MERAKI DECEMBER 2020

Volume 3 Issue 7 G.D.GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, PURNEA presents school newsletter MERAKI December, 2020 www.gdgoenkapurnea.com Toll free: 18008911934

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWSLETTER • VISION & MISSION • INNOVATION WEEK IN KG • HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SPECIAL ASSEMBLY • NUTRITIOUS FOOD SPECIAL ASSEMBLY • CAROL SINGING WEEK • CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY • FREEZING FOG WINTER CAMP • RADIO JOCKEY • GK ONLINE TEST • WORD WIZARD • STAR STUDENT • STUDENT AND 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 well 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

Innovation means to improve or to replace something, for example, a process, a product, or a service. It also enhances and develops the creative side of our students. Our little Goenkans were asked to make a snow man on 2nd December and a Christmas cap on 4th December as the activity of their innovation week. No wonder, their creative side was revealed and they made beautiful snow man and Christmas caps. They participated will full zest and enthusiasm. It also boosted their confidence and personal development skills. INNOVATION WEEK

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SPECIAL ASSEMBLY On 10 December 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Therefore to commemorate this day, Our KG kids celebrated human rights day on the 10th of December 2020 under the guidance of their teachers. The celebration started off with some thought provoking quotes in which they portrayed humanitarianism and the significance of human rights. They also spoke about few specific human rights and their importance. The students of grade 1 to 9 also celebrated Human right day and performed a special assembly. They presented universal prayer, pledge, news and speech on the importance of human rights preservation. Teachers also explained the significance of the day to the students. These activities not only help students gain substantial amount of information but also helps them to develop other essential skills like creativity and communication.

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SPECIAL ASSEMBLY

NUTRITIOUS FOOD SPECIAL ASSEMBLY Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy and nutritious diet. With a focus on this important paradigm, our little Goenkans chose the theme ‘Nutritious Food’ for their special assembly on 7th December 2020. They showed their favourite nutritious food, spoke about the importance of healthy food with confidence and conveyed the message of making a choice to eat healthy. They also explained the components of a balanced diet. The assembly highlighted the difference between junk food and healthy food.

NUTRITIOUS FOOD SPECIAL ASSEMBLY

CAROL SINGING WEEK A carol singing week was organised for little Goenkans on the occasion of Christmas from 14th December onwards. It surely was a special time for the tiny-tots of the Pre-primary section .Their celebration was delightful with Christmas carol singing, a brightly decorated Christmas tree with colourful bells and toys. The students enthusiastically participated in the carol week. It was enjoyed thoroughly by them.

CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. It is also the time of wrapping up of gifts for the near and dear ones and spreading happiness all around. The students of grade 1 to 9 performed the class wise special assembly on Christmas with great grandeur and enthusiasm. The assembly began with invoking Lord’s blessings. They also performed universal prayer, pledge, news followed by songs, carols and various dances for Christmas. The assembly was very informative and inspired the audience that Christmas is not only festival of gifts and relishing cakes but spreading joy and happiness among people.

CHRISTMAS ASSEMBLY

FREEZING FOG WINTER CAMP The first and obvious benefit of a virtual winter camp during this pandemic is that the kids can spend their day being physically active. Another fantastic benefit of keeping them busy is the self-confidence boost that they get from working, interacting, and playing with teachers and other students. Keeping these benefits in mind, Our School, GDGPS organised a virtual winter camp for KG to grade 9 from 22nd December to 24th December. The camp began with a virtual bonfire on 22nd December followed by numerous exciting activities on 23rd and 24th December on MS Teams platform. All the grades were categorized in different groups- KG (Freezing Fog), grade 1 to 3 (Jolly Holly snowflakes), grade 4 to 6 (Frosty flakes) and grade 7 to 9 (Santa Sleighs’).

FREEZING FOG WINTER CAMP On 23rd December, our KG kids started their day with feeding birds followed by breakfast, school assembly and different activities like sock toss game, snow mountain craft and Christmas tree decoration. There were other unique and thrilling activities planned for the last day of winter camp that is, 24th December, like watering plants as a part of their morning chores followed by breakfast, school assembly and different fun activities like blind fold game, hot chocolate and apple pie baking, Dress like Santa, Decoration for Hot chocolate and apple pie party. Last but not the least, the main attraction of 24th December was the Hot chocolate and apple pie party which was thoroughly enjoyed and loved by our tiny tots.

