Joy of Sharing Week (2018-19)
The Joy of Sharing has a very special reason attached to it for us. It is our founder Mr.Shiv Nadar’s birthday. It also has social and a global connect associated with it, we aim at building the experience of sharing and giving, which helps build the spirit of brotherhood and gratitude amongst our children for everyone around. The Joy of Sharing Week began on July 9th, Monday, with the children attending a Sargam session. The teachers presented a role play to emphasize ‘Sharing’ as a value. Over time as educators, we have reflected on how important it is for us and our children to ‘share’.
In the spirit of sharing children from Kindergarten also visited Nursery Homerooms to share butterfly pen stands made by them while the nursery children made a fan for their friends! Apart from refining their fine motor skills it also aimed at developing their creative and aesthetic sense.
Grade 1:
Why would the Grade 1 children not be involved in the sharing session! So they came with their teachers to meet children from Kindergarten and read them their favourite stories! The students also explored the 3 R’s(reduce, recycle and reuse) through activities and discussions. The students also planted a seed and also planted tulsi saplings in a kulhad. These will be sold to the parents on July 28th.
Grade 2:
The grade 2 students discussed the qualities of Joy givers. They visited Pre-primary and Grade 1 and recited a poem. They shared their idea of spreading happiness and volunteered to help the little ones whenever they needed any help.
They were introduced to values like Kindness, Appreciation, Forgiveness, Helping and Sharing through songs and videos and encouraged to share how they could practice the values. They wrote a message for their friends on post-it and put it up on the Shout Out Board.
They also learnt how to make candles. They exchanged these candles with others along with a message
Grade 3:
Students took turns to talk about what gave them joy.
They also discussed about what NGOs do. They brainstormed on different ways in which they could raise funds for NGOs. They also understood the importance of reusing and reinventing materials. They created different products using waste materials which will be put up on sale on July 28, 2018 for parents and staff members.
Grade 4:
The grade 4 students discussed what sharing meant to them, what is their role and responsibility in society and how they can use it to help others. Students then thought about and created useful products out of waste material. They made coasters, Photo frames, Pom pom key chains and bangles, Decorative bottles, Pen stands, jeweler boxes, and Bookmarks. The items created will be put up on sale on July 28, 2018 for parents and staff members.
Grade 5:
The grade 5 students shared pickles that they made with the school community during lunch time. They were given badges to celebrate their small actions that reflected practices of sharing. They also discussed the need to carry out Fundraising. They also discussed about how they would do it.
We were also joined by Ms Nadia Malhotra, from the Pre Primary Parent community as the Parent Volunteer, on the first day. She immersed herself in the festivities of Joy of Sharing week and also observed and documented the activities for the same.
