HILLWOODS SCHOOL,

GANDHINAGAR

SESSION : (2020-2021)

“Optimists are those

people who change the

challenges into

opportunities”

The students of Hillwoods

School, in this challenging

time have not only

perform well in academics

in their online classes , but

have also exhibited

exemplary skills in terms

of projects and activities

that they have done in this

month.

ACTIVITIES

DONE BY

STUDENTS

DURING

APRIL AND

MAY 2020

ACTIVITIES Students of class VI have identified lines of symmetry in 2D shapes presented in different orientations. This activity was done to make them aware of shapes that have more than one line of symmetry. They were asked to take regular shapes and think about how many lines of symmetry they can find using cut and fold activity.

Students of class VIII have displayed their effective time utilisation apart from online classes in these activities. Life is simple and so has been shown in these activities.

Nursery

Tearing and Pasting, Finger dabbing Activity

The act of tearing and dabbing encourages useful finger and co-ordination skills. In order to tear paper, the toddler learns to hold the paper between the thumb and pointing finger of each hand. They then have to move each hand in a different direction which increases the coordination.

Identifying and Colouring Activity

FAMILY TREE

There are lots of advantages of using the family tree. It gives Better understanding of relationships, Sense of identification and Feeling of pride. Keeping the same in mind, students of class I prepared their family Tree.

Different activites done by students of KG to enhance

gross motor, fine motor and social skills.

Students of KG displaying their understanding of

Sense Organs

TEARING AND PASTING ACTIVITY

House with the help of

shapes

“Artistic skills at display”

Students of class III created unique and exclusive shapes and structures to showcase their finesse in paper craft. They made different things and displayed them with great pleasure and gratification. This activity triggered their imagination and enhanced their creative skills.

ACTIVITIES DONE BY STUDENTS OF CLASS V

QUIZ TIME

PAPER QUILLING POSTER MAKING

SKETCHING TIME

GRATITUDE TO CORONA WARRIORS

ACTIVITY BY CLASS VI STUDENTS

The Human spirit is one of the ability, perseverance and courage that no disability can steal away. Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life. Students of class VI have prepared PPT on:

TOPIC:-

Hawking had a motor neurone disease related to

his dyslexia, and because of that he could not move

or talk very well. The illness worsened over the

years and he was almost completely paralysed. He

used a wheelchair to move, and an Intel computer

to talk for him. He died on 14 March 2018.

Sudha Chandran (born 27 September 1965) is

an Indian film and television actress and an

accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer. In 1981, she

hurt her leg in a road accident near Tiruchirapalli,

Tamil Nadu while coming back from Madras with

her parents.

Polish table tennis player Natalia Partyka, who

was born without a right hand and forearm, is

the world’s youngest ever Paralympian. She was

just 11 years old when she competed in her first

Paralympics, the 2000 Summer Paralympics in

Sydney, Australia. In 2008 she competed for

Poland in both the Olympics and Paralympics

along with only one other Paralympian, South

African swimmer Natalie du Toit.

Arunima "Sonu" Sinha (born 1988) is world's first

female amputee to climb Mount Everest. She is also

the first Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest. She

was a national level volleyball player who was pushed

out of a running train by thieves in 2011 while resisting

them.

Preethi Srinivasan was the captain of the

under-19 Tamil Nadu women's cricket

team. She was a champ swimmer. Even

after the unfortunate accident that left her

quadriplegic, she continues to have all the

virtues of a champion sportsperson. Today,

she champions the cause of others in need

Jan 9, 2014

Nick Vujicic is 33 years old. He was born with an

extremely rare congenital disorder known as

Phocomelia, which is characterised by the

absence of legs and arms. ... Eventually coming to

terms with his disability, Nick decided

to become vocal about living with disabilities and

finding hope and meaning in life.

She

was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1880 to

Arthur H. Keller and Kate Adams Keller.

When she was nineteen months old she

became sick and lost her eyesight and

hearing. The doctor didn't know what it was,

so he called it a "congestion of the stomach

and brain." Some people say that it was

scarlet fever or meningitis.

Ravindra Jain is a consummate musician with a

degree of consistency rarely seen in the industry.

Born blind, he never allowed his blindness to come in

the way of honing his inborn talent. Jain was born in

Aligarh, on February 28 1944, to Pandit

Indramani Jain and Kiran Devi Jain.Jul 17, 2012

Esther Vergeer is a retired wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. A nine-hour operation

in 1990 on a Vascular myelopathy around her spinal cord left Vergeer without the use of her

legs. It was during her rehabilitation that she learned to play basketball, volleyball and tennis in

a wheelchair. This phenomenal athlete was number 1 in the world for wheelchair tennis from

1999 until her retirement in February 2013.

Despite having Dyslexia, the disability

in which a person cannot learn

reading, interpreting words and other

symbols. He became a great scientist

because of his talent and self-

dedication. He was a great inspiration

for all of us.

“Creativity At Its Best”

Students of class VII created newspaper. With this activity, they are able to demonstrate the ability to:

*Create a piece of writing that enhances the reader’s understanding of key ideas and information, using effective introductory and concluding sentences, logical sequencing of ideas and transitional words.

*Create a clear organizing structure that includes descriptions placed in a logical or chronological sequence in ways that help the reader follow the line of thought.

*Understand and use available resources to locate relevant information to accomplish the writing task.

*Connect relevant descriptions, including sensory details, personal experiences, observations, and/or research-based information — linking paragraphs and ideas in ways that make a topic or message clear to the reader.

*Improve the organization and consistency in ideas among paragraphs by revising writing based on given

or self-generated criteria and on others’ responses.

*Self-edit writing using knowledge of Standard English conventions of language (e.g., punctuation, sentence structure, language usage, spellings) and appropriate print and non-print resources.