Update on Activities
for July-Sep 2005
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Independence
day on August 15th was celebrated with the idea of bonding children to the ideas of patriotism and love for fellow humans.
Our National flag was hoisted and the National Pledge was given by Tharik from the Std I, who led the school march past this year. Children from the I standard gave a speech in
unfaltering English on Mahatma Gandhi. UKG students explained the importance of Independence Day to one an all.
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Independence
Day
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What was so endearing was their fluent English to the surprise and happiness of their parents and the discipline with which they went about the whole show. It was very satisfying to see the well-mannered kids on the occasion. These kids will definitely make their country proud
one day!
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Parent-Teacher
Meeting
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Parents-Teachers meeting held this August was a run away success. We had parents interacting on a very deep level. They found our way of teaching most satisfying and also complimented us for our play-way activities.
The discussions went further and we found that except for 1 mother most parents were using corporal punishments to discipline children. And most of them accepted that they vented the everyday frustration on their child with
a tight slap!
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However, they were open to ideas, and accepted that if they could be a little more patient and explain things to children the way it should be, it would result in more disciplined children.
To make the parents do their 'homework', it was then decided that the parent who would discipline his/her child without corporal punishment for the whole month would receive a 'Trust Children Prize'! And for the next
meeting, it was made mandatory for every parent to have
at least one instance to relate where they controlled their anger/ frustration and corrected their child through reasoning...
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We had Karen, Paul and Jordon all the way from California who volunteered their time to work in our school. It was a wonderful experience for all of us...they did quite a few work shops for our children and one of the workshops was teaching computers for our 6 year olds!
It was amazing to see the children use Paint in just 1 day of learning. Just goes to show that all that these children need is an opportunity and they are ready to move mountains! Our heartfelt thanks to Karen and Paul, catch them at
www.exploreca.com
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Paul
with 'mouse'
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'The
Techies' |
The first batch of our computer classes for village youth has come to an end. The students from NUS (National University of Singapore) and THE SCHOOL KFI, Adyar, who had volunteered to do the entire training, have done an excellent job. Our students have picked up very well and it was quite astonishing to see youth who had never used computers before, enthusiastically picking up computer jargon and playing with Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc.
It was an emotion filled, loving farewell for these young teachers who have opened up a whole new world with endless possibilities...
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The yoga classes being conducted by Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM), is progressing smoothly and children are quite enjoying their lessons. Our heartfelt THANKS to the teachers of KYM in making this happen! Do read more about their lovely work on
www.kym.org
The children are also having fun by way of Shorinji Kempo training - whole-hearted thanks to Maxwell
Senseii!
Our special THANKS to the team from Ramachandra Medical College who conducted the medical camp for the school. All children and mothers greatly benefited
out of the program. We are looking
forward to the continued support from this team...
Kids have just finished their term exams and enjoying their well deserved vacations...they would be raring for the school to start again : )
One more good news...Trust Children has been covered
by the
Tehelka e-newspaper by
Mr. P C Vinoj Kumar, who has given our work a great review. Our THANKS to him to have taken the trouble to help us help our children. We hope that more and more people will join us through his writing.
We are
now looking at buying land for school (around 2 acres) and are looking forward to your continued support. UWCSEA Singapore and Yogoda Satsanga Society of
India, who have always stood by us, are extending their support by helping us with the school building, as part of their Tsunami rehabilitation efforts. We hope more corporate/ individuals will extend their support towards building a permanent structure, and sponsoring a school bus for the school and help make a positive difference to these children.
Thanks to all of you for making
this school take shape. We have
plenty of work ahead..... and I am
sure we will rise to greater heights
through your loving participation.
Click here to see more of our activities...
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