Monthly Report of October 2019

Cambridge Assessment International Education The month of October marked the magnificent preparation and performance of ‘Grand

Presentation’ by all the students of CAIE .The exuberance and excitement was

heightened by the presence of the parents who witnessed their wards confidently

presenting the concepts.

Stage 1

English

LO: To identify the story elements (Beginning, Middle, and end)

Students were taught about story elements. They were provided with story flash cards

and were asked to arrange it in sequence. Students also demonstrated and identified the

characters and setting of the story.

Math

LO: 1Mt2 Read the time to the hour (o’clock) and know key times of day to the nearest

hour.

Students were taught the importance of time and they were also made to learn clock

reading where the clock was set with different timing.

Science

Math Science

English

LO: 1Bh4: Explore how human senses enable humans and other animals to be aware

of the world around them.

Students were taught of five vital sense organ required to live i.e., sight, smell, touch,

hear and taste. Children demonstrated and identified by engaging in playful activities

in the class. They were happy to participate and enjoyed these activities.

Telugu

Some pictures were given by teacher about mahaapraanaaksharaalu and children

identified pictures and wrote picture names by their own.

Hindi

With the help of flash cards children identified the matra words and made matra words

in the group and wrote in their notebook.

Stage 2

English

LO: To practice and present the command words and time order words.

The students were given an opportunity to practice to present for the Grand

Presentation. Grade two children were given an opportunity to present on Long “a” and

long “e” phoneme and “How- to” essay. They were trained for public speaking. The

kids performed phonemes using flash cards and “How – to” kids showed parents how

to make sandwich and how they write using the command words and time order words.

The parents watched with curiosity and clapped with joy to see their kids make

sandwich and connect it to writing.

Math

LO: To present the working models on the concept of sorting 3-D Shapes.

The children presented their working models on the concept of sorting 3-D Shapes,

positioning numbers on number line between multiples of 10, and Odd-Even numbers

on Grand Presentation Day. They admired and appreciated the Amazing facts of

numbers.

Science Math

Science

LO: To explain the difference between mains, electricity and electrical cell / battery

Recap of Investigating Materials was done and a new lesson – Electricity was

introduced to the students. Students explained about the difference between the mains

electricity and electrical cell / battery. They were able to understand where we use the

mains electricity and electrical cell / battery.

Telugu: speaking skill Activity

othu padaalu flash cards read in the class and and they made sentences by their own

words and related those to othu padaalu

Hindi

With the help of Hindi letters and brail script children identified the brail letters and

wrote words in their class work book.

Stage 3

English

LO: To present a set of concepts such as compound words, differences between fiction

and non-fiction and degrees of comparison.

Stage 3 students were given an opportunity to present their parents a set of concepts

such as compound words, differences between fiction and non-fiction and degrees of

comparison. They were given a constant guidance on public speaking skills and

practiced the same with their concepts. It was a pleasure to see the kids present

flawlessly to the parents using the charts, pluck cards and flash cards.

Math

English

Math

Students prepared working models for different math concepts which focused on active

learning and presented the same on “Grand Presentation” which was scheduled on

25/10/19.

The concepts covered were:

1. Addition and subtraction using counters on place value chart.

2. Venn diagrams for multiples of different numbers.

3. Carroll diagrams for shapes.

Science

The new topic on senses was introduced. Students identified 5 senses and the associated

sense organs. The detailed explanation was done for each of the senses.

Global Perspectives: Fire Farming and wheel.

The topic of ‘Fire, Farming and Wheel’ was done after an introduction about Life of

early humans and their discovery of fire. Then the importance of farming and how the

early humans began farming was taught. Students did a group activity. In each group

five students were placed. 1st group worked on early human life, 2nd group worked on

what they have invented and 3rd group worked on how their inventions helped us in

our modern life. Throughout this activity students came to know how the early humans

used to live, what they used to wear and eat, about their inventions and how we are

using them now.

