No Bag day Activities for 1 & 2 Classes

No Bag day Activities for 1 & 2 Classes

National Educational Policy (2020) suggested that there should be an interconnection between curricular and co-curricular areas. Hence, school should provide multiple opportunities to students to train them in enhancing their creativity and emotional wellbeing. An integrated plotform of arts, crafts and play is necessary for children to learn with joy. For this purpose, No Bag Day has been introduced for classes 1 & 2. During the No Bag days, children do not get their bags to schools and do not engage in subject-specific academic activities. The First and Third Saturdays in the month are dedicated to nurture the other (Non academic/Co-curricular) aspects of child growth and make learning more fun and holistic. The focus areas on these Saturdays will be on life skills education, English language skills enhancement, physical activities, arts and crafts.

No Bag day Activities for 1 & 2 Classes
No Bag day Activities for 1 & 2 Classes

Timeline and schedule :

Classes 1&2 : 1st and 3rd Saturday (monthly) 90 minutes each theme.

Third Saturdays will be dedicated for the following activities :

a. Excursion (Bi-annually) to local Post office, Police station, Hospital, Village Secretariat, Panchayat, Banks, Factories, Agricultural Field Visits, Visit the local Artizans(Porttery), Library, Gardens, Parks, etc.
b. Child Fair (annually) – Whole school project where all the children in the school get together

Theme-wise examples of activities for No-Bag Days :

Suggested activities for Language time:

  • Vocabulary building games like name, place, animal, thing What am I? Riddles
  • Phonetic sound games
  • Preparation of school magazine
  • Read alouds followed by discussions and story retelling
  • Read Alouds from Pratham Story Books
  • Simple sentence speaking like telling about themselves, their families, their interests etc
  • Daily used phrases and responses in English etc. Imaginative writing, Pick and speak, story telling
  • Translating telugu dialogues to english, translating daily sounds into english and frame simple sentences
  • Use of words, actions, and expressions while communicating
  • Healthy lifestyle
  • enhancing non-verbal communication skills, assertive communication Prepare Billboards

Suggested activities for Theatre time

  • Cleanliness and hygiene
  • First Aid
  • Cleaning up the local parks (or any other public spaces), Practising the 3 Rs (reduce, recycle and reuse), Planting trees in the community,
  • Student-led sessions on global issue awareness
  • Maintaining school grounds
  • Identifying fact vs superstition
  • Improving scientific curiosity
  • Identifying different emotions, understanding needs and wants Awareness on rural Health and Hygiene
  • Reaching out to trusted adults
  • Health and Hygiene
  • Roleplays on how to behave in different situations
  • My relationship web: mapping my people
  • Coping up with stress & anxiety, managing Anger,
  • Decision Making wheel and ripple effects of decision making
  • Empathy, civic responsibility, body language, leadership, building self esteem

Suggested activities for Creative time :

  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Dance
  • Music
  • Gardening
  • Reading
  • Paper Jungles Clay Moulding Art and Craft

Suggested activities for Play time :

  • Treasure hunts
  • Geography coordinates inplayground
  • Dodgeball
  • Full body stretching

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