Experience in the Hindi UTSAV at Glendale International!!

I participated in the Hindi Utsav at Glendale international and I wish to narrate the event and my reflections on it.

The Hindi Utsav was a very beautiful example of how people still believe in their cultural heritage and in the preservation of it too. This Utsav was very well planned with very apt competitions and presentations. I took part in the elocution competition. While researching and writing my speech I got to know about a lot of statistics and facts about our nation that may be known very less and was not shocked by the consequences. Despite the fact of winning I was very enlightened due to the judges as they were very knowledgeable and passionate about their national language which arose my conscience and the judges inspired me and I’m sure would inspire a lot of others. Being from well off families with great professions they went against the will of the society and studied Hindi with masters and doctorate degrees leading them to a career of writing and teaching which is a way of lending people their share of knowledge. I also thought about all the hardships they had to go through and I was thinking about how I would be flat out after just a day!

During this competition I also had the opportunity of watching the other competitions such as the NUKKAD competitions or the street play competitions which had very humorous and at the same time thought provoking acts which was very enjoyable. Interactions with many other participants of various schools was also very interesting as half the time someone walked up on stage, I would just start looking at their uniforms and guessing which school they were from as the school names were not told, so as to take my mind of the competition!

I encourage visiting such competitions as you learn a lot about various scenarios of the world and about uniforms!

- Sreya Sreedhar, IX G, CIE.

SHAKESPEARE COMES ALIVE IN GRADE 6 DRAMA CLASS

William Shakespeare's plays have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and in Western literature. Traditionally, the 38 plays are divided into the genres of tragedy, history, and comedy; they have been translated into every major living language, in addition to being continually performed all around the world. Past one month was really interesting for Grade 6 Drama students. It was like Shakespeare has come alive in their drama class. They have celebrated Shakespeare’s plays in their Drama Class.  Students have worked on famous scenes from very famous plays of Shakespeare “Midsummer Night’s Dream” which is an out an out comedy play, scenes from “Macbeth” which is a very intense and dramatic play, another scene from “Merchant of Venice”.  Students have explored two very different genres “Comedy and Tragedy” through these plays. Through these plays students have learnt about stylized performance which is main characteristic of Shakespeare’s plays. Students of Grade 6 have thoroughly enjoyed performing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.

PAT Class

Polynomials identities were taught and its applications were tested through simplification of numbers. The students learnt the techniques of simplifying large numbers using these identities. They discussed various mathematical operations involved in the number patters in a Mathematical Reasoning questions. When the brainstorming sessions happened over the processing of solutions the children’s creativity was at its peak.

6 Word Stories by Grade III Students

CAS REFLECTION

It is said that no one is too old to learn and no one is too young to teach. On the 21th September, we a group of IBDP students helped impart knowledge. We spent our day teaching the drivers of our school. The drivers drive us back and forth every day. So we decided it was time we did something in return.  We wanted to make them more aware of their surroundings and its happenings.

Neha, a part of a literacy awareness project, had taken her precious time to come and speak to the drivers. The talk was followed by a session where we as Oakridge students taught the drivers. How to send an email, how to go Google and other basic requirements were taught along with how to type properly.

I cannot speak on behalf of the drivers but we thought it was fruitful. To quote a student “ we think we rocked it”. The drivers were eager and patient. However they had seemed to forget the basics.  It was quite interesting to see the enthusiasm and willingness the drivers had to learn.  Students were convinced that they were able to make an actual difference and hopefully at the end of the year, everyone around will be able to see a change. We were extremely grateful to be given the opportunity to start this program and we hope that our vision becomes a reality. On that day, we saw a glimpse of our vision of the future.