1. MARIUM SHAHID

2. MISSION STATMENT Every citizen will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and prepared for life in the 21st Century.

3. To provide an environment in which each child has positive, nurturing relationships with teachers To promotes a healthy, active lifestyle where students are encouraged to make responsible choices. To focuses on developing strong student character, personal responsibility, and community/world involvement. To work on complex and challenging activities to clear concepts about “roots and stem” and “plants”

4. The broad thinking around 21st century learning acknowledges the need for new “form and function” to be added to education goals. This thinking is informed by a belief that learning must leverage the affordances of new technologies, employ better pedagogies based on recent research on how people learn, and be cognizant of the characteristics of a new breed of learners.

6. Information and communication skills which include media literacy, information literacy and ICT literacy. Thinking and problem-solving skills which include critical thinking and systems thinking, problem identification formulation and solution, creativity and intellectual curiosity.

7. Information and communication technologies including computers, the Internet and other technologies Audio, video and other media and multimedia tools

8. Making content relevant to students’ lives Bringing the world into the classroom Taking the students out into the world Creating opportunities for students to interact with each other, with teachers and with other knowledgeable adults in authentic learning experiences

9. 21 ST CENTURY APPROACHES 1.Observing & Monitoring Skills 2.Giving Direction Skills 3.Listening & Speaking 4,Questioning Skills 5.Encouraging Skills 6.Intervening Skills 21 ST CENTURY SKILLS 21 st century Skills 1.Accountibility & Adaptability 2.Communication Skills 3.Creativity & Intellectual curiosity 4.Critical Thinking & System Thinking 5.Information & Media Literacy Skills 6.Interpersonal & Collaborative Skills 7.Self Direction 8.Problem Identification & Solution 9.Social Responsibility

10. These methods include active learning, in which students solve problems, answer questions, formulate questions of their own, discuss, explain, debate, or brainstorm during class Cooperative learning, in which students work in teams on problems and projects under conditions that assure both positive interdependence and individual accountability

11. Inductive teaching and learning, in which students are first presented with challenges (questions or problems) and learn the course material in the context of addressing the challenges.

13. Taxonomy” simply means “classification”, so the well-known taxonomy of learning objectives is an attempt (within the behavioural paradigm) to classify forms and levels of learning.behavioural It identifies three “domains” of learning (each of which is organized as a series of levels or pre- requisites. It is suggested that one cannot effectively — or ought not try to — address higher levels until those below them have been covered

14. TOPIC 21 ST CENTURY APPROACHES TECHNIQUES/MODES 1. Sorting rocks Observing & Monitoring SkillsSurvey of a Grounds in community 2.Hard rocks and soft rocks Listening & SpeakingExperiment and,make conclusions based on evidence 3. Magnetic material Giving Directional skillsBy Showing children what happens when two magnet put together i.e. attraction/repulsion 4. Stretching and squeezing Questioning SkillsBy showing them elasticity and what happens when a spring is compressed or stretched. 5.Friction Encouraging SkillsTo show them anti-lubricant materials and tell them the process of lubrication by demonstration 6. Materials Intervening SkillsTo show the conductivity and prevention from conductivity 7.Forces Encouraging/Intervening SkillsDemonstration,multimedia presentation

16. GRADE BOOK SEATING ARRANGEMENT Certificate

17. TOPICMONTH 1. Sorting rocks JANUARY 2010 2.Hard rocks and soft rocks JANUARY 2010 3. Magnetic materialFEBRYARY 2010 4. Stretching and squeezingFEBRUARY 2010 5.FrictionMARCH 2010 6. MaterialsMARCH

18. CHALLENGES SOLUTION  Lack of research work  Risk in Lab  Availability of ICT lab and library  Group work division  Management of class  Lack of resources  Group working  Arrange the resources  Motivation of students  Encouragement  Field trip, certificates, group leader  Permission  Time management  Quiz  Letter for parents and keep the management in confidence  Group task division,Time limit  Research work  Multimedia presentation  Clashes between groups  Search from net  Plan an interesting activities and allot certain duties to them

19. Internet School library Multimedia presentations Computer Lab

20. “Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

22. Positive attitude is a great asset in life. We throw many curve balls in life and especially in the teaching profession. A positive attitude will help us cope with these in the best way. A sense of humor can help us become a successful teacher as teaching is fun.