GR 1_Newsletter_02 to 06 February

DUNES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Volume 8, Issue 1 ACADEMIC SESSION 2019-2020 02—06 February 2020 SNEAK PEEK Reminder: Glimpse of this week  Register your ward to the  Awareness session about Corona Virus was done by Lokate app for tracking Dr. Sajeev Nair, LLH Hospital, for the students of them to and from school. Grades 6 to 12. Awareness was also done throughout the school for all the students by showing a presenta-  Refer the circular to par- tion and explaining the causes and the precautions to ticipate in the 14th cycle be taken to avoid the same and remain HEALTHY. of Annual Environ- mental Drawing  A session was conducted on Healthy Screen Time by Competition 2020. the school counsellor for students on 05th February 2020. Students wrote review for understanding few  Kindly refer the portal rules to be followed for Healthy Screen Time in our for the Schedule and daily life. portions for the Final ex- amination.  Students of Grade1 and 2 participated in Interschool Group Dance Competition, held at Abu Dhabi Indian school, Muroor, and our school bagged 1st POSITION, They depicted Women Empowerment and Women Education through a Semi classical dance form.  Live streaming of UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri’s interview at the Emirates Literary Fest was witnessed by all the students of the school. Glimpse of this week 1

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Healthy Screen Time With screens virtually everywhere, controlling a child's screen time can be chal- lenging. They can't imagine a world without televisions, smartphones, tablets, and the internet. Whereas, some screen time can be educational for children as well as support their social development; excessive screen time can overstimu- late and distract the brain. While digital devices can provide endless hours of en- tertainment and they can offer educational content, unlimited screen time can be harmful. If we teach a child to use television or tablets as a method to calm or rest, we are teaching them that the only way to calm their bodies is to overstimu- late their brains. Their brains get used to this type of over stimulation and, over time, the children can get less and less interested in experiences that are not as stimulating. Thus it is important to teach children to manage screen time as it is associated with many behavioural issues. A workshop was conducted by the school counsellor and children were intro- duced with the screen rules to develop self-regulation. 3

Digital Painting Competition \"Creativity is simply connecting new dots in new ways”-Sam Horn A 'digital' painting is created on the computer using a graphics program, a virtual paint box with brush- es, colours and other supplies. Digital art is an artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process. Dunes International School always encourages student’s participation in competition for their holistic development. The aim for this competition was to develop the creativity in students. Students were asked to draw and colour the picture on the topic given in MS Paint software. Microsoft Paint is a raster graphics editor (a program for creating and processing raster graphics) geared towards young children. Giving wings to their imagination, all the students enthusiastically took part in the competition and came out with colourful and meaningful interpretations of the topic through their wonderful drawings. Students then presented their work and evaluated the drawings on the basis of theme, usage of tools, creativity and imagination. It was a remarkable show of talent. It was a suc- cessful event and students were very happy and enjoyed drawing and painting the pictures. 4

Students of Grade 1 C conducted assembly on the theme compassion on Thursday in school auditorium. Students spoke on the importance of the value compas- sion. They explained about different tips to develop self compassion and how to show compassion to others. They ended the assembly by singing a beautiful song on the value compassion. 5

1A- Tolerant Joshua Varghese 1B– Caring Sayoni Biswal 1C- Respectful Daiam Latif 1D- Obedient Khadeeja Safeer 1E- Respectful Femina Sheik 1G- Independent Ryan Suneja 6 1H- Sriramanujar Sentil

1A- Abhiram Bhat 1B- Muhammad Rizan 1C - Rishitha Reddy 1D- Shlok Shinde 1E- Guneet Sai 1G- Mohd Rayyan 1H- Swastik Gejwal 7

Haq Alleilah The children in the UAE celebrate several occasions, including the night of the fifteenth of Sha’ban, called “Haq Alleilah”. Through the introduction of lesson students were able to recognize the con- cept of “Haq Alleilah”. Students were also able to recognize the preparations of the Emirati family on the occasion of “Haq Alleilah”. They learned new terminology Haq Alleilah and chants. Students enjoyed chanting the chants of “Haq Alleilah”. Teacher made distribution of sweets for “Haq Alleilah” in the class . Students reflected joy and happiness on their faces while chanting the chants of “Haq Alleilah”. 8