Telugu

Some clue words given by the teacher related the lesson children spoke meaningful

sentences with the help of those words.

Stage 4

English

LO: To present the structure and elements of fiction.

The month of October happened to be a productive month for the Cambridge students,

where they learnt about fiction writing with great enthusiasm and interest. They learned

about the structure and elements of fiction which they represented in the Grand

Presentation ceremony.

Math Science English

Math

Grand Presentation

1. Polygons and their Properties

2. Symmetry

The students of stage 4 presented the flow chart of polygons and explained their

properties in terms of parallel sides, angles and symmetry. The investigation report of

symmetry in logos and symmetry in regular polygons was very interesting.

Negative Numbers: The students had an activity to identify the negative and positive

numbers on the number line. They could compare and order them as well. The activity

helped them to solve problems on temperature with ease.

Science: Sound

LO: To create awareness about the transmission of sound in the form of vibration.

Students worked in groups to make the tin cup telephone. They made the instrument

using paper cups and thread was used to tie the cups. Students observed the sound

waves by feeling the sound and also by touching the cord.

Global Perspectives

In Global Perspective students learnt about the methods of research, presentation and

reflection. Various group activities have enlightened them of these three steps to study

this subject. They were given the topic of foreign food on which they did thorough

research by collecting information of the food they eat and then gathering about the

information of where those food came from. They presented their information on

various charts which they enjoyed throughout.

Telugu

Given some sentences by teacher and the children identified Karta, karma, kriya

padaalu in those sentences.

Stage 5

English

The October month happened to be a productive month for the Cambridge students.

They were engaged with various worksheets and online concept tests during the

Math Science

holidays. Students were mostly occupied with the Grand Presentation preparation after

the reopening of school, in which they displayed their skills and expertise. However,

they also developed their comprehension skills from fiction reading and learnt about

adverbs.

Math

The children presented their working models on representing types of fractions and

their positions on the number line, Nets of 3-D Shapes, and different methods of

multiplication on Grand Presentation Day.

Science

The new topic of light was taken up for the students.

The types of sources natural/ manmade was done .An activity to show that a source, an

object and our eyes are required to see objects. Details of tracing a beam were practiced

in the class.

The topic of mirrors and periscopes will be taken up in next month.

Stage 6

English

LO: To present Folk tales as one of the earliest genres of storytelling.

Students of 6A and B were introduced to Folk tales as one of the earliest genres of

storytelling. They recalled stories they heard from their grandparents and most of them

vouched that they loved to listen to stories like Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red

Riding Hood, Birbal stories and others. They enjoyed reading the text” Stripes Tiger

and the Boy” and they were more than excited to perform the same in the form of a

role play.

Science: Electric Circuits LO: To differentiate between conductors and insulators in an electric circuit.

Students work in groups to make the electric circuit and used the different materials to

know about the conductivity. Lessons completed were Electrical conducto rs , Insulators and Fo rces and Motion. Syllabus has been completed and worksheets were uploaded on tabs . S tudents revised for the follow ing lessons and worksheets were discussed in the class . Revis ion Tes t has been conducted in the class . Math

Grand Presentation:

1 Addition of Integers

Math Science

2 Transformations, Rotational symmetry

3 Balancing the Algebraic equations (one variable)

The students of stage 6 explained negative numbers in context and the model for

transformations could explain all the three types: reflection, rotation and translation.

Solving algebraic equations using dominoes was noteworthy.

Squares and Square Roots: To recap the squares and square roots of whole numbers,

the students were given a task to fit in maximum number of squares in square ruled

note book. The students came up with creative ideas like overlapping squares, one

square in the other, increasing and decreasing patterns etc.

Stage 7

English

LO: To analyse the difference between the given leaflets.

Students were organized in pairs and they analysed the leaflets based on purpose,

audience, language and layout. Discussion was done on the same and they listed their

points in the notebook. The activity helped them to delve deep into the purpose of

making an interesting leaflet.

