Volume 13
Week of 2nd November, 2015
Reflections—Middle School– Grade 6
Inter House Swimming Championship
On October 5, 2015, the Middle School Students gathered in the swimming pool area to witness the Inter-House Swimming Gala. It was the
first paperless sporting meet in the entire NCR region amidst schools,
where the results were collated and presented online! An event to be
truly proud of!
On the arrival of the School Director, Captain Rohit Sen Bajaj, a short
video was shown on the achievements of Pathways’ swimmers. This
was followed by synchronised swimming by the school’s ace swimmers,
where Jayati Gogia of Grade 9 and Avi Khanduja of Grade 8, swam
across the pool with a bouquet held aloft and thereafter presented to
the Director!
The Middle School students of Grades 6, 7 and 8 danced to the song
“It’s time to cheer” followed by the administering of the oath by the
Sports Captain, Preksha Jain. The Director, Capt. Bajaj, declared the
meet open.
The events that took place were freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke, butterfly, and relay, in that order. The students watched, enthralled, as
the participants, dived into the pool, and forked through the water. At
the end of every race, the results were displayed on a large screen.
Yajur Madan and Neharika Kishore of Grade 9 were the comperes for
the entire event.
Finally, the house points were tabulated, and the PHE Head of Department Dr Manish Gogia announced the standings. Air house bagged the
first position, while Fire, Water and Earth House came second, third
and fourth respectively. All in all, the Inter-House Swimming Gala was
an exciting and entertaining event.
Inho Lee, Grade VIII
Language and Literature: Ms. Indu
Week gone by:
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Inquiry:
Introduction of SCASI elements to
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the students vis-s-vis the Kabuliwala.
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started reading the text
What are different types of characters?
What is the importance of setting, action, style
and ideas in studying literature?
Language and Literature: Ms. Shweta
Week gone by:
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Inquiry:
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Inquiring about construction of myth in Kabuliwala.
ing SCASI element of setting.
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What is myth?
Textual comprehension 1and 2 fin-
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How is a myth created?
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What is the purpose of myth?
Textual reading till page 5 Explor-
ished.
Language and Literature: Ms. Deepika
Week gone by:
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Introduction of SCASI elements to
Inquiry:
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belief.
the students.
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Reading and annotating the text
Difference between myth, superstition and
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Who was Abdur Amir?
(Kabuliwala) to identify SCASI elements.
English Language Support: Ms. Ruchi
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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What is a character?
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How do characters influence the plot
Watched videos on characters in a story and their influence on the plot of the story.
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The students filled in KWL for characterization.
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Story predictions through the book cover were discussed
thoroughly in class
of the stroy?
Language Acquisition: Spanish: Ms. Jenny
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
Parental Support:
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Students have learned to describe
physical appearance and character
to their school friends using verbs
To be - SER, To have -TENER and
to wear - LLEVAR
Personal details are
essential for knowing
a person.
Encourage them to speak
Spanish and to practice
the language in
www.duolingo.com
Language Acquisition: Spanish: Ms. Shivani
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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They continued with the adjectives
and learnt how to describe someone
Our opinion about people is formed by knowing their personal details and personal and cultural interpretation of their physical appearance .
Language Acquisition: French-Ms. Swati
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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They continued with the adjectives and learnt how to describe
someone.
Our opinion about people is formed by knowing their personal
details and personal and cultural interpretation of their physical appearance.
Language Acquisition: French-Ms. Charu
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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They continued with the adjectives and learnt how to describe someone
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Our opinion about people is formed by knowing their personal details and personal and cultural interpretation of
their physical appearance
They did a worksheet on it-
Language Acquisition: Hindi– Phase 1- Ms. Garima
Week gone by:
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Writing practice of two letter words.
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Drill and correction.
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Discussed Criteria C&D (spoken).
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Done FA based on Criteria C&D (spoken)
Individual and Societies: Ms. Bharati
Week gone by:
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Students completed their summative 1 and 2 on the sources of history.
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went for a field trip to The national Museum
Science: Ms. Ritu
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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Factors affecting evaporation.
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Why clothes dry quickly on a hot summer day?
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Thermal Expansion
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Why do mercury level rises in a thermometer when we
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check our temperature during fever?
Article on Defrost Mechanism
Summative Assessment on Criterion D
Mathematics: Ms. Shikha
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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Comparing graphs and justifying the best option
Inquiry into comparison of graphs
for a given data.
Mathematics: Ms. Ratnika
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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Tally and Frequency Column Graph.
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Pie Charts.
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A recapitulation of data handling
cycle
Inquiry into how do column graphs and pie charts differ?
Mathematics: Mr. Amit
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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Comparison of different types of data represen-
Inquiry into comparison of graphs
tations.
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Formative assessment 1
Mathematics: Mr. Snehil
Inquiry:
Week gone by:
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Tally and Frequency Tables.
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Column Graphs.
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Formative Assessments
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Inquiry into how do column graphs and pie
charts differ?
Digital Design: Ms. Poonam
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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The criteria A of the summative task was discussed.
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Completing and uploading the formative task and
Calorie requirement by the people of
different age groups.
summative task on Managebac.
Digital Design: Mr. Sumit
Week gone by:
Inquiry:
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Introduction to Summative Assess-
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Why health is so important?
ment Criteria A - Planning a Health
Birthday.
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Check on what we eat?
Students will look for a client and
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Daily Food requirements of people from various age
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identify a restaurant and select
menu item.
groups?
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What to eat and how much to eat?
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Plan a healty diet?
Drama: Mr. Santanu
Week gone by:
Inquiry
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Investigate on Miming & Clowning
Formative on Miming & Clowning
Physical and Health Education:
Week gone by and inquiry:
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Tennis (6 A) : Movement choice reflect adaptation to space and environment
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Gymnastics ( 6 B) : Choice of movement through understanding of their function allows communication of
all motor abilities.
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Basketball (6 C) : Cultural perspective in communication that affect the performance of a team.
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Ultimate frisbee ( 6 D) : Effective team create systems of verbal and ono-verbal communication to organize offensive and defensive patterns.