SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY

COVID AND MODEL UNITED NATIONS

CLASS Xth

The Social Science department organized an activity with the students of class Xth engaged in a virtual MUN conference with an objective to present the pattern of spread of covid cases in some worst affected countries of the world. Entire class was divided in a group of five where each student presented himself as a delegate of a nation to assess the covid crisis in their respective countries.The topic was Covid ,it's issues and mitigation. The delegates of the worst affected countries around the world presented their case. Students presented their context on various parameters like Assessing the past and present situation of covid in the countries, the mortality and recovery rates along with the measures taken by government to curb the menace.The purpose was to encourage students to research about the existing global pandemic crisis and understand the way cases are represented in MUN

Students exhibited their intellectual abilities on the platform in a creative way and reflected their ideas with excellent leadership qualities.

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CLASS IX 

The Students of class  IXth participated in making of video graphic collage on the topic – Combating Covid – 19 with Courage . Students displayed  the activities which motivated them during the Stressful time of covid Activities included Ranging from sharing experiences , poetry , dance , melody of songs , cooking etc.

Students took active interest and enthusiasm in the activity and it was a good joyful Learning of experience .

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SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY

CLASS: VI-VIII

In view of the upcoming festive months, as part of the CBSE initiated programme on a campaign to create awareness about COVID-19 appropriate behaviour, TAFS celebrated SST week from 19OCT-21OCT’2020 in which the SST department had conducted various COVID awareness activities.

All the students were made to discuss their activities during the online classes and special emphasis was laid on the ‘SURAKSHA MANTRA’S’ i.e. maintaining physical distancing, frequent hand washing, importance of wearing masks, and maintaining appropriate social behavior etc.

Keeping the above in mind, Class- VI conducted an activity on making a Hygiene Kit. Students, enthusiastically and beautifully exhibited their hand made hygiene kit. They also spoke on the  importance of using face mask, tissues and hand sanitizer .It is one the best methods to enhance the cognitive as well as oral skills of the students.

The theme for Class-VII was about the Professionals who all are involved with the same , usually termed as - “Corona Warriors”.  In this activity, all the sections of class VII participated and created “THANK YOU CARDS” and “VIDEO  MESSAGES”  for the Corona Warriors. They also mentioned about the precautions to be taken in the current times for our safety and Well - Being.

The Activity was successful in achieving its objective as the students were able to represent their gratitude towards the “Corona Warriors” through their creative expressions and Positive Video Messages.

For Class VIII, a Poster making activity was organised on the topic-‘ POST-COVID SCHOOL HABITS’ and it made the students to think about all those precautionary measures that they will be taking after the school reopens physically.

It was observed that the students participated in these activities  with great zeal and rigour.

This activity gave fuel to the analytical and creative  minds.

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FIT INDIA WEEK OCTOBER 2020

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The TAFS MUN Society conducted an Intra-MUN from 16-18 October 2020. The committee was a non-conventional one and was styled in a way of stakeholders meet. The agenda of the committee was National education policy: decoding and deliberating. The aim of this event was to inculcate debating skills in students and provide a platform to discuss and argue important topics like education which indelibly impacts various stakeholders. It also gave students an opportunity to get into the shoes of famous politicians, intellectuals and deliberate the agenda with their line of thought.

On 16 October, a briefing session was conducted prior o the conference, by the members of MUN Society as they explained various Rules of procedures and the flow of debate to the delegates. The day1 of the conference started out with the debate on linguistic and language policy under NEP, and was followed by monetary aspects and funding of the policy. The day2 began with a solution oriented approach as delegates suggested various solutions to some flaws within the NEP.

Overall, the event was proved to be fruitful as students showcased exemplary rhetoric and research skills. The way students debated upon the issue was quite commendable and creative in its own way. The ending of the 2 day event was marked by the closing ceremony wherein Principal gave her feedback and announced the prize winners. The awards were given in the category of Best Delegate, High Commendable followed by Special Mention and Verbal Mention.

