We continued to work on our projects and have nearly reached the point of completion. Stay tuned!

            We  become archaeologists and tried to dig out artefacts from the sand. We learnt about the different tools archaeologists use and how the artefacts found by them help us to learn about the past.

               We tried to study and analyse what the artefacts that we dug out would be able to tell us.

This week we learnt about area and perimeter.

The highlight of this week was our Music assembly. We composed our own song and put rhythm to it.  We cant thank Ms. Amanda enough for blooming us into such musical composers. We completely enjoyed the process and are so proud of our first song ever! Enjoy the song written, composed and sung by Grade - 3 on the link below -

Watch the video of the performance here

Buddy day !

We invited our buddies to spend the day with us at Edubridge. What an exciting day it was! We wished it never ended. Here is a glimpse of the action - packed day.

A short performance we put up for our friends......

“Time flies when you're having fun, and we've been having fun for the last two months.” Its almost the end of the third month in school.This week we have continued exploring the concept of measurement and researching about the different aspects of the Ancient civilisations.

We have also been busy making our models to show our understanding of the Ancient civilisations.

We are learning how to plan, solve problems and use our creativity to recreate the past era.

Stay tuned to see our complete projects soon.

Welcome October!!!!!

Fun with measurement!!

During the first week  after our PTM we commenced our unit of work on measurement. Since it was a nice day, we decided to use the basketball court and our school bus to explore the concept of length. This lesson was about estimating and measuring using a metre stick.

We found out that the bus is 7 mts and 75 cms long.

Our ground is 52.5 metres long

                                  We enjoyed measuring the corridor outside our classroom

Roald Dahl Assembly

10 facts about Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl at work

1.     He was born on 13 September 1916, in Llandaff, Cardiff. His parents were Norwegian.

2.    He did not start writing for children until he had children of his own

3.    He wrote all of his children's stories in a small hut at the bottom of his garden

4.    He was a Hurricane fighter pilot during World War II

5.    He had two steel hips and six operations on his spine

6.    He wrote the screenplays for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Bond movie You Only Live Twice

7.    He originally wrote short stories for adults which were later published as Tales of the Unexpected

8.    He loved chocolate, but not chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream

9.    He always wrote in pencil on yellow paper

10.  He died on 23 November 1990 and is buried in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Great Missenden

We at Edubridge also enjoyed reading Roald Dahl's books and learnt some interesting things about this great author. 3rd Graders composed a song insired by one of his books - The Enormous Crocodile-  

Here is the song they composed, ..

THERE WAS A CROCODILE IN THE LAKE

HE WANTED TO EAT SOME CHILDREN

HE PASSED THE HIPPO AND THE ELEPHANT

THE MONKEY AND THE BIRD

HE'S GOT SECRET PLANS AND CLEVER TRICKS

HE USES HIS LEGS, BODY, TAIL AND A BIG MOUTH

AND DON'T FORGET THE BIIIIGGGG MOUTH

WITH HUNDREDS OF SHINY TEETH

HE ACTED LIKE A TREE, A COCONUT TREE

HE ACTED LIKE A SEESAW, A NEW SEESAW

HE WENT ON A ROUND-ABOUT, YES AROUND-ABOUT

AND THEN HE WAS A BENCH, A PICNIC BENCH

EVERY TIME THE CHILDREN WENT AWAY

THANKS TO THE ANIMALS THEY ARE SAVED

THE ELEPHANT THREW HIM UP TO THE SUN

GOODBYE MISTER YOU ARE DONE.

Our Compère's

Our very own Roald Dahl

Our composer's singing their composition

Ways to make learning fun!

Helping children learn can be a challenge. While learning requires creative thinking , much of learning consists of rote memorization. Remember going over and over those times tables? Kids get bored easily. Our challenge is to find ways to make earning fun.

(http://www.mydailymoment.com/moms/activities/8_ways_to_make_learning_fun.php)

As requested by most of the parents here are some ideas that you can use to help take your child's learning further.

Meeting Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom - or simply MARY KOM

                                             

Mary Kom is an Indian boxer belonging to Kom tribal community of north-eastern state of Manipur. She is a five-time World Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships.She is the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category and winning the bronze medal. She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Women's Ranking Flyweight category. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kom)

 Edubridge had the privilege to welcome Mary to our school. Our students had an opportunity to hear the  inspirational story from Mary herself. She patiently answered the questions from our young interviewers!

Our First Field trip !!!

Field trips expand children's learning through active hands-on experience with the rich resources of the local community. Field trips increase student knowledge and understanding of a subject and add realism to the topic of study.

Field trips offer an opportunity for us to get exposure to ‘real’ people and events and the opportunity to make connections with others. On field trips we visit places that we are not normally exposed to during the school day. In order to enhance their learning Grade 3 went to the first field trip to the Prince of Wales Museum.

                                      

 

The Prince of Wales Museum is one of the most significant museums in India. The museum showcases innumerable forms of art and artifacts hailing from India, Tibet, Nepal and other far eastern countries are preserved in this museum. The museum also houses a collection of 2000 rare miniature paintings from several noteworthy art schools in India.There is another section that displays Indian arms and armour that displays an array of weapons, swords, shields in addition to other exhibits. The museum has a section comprised of European oil paintings.There are also rare archeological artifacts that date back to the 'Indus Valley' civilization in the 2000 B.C. Remnants from the 'Maurya' as well as 'Gupta' periods are beautifully displayed in the museum.

             

   

 

Visiting the MYP art exhibition.

Most of us instinctively know that art is important for our children; we simply believe it's

important because we've seen our children deeply involved in art. 

But beyond what we feel and believe, 

there is much factual information about why art is important in our children's

development that is both interesting and helpful to know. Creating art expands a child's ability to interact with the world around them, and provides a new set of skills for self-expression and communication. Not only does art help to develop the right side of the brain, it also cultivates important skills that benefit a child's development. But art goes far beyond the tangible statistics measured by studies -- it can become a pivotal mode of uninhibited self-expression and amazement for a child. Art matters the same way language matters -- or the way breathing matters! It is a fundamental component of what makes us uniquely human.

(http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/maryann-kohl-importance-of-art/379002442/)

Ashley said, "Sometimes art is just fun with no purpose or reason, just creating, getting messy, and the joyful expression of being a KID

Marti said, "It seems art is the one area where kids and their creativity have free reign." 

Our first guest speaker !

Guest speakers benefit students, sharing expert experience in their career fields.Guest speakers extend the boundaries of the classroom, helping students to see the course as a part of a larger network of ideas and conversations.

We had the privilege to honour Mr Sanjay Lawrence an ex fire fighter to come and share with us his experience. He taught us how to take care of us in case of  earthquakes, fire, or even volcanoes!! Thank you for making us more knowledgeable and aware of what we should do in case of an emergency.