Primary Department

( Class III, IV and V)

Keeping in view the school’s value based,  activity oriented philosophy we keep on organizing activities which develop learners’ logical thinking , scientific attitude and equip them with basic language skills. Learners imbibe value of discipline, sense of caring and sharing, their view gets widened and learn to take initiative which help in harmonious development of their personality.

Activity based teaching in Primary classes

English
Language class gives us an opportunity to work with children in a highly flexible, creative and enjoyable medium. That way we create conditions in which children can develop essential language skills and use those skills to sharpen their abilities to learn and respond.

• To develop their language skills learners are involved in many activities such as role-play, poem recitation, story telling and dramatization, declamation.
  
  
• They get opportunities to learn to respond in functions like greeting, thanking, making requests, apologies, asking for information and permission.
  
  
• Keeping in mind the benefits of reading and to inculcate this wonderful skill learners are advised to read the titles suggested by the teacher. Then they are asked to prepare themselves to make presentation on the “Character they liked the most” or any interesting incident in the story.

Science

Our science teaching aims to encourage natural tendencies to develop understanding based on observation. Interactive approach is adopted to arouse interest in students and enhance their level of curiosity. Keeping this in mind a large no. of activities have been included which can be easily performed by the children.

Projects and Surveys – Eg. Project on cleanliness, pollution. To enhance scientific skills of observation and drawing inferences and for the development of scientific attitude simple science experiments are done by children in labs/class.

To create awareness and raise understanding of environmental issues role plays on various topics such as global warming, water conservation are performed by children. To develop psyco motor skills, model making competitions are done. Besides outdoor activities such as visit to herbal garden for better understanding of plants around them also include compost pit visit. Various competitions such as -1 min science talk, favourite science news, reporting, young scientist are regularly held to motivate children and build their confidence.

Mathematics

The main emphasis behind teaching –learning methodology of mathematics in primary department is the development of thinking and reasoning skills in students. Keeping this in mind, different activities and competitions are conducted to explore, analyze reason and find possible generalizations.

Activities like rangometry and compass patterns, tessellations, abacus, 3-D model making, finding area and perimeter using graph paper, reflection and rotational symmetry activities, measurement activities using calibrated containers, shopping game etc. are taken up where students apply their understanding of various concepts.

Various competitions like fancy dress, 3-D model making, oral calculation, notebook decoration and maths quiz are also organized to bring out the creative and competitive spirit among students.

Fun with factors

Students of class IV performed a group activity related to factors on 30th October .Each member of the group participated in discussion and presentation of the work on A3 sheet, where they had to apply their understanding of factors to make different possible rectangles for the given numbers.

Rotational Symmetry

Class V students engaged themselves in a challenging group activity related to rotational symmetry on 30^th October. In this activity, each group was given a particular shape of given measurement. Using different colours of same shape, the group had to create a design/ pattern which is rotationally symmetric at any one or multiple turns. Students came out with beautiful patterns which also reflected their understanding of symmetry.

Social Studies

The aim of teaching social studies is to make the child feel important about their family, community, culture, their way of life and finally their country. This is promoted through the involvement of parents and community in the school group learning and peer learning for social interactions. Projects, presentations, tours and excursions, social interactions, quizzes, debates etc. build up confidence and provides first hand knowledge and recreation too. It also develops reasoning and thinking skills too.

Class III
1. Bulletin Board Competition was held where children depicted a "Metro City" through pictures and information.
III-A Chennai          III-B Mumbai          III-C Kolkata

Winner: Class III-B

Class IV

A group activity was taken up in class IV about different multipurpose projects like Bhakra Nangal Dam, Damodaor Valley Project etc. Each group collected information and made a collage about one such project and gave a presentation in the class.

1. Bulletin Board Competition was held .The topics were :

a) Gautam Buddha          b) Guru Nanak          c) Akbar the great

Winner: Class IV-B

2. Group Activity has been taken up on 20.10.2014 in which children had made posters on “Right to Education” spreading awareness regarding education. They came up with their unique ideas and presented few lines on importance of education which is essential for developing human resource

Class V

1. Interview the junk dealer- The students interviewed the junk dealer and gave a presentation in the class. The purpose of this activity was to find out how non- biodegradable and biodegradable wastes are reprocessed and recycled. This was the part of the chapter about conservation of environment.

2. Bulletin Board Competition: - Topic Pollution                      

Winner: Class V-C