GR 2_Newsletter_20 to 24 October

DUNES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Volume 5 Issue 2 ACADEMIC SESSION 2019-2020 20– 24 October 2019 SNEAK PEEK Reminder: Glimpse of this week  Send a story book every Friendship at its best day in the bag of your ward to read during free Outdoor experience aims at inculcating sharing and caring, developing time. self esteem. To help the students to learn the value of friendship and to apply it in varied situations, Dunes international school organized  On Monday, 28.10.2019 ‘friendship at its best’ for the students of grade 1and 2 on October 24th students to come in tra- 2019. Students enjoyed a lot of activities like games, music and move- ditional Indian dress and ment etc. They got an oppournity to spend time with their friends. bring traditional sweets to share among friends to celebrate Diwali.  Kindly encourage your ward to participate in the solo singing competi- tion which will be con- ducted during class mu- sic period. Edutainment show An edutainment show was organized in the school to enhance students learning experience along with aca- demics with coordination of Mystery Domes , UAE. Stars ,constellations, planets, satellites, etc were brought alive through 3D projections and state of art audio-visual equipment's. 1

Honest citizens are big reasons for the development of any nation. Honesty helps to build trust, improve the relationship, develop societies. That's why honesty is really important to live freely, happy and prosperous in life. Students of grade 3 A presented a assembly on the theme of honesty. The students spoke about some of the important people who were well known for their honesty. The students also Presented a song on honesty. Anti– bullying aims to raise awareness of bullying of children and young people, in schools and elsewhere and to highlight ways of pre- venting and responding to it. Students of grade 2 pre- sented Anti Bullying aware- ness in classes of grade 1 &2. They communicated the importance of awareness among students and took an oath to stop bullying among all. 2

Respectful Madiha Fatima—2A Tolerant Ann Mariam—2B Honest Devdarshan - 2C Honest Kevin Gladstan—2D 3

Sathvik Kanthi 2 A 2 D Rafia Khan Athul Krishna 2 B Siddarth Udaykumar 2 C Tasneem Ayeesha 2 D 4

Mohammed Asad Irshad-2 A Ann Mariam 2 B Chetan Nalajala 2 C Jeevesh Subhas Chandra 2 D 5

Eshal Ambalathveettil Gafoor—2A Heading—Calib Write up –C Font colo Photos to be dents' with m Example atta Arishiya Arun—2 B Harshita Verma—2 C Badri Narayan 2 D 6

Repeated addition is the easiest way to progress from additive to multiplicative understand- ing. It helps kids build rock solid mathematical understandings, compared to solving pages of multiplication problems. Students were given different objects and multiplication fact was also given. They grouped the given objects according to the given multiplication fact. Through this students understood the relationship between multiplication and repeated addition. 7

Self motivation The ability to motivate yourself—self-motivation—is an important skill. Self-motivation drives people to keep going even in the face of set-backs, to take up opportunities, and to show commitment to what they want to achieve. Students of grade 2 did an activity where they identified their own impossible task to make into possible. They explored how self- motivation plays an important role in making things pos- sible and easily. 8

Hindi matras are also known as vowel signs. Eve- ry Hindi vowel has its own different signs. To learn ‘O” ki matra in an interesting way children stuck and coloured the picture of peacock and discussed few interesting facts about peacock . 9

Our body requires energy to do daily life functions and food is the primary option which provides the same. We get nutrients from the food which we eat, and these nu- trients are responsible to provide energy to our body. Nutrients are proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vita- mins, and minerals. They are required in our body for en- ergy, body, building, repair of tissues, protection from diseases and good health. Based on the different kinds of food students classified the food items into energy – giving, protective and body-building food. Through this activity students learnt the importance of different nutrients that is required for our body. 10

An activity about my favourite clothes. The student's drew pictures of clothes in a colored paper, cut them and stuck in the notebook . Through this activity students learned to identify the cloth and write its Arabic name. 11

Concentration is the ability to focus the attention on one single thought or subject, excluding every- thing else from the field of awareness. The ability to focus the attention is one of the most important abilities one should pos- sess. Concentration assists us in study and under- standing - improves our memory, and helps us focus on the task, activity or goal, so that we be- come more efficient. During this activity grade 2 students did word search and they understood the importance of concentration through finding the words from the word search. 12

Honesty is the component of moral character which devel- ops good attributes including truthfulness, kindness, disci- pline, integrity, etc. Honesty is one of the im- portant value in one’s life. Stu- dents preformed role play on honesty. Through this the chil- dren learned the importance of being honest. 13

Game-based learning is a teaching or learning method that allows learners to explore different parts of games as a form of learning. Games can be designed by teachers or students, with rules and social aspects of playing a game. Here grade 2 students incor- porated the topic the eastern coastal cities of UAE with different games very much fa- miliar to them. Word search, Treasure hunt, pose- one – minute, guess me not, are some of the games which they recreated and played with the members of the group. 14

Morning assemblies are a very important part in a student’s life. Singing songs to start the day has a posi- tive effect on one’s life. Here, students learn a new assembly song with vigour and enthusiasm. 15

DUNES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL EXPO-2020 “If we exhibit our thinking skills assiduously now, it will guarantee the execution of our future endeavors” Senior Dunites-9-12 exhibited their creativity radiantly in the DUNES EXPO-2020 EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES; an exhibition thematically based on Future en- deavors: Future Jobs, The Future Schools, Future Mobility, and The future lifestyle. The School model exhibited, consisted on a wonderful amalgamation of Artificial Intelligence (AI-technology) in the library, computer lab, laboratories and sustainable play grounds. 16

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Year of Tolerance Councilor’s Desk The announcement from the UAE’s wise Incorporating gratitude into your every- leadership of 2019 as the Year of Tolerance day lives could help kids become happi- invited all people, organisations and govern- er, healthier people. One of the best ment entities to accept the values of toler- ways to help kids become genuinely ance in all aspects of their lives, actions and grateful is by modeling gratitude. Ex- activities. It presents an opportunity for the press sincere thanks when you are grateful for someone else. Expressing country to strengthen its role as a world gratitude for the things your children do model of harmony, respect and acceptance will teach them to do the same. within a framework that formally supports and consolidates these progressive values. The idea of tolerance is deeply rooted inthe fabric of the culture, heritage and traditions of the UAE, a society that derives its priori- ties from a combination of its Islamic reli- gion, centuries-old authentic Arab customs, as well as the teachings and wisdom of the nation’s blessed founding father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, consolidating the pillars of goodness on which the country was established. What Next…..  Solo singing competition— 28.10.19 to 31.10.19 (During Music Period)  PTC—Thursday, 31.10.2019 18