HASTI PUBLIC SCHOOL & JR.COLLEGE , DONDAICHA
BLOG NO 245
Our school gives adequate exposure to the children and encourages the participation of children in different types of cultural and other extra-curricular activities. *There is often debate about the importance of cultural activities in students’ lives. Some argue that students go to school primarily to gain knowledge, not to participate in extracurricular activities. However, this perception is changing as now parents ,by and large, are starting to recognize the importance of cultural activities for holistic development of their children.
our school firmly believe that cultural activities can improve the academic performance of students. According to research by the National Center for Education Statistics, *
We strongly advocate that Participation in cultural activities enhances students’ sense of engagement or attachment to their school, and improves their attendance and performance in academics*.
Engaging in extracurricular activities can motivate students and encourage them to explore their potential. It also helps in the physical, behavioural, and social development of students.
The exposure to a variety of activities and opportunities to express themselves, build self-esteem, and develop social skills, all in all can contribute to the overall development of a student, and can contribute positively to their academic performance.
At the same time It is always better to be innovative and by simply introducing the variety of performing arts mentioned below, our school can raise interest levels among hitherto uninitiated students can find their inspiration.
*Some innovative culturalactivities mentioned below may help in developing skills in children and may create interest in learning
1. Ventriloquy:- It is an art or practice of making one’s voice appear to come from somewhere else* , typically a dummy of a person or animal.Try to speak a sentence without moving your lips. Yes, ventriloquism is that tough and that interesting indeed when we see dummy artists make their puppets talk in front of us. This is a very niche form of art and has very limited fan following.
We may take services of a ventriloquist to train children. A good ventriloquist blends comic relief and surprise for its audience by pronouncing only with his tongue. Children also get to learn interactive conversations.
2. Mime:-Theatrical performances are common but what if the actor with the loudest of the voices is asked to express his/her emotions without speaking at all?
Mime is an art form respected for its mode of self-expression and its difficulty levels.
Encourage students to try mime with simple, short storylines and gradually raise the intricacy of the story and difficulty levels. Practicing mime makes children very expressive.
3. Live art:-This is an interesting challenge for students. The task is to listen to an ongoing track of sounds or music, get involved in the ambience created by the track and make an artwork on canvas in real time*. This form of collaboration is done by artists, our talented drawing tachers may arrange demo sessions for children on any of Saturdays .
This task raises concentration span of children to a new level and enhances artistic interpretation of the environment. Teachers should be patient enough to help children appreciate this task by starting with 5-6 minute-long soundtracks and asking students to draw to the best out of their imaginations.
4. Standup comedy:-Who doesn’t love comedy? Yet, how many performers can be confident enough about influencing the audience with a series of jokes on stage? Standup comedy is a popular genre nowadays and children can increase self-confidence by testing their humour in front of their audience. In this way, children also learn to have a sense of humour but in a sensitive way so as to not offend people.
5. Classical instrumental music
Often, vocalists or aficionados of modern musical instruments such as guitar, keyboard etc get the chance to perform at an event in school. Teachers should also recognize talents in traditional instruments such as the Veena, Sarod, Santoor, Sitar, Tabla, or Dholak . By encouraging such performances, children get exposed to the Indian classical music and many dying forms of folk music that need revival.
6. A capella:- You really don’t need an instrument for this performance as you create percussive and melodious sounds from your mouth. This Italian performing art can be exhausting because it requires perfect coordination. equal participation and excellent synchronization among the participants each of who imitate instrumental sounds to make an entire band performance. This routine also teaches a lot about team work to participants.
Cultural activities are the ultimate instruments for self-expression of a child. Innovating the modes of presentation of talent can unlock various kinds of potential among the children.
Please feel free to give your ideas for additional cultural activities , your suggestions, remarks , & commendation for making cultural activities at our school more realistic , effective and purposeful for the benefit of our children .
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