Aarti Home - Newlands Girl's School Partnership

Session 7

2009-08-26T10:08:00.000-07:00

In session 7 the girls looked at the photographs they had taken of their individual objects. They learnt how to write Haikus and wrote one to describe each of the objects.

Sparkling pink wires
Bright touch screen with silver stars
Valuable ipod

Brown and white around
Drink it everywhere you go
It’s tasty and sweet

A transparent shape
With boring angles and lines
Bright semi-circle

Session 6

2009-08-26T10:01:00.000-07:00

This session continued from last week and the girls wrote a group poem based on the metaphors and similies that they had created from listening to sounds outside. They rehearsed and recorded the poems as a group and they were fab! It will be interesting to know how different or similar the sounds are in Aarti home.

Group 1

OOooooh – The Wind in the Trees

I feel so scared
Being in a forest
With all those werewolves
The wind is so loud

Drrrrrr – The Drill

Like a big black motorbike
It’s a bit annoying
An angry bee coming to sting you
Memories of going to the Dentists
‘Arrggh, don’t pull my teeth out’

Ooh Ooh – The Wood Pigeon

Like a ghost frightening you at night
It’s terrifying!
An owl sitting on the tree….staring
A train zooming past on a journey

Kuh Kuh – A Cough

Starting an engine on a cold morning
An angry person wanting attention
Frogs running around – ‘Aaaahhh’
I feel ill!

Zzzzzzzz – An Aeroplane above

Like a fly annoying people
Maybe someone’s snoring in the night
It makes me feel sleepy
Zzzzzzz

Group 2

Blah, blah, blah – Teacher’s talking

I can hear the teachers talking
But they never stop
It sounds like a Virgin media advert
Or air coming out of a tyre – bleuurgh!
Like an overheard conversation when someone’s on the phone

Krrrrk krrrrk – Leaves crackling

Is it a teacher telling a student to be quiet?
I can hear someone
Or was it a window cracking and fracturing
A fuzzy radio heard in the distance

Ku Ku – A cough

It sounds like an engine starting on a frosty morning
Or a door creaking at a football game
It reminds me of the time Jessica choked on a crisp
I thought it was quite funny

Quak quak – A Bird

Like Dolphins early in the morning
Or new shoes squeaking on the floor
Some people find it annoying
It makes me think of lots of animals

Wssshhh – The Wind in the trees

It’s like the wind in the middle of the night
Or calling ‘Torres’ the cat to get his milk
It makes me feel calm and relaxes
Like the tide of the sea crashing

Session 5

2009-08-26T09:54:00.000-07:00

The sun was shining in session 5 so the girls went outside and closed their eyes and listened to all the sounds around them. They recreated those sounds and made a sound orchestra to recreate the sense of place. They then thought of metaphors and smilies associated with those sounds and wrote them on big pieces of paper. Babbling teachers was a favourite!

Session 4

2009-08-26T09:34:00.000-07:00

Each girl also brought in an item that meant something to her and a picture was taken of it in her hand

In session 4 the girls added words to the prints of their photographs and invented stories by laying all the pictures together. They then created 24 hour diagrams to describe all the things they did in their day and thought about what photographs they might take to illustrate them. In this way they hoped to share their days with the girls in India and compare them

Session 3

2009-08-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

The girls looked at images with Subhadassi in session 3 and then practised taking interesting photographs around the classroom - nothing is how it seems!

Session 2

2009-08-26T08:28:00.000-07:00

In the 2nd session the Year 9 girls worked with Trina on some poetry about themselves. They played some games to try and think of as many adjectives as they could to describe a person and then used the initials of their names to describe themselves. They then used their names to write a longer poem and put them on paper plates - personalised frisbees!!!

Session 1

2009-08-26T08:08:00.000-07:00

In the first session the group of Year 10 girls who had partipated in the first project explained to the new group of Year 9 girls about Aarti home and showed some of their work. Everyone then got into groups and thought about questions that they might like to ask the young people in India. We wrote them on post-it notes and discssed them.

Questions from Year 9 and 10 students at Newlands

What subjects do you like?
Do you like watching TV?
What sort of music do you like?
What time do you go to sleep?
Have you got any siblings?
What time do you finish school?
What music and fashion are you into?
Have you ever been outside of India?
What makes you cry?
Do you go on school trips?
What do you wish for?
Do you have detentions at school?
If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
Do you do exams?
Where do you spend time with friends?
What’s your favourite game?
What religion do you follow?
What can’t you live without?
Do you like school?
What’s your favourite food?
Do you like dressing up?
Do you do chores?
Do you have any pets?
Do you do any sport?
Are you worried about global warming?
Do you have a shower or bath?
Do you share a room?
Do you have a cuddly toy?
What time do you have your tea?
What kind of weather do you like?
What’s your favourite film?
Do you like living in India?
What makes you sad?
Have you ever travelled?
Have you ever been to another country?
Do you learn a language at school?
Do you have any family members in Europe?
Do you wear a school uniform?
What do you want most in life?
What do you want to be when you’re older?
Do you have chocolate?
What do you do in your spare time?
What do you like to wear?
What makes you happy?
What’s your favourite drink?
Do you wear make-up?

Blog

2009-08-26T08:04:00.000-07:00

Hello

Newlands Girl's School in Maidenhead have been working in an international partnership with Aarti Home in India. This blog will describe and show some of the work that has been done. If anyone from the partnership wants to add anything please contact me and I can make you an author.

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