Reflections Grade 7

Middle

School

Week of 25th

January, 2013

Volume 18

Republic Day Celebrations…

School Director Mrs. Narang hoisting the National Flag

Our guests from the Baliawas govern-

ment School

The Republic of India

As the bitter cold of winter was gradually ebbing away, the new spring brought

with it a new Indian governmental system. January 26, 1950 was the day the Constitu-

tion of India was brought into force. A Republic is a state in which supreme power is

held by the people and their elected representatives, and is led by a nominated or elect-

ed president.

Some of you here might be wondering what is the difference between Repub-

lic Day and Independence Day. Well, Independence Day was when India was freed from

the British in August, 1947, whereas Republic Day, which is tomorrow, is when India’s

founders laid down a constitution. A constitution is the order of which a country is to

be governed by.

To create the constitution, a committee was created under the chairmanship

of Dr. B R Ambedkar. It took a total of two years, eleven months, and seventeen days to

write and think over the order of the nation. The constitution was passed on 26 No-

vember, 1949, and put into force on 26 January, 1950. It is the longest constitution in

the world. The constitution promises Indians that the nation is a sovereign, socialist,

secular democratic republic, and that justice, liberty and equality will be granted to all.

Republic day represents the true united spirit of freedom, independence, and

pride of the nation. Celebrations of Republic day include awe-inspiring parades that take

place in the capital city. Prismatic dance troupes perform alongside military marches.

Helicopters buzz above, showering flower petals on the audience. The Parade is con-

cluded by Indian Air Force fighter jets streaking through the sky, leaving trails of smoke

in the colors of the Indian flag, orange, white, and green. But most important of all, the

flag is raised in all of its glory, welcoming the shining eyes of the crowd.

As Jawaharlal Nehru said on 15th

August, 1947, “A moment comes, which

comes rarely in history, when we step out

from the old to the new; when an age ends;

and when the soul of the nation long sup-

pressed finds utterance.”

Tara Nouri , Grade 7

Tara Nouri and Suveni Madan speaking about The Indian Republic

March past by the four houses., Earth , Fire, Water and Air

Mrs Narang, School Director addressing the audience Tara, Shaimay, Yajur, Preeksha and Samira singing ‘Yeh Desh Hai Tera ‘

TOd FOd Jod Workshop

On Monday, 20th January, we went to Modern School, New Delhi to attend the Jod Fod Tor Mela organized by the Innovation Council of India. Accompanying us were our DT teacher and mentor Mr. Andrew, along with Mr. Shatrugaan and Mr. Sumit . There were more than 20

participating schools .

Tod Fod Jod is an initiative that aims to inspire children to Discover, Experiment and Innovate. Tod-Fod-Jod roughly translates to Decon-struct, Reconstruct and Repurpose. The idea is to inspire children to experiment, participate in hands-on-activity and see for themselves how simple equipment actually operates. This helps young students to establish links with what they are studying and to innovate and spurs

much excitement and curiosity in children.

There were presentations by Sameer Mitra on ‘Igniting Youth Innovation’ followed by a presentation by Neeraj Gulati on’ How students

learn through Tod Pod Jod’.

We took our models and the projects which we designed and made in our DT classes . In his address, Mr. Neeraj Gulati said, “When I hear I forget, when I see I understand and when I do I learn” which I thought was the main underlining concept on which Tod Fod Jod is based .

Students and teachers of various schools visited our station and we explained our creations !

Soon Mr. Sam Petroda , Chairman , Innovation Council Of India , a scientist who holds 70 US patients to his name , IT guru and the first to introduce telecom in India arrived. He came and saw our creations and spoke to us. He said ‘inventions are born of necessity’. One such example was a personal electronic diary to help him remember his appointments that he made and patented during his first stint in US helped him in his time of need ! When he returned to the US after spending 10 years in India and with no money in his pockets, he found that many giant companies had come out with their versions of a electronic personal diary! He sued these companies and won 7 million

dollars as compensation !

When asked, which model he liked best, he answered, “What I saw in your eyes today was true spirit and passion.” After that we presented

our models on the stage:

Disco light , Target the basket , USB Fan, a motor boat and a Steady hand game ...all made out of a broken discarded LP record player !

We came away with the thought that simple ideas can lead to powerful inventions This was an incredible experience to share with our

friends.

Anushka Purohit

Grade 8Y

Some Glimpses...

Concluding Week :

Completed ‘Arriving in London’ with textual

questions

Read the poem ‘Tent # 50’

Started the poem ‘Windrush Child’

Continued with the reading of the novel

English—Ms. Indu

REFLECTIONS GRADE 7 Page 5

Projections for the next

week:

Complete the poem; writing

‘Vox pops’

ELS Concluding Week:

The grade 7 students read a Poem “Don’t Believe in War by Bulat Okudzhava” and enjoyed learning Simile and Metaphors. They also created their own simile and

metaphors as fun and practice activity.

For reading they read “A drop of honey – A fable” with a message “Peace and Responsibility” from Oxford an International Approach and completed looking

closely and comprehension exercises.

The students also presented a Presentation on Peace, explaining and sharing

the history, importance of their chosen peace symbols.

Concluding Week :

Introduction of the unit “Secrets of the Sea”

Read the poem “Kraken” by Tennyson, analysed figures of

speech and sound used by the poet and identifier purpose.

Vocabulary work

Novel “Holes” - answered comprehension questions.

English—Ms. Elena

Special Activity:

The students submitted their

Book Reports for the ‘Reading Log’.

Projections for the next Week:

Tenses

Projections for the next Week :

Poem “Kraken” - analysis

Figures of speech - recap

Research mythologies of different cultures.

Math—Ms. Shikha

Concluding Week :

Solving Linear Equations

Linear Equations word problems

Projections for the next week:

Factorisation

Coordinate Geometry

Science

Projections for the next Week :

Bacteria and Viruses

Concluding Week :

The concept of nutrition

Summarizing and revising functions of human

digestive tract

Parts of human excretory system

Special Activity :

Watching a video on working of the digestive system

Math—Ms. Nidhi

Concluding Week :

Equations and formulae

Solving Equations with Pronumerals on Both Sides.

Projections for the next week:

Solving problems using algebra

Inequations

Straight line graphs

History

Concluding Week :

A group of students made a presentation about Alauddin

Khalji. The powerful ruler of Khalji dynasty.

They highlighted the area and time period of his rule, the

weakness and his contributions.

Discussion over his policies was done.

They were asked to read more about the ruler and com-

plete few questions.

Geography

Concluding Week :

Worksheet on measuring climate was discussed.

Students learnt about Clouds and the three broad categories.

They were asked to watch a power- presentation on the types of

clouds and make notes

Projection for the next Week :

Study deeper about clouds and differentiate between them.

French

Concluding Week :

Utensils in the kitchen

Introduction to recipe writing process

Verbs used in the kitchen

Projection for the next Week :

Recipe of crepes

Magic potion

Spanish

Concluding Week :

Verbs Empezar & Terminar

Paragraph on describing their school time

table in Spanish.

Projections for the next Week :

Vocabulary of food items.

Hindi

Concluding Week :

Learn a new word every day with its meaning, syno-

nym, antonym etc.

Read lesson-Apoorv Anubhav

Write difficult words and some exercises of the above

lesson.

Projections for the next week:

Dictation –Apoorv Anubhav

Continue with the above lesson.

Solve an unseen passage about Indian women cricket team.

Physical Education

Students enthusiastically got involved in the march past practice for the republic day celebration. The final heats for shot put and

long jump were also carried out in with students performed with great zeal.

Visual Arts