"It is possible to fly without motors , but not without knowledge and skill."
                 - Wilbur Wright
 Aeromodelling is the art of designing, making and flying model airplanes with various methods. Aeromodelling has emerged as  one of the world's finest hobbies and what better than to introduce the children to it at an young impressionable age.
The young Tafsians got to experience a slice of this exciting field of science  and creativity , when they attended an introductory session of the aeromodelling classes held in  the school on 19 Oct 2020.
The aeromodelling classes will  commence on the virtual platform henceforth and it was kickstarted by this  introductory session conducted by the able aeromodelling and aeronautical  instructor, Mr Harish Kumar Gangwar. He took them into an interesting virtual world of aeronautics and gave them a glimpse of what they will be experiencing as part of this course. The children were  excited which was evident from the  enthusiastic questions they posed to the instructor.
Owing to the current pandemic situation, only the children residing inside Subroto park were invited for the same. A total of 16 children attended the session  and  benefited from the knowledge imparted by the instructor. As the children left the class after an hour long session, they were surely filled with dreams, passion and an interest to pursue aeromodelling and a promise to give wings to their imagination!

The Art Education  Department of The Air Force School organized the "Art@Thon" a 5 Day marathon of all arts from  12 Oct - 16 Oct 2020 for classes Vl to X. An art integrated workshop included the activities for Painting, Sculpture, Indian Vocal, Instrumental Music & Western Music and Classical Dance respectively.

The week started with the activity for class Vl on 12 October which included

CLASS VI

Vocal Music - Patriotic song

Instrumental Music - Egg Shaker ( produce the sound by putting Dal, egg, rice)

Painting - The Changed Landscape of our World during Covid

Sculpture -Stay Home, Stay Safe (Geometrical composition related to  theme)

Dance - Any folk song

The students of class Vl have participated in the activity with great zeal and enthusiasm. The students got the chance to share there ongoing experiences, new ideas, changes in lifestyle and problems faced during this period. Competition with events of Dance, Painting, Inst. Music, Vocal Music and Sculpture were scheduled and students participated with full joy and passion to express their views. Best three works / performances were selected from each class. The results are as follows :

Painting      

• Daiwik Mitra Vl D - 1st
• Bhavya Singh Vl D - 2nd

• Vidhi Singh Vl E - 3rd

Sculpture

• Aarna Y Raj Vl C- 1st
• Aryan Garg Vl B- 2nd
• Aryan Kumar Vl A- 3rd

Instrumental Music and Band

• Aahna Kashyap Vl C- 1st
• Bhavya Saini Vl D - 2nd
• Arnav Thapliyal Vl B- 3rd

Music Vocal and Western Music

• Manish Vl B - 1st
• Dhruva Marathon Vl A- 2nd
• Vishesh Shukul Vl A- 3rd

 Western and Classical Dance

• Vitasta Pathak Vl D -1st
• Gauri Nair Vl A -2nd
• Shanwi Kumari Vl C -3rd

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CLASS VII

The activity for class VII was held on 13 October 2020. 

The theme of the activity was based on the promoting the safety and making the people aware of the precautionary measures from the virus during the upcoming festive seasons . 

The results for the painting , sculpture , classical dance , instrumental music & Indian vocal are as follows : 

PAINTING (Upcoming Festive Season):

    1. Harkrish Singh VII C

    2.Mahattav Sharma VII C

    3.Yashika Chowdhury VII C & Arnav Nambiar VII C

SCULPTURE (composition in relief )

1.  Angel  Vll E
2. Joyce Sarah Kadithala Vll E
3. Ridhi Vll E

INSTRUMENTAL VOCAL & BAND (Public health response to COVID 19- Appropriate Behaviour)

1. Payal Kumari VII D
2. Anamika VII B & Shresth Sethi VII E
3. Amish Singh VII D

CLASSICAL DANCE ( Patriotic Song )

1. Ananta Rai VII - A 
2. Anwita Sandeep VII - A & Lineyesha Mathur VII - A 
3. Kavya Prakash VII - A & Shreya Shree VII- A

MUSIC VOCAL AND WESTERN MUSIC ( Clapping)

1. Prabhtegh Singh VII E
2. Vatsal Kumar VII D
3. Anngad Singh Rathore VII C

Ansh Pandey VII E special mention as he has participated in many activities 

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 CLASS VIII

The activity for class VIII was held on 14 October 2020. Children participated in full swing . 

The theme of the activity was based on the intensive and focused COVID 19 campaign. 

