Level1 and 2, term4, week , 11.45am-1.15am, Saturday,Teacher-Jenny.

THEME:THE INCREDIBLE RACE
FOCUS FOR THE DAY:

SHARING:
Shivam: Superman's cape and hood. Shivam is immensely fascinated by the superheroes and thus he was completely at ease sharing fluently without inhibitions.

Konkana: No object for sharing. On being asked to show us the beautiful clip that she was wearing, the description had to be literally drawn out of her.

Debangshi: Drawing. Spoke quite confidently about the drawing. She actually caught my attention by her articulation and good usage of the word neighbourhood.

Liba: Sketching. A brilliant sketching and she showed it off proudly. I felt her creation was adding to her self esteem.

WARM UP: After a quick shake up and resonators as well as sharing poems on the blocks, I was ready for my favourite element in the class.

DRAMA: Truly said, first hand experiences leave an indelible mark on our minds and hearts, more so on the tender minds and hearts.
So, here was the Indian team, participating in the incredible race in China, waiting to venture into the bamboo forest. Jenny jolted their imagination by breaking the news that the forest officer has taken sick and would no be able to accompany us on our "Adventure into the bamboo forest". Now we had to capture the pink pandas in our cameras all on our own.
For the children though, it was hardly a deterrent, and they set on their journey into the forest.
The class equipped itself with thick clothes, gumboots, goggles, nets, cameras, mobiles, laser guns, binoculars, first aid kits, mosquito repellents and some food.
The kids decided to stay together in a group, walking in two`s and four`s to ward off any untoward happening/animal. A good lesson in team work I felt.
I suddenly felt like bringing in more energy to the drama and turned myself into a "Dinosaur" who wobbled and thumped about, but quietly went away sensing trouble as the kids stayed in a group. It did mouth these words, "I feel scared as all of them are so nicely together, I cannot fight the strength of so many people". An excellent lesson to boost up team spirit I thought.
The children randomly roared like wild animals and then soon changed roles and chased the very animals away using laser guns.
We pegged our tents and camped for a night where we made ourselves comfortable while few of us guarded the camps from the jungle animals.
It was nice to see the little ones behave so responsibly, by jolting up the sleepy ones to get ready and to go photo hunting at the crack of dawn. I enjoyed the cups of tea made by Liba and Abhinav.
We did strike success during our journey when we finally spied the pink panda and captured it in our cameras. The excitement and the camaraderie was seen to be believed.

JOURNAL: The kids got on with journalling down the journey undertaken and did quite a good job in terms of drawing and writing. Most of them wanted to seer real bamboos and discussed about them. I was so happy to see that the drama caught their fancy and fuelled their imagination and engaged them in a big way.