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How Do We Stay Inspired During This Lockdown?

25/5/2020

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Covid-19 lockdown has visibly affected this entire world. We are literally all in this together. During times like this, it can get difficult to stay motivated and carry on as usual due to the obvious factors such as not being to get together with our friends, extended family, colleagues, and so on. When we couldn't even go out to get our groceries, it can definitely take a toll on our wellbeing in general. How can we stay inspired so we come out of this lockdown stronger than ever?!

​Well, at SM, we have our morning Inspiration Stand-Ups to keep us up and going throughout the day. One of those days, our morning inspiration was to do something creative and share how that inspire us. Here's the results,
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Jennifer, one of our facilitators chose to create, to energize her day. This is what she said, "Today's team inspiration was to engage in a creative activity challenging ourselves to try something out of our comfort zone. I picked making paper flowers. I have been wanting to do it, but was postponing for more than a year! Almost took an hour to make one flower - looking through YouTube videos, collecting materials, and following the step by step instructions! But it was fun, challenging, and when I saw the rose I had made, I felt very happy, inspired and fulfilled. Now I am planning to do more such flowers and use them for home decor!"
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Sruthy chose to make herself a cup of tea to boost herself. This what she had to say, "I made myself a cup of green tea- it has petals and stems (used to starting the day with caffeine and sugar). Trying out a new creative healthy way to start the day."

Sheela inspired herself by reflecting on nature, writing a poem,

 Nature  

Nature is everywhere, Nature is everywhere
With beautiful trees and plants, with different shades of green, some yellow, some brown that make them grow every day 

Nature is everywhere, Nature is everywhere 
With beautiful birds and animals, flowers and fruits, human, and all other things that grow.
It attracts everything around to admire it.

Nature is beautiful in every way that you have ever imagined off 
its wonderful, exciting and home for all of us 
it needs our care to survive forever 

So listen, learn, and do your part to keep nature alive and beautiful forever.

Here's what she said, "Today's prompt was to do something different that you have not done before inspired me to write a POEM. 
I choose Nature
In this lockdown, we are locked inside our house and facing our own challenges.
But the nature around us is free without any pollution and it's alive, as there is no one to cut it down or to hurt it. That is making it grow green and blossom too.
 This is inviting all the animals and birds to rest and move around it without any fear.
This inspired me to write a poem about Nature when I looked out and saw all this beautiful things around."
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Kruthika chose to paint to lift her spirits. She said, "When I sketch, I am at peace. This is new to me, this feeling of wonder at something I created. And what better time to explore this new found hobby than this lockdown?!"
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Grace spreads positivity by painting. Here's what she said, "When colours in life start fading off, pick up your own brush and design it as colourful as you want it to be."


Neha got inspired by two of our facilitators and wrote a poem.

"I attempted expressing what I feel through a poem.. inspired by Yashika ma'am's article about Shiva, and one of recent INSPU (Inspiration Stand-Ups) thoughts by Happy Sir."


 Extremes of ME

Sometimes I am this cool person who knows a lot of things and at times i am the dumbest of all,

I long for all the luxuries in the universe and sometimes I just need is two meals,

At times I contradict all what I say, and sometimes I stand by my side as firm as a rock,

There are a few times when I want to burn the world in my anger, and most of the times I feel to fill every heart with love,

I wish to drop all the identities and just be clean slate and at times pick as many as I can and be one in all,

I become an open book and at times I am the darkest secret,

Am I this or that...


Our team constantly find ways to inspire ourselves and each other. Tell us about what you do at times like these?


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When Children Found Their 'Power Within Me' to Create SM Times!

13/5/2020

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Before the pandemic and online classes became the new normal, children at Sparkling Mindz had been discussing the 'power within me' in their House Circle. This was a culmination of the theme for the previous year and the various inspiring ways in which the children had engaged with it. 
With the online mode of operation becoming a reality, we decided to bring together their inspiration in the form of a newsletter. Now, if this newsletter had to take forward their House Circle Time, it had to be essentially 'for the students, of the students, by the students'. 
We are glad to say that it is - from compiling their individual inspirations, to documenting their journeys of finding the 'power within me' in the form of a cover story, adding other external elements like crosswords and quotes, requesting a facilitator to write a column, self-learning the aspects of layout on an online platform to the final writing, designing and reviewing - it is an example authentic student-work. It is not perfect, but glorious. It is not a 'product' but an output of genuine student-led learning. It is the start of a new learning curve. It is the first of the many SM Times' to come in the future. 
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SM Times - Phoenix 
Phoenix House have not been able to put together their final version yet, and this will soon be uploaded. 


Contributed by Poorva Agarwal, Learning Facilitator at Sparkling Mindz Global School.


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