Co-Curricular / Life Skills Through Structure Curriculum

SUBJECT: Life Skills

TOPIC:Being Caring and Compassionate

ACTIVITY:Interactive session between the teacher and the students

CLASS: VI, VII

DATE:For the month of January

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Geetika Chutani

REPORT:

  1. Introduction on topic How to Be Empathetic and Caring towards others.
  2. Students were taught about how to help others including- Animals, Humans and plants, how to increase Empathy.
  3. Students did an activity: Answering the given situations by being compassionate and Caring
  4. This activity was done on paper and was reviewed.
  5. It focused on Empathy, Problem Solving and being caring towards others.

SKILLS INCULCATED:Thinking Skills, Empathy, Problem Skills and Communication skills

SUBJECT: Life Skills

TOPIC:Value card activity (Do your Best)

ACTIVITY:Life skill Activity and discussion on topic (Do your Best) through creative answers, Goal settings, Art, General Discussions and sharing perspectives.

CLASS: VI, VII

DATE:4th- 8th December

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Geetika

REPORT:

  1. Discussion on the Life skill theme- Goal Setting and how it is going to help students in short term and long term.
  2. Students in VI, VII class answered few questions and were psychoeducated on topic Goal setting. In the form of story writing, general ideas, and art, children were asked to submit their thoughts.
  3. The session ended with a talk about how it is important to set goals and careers for the future and how it is going to help them out in the near future.

SKILLS INCULCATED:Thinking Skills, Critical thinking, Goal setting and Creative thinking.

SUBJECT: Life Skills

TOPIC:Life skill video on Perspectives, Internal beauty and problem solving

ACTIVITY:Life skill Activity and video on topic Perspectives, Internal beauty and problem solving through Video, General Discussions and sharing perspectives.

CLASS: VI, VII

DATE:18 th -22 nd December

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Geetika

REPORT:

  1. Discussion on the Life skill theme- Perspective and problem solving and why it is important to respect others viewpoints.
  2. Students in VI, VII, classes viewed a video which showed two different stories on two different topics. They expressed their general ideas and children were asked to tell their thoughts on how they can implement these life skills in their daily life.

SKILLS INCULCATED:Thinking Skills, sharing perspectives, Internal beauty and respecting others.

SUBJECT: Life Skills

TOPIC:CBSE-UNESCO Chuppi Todo (Bullying)

ACTIVITY:Life skill Activity and video on topic Chuppi Todo (Bullying) through Video, Art, General Discussions and sharing perspectives.

CLASS: VI, VII, VIII, IX

DATE:6 th November- 10 th November

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Bhupinder, Ms. Geetika and Ms. Aditi

REPORT:

  1. Discussion on the Life skill theme- Bullying and how it impacts others was done in which students also discussed their view points.
  2. Students in VI, VII, VIII, and IX classes viewed a video about how bullying is a serious offense and how it impacts others.
  3. In the form of story writing, general ideas, and art, children were asked to submit their thoughts on how they might raise their voices against bullying and stop bullying others.
  4. The session ended with a talk about how to quit bullying others and maintain a calm environment.

SKILLS INCULCATED:Thinking Skills, Critical thinking, Raising Awareness, Empathetic.

SUBJECT: Life Skills

TOPIC:Managing Emotions

ACTIVITY: Interactive session between the teacher and the students

CLASS: VI

DATE:For the month of October

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Aditi Lohmod

REPORT:

  1. Introduction on topic managing emotions.
  2. Students were given introduction to managing emotions via video mode and also were shown different stories as to how cope up with certain emotions.
  3. Students did various activities : Role play , made an Emotion wheel and created there own stories and poem in which they expressed there emotions.
  4. Role play was done in group and other two activities were carried out individually.
  5. It focused on team work , communication skills, creative skills , emotional skills and thinking skills.
  6. ROLE PLAY : a group of 5-6 students were formed in which each group has to take a particular emotion and show how they can cope up with that.
  7. STORY/POEM : In this activity , children wrote a poem / story in which one of the character expresses there feelings/emotions.
  8. EMOTION WHEEL : in this activity , children made an emotion wheel depicting different types of emotions and later on they came and rotated the wheel and said few lines on it .

SKILLS INCULCATED:Team work, Creative skills , Emotional skills , Thinking skills, Communication skills.

SUBJECT: Life Skills

TOPIC: Effective Communication

ACTIVITY: Interactive session between the teacher and the students

CLASS: VI

DATE:For the month of September

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Aditi Lohmod

REPORT:

  1. Introduction on topic effective communication.
  2. Students were taught about how to communicate effectively , how to enhance communication skills .
  3. Students did an activity : Back2Back.
  4. This activity was done in pair .
  5. It focused on team work , communication skills and creative skills .
  6. In this activity , students sit back to back . One describes a nonsensical drawing that is not easily replicated and the other student makes his or her best attempt to recreate by partner's direction .

