MERAKI-AUGUST 2020

G.D.GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, Purnea presents Monthly Newsletter www.gdgoenkapurnea.com Toll free: 18003131222

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWSLETTER • Vision and Mission • From the Principal’s Desk • Principal Pupil Talk • Friendship Day Celebration • Janmashtami Celebration • Independence Day Celebration • Morning Assembly • Guidelines for Half Yearly Examination • Academic Execution • GK Online Test • Word Wizard • Star Student • Student& 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. HIGHER>STRONGER>BRIGHTER

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Dear Parents and Students, As we all know, we are going through a global crisis of COVID-19. This is the time we should join hands to face unforeseen difficulties during this strange isolating time and proactive in making this lock down period productive and enjoyable. Let us all respect the rules of social distancing because nothing is more important than your health and safety. However, we don’t want the children to while away the precious time during this lockdown period. That’s why GDGPS, Purnea reaches out to you and keep the children engaged in the learning process because we have planned meticulously to turn this into an opportunity of gaining positive experience for the children. Dear parents, you are the master players in the life of your children especially, during this crucial time. Hence, your co-operation is solicited in ensuring that your children attend classes regularly and reap the benefit of the policies of the institution. Staying positive is an essential ingredient in successfully overcoming this crisis. So, let’s stay safe and stay Healthy. Thanks & Regards Dr.Nalina.C

PRINCIPAL PUPIL TALK A video conferencing was organised for the interaction between the Principal, students and parents. During the call, Principal ma’am addressed everyone and asked them to stay safe at home during online learning and wished them luck for their upcoming exams. Students and parents also thrive an interaction with the Principal and asked their academic concern. She instructed all students not to get affected by the situation of pandemic and to ensure not to stop the learning process. All the attendees of the conference call were happy to interact with the Principal ma’am.

Friendship Day Celebration Our little Goenkans along with their facilitators celebrated virtual friendship day. They had special assembly which was interlinked with friendship day songs and they also made beautiful bands with beads, ribbon, flowers and hearts for their friends and family members. It was done to encourage different culture and promote international understanding and respect for the diversity.The activities were enjoyed by all.

JANMASTHAMI CELEBRATION Janmashthami known as Gokulashtami in the annual Hindu calender. It is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Krishna. Krishna is the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu. Our KG section celebrated Janmashthami virtually, in which the skit of Lord Krishna which was beautifully enacted by the kids along with their parents. The sole objective of the celebration was to spread awareness and knowledge about Krishna’s birth among KG kids.This was followed by devotional group songs and a dance performance by our tiny Krishnas and Radhas.

JANMASTHAMI CELEBRATION CLICKS

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Everone thinks of Independence Day celebration in school often decorated campus, dressed with Indian attire, balloons of tricolour and patriotic songs plays at background , everyone’s heart filled with patriotism and pride. But during this lockdown situation it is advisable to gather at school. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, GDGPSP had celebrated the 74th Independence Day virtually. The programme was telecasted on Zoom 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. The chairman and the Principal addressed the virtual gathering. The students were connected via virtual platform to watch the live streaming of the programme.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION Students from KG to grade 9 had participated in all the events for the day like March Past, patriotic dance, song, speech, etc with zeal and excitement. Students presented a medley of patriotic songs and also enacted and presented dialogues of freedom fighters. It was a very unique experience for all of us. This virtual celebration made everyone feel connected where everyone is locked in their house. Independence Day in itself sends a message of positivity among every Indian. Like we won over all the evils and got our freedom, we will surely win over this corona virus pandemic too, but it is most important to keep ourselves going.

GLIMPS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

MORNING ASSEMBLY Morning assemblies are the best way to kick start a day where students feel fresh, energetic and start their day with positivity. Our little masters perform morning assemblies with their parents regularly and record videos and send it to their teachers. The assembly includes Prayer song followed by a theme song, pledge, speech, G.K questions, rhymes, and a phonic song. 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.

GUIDELINES FOR HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2020-2021) 1.Half Yearly Examination will be conducted in the month of September. It will start on 16th September and it will end by 22nd September. The mode of exam will be online for grade I to VIII. The timing of exam will be 8 A.M. to 10 A.M. Exam portal operating time will be 7:50 A.M. to 10 A.M. 2. For grade IX, the mode of exam will be online and offline. 50% questions will be in online mode and for rest 50% the questions will be sent via WhatsApp on 5th September, 2020. Student will have to write the answers in their own handwriting. Only handwritten answers will be accepted and the writing of the student will be verified with the annual exam answer sheets of previous class. After completing all the papers student will have to pack all the papers in an envelope and send it via post on the address of school mentioned in the ID card. Last date for the submission of answer sheets will be 15th September. 3.Attendance is compulsory, the absentees will be awarded zero. No consideration will be given to the absentees except on medical grounds, at the sole discretion of the Head of the school. It is the responsibility of both students and their parents to ensure that they do not miss any exam.