“Good Writing is clear thinking made visible. “ Writing is a complex, multifaceted, and purposeful act of communication that is accom- plished in a variety of environments, under various constraints of time, and with a variety of language resources and technological tools. It is the one necessary skill which can help students succeed in this digital era. A well-written content has a potential to get ahead of thousands of low-quality blogs/articles. Becoming a good writer requires a lot of practice and keenness. However, just constant writing won’t assure the writing improve- ments. The students engage in continuous and comprehensive writing tasks to enhance their writing skill and improve their knowledge on various types of writing. 9

Hindi: Learning three letter words. This activity allows students develop writing and speaking skills. Chil- dren were able to write the “three letter words” with their meaning. As they did this activity they developed collaboration and team work. Students en- joyed speaking and writing. This activity helped them to gain self confidence enriched their Hindi vocabulary. 10

“A drop of water is worth more than a sack of gold to a thirsty man.” Conserve water; every drop counts. Don't flush our planet's most valuable resource. It takes a lot of blue to stay green. If we don't learn to conserve, we'll all be fish out of water. Through this activity students understood thw importance of water and that water is precious to us. 11

Collection of information, sorting and making a data is an important aspect in our daily life. Stu- dents of grade 1 has prepared data about many information from inside and outside of their classrooms. They learned how to create a pictograph about the given data. 12

Identification of Letter: Students wrote the word and drew a plane to rec- ognize the letter at the beginning of the word . 13

Children came up with wonderful ideas and made paper craft hanging designs and put them crea- tively. The little hands worked smoothly and efficiently and created masterpieces and showed their innate talent. Dunes International School have been providing students an opportunity to display these skills and also their dexterity in paper folding to present superlative paper craft compositions. Paper craft is the collection of art forms employing paper or card as the prima- ry artistic medium for the creation of one, two or three-dimensional objects. The students partici- pated in this creative venture with great zeal and high spirits. This activity triggered their imagina- tion and enhanced their creative skills. The paper folding craft was not only a fun filled experience, but it also proved to be a valuable means to develop artistic skills in the young ones. 14

Playing the tambourine requires skill and attention. Keeping the beat while playing is very important and requires a lot of concentration. Students learn to play the Conga, Tambourine & Djembe while trying to keep beat, which keeps the mind alert and fresh. Learning musical instruments help in keeping a balance between studies and school work. 15

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Dodge ball is to eliminate all players of the opposing team by throwing one of four game balls and hitting the opposing player below the shoulders on the fly. Each team starts with ONE (1) ball and then there are TWO (2) balls evenly spread on the center line at the beginning of each game. Pupils develop, adapt and refine catching techniques, develop tactics for catching the ball. Pupils develop confidence in catching the ball and suggest ways to improve their own per- formance They also identified the phalanges. Speed training is the improvement of your speed or explosive bodily poten- tial as used in various fitness disciplines. It can also improve decelera- tion, enhance the ability to change direction, improve co-ordination and dynamic balance. 17

Easier Arm Recovery & Injury Prevention Lie in a flat position on your front and try recovering your arms over the ground like you are swimming. Even if you are very flexible in the shoulder it's very hard to do this. You're going to struggle to clear the water's surface when you're swim- ming. This awkward action puts stress on your rotator cuff muscles as you perform it. The hand has to lead the elbow to get round - this swinging path has momentum and when you enter the water at the front of the stroke your hand will want to cross the center line. Cross-overs put even greater stress on your shoulder and are a leading cause of shoulder injury. 18

2020:TOWARDS THE NEXT 50’ From Counsellor’s desk '2020: Towards the next 50' comes at a Parental support is crucial during exam season. It turning point of the UAE history as the not only affects the performance of the child but country prepares to celebrate the their overall well-being during the examination. It is 50th anniversary of its union in December understandable that as a parent we expect children 2021. The UAE's golden jubilee marks a to set the bar higher than they previously did. How- major milestone that calls for renewing ever, it’s the constant urge for perfection which cre- the country's development model. Institu- ates stress. tional efforts across the country will be One of the most important things that we can do for coordinated and innovative expertise, tal- our children is to develop a sense of self-esteem in ents and capabilities harnessed in design- them. Positive self-esteem will be far more fruitful ing new systems for the next 50 years. A for them than any significant numbers on the mark social vision will be created to ensure the sheet. involvement of all society segments in Child might already be stressed about it. Don’t add shaping the country to be the most ad- to that stress because children at this age have far vanced land that embraces the highest less experience in handling stressful situation quality of life across the world. 1H– NAYSHA GUPTA What Next….. 1. Wind Chime Activity will be on Wednesday (12.02.2020). 2. Arabic Weekly Test—2 will be on 09th Febrary2020. 1C- Anvi Saxena 1A- ABHIRAM 19