NEWSLETTER

PRIMARY

JOY OF LIGHTS

India is a great country known as the land of festivals one of the famous and most celebrated

festival is Diwali. It is celebrated to commemorate the returning of Lord Rama to the kingdom

after the 14 years of exile. People of Ayodhya have known their joy and happiness by lighting the

laps in the whole kingdom. It is the festival of sharing gifts, sweets, greetings and best wishes for

Diwali. Children of Grade I & II were asked to bring empty bottles or cool drinks cans to make a

decorative rocket that is best out of waste. Students were divided into groups and were

provided with required resources for making a colourful rocket which were directed or assisted

by the teacher in their respective classes and at the same time Diwali greeting card was prepared

by them all , which have been taken to their respective homes. Our children learnt the

importance of togetherness as it lead to joy and fun the rockets which were prepared colourful

and the greeting card with memorable wordings meant a lot to them. Teachers also explained

about Green Diwali.

OCTOBER 2019

The Art of Story Narration

Everyone loves to listen to stories. There is hardly anyone among as who has not heard a

story during our childhood?

Stories keep children engage and let them feel that they are also participating in the

process of storytelling; it could be a joyous learning experience. Stories help children

develop critical thinking and making a judgement about things so on. Students of Grade I

& II were asked to prepare for story narration on the theme , friendship and magical

words with props. Good percentage of children actively participated and were eagerly

waiting for their turn to come. Stories develop in children an understanding about other

culture. All the students enjoyed thoroughly the activity.

Story telling is a strategy for learning more so language learning serves as a major

language input for learners and enables them through experience learn, acquire the

language naturally.

Light up the Festival with Joy and Prosperity

“ Diwali is a time to come together and turn your foes

into friends.”

Diwali is one of the most popular festivals celebrated by Hindus all over the world. The festival symbolises the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.

We at Johnson Grammar celebrated this festival by presenting a Nukkad Natak in Hindi assembly. The students delivered a message to celebrate safe and green Diwali and to stop pollution by saying no to crackers. They also presented a mesmerizing dance performance. The assembly concluded with few instructions by our esteemed Principal Ms. Bhavani and all the spectators to have a safe and happy Diwali.

SAVE THE GIRL CHILD

„Smiling face of every little girl is the significance of God‟s

presence.

Save girl child is an awareness campaign to save the girl child in

India to ensure their safety as well as to stop the gender

inequality and crime against girl child. A poster making

competition was organised for the students of Grade 6 & 7 topic

„Save the girl child‟. The main intention behind conducting this –

competition was to create awareness among the students about

this social issue and to enhance their critical thinking. Our

students came out with their creative ideas and created beautiful

posters and also wrote wonderful slogans based upon the topic.

UN DAY - THE UNITED NATIONS

DAY

“In a global world we should all be

citizens. Dignity has no nationality‟.

24th October is celebrated as the UN Day,

The day in which 54 countries came

together to create the United Nations with

a purpose to promote peace and

cooperation around the world. An

intrusive assembly was presented by our

students to commemorate the UN

formation day. They enriched the students

knowledge about the importance of UN

and the aim and principles of UN through

a conversation.