French Day

French Day

Bonjour tout le monde!

French is one of the leading language in the world. In India it has been given the position of second language in many schools. It is said that learning a new language develops your critical and creative thinking skills. Learning new language makes us more aware about culture, lifestyle of that particular country. As French is one of the most required and used language it connects us to the world and increases our communication skills too.

“Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.” --- Italo Calvino

I was informed by our school French teacher that we would be celebrating French day and that I would be translating in English for the audience.  I and my friend Himanshu decided that we would discuss the events for the program and accordingly I will translate it in English.  We worked together and decided what all events are being put up in the program.  After hosting few programs in my school I had confidence that this time I would do no mistakes and do it properly. During the show I realized that how important is to be attentive while the program is going on. What if there are any changes? Or if a problem arrives?  I felt responsible and confident that I was given a chance to this. From this activity I understand that how important language is for communication as well as it connects us from the rest of the world from its culture. 

Comparing programe

All the students who were involved in the program 

Everything is an art. We should try and understand it and learn to respect it, even though it’s on a small scale. After the program many teachers appreciated my work and said that I did really well better than last time. Though I didn’t really learn anything important but I believe from learning small things we reach on big things automatically. For me this activity was some way special because I felt as if I am working for an organization and I translate and connect one culture from the other one. I never thought I would realize that language which we don’t know yet connects us from the world.  I would try and convey what I have learned. Till then enjoy !

Environmental Week

“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.” --Earl Nightingale 

Environment and the issues regarding it is now one of the major concerns globally. It is important for us to take steps now so that we have a better and a safe future. Due to our activities the problems have increased in the past few years. Every small thing related to global warming and issues regarding it are connected. We have to try and maintain the balance so that we can shape a better future.

Our coordinator Vijayalaxmi ma’am decided that we would we celebrating environmental week. We decided that we would we celebrating it on all the four days that is from 7^th – 10^th July. We planned the activity for the four days and ma’am allotted each group with a topic. We were divided into 3 groups as following:

  

Date	Topic	Students in charge
7/7/14	My planet, My home.	Shradha and Kaustubh
8/7/14	How are we affecting the planet?	Jaidev and Shafqat
9/7/14	Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.	Rucha and Himanshu
10/7/14	Tree plantation.	Dp - 2

I was given the responsibility of making the display board also, where I had to make a poster regarding the environment and the topics included in our program. It was a little difficult to make paintings related to natural disaster. Therefore I made a poster which included some things on reduce, reuse and recycle.

On the first day my friends Shradha and Kaustubh spoke on the topic “My Planet, My Home. “They explained the audience about how the humans are influencing the environment and how the environment is disturbed due to the human activities. I was given the responsibility of saying the prayer.

On the second day Shafqat and Jaidev spoke about the effects of the human activities on earth. They also spoke about the natural disasters and the cause behind it. They highlighted the topic by sharing the connection between pollution, natural disasters and the cause behind the calamities. The responsibility which I was given was to play the presentation according to the sequence of the program.

On day three the topic was reduce, reuse and recycle. I and Himanshu decided that as it’s the last topic for the program and it’s a point which is connected to global warming so we’ll do something creative and new. We planned that we would conduct a discussion and make the audience more aware about reduce, reuse and recycle as well as about the plastic waste management. To make the discussion more fun we decided that we would give away the information sheet on reduce, reuse and recycle. The discussion was conducted by Himanshu. I felt that I ddidn'thave the skills to improvise during a discussion. I wasn't disappointed by this but I hope to learn it soon. Our theme needed a pledge so that the program would be innovative. I myself made the pledge knowing that I had the skills to do it.

As we were engaged with issue related to environment and global warming, we planned to have a tree plantation, where all the students from the lower grades to the higher would be involved in this activity. We instructed the students to bring such plants which would survive in our city’s weather. On the last day, we had planned that we would conduct tree plantation. I and my other classmates worked collaboratively during the selection of appropriate places where the students can plant their saplings. I decided that the dustbins should be placed near the pothole where the sapling is to be planted. It was to assure that the students shouldn't throw the plastic here and there. I also planted a sapling and promised myself that it would stay alive and grow.

During the activity I learned that it is important to show our responsibilities and understand it too. I believe that I did show commitment towards the activity and understood how important it is to show perseverance and to know your responsibility. At first I thought that the activity wouldn't be so fun but later on when I got to know myself more and my skills, it lead to a successful program for the whole week and I had fun too by learning some new things.