PN Trip to the Doll Museum, Delhi., Swapna. P.C. Form Tutor Pre Nursery
Students of Pre Nursery were all
excited to go for a trip to the zoo as we were learning about Jungle Animals
for the last two weeks, but due to the bad weather we decided to go to the Doll
Museum in Delhi. After breakfast, Students took their little backpack and were
quite excited to sit in the yellow bus.
Everyone wanted to sit with their ‘best
friend’, (we have started making friends). As the bus started moving children
started singing songs and looking out of the window. We had chips, chocolates
and juice. We purchased tickets at the counter and entered the doll museum.
There were so many dolls inside the glass case. One security guard came and
told us not that photography is not allowed in the museum. There were dolls
from different countries like USA, Russia,Poland, Mangolia, Ireland, Brazil and
many more. There were dolls from different states of India. We also saw Ram,
Laxman, Krishna and other characters from mythological stories. We also saw a
small jungle set up inside the glass case with toy jungle animals in it. We
enjoyed the trip and we wish we could go for many more trips with our friends
in the yellow bus.
KG trip to Stellar’s Museum at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon,
Meher Khan, Vandana Majumdar, Deepa Nanda, Form Tutors Gr KG
The KG Adventure trip to the
Stellar’s Museum at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon was a stupendous success. Not only
was the Museum child friendly and the centers thought provoking, it also
provided ample opportunities for the children to be creative and imaginative.
The hands on experiences are a great way to develop scientific inquiry skills
and our children explored each area thoroughly. They enjoyed learning about
flora and fauna of various continents,
playing and experimenting with water, creating using play dough,
building cars, and buildings
using huge
cardboard cut- outs and blocks. They loved role- playing forest officers in the
Rainforest area where they climbed up and down the tunnels effortlessly. The
children explored all the seven centers in turns and enjoyed each one of them
to the fullest.
On being asked, each one of them
expressed their desire to revisit the museum. All in all, a fun day for
Kindergarten.
Gr 1 Trip to Camp Tickling, Kaajal Pahwa & Aneesha Sahni, Form Tutors Gr 1
Form 1 was all set to begin the
journey for an adventurous day on 21st of
March, 2014. There was lots of excitement and enthusiasm on the faces of
Grade 1 students while boarding the bus in the morning. After reaching the camp
in the middle of the Aravali hills, the children felt mesmerized and were looking forward for the day to unfold...
they all had their thinking and inquiry caps from there on … Form 1 was then divided into 2
groups i.e. Black Commandos and Tigers. After having breakfast under an open
tent, Utkarsh who was the camp instructor helped and guided the students to take
on the adventurous path of River crossing, wall climbing, laser
crossing, crossing the maze, gorilla pit, commando tube climbing, crocodile pit
etc. The students followed the
instructions of the camp instructors really well, asked questions and were engrossed in the activities and enjoyed
every minute of it. The students were truly and amazingly risk takers…
The
Tractor ride and the Camel Cart ride made them feel part of the natural setting
amidst the green fields and the Aravali hills all around which added to the
points in the fun meter. Then we all
went for lunch and after that the students recited a poem on greenery, plants
and how we all are one on planet Earth.
The day ended with the final activity –
TUG OF WAR between the two sections of Grade 1. Finally, we didn’t realize when
the day ended and we had to say good - bye to the camp, and to all the
instructors who made it a memorable trip indeed and helped to boost the confidence of the students as well
as helped them to give their 100% in
each and every activity they did. It was wonderful to see that each and every
student of Form 1 was open minded and thoroughly enjoyed the physical
activities where their energies were channelized to achieve the goals of the activities and
they had fun while attempting them .
Gr 2 Overnight Stay
Form 2 went to Pratapgarh
Farm. We played lots of games and had a lot of fun.
When we came back to school, we
danced and played musical chairs. Then we had dinner in front of the bonfire
and then we had a bed time story, then we went off to sleep...Nandini Goswami
In Pratapgarh Farms, there were 6
lawns.
The whole class had a camel ride. Most of my friends put mehendi as
well.Then later when we came back, we had a golgappa party. After that we all
had dinner near the bon fire. Then we all slept in the MPH hall.In the morning
we woke up, we changed in our swimming dresses and then we had a pool splash
party...Bhavya Balaji
We went to a trip to Pratapgarh
Farms and we were also going to have a overnight stay in our school. Everybody
was singing songs in the bus. When we entered the farm, there was a man who was
holding a tray of flowers and he was throwing flowers on us. Our teacher was
looking for the dining area. She found & then we had food. In our cards we
saw many lawns. In a lawn there are many activities, rides & sport games. I
liked lawn number five the most because it had my favourite games. There we did
a tractor ride as well as bullock cart ride. It was a really different experience
as none of us sat on these earlier. Finally it was time to go everyone was
still happy because we were going to do more fun in the school..Arnav Kansal
Form 5 Trip to Corbett National Park by Rishab Menon & Aryan Kakru
The day we all were waiting for
had finally came, on March 19th, we all left our parents and experienced how
life without them was even if it was only for 3 days in Jim Corbett . We had to
reach school at 5:30am sharp. We finally reached our destination.