FREEZING FOG WINTER CAMP The students of grade 1 to 9 had an energetic start with Aerobics and Zumba. They were also engaged in different activities like leaf painting, tie & die, chef time, carol singing, Christmas tree decoration etc. It gave students the opportunity to have fun from the safety and comfort of home. Our campers experienced and performed a wide range of activities that were delivered in a fun and responsive environment that encouraged them to learn with curiosity. They also had the opportunity to socialize, play games and share their ideas in a fun and cheerful environment. While winter camp may simply seem like a quintessential winter pastime for kids they can sometimes be very rewarding in terms of personal development skills that can help them in the classroom, in their relationships and in whatever they choose.

FREEZING FOG WINTER CAMP

FREEZING FOG WINTER CAMP

Students at G.D. Goenka public school, Purnea are engaged in different activities in order to enhance their personality and confidence. Every month one of them becomes the video jockey to perform in our khatti meethi radio station. It helps the students to engage and improve their public speaking skills. They participate in it enthusiastically by imitating the speaking style of their favourite RJ’s. Students also learn script writing, time management and implementation of electronic media. VIDEO JOCKEY

GK ONLINE TEST GK online test is conducted for our students every month. The motive behind this test is to make our students learn and grow on personal as well as an academic level and to make them understand the importance of knowing what’s happening around them.

WORD WIZARD Every month we organise Word Wizard for our students. It helps them learn new words and write creatively. They also listen to English news channels as well as read the newspaper to investigate new words of English language. We also give them some topics to create their own write-ups. After writing it they upload that on the school’s online portal. It helps them improve their vocabulary. All the topics and words are different for every grade. At the end of every month, one student from every class is recognised as the Word Wizard. Word Wizard Winners for December 1A: Reeyansh Modi 1B: Mahjabeen Shahnawaz 2A: Mohammad Adeeb Reza 2B: Anshuman Singh 3A: Yaksh 3B: Aarna Sah 4A: Krish Agrawal 4B: Mitali Jain 5A: Vandini 5B: Aarika Bhaskar 6A: Kunjal Agarwal 6B: Ayush 8B: Dhruv Kumar Sultania 9A: Aayushi Sah 9B: Ayush Agrawal

STAR STUDENT Every month an outstanding student in every class is recognized as the STAR STUDENT of the month. Students are selected on the basis of monthly attendance, innovation submission, courteousness, submission of MDCP work, regular delivery of morning assembly, positive attitude, participation in GK icon and word wizard. Every student, regardless of their ability, can be a star. WORK HARD AND BE A STAR NEXT MONTH!! 1A: Reeyansh Modi 1B: Maruti 2A: Sanket Pratap 2B: Anshuman Singh 3A: Samar Pratap Singh 3B: Arpita Bharti 4A: Avantika Khemka 4B: Animesh Chaudhary 5A: Bhawna Singh 5B: Palak Agarwal 6A: Upanya Prachi 6B: Aksh Bhaskar 7A: Vansh Mittal 7B: Riya Daulani 8A: Mahi Jain 8B: Tanushree Khemka 9A: Junaid Rahman 9B: Aniket Kumar Choudhari U.K.G: Arav Chaudhary

PARENT TESTIMONIAL Today I want to share my views regarding online classes. The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered new ways of learning. All around the world, the concept of education has transferred to \"online mode\". I appreciate the management, teachers and faculty members of GDGPS, Purnea for putting their efforts into online classes as they are making PDF, VIDEOS and AUDIOS of chapters and enquiring about each and every student. I personally feel that every student has a different learning style i.e some students are visual learners, some prefer to learn through audios and some students are solo learners. I appreciate this initiative that has been taken at this period of lockdown. I would like to thank all the faculty members of GDGPS, Purnea for giving the students this opportunity to learn and acquire knowledge. Thank you so much once again. Thank you, Gitanjali Pandit, Mother of Kripali Patra UKG

STUDENT TESTIMONIAL The online classes were new for teachers as well as for students. However, the teachers gave their best and made it so easy and interesting for us that a part of me hates the fact that one day it will come to an end. Yes, of course there were some issues during the classes but my teachers helped me through that too. The network issues were probably the only problem. But we got through that also. The classes kept us engaged. The classes were very important and I am glad that I was a part of it. We had numerous fun learning activities which kept the learning interesting. Kudos! Upanya Prachi Class 6 A

PARENT TESTIMONIAL Online classes are not a choice but a compulsion during the covid-19 pandemic. Of course, it is a new modality both for teachers as well as for students. But teachers gave their best with profound labour, took care of each and every student, conversations were more or less clear. Students remained enthusiastic and vibrant throughout the classes. Congratulations to the entire GD Goenka team. Thank you, Dr. PK Agarwal Father of Upanya Prachi