Over The Past Four Months, Bhavishya Yaan Students In All Six Schools Have Been Enjoying Storytelling Sessions Conducted By Vidya Teachers As Well As External Faculty.
A storytelling Lit Fest was held in November; in December, the children were given Christmas and New Year-themed speaking assignments.
Storytelling classes were conducted once a week for classes 5th to 9th. The students were introduced to fairy tales and mystery, understanding the elements, role playing of the story, sequencing of events, pronunciation of new vocabulary words, creating one’s own fairy tale and concluding the story, etc. giving students ample opportunities to communicate in English.
In September, the students were introduced to mythological and horror stories – the story of Goddess Durga on Navratri and a horror story titled Two Gold Coins. Folk tales were covered during October.
Anita Salim, a well-known theatre personality who conducts drama workshops in schools across Mumbai and is attached with Prithvi theatre, conducted threeday sessions for Bhavishya Yaan students.
She focused on storytelling as a tool to learn text, using imagination and visualisation.
The children were encouraged to participate in the storytelling Lit Fest held in November during Diwali break. 129 students from standards 8 & 9, 90 from standards 5, 6 & 7 and 90 from Primary school participated. An external professional storyteller judged the final entries and selected the prize winners.
Some of the illustrations by the kids and videos of those who took part in the storytelling festival are
attached.