After we all assembled , the instructors
started to introduced themselves. Mr. Ankit gave us cottages and our teachers
gave us our roommates. Then Mr. Ankit divided us in two groups which were
"Avengers” and “Black Commandos”. I was in Avengers. We had lunch after
which we trekked to a hidden waterfall. We rested in our cottage and then did
zorbing . Later we had bonfire in which we sang songs and shared our thoughts
for the day which was then followed by the dinner. Then the last task was to
sleep.
Then the next day we had to get
up at 6:00 am and get ready for the morning milk and cookies.
Our exercise time
was fun in which we played games like "Fire in the mountain" and many
others. Then we started our day with balance beam, followed by wall climbing
which was fun but tiring. The excitement didn’t end there. We did Zorbing: we
were inside a ball made of rubber and it was inflated with air. Some people
were pushing it and I along with my partner were tumbling wearing the harness.
Zip line: we had to wear a
harness and we were attached to a inclined rope.
From a height we were released
and we zipped down safely. Then we had our lunch and after lunch we had a very
interesting activity, face painting. We had to paint each other’s face This task was also fun but later it was
hard to take out all the paint. Then we went back to our cottages and rested
for a while. We wrote in the journals and then we danced to the music. We had a
bon-fire and had our dinner and slept.
We had the biggest and the best war of skills
when we go for a camp which is the Guerrilla War .This war was a kind of a face
off against both teams. It was in the form of a treasure hunt for making a
catapult and to collect balloons. The war was super exciting but in the
Catapult contest the Avengers lost and in collecting the balloons Black
Commandos lost so unfortunately it was a tie.
The next day we tried rifle shooting.
In rifle shooting. Nobody scored a
bull’s - eye. After all the fun we had in Jim Corbett, it finally come to an
end.
Form 6 Trip to Ranthambore National Park
Initially, I thought that the
trip to Ranthambore would be slightly boring because we were going for a
photography trip without any adventure and thrill so I reluctantly packed my
bags with a frown. But some of the perks of going to Ranthambore were that (I
got my own camera!!! ) I got to take lots of snacks!!!! Then I thought for a
while and realized that going to Ranthambore wouldn’t be as bad as I had
thought. So I packed and left with a big grin on my face and set off to see
some amazing sights!!!!
It was a long journey, but we had
an amazing time – fun and work together. Let’s just say . . . my first train
and bus journey in India was a success!!!
As soon as we entered the resort
campus, many of us skipped a breath . . . it was so much better than we had
imagined. I thought that the food would be horrible and the bathrooms would be
full of lizards and mold, but compared to my imagination, the resort was a
dreamland.
Shortly after lunch, we left for
our first activity, which was the nature walk, where we were given the task of
using our senses and taking photographs accordingly. We then had to make the
long walk along a huge set of steps to the Amreshwar temple where we were given
water straight from the rocks. Along the way, we saw different creatures such
as blue-bulls, domesticated pigs, antelopes, red-vented bulbuls, little
minivets, peacocks, great tits, vultures and rhesus macaques. All of these
creatures seemed very abnormal to me as I haven’t seen them in my day to day
life. Once we had done that, we made the even longer (or at least we thought)
walk back to the canters and made our way home for a while of rest and
photography and wildlife sessions.
The next day started off with all
of us having to wake up at 5:15 am!!!
Once we washed up and got ready, we moved
to the lunch hall for bournvita milk, tea and biscuits before we left. And even
though we didn’t know it, it was definitely a lucky day for form 6A.
There was a big commotion where
we were really excited as we saw the tiger Machli (T-16, the oldest tiger at
Ranthambore (17 years)), and I clicked loads of pictures of her.
We then went home for lunch and
moved on to the conference hall for another session. During the afternoon
safari, we saw another tiger. Coincidentally, she was T16 – Machli’s daughter
Laxmi!!!!
We then made our way home, full
of energy and happiness at seeing two tigers in a day! Not to forget the
sambar, the chital, the crocodiles and wonderful birds!
On day 3 we all got ready
quickly, so that we could get outside and make the most of my time at
Ranthambore. Our last activity was the trip to Ranthambore fort. The
architecture of the fort was amazing and we learned many fun facts such as:
There
were studs/spikes on the gates to the fort so that enemies - who at that time
used elephants to bang on the doors and break them down - couldn’t invade the
fort.
We said our last goodbyes as we
left Ranthambore and its huge forests...Vanshika Goel
A poem on my feelings about Ranthambore National Park
The Tiger’s Tale
Mornings were cold,
Nights were warm ,
What a place to be .
This is the way it should be .
tigers protected in
their land,
And wild animals running all around,
The greenery,
The birds chirping,
The animals calling out, and
Telling us to stop hunting them down.
So why don’t we stop this very moment?
We got our way
for so many years, now let’s give them what they want...
After all, wasn’t it the Tiger who protected its land?
There is one word
that says it all ‘unforgettable’! It was
a packaged deal of adventure, humour,
sadness, fun, and not to forget, the delicious treats.
