A CORRECT DECISION.

Interview of Zahabiyah Shaikhmahmood by Sneh Chauhan




Sneh: What do you mean by decision?Zahabiyah:The important choice taken in our life is called decision.
S: Why do you think taking a decision is important?
Z: Decision makes the person proper and it is very useful for our life.
S: What important decision you have taken in your life?
Z: The most important decision I have taken was to go to Bombay for my higher education.
S: What was your first aim in your life?
Z: My aim was to become a pilot.
S: When have you taken this aim in your life?
Z: When I was in 10th grade.
S: Which decision was sad for you?
Z: The decision not to become a pilot was sad for me.


Interview of Umaben by Khushman


On 25th of September I took the interview of Umaben on the topic of decision-making process.
She told that on her point of view decision means making the right choice.
She also told that one of her poor decision was that she had left D.P.S.(Delhi Public School) and come to Fountainhead School without informing the old school.
Her wish was to become a teacher but she couldn’t because her family was poor and could not afford to give her education.

Nature at its very best..!

Nature at its very best..!

Words fall short to describe the experience- trekking through wet decidous forest of Dangs, stretching our physical limits, breathing fresh mountain air, exploring forests, sighting snakes, counting the stars and so on.
I am talking about the trek to Gira Falls, Dangs on the 10th and 11th of October, 2008. Fountainhead School and Fountainhead Preschool staff had a weekend nature camp as a part of their training program.This program was organized by Team Prayas (www.prayas-india.org)
It was both a learning experience as well as fun and adventurous. We started off at 5:30 pm from Surat. On the way we stopped for dinner and finally around 10:00 we reached Kalibhel. Even in the bus, we were assigned one activity by Prayas where in we had four groups and had to find some information on different Flora& Fauna. Later that night, presentations were given by these four groups. Although tired from the journey, the teams unleashed their creativity and came up with lively presentations with poetry and music etc.
Next day we started off early by 6:00 am with morning walk & exercise. It felt great to see the spectacular view and breathe in the fresh morning air.

Our trek started at around 9:00 am. On our way to Gira falls we stopped at various points to explore nature with all our senses. We learnt a lot about Alage, Fungi, mushroom, orchid & diferent other trees like bamboo , Beheda…………. etc. Do you know which is the smallest seed and the biggest seed? Orchid seed which is not even visible with our naked eye is the smallest seed and that of Coconut is the biggest one. We also learnt about and saw lichens ( symbiosis between Algae and Fungi.)
Finally after a long drive,we reached Gira village from where on we had to start our trekking. After walking down 3 km we could finally see the glimpse of breathtaking falls from where in we had to start our adventurous trek down the steep mountains to the spectacular falls. All the staff had great fun under the cool water of Gira falls. The descent was easier than the ascent but more treacherous. It took lots of effort to drag ourselves out of water under the scorching sun.

The toughest part for all of us was to reach the top back from were we started.
After reaching the top we had a great feast of Khichdi, Kadhi & Nimbu Pani. After lunch at around 3:00 pm and resting for a while we played a game of “Web of life” where in we learnt all the living beings, be it a small shrub or a insect or animal or human being, are all woven together in a big web. We as a human being always try to disturb this web with our wrong habits like that of using plastics, wasting water and disturbing the mother nature and Father sun.
Finally at round 5:30 pm we finally pulled our legs to get back to Gira village from where we started. As a small effort from our team ,we collected the plastic garbage lying on the lap of mother nature.


We started back our journey to home with a memorable experience.. The exposure to fresh air and an unhurried pace of life can do wonders for the mental and physical health for all of us.
In short, the trekking was refreshing and everybody is all charged to accept more challenges with a vow to take care and preserve our beautiful nature. We sincerely thanks Prayas Team Environment for taking us to a memorable journey of our life.

Falguni

“Exhibition on Human rights”.

“Exhibition on Human rights”. How does it sound to you? Boring or Exciting? Many of us will obviously say ,“ What can one present in an exhibition on human rights ? Probably only articles which are so boring .”

It’s the usual reaction of the people, but grade four students proved such words wrong, with their presentation on human rights which deserved praises like “ Excellent presentation , Good work, Keep it up , Great job, Hard work, Very well done ,Impressive work. etc .” These were the words of parents and teachers when they visited the exhibition .

The exhibition held on Wednesday 1/10/08 ,was a part of the unit of inquiry “HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES .” In the exhibition the students displayed their learning and hard work done throughout the UOI .

The exhibition was divided into four sections:-
· Human rights

· Our responsibilities

· Significant people

· Human rights abuse

The exhibition followed the sequence – Human right abuse, Significant people, Our responsibility & Human rights. In each of the section students displayed their work done in the class during the UOI ( Posters , banners ,articles ,models ).The best part of the exhibition was the role play of different characters by the students which really entertained the audience & impressed them with their dialogue delivery & knowledge of the concept. Students were constantly repeating their acting & dialogues without getting tired .This showed their dedication & spirit to prove themselves.

HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE
In this section charts showing the human rights abuse & the banners to stop this abuse were displayed. The following students enacted to show the concept.

