Pawar Public School
Hinjewadi
Blooming Stars Back In School
Academic year 2022-23 was a new beginning for all of us in so many different ways, especially the teaching fraternity that made their way back to the school after a long gap of 2 years. Both the mentor and the mentee moved away from virtual classes and were welcomed back with a lot of warmth. Coming back to the school was equally challenging as was going away from school back in 2020 but it was the zeal and the passion of everybody that we adopted very well to this new beginning. We have now close to six months of the academic session and it has been a wonderful journey travelled well by our students, along with them the teachers too.
The offline mode transition from the online mode meant coming back to our offline mode of education, still ensuring that our ways of education are evolved continuously with the changing education pattern. Our pedagogies included a lot more classroom activities to make kids familiar with the concepts; the use of intensive charts, smart board usage, real objects and group activities in the classroom has helped the kids to learn at pace.
Classroom studies have brought back the social interaction factor among the kids which adds to their holistic development and growth. The Montessori activities, like messy play with maida, roll and unroll mat, sponge squeezing added to the learning fun and ensured that kids thoroughly could relish the return to physical schools. We have proven in the last two years that we can adapt quickly to changing needs like virtual classrooms but the conventional way of teaching has its many advantages and will always be difficult to match up to.
We will continue to evolve more with our learning patterns in the second half of the session and ensure that students stay on their learning path with more enjoyable ways of teaching.
(Nursery Section Incharge-Jyoti Dhall)
Nursery
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English
Subject Activity
Alphabet mat Activity :
Alphabet mat activity was planned for students to recognize letters in a play-way method. The activity includes understanding of letters and enabling them to recognize each letter. This activity also improves their thinking skills and gross motor skills as students were asked to jump on a particular letter that was on the mat.
Letter & sound matching activity:
Teacher planned this activity for students to identify letters with sound and picture through a play-way method. During this activity students saw the pictures and were able to identify the sound of letters. This helps them to improve their recognition and identification skills.
Feed the letter to the monkey:
This activity was planned to make them identify the letters from the board. This activity helped students to recognize the letters of the alphabet.
Rainbow Hop letter sound game:
Teacher planned this activity to make them identify the letters of the alphabet, their phonic sounds and one word from that letter. This activity helps students to become good with spelling and reading in the early years of schooling.
EVS
Subject Activity
Seed Germination Activity:
Teachers planned germination activity to show kids how plants grow and what is the process. Children sowed the seeds in a pot. After doing the germination activity, they kept their plants in the sunlight and were very happy to see them growing.
Vegetables with magnetic cut-outs:
Eating Vegetables and fruits make us healthy and this activity was planned to encourage kids to add more vegetables and fruits in their diet. This activity helped students to differentiate between vegetables and fruits.
Rainy day activity:
Rainy day is just a big blessing of nature and to make children understand about rainy season, teachers planned rainy day activity. During this activity students were given a feel of artificial rain and got to see creatures that are seen during the rainy season. After the activity students were very happy and could recognize the creatures of rainy season.
Doll house activity:
This activity was planned to engage students in an imaginary play. This helps them organize and to explain the concept of different rooms in the house. This activity helps students to identify the rooms and activities. Doll house activity helps students to develop their social skills and emotional intelligence.
Jungle Box Activity:
Teachers planned this activity to make students understand where wild animals live. After this activity students were able to differentiate between wild and domestic animals.
Modes of transport:
Teacher planned this activity to revise the concept. During this activity students were divided in groups and given the flashcards of different means of transport and they were supposed to match it with correct modes of transport. Students were extremely active during this activity. It helped them to enhance their observation skills.
Paper Bird Activity:
Teachers planned this activity in continuation of the topic of birds. To make students understand the features of Birds. After this activity, students were able to identify the features like their feathers, beak, claws, etc.
Math
Subject Activity
Shape activity :
Learning shapes help children learn to differentiate between objects. In order to memorize how shapes are different from one another, teachers of Nursery section planned different shapes activity which helped our tiny tots to improve their Eye-hand co-ordination and concentration skills. Students enjoyed using their imagination in making different objects from different shape cut-outs. This activity helped us in developing their cognitive and fine motor skills.
Glass number activity:
This activity was planned for the students as a revision of numbers through value counting. This activity helped students to recall the numbers. It will enhance their observation skills and identification skills through a play-way method.
Oval Shape activity:
Teacher planned this activity to enhance their early math skills and ability to describe objects by their shapes. This activity helped them to recognize the shape taught.
Star shape activity :
Teacher planned this activity to enhance their early math skills and ability to describe objects by their shapes. This activity helped them to recognize the shape and gave them confidence that they are doing great and they deserve a star badge. They were feeling happy and proud after the activity.