An identity of our own, 4th March, 2011

 
The groups started bonding from Day 2, especially after the wonderful photo clicked by Mr. Jim, which is now our profile pic and after having discussed and come up the Essential Agreements! Having read through the Student Handbook, the students visually represented their understanding of the Exhibition in the form of charts, concept maps and flow charts. Then it was the time to tune them in into the transdisciplinary theme, ‘Sharing the Planet’, which is the only aspect of the Exhibition, apart from the final dates, that the teachers have decided! So, they were shown a series of newspaper headlines, art work and fashion wear created from recycled material, the video of The Earth Song by Michael Jackson and they were read out to the story ‘Dear Children of the Earth’, in which Mother Earth makes a plea to her children to protect and save her. The students were very easily able to figure out that the theme we were going to explore was ‘Sharing the Planet’. They carried home the challenging task of listing real life issues centred on the theme, after having a discussion with their parents. 

 The students also carved an identity of their own, by naming their groups based on the theme of ‘Sharing the Planet’. Thus, the five groups were:

1. Care to Share 

Teachers: Ms. Shalini and Ms. Mrinalini
Students: 

     i.        Amandeep

    ii.        Hamza

   iii.        Rahul N

   iv.        Deepanshu

    v.        Anirudh

   vi.        Gauri

  vii.        Rahul S

 viii.        Keshav

   ix.        Nandini

2. Mother’s Children

Teachers: Ms. Isha and Ms. Shipra

Students:

     i.        Kengo

    ii.        Yuvraj

   iii.        Bani

   iv.        Shaimay

    v.        Pallavi

   vi.        Sagar

  vii.        Khushi

 viii.        Kartik

   ix.        Aanchal

3. The Nine Planet Savers

Teachers: Mr. Abhimanyu and Mr. Jim

Students:

     i.        Smriti

    ii.        Belinda

   iii.        Raghav

   iv.        Varun

    v.        Anushka

   vi.        Bhav

  vii.        Anmol

 viii.        Karmistha

   ix.        Siddhant

4. Global Explorers

Teachers: Ms. Priti and Ms. Seema

Students:

     i.        Riya

    ii.        Davika

   iii.        Katyani

   iv.        Daksh

    v.        Shai

   vi.        Lakshya

  vii.        Swikriti

 viii.        Sahil B

5. Dusk to Dawn

Teachers: Ms. Monica and Ms. Manjula

Students:

     i.        Ayati

    ii.        Anshika

   iii.        Simran

   iv.        Rohin

    v.        Anisha

   vi.        Pragya

  vii.        Sahil P

 viii.        Yash

   ix.        Isha