Students Reflections - Sunbeam School Lahartara

Writing reflectively entails evaluating an experience critically, stating how it affected you, and outlining your plans for applying the newfound understanding. Writing something down typically encourages people to think through an experience, so it can aid in more profound reflection. In this lovely reflection piece, Sunbeam School Lahartara students discuss the lessons they learned from Sunday School.

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Trust keeps the world going - Rishona Chopra

What keeps the world going? Love, friendship, humanity, happiness? I believe its trust that keeps this world going. This trust isn't trusting someone with your secrets or your belongings. It isn't restricted to our trust in a bank to keep our money. It isn't our trust to share something with someone but rather our trust in life. Like how a bird waits for the day of its flight, simply trusting that there will be a tomorrow. Like how we plan our life, our schedules, our meetings because we simply trust that we'll be healthy and happy tomorrow. 

It's this blind trust in life that keeps us going. We never think of how we may not give our exam tomorrow because the sun may never rise, the world may end, we may not be alive. Why don't we question this? Because we trust that life will go on the way it always goes. The sun not setting isn't impossible - it's simply our trust in the sun - to always rise. 

This trust is something which is so natural and so important that we never realize that its trust that keeps the world going. And it cant be lost because if this trust is lost, we shall spend our lives worrying about god knows what. And worry never did anyone any good. While this trust is so vital, its as vital to know that it is trust in the end that keeps us going because it teaches us one of the most important lessons of life - To live in the present and to focus on NOW, not THEN. 

It's no good planning our life ahead because what about what life has planned for us? This doesn't mean you cant be more organised of course but all it means is that we musn't let the future overpower the present. Because the power to be in the present is the greatest of all because it lets us live life and if in this life, we don't live to the fullest, then what are we doing?

Rishona Chopra
Grade VIII
Gyanshree School 

Reflections Sunday the 22nd September 2024

My Name Is Cinnamon-
1. What is the significance of the Kohinoor diamond?
2. How is life at weekends different from weekdays?
3. What do you do when clothes fall off when you remove them from the clothesline?
4. What is discombobulate?
5. How do you feel when insignificant things blow up?
6. Why must you do a few chores at home or school? 

Hidden Life Of Trees -
1 Did the story connect with you today, and why?
2. Find out about
a. stoically
b. repertoire
c. impervious
d. proviso
3. Why do trees put on a thicker coat?
4. What do you mean by “as the tree battens down the hatches”?

Rishona: Reflections of the week

My Name Is Cinnamon- 
1. What was your takeaway from the session today? 
2. What was discussed in the chapter today?
3. Why is the protagonist's nickname "Cinnamon"?
4. What does discombobulate mean?
5. Experiences while playing scrabble
6. What did you do when your clothes fell off the line ?
7. My weekend - what makes it different? 
8. How can we normalize adoption? 
9. What is a zombie movie?
10. Never be ashamed of who you are

The Hidden Life Of Trees – 
1. Find out about anemones.
2. What is your takeaway from today’s session?
3. What happens when thicker coat is formed on leaves?
4. What do you mean by "hatches"? 
5. How do trees survive?
6. What is "repertoire"? 
 
These are some suggestions you can choose from. Looking forward to seeing your wonderful and thoughtful reflections! You can email your reflections at mk@learningforward.org.in

Otter AI adds

After the class at My Good School:

Sandeep Dutt discussed the Little Village School (near Dehradun, emphasizing its mission to inspire unselfishness and service. My Good School will host a retreat in November and aims to become a venue for future retreats. 

Jugjiv and Sandeep highlighted the importance of family relationships and the need for assertiveness. He also mentioned the adoption of Cinnamon and the family's efforts to normalise it. 

The conversation included tips for managing exam stress, such as breathing exercises and color-coded notes. The discussion also touched on the importance of adaptability, using trees as an example, and the need for behavioral and genetic variability to survive climate changes.

Listen to the podcast: www.LearningForwardPodcast.com

Interns Meeting and the forthcoming My Good School Reteat 2024

Based on the context provided:

1. Sandeep Dutt shard the excitment about the upcoming retreat at the Arthur Foot School (Little Village School). He sees it as an opportunity to support the Little Village School and further the mission of spreading the joy of learning that the Learning Forward Foundation is focused on.

2. Sandeep mentions that the Arthur Foot School will be the venue for the Retreat for years to come, as it is located near the Rajaji Sanctuary, which aligns with our vision of connecting education with the natural environment.

3. Sandeep encourages the attendees to visit the Arthur Foot Academy website to learn more about the retreat and the partnership between the Learning Forward Foundation and the Little Village School.

www.ArthurFootAcademy.org

4. In terms of contributing, Sandeep suggests that the attendees, including interns and school captains, can get involved by visiting the school, participating in activities, and finding ways to collaborate and support the Little Village School as part of the Good School Alliance community.

Overall, Sandeep seems enthusiastic about the retreat and the opportunity to work with the Little Village School, and he is looking for ways for the attendees to get involved and contribute to this initiative.

Check out the Live Recording courtesy Sunbeam School Varuna.