Friendship beyond Frontiers- Class 3A interacts with peers in Mexico City India is a country that believes in “Unity in diversity”. And, festivals are the core of Indian culture. It is celebrated irrespective of religion or caste in the country, bringing people closer and creating a strong bond of humanity. To establish new ties of friendship, this year the students of class 3A at TFS exchanged introductory emails with their peers abroad. Later they made beautiful Christmas cards for  the students of Colegio San Patricio Cumbres School in Mexico City and their...

The Foundation School Online quiz game ‘Kahoot‘ The students of class II played an online quiz, Kahoot, on 16th January, 2020. This was based on festivals celebrated by them during the year. Kahoot is an online game-based learning platform, used as an educational tool in schools and other educational institutions. Its learning games or “Kahoots”, are multiple-choice quizzes that can be accessed via a web browser. The teachers compiled a set of age- appropriate questions on festivals celebrated in India and globally. The festivals included were Raksha bandhan, Janmashthami, Dussehra, Diwali, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hoi...

Special assembly by class 3   A country is known by its citizens, ones who live a healthy and disease free life. Clean air, water, sanitation and personal hygiene play a vital role in building a strong country which counts on its citizen for its growth and development. A special assembly was conducted on 24th October, 2019 by the students of class  3 of The Foundation School, in order to create awareness about the problems of poor sanitation and its ill effects on our personal well-being.  We as responsible citizens of India have the duty to pay attention to our sanitation which affects human health. The students of class 3B gave an...

“Librarians don’t know everything, but they surely know the path to find out everything.” On 6th January 2019, the NBT and DELNET together arranged a panel discussion at the World Book Fair in New Delhi, on the topic-‘ Igniting young children’s minds through libraries : role of LIS professionals.’ The discussion engaged eminent figures in the field of education-Dr. R.K. Sharma- Librarian at the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan (UNIC), Dr. Geeta Malhotra – Country Director, Read India, Dr. (Smt.) Indu Khetarpal – Principal, Salwan Public School, Ms. Vandana...

Skype sessions provide our students with a wide platform to interact and learn from peers all over the world about cultures and festivities. This year the students of class 3C collaborated with their pen pals at the Istituto Marymount in Rome and their teacher Ms. Amy Bivin on 19th December 2019 to wish each other for Christmas. The session started with greeting each other and singing Christmas carols. Our students,  dressed  in red Santa caps, holding festive props, enthusiastically presented a self-composed medley of all-time favorite carols like “Twelve days of...

The Foundation School  actively participates in workshops dealing with enhancing the quality of education. In the same direction, a workshop organised by Macmillan Education on 22 November 2019 at Janakpuri was attended by Ms. Shivani Kaushik and Ms. Kanika Batheja, of the English department. The workshop was conducted by Ms. Alka Rai, ELTS Resource person at Oxford University Press, who introduced various bases upon which a teacher must work. Teachers were introduced to teaching techniques that strive to streamline the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students have varied needs, hence...

The morning of 6 December, 2019 was full of excitement for the students of class 4. They just could not wait to board their bus and head to the School eco farm! The bus ride was  all about the children planning how they would spend the day there! Their plans ranged from plans like, “ We will first go say hi to the rabbits”, “ We will climb up to the tree house”, “I will sit in the garden”, “I will play on the swings”, “I will go spot vegetables”....

We are living in an era of science and technology which has revolutionised the world. With innovation and advancement in technology, neither time nor distance stands in the way of effective communication. On 19th November, 2019, class  3-A, engaged in a Monster collaboration with the students of H B Rhame Elementary School in Columbia, US.   The students of both schools thoroughly enjoyed making the ‘monster’ based on the instructions provided by each other. They exchanged their views on the flip grid interface wherein, they shared information about their schools, sang self-composed songs...

“Every child is a different kind of flower. All together they make this world a beautiful garden”. Children’s Day commemorates the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his affection for children. Through his political career, Pandit Nehru was an ardent advocate of children’s rights and privileges. This year, it was the 65th Children’s Day. We observed the occasion on 18 November, 2019 at our School. Several programmes for the children were organised by the teachers. The classrooms were decorated with coloured balloons. In the auditorium the stage was set for performances...

A conference on the topic, ‘Learning Difficulties and Misconceptions in Early Years Mathematics’ was organised by the Mathematics Research Department of Bluebells School International on 21 November 2019. The conference was attended by the teachers of the Primary wing at prominent schools of Delhi. The resource person was Mr. Sanjay Raghav, Mathematics Consultant at Bluebells School International and founder of Arc Math. Ms. Anjum Tandon of The Foundation School attended the conference. The objective of the conference was to reach a more refined understanding of mathematical concepts involved in early and...