Page 1 - Newletter Issue 8

Classroom Chronicles

March 2021 Vol 1 Issue 8

The Examina�on fever grips the en�re country around
this �me every year. No television, no play, no ou�ngs,
no celebra�ons! The children are in a lockdown of a
kind, home quaran�ned with the maximum possible
social distancing from friends, extended family and of
course the social media.

We have been striving to treat examina�on �me as a
�me to celebrate learning. We have been working to
ensure that children take examina�on in a natural way
just as they breath, eat, talk, laugh, jump, play, enjoy!

We need to continue to work towards a culture where:

Children learn for the sake of learning and not for marks and examina�on.

Children do not study at the last minute.. in the school bus.. in the exam hall.. moments before the examina�on.
Such prepara�on leads to rote learning and not actual learning.

Children follow a balanced rou�ne even during the days they do not have tests and exams.

Children try to achieve and not grab. We make them realise that there is no shortcut to success.

Children do their best and leave the rest .

This can be made possible when there is no fear of marks or when there isn’t any kind of pressure from us - teachers
and parents.

Children tend to revise the concepts they have studied as a prepara�on for Tests and Exams and not just memorize
facts, figures and informa�on to write on an answer sheet. Children take exams to be�er their own performance.
Compe��on should be with one’s own self.

When each child is unique, with their own interests, ap�tudes and abili�es, it is not fair to compare two different
individuals. Let us also not forget that comparison leads to greed and greed leads to frustra�on.

We help the child understand his/her areas of improvement so that he/she can work accordingly to be�er his/her

performance . Instead of marks we focus on remarks. Remarks give the child and the parent the direc�on to
overcome the weakness.

We iden�fy the strength of every child before we point out shortcomings. A child struggling in a par�cular subject
may be blessed with be�er ap�tude for a different subject. It is our duty as teachers and parents to understand that
ap�tude.

Parents and Teachers must work together, and communicate regularly to understand how the child can be helped
to maximise his/her poten�al.