Newsletter - Semester 1
Message from the centre head
“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”
Mr. Aesop
A quote from the famous storyteller of 6 th century, Aesop has an insight meaning as, ‘Nothing in this universe is ever lost without consequence- from the smallest particle to even the largest galaxies. Everything big or small, in some way has its effect.’ The spirit of our newsletter focuses on how we here at Joy School makes a difference, a difference for the better – as we should! I want our students, parents, staff, and visitors, to feel welcomed and they have always belonged on our campus. Fostering this kind of belonging and kindness will be acquired from hiring, training and retaining the perfect mix of people, who are extremely talented in the task they accomplish and are always committed in developing a positive school climate.
So, dear parent, I proudly present the 1 st Quarterly Newsletter for the session 2021-2022. This Newsletter showcases the activities encompassed in different dimensions of education for the 1 st Quarter.
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Mrs.Mamatha Reddy.
Activity tour
1. Ice-Breaking session :
Summer holidays finished with hot wave off. Wow! They flew by! The first day of school jitters has to be calm downed. Ice-Breaking session is an activity event to welcome our students, warm up the conversation, training the class, and team building activity.
It was a wonderful session with lots of activities, few being puzzles, riddles, train, school tour, classes exploration, intro with a puppet, story narration through flash cards, poster making and picture drawing, etc.
2. Parent Orientation :
“A parent is a teacher at home and a teacher is a parent in school. The child is the center of our universe.” A student’s academic performance and all-round development is just not up to the school. The parent involvement in every step to keep a track of the progress what their ward is making over in the academics is needed. Our school’s ACADEMICS DIRECTOR, Mrs. SHALINI, spoke at length about the benefits of parent and teacher communication, she laid an emphasis on a strong connection with the school patrons. She has made the parents aware of the various teaching
strategies and methodologies that are being employed in JOY SCHOOL for the
improvement of the child. This can help the parents to implement the same
learning procedures at home as well, ensuring the student doesn’t lose continuity
in the process of learning.Tips about parenting has been discussed,the school
rules and regulations have been briefly explained, many issues discussed, few
doubts clarified, new hopes raised and the year started with full of vim and vigor.
Few teachers shared the overview of subjects, and the list of activities that are
going to be taken in the coming academic year. The orientation program proved the sincere efforts made by the school in educating the parents to guide their children in a proper way. A common teaching strategy has been evolved and it helped the parents in identifying suitable follow up methods to be followed to reinforce the learning of their children.
3. Father's day :
Only a dad, but he gives his all
To smooth the way for his children small,
Doing, with courage stern and grim,
The deeds that his father did for him.
This is the line that for him I pen,
Only a dad, but the best of men.
–Edgar Guest
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It’s an honor to felicitate the fathers on father’s day.
Our Joy kids thoroughly enjoyed the poster making activity along with their fathers.
4. Gardening week :
It’s important to teach the farming techniques to children. As an initiative to inculcate the habit of planting and taking care of trees around us, GARDENING WEEK has been conducted in school.
Various aspects like leveling the ground, seed grading, toiling the soil, sowing the seeds,
watering the plants, and weeding activities were demonstrated and practiced by children. The beautiful flowering plants planted by the young souls made an amazing garden in our school ground. The gardening week ended with parent involvement “SEED BALL” activity. Seeds that are
healthy and ready to sprout has been mixed with compost and mud, and made like a ball. The ready to grow ball came with a slogan “THROW ME AND WATCH ME GROW” has been pplauded by parents. Hope all the seeds sprouted and were growing green day-by-day.
5. 73 rd Independence day :
Our Joy children exhibited a spirit of nationalism and patriotism on 15 th August. National flags pinned to the shirts and paid respect to our Mother India.
Parade, Mass drill, pyramids, cultural programs and speeches marked the day’s celebrations.
A motivational speech by one of our Director’s Mrs. Bhavani and an informative speech by the Center Head Mrs. Pavani, motivated the children.
The flag has been hoisted by the Mrs.Bhavani and accompanied by Mrs. Sree Vani.
Garv Kapoor, Krishna Sameera, and Nidhi Pandey of grade 2 delivered excellent speeches in three different languages about the struggle of our freedom fighters,
leaders and their contribution towards setting us free from the British Sovereign.
6. Coffee morning session :
On 31 st August, all the students, teachers, parents and management gathered in the school premises for a short presentation by kids by covering the topics covered in their classrooms so far.
The parents get a preview to the teaching methods that are being applied in the class room, we empower them to assist their children at home in their studies without breaking the pattern of teaching method.
On this day, we saw pre-primary parents stepping into their child’s shoes and feeling what a joy it was to be a JOYian.
The parents got a live chance to watch their child how he is performing in the class room, assess and give their valuable feedback.
7. Etiquettes :
We, at Joy school believe in encouraging kids for their over-all development. It’s an oath taken
by us to conduct events and revise our teaching techniques in such an aspect that it ensures the kids to blossom in their area of excellence. Etiquettes taught so far in the school are:
JULY – DINING ETIQUETTES
AUGUST – BE A GOOD HOST
SEPTEMBER – PUBLIC PLACE ETIQUETTES
8. Color days :
GREEN :
“Green, the color of life, the color of renewal, the color of nature and energy.”
It is associated with growth, harmony, safety, fertility, and environment. The green
color has healing power and is understood to be the most restful and relaxing color
of the human eye to view. July theme for the school is “Go Green- Vanamahotsavam.”
Nursery kids dressed up like fruits or vegetables in green. JKG children spoke about
few benefits of coconut. SKG children of spoke about the topic- ‘My Friend: Green
Coconut’ in the special assembly.
ORANGE :
Orange color, it is a combination of yellow and red. It symbolizes joy and creativity.
It is a bright and warm color that represents sun, warmth; it is appetizing and has
delicious qualities. Nursery children dressed up like fruits or vegetables in orange.
Children of LKG spoke about Vitamin-D which we get from sun; children of UKG spoke
about the benefits of fresh orange juice and disadvantages of canned
juice in the special assembly.
BROWN :
Brown, the color of earth, wood, stone, reliability, elegance, security, healing, home, grounding, stability, warmth, and honesty. It is a natural, neutral color associated with the seasons of fall and winter.
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Nursery children dressed like Honey Bees.
Children of LKG spoke about “Become fit with honey.”
Children of UKG spoke about the advantages of Brown Ganesha and disadvantages of White Ganesha.
9. Celebrations :
A part from the above mentioned activities, there are lots of other thing that happen regularly in JOY School.
As a part of creating awareness in children about Doctor’s day, a health checkup camp has been conducted in the school by Dr.Amar Sundar Varma, MBBS, DNB, and Fellowship in Neonatology from Ankura Hospitals.
A guest lecture and general health check-up conducted on the occasion of Doctor’s day celebrations.
Here in Joy, we together celebrated Bonalu, Krishnashtami, Vinayaka Chavithi, Rakhi, Grandparents day and all the important and prominent occasions with great fun and gaiety.
DEAR ( Drop everything and read) day will be conducted every month to inculcate the noble habit of reading in the kids.
