Back to School Series
A ‘Gallery Walk’ was organized on 19.9.26 in the school premises for Playgroup, Nursery, LKG and UKG under the able guidance of Madam Soumya Gulati, Associate Director, Academic Development & Innovation, Blue Bells Group of Schools, wherein the parents witnessed the progression of the work done by their wards in the school and the trans-disciplinary approach wherein all the domains of learning are interwoven in the theme.
Playgroup-
The Gallery Walk
and the session 'Magic of Play' were organized for the parents of Playgroup
with the objective of showcasing the learning experiences of our young learners
through various engaging activities and display of all the activity sheets
The event began
with a warm welcome to the parents followed by the morning prayer by the tiny
tots of Playgroup.
Thereafter,
teachers explained ‘What is play’ and how do a child learn through play by
showcasing a skit related to the same.
Further, moving
forward parents joined in ‘circle time’ wherein a good morning song was done
for all the kids. Story of ‘Browny Bear loves to eat fruits and vegetables’ was
narrated. A treasure hunt of fruits was done through rhyme ‘Brown Bear Brown
Bear what do you see?’.
Moving forward,
parents were encouraged to volunteer and participate in the ‘sensory play’
activity. In this activity the volunteers were blind-folded and through
different senses they had to identify the fruits.
To enhance their
fine motor skills, play dough was provided to all the parents to make their
favourite fruit or vegetable.
At the end an
action song was done if you’re happy and you know it. Parents actively
participated in the Gallery Walk, appreciating the efforts and creativity of
their little ones.
Then, the parents wrote a heartfelt note for the school. At the end parents enthusiastically participated in the sports activity of 'Match The Colour' and filled in the feedback form.
Nursery
To acquaint the parents of Nursery students, with the latest teaching learning techniques and strategies adopted at Blue Bells Preparatory School, Session- ‘Reading and Writing Readiness’ – a part of the ‘Back to School Series’, was organized .
LKG
A similar session- ‘Fun with Numbers’ – a part of the ‘Back to School Series’, was organized to acquaint the parents of LKG students with the latest teaching pedagogy and learning strategies related to numeracy and math concepts.
UKG
A session ‘Read-O-Phonics’ – a part of the ‘Back to School Series’, was organized for UKG. This interactive session aimed to provide the parents with the same learning environment that kids experience in school. Many interesting & fun-filled activities were organized for the parents to acquaint them with the processes of ‘phonic’ and ‘phonetic awareness’ that are the critical components needed to teach a child how to read.
The Headmistress, Ms. Anu Sehgal addressed the august audience. She interacted with the parents and urged them to be constantly engaged with their children and adopt the similar teaching & learning techniques at home .
At the end of the
sessions, parents gave their valuable feedback and expressed that it had been a
wonderful and enjoyable experience to go back to their school days and that
adopting new teaching-learning strategies would be very effective while
teaching their little ones .
These sessions
provided the parents with the same learning environment that their little kids
experience in school. They were kept engaged throughout the session with numerous fun-filled activities.
Parents were excited to have such an interactive session and delighted to participate in the fun filled activities.
