Short Street - Activities

In collaboration with Scholastic and as an extension of Children's Day, Reading activity was organized on 29th November 2013.Reading pledge was taken by teachers, staff and children of Mongrace.Story telling, book mark, craft activity, reading , word recognition,enactment of story characters and drawing of book covers were some of the activities done by the children.They promised to go home and tell their parents also to take a reading pledge.Wall grafiti was created by children to depict an interest in reading related activities.

Children's day was celebrated with great joy on 14th november 2013. In each environment Aunties spoke about Jawahar Lal Nehru and explained why we celebrate his birthday as Children's Day.Nursery Rhymes and  songs were sung by teachers and chilkdren. Teachers rediscovered the child in their hearts through these activities. After a class party in each class Aunties and children sat down to watch cartoons and Lion king shown through a projector.

children went home with hugs and sweets from their aunties.

On 27th September 2013, a briefing session for International School Award and a workshop for Principals by British Council was hosted at Mongrace. A platform where all participants could share ideas and find solutions to common concerns was the highlight of the afternoon.

Connecting Classrooms powerpoint by Ms. Rukmani Ghosh of British Council and recounting of experiences of ISA journey and achievement by Swati Chatterjee of Admas International inspired all present. Mongrace teachers also shared the various ISA projects being implemented during the 2013-14 session.

Making our little ones learners for life and preparing them for the world outside was the prime objective of all discussions.