Inside this Issue: Elocution Competition

Inter-House Debate Competition

Gandhi Jayanti

Theme Presentation

Reading Inspiration Day

Cleanliness Drive

Navratri Celebration

What’s the Good Word?

Visit to a NGO

Gandhi Jayanti

Pink Day

Disco Dandiya

Let’s make a difference with a Drop of Cleanliness

From the Principal’s Desk

A school is always a 'world in miniature' where one receives a 'training for life', where effective,

meaningful and joyful learning takes place. It is here that they learn skills of life- to face

competition, to accept challenges, and rejoice in victory and triumph and take failures as a

stepping stone to learning. They learn values of caring and sharing and respect for their friends

and community.

The school helps the children to set goals and chart a road map to achieve them. It teaches a

child to arrange their routine meticulously and be good organisers. Active involvement, time

management and working independently are few other things that are some of learning

outcomes a child imbibes in school.

At GHV we strive to make learning a seamless and lifelong process, with every step thrilling and

more fulfilling. Let us develop the leader within each child and give them wings of education to fly!

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Main School

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October

In order to build up students' confidence and team spirit, an inter-

house debate competition was conducted in school. The students

participated in this event with zeal and enthusiasm. The event

helped the students to develop and improve their communication

and presentation skills. The students also inculcated the spirit of

healthy competition. The winner of this competition was Urvi

House. Honourable Principal and the judges also encouraged the

students for future participation by appreciating their efforts.

Elocution Competition

Elocution i s t he a rt o f l earning h ow t o s peak c orrectly a nd

emphasizes correct a ccent , g rammar , p ronunciation, t one a nd

stress as well a s how t o stand and h ow t o g esture when g i ving

a speech . A n elocution c ompetition a t school level g ives

students a good opportunity to combat with the b iggest f ear i .e.

stage fear. G rades 5 a nd 6 participated in an elocution

competition house wise and were judged by a panel o f w ell r ead

and l earned j udges. S tudents d eveloped s elf confidence,

enhanced t heir p resentation skill and u pdated t heir knowledge

on the given topics. T hey a lso d eveloped H ouse s pirit and a

sense of community through this Inter House Competition.

Inter - House Debate Competition

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October

Theme Presentation 3 Oct

Theme based learning ensures that learning can be integrated into one theme to make it interesting, fun-filled and easy to understand.

Through Theme Presentations parents learn about their children's progress. The students of Grades 1 to 4 actively participated in this event

and came up with some superb performances which included singing, dancing, role-play, recitation, power point presentations, PE

performances etc. It helped the students to develop their presentation skills, escalate their understanding and improve their ability to

communicate and express. Parents also got an insight to how concepts are made

interesting to ensure better grasping and understanding by their children.

Reading Inspiration Day 15 Oct

Reading Inspirational Day was created to pay a tribute to the legendary

Padma Bhushan Award recipient Dr. APJ Kalam, a role model for his

education and wisdom. A special assembly

was held by the Primary section and a movie

“I am Kalam” was shown to the students.

After that a short discussion about Dr. Kalam

took place where they got to know about “The

Missile Man”, his life and his works. Later

they were asked to write down their individual

thoughts. A day spent remembering Dr.

Kalam inspired and motivated the students and ignited the thirst for knowledge in them.

Cleanliness Drive 16 Oct

Keeping in mind the “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” started by the Prime

Minister, Interact Club GHV participated in a cleanliness drive in sector 19.

Grades 9 and 10 along with four teachers took part in this event. GHV

students rallied with placard and banners with sayings like 'One who

maintains cleanliness keeps away from disease' , 'Use bins to dispose

garbage and keep Navi Mumbai clean' etc and encouraged passer-bys to

join the drive. The students

made efforts to make

people aware of the

importance of hygiene and

sanitation as well as to

inculcate a sense of

consciousness among the

local residents to practise

healthy sanitation etiquette.

Main School

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October

Navratri Celebration 21 Oct

To honour the primordial source of energy (Shakti), Navratri celebration was

organized in collaboration with the parents. The programme started with a “Housie”

game and after that an overwhelming “Ram-Leela” was performed by the mothers.

The event ended with a wonderful “Garbha” performance by the parents and the

children. This event informed the students

about our traditional and culture. This

celebration was also an attempt to

strengthen the bond between the parents

and the school which is essential for a

holistic development of the child.

What’s the Good Word? 23 Oct

“Few activities are as delightful as learning new vocabulary.” Very truly quoted by Tim Gunn. Vocabulary plays a major role in the learning

graph of a student. The more books they read, the more texts they explore, they come across new vocabulary. “What's the good word” is an

event held for the students of grades 1 to 4 where they were arranged in teams. Various rounds of vocabulary based questions were organised

which brought out the scholars amongst them.

Visit to a NGO 27 Oct

With the purpose of fostering humanity and cultivating a sense of responsibility towards the weaker sections of society, students of Grades 9

and 10 visited the 'Aarambh Gyan Seva Kendra', Turbhe. The visit helped in sensitising the students towards the condition of unprivileged

children in society. Our students also distributed articles that are required in our daily life to the children of the NGO. This visit had a great

impact on the students which made them thank the 'Almighty' and appreciate the things which they get without any struggle.

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October

Pre-Primary

Gandhi Jayanti is a national holiday in India to mark the occasion of

the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the “Father of the Nation”.

On 1 October 2015, our little blooming stars of Junior KG conducted

a joint assembly. The event started with a prayer song, “Raghupati

Raghav Raja Ram”, much loved by Gandhiji . The children spoke a

few lines about our leader. Videos and presentations were shown to

the children about the life of Bapuji. They were also shown our

currency which has Mahatma Gandhi's picture on it.

The children gained knowledge about our great leader who sacrificed

so much for our country. They were also informed about “Ahimsa”

(non violence) , that the power of love can work wonders on others

and that fighting will never resolve issues.

Gandhi Jayanti 1 Oct

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October

Pink Day 19 Oct

“Dandiya Raas” is the traditional folk dance form of Gujarat. It is

associated with Holi and Lila of Radha-Krishna at Vrindavan.

On the day of celebration, our little dolls came dressed in colourful

traditional clothes of Ghagra-Choli and dupattas and the boys in

Kurta-Pyjama and Kedias. Mothers of these little shining stars were

invited to be a part of the celebrations. They also came dressed in

traditional attire. Fun games were organised for our moms after which

the moms and our kindergartners put on their dancing shoes and

played Dandiya.

The children experienced a different dance form and the mothers got

to spend a fun-filled afternoon with their children.

Pink is the colour of love and caring and our little kindergartners

celebrated Pink Day with great enthusiasm.

Our little shining stars and teachers came dressed in different shades

of pink. The corridors and the classes were decorated with pink and

the children got one take-away toy which was pink in colour. The

different shades of pink were shown to them. Natural and man-made

pink things we see in our daily routine were also showcased. The

children shared their toys with their friends and had a great time with

loads of fun.

The children learnt to share and spread love by celebrating Pink day.

Disco Dandiya 23 Oct

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