MERAKI AUGUST 2021

Volume 4 Issue 4 G.D.GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, PURNEA presents school newsletter MERAKI August, 2021 www.gdgoenkapurnea.com Tollfree: 18003131222

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWSLETTER • VISION & MISSION • EVS EXHIBITION • FRIENDSHIP DAY • MANGO DAY • HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI DAY • PITCHER DECORATION ACTIVITY • INTRODUCTION TO FREEDOM FIGHTERS • ROLE PLAY COMPETION • INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION • WORLD BIO-FUEL DAY • WORLD ELEPHANT DAY • MORNING ASSEMBLY • RAKSHABANDHAN ACTIVITY • WORLD SANSKRIT DAY • JANAMSTHAMI CELEBRATION • PARENT TESTIMONIAL

VISION GDGPS, Purnea aims to provide a quality education with very high standards to all the students. We look forward to inspire every child and bring out their highest learning potential. Each and every child is nurtured with the education we offer. We make our children adapt new technologies with awareness and critical thinking. MISSION Our focus is to adopt a holistic approach that enables each child to inculcate the values of harmony, tolerance, peace, honesty, integrity and dignity with an environment of opportunities to build their knowledge and skills. Our program is planned to promote and maintain a safe environment that creates an opportunity for children to develop and grow in a positive manner through appropriate role modelling.

EVS EXHIBITION \"Education does not simply mean the ability to read and write, it is a wide term used to describe the complete process of learning and development.\" An EVS Exhibition was organised for the students of grade 3,4 and 5 under the guidance of our able teachers. Here our prodigies showcased different experiments which were performed at their home. The students enthusiastically participated in this exhibition. They also put added effort to explain the experiment done by them through video. This Exhibition boosted the confidence of the students, and outshine their personality. We are sure that such activities will leave behind a lasting impression in the mind of our young talents.

EVS EXHIBITION

EVS EXHIBITION

EVS EXHIBITION

“There is something about childhood friends that you just can’t replace!” Friendship Day has come to be celebrated in a big way and it is a noble idea of honoring friends. Many people will walk in and out in your life but only true friends leave the footprints in your heart. G.D Goenka Public School, Purnea had the proud privilege of hosting the Friendship Day for the students of grade L.K.G, U.K.G and grade 1. This day was celebrated by making friendship bands by our students. The facilitators guided them by sending a video of making bands and the students followed the same and included some innovative ideas of their own. In tune with the spirit of occasion, our little Goenkans dedicated this day to their loving friends.

Friendship Day Celebration

Friendship Day Celebration

MANGO DAY To celebrate and relish the test of the king of fruits, Mango, G.D. Goenka Public School organized ‘Mango day’ for the student of Pre-Primary and Primary wing. The student and the teacher dressed in yellow attire. They enjoyed different activities like art and craft, ramp walk on mango song, mango poem and they dressed in yellow and green on the day of celebration and many more. Children enjoyed a lot and it was a fun filled day for all the students.

MANGO DAY

HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI DAY ‘Say no to war, give peace a chance’. With this thought, the students of GDGPSP observed Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day on 6th and 9thAugust, 2021. Students from KG to grade 2 demonstrated posters with the Symbol of Peace \"DOVE BIRD WITH OLIVE GREEN LEAVES\" with a beautiful message of \"Peace\" to mark the tragedy of the fatal bombing in 1945. Grade 5 and 6 engaged themselves with beautiful origami art of Dove bird. Overall, it was a special effort taken by the students to advocate peace and emphasized the need to set up peace initiatives at school-level.

PITCHER DECORATION ACTIVITY “If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” —John Cleese To develop the creative side of the K.G students of G.D Goenka Public School Purnea, we celebrated Pitcher Decoration Activity on 7th August 2021.Students watched the sample video of decorating a pitcher sent by the teacher, added their own ideas and decorated a pitcher. The students sent beautiful pictures of their pitcher. It was indeed a very artistic and innovative day for the students. We believe in taking creative initiatives to impart education beyond classrooms.

INTRODUCTION TO FREEDOM FIGHTERS “Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birthright of all.” Our school G.D. Goenka Public School, Purnea organized the activity on ‘Introduction to Freedom Fighter’ for our students of Grade-1 to 5. This was a classroom activity that was held on 7th August 2021 on Ms Teams to make students realize the sacrifice and contribution of the freedom fighters who fought for the independence of our country India. Students participated enthusiastically in this activity. They played a role of the freedom fighters and cheered slogans. They dress up like famous freedom fighters. Some students gave speech on their favorite freedom fighters. The activity helped the students to know about their freedom fighters closely. They have also understood how we got independence. They realized the value of unity, developed the sense of patriotism through the activity.

