BOOK WEEK 2019 – MAHINDRA IS – Mahindra International School

Book Week at Mahindra IS was held from 14^th to 18^th October, featuring a range of events, activities, reading sessions, book fairs, presentations etc. to engage our learners. The theme for this year was “Let’s Imagine”.

On Monday, the EY2, EY3 and P1 learners had an opportunity to meet Sharanya Shriram, a storyteller. She used puppets and songs to make storytelling fun and interesting. She narrated a puppet story of a lion cub that got lost in the Jungle and how the different animals that he met on his way directed him to his Daddy. She used voice modulation to add sound effects of different animals talking. The students were also given the puppets to make their own stories within their groups.

The Tuesday morning PYP Assembly saw 5 MYP students doing a ‘book talk’ with the PYP learners. Their short synopsis of their favourite book is surely going to inspire many learners to read the books they talked about!

Emma shared the Thea Stilton series [HS1]

Aashi shared a great fantasy novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Kanav talked about the Artemis Fowl sci-fi books

Aditya shared his love for Big Nate books

Asya was enthusiastic about “The Land of Stories” series

Shaila Jain Chougule, an Illustrator visited us on Wednesday to interact with our P2, P3, P4 and P5s. She has illustrated 15 books so far and she works for magazines and newspapers. She shared the complete process of illustration wherein you start with reading the text that the author sends, researching for your drawings, designing a page layout (the look of the page with the text), starting to illustrate, finalize the illustrations and then finally submit the work to the Publishers. The learners and teachers were fascinated to see the sketches when compared to the actual page in the book. We hope this session inspires our learners to pursue their creativity and put it into action.

On Thursday, we had Home Language storytelling session. We are grateful to our wonderful parent community for joining us in sharing our passion of reading in home languages. We would also like to thank our ever-supportive teachers who volunteered to read. A big “Thank You” to all the parents and teachers.

The book week concluded with the most popular Book Character Parade. This year the highlight of the book character parade was celebration of the different genres of reading. We had students as well as teachers dressing up under the themes – ‘Folk Tales & Fairy Tales’, ‘Mythology’, ‘Real Life/Biographical Characters’, ‘Fantasy’, ‘Picture Story Characters’ and ‘Animal Story characters.

Other events and activities included Community reading during the breaks, book fairs by Hachette India and Word Book Shops and the ‘Why I Read’ display board in the reception area.

The energy, passion and creativity of our students, teachers and parents helped us make this a fun-filled literacy week.

The Primary Library team

Human systems and economic activities	The study of how and why people construct organizations and systems; the ways in which people connect locally and globally; the distribution of power and authority.
Social organization and culture	The study of people, communities, cultures and societies in the ways in which individuals, groups and societies interact with each other.
Continuity and change through time	The study of the relationships between people and events through time; the past, its influences on the present and its implications for the future; people who have shaped the future through their actions.
Human and natural environments	The study of the distinctive features that give a place its identity; how people adapt to and alter their environment; how people experience and represent place; the impact of natural disasters on people and the built environment.
Resources and the environment	The interaction between people and the environment; the study of how humans allocate and manage resources; the positive and negative effects of this management; the impact of scientific and technological developments on the environment.

Living things	The study of the characteristics, systems and behaviours of humans and other animals, and of plants; the interactions and relationships between and among them, and with their environment.
Earth and space	The study of planet Earth and its position in the universe, particularly its relationship with the sun; the natural phenomena and systems that shape the planet and the distinctive features that identify it; the infinite and finite resources of the planet.
Materials and matter	The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose.
Forces and energy	The study of energy, its origins, storage and transfer, and the work it can do; the study of forces; the application of scientific understanding through inventions and machines. (IBO, 2009)

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