The Legend of Ponnivala enters elementary school curriculum
The Coppard Glen Public School (JK to 8) in Markam, Ontario has recently committed to launching a brand new Ponnivala initiative. This will be a school-wide undertaking where students at all levels will be exposed to the telling and related study topics that feature the Legend of Ponnivala story. A series of planning meetings to this end have already been held. The latest get-together took place on April 16th in a temporarily vacant classroom. Two earlier meetings were held in the school library. To “kick” things off the Coppard Glen school plans to set up a large display in their front entrance hall that will announce this new project plan to all. The display will take interested parents into account, as well as students. There will be banners hung and tables set out with key resource materials laid out for viewing. The emphasis will be on story telling and on the fact that wonderful legends exist in many languages. Two separate monitors will be playing episodes from the Legend of Ponnivala Series, one with a sound track in English and the other with a sound track in Tamil. The books on display will also feature both languages. It is hoped that parents as well as students will take an interest in this new plan to introduce a colourful curriculum
