Presentation by the Guest Speakers

GUEST SPEAKERS

We at Grade 3 had a great pleasure in inviting the ‘Guest Speakers’ to share their life experiences which entails their family & culture.

Since our unit of inquiry is based on SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES, which is in conjunction with our current TD theme –‘Who We Are’. The central idea of the unit is ‘People are more alike than different’.

Their presentation was connected with the first line of inquiry; ‘Physical, social and emotional characteristics’.  Their presentation not only emphasised critical thinking skills but was also an eye opener for students coming from diverse backgrounds.

Students benefitted a lot from today’s presentation from all the guest speakers as they all had a rich repertoire of cultural background and heritage. The guest speakers were not only from diverse Indian backgrounds; Bengali and Malayali but also from the overseas right from the ends of the world from New Zealand and then Korea and also Russia. Mr Abhimanyu Das Gupta brought in his Bengali culture and Ms Sabeena brought in her loud and proud presentation from Kerala. Whereas the overseas presenters were- Mr Patrick Brown enlightened us with the Maori & European culture that makes them Kiwis and also presented his world infamous the ‘Maori Haka’. and Ms Yulia Kantorova mesmerised students with her adaptation to the Indian culture by displaying her classical dance.

Each presentation was for 10-15 minutes max and we also had 10 minutes each for Q & A session. The presentation was visual (photos and videos), through ppts, role plays, performances, etc. The students and teachers of Grade 3 had a meaningful interaction with these Guest Speakers.

A Big THANK YOU to all of them for encouraging our students that even though we are different but we are more alike in many ways. It was great to see students engaged and were participating in this interactive session.