Category: Ekya ITPL

#StudentBlogger: The Giraffe with the Crooked Neck – By, Arianna Tayenjam, Grade 2C, Ekya ITPL

It was a nice spring morning in the jungle. Do you know who I am? My name is Mark and I am a Zoologist. I work with the animal rescue service which is right in the middle of the Amazon...

/ July 26, 2021

#TeacherBlogger: How can social studies be used practically? – By, Madhu Bharatia, SST teacher – Senior School, Ekya ITPL

How can social studies be used practically? I have been teaching social studies for over five years now and one thing that astonishes me is how fuzzy students are about why we teach social studies as a subject in schools?...

/ July 22, 2021

#TeacherBlogger: How Pets Influence a Child’s Life By Ms. Shubra Rai, Science Teacher, Middle School, Ekya ITPL

Imagine having a hard stressful day at the office and coming home to beautiful eyes and exciting jumps. The whole day’s stress just melts off when your pets rest their head in your laps because for them the sight of...

/ July 21, 2021

#StudentBlogger: A Poem on Father’s Day by Pratham Kakodkar, Grade 7, Ekya ITPL

My Dad, My Hero My father is a funny manI am proud to be his biggest fan When I’m in the dumpsHe doesn’t let me stay grump Doing things with him is lot of funPlaying games, listening to music or...

/ June 26, 2021

#StudentBlogger: An ode to Father’s Day by Utkarsh Vyas, Grade 6, Ekya ITPL

My dad, my heroWeaknessesHe has zeroMy best friendIndeedMy happinessGuaranteed My dad, my heroHe runs at superspeedAnd every single timeHe’s exactly who I needThe man of the houseWith a superhero capeMischief he never allowsAnd oh lord, does he ever age? My...

/ June 26, 2021

#TeacherBlogger: Learning at Ekya – Online Classroom Culture by Ms. Sudha Ramesh, Ekya ITPL

WHAT LEARNING LOOKS LIKE AT EKYA Challenges can indeed turn out to be gifts that bring out the very best in us. With the sudden onset of the global pandemic in early 2020, educators like me found ourselves challenged. We...

/ March 4, 2021

#EventsAtEkya: Harvest Festival of India, Virtual Assembly by Early Years, E-ITPL

Marking the festive month of the year, the students of Early years, Ekya ITPL participated in the virtual assembly showcasing the Harvest festivals of India, thanking nature for the bounty it offers in the form of new crops. The celebrations had made...

/ February 2, 2021

#TeacherBlogger: A Friendly Devil by Ms. Chitra Venkateswaran, E-ITPL

Friends support you, they help you grow. They make you resilient and show your shortcomings. I have such a friend – Failure!! She is close to me as she has been with me more often than others. She made me...

/ January 27, 2021

#TeacherBlogger: Learning at Ekya by Ms. Manu Kakkar, E-ITPL

What learning looks like at Ekya? “The important thing is not to stop questioning; curiosity has its reasons for existing” – Albert Einstein If you spend time with a young child, it soon becomes clear that the astronomer Carl Segan...

/ January 20, 2021

#TeacherBlogger: Professional Humanism – An Approach of 21st Century Teaching Learning

Online or offline our heart and soul are in line with our students. True, our lives as teachers revolve around children, we are continuously thinking about them, planning for them, taking feedback and implementing them; and learning, relearning, and unlearning...

/ January 5, 2021