The results for the painting , sculpture , classical dance , instrumental music & Indian vocal are as follows : 

PAINTING 

1. Vahin Chowdhary VIII D
2. Nandini Gupta VIII E & Plaboni Dutta VIII E
3. Manasvi Chowdhary VIII B & Dipika Anand VIII B

BAND 

1. Aaditya Sharma VIII E
2. Saksham Srijan VIII B 

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 

1. Prateek Kumar VIII B & Karan Vashist VIII E 
2. Shirish Shastri VIII A & Arush  Jha VIII B
3. Pranav VIII E & Rohan Arora VIII E

MUSIC VOCAL & WESTERN MUSIC

1.  B.vaibhavi Tanvitha VIII C.
2. Anubhav VIII D

CLASSICAL DANCE 

1. Dhruv Singh VIII - E 
2. Tanisha Karnatak VIII - A 
3. Vanshika Singh VIII-A

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DUSSEHERA CELEBRATIONS- JUNIOR SCHOOL (12-16 OCT 2020)

TAFS, Junior wing celebrated the festival of Dussehra, which marks the victory of good over evil, with full zest and zeal during the week, 12-16 Oct 2020. The children were excited to know about the ordeals faced by Shri Ram and Sita during their exile and how they overcame all their problems with great courage and peace of mind. Children participated in the fun filled art and craft activities with ardour to mark this festival.

The beautiful and bright festival of Dusshera has new flavours this year as we are stuck at our homes and have to take care of new social distancing norms. Keeping this in mind a stick puppet making activity was specially designed for UKG children. The story of Ramayana was shared in the class after they made stick puppet Ravana. Class I students made bright and colourful Torans also referred to as 'Bandhanwar'. These little bundles of joy took pleasure in putting them up on their entrance with the help of their parents and clicked pictures with a twinkle in their eyes. Their proud contribution to the decorations for the festive season!

The students of Class II made beautiful pencil toppers of Ram and Sita, which they used as puppets to tell the story of triumph of good over evil. The pencil toppers being with the children while studying also constantly reminded them of the right choices they have to make in life even if they seem difficult. The children posed with their beautiful pencils and clicked pictures.

These young Tafsians narrated the story to their teachers and parents using their props and talked about the significance of Dussehra which glorified the occasion.

A PPT on Covid19 appropriate behaviour during festivals was shown to all classes and discussions on various safety measures to be followed undertaken. Children have promised to celebrate festivals with a difference by following all safety measures.

PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO COVID -19 APPROPRIATE   BEHAVIOUR - AN AWARENESS PROGRAMME BY JUNIOR SCHOOL

The safe way is the best way !

In view of the upcoming festive months, as part of the CBSE initiated programme on a campaign to create awareness about Covid -19 appropriate behaviour, a lot of activities were organized for junior school students, from 09 Oct to 14 Oct 2020.

All students of classes UKG-V were shown a power point presentation on prevention, safety and care, during their online classes. Special emphasis was laid on maintaining physical distance, hand washing, importance of wearing a mask, appropriate social behavior etc during the class discussions.

Students of classes III-V were also assigned various interesting activities to increase their involvement and that of their family members in this social campaign .

Class III took part in Slogan making event titled ’Memorable Mottos for festive times’. Many interesting and catchy slogans were written by the students in English and Hindi.

Class IV took part in jingles making event titled ’Let’s jingle not mingle'. They were enthusiastic and understood the importance of the activity extremely well. Many musical jingles were created through this event and shared with other students to spread the message.

A poster making event titled’ Corona Canvas’ was organized for the students of Class V. There was large scale participation by all students and they showcased their creative best. They really brought out the essence of this campaign in their art work.

All the work was submitted by the students to their class teachers as images and videos.

The students have promised to follow all safety measures and also create awareness about maintaining safety during the festive months.

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CYBER SAFETY WEEK

Day 3 : CLASS 8 POEM WRITING    

Topic: ‘ONLINE CLASSES’

Day 3 of the Cyber Safety Week commenced with the “Poem Writing” activity for the students of class 8. The students have actively participated in the activity and written original and beautiful poems and shared their views about the online classes during this pandemic.

Day 4 : CLASS 9   Declamation

Topic: “CYBER WORLD- OUR SAFETY IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE”

Day 4 of the Cyber Safety Week commenced with the “Declamation” activity for the students of class 9. The students have actively participated in the activity.

