WELCOME NOTE

E X P R E S S
MIND TREE SCHOOL, KHARAR
4 Pages / Volume 2
June-August 2013
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WELCOME NOTE
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Sr. no.
KINDERGARTEN WING
Competitions
Dates
Mind Tree School extends a hearty welcome after the summer vacation. We feel happy
to bring out next edition of our Mind Tree Express to share with our Stakeholders and
well wishers the progression of our children's achievements and actions as we strive to
bring more cheer and joy in the learning of our little ones.
1.
Speech Competition
Nursery
October 4
2.
English Recitation Competition
UKG
October 9
3.
Fancy Dress Competition
LKG
October 11
4.
Speeches
UKG
October 23
5.
Clay Modelling Competition
Nursery
October 25
6.
Clay Modelling Competition
LKG
October 25
7.
Creative Drawing Competition
UKG
November 13
8.
Banana Race
Nursery
November 15
9.
Creative Drawing Competition
LKG
November 15
10.
One Legged Race
UKG
November 20
11.
English Recitation Competition
Nursery
November 22
12.
Backward Race
LKG
November 22
13.
Bunny Race
Nursery
December 6
June 3 to 9 and June 17 to 23, 2013
14.
Creepy Crawlies
LKG
December 6
Mind Tree School organized a very successful Summer Camp in two phases for the children of Kharar and
15.
Origami Competition
UKG
December 11
its adjoining area absolutely free of cost. The idea was to give children right value of their time and a very
16.
Hindi Recitation Competition
UKG
December 18
good learning experience. The children were coached by professionals in dramatics, skating, art & craft and
17.
Quiz Competition
Nursery
December 20
western dance. The most encouraging part was that both the camps were full to the capacity and every child
18.
Thumb Printing Competition
LKG
December 20
had something to learn and every parent went happy as they saw their little ones performing on the grand
finale. The children received a participation certificate after the grand finale. It was indeed a tumultuous
occasion and we regaled in the accomplishments of the children. We hope to organize more activities for
children of our area thereby truly educating them.
PRIMARY WING
Competitions
Sr. no.
Dates
1.
Stack the Planks Race
I
October 10
2.
G.K. Quiz
I
October 17
3.
Origami Competition
I
October 24
4.
Hindi Story Narration
II-III
November 15
5.
Spelling Bee Competition
I
November 21
6.
150 Metre Race
II-III
November 22
7.
Best Out of Waste
I
November 28
8.
Spelling Bee Competition
II-III
November 29
9.
Camel Race
I
December 5
10.
Slogan Writing Competition
II-III
December 13
11.
English Story Telling
II-III
December 22
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dates
Sr. no.
Nur-III
September 14
Art Workshop
I-III
September 28
3.
Parent Teacher Meeting
I-III
October 5
4.
Parent Teacher Meeting
KG
October 19
5.
Parent Teacher Meeting
I-III
December 7
6.
Parent Teacher Meeting
KG
December 21
1.
Workshop for Parents
2.
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July 26, 2013: Self Introduction Competition - LKG:
KINDERGARTEN WING
Communicating well and asserting yourself is the need of the hour
July 12, 2013: Frog Race - LKG:
as the children are exposed to different situations from early
Races are a very welcome aspect of education and children are always eager to
show their prowess when it comes to do something as others do even if it means
jumping like a kangaroo or a frog. Such races help children understand the
movements of the said animals. The results of one such race are as follows:
childhood. Thus it is very important that they are able to speak
1st
Dakash
2nd
Manya Sood
about themselves in a proper manner and communicate. Our LKG
class had the above mentioned competition and the results for the
same are as follows:
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Sarthak Kumar
Sargun
Gurveen
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July 17, 2013: Table Manners Competition - UKG:
July 3, 2013: Relay Race - UKG:
Learning is only when it is outside the books only then the text becomes clear
and dwells longer in child's life. Taking care of small things makes these children
great students. Their own presentation will always matter most to them and in
today's world smartness lies when children more independent and able to carry
themselves in meritorious manner. Little activities like table manners
competition are steps in this direction. The winners of the competition are as
follows:
1st
2nd
3rd
Umang Mahindroo
Yashkirat Kaur
Joginder Kaur
July 18, 2013: Trip to Traffic Park - Nursery:
On July 18 children of Nursery class had a
memorable experience when they visited
Chandigarh traffic park. Objective of the trip was to
make the children aware of the traffic rules and
regulations and also give them hands on experience
of the different modes of transport. The entire visit
was in synchronization with the theme being taught
in the class. They saw the lights turning into different
colours and the teachers taught them the meanings
as well. The rain added to their joy and they
thoroughly enjoyed. Much to everyone's surprise
the entire journey back many were guiding the school bus driver the moment
they saw the lights.