Math

Students prepared working models for different math concepts which focused on active

learning and presented the same on “Grand Presentation” which was scheduled on

25/10/19.

The concepts covered are:

1. LCM and HCF using counters

2. Solving an equation using manipulative.

Science

Chemistry & Biology

Elements, compounds and mixtures (Chemistry), Circulatory system (Biology). These

two lesson in two various subjects has been started and notes of previous lesson were

uploaded on tabs. Students practiced for grand presentations.

Math

Global Perspectives: Mock Parliament

•The session’s debate was contested between a ruling party and an opposition party,

and participants belonged to Grade 7 & 8.

•About 40 young parliamentarians took part in the session and the topic of debate was

‘Are the social networking sites really effective or just a means of stalking people’.

•The ruling party spoke for the motion and the opposition spoke against the use of

social sites.

•The faculty member explained that the objective of the mock parliament was to

familiarise students with parliamentarian functioning and language, to enhance

debating skills, civic skills, presentation skills, critical reasoning skills etc.

•Young leaders amazed the audience with their debating competence.

Stage 8

English

LO: 9Rw2 Analyse in depth and detail a writer’s use of literary, rhetorical and

grammatical features and their effects on different readers

Students analysed the poem ‘Snake’ by D. H Lawrence .They carefully identified the

use of literary, rhetorical devices and grammatical features which helps the reader to

understand the effect which the poet wants to depict. The analysis of the poem helped

the students to strengthen their knowledge about the figurative language and its effects.

Math Students prepared working models for different math concepts which focused on active

learning and presented the same on “Grand Presentation” which was scheduled on

25/10/19.

The concepts covered are:

1. Pythagoras theorem and its applications.

2. Angle sum property of different polygons.

3. Solving simultaneous equations using GeoGebra.

Global Perspectives: Mock Parliament

•The session’s debate was contested between a ruling party and an opposition party,

and participants belonged to Grade 7 & 8.

English Global Perspectives

•About 40 young parliamentarians took part in the session and the topic of debate was

‘Are the social networking sites really effective or just a means of stalking people’.

•The ruling party spoke for the motion and the opposition spoke against the use of

social sites.

•The faculty member explained that the objective of the mock parliament was to

familiarise students with parliamentarian functioning and language, to enhance

debating skills, civic skills, presentation skills, critical reasoning skills etc.

•Young leaders amazed the audience with their debating competence.

Science Biology

Ecosystem lesson has been done and notes was uploaded on tabs. Discussion on human

influences on ecosystems has been started. Students were preparing for grand

presentations.

Chemistry behind organic foods

LO: To create awareness among the students about organic medicine found in the

kitchen.

Students work in groups and try to gather information about the benefits associated

with it.

Physics

The topic of Electrostatics was introduced to the students. A brief introduction on

electrostatics was presented to the students, following which the ways of charging

objects by way of friction, conduction and induction was detailed. A video to that effect

was shown and explained.

Online Classes for students of stage 8

Cambridge International at DPS Nacharam has taken great strides at innovative ways

of teaching and learning.

As the famous proverb goes, “Necessity is the mother of invention”, to stay true to the

proverb online live classes for English, Math and Science were conducted for Stage 8

students during the extended October holidays for the students’ attempting the

Cambridge Lower secondary checkpoint. The idea behind the classes was that the

precious time be utilized to teach the students so that they can take advantage of the

classes from any corner of the world.

The technical team at the school assisted for a smooth class where the students

interacted with the teachers during the class on video and chat. The world indeed has

become smaller as we at a click of a button can interact, and this particular feature of

technological advancement was applied to use technology smartly and gain maximum

benefit. The students in turn were excited and were able to learn from the online live

classes. The success of the class can be attributed to the fact that all the stage 8 students

participated in the class and parents were equally thrilled to experience the online

classes.