DAY 5:Class 10 Radio Jockey Show

Topic:  STAYING SAFE IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD

Day 5 of the Cyber Safety Week commenced with the “Radio Jockey Show” activity for the students of class 10. The students have actively participated in the activity and recorded interesting videos.

FRUITY FINGER PRINTS- UKG ART ACTIVITY (08 OCT 2020)

A finger printing art activity "Fruity Finger Prints " was organised for the UKG kids on 8th Oct 2020.It involved the use of water colours to finger print on drawings of assorted fruits. It's an excellent activity for fine motor and sensory development of children at early age.The students were already introduced to different varieties of fruits, the seasons in which they are available and their health benefits, during the week .
Our little artists enjoyed the activity and created beautiful fruity prints using their tiny fingers. It was an absolute pleasure watching them learn and have fun at the same time.

MY GARDEN OF WORDS- CLASS II ENGLISH ART ACTIVITY (09 OCT 2020)

“Most writers sow adjectives almost unconsciously into the soil of their prose to make it more lush and pretty.” ~William Zinsser

Adjectives are an important element of a sentence. They help us to picture the content of that we are reading. When we use adjectives in a sentence, we help our writings become more visual and vivid. It helps the reader use his senses; they can hear, see, touch, taste and even smell what we are describing.

Adjectives help children to express themselves and communicate about things and characters in different ways. An interesting way for children to learn adjectives is by doing an art activity which would appeal both to their minds and eyes. 

An activity called ‘My Garden of words’ was organised for the students of Class II on 9th October. The advantage of giving an art activity to be done at home is the availability of a wide variety of art materials in the house. The children made a garden of flowers with each petal of the flower describing the noun within it. The charming flower garden displayed in the children’s room left one struck with splendour amazement!

CYBER SAFETY WEEK

Day 2 : CLASS 7 POSTER MAKING    

Topic: ‘VIRTUAL WORLD’

Day 2 of the Cyber Safety Week commenced with the “Poster Making” activity for the students of class 7. The activity was designed to create awareness among the students about the Virtual World. The students of class VII have designed beautiful posters and participated in the activity with great zeal and enthusiasm.

WEBINAR ON CYBER SAFETY 

 A webinar was scheduled on 'Cyber Safety' through Pratham organisation , on 3 rd October 2020 at 10:00 hrs . The webinar was held on zoom and students from class IX - XII participated and their teachers attended the same . 

Mr Ashish Garg , the speaker , an alumnus from Sri Ram College of commerce ,  has 11 yrs of experience of conducting seminars  and student mentoring , 

Various topics like how to be safe online ,  cbse and cyber safety laws and  government measures to prevent  cyber safety were discussed , 

The speaker kept engaging the students  by asking them questions on online safety .Overall , the session lasted for an hour , it was quite informative and interactive . 

CYBER SAFETY WEEK

Day 1 : 5^th October, 2020

The Computer Department of The Air Force School organises the “CYBER SAFETY WEEK” (5^th -10^th Oct 2020) to help our students stay safe in the virtual world.

“Be aware, Connect with Care”

Day 1 : CLASS 6 SLOGAN WRITING    

Topic: ‘CYBER WORLD’

“Put on your thinking caps and get creative….. “

The week started with the activity : Slogan Writing for the students of class VI. The activity was designed to create awareness among the students about the cyber world and to make them explore the various ill effects of cyber threats and thus write slogans on the various safety measures that should be taken to avoid these threats. The students of class VI have written informative slogans and participated in the activity with great zeal and enthusiasm.

GANDHI JAYANTI WEEK

(Sept 28-0ct 2,2020)

To celebrate Gandhi Jayanti, The Air Force School organises a set of activities spread along the week, based on the principles and ideals of our revered leader, Mahatma Gandhi.

Day 5- Doodle Art

The week concluded with the activity Doodle- art for the students of class X. Today, the Indian youth is facing a hard time. After seven decades of independence the youth has become more morally, ethically, socially and spiritually adrift. The lack of sense of purpose is waning in comparison to what it was during pre-independence days. They feel alienated and frustrated. There are many reasons (both internal and external) for frustration and purposelessness.

Modernization combined with globalization has changed life in general and the lifestyle of youth in particular in the last few decades leading to change in social institutions and structures as well. Besides substantive demographic change in terms of population, political decadence, rising unemployment, and eroding value system combined with excessive market-oriented economy have made life very complicated for the new generation.

