Bringing folk tales to life: Embracing cultures across the world

Hyderabad: Glendale Academy International students of grade V and VI brought the curtain down on their ISA (International School Awards) activities with a scintillating finale performance and a gallery walk of their learnings based on the topic -Myths, Legends and Folktales from across the world. The event was held at Glendale International Academy in Bandlaguda, Hyderabad on Monday.

As a part of their learning, students read folktales from various cultures through research and international collaborations. They collaborated with schools from Nepal, Bangladesh and Morocco and exchanged information about myths and legends from each other's countries. The exchange of information with international partners was carried out through Skype sessions and emails.

Students also explored how art is used as a medium of storytelling in their own country and partner nations. As a part of this activity they learnt about the 12th century Cheriyal scroll paintings which depicts stories from ancient Indian folktales. The school organised a Cheriyal painting workshop in the school premises that gave students an opportunity to learn more about this dying art form of Telangana.

Various other in-house activities such as creating clay models of mythical creatures, creating illustrative comic strips of folktales read, Power Point presentations, exploring the geographical locations and collecting more information about partner countries, role plays etc were carried out as a part of this ISA journey.

All of these formed a part of the exhibits of the gallery walk and were greatly appreciated by parents and faculty alike. This event provided a great platform to the students to enhance their 21st century skills of communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking. The motto of creating global citizens by promoting internationalism through cross cultural connections was well achieved through this event.