Reflections– Grade 6

Middle

School

Week of 8th

February, 2013

Volume 20

15 students from Middle School participated in Model United Nations

at Pathways School Noida :

Tara Nouri of grade 7 received the ‘High Commendation Award’

Ms. Rona Rathore, a spokesperson at the political

section of the US embassy, at opening ceremony Delegates from Pathways Gurgaon Session in progress

Presenting the opening speeches

Active

Participation

Some light

moments...

The Closing

Ceremony

Delegates Speak...

I still cannot believe that the event that we planned and practiced so much for is over. The

three days went by like a blur and I was disappointed when it was over. The conference

was fun, eventful and a learning experience for us all. From the thrill of wearing suits to the

groggy expressions on our faces when we woke up at unearthly hours (yes, 6:30 is unearth-

ly for me), I enjoyed every moment of it.

Nikhil Ramakrishnan– 8Y

It was an absolutely amazing experience. Never

have I ever felt so important in my life. Ever

since fourth grade, I have always wanted to be

Secretary of State. This was great practice—

Tara Nouri-7 X

As John F. Kennedy once said, I start my

day thinking what I can do instead of

what the world can do for me. That is

what us kids got to do at the MUN. It

was an amazing experience.

Rohan Bansal -7 X

It was something I had never experienced

before. The tapping of the table and rais-

ing the placard, I am going to miss all of

that. It was very informative and all in all

an amazing experience. I am looking for-

ward to go back again and hope it will be

even more fun. Fingers Crossed!!!

Sunaina Mehta—7 Y

The MUN was a great experience

and it was SUPER fun. I only wish I

had read up a little more about the

other countries! I’m looking forward

to more MUNs.

Krittika—7 X

It was amazing! One could just sit there and soak up all about other coun-tries and their opinions! The atmosphere of the room kept changing as well! From a few hilarious moments, to a bout of brief annoyance, to a dumbstruck pin drop silence, with the scratching of pens on paper in the background. It was my first MUN, and I really wouldn’t choose to have it anywhere else! It was truly memorable, and I truly hope that it was the

first of many MUN conferences for me!

Delegate of Botswana

Sameera Pant - 7 X

Student Led Conference

The second semester begins with the reflection on the semester gone by. Stu-dents present their work in front of the parents, school principal and the form tutor, discussing about their most interesting and challenging work in 1st semes-ter. They also set the goals for 2nd semester and the strategies to achieve those goals. It is a great platform to share and reflect on their understanding of vari-

ous concepts across subjects.

ASSEMBLY TIME

The assembly began with a prayer

‘’Our Father’’.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,

Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done,

On Earth as it is in Heaven,

Give us this day our daily bread,

Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us,

Lead us not into temptation ,But deliver us from evil,

For thine is the kingdom the power and the glory,

Forever and ever

AMEN

Suveni read a self composed poem on racial discrimination as follows:

When the hatred takes over their mind,

When jealousy turns them blind;

To pick on you, they look for reasons and causes;

But when they look at you, you’re absolutely flawless.

When they do everything but they just can't make you feel duller,

That is when they start to judge you by your color.

But this has been on for generations; it has been on for an age

It’s high time we should stop this now; I think it’s time to change

So I decide to change everyone around, to tell them how to be...

But I think I’ll start with the one in the mirror,

I think I’ll start with me.

Written by Suveni Madan

Students in pairs spoke about Nelson Mandella, Mahatma Gandhi and King Martin Luthar.

Kshitij read the thought for the Week

When we are focusing on fear, anger and hate. It isn’t possible for us to be

experiencing happiness enthusiasm or love

Romina Form tutor 7Y

Assembly by grade 7 Y

Assembly by grade 7 Y

Student Led Conference

Cross Country Run...

Concluding Week :

Continued with reading and discussing the

novel

Written class assignment on creative

writing

Discussed catastrophes

Read and discussed ‘The Dark Summer of

1816’, ‘What is a Volcano’ and ‘The Erup-

tion of Mount Vesuvius, 79 CE’

English—Ms. Indu

REFLECTIONS– GRADE 6 Page 7

Special Activity:

Preparations for the Sports Day and on-

going SLC’s.

The students submitted their Book Reports for

the ‘Reading Log’.

Concluding Week:

Grammar Topics: - “Preposition of Place and Movement” were taken up extensively this week.

The students watched “School Rock House” video on Preposi-tions and did extended exercises learning about Prepositions and Prepositional Phrase.

Practice exercises were carried out from “Grammar Lab”.

ELS

Projections for the next week:

Reading a story of “Natalie, South African Swimmer, who lost her leg at the age of 17” with a moral lesson of never giving up.

Vocabulary related to the reading topic.

Projections for the next

week:

Reconstruct a text (Pliny’s)

Read and discuss Pliny’s text

Byron’s poem ‘Darkness

Novel

Math—Ms. Nidhi

Concluding Week :

Solving linear equations

Solving problems using algebra

Concluding Week :

Algebra: patterns, variable

Math—Ms. Shikha

Projections for the next week:

Algebra: number patterns, variable, constant

Translating statements into algebraic expressions

Projections for the next week :

Word problems based on algebra.

Sequences

Finding the n-th term rule for a sequence

History

Concluding Week :

Students discussed the origin and usage of Sanskrit , the mother of languages.

We discussed what leads to change and evolution in any language through generations !

We learnt about the social hierarchy during the Early Vedic period. A inquiry question was given-‘Does class system still

persist’?

Science

Concluding Week :

Introduction to angiosperms

Comparative study of monocot and dicot

plants

Parental Guidance:

Encourage use of short poems and illustrations to support

their skill of recording observations.

Activity :

Use of PowerPoint presentation to distinguish between

monocot and dicot plants

Projections for the next Week :

Root system

Shoot system

ICT

Concluding Week :

Worked on Qbasic Commands : Let, Input

and Print.

Worked on writing and debugging programs.

Printed pyramid structures using print com-

mand.

Projections for the next Week :

Work with some more commands of Qbasic.

Will continue with Qbasic Programming

Concluding Week :

Complete summary writing of the poem ‘Mein Sabse Chotti

Houn’

Complete some exercises from above poem

Did a listening activity based on a story of Akbar and Birbal

Wrote Diary Entry for the weekend

Started a new lesson-Esse-Esse

Beginners have started a new Lesson-Daman and Pithiyas

Projections for the next week

Continue with the lesson Esse-Esse

Discussion about the characters in the play

Write dictation and some exercises of the above

lesson

Present the first draft of their movies about animals

Beginners will continue with lesson Demon and Pith-

iyas.

Hindi

Spanish

Concluding Week :

Verbs: Comer, Beber, Tomar.

Vocabulary of food.

Students played a game and asked each other spellings

and pronunciation of different words in Spanish.

Assessment.

French

Concluding Week :

Clothes:

Description : Que porte-t-il?

Que porte-t-elle ?

Projections for the next week:

Verb: Vivir, directions.

Listening and speaking activities.

Projections for the next week:

Sports

Verb: Jouer, Faire

Drama

Concluding Week :

Each section worked on developing the script for final produc-

tion

Both sections came together to find a way to fit the scripts to-

gether into a connected whole

Students continued to practice mudras and worked to imple-

ment them into the performance

Students began to work on sound and movement for the play

Projections for the next Week :

Students will choose which aspect of stage

craft they wish to work on for the produc-

tion

They will work on their play scene by scene

identifying characters and dialogue

They will continue to develop movement and

work with dance teacher to begin choreogra-

phy

Auditions