School E magazine Primary School August - November- 2021-22

Our constitution is a ray of hope: Grades and to help them develop an
H for Harmony, O for Opportunity, appreciation of the fundamental rights and
P for people’s participation and E for duties of Indian citizens. For Grade I
learners, the mentors spoke about India
Equality. being a democratic and a secular country,
followed by learners reading the Preamble
The 71st Anniversary of the adoption of our and discussing interdependence between
constitution was celebrated in the school as rights and duties. Further, Grade II learners
Constitution Day on November 26, 2020. made a ‘Book of Rules’ in which they wrote
The Constitution of India is the supreme the rules that they want to set for
law of India. The school believes that it is themselves. The learners of Grade III
extremely important to enable our learners brainstormed and created the Preamble for
to understand the basic values of our their respective classes. The learners were
constitutional framework. Various activities urged to abide by the constitution and feel
were organized for learners of Primary proud to be citizens of a great country.















िारत की तो गंगा प्राण है, शोिा है, वरं च Utsav' every year. The Primary School

सववस्व है celebrated Ganga Utsav with a variety of

activities such as storytelling, folklores,
The Ganga is the foremost of India’s seven quizzes, displaying traditional art forms and

sacred rivers, winding fifteen hundred miles poster-making to help learners become

from the glaciers of Himalayas through aware of the significance of rejuvenating

twenty-nine cities and seventy towns of the holy river Ganga by ‘Jan Bhagidari’.

northern Indian plains and exiting into the Learners gained knowledge about the

Indian Ocean through the great delta that length, breadth, origin and other unique

feeds into the Bay of Bengal on the eastern aspects of the Ganges. We are confident that

coast. The word 'Ganga' summons images of this celebration will go a long way in

sacredness, harmony, joy and beauty. In motivating our learners to continue

order to honour the river's importance in our engaging in initiatives that promote

lives, the National Mission for Clean Ganga cleanliness of our rivers for a better

hosts a three-day festival called 'Ganga tomorrow.



















“With Gratitude comes lovely exercise ‘My Gratitude Rainbow’, in

contentment and peace” which they counted their blessings and also

The International Day of Peace and World expressed their gratitude. Grade I students
Gratitude Day was observed around the were engrossed in a fun-listening activity in
world on 21st September 2021. This year’s which they turned their imaginations into
theme for the International Day of Peace is beautiful masterpieces of artwork. Learners
“Recovering better for a fair and sustainable of Grade II, with the goal of promoting
world”. Our school truly understands that peace and showing gratitude, participated in
World Peace and Harmony is the need of the an intriguing activity 'Up-Grate to Peace’, in
hour and that without them, political, which our little visionaries showed
economic and cultural advancement will appreciation to nature, community, and
remain unachievable. To mark the family for the gifts they provide us. Grade
importance of the day, our Pre-Nursery III learners shared anecdotes about how
peacemakers learned about the significance appreciative and thankful they are for their
of ‘Dove’ as a symbol of peace and revisited guiding angels through an insightful activity
the meaning of the magic words - ‘Thankful, 'Gratitude for my Peace Angel’. The day
Grateful, and Blessed’. The enthusiastic concluded with a prayer to show our
learners of Nursery participated in the gratitude towards God for the uncountable
Kindness Jar activity to emphasize on the blessings we all have in our lives and a wish
importance of peace and gratitude. The for World Peace and Unity.

appreciative students of Grade Prep did a















“Sign language is the equal of speech, from all walks of life could enjoy equal

lending itself equally to the rigorous, prospects. While Grade I learners celebrated
the day by learning numerals in sign
the poetic and to philosophical language and enthusiastically taking part in
analysis” a game of quiz, Grade II learners listed

International Day of Sign Languages is important words and phrases and

celebrated on September 23rd to raise communicated the same using sign
awareness regarding the importance of sign language. A game of ‘dumb charades’ was

language and support the linguistic identity enjoyed by Grade III learners who enacted

as well as cultural diversity of all sign several scenarios to show their appreciation

language users. To celebrate the day, our towards the language and community. The

Primary Grade learners were sensitized school intends to continue taking such

about the importance of transforming the initiatives to build understanding and

world into an inclusive abode, where people consideration in learners for one and all.









“Nobody can do for little children zeal, demonstrating their love and respect

what grandparents do, as they sprinkle for their Grandparents. The Retro theme

stardust of love and affection on their added more glitter and glamour to the
event. Grandparents attired in the fabulous
lives.” retro look had everyone captivated.

Grandparents are indeed the family's most Learners' excitement was boundless,

valuable asset, the creators of a loving sharing the screen with their grandparents.

heritage and best storytellers. The Pre- It was wonderful hearing them share their

primary learners honoured their memorable experiences from their lives,

Grandparents with love and enthusiasm on singing songs and dancing. Learners

the occasion of International Day of Older expressed their gratitude towards the

Persons, which was observed on October Grandparents by gifting them self-created

1st. Children took part in the event with cards and exchanging virtual hugs.













“You are not your illness. You have an appropriate initiatives for the learners of

individual story to tell. You have a Grades II and III. The importance of making
name, a history, a personality. Staying their emotional state known was shared with
the learners. They were also encouraged to
yourself is part of the battle” write about the feelings that they would

want to let go of during the ‘Let It Fly
Celebrated every year on October 10, the Away’ activity. It proved to be an inspiring
special day is aimed at raising awareness and informative experience for learners as
about mental health. While the health issues well as the facilitators.
are often discussed, mental health is

something which hardly finds echo in our

words. In order to underscore the need to

maintain good mental health in learners, the
school’s Counselling and Special Education

Department organized a variety of age-







‘A recipe has no soul. You, as the
cook, must bring soul to the
recipe’.

International Chef’s Day was
celebrated on 20th October, 2021 with
the objective to enlighten learners on
the importance of healthy eating and to
impart basic home cooking skills. Our
enthusiastic Pre-Nursery Grade
learners took part in the 'Aao Cook
Karein' activity, in which they were
steered through the stages of making a
'Fruit Parfait' dessert with fruits, nuts,
hung curd and honey. Our master
bakers from Grade Nursery created
delicious mug cakes. Grade Prep's
'Chefs du cuisine' saw the learners
creating chef's caps, which was
followed by learning fascinating facts
about Khansama and Maharaj. During
the stimulating activity 'Gourmet
Cooks,' Grade I learners dressed up as
chefs and displayed their research
work based on various cuisines from
around the world. Our Grade II junior
chefs exhibited their mouth-watering
homemade dishes with the belief that
cooking is an art. Grade III learners
took on the role of expert chefs,
presenting quick breakfast and dessert
recipes. The smile on learners’ faces
and the enthusiasm with which they
participated in activities was priceless