GR 1_Newsletter_19 to 23 January

DUNES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Volume 7, Issue 3 ACADEMIC SESSION 2019-2020 19 – 23 January 2020 SNEAK PEEK Reminder: Glimpse of this week 1. Chocolate Cake Day - Freedom in mind, Faith in our words, Pride in our Students should bring hearts, Memories in our soul… Let’s salute our chocolate cake for break- nation… fast. (27.01.2020) Republic Day is around the corner and it is all set to be celebrated on January 26 (Sunday). The stu- 2. Solo Dance Competition - dents of Grade 1 conducted Republic day assem- USB to be handed over to bly on Thursday in the school premises. The stu- the class teacher 2 days dents spoke on the importance of celebrating re- before the competition public day, the constitution of India. They also Student to come dress up spoke about the freedom fighter and the Presi- and bring uniform for dent of the INC whose birthday is on changing after the perfor- 23rd January. They ended the assembly by sing- mance. ing Vande Mataram, the national song of India. 3. Prepare well for Hindi weekly test—2 Glimpse of this week 1

Champions keep playing until they get it right... The annual sports day is nearing and the students and teachers are in the heat of preparations. The students practice the novelty races and the differ- ent athletic events. Heats and semi-final of novelty and relay race was held in the school on 20 th and 21st of January 2020. 2

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CARING IRENE ANNA JOHN— CARING AMEYA RESILIENT VARDHAN VIHAR— 1A DEEPU— 1 B 1C POLITE TAJVI AHMED— 1 D RESILIENT GUNEET— 1 E INDEPENDENT ZIA -1 G POLITE JERMIAH JOE— 1 H 4

1A AMEERA ZUMER 1B ISHIKA DATTA 1 C CHAITHANYA GOVIND 1 D KARTIKAY RAMPAL 1E SHERINE JENIFER 1G AIDEN LIJO 1H RAYED MOHAMMED 5

Learning about curren- cies used in daily life helps the children to acquire knowledge about the real-life ap- plication of money. It helps the children to be independent. By add- ing different amounts of money students of grade 1 have leant how to use it in daily life as well. 6

“Step into a scene and let it drip from your finger tips.” Dialogue is an useful tool for developing your characters and moving your plot forward. Dialogue can help you establish the back story, and it can reveal important plot details that the reader may not know about yet. Students learned the skill of writing dialogues while being in a situation which they can relate to and express their ideas. 7

This activity allows develop writing and reading skills. Students were writing the new words in Hindi and English along with (ओ की मात्रा) .Students enjoyed this activity by reading and writing the new words and interacting and sharing ideas. This activity helped them to gain self confidence and enriched their Hindi vocabulary. 8

The world we live in is covered with air, called the atmosphere. Although we can't see it, the air in our atmosphere is made up of a mixture of colourless gases. Earth's gravity pulls the air to the planet's sur- face. Therefore, the air in the atmosphere is densest near the ground (where the pull of gravity is greatest). The higher you go, the thinner the air becomes. Air pushes on all surfaces that it touches. In this activity students will be conducting in- vestigations that will help them develop and refine their ideas about air. To start the les- son students were asked to write an expla- nation of what air is. At various points during the lesson they were asked to revisit their explanations and refine them based on the phenomena they have experienced in the lesson. 9

Reading Activity In this activity , the students took a box with a number of words and the teacher asked the stu- dents to extract a word that includes some letters and read them .Through this activity, stu- dents got acquainted with the new letter and some of the words that it includes. 10

ART Art and designing dots are considered the basic building block of an artwork. It is the simplest ele- ment of art and drawing. Dots establish relationship with the space around it. Also known as 'pointillism', is a type of drawing that involves creating shapes and images by making many small dots on a piece of paper. Students from grade - 1 just learned the basic of this art form. It is just for increasing the interest and understand the variety of art . 11

2020:TOWARDS THE NEXT 50’ Birthday Celebrants '2020: Towards the next 50' comes SAYONI BISWAL -1B at a turning point of the UAE his- tory as the country prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its union in December 2021. The UAE's golden jubilee marks a ma- jor milestone that calls for renew- ing the country's development model. Institutional efforts across the country will be coordinated and innovative expertise, talents and capabilities harnessed in de- signing new systems for the next 50 years. A social vision will be created to ensure the involvement of all society segments in shaping the country to be the most ad- vanced land that embraces the highest quality of life across the world. What Next…..  Sports Day on 26th January 2020.  Hindi weekly test on 27th January 2020  Chocolate Cake Day on 27th January 2020  Solo Dance Competition on 29th January 2020. 12