NEWSLETTER

PREPRIMARY

OCTOBER 2019

Diwali Diwali is the festival of lights

which is celebrated in various

regions across India. The name

„Deepavali‟ means an “array of

lights”. Diwali symbolises the

spiritual “victory of light over

darkness, good over evil and

knowledge over ignorance. The

festival is widely associated with

lakshmi , goddess of prosperity.

The School wore a festive look

with decorated diyas, lanterns

decorative cutouts, students

decorated those eartherndiyas ,

made colourful lanterns , eye

soothing rangolies. Teachers

explained the importance of

Diwali also taught about green

Diwali which means “ Diwali

with less pollution & less noise”.

With traditional attire all pre-

primary children came together to

celebrate this light fest. Where

they learnt the social importance

of festivals also about custom of

Hinduism. Kiddos loved the

arrangement and enjoyed a lot the

Diwali celebration.

DIWALI CRAFT

DIYA DÉCOR

Diwali is a festival of lights that stands for victory of good over evil.

Children between 2-6 years always ready to play & run around

because this is the time when the child acquires and refines a lot of

motor skills

To improve motor skills. Pre-Primary wing of JGS – Nacharam

conducted Diyacraft activity children of different classes made

diyas with colourful papers, kundans and few children made

beautiful lanterns with great interest & they also took them home as

diwalihandouts children enjoyed the activity with great fun and

loads of happiness.

THE COLOUR OF ROYALTY -PURPLE DAY

Purple is the colour that symbolizes compassion, creativity,dignity, royalty.

To make the students aware of the Purple Colour the day was celebrated on 23rd Nov 2019 in

our pre-primary wing childrenwere dressedin purple& surroundings decorated in purple was

extra ordinary. Children came up with the activity based on the colour celebration. Children

took part with great enthusiasm in art &craft activities related to colour thus reinforcing the

concept ofpurple.

SKILL UP YOU LEARNING WITH FUN !

To develop motor skills sand pinching is an excellent kind of activity . By pinching sand

with finger to apply also improve the art work of a child.

Logical thinking skills give learners the ability to understand what they have read or been

shown. Lego is a kind of activity which teacher teach students an important foundational

skill of logical maths.

In a part of sand pinching activity of PP II teachers mixed colours with sand and children

apply those colourful sand to make eye soothing Rangoli. This activity was really a

innovative and also interesting method where children involved themselves with learning.

As a part of lego activity on children sat in group with building blocks . They prepared

different shapes in their own creative way.

The moto behind these sand pinching and lego activity was to improve fix motor skills and

logical thinking, which was really justified. There was a lot of learning and enjoyment.

FUN WITH NUMBERS

Pre-primary children got a wonderful opportunity to learn new numbers with lots of

fun.Activities make children to think smarter and conceptual understanding grows

with such fun where activities children tend to retain concepts longer than usual. Pre-

primary children played games like hopping game, ice cream sticks game, paper

cups game and so on to strengthen their skills. Thus pre-primary teachers make their

children brighter, sharper & stronger.

EVERY CHILD IS AN ARTIST !

Children participated in Drawing & colouring competition

with great enthusiasm as they pour out their hearts on paper

using various medium like crayons, pencil colours, etc.

The aim of this competition was to explore the creative

potential in the young minds of our students all the children

were given sheets and were asked to draw scenery of a small

village.

This was an activity also to encourage children to develop

their art & craft skills. Our children had an enjoyable time

while doing drawing & colouring.

Sshhh! Wait to listen ! Enjoy to listen …..

Listening is the ability to accurately receive &interpret message in the communication

process listening is key to all effective communication.

Listening is important because good listening allows us to demonstrate that we are

paying attention to the thoughts , feelings & behaviours of other person which is crucial

to maintain productive relationships & sometimes the only way to establish

communication.

Preprimary wing of JGS Nacharam conducted listening activity.

Teachers organised various listening activities for different classes such as Chinese

whisper in which children sat in a circle & a child wouldwhisper a word into the ears of

the first student in the circle . They whisper the word into the next students ear in the

circle until the whisper gets to the last student in the circle, the last student has to say out

the word. Few classes conducted blind fold game & few children were taken to English

lab where the children enjoyed the activity with the help of headset.