Learning from Stories: Small Beginnings, Big Lessons - Sunbeam School, Ballia

In today’s reading session, Jugjiv Sir and Neelashi Ma’am completed a chapter about a narrator who feels unsure about life and the future. Inspired by the book Guri and Gura, the narrator learns patience and persistence as they repeatedly try to make a castella cake. After many failures, the narrator finally succeeds, gains confidence, and learns to keep improving step by step. The story teaches that hard work, patience, and learning from mistakes prepare us for future opportunities. Life is a journey of patience, practice, kindness, and self-discovery. When we keep learning and moving forward without fear, we may one day find our own “giant egg.”

Later, Manisha Ma’am held a quiz to guess the story, its name, and the value of money. We read The Journey of a One-Rupee Coin, which describes how a single rupee coin passes through the hands of different people in society. For some, one rupee is very valuable and helps meet basic needs, while for others it holds little importance. The lesson shows that money itself is neither good nor bad; its value depends on how and by whom it is used.
Roshni Bhagat

The story What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, taught by Jugjiv Sir, was inspiring and meaningful. It helped us understand that solutions to many problems can be found through learning, self-reflection, and proper guidance. The story emphasised the importance of books and libraries in shaping our thoughts and broadening our understanding.

Later, Manisha Ma’am engagingly conducted another story session. She began the class with a quiz on A One-Rupee Coin, making the session interactive from the start. She then introduced The Whistling Schoolboy and other stories, asking us to identify the story names using pictures. This approach encouraged active participation and thoughtful discussion among the students.

Overall, the class was informative and interactive. It helped develop our interest in stories and literature, making the learning experience enjoyable.
Deenshah Najam

Through the first chapter of What You Are Looking For Is in the Library and the story of Guri and Gura, I learned many meaningful lessons. A line from the end of the chapter really stayed with me: “For such a short story, it’s interesting how everybody remembers it differently.” In today’s reading session, Jugjiv Sir also showed us how the same story can be understood differently by different people.

During the interaction, I heard Astha say that, for her, the story signifies the value of finding significance in small things. For me, the story highlighted the importance of teamwork, friendship, and collaboration shown by the two mice as they made the giant castella cake. This reminds me of the words of a famous brain researcher who believes that “There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to learning.” Everybody has their own thoughts and lessons from a story, and I really enjoyed listening to these different perspectives.

After answering the quiz given by Manisha Ma’am, I learned many things about the value of a one-rupee coin. The story’s theme focused on the journey of a one-rupee coin, and starting with a quiz helped us think about the story’s message in advance. From beginning to end, we see a boy who wants to buy jalebi but only has one rupee. To earn more money, he tries to do many things, but in the end, he still gets only a one-rupee coin—this time a shining one. He then goes to the jalebi seller, gives him the shining coin, and the man smiles and gives him a small bag of jalebi in return.

From this story, I learned the value of even small amounts of money that we often ignore. At this moment, I also remember a line that goes, “Extraordinary things come from tiny beginnings.” The jalebi that he wanted so badly finally came into his hands through a one-rupee coin that he once felt was useless. This taught me that we should value what we have, no matter how small it may seem.
Akanksha Rai

In today’s session, Mr Jugiv Singh Sir and Neelashi Ma’am read the story What You Are Looking For Is in the Library. It was a fabulous story that taught us about problem-solving, self-reflection, and many other essential life lessons.

Talking about the next session, which we had with Ms Manisha Khanna Ma’am, she enjoyably began the class by introducing an interesting quiz on the “One Rupee Coin.” It was truly marvellous. After that, she showed us a picture related to the story she had read that day. The story was beautiful and adventurous.

This class is not just about reading; it is all about fun and enjoyment with all the members of the Good School Alliance.

Thank you.
Talat Bano

Learning Through Stories and Reading - Sunbeam Bhagwanpur

In today’s session at My Good School, Kartik Sir gave us a task. He gave us words like ‘jungle,’ 'binoculars,’ and ‘lamp,’ and asked us to make pairs, sentences, and stories using those words.

In the class, Sir read some students’ stories. They were amazing and eye-catching. Sir also gave us some tips and tricks for making our stories more attractive and presentable. It was exciting, and I learned how to write eye-catching stories.

After that, Jugjiv Sir started a story named “What You Are Looking For Is in the Library.” In this story, a girl was searching for something in the library. She asked the librarian for a book, and the librarian recommended one with amazing stories. I felt very interested in the story.

Samiksha Jaiswal, VI G

If I talk about My Good School, the most important thing I learned is proper reading. Teachers read with expression, and even stories that are not very interesting can feel very engaging. I loved some sentences in the story, like, “I can’t talk to you. Get your boss here.” I learnt the expressions one should use in such imperative sentences to make the understanding effective.

There was a character named Kiriyama who worked in an official production company. In this company, employees had to work all day beyond their regular working hours. That is why he was very exhausted. However, when he received office calls during lunch, he became happy.

Also, Manisha Ma’am asked us a hypothetical question: If you had to work at a job that you don’t like all day, how would you feel? If I’m honest, I would feel exhausted and irritated. Then she asked, if the work is something you like, how would you feel in that situation? For some time, most probably, I would enjoy it, but after that, I might not like it as much.

After that, we learned that being a good listener is very important. Through an example of customer service, we learned that a smiling customer means a satisfied customer. Sometimes, a person just wants to be listened to.

From this session, I learned how to be a good listener, writer, and communicator.

Gauri Agarwal, VIII F

Today at My Good School, we were given a task. Some words were given by Sir, and everyone had to use those pairs of words to make sentences that contained the explained elements. We also had to turn them into a narrative tale.

The activity was very interesting and exciting. I had a great time listening to everyone’s stories. Sir also gave everyone tips and tricks to make our own stories more eye-catching and interesting than others.

Some stories were very breathtaking and exceptional to hear. There were many things I learned in the class, such as doing things without anyone’s help and making our minds more playful with words and sentences. Creating such tales and completing such tasks can make our brains much better at using words.

Next, we listened to a story titled “What You Are Looking For Is in the Library.” The story is about a person who wanted to find something. When she asked the librarian, the librarian gave her a book to read. It was a fascinating story and really surprised me. The story had a mix of emotions and values, and together they were a perfect combination.

The story also had twists and turns that highlighted important parts and made it more interesting. Honestly, it was a perfect, amazing, and thoughtful story that had deep truth hidden in it. This story is for people of all ages and can be read easily by everyone.

Srishti Prasad, VII A