Action.

I am planning to perform in two months time during a school assembly. I would be dancing to a song from Halkat Jawani. In this performance I will performing a solo dance. The movements for this dance will be mostly taken from it's original video. My first pratices will be next week.

13/11/2012

Sneha Orphanage

On Sunday we visited the orphanage with new learning activities for the children and for ourselves. Our main goal was to spend  quality time with the kids and get to know  the orphanage more. For starters we provided the children some milk packets and we thought this would be the best choice for them because most kids like milk. Then we started on our activities and our main objective was ‘how can we become creative.’ We basically separated the nursery kids and the little kids into groups. For the nursery kids we gave blank paper, glue and magazine papers to make collages and for the little kids we gave blank papers to get them busy drawing whatever that came into their minds. This activity was a big success because most of kids learnt how to draw new pictures and everyone loved drawing, this means we provided them with an activity they love. This shows we are thoughtful at initiating activities. Towards the end we gave the nursery kids play dough. Reflecting back, play dough activity was a success because the kids loved it. Therefore we decided to do the same activity again. The excitement in their eyes was amazing.

 

            During this activity we learnt anger management. Since the kids loved the activities they were hyper throughout. it was hard for us to control them. To overcome with problem Ashwini and I helped each other by taking care of the kids. For example if Ashwini couldn’t handle then I would be strict with the kids by being strict. Ashwini would show the kids how to draw new pictures. This kept them silent and more observed.

 

20/10/2012
Sneha Orphanage

It was our first day at the children's orphange. In the beignning we were quite confident about what we were going to do. Probably because we planned a lot of activites to keep us doing well when we meet the children. When we went inside all the kids were expecting us. As a small friendly surprise we got the kids some fruits. The orphange supervisor was very helpful and supportive. Therefore we started the activities without any hesitation. Our first goal was to get toknow the children. So we desgined the pillow passing game. Ashwini (my partner) provided the music and we all started to pass the a teddy bear instead of a pillow. Whenever the music is stopped and whoever has the teddy bear gets to intrroduce themselevs. It was a fun acitivity because the children loved the concept because everybody got to play a role. It was amazing the game actually helped to achieve one of our goals which is to work collaboratively.

Once we introduced the game the children helped one another to keep the game going fun. For starters this game really worked out well because as one group we all engaged and the children learnt a new game that they might be able to do at their spare time. Later to have the children do somet creative we took two colors of playdo. We thought this would be the best option for them to learn how to be creative and engaged and to have fun at the same time. Aswhini and on the first day had a great time with the kids. I think we all learnt how to interact and to take responsiblity for our action. I must say we were pretty good risk takers because we got a long well with the kids on the first day and they seem to like us more because they requested to come see them again!

 

12/ 10/2012

UN Day

The theme of the UN day was 'unity in diversity' our school mission. On this day my goal was to represent myself as a former MUN delegate to help the grades from 7 to 8 to understand the concept of Unity in Diversity. To further interpret the concept myself and my partner did some acitivites with the students.

Firstly we showed some a video clip about how  students in OSC defines Unity in Diversity. Then we questioned the class about their ideas on the same note. Then we switched into a different acitvity. I printed some pictures on Unity in Diversity and with the help of my partner we divided the class into two groups to identify and describe Unity in Diversity present on the picture. Later on took over the class introducing a ToK question. We debated on ' should the world use a common language to communicate' The points as a class was brillant. So many good points was spoken out and the whole class interacted very well throughout the whole session.

This was a big win for us because as students we were able take responsible on the acitivites that we introduced and the students. For this was risk taking because handling a group of intelligent students and planning appropriate work is really tough and I got through with the collabration skills I had to work with my partner. Throughout the whole planning system I was commited and well dedicated because I used the work I do in 12th grade ToK class to make a very interesting session for the 7-8th graders.Throughout the whole planning system I learnt how to be organized and exhanging ideas by engaging myself with the whole MUN committee.

These are some pictures showing my dedication, introducing different activities and being responsible

 

 

 

04/10/2012

My Goal for the Founder's day was to perform a style solo dance. This is because I love dancing and it is part of creativity and action. It is creativity because dancing is a form of expressing emotions using body language. Dance is also action because it takes a lot of energy and practice in order to remember and do the steps. To create the dance I took exactly a week. I blended a bit of contemporary and bollywood form of dance to giving a good performance. To help me build my skills I watched some videos so I can learn new steps and imrpove more on my skills.

 

When I looked at the audience there were more than 500 students watching me. I was feeling nervous , motivated since I know I'm a risk taker and good at what I'm doing. When i started dancing the support from the audience was amazing. The cheers just made me energize the dance even more. It was  a proud moment for me. The dance was  a success because everybody loved the performance!

 

The dance made me feel that i'm confident enough to performance regardless the number of audience in front of me. Dancing on the founder's day made me believe I'm a risk taker, learner and a determined person to acheive any goals in dancing! overall I had a great experience as well.

 

 

For action, I started going to the gym. It is important for me to do exercises because my knee cap dislocates.  In order to prevent dislocation I have to strength my muscles and therefore I do several types of exercises. This also helps keeping my body fit and healthy. 

 

I aim to exercise at least 3 times a week because  so I can be fit to perform in the future. I'm acheiving this goal  by going the the gym on Monday, Tuesday and Thurseday after schools.

 

When I do exercises I learn a lot about how to keep myself healthy and which exercises are suitable for my age. Communicating with the instructors help me acheive my goals.

 

I exercise at least for 1hr and 30 mins a day. I think this time is enough to make me balance to be healthy and to go home and be awake to do my work without being extremly tired.

 

 

 

17/09/2012

For this year my friend and I have started to service an orphanage. The kids in the orphanage are under 5 years old and there are roughly 15 kids. To start our first service, last week we met with our supervisor and planned some activities that would help us to get to know kids.  For example one of activities is so play passing the pillow. In this game whoever gets the pillow introduces them. while planning we realized completing our tasks is not easy. Planning was a huge challenge to me because i was not aware of suitable games or how we can interact with the kids ordinary because at all times we wanted to make sure the activities suits both boys and girl  and in a way the orphanage will be pleased without breaking any rules. Since we will be dealing with very small kids we also decided to meet with one of our primary teachers in school and find out more activities that would help us achieve our overall goals.

For after school activities I’m also the student leader for baller dancing. In this program I’m hoping to learn some basics of baller by helping the students to get the steps correct.  I love dancing and learning a new form of a dance would really help me to build on my confidence towards international form of dance and to learn more graceful form of dance steps. We are hoping to get the students trained for a performance during assembly. To achieve our  goal from this week we will be working hard on firming the dance steps and making sure the students dance well.