Grand Presentation

Grand Presentation in spirit wanted the child to be the master of his/her own learning,

with this view in mind, the students of CAIE (stage1 to 8) grandly presented their

knowledge. .The event was organized on 25 October,2019 at DPS Nacharam .All the

classes were decorated with the concepts learned in order to impress the audience .The

occasion showcased the innate talents of the students before the dignitaries and parents.

The cherry on the cake was added by the presentation of ‘Mock Parliament’ by the

students of stage 7 and 8, which exhibited the knowledge of democracy among the

students. The event also displayed the showmanship and the confidence of the students.

In all the event was a huge success as the dignitaries, parents and the visitors thoroughly

enjoyed the presentation.

Special Assembly –Back to school On 12th July, 2019 ‘Wo rld Po pulation Day’ and ‘Sa fety Week’ assembly was conducted by s tage 8, CAIE s tudents . The s tudents shared the message behind celebration and also s teered a mime show on r oad safety .The CAI E audience applauded the mi me show and also learned about the benefi ts of unders tanding road

DPS (CAIE Wing) conducted the morning assembly on 24th October. The main motto

behind conducting the assembly was to make the students aware of the forthcoming

events of Term-2. The students of Stage 1 to 8 attended the assembly. The day also

coincided with UN Formation Day. Students of Stage 6 delivered a speech on UN

Formation Day. Principal Madam also addressed the students.

Halloween Special Assembly On 12th July, 2019 ‘Wo rld Po pulation Day’ and ‘Sa fety Week’ assembly was conducted by s tage 8, CAIE s tudents . The s tudents shared the message behind celebration and also s teered a mime show on r oad safety .The CAI E audience applauded the mi me show and also learned about the benefi ts of unders tanding road

Halloween is one of the international festivals celebrated at CAIE (stage 1 to 8) on 31

October, 2019. To make the assembly memorable, students were dressed in a scary

spooky attire to relish the spirit of the festival. The event included a mesmerizing

dance, an informative speech and an equally entertaining skit. The students were

entertained and also learned about the festival using the assembly events.

Achievements

Workshops

Assessments – 12-10-2019

The workshop was conducted on 12th October, 2019 on “Assessments by HM Krishna

Sri Ma’am”. She clearly explained teachers the importance of assessing the writing

skills of the students. The marking scheme of language writing skills was explained

with minute details. She mentioned that it has to be followed in all classes everyday

Sl.

No

Name of the

student

Class/Sec SOF Medal

1 Aayush reddy VA NCO Gold(State Topper)

2 Akshay reedy VB NCO Silver(Class Topper)

3 Arnav Krishna

pinnamaneni

IIIA NCO Gold(Medal of Distinction)

English Workshop

A discussion forum was initiated by Ms Indira on Thursday, 17th October and the

following points were shared

1) Writing should happen every day in a class for at least five minutes.

2) Practice of Journal writing should be mandatory for students.

3) Peer reading and Peer evaluation techniques suggested so that students feel free

to explore learning with their friends.

4) Use of Anchor charts in class to facilitate visual learning for learners.

5) DEAR (DROP EVERYTHING AND READ) should be followed every week in

all English classes.

Math Workshop – Data Handling

Data handling plays an important role within mathematics education since it

encompasses real-world situations and assists in developing critical thinking skills in

learners. A workshop on data handling was conducted by the Math department as the

curriculum of CAIE deals with integration of subjects. The workshop gave a clarity to

the teachers in dealing with data handling problems. It was really a great knowledge

transfer session as the resource person Ms. Aparna gave a great insight on the topic.

Thus the month of October with eight working days was useful as the students took

part in the ‘Grand Presentation’ and the Halloween Assembly to mark the milestones

of the year. The first time online classes conducted for class 8 (CAIE) during the

extended holidays also served the students to help utilise their time fruitfully. In all, the

students benefitted with an array of activities showcased at the ‘Grand Presentation’

and other class activities.