12 Jul, 2024

Dear Parents,

Vyom is going strong....:) I am adding a few points that he missed out here.

Friday is usually the most chaotic of the days in the week. The foremost reason for commotion is food making. The ingredients are usually written down on the board by wednesday. Everyone contributes in bringing the supplies. So gathering all the ingredients is one of the major tasks in the morning, sometimes people forget to get the ingredients and then kids blame each other for being forgetful and being careless (see how the table turns?!!). Friday is also the day when the adolescents take their weekly test. So there is that drama. Then we see a short movie which is usually under 20 mins. We saw a movie called “Half cake”, which is showing the struggle of a mother who works to fulfill his son’s wish of having a fancy birthday cake. This is supposed to be followed up with a discussion, but by then kids have elongated on the floor or have sneaked to the other rooms.

Soon after we ate the food we had Sohel and Zahabia who came to take our first woodworking session. Sohel is really a “Wizard of Woods”, he talks about wood as if it's a person. Kids learnt how to safely use the tools and how to keep it clean and preserve it. They also learnt how to cut and plane the wood. More from Vyom about it.

Then came Mr. Monty, who is a chef at the Dublin restaurant at King’s Circle. He met Pinky and was curious about our place and came to visit. And we, being what we are, tried to rope him into teaching our kids something. His specialty is Lebanese but makes momos, Thai and Chinese cuisines. Maybe he will turn up to take one workshop for us someday.

Then there after Dr. Final Jain, dentist who runs a clinic at Sion circle came for the camp. She patiently answered all the questions that kids had. Vyom has elaborated about it.

Finally we had Rosh’s birthday celebration! He turned 3 (future LCian)!

Now here’s more from Vyom.....

This week started on Monday but this statement is a bit confusing because of heavy rains only 7 people had come to LC . LC was open , they conducted the poetry club and all of them left before 12:30 . So all the sessions of Monday were shifted to Tuesday .  

                       On Tuesday the first session was Talk - To - Mentor in which we followed our regular routine . Then there was the Judiciary in which we all discussed about  no video games, all the homework should be completed 2 days after the session , and the gymnastics pulling bag and mat . Then it was hands on session in which we used a soldering machine , ac and dc and how does a multimeter function .

                    On Wednesday there was science in which we learnt about electronic configuration , valence electrons and valency . In Health and Disease we covered each and every gland in our human body and then was a singing session in which we completed the 1st paragraph of Speechless song and komal swars . The session we all were waiting for, B Boying in which we learnt 6 step with Sai.

                    Thursday had very interesting sessions , like Poorva maths and games . The first session was a game session and in it we played mafia . The next session was Poorva maths and in that we learnt 3d shapes, volume and its formulas , Multiplication of algebraic equations and squares of expressions which was quite interesting .

                    Friday was the most interesting session in the whole week . There were 3 very good events , Friday Food , Carpentry and dental test . First was the Friday Food, nothing interesting but very tasty . The Food was poha and was simple and tasty , made by Kavya and Jayani . Then was the Carpentry in which we learnt how to calculate the age of the tree , how to use a small saw and how to smoothen the surface of the wood . After lunch all were asked to brush their teeth and then we all got a checkup from D.r Final and had a question answer round .  You all should change your brush every 4 months and floss your teeth daily which helps you to clean things from between your teeth and brush your teeth twice if you want to keep your teeth healthy.

                       This was our update for this week . Bye - Bye see you next week with new updates.