Well, we didn’t get to see a tiger, but so what? We got to see an owl hunting a snake, a
crocodile attacking a poor deer, and a rare stripped hyena. No denying it those are magnificent sites,
indeed! But the troops of monkeys we saw
were just amazing! One of the monkeys
stole my lens cloth after it saw me clean my binocular lenses with it! After he stole it, he showed it to me to tease me.
But, honestly I didn’t mind!
On the first day, we went to a temple where we got to drink
crystal clear mineral water straight from the mountains, and got to see an epic
sight of mountains touching the clouds.
On the Second day, we had two safari trips in those two
safaris we saw numerous birds and
animals like spotted deers, neel guy, langoors, little minnivet, turtles,
mongoose, crocodiles, barn owls, etc.
Thanks to our expert photographers who were also our guides
we succeeded in capturing our wild life memories magnificently.
On the third day, we went to a fort and realized that even
without polluting the environment they
managed to be unconquered simply by pouring hot oil on the fort walls so
that the enemy just could not climb.
What a huge, solid and high structure built without modern
technology. Ever since then, I have
been wondering whether modern technology has been for our good or is it
destroying mother Earth. Sure things do
become a zillion times easier, but is it worth it?
To answer my
question, write me an email on trishan.dollny@pathways.in.
PS. Thanks to our wonderful teachers we got to have soooooo
much fun...Trishan Dollny
Grade 7's trip to Junga Pine Trails, Shimla
This year, the 7th graders went
to Junga, Shimla for adventure camps.
Like every year, this year
everyone was very excited for camps. So
excited, that we didn’t even mind reporting at the school at 4:30 am. We all
reached with huge smiles on our faces, absolutely ready with our rucksacks. We
went to the New Delhi Railway Station to board Shatabadi. When we reached
Kalka, we divided ourselves into groups to board buses. It took a few more
hours to reach our destination- the Youreka Camp – Junga.
On the first day, we were divided
into and assigned groups and briefed about the activities in the camp. Our
group names were- ‘Eagles’ and ‘Hakuna Matata’. Later, we were allotted our
tents. We spent our free time playing ‘Pitthoo’ also known as ‘Seven Stones’.
On the third day, we were given
30 minutes to pack up and leave so that we reach the camp site quickly. Around
noon, we did valley crossing and learnt different types of knots. After lunch
we did a rope course which had many activities like – the friendship ladder, Tarzan
swing, walking on a rope, etc. In the evening we had the talent night followed
by a DJ.
On the last day, we had a closing
ceremony and got badges. We got souvenirs and soon it was time for us to leave.
We thanked everyone there and got into our buses. We enjoyed a lot in the bus
and train until we realized it was over. The four days had just flown by and
seemed like a dream, but we will always remember and cherish this trip...Shatakshi Dubey
“The camp this year has been marvelous! And I would like to
point out that the most important and special thing that I learned was
teamwork. I am pretty sure that you have heard of the tale of the 3 brothers,
and how individually none of them could break a big bunch of twigs and sticks,
but together they were able to do it. Well I guess that now I can relate to the
story a lot, because when we went for a night-out in the woods, we had to rely
on each other for support, trust, and help. Not that we were totally dependent
on each other, but we definitely helped ourselves, our friends, and all the
others. Everyone became our buddies, and the people we rarely talked to in
school became our companions. So to round it up, I would say that this was one
of the best memories of my life, and I will always carry it with me for years
to come.”
“The days passed by
with activities like valley crossing, climbing the friendship ladder, learning
how to tie various styles of knots using ropes and talent show. One of the main
highlights was trekking uphill (which I might add was scary, 6200 feet above
sea level). We pitched our own tents, brought logs to cook our food, carried
empty cans and walked a mile to bring clean water for cooking and finally
cooked our own food! It was the best coffee, soup and dinner I had had, yes
because we had made it.”
“It was my first camp and the experience was truly good and
full of fun and adventure. I never thought that I could have such awesome fun
with my friends.”...Rishika Singh, Mehr Chawla, Vedant Chauhan
Grade 8 Camp In Nainital, Bhavika Hotchandani & Akshit Singh
Rocksport Camp Nainital 2014 was
an amazing experience for all the 8th graders.
It has given an everlasting
memory to almost all the students. This was my first camp with Pathways and I
enjoyed it to the fullest extent. From the cottages to the activities…
everything was very well organized. Each day we had to wake up very early in
the morning, go for morning exercise followed by thrilling activities of the
day and finish with having a relaxing time around camp fire. As for some of us, rock climbing made it into
our highlights, rappelling and caving stood out for others. I am sure nobody
can ever forget the chilling and spine tingling experience of night trek.
Students developed skills in the areas of confidence and courage. Students
performed activities out of their comfort zone and overcame their fears. They
referred to this camp as being one of the best ones yet!
Grade 9 camp to Uroli, Aryan Srivastava Gr 9
We were to do activities in these respective groups. We did rock climbing, bouldering and hiking. We also had many fun activities like Elastic Limbs and Helter Skelter. During the evening, we sat near the bonfire and cracked jokes as well as telling scary stories. Many of my classmates did not want to leave, and we had a lot of fun over there.
