Before the pandemic and online classes became the new normal, children at Sparkling Mindz had been discussing the ‘power within me’ in their House Circle. This was a culmination of the theme for the previous year and the various inspiring ways in which the children had engaged with it.
With the online mode of operation becoming a reality, we decided to bring together their inspiration in the form of a newsletter. Now, if this newsletter had to take forward their House Circle Time, it had to be essentially ‘for the students, of the students, by the students’.
We are glad to say that it is – from compiling their individual inspirations, to documenting their journeys of finding the ‘power within me’ in the form of a cover story, adding other external elements like crosswords and quotes, requesting a facilitator to write a column, self-learning the aspects of layout on an online platform to the final writing, designing and reviewing – it is an example authentic student-work. It is not perfect, but glorious. It is not a ‘product’ but an output of genuine student-led learning. It is the start of a new learning curve. It is the first of the many SM Times’ to come in the future.
With the online mode of operation becoming a reality, we decided to bring together their inspiration in the form of a newsletter. Now, if this newsletter had to take forward their House Circle Time, it had to be essentially ‘for the students, of the students, by the students’.
We are glad to say that it is – from compiling their individual inspirations, to documenting their journeys of finding the ‘power within me’ in the form of a cover story, adding other external elements like crosswords and quotes, requesting a facilitator to write a column, self-learning the aspects of layout on an online platform to the final writing, designing and reviewing – it is an example authentic student-work. It is not perfect, but glorious. It is not a ‘product’ but an output of genuine student-led learning. It is the start of a new learning curve. It is the first of the many SM Times’ to come in the future.
SM Times – Phoenix
Phoenix House have not been able to put together their final version yet, and this will soon be uploaded.
Phoenix House have not been able to put together their final version yet, and this will soon be uploaded.
Contributed by Poorva Agarwal, Learning Facilitator at Sparkling Mindz Global School.
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