GR 1_Newsletter_15 to 19 September

DUNES INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Volume 4, Issue 3 ACADEMIC SESSION 2019-2020 15– 19 September 2019 SNEAK PEEK Reminder ASSEMBLY “Peace is liberty in tranquility.”  Refer circular for class pho- tograph—All students must On every year 21st September is declared as International come in Regular school uni- Day of Peace to recognize the efforts of those who have form for the same. work hard to eliminate the conflicts and promote peace. The theme of International Day of Peace is based on together  Encourage your ward to global campaign that promotes safety and dignity for every- participate in MaRRS inter- one in search of a better life. national spell bee competi- tion Students of Grade 1 H develop a healthy self-image, built trust with others, promote social growth. It also helps to de-  Result of Literary fest is up- velop creative visualization of students can improve the life loaded on portal. and attract to success and prosperity. 1

Children often find it hard to tell adults about personal safety because they don’t know the words to use. Sensitizing children about good touch - bad touch, makes them emotionally strong and helps them to grow normally. It helps them handle “not so positive events” in life in a better way so that they do not impact their growth and personality. In today’s world, it is imperative that we talk to children about the differences between right and wrong, appropriate and inappropriate. Safe touch workshops were conducted in school by school counsellor to empower children on body safety. 2

Grandparents make the world a little softer, a little kinder, and a little warmer.” Memories of grand parents with their grand children is stunning. At Dunes we gave an opportunity to all the students to share the video of the valuable time spend with their grandparents during the summer vacation. The students whose video received the maximum likes and shares were felicitated 3

Read an e-book Day is a celebration of modern story- telling. E-books enable you to take the stories and au- thors you love with you anytime, anywhere. To encour- age the students to read e-book day was observed in school. The e-book was displayed on the whiteboard and the students were made to read the book. They were also explained about the steps to take an e-book on their own. This was done to make them digitally competent. 4

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Resilient Hamda Shamsuddeen—1A Resilient Mehreen Fathima Sajid –1 C Respectful Neha Amin—1B Respectful Ojaswi –1D Honest MaanikDhingara— Obedient Hamdan Mada- Responsible Venkata 1E thil –1G Tejaswini– 1 H 8

1 A –NEHA MARIA 1B- MARIAM BASHA 1 C-ARDRA DEEPAK 1 D- Ananya Ikhe 1E Aadya Sudhakaran 1G-Aiden lijo Koshy 1H-DIYA ANN JACOB 9

` Guided Reading Guided Reading is an instructional approach that involves a teacher working with a small group of readers. During the lesson the students were provided with a text they can read with support to coach them as they use problem solving strat- egies to read the text. The outcome of the guid- ed reading was that many of the students were able to read the text independently. 10

A mind map is a type of graphic organiz- er that uses a diagram to visually organ- ize ideas and concepts. The central idea or concept is placed in the centre of the diagram, and then related ideas are add- ed to it in a radial fashion. Mind maps are used to help structure infor- mation to gain a better understanding. Students realize that animals live in their convenient places. Students should be able to speak about homes that animals make for themselves, as well as the ones we provide for some. 11

This message decoder is a great way for students to practice their skills with double digit addition and subtraction. They have given various addition and subtraction problems after they solve the sums they can find out the secret message in among the given let- ters. This helps children to recog- nize basic math facts, they have learned to do addition and sub- traction problem in the same se- quence. 12

In this activity the students learned the form of the letter Y inside the word 13

Students learnt letter “स” with the different types of pictures. They drew the letter “स” in paper plate with proper formation and drew the different types of objective related to “स” letter and fill with colour. Students also learnt the names of the pictures that begin with “स”letter. By doing this activity students learnt to make proper use of “स”.This activity helped them to gain self confidence, enriched their vo- cabulary and presentation skill. 14

The international peace day is observed on 21 Septem- ber every year.  This day is \"devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.\" On this occasion various activities were con- ducted in the school. Students were engaged in different activities like making peace symbol, logo, poster making etc. All these activities helped students to get awareness on the importance of peace in this busy world. 15

Singing comes from within and keeps one happy and joyful. Students learn a new song with singing techniques and breath control. They fo- cus on the pitch and tone and also learn the lyrics of the 16

Libraries for children are essential for in- formation and development. It helps them to en- hance their study and research skills and explain how to use the latest technologies to enhance their learning The students were engaged in free reading and listening 17

Collage: students are making a beautiful tree with paper cuttings this will help the students to explore their cre- ativity as well as to develop their motor skills 18

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Year of Tolerance Counsellor’s Desk His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Kids start developing their sense of Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the self as babies when they see them- UAE, has proclaimed the year selves through their parents' eyes. 2019 to be the \"The Year of Toler- Your tone of voice, your body lan- ance\" in the UAE, highlighting guage, and your every expression are the UAE as a global capital for absorbed by your kids. Your words tolerance, and emphasizing toler- and actions as a parent affect their ance as a universal concept developing self-esteem more than an- aimed at entrenching the values ything else. of tolerance, dialogue, coexistence and openness to different cul- Praising accomplishments, however tures. The Ghaf tree was chosen small, will make them feel proud; let- as a symbol of the Year of Toler- ting kids do things independently will ance because of the great signifi- make them feel capable and strong. cance that the tree bears as an By contrast, belittling comments or indigenous tree. It is associated comparing a child unfavorably with with popular and environmental another will make kids feel worthless. heritage. It is a symbol of the sta- What Next…..  Sunday 22.09.2019 –Academic Enhancement—Spell bee  Sunday 22.09.2019—Class Photograph (Grade 1A to 1D)  Monday, 23.09.2019—Class Photograph (Grade 1E to 1H)  Thursday 26.09.2019 –World tourism Day “Around the world in Dunes” 20