Naomi Gajjar became a child labor, with her expressions she impressed everyone.

Anay Sanghvi was all tied in chains & ropes as he enacted like a slave who was captured
by his master who behaved very harshly with him.

Jigyasha Gothi enacted like a black person & said about the evils of Racism.

The audience was stumped when Vivek Bachhawat shouted “ I ‘m a Jihadi , my adults gave me AK 47 to practice with, & now I’ m perfect at shooting .I will snatch away Kashmir from India & kill all the Indians.

Naomi ,Jigyasha ,Anay & Vivek handled the Human rights abuse section in an effective manner.

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE
In this section the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi ,Nelson Mandela & Martin Luther King Jr. was shown .Articles and sketches of these people were displayed and the students added to the presentation by their acting.

Snehil Raizada was dressed up like Martin Luther King Jr. and said about his contribution for Human Rights and his assassination. He was capable enough to impress the audience by his performance.

Manan Shah came dressed up like Nelson Mandela and gave the speech given by Nelson Mandela on discrimination with black people.
He with his white hair could really give the effect of real Nelson Mandela.

Shaurya Mashruwala was dressed up like Mahatma Gandhi and said “ I fought for the right to freedom ,I followed the path of non violence but today everywhere there is only violence , violence & violence.”

Kids of Nursery considered him as real Gandhiji & bent to touch his feet. His dialogue delivery was excellent and gained everyone’s attention .

OUR RESPONSIBILITIES
In this section the posters showing the responsibility in claiming and maintaining our’s and others rights were displayed. These posters were an excellent medium to show their responsibility for their own rights and the rights of others. The hidden talent of the students could also come up through this.


HUMAN RIGHTS
This was the main section on which the exhibition was based. This section displayed almost every human right through posters, articles and role plays. The beauty of the section was added by;

Asiya Razvi who enacted like a Muslim girl offering Namaz. She supported the right to religion and said “ I have the right to follow any religion ,all religions are one .”

Yaashi Zaveri smilingly ate an apple and said I have the right to food.

Khushi Shah was reading a book and said “Mujhe padne ka adhikar hai to main
padoongi “.She said such words because she enacted like a village girl ,displaying right to education.

Jayani Mehta supported the right to vote by casting a vote in the ballot box.

Hey!!!!!! Exhibition was not over yet .The important point regarding the protection of rights was still left, so to complete it Parantap Sinha “THE POLICEMAN “ & Nikunj Pansari “ THE LAWYER “ came and said I ‘m a policeman I protect rights & I ‘m a lawyer ,I fight for rights “ respectively.


All the parents & teachers enjoyed the exhibition .Now let me tell you a secret this exhibition was not free. Although students didn’t ask for money but they caught their teachers and parents this time who are always after them for studies .

Guess what did they do ???????

They asked parents and teachers to fill a questionnaire on the basis of their observation in the exhibition..And do you know what happened ?

Most of the audience were wrong in their answers. Anyway,never mind ,there’s always a next time .

The exhibition went over very well. Grade four really proved themselves by their hard work and dedication. All the parents and teachers appreciated students work and performances and said that they really look forward to many more of such events.


By:
Priyanka Tiwari
Class teacher-Grade Four.

FESTIVE SALE - Grade V

FESTIVE SALE

“Come one, Come all”, the banner said! And How they came! How they saw! and How they bought!

Sounds familiar. Well I have taken the liberty of comparing the Indian spirit to the erstwhile Roman Empire. How else can you explain the sudden interest of the world in India. There is a whole new market in this country.

Grade five did exactly what the world is doing- capitalizing on the Indian buying power. But the Indian buyers are very choosy. They want designer pieces and at affordable prices ! The items were ethnic and chic and sold like hot cakes.

Speaking of cakes reminds me of our food stall. However global the Indian gets, desi khana scores above all other things. Our desi food stall proved this right with brisk sale of our evergreen hits, “Nimbu Pani” and “Bhel”. The sale closed within an hour of opening and the frenzied activities drained the students of their energy. But the wide smiles on their happy faces – it was worth the effort !!!!!!!

The sale was part of a learning activity in Math. The students learnt about estimation of items to be prepared, cost of materials, pricing of materials and concept of profit.

The basic concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division were part of the exercise. Apart from these concepts students understood the marketing elements of grouping – making sets, pricing strategies, displays – wonderfully demonstrated by Ms. Priyanka Agashe and packaging – supported by Mrs. Zahabiyah who provided paper bags.

Another learning experience arising out of this activity was group collaboration and co-operation.

Some behind the scenes pictures

Some comments by visitors

Ms. Mariam & Mrs. Priyanka said that the hard work put in by the students really paid off very well. Mrs. Hasina, Mrs. Kavita & Mrs. Vishaka appreciated the talent of the students and Mrs. Daksha and many of the students enjoyed buying things and eating and drinking !

It is said that, “No market can exist without a customer” and that’s why I would like to say that this Festive Sale wouldn’t have been a success without the patronage of you all. A big Thank You to all !!!

Mrs. Gowri Murali Grade 5 Class Teacher - 24th Sept, 2008