The changes affect the youth the most as the young mind is like a clean slate. If the youth is falling prey to a rapidly changing value system on one hand, they can also be moulded by inculcating good thoughts, actions, habits and values on the other. The contemporary social milieu needs to be responsive to these expectations of the young mind so as to make them partner to over-all development and nation building.

In order to make the youth of modern India more actively engaged in nation-building, a force that has lot of zeal and purpose to do something, the present system needs to be all-encompassing to be able to move with the young and old with the right perspective. To achieve harmony among the young and old and seamlessly function as a vibrant society, the youth of our country need to become the engine of change.

In the same context, it is all the more essential that Gandhian values are inculcated among the youth in earnest so as to make them more vivacious and active for nation-building.

It will be prudent to understand the problems faced by ‘gen next’ before any steps can be taken to inculcate good values in youth and make them healthy partners in nation-building. To address these issues, Gandhian philosophy is best suited for the present- day situation and needs to be epitomized among the youth. The Gandhian perspective of a healthy and pious lifestyle may apparently look very mundane but in reality, it is very effective and lasting in the long run. The young may instinctively be repulsive to such values but elders, teachers and, above all, parents need to help the youth to imbibe these values.

GANDHI JAYANTI WEEK

(Sept 28-0ct 2,2020)

To celebrate Gandhi Jayanti, The Air Force School organises a set of activities spread along the week, based on the principles and ideals of our revered leader, Mahatma Gandhi.

Day 4- Animate and Tell

Mahatma Gandhi has referred to earth, land and water as natural resources of vital importance which we have not inherited and therefore have no sole rights over their usage and destruction. In fact, these natural resources have been termed as a loan with help of which we are enjoying a high quality of life. We have to preserve these resources and this can be done by implementing effective ways to save our natural resources, reducing wastage of resources and putting efforts to maintain ecological balance.

This quote of Gandhiji tries to inculcate behaviour of responsibility rather than behaviour of authority in dealing with the natural resources. This behaviour of responsibility on our part requires ensuring responsible production and consumption practices to preserve the environment.

The fourth day of the week started with the activity -Animate and Tell , for the students of class IX. The best tribute today would be to safeguard his vision, which the children have beautifully tried to capture and convey. Through this activity the young learners realise and spread awareness that natural resources are a present for the creation. These help in satisfying the human needs to its fullest. Furthermore, the rational use of natural resources maintains the earth’s atmosphere. Also, the wise use leads to protection of bio-diversity. Humans cannot imagine their lives without natural resources. Thus, the conservation of the same is essential.

“Away, away, from men and towns,
To the wild wood and the downs, —
To the silent wilderness,
Where the soul need not repress its music.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

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TAFS ,Junior Wing
Gandhi Jayanti Celebrations,2 Oct, 20

Main Bhi Gandhi

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Campaign RoaR (Respect and Revive)

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GANDHI JAYANTI WEEK

(Sept 28-0ct 2,2020)

To celebrate Gandhi Jayanti, The Air Force School organises a set of activities spread along the week, based on the principles and ideals of our revered leader, Mahatma Gandhi.

Day 3- Click and Tell (Cleanliness is next to Godliness)

Indians gained freedom under the leadership of Gandhiji, but his dream of a clean India is still unfulfilled. Mahatma Gandhi said "Sanitation is more important than independence". He made cleanliness and sanitation an integral part of the Gandhian way of living. His dream was total sanitation for all.

The third day of the week started with the activity -Click and Tell (Cleanliness is next to Godliness), for the students of class VIII. Cleanliness is most important for physical well-being and a healthy environment. It has bearing on public and personal hygiene. It is essential for everyone to learn about cleanliness, hygiene, sanitation and the various diseases that are caused due to poor hygienic conditions. The young enthusiasts of our school got thoroughly involved in the activity and participated with great zeal and enthusiasm.

The habits learnt at a young age get embedded into one's personality. Even if we inculcate certain habits like washing hands before meals, regular brushing of teeth, and bathing from a young age, we are not bothered about cleanliness of public places. Mahatma Gandhi said, “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet”. Gandhiji dwelt on cleanliness and good habits and pointed out its close relationship to good health.

The best tribute today would be to safeguard his vision which the children have beautifully tried to capture and convey.

“Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.”

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