Students at Oakridge, experience the joy of learning everyday through diverse classes and subjects. As part of C A S activity our student volunteers had the opportunity to embrace the role of teachers through the platform of Spoorthi and they did a great job as can be seen in their reflections.
Akshat, Anisha, Min, Harshita, Alvert, Joseph, Malakapalli, Nirmal, Ted and Pranathi attended the first session on 13th November 2010.
Harshita Reddy's reflection “For the first time I was going to teach instead of being taught to. 10 of us went to school with this thrilling prospect in mind. And the satisfaction, happiness and enjoyment which the day consisted of far surpassed what we expected out of it. Teaching them was no easy job but the satisfaction it gave us was nothing small either. The kids’ curiosity about everything they saw and eagerness to learn was heart-touching. It reminded us of how fortunate we all are and inspired us to put in our best efforts in teaching them what little we could. Today is one day which we will all always cherish”.
Joseph a Korean student was seen interacting with the students in Telugu.
On 28th Nov 2010, Paavani Putta, Siddardh Chennupaty, Pavan Kottapalli, and Naren Pakalapati participated in Spoorthi.
Paavani P's reflection “As a volunteer and a student, it was surprising to see how the lavish surroundings in my school that I use without any inhibition everyday are innovative and even difficult for other students to use. As I spoke to different young children, it was evident that not only were they having tremendous fun, they were grateful, respectful, and overjoyed with the amount of education they could receive in just one day at Oakridge. We left promising them that we would all meet again next session and have fun together”.
The English program aims to not only outline the basic rules of spoken English, but encourage the children to be confident and robust in their speech and content. As many of the children understand Telugu more fluently than English, the activities such as role-playing, word-formation, and worksheets allowed them to stray from their comfort zone and try something new.
In the technology course, students were taught the basics of applications in Windows software such as creating a file, sub-file, and saving documents. They also had a chance to express their creativity through the painting exercise which utilized standard tools: pencil, paintbrush, airbrush, bucket, and eraser.
Ms.Rubina
SPOORTHI Coordinator
A very good post and it is a pleasure to read such posts from one of the international schools in Hyderabad.
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