21-01-2022
Tambola, also known as Tombola, Indian Bingo or Housie is a popular game that is believed to have originated in Italy in the early 1500s. Related to the same theme, an academic activity called ‘Word Tambola’ was played by the students of Presidium from Grade 5 in the Virtual class. The teacher read out the words randomly that were in the card of the student’s and they striked it if the word said by the teacher existed in the children’s card. Once a particular Winning point was achieved by the student, they claimed it immediately. The teacher verified the winning by matching the struck words on the ticket with the called-out words. The teacher then declared if the winning had been successfully claimed.  This helped the students to learn new words and polished their vocabulary bank.