Activity- Dussehra (2020)

1. The term Dussehra in Sanskrit “dash hard” means the defeat of the Sun.
2. Dussehra is celebrated in the month of Ashwin which is the tenth month in the Hindu calendar.
3. It is a nine-day festivity which involves various celebrations of good over evil and ends on the auspicious 10th day which is known as Vijayadashami.
4. The festival is observed by putting Tika over the forehead, special prayers to God, religious rituals and burning of effigies of Ravan, Kumbhkaran and Meghnad.
5. Mahishasura is the king of the asuras and he tortured the Dewas.
6. In the southern part of the country, goddess Chamundeshwari kills the Asura King, Mahishasura, and hence she is known as Mahishasura Mardini.
7. The southernmost part of India, in the state of Tamilnadu, Dussehra, is called as Golu.
8. According to mythology, Goddess Durga obtained her power from all other Gods and Goddesses who stood as statues around her when she killed Mahishasura on the day of Viajadashami.
9. In Northern parts of the country, Dussehra is celebrated by sowing barley seeds on the first day of Navratri.
10. Certain people believe that Goddess Durga and her children Lakshmi, Ganesha, Kartik and Saraswati returned to Lord Shiva on the day of Dussehra.

ACTIVITY

The students of class 4 and 5 wrote a non chronological report in writing and power point presentation on Dussehra after researching the various aspects of Dussehra: meaning, how it is celebrated, when it is celebrated, what does it signify and some interesting facts related to it.

 

Class 3 Activity (Poem Recitation- The Youngest)

 Class 3 children recited the poem- The Youngest by Michael Rosen. This poem helped them to reflect on the mental state of the youngest child in the family, who is always ordered around. They could relate the character's feelings and emotions to their own, when they are repeatedly told by any family member to do a particular job.

Class 5 Activity- Act out Your Phobia

 Students of class 5 participated in the activity- ' Act Out Your Phobia .' In this activity, the students in groups, researched the meaning, causes and possible treatment of various phobias. Then they created a short scene to act which explained their own creative and original version of how a particular phobia came to be.

The students came up with some very uncommon phobias like Xanthophobia (Fear of yellow color), Melanophobia (Fear of large objects), Ereuthophobia (Fear of being observed and judged in public situation) and so on.