February Highlights: Empowering Voices, Exploring Ideas, and Embracing Growth!
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The Activity Journey at BMCS
The Activity Journey at BMCS
Creative Snowman Activity for Winter Learning
Learners enthusiastically explored the winter season through a fun and creative Snowman activity. They learned about the characteristics of winter and discussed how we keep ourselves warm during this season, such as drinking hot soup and wearing woollen clothes like sweaters, jackets, caps, and gloves.
To make the learning more engaging, learners created a snowman using cotton pasting, which helped them understand the concept of snow and winter in a hands-on way. The activity enhanced their creativity while strengthening their understanding of seasonal changes in an enjoyable manner.
Integrating Math with Real-World Learning
Learners actively participated in an integrated Math and Unit of Inquiry activity. During the session, they identified and recognized different animals and enhanced their observation skills. They also counted the animals carefully, connecting their understanding of numbers with real-life concepts. This hands-on activity helped learners strengthen their counting skills while deepening their knowledge about animals. The activity made learning meaningful, engaging and fun as students connected mathematical concepts with their Unit of Inquiry in an interactive way.
Exploring Position Words Through Play
Learners enjoyed an exciting game of Hide and Seek while exploring position words. During the activity, they hid under tables and in different places, helping them understand positional concepts in a fun and meaningful way. The playful experience encouraged active participation, language development and joyful learning through hands-on exploration.
Building Number Sense Through Addition
Our learners explored the concept of addition through an engaging hands-on activity. By adding balls and counting the total, they developed a clear understanding of combining quantities. This interactive experience helped strengthen their number sense, counting skills and mathematical thinking. Learners enthusiastically participated and enjoyed learning through play, making the concept of addition fun, meaningful and easy to understand.
Exploring Different Book Genres
Learners were introduced to different genres of books through an engaging and interactive activity. They explored various types of genres such as fiction and non-fiction by observing and reading different books. Learners carefully differentiated the books based on their features, content, and purpose. They discussed their understanding with peers and confidently placed the books under the correct genre category. To consolidate their learning, they also mentioned and organized the genres on a chart. This activity enhanced their critical thinking, reading skills and ability to classify information effectively.
Discovering Characters Through Inquiry
During their UOI session, learners explored the different types of characters found in stories. They engaged in a sorting activity where they categorized characters into groups such as person, animals, birds, and fantasy characters. Through this hands-on activity, students demonstrated the IB Learner Profile attributes of Inquirers and Thinkers as they observed, discussed and classified the characters. The activity helped enhance their thinking, observation and communication skills while encouraging them to share ideas and make meaningful connections.
Interpreting Meaning Through Illustrations
Under the second line of inquiry, Role of illustrations in a story, learners explored how illustrations help bring a story to life. They understood that illustrations should match the storyline and that pictures often convey deeper meanings beyond what we immediately see. Through discussion and observation, students demonstrated the IB Learner Profile attributes of Inquirers and Thinkers, while developing their observation, interpretation and communication skills as they analyzed how images support and enhance storytelling.
Exploring Collective Nouns Through Activity
Our learners explored collective nouns through an engaging hands-on activity. They selected groups of naming words and matched them with the correct collective noun from another box. This interactive task helped learners understand how words can represent a group, strengthening their vocabulary, language understanding and thinking skills.
The activity made grammar learning fun and meaningful as learners actively participated and confidently formed correct matches.
Mathematics in Action
Our learner engaged in a fun and interactive multiplication wheel activity to strengthen understanding of tables. Using the board and a marker, the learner solved multiplication facts within a set time, promoting quick thinking and accuracy. The timed challenge encouraged focus, confidence, and problem-solving skills. Through this hands-on approach, the learner actively constructed understanding and demonstrated the IB values of being a Thinker and Risk-taker. Learning mathematics was both engaging and meaningful as concepts came to life through action-based learning.
Learning Through Exploration – UOI
Learning Through Exploration – UOI
As part of the Unit of Inquiry on Force and Motion, the learner explored concepts through hands-on activities around the school environment. By observing and interacting with everyday spaces, she developed a deeper understanding of how forces act in real life.
During the inquiry, she investigated objects such as a car, a ball, and a book, applying different pushes and pulls and observing the resulting motion. Through this exploration, she concluded that force is present everywhere and affects how objects move or stay still.
This inquiry-based learning helped the learner build strong observation, thinking, and reflection skills, demonstrating the IB learner profile attributes of being a Thinker and Inquirer.
