Cambridge School, New Friends Colony

Monthly Report October 2019

A. Academic and Co-Curricular Activities

Report Card Day

• First term report card day was held on October 19. As is done each year, a 50 students’

‘Volunteer Squad’ was made, to monitor the

registration & announcement desks, and to escort

parents to the classrooms. The attractive display of

books by Scholastic and Wardhan Associates at the

Book Fair and the stalls put up by the three NGO’s

‘Goonj’, ‘Trash to Cash’ and Cheshire Home, were a big

success. The NGO’s displayed and sold many

beautiful items for Diwali and other occasions.

• The school auditorium which was the registration venue for parents had displays of

beautiful art and craft items prepared by the children, some of which were put up on sale

for charity. Children’s works were also displayed in every classroom.

• The Science Fair was conducted for classes 4 and 5. About 50 children participated in

displaying various experiments and projects. Many parents (of both participating and non-

participating children) visited the science room and appreciated the work done by the

children. The participating children enjoyed showing off their work.

• Children of classes 4 & 5 made vibrant flower rangolis outside the auditorium while parents

gathered around to watch them working meticulously.

• A display board was put up outside the auditorium,

displaying pictures of all the days celebrated in the

school starting April to October. Parents were seen

enjoying looking at the board.

Aero-modelling is one of the weekly paid

activity conducted for classes III, IV and V. A

stall was put up in the auditorium by the

facilitator, for the parents and children to see

and share the information about this activity.

B. Curriculum

English

The Book Quiz was held for class IV. Moin And The Monster

by Anushka Ravishankar was chosen. The students who did well

in the quiz were given appreciation slips at the end of the event.

C. Events within the School

Gandhi Jayanti assembly was held on October 1st, to celebrate the birthdays of two great

personalities of India - Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and Mahatma Gandhi. Stories of their lives

were shared with the children, with the help of pictures and videos.

On 3rd October, Classes 3 and 5 celebrated West Bengal

Day. The day started with a special assembly where the

students sang Rabindra Sangeet and danced to

the rhythm of Bhupen Hazarika's famous Bengali song 'aaj

jeebon khhunje paabi'. Informative and interesting information

on West Bengal was shared by few class 5 students through

power-point

presentations. The

assembly ended with the teachers evoking the festive

spirit of Durga Puja by their Dhunuchi dance on stage.

After the assembly, the students went for a pandal

visit to Kali Bari at C.R. Park. The children had the

opportunity to see the artisans

putting the final touches to the Durga idols as well

completing the pandals. On returning from the visit, they were treated to a typical Bengali food - khichuri, jhuri aloo bhaj, payesh and rosogolla.

Dyslexia awareness week was organised in the school from October 7 to October 13.

The sensitization was done through slogans, picture descriptions and awareness activities conducted for both students and staff.

A three day book fair by Scholastic was organized in the school from October 17 to

October 19. The students were seen enthusiastically browsing through the books.

Rangoli festival was organised in the school for classes II to V. The children made simple and beautiful powdered, wet colour and flower rangolis.

As a prelude to the Diwali assembly, diya painting festival was held in the school. The

children painted some very beautiful diyas.

As is done every year, our new Diwali video was launched just one day before Diwali.

This year the song as well as the rap was all composed and created by few of our school

teachers. The video has been uploaded on YouTube as well as Instagram, for all to view.

YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgS1KWPS3_w&lc=z23yxlah2ty2h1viw04t1aokgls4lnmd3tv5dxzlak1

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F. Teacher Enrichment Programmes

Sports in Pre Primary Classes Mr. Kanhaiya

Cambridge School, Indirapuram Ms. Jaishree

Rohini Ghadiok Foundation (RGF), the organization that conducts remedial classes in our

school, celebrated Diwali with its students on October 21, 2019. They first showed an

informative video on Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. After which, they gave snack boxes and

a small gift to all the children who are part of this remedial programme.

On 1st October, the Honorable chief minister Shri Arvind Kejriwal, addressed all school

children across Delhi through live streaming, where he spoke about his campaign for

Awareness on Dengue Control - “10 Hafte, 10 Baje, 10 Minute”.

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