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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हिंदी काव्य स्पर्धा का आयोजन

हिंदी काव्य स्पर्धा का आयोजन ०६/०७/२०१९ के दिन शनिवार को सुबह १०:०० बजे किया गया| कक्षा ६ ठी-अ, ६ ठी-ब, ७ वी-अ और ७ वी-ब की कक्षाओं मे से ६ से ७ विद्यार्थीयो का चुनाव किया गया था| पूर्ण २७ विद्यार्थीयो  के बीच हिंदी काव्य स्पर्धा ली गयी| विद्यार्थी बहुत ही उत्साहित थे| इतने दिनों…

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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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Sharon School Mulund

First Time Presenters: Experiences shared by Std. V

I had to teach an EVS lesson, “Historic Period” to my std. V students in the last month of the second term. As this was an information heavy lesson, I felt compelled to make it more interesting for students. I knew that students’ involvement would make it more interactive and they’d be more interested to…

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From the camping diaries: Memories of my first camp

I was sitting in the bus, looking out of the window and admiring the scenery outside. I turned to look at our bus from the inside. All the students looked utterly exhausted. And why would they not? The two-day Scouts and Guides Camp organized for std. IX students was enough to make everyone tired. Thinking…

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The Making of a School Library

It’s a Saturday. The last bell has just gone off and I hear students descending the staircase. I have my fingers crossed – will anyone come to exchange a book today? It has been four months since I started issuing storybooks in a systematic way through the library. A few minutes lapse and there’s no…

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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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TPIF

The Art of Teaching: My Journey with TPIF

Heraclitus had once rightly said, “The only constant in life is change.” No sphere of life has remained untouched by change and so does our education system. The transition from rote and teacher oriented learning to children oriented learning is a testimony of the rising standard of our education system. Being a teacher I personally…

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