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Newsletter for the month of July 2017

Felicitating Ceremony GradeXII

Neerja Modi School students have brought laurels not only to the school but the region as well with Siddharth Bapna having topped the region with two other cities sturdily. The school decided to recognize the hard work of the students that resulted in the best. XII board result ever produced in the history of the school, in a felicitation ceremony held on May 30, 2017 in the school. All the XII passed out students with their parents were invited. The beaming smiles and the pride in their faces told it all. The Principal Ms. Indu Dubey heartily congratulated the students, the teachers, and the parents for their support, and the success of the students. The students and the parents also expressed their gratitude and joy, profusely thanking the school for showing their children the right path to success. At the end of the ceremony, each student was presented with a gift as a token of appreciation.

Puppet ShowPre-

Primary

Puppets are quick to get the attention of children and develop their imagination. A puppet show on the story of “The Blue Jackal” was organized for the Pre- Primary children. The children enjoyed a lot and were excited to watch the puppet show.

Dress up Day

An introduction to ‘Community Helpers’ was done with the Nursery children this month. A show and tell activity was conducted where children came dressed as their favourite community helpers and

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spoke a few lines.

Show & Tell Activity

A show and tell activity was conducted for Nursery class where children brought their favourite toy and spoke a few lines about it.

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Cooking Activity Nursery

As a follow up of the theme community helpers Nursery children pretended to be chefs and decorated the cakes using icing cones, chocolate chips, gems. They relished the cake delight decorated by them.

Rain Fun

The children were given hands on experience for the introduction to rain. They all enjoyed the role play.

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Cooking Activity

Jr.Kg children learned the skill of making delicious Papdi Chaat after observing the demonstration done by the teacher. It helped the children to explore their senses using different ingredients. They

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relished chaat they had made.

Visit to Nehru Park

Children from Jr.Kg visited Nehru Park. The children had an unforgettable time while riding the toy train as a follow up to their

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transport concept.

Show and Tell

A show and tell activity was conducted for Jr.Kg class where children brought their favourite transport and spoke a few lines about it.

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Post Office Visit

A visit to the nearby post office was organized as a follow up to the Concept: Community Helper- Postman. Children visited the post office and met the people who work there. The children were excited to post their first hand written letter to their parents.

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Cooking Activity

Sr.Kg children learned the skill of making delicious vegetable sandwich after observing the demonstration done by the teacher. It helped the children to explore their senses using different ingredients.

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They relished sandwich they had made.

Young Achievers Competition

Young Achievers for Sr.Kg was organized on Saturday, July 29, 2017 where in students got a platform to showcase their talent. Around 100 students gave fabulous performance in Art, Music, Dance and Recitation. They surprised us with their superb energy and confidence.

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Summer Stories

The children of Grade 1 discussing their summer stories with joy and excitement. It was a break from school and a chance to get ahead by

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exploring, playing and learning.

Centres on 5 senses

The children of Grade 1 learnt and explored on sense organs through the use of centers set up on different senses. They learnt about the importance of senses and identified their sense organs and their uses.

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Art Competition

The Art competition was organized by the school for the students of Grade I to III from 10th to 14th July. The students produced

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wonderful art pieces using various coloring techniques and drawing skills on given topics.It was an initiative to promote creative expression and appreciate art by the young

artists.

Special Assembly GradeII

The special assembly of Grade II I was conducted on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The theme of the assembly was ‘Good Manners’. Children presented a skit showing the importance of good manners in our life which was followed by a poem and a mesmerizing dance performance.

Club Activities

The second club activities of the session was organised for Grade II on Saturday, July 22, 2017 based on the children's favourite theme

The Creative club and Cookery club students enjoyed learning different craft and dishes on the theme. Interesting experiments and quiz excited the children of Science & Math Club. While the Lifeskill club members learnt the real virtues of a superhero, the Literary club and the Speech and Debate club focused on the enhancement of speech and language through dialogues, extempore and stories.

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Superhero.

Young Achievers

Young Achievers for Grade II was organized on Saturday, July 29, 2017 with an aim to give students a platform to showcase their talents. Students participated in the categories of Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Art, Recitation and Dance. The event was a huge success as many students participated with full enthusiasm.

