[guy_next_door83]

Jonas dude....
the meetin is with all the volunteers of the orphanage home so that we can put our own house in order..( almost literally)......and also to try and explore the option of chartin out specific duties for specific groups for that wud bring in a lot of synergy...above all....give our effort and that of the others a specific direction so that we can bridge the gap between where we are and where we want to be....as for the timing....i m yet to hear from the CRY correspondent....shall call him up tommorow...and the place is the Royapuram Boys Orphanage....

Reshma...
Shudnt be a prob if u arent able to make it on saturday....the address details are as follows...Royapuram Boys Orphanage,
Near Police Quarters
S . N Chetty Street
Royapuram, Chennai-13.

Cheers
God Speed
Yogesh

[guy_next_door83]

guys..the timing is 10 in the morning....on saturday that is.....it wud be nice if a few of us cud make it

Cheers
God Speed
Yogesh

[simon]

oops...saturday office for me :( ...wont be able to make it
but hey, Yogesh, you could use this very reason to push for a good time slot...not on Saturdays please
will make it on Sunday, no problem...just fill us in on what happens tomorrow..

[Platinum]

yep yogesh! as i said b4 me cant make it too...

will make it on sunday though...

fill us in on the details..

c ya

[guy_next_door83]

Done deal guys....its 1:45 to 3:30 for us on sundays......now tht we have one road block out of our way....probably we cud give the whole thing some direction so to speak.....and as for the meetin....it was by and large for the mentorship program ......which we decided unanimously was a high end pursuit...and that we d have to decide for ourselves as to whether we want to take it up..for its one to one....shall fill you guys on it when we do meet tommorow


Cheers
God Speed
Yogesh

P.S ....it took some doin to coax the superintendent...finally he gave it away!!

[Platinum]

hey cool.. done then.. will c u ppl tomm 1:45...
hey yogesh can u pm me ur nbr in case i get lost ??

i told u im bad with the place

[guy_next_door83]

its been a while....since the chennai PGCS chapter got off the ground...and truth to be spoken...it wasnt smooth sailing...what with the constant lack of ppl...but ppl there were....and 5 at that, earlier this afternoon.....finally ...we are gettin our bearings in order...and tho by and large...chennai CS is still in its nascent stage....we ve got a fresh lease of life by the presence of a few new faces...( Yes guys, you are the ones i m talkin abt....i can see those self congratulatory expressions )....rite...we are finally gettin down to business .....and as for the summin up....today....we had a problem of plenty ( that is in the context of the class size).....so the children were by and large distracted.....but nevertheless we did manage 40-45 minutes of serious class....bfor hell , as it always does, broke loose....umm......it wud be real nice...if we cud guve the whole thingie some direction.....lookin forward to your valuable inputs..
Cheers
God Speed
Yogesh

[Platinum]

hey guys!! posted a while back but looks like it got lost
nyways, yeah was a gud experience yday.. guess i learnt a lot of lessons too...

as yogesh mentioned... was nice that... atleast these kids are in a better position now than they were when u guys started....

as for inputs, i was thinking, maybe v cud think of a particular theme for each weekend... like u know... yday v did salutations.... one week v cud teach them basic grammar like u know... conjugations... if u get wat im saying.. things like.. i say u say he says and the like.... smthg like that... later on when they are more comfortable.... v cud teach them important dates.. like sept 5th teachers day... and stuff like that... help them appreciate that kinda stuff...

any comments are welcome and so are further suggestions!!

c ya then!! have a great week ahead!!

regards,
Reshma

[vindictive_viper]

good to see the CS goin on well.....sorry yaar , yogi...am not able to make it on weekends :(

anyway, is there anyone willing to help/volunteer RASA's programme on march 1,2 & 3 ??
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Nikhil

[simon]

Originally Posted by Platinum

hey guys!! posted a while back but looks like it got lost
nyways, yeah was a gud experience yday.. guess i learnt a lot of lessons too...

as yogesh mentioned... was nice that... atleast these kids are in a better position now than they were when u guys started....

as for inputs, i was thinking, maybe v cud think of a particular theme for each weekend... like u know... yday v did salutations.... one week v cud teach them basic grammar like u know... conjugations... if u get wat im saying.. things like.. i say u say he says and the like.... smthg like that... later on when they are more comfortable.... v cud teach them important dates.. like sept 5th teachers day... and stuff like that... help them appreciate that kinda stuff...

any comments are welcome and so are further suggestions!!

c ya then!! have a great week ahead!!

regards,
Reshma

Firstly, Reshma, an official welcome to the Chennai PGCS! It was good to see you there yesterday especially after the false starts we've had with a few other PGites....
Coming to what we could teach, I see it this way-
There are two aspects to whatever we do or plan to do at RBO,
1, WHAT do we teach the kids...
2, HOW do we teach it to the kids

For 1, I think your suggestions are quite good, and since we dont have a long term framework inplace as yet, it would be good to have a theme every week and take it one day at a time
For2, suppose we do decide on conjugations for next week, how are we going to get it across to them. Iam not for a classroom-like grammar class,....so I was thinking of techniques like telling them stories which would involve these conjugations, role plays for the kids which would get them comfortable with these words, and so on.....
So what I suggest is this,
by end of Thursday, we decide (on this thread) on the content, be it conjugations or whatever,....Once that's decided, we individually figure out various mediums we could use to get the lesson through, so that by Sunday, each one's got say, a 15 min package to interact with the kids on the topic...I feel that should streamline our activities and should also give the kids less avenues for distraction
From my end, regarding content, I need a day to come up with an option..first of all, need to check up on conjugations... not sure what they are actually... So keep it coming ppl!!