Children learn best when they’re involved in the learning. Hands-on science encourages children to observe and ask questions, touch and smell, explore and experiment. A learning experience will become more meaningful if it gives children the chance to make discoveries on their own. Being ‘scientists’ allowed the Montessori Seniors to ask the why, how, and what
Month: March 2018
Tomorrow’s Doctors being Doctors Today
“Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.” ― George Bernard Shaw Children are very observant. They can pick on mannerisms, accents and emotions and then replicate them with startling accuracy. So, when the Montessori students role-played ‘At the Doctor’s Clinic’, the ‘doctor’ came across as an
Wildlife Experience | Visit to Zeeshan Park
The Reception children had a thrilling experience at Zeeshaan Park, a wildlife safari and petting zoo. The adventure began as soon as the children climbed aboard the bus. The bus-ride was just as exciting for the children as the anticipated destination. A guided tour was arranged for the children at the zoo and our guides
Dinosaur Discovery
This week the Montessori Seniors and Juniors had an opportunity to learn about the prehistoric animals, ‘Dinosaurs’. Dinosaurs have always fascinated all of us. For our young children this topic was thrilling; ‘What are dinosaurs?’, ‘How do we know about them? ‘How long ago did they exist?’ Many questions like this were popping in their
YOUNG ORATORS BLOSSOM AT THE POETRY ELOCUTION
The beginning of March saw the students of Class 6, 7 and 8 poring through the poetry anthologies in the BHS library in their quest for a classic poem to recite in the final elocution of the year. After tumultuous trials taken in all classes, finally 42 participants were short listed to perform in the
Plunging head-first into the world of Arduino at BHS
The 20th of March opened up the world of Arduino to Grade 8 students as a test run was carried out to this open-source electronics prototyping platform for them. This comes after the resounding success of Robotics for Grade 5-7 which has opened up limitless horizons for the students to prepare them to take on
The Artist in Me
Learning about what people do is always fascinating at any age. The Reception children are currently learning about professions and the topic of the week was ‘Artist’. Being artists for the week was a lot of fun for the children. They worked with different mediums and learned about the tools an artist uses. Finally they
The world of Medicine opens up as students visit Saifee Hospital
Badri High School believes in imparting education to the students not just by textual reading or learning of content but by helping them experience the real world. The students of class VII at BHS are learning about the human body systems in Science and thus, a visit to the Saifee Hospital was planned
BHS TEACHERS ATTEND GESS, DUBAI
Ibrahim Shabbir. Co-Author In the glittering world of Dubai, GESS Dubai (Global Educational Supplies and Solutions Exhibitions and Conferences) is being held for a duration of 3 days for the past 11 years. GESS Dubai is an educational conference and exhibition with a difference, bringing together engaging industry leaders from around the world and influential