SKILLS INCULCATED: Thinking Skills, Team work, Creative skills and Communication skills

SUBJECT: Life Skills

TOPIC: Interpersonal Relationships

ACTIVITY: Interactive session between the teacher and the students.

CLASS: VI

DATE:For the month of November

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Aditi Lohmod

REPORT:

  1. Introduction on topic interpersonal relationships.
  2. Students were given introduction to interpersonal relationships via video mode and also were taught about how to improve their relationships.
  3. Students did various activities: relationship web, I am not an Island, my helping hand.
  4. It focused on interpersonal skills, creative skills, emotional skills and thinking skills.
  5. My Helping Hand! : In this activity students were told to imprint there hand on a sheet of paper and write how they helped their friends or loved ones and later on we had a discussion as to why is it important to sustain a friendship.
  6. Relationship web : in this activity students drew a relationship chart/web and wrote the names of people in their circle and gave ratings accordingly to represent their relationship with the person.

SKILLS INCULCATED: Interpersonal skills, Creative skills, Emotional skills, Thinking skills.

SUBJECT: Life Skills

TOPIC: Empathy

ACTIVITY: Interactive session between the teacher and the students

CLASS: VI

DATE: For the month of August

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Aditi Lohmod

REPORT:

  1. Introduction on topic Empathy.
  2. Students were taught about difference between empathy and sympathy.
  3. They were shown a small movie related to the topic.
  4. Students had group discussions in which they were given sample situations in which they presented there own solutions and there own way of approaching it.
  5. In the last week students were given self assessment to on the topic taught . In which they gave score to themselves.

SKILLS INCULCATED: Thinking Skills, Team work , Understanding others emotions and situation.

SUBJECT: Life Skills

TOPIC: Life skills activity (Problem Solving)

ACTIVITY: Life skill Activity on topic Problem Solving through case study, General Discussions and sharing perspectives.

CLASS: VI, VII

DATE: 7 th August- 11 th August

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Geetika

REPORT:

  1. Discussion on the Life skill theme- Problem solving was done in which students also discussed their view points.
  2. An activity of case study was done in VI and VII Class in which students had to share their opinions in the form of story writing or general suggestions.
  3. A case was presented in which students had to share their opinion on how will they resolve it leading to implementation of problem solving skill.
  4. Session was concluded by a discussion on how to maintain Empathetic behavior with others and maintain peaceful environment.
  5. It focused on team work , communication skills and creative skills .
  6. In this activity , students sit back to back . One describes a nonsensical drawing that is not easily replicated and the other student makes his or her best attempt to recreate by partner's direction .

SKILLS INCULCATED: Thinking Skills, Critical thinking, confidence, Problem solving

SUBJECT:Life Skills

TOPIC: Effective Communication

ACTIVITY: Interactive session between the teacher and the students.

CLASS: VI

DATE:For the month of September

CONDUCTED BY:Ms. Aditi Lohmod

REPORT:

  1. Introduction on topic effective communication.
  2. Students were taught about how to communicate effectively , how to enhance communication skills .
  3. Students did an activity : Back2Back.
  4. This activity was done in pair .
  5. It focused on team work , communication skills and creative skills .
  6. In this activity , students sit back to back . One describes a nonsensical drawing that is not easily replicated and the other student makes his or her best attempt to recreate by partner's direction .

SKILLS INCULCATED: Thinking Skills, Team work, Creative skills and Communication skills

Life Skills

TOPIC: Self - Awareness

ACTIVITY: Interactive session between the teacher and the students to know about themselves. To be aware about their strengths and weaknesses.

CLASS: VIA,C,D,E,G

DATE: for the month of July

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Aditi Lohmod

REPORT:

  1. Introduction on topic Self Awareness.
  2. Students were asked to close there eyes for five minutes and think about there strengths and weaknesses. They were told to write it on a sheet of paper.
  3. An activity was conducted. Students made a “ME” Collage. In which they basically cut the pictures from old newspapers and magazines, pictures defining them
  4. Representing their strengths and weaknesses.

SKILLS INCULCATED: Thinking Skills, Creative skills,Self awareness

Life Skills

TOPIC: Value Card (Peace)

ACTIVITY: Value card Activity on topic peace through Art, General Discussions and Debates.

CLASS: VI, VII,

DATE:7 th July- 11 th July

CONDUCTED BY: Ms. Geetika

REPORT:

  1. Discussion on the Value card theme- Peace was done in which students also discussed their view points.
  2. An activity of drawing national flag of India and finding out the significance of the colours present in the flag was done in VI and VII Class.
  3. A video on National flag and how it is related to topic peace was shown to students which was followed up by discussions.
  4. Session was concluded by a discussion on how to maintain peace with others and maintain peaceful environment

SKILLS INCULCATED: Thinking Skills, Critical thinking, confidence, Justice and Humanity.