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All India National Skating Championship

Vihaan Khandelwal of Grade III- A participated in All India National Skating Championship from 18-20 June held in Udaipur. Two hundred students participated in the Championship. He won bronze medal for 500 M and 1000 M .

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Intra class General Knowledge Quiz

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“Education is not only learning of the facts, but training of the minds”Albert EinsteinKeeping the spirit alive, the school conducted Intra class G.K Quiz for Grade III on theme ‘Jaipur’ on July 06, 2017. The participants had to go through various mind storming rounds. All the teams gave a tough battle to each other. It was very informative and knowledge enriching competition for the participants along with the audience.

English Recitation Competition

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Oh! What a beautiful way to express something through innocent words and actions in a melody with all beauty of expression, thoughts, feelings, rhyme and rhythm. This is what our young poets of Grade III did on Monday July 31, 2017 with all their confidence for the English Recitation Competition. The children participated with a lot zeal and enthusiasm and chose a variety of ways to present their poem.

Art Competition

Chahat Premprakashi 12th Grade won second prize in poster making competition organised by income tax department and two students

Katyayaini from Grade 1 got first position in Calendar design in

Avni Chorasiya and Yasodhan from Grade 5 baged third prize in collage competition held in DPS. Devina Agrawal and Nandini kotwala from Grade 8 also won the third prize in interschool Art Competition in NMS.

got appreciation certificate in the same.

interschool art competition.

Club Activity

Team work skills are important life skills. They help students gain generic soft such as communication, problem solving and time management. Keeping the relevant idea of team building skills, club activities related to Theatre, Debate, and Community services, Cooking, Technology were held on Saturday, July 15, 2017. It was indeed an enriching experience for the students. The children enthusiastically participated in the activities which are bound to

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inculcate interpersonal skills in them.

Inter School Cultural Meet 2017-18

On July 24 & 25 Inter School Cultural Meet 2017 was organized for the students of Primary, Middle & Senior School respectively. The theme for the Primary Inter School Cultural Meet was “Myrial hues of Rajasthan”. The activities included were Role Play, Folk Dance, Folk Song, Art, Folk fusion band Competition and an interesting quiz on Jaipur to make the students aware of the glorious past of Rajasthan.Glimpses from history always take one down the memory lanes and leaves him/her nostalgic and mesmerized by the Cultural heritage of the country. Students of various schools from Grade VI to XII

The theme for this was “Bygone Era”. The Competitions included in the meet were quiz on ancient history, reporting live from history, stand up poetry, blast from the past (band competition), Kabir Bhajans

(Group Song) etc.

participated in the Inter School Cultural Meet 2017-18.

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TEDxYouth@NMS

The much sought after TEDxYouth@NMS unfolded this year on Saturday July 22, 2017, surfacing perspectives and unprecedented ideas that left the audience to contemplate life and question their

Gracing the occasion and holding the audience spellbound were Eefa Shrof (Yoga Supremo), Ananya Maskara (Literarian), Rajnigandha Shekhawat (Chanteur de populaire), Krushnaa Patil (Mountaineer), Hridayesh Joshi (Stakanov of war and natural disasters), Tanvi Kejriwal (Magician of confidence), Bahar Dutt (Mother Teresa of the Natural World), Ana Rath (Philosopher), Mehul Damani (Expert s c i e n t i f i q u e ) a n d C h r i s t o p h e r C . D o y l e ( W o r d s m i t h ) . Even in the small breaks between the sessions, the corridors were buzzing with guests and the audience engaging in activities, photo sess ions and t reat ing themselves to de lec table snacks . Also worth mentioning here are the combined efforts of the volunteers, organizers and the curator. It was clear that their diligent attitude towards the event ensured its success. It was indeed a truly memorable

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event and will be cherished for days to come.

62nd SGFI Table Tennis Tournament-2017

■Neerja Modi School won Gold in Under 17 boys Team event. ■Neerja Modi School won Bronze in Under 19 boys Team event.■In individuals Under 17 category Harshal Jain and Shreya Choudhary won Silver Medals and both got selected for states.

Under 14 Open District Basketball Tournament-2017

■NMS Won the final match against Jaishree Periwal International School in under 14 Open District Girls.