Crafting is a great way to teach virtues and good habits. Students of class V actively participated in making Ravana, on occasion of Dussehra, also known as Vijayadashami. Dussehra is the last day of Navratri/Durga Puja. It is celebrated to mark the victory of good over evil and restoring Dharma.
Students of class V enjoyed an activity to trace the places visited by Lord Rama during 14 year long journey. They were shown places on Google map and they calculated the distances between two places in miles.
The return of Lord Ram to Ayodhya after winning a fierce battle against Demon King Ravana in Lanka marks the victory of good over evil. The Prince of Ayodhya returned to his place of birth after living in exile for fourteen long years with his wife Sita and younger brother Lakshman.
Ayodhya:Ram Janmabhoomi or Ayodhya is a pious destination for all the devotees of Lord Ram. This is the place where the Lord was born to queen mother Kaushalya and King Dasharath.
Prayag:After crossing the mighty Ganga, Ram, Lakshman and Sita arrived at Prayag to Sage Bharadwaj’s Ashram. It is believed that the sage suggested them to stay in Chitrakoot.
Chitrakoot:Ram’s younger brother – Bharat – is believed to have visisted this place when the Lord was in excile to request him to get back to Ayodhya after learning all what his mother Kaikeyi did to his faher-like-brother.
Panchavati:This is the place where Shurpanakha, sister of Ravana tried to entice Lord Ram. She eventually got a befitting response from Lakshman, who cut her nose as punishment.
Kishkinda:This is believed to be the place where Lord Ram helped Sugreeva ascend the throne after killing Bali.
Rameshwaram:Ram and Lakshman were helped by Sugreeva’s monkey army to build a bridge over the ocean to reach Lanka where Sita was held hostage by Ravan.
Lanka:This is the place which is believed to have witnessed the battle between the good and the evil. Lord Ram won the war against demon king Ravan, freed his wife Sita and took her back to Ayodhya.
Students of Class IV used number line to find the difference between temperature of two places.
Concept of Imperial units of length were introduced through an activity of Poster making in class V A . A system of weights and measures originally developed in England. Similar but not always the same as US standard units.
Students created posters to recall the conversions of ft to cm , km to miles, inch to cm yards to cm.
Students of Class III CAIE learnt about negative numbers and marked them on a number line. They enjoyed the Activity of Exploring Negative Numbers around and discussed about floors in a building , basement level , floor below the ground level , temperature etc.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2nd 1869 in Gujarat, then known as Porbandar, British India. Gandhi lived his life with acceptance and practice of truth, non-violence, vegetarianism, simplicity and faith in God and was a major political and spiritual leader within India. He was a pioneer of Satyagraha, which believed in resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon total non-violence. His honorific title of Mahatma, which means "high-souled" in Sanskrit, was first used in 1914 in South Africa Mahatma Gandhi’s contribution towards bringing peace and non- violence to this world is un parallel. His teachings must be promoted to resolve current conflicts, to avoid violence and to find peaceful solution to every small or big problem to make this world a better place to live in. Community and Social wellbeing - economic, social, environmental and cultural, often evolves from this type of collective action being taken at a grassroots level. Community development ranges from small initiatives within a small group, to large initiatives that involve the broader community.
