Swaminarayan Prep School News Head teacher of Prep School: Mr U Raja Inspirer: H. H. Pramukh Swami Maharaj Issue 13 Diary Dates Tuesday 9th December Year 3 Trip Brahma Kumaries “Wondariya” play 9.30 - 12.30 Wednesday 10th December Parents’ Santas Grotto Visit Winter Festival Nativity play—Year 5 8:45am start Friday 5th December 2014 Year 5 Trip to Brick 2014 Ridhi Sarmah Kapoor writes: On Thursday 27th of November, the students of year 5 went for a very exciting day trip to Brick 2014 at Excel London. When we got there I couldn’t believe my eyes: It was LEGO heaven! Even my friends could not help but stare at this magnificent place. It was a great opportunity for all of us to view LEGO models created by the world’s best LEGO builders and get creative with the LEGO bricks. We all enjoyed building our own LEGO monsters. My favourite part of this trip was the disco with lots of songs to listen and dance to. All my classmates including myself danced and sang our hearts out; we repeatedly played “Let It Go” from the movie Frozen! By the end we were as tired as the wings of a bird and as hot as the sun! This excursion was one of the best I had been to for a long long time. I cannot thank Mr. Owens and Mr. David enough for organizing this awesome trip! Thursday 11th December Enrichment Day—Non Uniform day Bhopal Gas Disaster 30 Year Memorial— Mohit Bakhda writes: Last day of term Our Weekly theme for this week is: Teamwork The Swaminarayan School 260 Brentfield Road Neasden NW10 8HE Tel No: 020 8965 8381 Fax No: 020 8961 4042 Website: www.swaminarayan.brent.sch.uk After School Procedures As you are aware from the 21 November newsletter, for safeguarding reasons it is not permitted for parents to wait in the car for their child at the end of the day. This also applies to late stay. Please also note that if you wish for your child to be released into the care of a Senior School sibling, then you must provide written permission to the school office. Once collected by the older sibling, no Prep School child can return to the school building and the Prep School can no longer take responsibility for the child’s safety. On the Friday 21st November 2014 Mr Oza gave me the most privileged and exciting opportunity to perform at the city hall. The people who came were: Mr Oza (teacher/sitar player), Suraj Shah (senior 5 pupil/tabla player), Radhika Kholia (Senior4 pupil/dancer), Anjali Mavani (senior 5 pupil/dancer) and myself We travelled in the car of Radhika’s father. On the journey unfortunately our Tom Tom mislead us but eventually we found our way there. At first we saw an amazing dance item performed by Radhika and Anjali. All four of us children went outside for some fresh air. We saw the beautiful view of the Tower Bridge all lit up nicely as well as boats running up and down the River Thames. After a few speeches it was time that the waiters came around with our dinner. Although we got to eat it was after at least 3045 minutes. At the end there were auctions, raffles and pledges which for we had bought in a Rajasthan Royals cricket bat as well as the top (all signed by players from the team) and a Chelsea Football team top signed by all the players. Our journey home was nice and peaceful. Mr Oza even offered me a lift back home (in his own car). I would like to thank Mr Oza for giving me the permission to take part in this event. THANK YOU MR OZA ! Frid Seal of Approval Class Pupil Reason for Certificate KGN Dhruv Amin For sharing his own experiences with his peers and adults. Viraj Shingala For gaining confidence in himself and ready to take active part in adult led activities. Risha Hirani For showing amazing flair and grace in her dance for Bapa’s assembly,. Riya Thakore For gaining very good skills in blending and reading words. Rec W Shay Patel For being very resilient after having time off school, he has come back excited and very eager to learn Rec B Ishee Joshi For always trying hard in lessons and being the first one ready in reading time each day. Yr 1R Naisha Vagadia For always having a very positive attitude and being a lovely friend to everyone. Yr 1S Abhishek Halai For demonstrating our 5 values so well on our theatre trip Yr 2B Dhenu Jeshani For showing humility and always encouraging her peers Yr 2N Krish Ahluwalia For demonstrating honesty and respect in and around the school. Yr 3D Abigael Alexander For always persevering in maths class and never giving up. Yr 3N Whole Class For their fantastic performance on their class assembly. Yr 4G Vandan Patel For showing amazing confidence on stage during BAPAs birthday last week Yr 4C Jay Patel Demonstrating respect in the classroom Yr 5O Venkat Srikanth Showing the school value of respect and using his manners with all of his classmates Yr 5D Daman Patel For doing really well in the exams Yr 6H Kushal Patel For demonstrating the value of friendliness Yr 6R Rahul Patel For dedication he shows through his service in the mornings. Nursery Christmas! Christmas is a time for giving and that’s something we like to promote at The Swaminarayan School. For the past few days the Prep School have been making and selling Christmas cards which can still be brought after school every day from the Year 1 playground. Enrichment day is also fast approaching (Thursday 11th December) and students are encouraged to wear a Christmas jumper and donate £1 for Christmas jumper day. Both of these initiative are going to a worthwhile cause so we encourage all to participate. World – Poem by Dia Kurup 4C A round Circle, A round Globe, Like a Ball, Blue, Green and White, In the Solar System, As colorful as the rainbow, I love it, so do you. A place we are Happy, Do you want a happy world ? A round Globe, As blue as the sky, Sad when polluted, Happy when green, A Happy life, A Happy family, Well, you have Mother World.