INTRODUCTION TO FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Role play Competition India celebrated 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' on Sunday, 15th August, a day that marks the 75th Independence Day 2021 for the country from nearly two centuries of British colonial rule. G.D Goenka Public school organized a role-play competition for the students of Grade 6 to 8 on 7th August 2021. The objective of organizing the competition was to build confidence in students and to promote the skills of effective public speaking among them. It was joyful and heartening to see children participating in the virtual celebration with zeal and zest. Although the schools are closed due to Covid-19, the management and facilitators of school took the initiative to encourage the students to put forward the best performances while sitting at home. Students from different classes conveyed the important message of patriotism and national spirit through role playsand rendering of slogans.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, GDGPSP had celebrated the 75th Independence Day virtually. The programme was telecasted through MS Teams and it was also uploaded on our school YouTube and Facebook page. The programme started with flag hoisting followed by National Anthem. Flag hosting was done within the school premises in the presence of very limited gathering.

GLIMPS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION





Bio-fuel is the future of energy in this nation and around the world. To create awareness about the non-fossil fuels as alternative to conventional fossil fuel, the students of GDGPSP were engaged in the activity of poster making on the theme \"World Bio-fuel Day\". It's important to highlight the necessity of alternative fuels.



World Elephant Day is celebrated every year on 12th August to help protect elephants for maintaining the biodiversity of rainforests. Our K.G students of G.D Goenka Public School, Purnea celebrated Elephant Day on 11thAugust 2021 to raise awareness about the difficulty of the elephants in the forests. Students of L.K.G enacted on elephant rhymes and sent their pictures and videos whereas students of U.K.G spoke few lines on elephant day and its importance while wearing an elephant mask.



MORNING ASSEMBLY Morning assemblies are the best way to kick start a day where students feel fresh, energetic and start their day with positivity. As the school reopened, Ourstudents perform morning assemblyclass wisein the school with the help of their teachers regularly. The assembly includes Prayer song followed by pledge, presentation (on theme of the month), news and national anthem. It helps to improve their presentation and speaking skills. Students performed special assembly on the occasion of Friendship Day which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

The festival of Rakshabandhan is not only to celebrate the love between brothers and sisters, it also has a social significance. To help our children learn about the culture of India, Our K.G students of G.D Goenka Public School Purnea celebrated Rakshabandhan on 21stAugust 2021. Our Art & Craft facilitator sent a rakhi making video. Our students made self made rakhies after watching the video. They also included their own creativity to beautify their self maderakhi. All the learners made attractive rakhies with the materials available at their home. They sent their pictures presenting their self- made rakhies very beautifully.



ससं ्कृ तम्जगतःअ�तप्राचीनासमदृ ्धाशास्त्रीयाचभाषाअिस्त। संस्कृ तम्भारतस्यजगतस्यचभाषासपु ्रचीनतममअ् िस्त। World Sanskrit day promotes the ancient language of India. It is marked on the full moon date of Hindu holy month of Shravan. World Sanskrit day was observed in GD Goenka Public School, Purnea on 22nd August. Students of grade V-X chanted shlokas, recited prayer and told about the importance of Sanskrit language. The day essentially speaks of the importance of learning and knowing it.

JANMASTHAMI CELEBRATION To seek the blessings of Lord Krishna, Janmashtami was celebrated on 28th August,2021 in GD Goenka Public School, Purnea. It was celebrated as a special assembly. The venue of the celebration was Assembly hall which was decorated on the theme of Vrindavan. The special assembly started with puja of Baal Gopal along with Shloka chanting in Sanskrit followed by the prayer. Lightning of the lamp marked the beginning of the celebration which was done by Ms. Swati Ahmed (Principal) and Mr. Raushan (Chief Administrator) along with the background music given by flute by one of the student.

JANMASTHAMICELEBRATION A skit was enacted by the students on birth of Lord Krishna. It was followed by a mesmerizing dance performance and students as Radha-Krishna were dancing around it and group songs by students was also dedicated to Sri Krishna. A fancy dress competition was also held in grade 1 and 2 where girls were dressed up as Radha and boys as Sri Krishna which gave a traditional touch to the entire celebration. There was a Handi hanging at the center of the assembly hall filled with chocolates, flowers etc. At the end of the program, The handi was broken by the Krishna. At last all students were given sweets as Prasad.





Parent Testimonial My elder daughter has been going to this school for 3 years and seeing positive changes in her made me admit my second child too. Teachers are very helpful and ready to answer to you at any point of time. Taking over the kids at this situation is an incredible task. My child is learning and enjoying a lot. She is looking forward to be a part of the school in person..Constantly upgrading the learning pattern is commendable and helping little stars grow brighter. Regards, SaloniGolecha Parent of YahviGoleca (grade 3) KiaraGolecha(UKG)