ACADEMIC EXECUTION The situation of COVID-19 lockdown has changed our concept of schooling and classroom teaching. GDGPSP is providing online classes to the students via Zoom. Live classes are conducted as per the time table and if the students have any doubt then doubt clearing sessions are also conducted by teachers. This is done so that the online teaching does not affect the students learning. Live teaching through Zoom ensures the smooth running of academics. LMS has also been updated by the teachers so that students can access the data they want. All the assessment are also conducted online based on MCQ-pattern. Through the online teaching GDGPSP ensures that the students do not get overburdened with the work. According to the students it’s good that they are attending online classes from home and they do not need to wake up early, shower and put on their school uniform and rush to the bus stand.

GK ONLINE TEST Keeping the situation of lockdown, GK online test was conducted for the students. The motive behind this test was to make our students learn and grow on personal as well as academic level, to make them understand the importance of knowing what’s happening around you.

WORD WIZARD Word Wizard is organised for students to make them learn new words and investigate the profound oddness of language when we listen to English news channels or read a newspaper. There are many phrases used and even the language has also changed over times. So to improve the vocabulary of our students , we give them some topic for which they create their own writings and submit it on LMS. The topics and word limit will be different for all the classes and students also participate actively. Word Wizard Winners for August 1A - Reeyansh Modi 1B – Mahjabeen S. 2A – Pihu Agarwal 2B – YahviGolecha 3A – Dakshta Shivani 3B – Aarna Sah 4A – Krish Agarwal 4B – Minal Kumari 5A – Vandini 5B – Ekta Sarraff 6A – Manorita C. 6B – Shreya Rani 7A – Sahil Aziz 7B - Lakshya 8A – Ayush Singh 8B – Dhruv Kr Sultania 9A – Ayushi Sha 9B – Ayushi Ranjan

STAR STUDENT Every month, one student from each class is recognized as the STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH. The selection of students for the title is based on their academic achievement, social qualities, performance in co-curricular activities, improvement made in learning, monthly attendance, innovation submission, Word Wizard and assembly submissions. So, work hard and be a star student next month. Star Students for August 1A - Ammar Tanveer 1B – Harshit Khemka 2A - Shwetketu Mahayaan 2B - Arsh Baidya 3A - Yaksh 3B - Sharanya Sahu 4A - Krish Agarwal 4B – Mitali Jain 5A - Nausheen Kausar 5B – Ekta Sarraf 6A - Upanya Prachi 6B - Akshat Kumar 7A - Mihirika Agarwal 7B - Payal Sarraf 8A - Vaishnavi Agarwal 8B – Ankit Agarwal 9A - Krish Agarwal 9B – Harshit Agarwal UKG – Aashvi Raghuvanshi

Parent Testimonial As you all know, this year brought a lot of changes in our daily life including the life of my children. School has helped in smooth transitioning towards the digital mode of learning. Students are being provided with proper classroom training digitally. Teachers are taking care of each student. Though I would see some more scope of improvement. It would be great if you include some extracurricular activities in the schedule and if you could allot a fixed time to complete a given homework. My overall experience is great. Regards, Karuna Parent of Reet (UKG)

Student Testimonial Hello everyone, I am Mahjabeen Shahnawaz. Today I am going to say something about this pandemic situation. Our school is providing the best online classes. Our teachers are supporting us in studyeveryday and I am proud to be a student of G.D.Goenka Mahjabeen Shahnawaz GRADE 1B Parent Testimonial Hello, this is Shahnawaz Hussain, Dad of Mahjabeen Shahnawaz. I want to thank to the management and the teachers of G.D Goenka public school, purnea for well-organized online classes during this pandemic situation. Teachers are hard working and their dedication are really appreciated. Regards, Shahnawaz Hussain Parent of Mahjabeen Shahnawaz

Student Testimonial Thank you, teachers,for constantly supporting us, we have definitely become more tech-savy. However, I do miss my regular school and friends a lot. I can’twait to be back. YAHVI GOLECHA GRADE 2B Parent Testimonial These are unusual times, when the entire system had come to an unexpected and unfortunate shut down. However, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire school administration for their stupendous efforts to ensure that the children can keep up with their academics and overall development by being available, whenever the students need them. The teaching methodology had completely seen a new curve, for which no one was prepared, KUDOS!! to our children to cope up with the change effortlessly. Regards, SaloniGolecha Parent of YahviGolecha