Everything will be good at the end. And if it’s not good, it’s not the end. John Lennon John Lennon’ quote hopefully holds true for our Open School project in Satna. These seven young Janwaar scholars left their village last week with great plans and full of curiosity to start a new learning journey at […]
We’ve wirtten before that we have now a math teacher (online sessions), Saurabh Suri, who really understands how to get the kids’ attention in math. Now we are building on this in a series of math experiments. He is the first one Anil and Asha did with the kids. It was about the AVERAGE. Anil […]
Asha is giving sessions to the kids at our Villa Janwaar. Here is a little “report”. “Today I played with our kids an Indoor game: “When I say head, touch your head!” I found a YouTube video on this, After playing I asked to kids how was the game? Did you like it or not? […]
As part of our Open School Project we’ve added various online sessions for the next generation of kids to our schedule. Since schools are still not open in Janwaar, the kids appreciate their online sessions. Together with freelance teachers and Passionguru we’ve set up a schedule which provides a learning experience which is closely related […]
My focus in June-July was: Kitchen garden Open School Passport for the ladies Kitchen garden We began building the kitchen garden near the skatepark in April. Pappu, our local backbone, filled the land with the soil, added compost to the soil, laid out the beds for the crops and fenced the area. The objective of […]
We’ve enlarged our open school project and include now ALL children of the village œ whoever wants to come is welcome. We’ve set up a range of online courses with two freelance teachers (Hindi and Math) and PassionGuru, an NGO working with kids in rural areas. The kids have selected spoken English, Karate and Creactive […]
After long struggles and with a fair amount of luck our Open Schoolers passed the National Institute for Open Schooling (NIOS) 10th grade exams. Lucky them! It brought relief to the parents and families, and of course to the kids themselves. For a couple of month it was very much unclear how the NIOS would […]
When I came back to Janwaar in March, I felt more connected with the kids. They were more comfortable in sharing their feelings. Some of them were angry because I didn’t meet them before leaving and they didn’t know I’d left. Some were really happy I was back 🙂 My focus in March was: Open […]
After three years our first batch of open schoolers – Asha, Anil and Arun – are preparing for their 10th grade exams in April-May 2021. They also conduct daily sessions with the kids where they pass on their learning. Now, it is high time for the next generation of the Janwaar village kids to share […]
By Abhishek Singh You can download the report as a PDF-file here: I was always intrigued by the power of sports, how sports can help for personal development. When I heard about Janwaar Castle from a friend, I didn’t need to think twice before sending an email to offer my services. Ulrike replied with a […]