Building Stronger Sentences with Adverbs
In Language class, learners are exploring how to expand sentences using adverbs to make their writing more meaningful and descriptive. In this activity, students completed a chart and suggested four possible adverbs that could be added to a given sentence to enhance its meaning. Through this task, learners demonstrated the IB Learner Profile attribute of Communicators as they expressed their ideas clearly and creatively, while also developing their language, thinking and vocabulary skills.
Exploring Creativity Through Art and Expression
Students explored watercolor techniques, experimenting with blending, layering, and texture to express their ideas artistically. They further extended their creativity by designing modern art compositions on canvas boards, demonstrating imagination, risk-taking, and thoughtful use of color.
Through this process, learners developed fine motor skills and visual thinking while expressing their unique perspectives.Through canvas painting and trade-related creative tasks, students integrated artistic skills with real-world understanding. These experiences enhanced collaboration, communication, and reflective thinking while strengthening interdisciplinary connections. Overall, these activities supported holistic development by encouraging creativity, cultural awareness, and community engagement in alignment with the IB philosophy.
Strategy Meets Gentle Sport
During the month of February, learners actively engaged in cricket-based activities that promoted physical fitness, teamwork, and strategic thinking. They practiced batting, bowling, and fielding skills, developing their coordination, balance, and agility while strengthening their self-management skills. Through guided drills and small-group practice, learners explored the importance of accuracy, timing, and control in the game. They also participated in friendly cricket matches, where they applied their skills in a collaborative environment, demonstrating teamwork, communication, and fair play. These experiences encouraged learners to think strategically, support their peers, and reflect on their performance, embodying the IB Learner Profile attributes of being Thinkers, Communicators, and Balanced learners.
Where Learning Comes Alive: Events at BMCS
Where Learning Comes Alive: Events at BMCS
Celebrating Kindness Week at BMCS
BMCS joyfully celebrated Kindness Week with great enthusiasm and meaningful participation from all learners. On the first day, learners conducted a special assembly highlighting the importance of kindness in our daily lives. The second day featured an engaging story session, where learners shared thoughtful reflections about acts of kindness. On the third day, learners visited an old age home and spread happiness through warm interactions. The fourth day was dedicated to creative card making to express gratitude and care. The week concluded with a wonderful drama performance on kindness, spreading a powerful message to everyone.
World Radio Day Celebration
BMCS celebrated World Radio Day with a special assembly. Students learned about the importance of radio and how it has been a powerful medium of communication for many years, connecting people through news, music and information.
To make the celebration more engaging, students also became RJ for a day, where they confidently presented short segments just like radio jockeys and experienced the excitement of radio broadcasting.
The activity helped develop the IB Learner Profile attributes of Communicators and Inquirers, as students shared ideas and explored the role of radio in society.Students also enhanced skills like Communication skills by being confident and through their creativity.
World Pulses Day
We celebrated World Pulses Day, where learners brought nutritious snacks made from pulses and confidently shared their understanding of their health benefits. This celebration helped learners make real-life connections to healthy eating habits while developing communication skills and awareness about balanced nutrition, reflecting the IB Learner Profile attributes of being Thinkers, Communicators, and Balanced individuals.
Field Trip to Old Age Home
As part of Kindness Week, learners visited an old age home to spread joy and compassion. They performed for the residents, interacted warmly and listened to their valuable advice and life experiences. The visit nurtured empathy, respect and kindness, helping learners understand the importance of caring for and connecting with others.
Nurturing Global Learners at BMCS
Ms. Jyoti Saini
HRT PYP 3
From Traditional Classrooms to Meaningful Learning: The IB PYP Approach
By Saini Jyoti
Education has changed greatly over time. In traditional teaching, the focus was mainly on textbooks, memorization, and completing the syllabus, where the teacher explained and students mostly listened. Learning was often limited to bookish knowledge and exams. However, in the IB PYP, education goes beyond textbooks and encourages inquiry, exploration, and real-life connections. Students are given agency, which means they have voice, choice, and ownership of their learning. They ask questions, think critically, and become active participants in the classroom. Most importantly, after learning, students take meaningful action and apply their understanding in real-life situations. This process helps them grow into responsible, caring, and confident citizens who take ownership of their learning journey and contribute positively to society.
When curiosity leads, learning stays.
When curiosity leads, learning stays.
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