GR 2_Newsletter_05 to 09 January

DUNES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Volume 7, Issue 1 ACADEMIC SESSION 2019-2020 05– 09 January 2020 SNEAK PEEK Reminder: Glimpse of this week  Math weekly test will Sai Rohan grade 10 student of Dunes In- be scheduled on Sunday ternational School have brought laurels 12.01.2020 prepare well to the school by winning Global Child for the test Prodigy Award 2020 by the Nobel Laure- ate Shri Kailash Satyarthi and Dr. Kiran  Educational trip to farm Bedi During Global Child Prodigy Award Monday, on 13.01.2020 Function held in New Delhi on 3rd Janu- ary 2020. Congratulations Sai Rohan!  All Students to come in neat and proper school New Year’s Resolution Goals uniform. Students have to choose to do one of  Dance competition is on these New Year’s resolution Wednesday, 15.01.2020 goals. The criteria is to decide which goal would improve their life. Parachute Activity Parachute games encourage cooperative play and reinforce turn-taking and sharing. While most gross motor activities for young children develop muscles in the lower body more than the upper torso, parachutes strengthen pri- marily shoulder, arm and hand muscles. When children work together to make the parachute billow, they also refine perceptual motor skills and develop a sense of rhythm. Grade 1 stu- dents enjoyed the activity a lot with their friends. 1

Assembly Special assembly was conducted by teachers to welcome the students on new year 2020. Special song and pro- gram was presented by the teachers of grade1 &2. students enjoyed the assembly. 2

Star of the week ATHARV AGNIHOTRI — 2A JAEDLYNN GRACE STANLEY— 2B CHETAN HARIBABU NALAJALA— 2C SATHVIKA REDDY TADIMARRI — 2D 3

OUR CLASS MASCOT ADVENTURE RESPECTFUL– SHAHIDAH SAHUL HAMEED SAHU RESPECTFUL– SHEHRISH USMAN 2B 2A CARING — MOHAMMED ABBAS TOLERANT— MEDANSH SANJAY DUTTA 2C 2D 4

Friends can challenge us, confuse us, and sometimes, we might wonder why we bother. But friendship is as important to our wellbeing as eating right and exercising. What’s more, friendships help us grow through each year of our lives. The friends we meet in school teach us how to be patient, wait our turn, reach out, and try new hobbies. When we move into young adult hood we learn more about taking responsibility, finding a career path, and seeking out people as mentors. Students of grade 2 did an activity based on friendship. They had to find out the inner quality in themselves as what good qualities they have in themselves and write at least 5 qualities in the layout of a palm and colour it. 5

A pictograph is a way of showing data using images. It relates to collecting, representing and analyzing data. In this activity a pictograph was given to few students. They analysed the pictograph and answered questions based on it. A few of them created a pictograph based on the given data. Through this activity students learned to create , analyse and interpret a pictograph. 6

Each student chose the favorite book and designed a mini-version of it and wrote some information that bene- fited him from reading this book and these ideas were shared with classmates in the class and thus the stu- dents cooperated in collecting information and benefiting from each other . 7

CI lothing is used to cover the body, to make you feel more at- tractive, and to communicate with others. People wear clothes for many different reasons. Some of these reasons are physi- cal. We also wear clothes to protect us from different climatic conditions. To have a clear understanding of different cloth materials students displayed the different clothes worn in dif- ferent seasons and shared the information of different materi- als used for making clothes. 8

Warli painting is a style of tribal art mostly created by the tribal people from the North Sahyadri Range in India. Warli paintings essentially depict the basic principles of life which are main theme or basis of any tribe. Their major designs include the harvest sea- son, celebration, wedding, rituals and births. The Warli houses also see a pattern in deco- ration and designs. These rudimentary wall paintings use a set of basic geometric shapes: a circle, a triangle, and a square. These shapes are symbolic of different elements of na- ture. The circle and the triangle come from their observation of nature. Students from grade 2 are learning a simple basic warli art. This lesson will help the stu- dents to understand about the Indian tradition art also students can learn basic geomet- rical form and help to develop beautiful creative drawing composition. 9

Students added ‘Ri ‘ki matra at the right place of the given words and dis- cussed shared information with their peers the importance of tree planting . This kind of speaking activity will help to improve their speaking skill as well as the vocabulary . 10

Subject: Moral Science It is important to treat others with justice and fairness because it is the right thing to do. Everybody deserves to be treated with justice, fairness and equality. Being fair means treating others the way you want to be treated. Grade 2 students did role play based on the theme being fair and through this activity they understood the importance of why should we be fair to others. 11

Physical Education The second round of the sports day for grade 1 & 2 was held in the school on 8th & 9th of January 2020. All the winners from the list (1st round) have participated in the semi final and the finalist have been selected to participate on the sports day which will be held on 26 th January 2020 . 12

Welcome back after winter break! Birthday Celebrants Students often procrastinate and as a parent it LOKAMITHRA VIDHYA NIVASH—2A can be frustrating. We tend to struggle with our child not completing his or her homework and assignments. Help your child improve his or her study skills by focusing on the learning pro- cess—not just his or her grades. Getting a good grade is the goal, but it is good study skills that will help your child achieve it. Encourage active thinking and critical problem-solving skills by talking through any challenges your child is facing with their homework or assignments and working out a solution together. Helping stu- dents improve their learning skills and develop motivation for their work are the keys to helping students complete homework and assignments on time, reduce school stress, and put an end to procrastination for good. Focus on the learning process. What Next….. ATHUL KRISHNA RAKESH - 2B DEVDARSHAN SENTHILPANDI—2C Monday—13.01.2020—Field trip Tuesday—14.01.2020—MaRSS spell bee competition Thursday—16.01.2020 - Parent Teacher Conference 13