Hello People!
After the first post we put out announcing the newsletter, the excitement has been palpable. The online classes always start with the following question:
‘Are we doing newsletter today?’
The children have been sooo excited to send this out. What is particularly intriguing is that the simple act of announcing the newsletter has given them a goal to work towards, and it has given them a sense of ownership over a collective piece of work they can call their own.
Without further ado, let’s get started. A quick warning though - this is a long post - since it has videos, poems, drawings, paintings, recipes and even a podcast!
First off, since we’ve all been missing professional sport, Haadi takes you along on his cricketing journey with this very passionate video:
Next, Siddhanth takes a trip down memory lane to relive the greatest of World Cup cricket finals. I have to say, I still can’t get over how heart breaking it must have felt as a New Zealand player and supporter. Here are Sid’s fun facts about the ICC Cricket World Cup:
From sport, time to jump into the world of essays and poems.
Tanya has been using her time during lockdown wisely and has picked up new skills. Here is why she thinks of her laptop as her new best friend:
Anvita is enjoying writing poems (it really gets you thinking about rhyming words, she says) and this is her latest poem, Toylet:
Tejas is really missing school. (So are we to be honest!). He wrote a short piece about his visit to the school premises during lockdown:
With life having slowed down, nature has a chance to heal. Satchit has been thinking about the planet, and has come up with a high-tech plan to clean up Planet Earth! Also, he seems to have gone to places no man or woman has gone before, but he’s been so hush about it!
He adds, “The world is filled with trees and plants. Birds, animals and good bugs thrive on earth.
There are flying robot machines that take care of trees and plants and run on air and prevent forest fires.
There are flying cars that run on air as fuel.
People can fly with gadgets.
Astronauts can be throttled into space like rockets and they go to moon or any other planet in our solar system or even outside of our galaxy.
Humans have visited planets inhabited by aliens and you just need to set where you want to go. People live in peace and happiness.”
Kiran has been enjoying his math lessons, and recently, after being introduced to area and co-ordinate geometry, he was able to make better sense of the COVID 19 graphs and the related statistics a little better. This is what he had to say:
I’m always interested in applying what I learn at school in everyday life. We have been holed up in our houses for several months and the situation does not seem to be improving. How do I know that? Since I learnt co-ordinate geometry at school, I finally can understand all those graphs that are being published about the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is the latest graph that shows how the cases in India are increasing at an alarming rate.
I also learnt how to measure area of a shape at school. When seen on a map, my city Bengaluru is approximately 30 km from West to East and also approximately 30 km from North to South. So the area of my city is approximately 30 km x 30 km = 900 km2. BBMP’s website shows that the number of active COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru as of today is 26,746. By dividing the number of active cases by the area of my city, I can see that approximately 30 active cases maybe present in every 1 km2 .
Now I feel like I’m sitting inside a cloud full of COVID-19 cases. That’s really scary!
Scary indeed Kiran! #stayhome and read The Fun Times y’all!
Kiesha loves Scratch. Like many other children at Jigyasa! She wanted to showcase a recent project of hers. Here’s what she has to say:
I made the Dino Dance Party Animation using Scratch App, because I felt like having a party during Lockdown!
In my scratch project I made the dino’s talk, dance and enjoy music (sung by me!!) using codes. I also made a disco ball.
I had fun making it. Hope you have fun watching it!
On the topic of Scratch, Samratt was so eager to send everyone a link to his project, but for some reason, the link just wouldn’t work. Instead, he sent us the thought process behind the project:
Surbhi too wanted to showcase a video she made about Japan. Japan is a fascinating place and we did a virtual tour around Japan during the summer camp. This is her video showcasing all that she found fascinating about the country!
Time for some art!
Ananya is experimenting with colour these days, and is using a variety of tools to achieve these visuals. Her question for you - can you find three things she has hidden in her picture? Let us know in the comments if you find them!
Vivaan, being an adventure junkie, has been itching to get out and get those adrenal glands pumping. For now though, we’ll have to do with imagining what a skydive might feel like. This is his interpretation:
Here is Laasya with her podcast called ‘We Love Learning’, where she interviews her classmate Ananya. Give it a listen!
And last, but almost as important as every other part of this newsletter, is Tanisi’s Oreo Cake Recipe! Try it out and let us know how it turned out…
That’s it folks! I am sure you have enough and more to keep you occupied until the next one comes around! We would love to hear from you, so please do comment and / or respond with your comments.
One thing that really hit me as I was putting the newsletter together today was the variety of media used. The term Digital Natives doesn’t do justice to what the children are producing!
Until the next one,
#staysafe #stayhome
Ryan, on behalf of Team Jigyasa
P.S: This was put together by the Grade 3, 4 and 5 children. Next up will be the Grade 1 and 2s, so stay tuned!
Excellent. . Congratulations to the tiny tots for their amazing work. Great effort by Team Jigyasa to showcase the talents of their students.
Amazing work by the kids!