Buzzers roared, pranced and saved the tigers!

Buzzers met again on Saturday 24 September for the second BUZZ Book and Theatre Club meet. The theme for the month was "Save the Tiger" and the children learnt all about tigers and their importance through drama, role-plays, book reading, and creative expression.

The evening started off with a tiger warm up that included some fun tiger-belly-laughs and tiger-belly-cries. Children were then introduced to books The Terrible tigers and Tigers at twilight that introduced them to the theme of the month.

Mr. Daniel an Entomologist from Zoo Outreach Organization Coimbatore was our guest speaker for the day. He brought in a lot of tiger masks for the children and took them through a creative session on tigers and friends of tigers. His interaction was a lot of fun and extremely informative.

Soon after that the children had an opportunity to creatively express their thoughts in whichever way they wanted. Some of the younger children coloured and striped the tiger in red, blue, purple and orange. The older ones of the lot wrote very inspiring stories and poems. Here's one....

A body full of stripes

Running with a grace

Gives me a lot of thoughts

About your lovely face

How fast can you run

Watching you is so much fun

While you sit under the sun

why do they point at you a gun?

- Aditya Guruprasad - Class Three
(Chandrakanthi Public School)

If you want to see the rest of them. Head out to 'On the Go' in Race Course and 'That's Y Food' in R.S Puram. We wrapped up the day with a tightly packed Wild Life quiz that gave the evening its final punch!

The children came, roared, pranced and helped save the tiger with BUZZ.

If you too want to become a buzzer call us on 9500996227 / 9894040227 or email is at buzzclubcbe@gmail.com

BUZZ meet September

Date:- 24 September
Time :- We will start sharp at 4:30 pm. The buzzer will go off at 6:00pm


It's that time of the month to Roar, Prance and Save the Tiger with Buzz!

And that is our buzzing theme for September! With book reading, role-playing creative writing and much more, buzzers will go through an experience of new stories and learn to express their contribution towards a social cause. With the core theme revolving around drama and theatre the children will proudly learn that they too can have their say in society with a lot of fun and with a lot of creativity.

Parents are welcome to be our audience for the evening.

Books this month:-

1.) Let's Meet The Terrible Tigers:-
      Author: Unknown
      Publisher: Macaw Books
      Age: 3 to 6


2.) Magic Tree House #19: Tigers At Twilight:-
      Author: Mary Pope Osborne
      Illustrator: Salvatore Murdocca
      Publisher: Random House Childrens Books, USA
      Age: 10 +
    

3.) Tashi And Golem:-
      Author: Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg
      Illustrator: Kim Gamble
      Publisher: Viva Books
      Age: 8 +   

                                                                                                               
PROGRAM on 24 Sept
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm :- Tiger's warm up
4:45 pm - 5:15 pm :- Introduction of the months's theme - Roar, Prance and Save the Tiger through book reading and roleplaying.
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm:- Creative expression through different forms of writing.
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm :- New books on the block.

 Kids BUZZ AROUND TOWN. 

• The Sparrow House Nature Camp conducts camps and treks for children in the age group 7 - 16. Buzz members interested in the same may please register with us for a two day nature camp on October 1st and 2nd to Longwood Shola. This would involve one night stay at the campsite and a trek of 7 km.
• Raining Stories at Little bookworms. 3-5 year olds and 6-8 year olds for two days two hours each day.

See you all there to Roar, Prance and Save the Tiger at Vivekalaya School, Trichy Road.

Coimbatore just Buzzed!

Lighting the lamp of knowledge

Doing the rain clap

'I love writing stories'

On Saturday 27 August the children of Coimbatore and all their eager parents saw the launch of BUZZ- book club and theatre club for children at Vivekalaya School. It was a very special day for all of us who had gathered there to launch the BUZZZZZZ. And that is exactly how the day took off, with a very loud buzzzzz.


Renowned author and playwright Shreekumar Varma was our resource person for the evening, who brought in one of his popular books for young children, 'The Magic store of Nu-Cham-Vu' for reading out to the children and parents who had gathered there. After the book reading, the children were found animatedly discussing and debating the physical characteristics and personality of a mythical monster from the story.


This was followed by the lighting of the lamp by Shreekumar Varma, Shashi Ghulati, veteran theatre artist and director of several English plays, and Dr Rajeev Kamineni, Co-chair, Young Indians Coimbatore Chapter, Chief Officer, Kumaraguru College of Technology and a theatre actor. The final wick was of course lit by the all the children with great enthusiasm.


The event concluded with a very tightly contested quiz competition conducted by Hemalatha Ramesh of Long Long Ago.


Just like this meet each month, children will be introduced to new books that they may like to read. They will be asked to review or tell the story of a book they previously select. They will be introduced to characters from books, authors and their different styles of writing. Children will also be encouraged to write their own book reviews, stories, poems and illustrate stories that have been read at the club meeting. They will be introduced to theater and encouraged to convert some of the stories into an idea for dramatization...

...and much much more..so that the city would soon buzzzzzzzz with activity!

If you want your child to become a buzzer just Buzz us on 9894040227 (Archana) and 9500996227 (Shobana)

A day with Kusimika Chatterjee

Kusimika Chatterjee is a world renowned storyteller, drama teacher, language teacher and a wonderful human being. We the teachers of Helen O Grady had the privilege of spending a whole day in her presence. She took us through a world of stories and poetry and dance and drama all interwoven with her special ability to make what may seem ordinary come out brilliantly alive.


Mrs Chatterjee is in her early 70s and lives in England. After working in one local Coventry comprehensive school for over three decades, she started to work for schools throughout the region ranging from special needs schools to mainstream schools using the art of storytelling to help educate children about different cultures. Educators from all over are often astounded by her ability to transfix children from all backgrounds with her educational stories. 


She is an inspiration just to be with. And when she emotes, it is nothing less than pure magic to see her weave her splendid 'abhinaya' into her work as a teacher of language and grammar! I did not know grammar and language too can have stories. They do, and you must see her to believe it!


We've all been truly inspired by her infectious enthusiasm and by what she does even at her age. We  hope to keep going on with gusto with that impetus for as long as we can move!

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Welcome One and All to this blog on expressing yourself through theatre. I head the Helen o Grady Drama Academy initiatives on language and drama in Tamil Nadu and would love to connect with adults and children alike, who love the world of performing arts! so link up and stay connected!