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Show You Care - Be Aware

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by Rajee Venugopal Unit 1 reflection MYP 3 Global Context - Identities and relationship (Exploring - Physical, spiritual and mental health) The students were introduced to the first topic in this unit ’Food Production’ where they organised themselves into different continents and presented their progress in the field of agriculture. It was a very good activity where sharing of information took place to the maximum and ended up in a debate. The complete classroom scenario was like a seminar and the learners enjoyed this. The skills developed through this activity were research skills and communication skills. An agricultural farm visit was planned to learn about new techniques of farming. The students’ knowledge about agricultural practices was further extended to a service through farming in a small scale in the school premises. They grew Fenugreek (methi) in a sort of kitchen garden, taking care to water the plants and adding manure from time to time. ...
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The Power of Peer Assessment

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Guest Lecture on Family Culture and Identity by Ajay Agrawal on 28 September 2017

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