Parts of Plant Learning at Sharon School

Parts of Plant: Bringing the World into Our Class

Plants are an incredibly important kingdom of organisms. They are multicellular organisms with the amazing ability to make their own food from water from the soil and in the presence of sunlight. As plants grow they become a food source for animals and other organisms. Last month, I started teaching the concept, parts of the…

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Poetry Teaching and Learning at Sharon School

Teaching Poetry Differently or How not to Kill a Poem

As an English teacher, I always found poems very fascinating at a personal level but when it comes to doing it with students, I have had a tough time in designing strategies to teach poems to the students because unlike prose, poems are not self-explanatory. It is a form of literature wherein ideas are presented…

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Virtual Exchange Exploring Belgium

Exploring Belgium through a Virtual Exchange

In September 2018, we received a surprise via email.  A teacher from a school in Belgium wrote to us expressing interest to collaborate on a virtual exchange program for students. This sounded exciting. Soon after, the teacher from Institut Notre-Dame, Arlon, (INDA) and a teacher from Sharon School, Mulund, talked and chalked out a plan…

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Story Map

Story Map

After attending teacher workshops by CEQUE and The Teacher Foundation regarding different teaching strategies, my way of teaching has changed to a large extent. I understood the impact of collaborative learning and activity in the classroom. I can see my student’s involvement and active participation in class which often leaves me pleasantly surprised and astonished.…

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Getting to know my Std. IX through self portraits

I learnt the power and magic of art, especially paintings, quite late in life. I was in my Masters’ program when I met one of the most important teachers in my life. He was a professor of English literature who taught us plays by Shakespeare and poetry by William Blake using paintings. Every lecture was…

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Sharon English High School Celebrates Yoga Day 2018

International Yoga Day Celebrations

On 21st June 2018 International Yoga Day was celebrated in Sharon English High School. We celebrated this occasion with great gusto. The teachers had planned a range of events for all of us students  across standards. Std. VI students did something really fun and new this year as they organized a small rally in the…

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To my teachers: The pursuit of excellence

Dear teachers, Sharon English High School is one of the oldest schools in Mulund which, over the last fifty years has established a good reputation because of its  fine academic record. It might seem tempting for the teachers and staff to just sit back and relax. I have been working in this school for the…

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To my Alma Mater: An Alumnus Writes Back

Ashvini Menon, Alumnus, Batch of 2007 “Sharon holds education and hard work central to its teaching. I can see how important these two stand true even today in every project I undertake. I fondly remember these values because my alma mater inculcated it in me from a young age.” I never realised the gravity of the…

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