July 19, 2013: Crawling Race - Nursery:
Races like Relay
race build up team
spirit, cheering for
each other and
p l a n n i n g
strategically to win
and this is what the
results below show
for the best athletes for UKG:
1st
2nd
3rd
Sohani Sharma
Ojasvi Sood
Yashkirat Kaur
Palakjeet Kaur
Sanvi Rathour
Siya
Abhishek Sharma
Aryan Singh
Ayush Garg
August 2, 2013: Couple Race - Nursery:
Every child is good at doing things all alone but taking some else along and then
doing it together has different learning outcome. They become buddies, the
adaptability increases and also they help each other bucking them up to excel.
Nursery class couple race had the following winners:
1st
2nd
3rd
Sanehdeep Kaur
Harshpreet Singh
Avni Sood
Ridhwan Arora
Seerat Sandhu
Amneet Kaur
Khushpreet Kaur
Ravleen Kaur
August 2, 2013: Table Manners Competition - LKG:
Different movements can be easily taught at
very young age as the children are flexible
and they enjoy picking up everything related
to fun and frolick. They do such activities
with more ease and also build up the spirit of
participation. Children clapped and cheered
for each other as they had to be divided into
groups and enthusiasm reverberated in the auditorium in their applauses. The
winners of this competition are as follows:
1st
2nd
3rd
Lovevir Singh
Sanehdeep Kaur
Ravleen
Eating together and eating properly are
prerequisites for community living. Our
schools are the basic and evolving
communities where children express, feel and
imbibe with such interactions. Hence with
stress on good manners we have to evaluate
better ones to motivate everyone to improve,
therefore such competition:
1st
2nd
3rd
Gurveen Kaur
Manroze Kaur Bath
Sargun
August 7, 2013: Balancing Race - UKG:
Developing motor skills and
improving concentration can be easily
achieved through funfilled games.
However good one is balancing is
really self control and accurate focus.
Though lot of practice sessions
children had but winners were very
unbelievable surprises.
July 26, 2013: Self Introduction Competition - Nursery:
Knowing yourself and to be able to introduce yourself can be very challenging
even for grown-ups but if such things are taught at a young age they will
definitely be more confident and steel nerved when facing new people. Our
Nursery class had such a challenging moment but to our surprise every child
strode confidently on the stage and were able to do justice to the learning. The
winners of the competition are as follows:
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
Harpita, Avni Sood
Tanish
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Umang Mahindroo
Sohani Sharma
Jasleen Kaur
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August 13, 2013: Dress Up & Speak Competition - LKG:
To be able to get into the role of some other personality is not at all easy for such
young children. To enact they have to have knowledge about the character that
they portray and then emote. It was really uphill task judging the best entries.
The winners were as follows:
1st
2nd
3rd
Jasleen Kaur
Sargun
Anikait Singh
competitions. It engages all listeners and takes them into its own world. It is quite
challenging to harness your fictional and narrative combine to the hilt and be
appreciated. Our Grade II and III gave us good time both with stories and in
deciding the better ones. The results are as follows:
1st
2nd
3rd
Tejvir - II
Jasnoor Kaur - III
Drishti Sharma - II
Aarusha Arora - III
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August 1, 2013: Short Speech Competition - Grade I:
August 14, 2013: Flag Making Competition - UKG:
Talking to children about our nation, its traditions and cultures and that we all
come under one flag, that the Flag is the identity of every Indian has to begin by
teaching them the significance of the colours, the shape and its pictures
wherever possible. To this regards our UKG class had flag making competition
and the results are as given below:
1st
2nd
3rd
Ojasvi Sood
Sanvi Rathour
Kulpreet Kaur
To gauge attention and retention of the children from time to time it is important
constantly organize different competitions. It also helps to bring out child's
deftness and ease in various spheres. Learning becomes more strengthened
and sense of achievement also prevails. The winners in this category were:
1st
2nd
3rd
Gaurisha Kaushal
Rupinder Kaur
Sahil
August 8, 2013: Back to Back Ball Race - Grade I:
August 23, 2013: Table Manners Competition - Nursery:
Children want to grow up fast when they are young and want to eat on their own
whereas the elders keep pampering them by trying to feed morsels but when
they are in school they need to manage on their own hence what the mother has
been doing at home to teach them, is brought out in such competitions. The
winners of this competition are as given below:
It is very important to stress on physical well being of the children in school. As
such in today's world children are too busy to be on the field. But a healthy mind
is strongly functional in a healthy body. So the winners of our back to back ball
race are as follows:
1st
2nd
3rd
Rupinder Kaur
Prakriti Sharma
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August 22, 2013: Spelling Bee Competition - Grade I:
1st
2nd
3rd
Harsimrat Kaur
Amneet Kaur
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August 24, 2013: Visit to Flour Mill - LKG & UKG:
Our LKG and UKG children had a great
learning experience when they visited the
Flour Mill in Industrial Area. They were
awestruck by the structure, size of hoppers,
and processes that were involved to get the
final product. It is was blending their
theoretical knowledge of Food theme with
hands on learning.
PRIMARY WING
July 12, 2013: Vegetable Jewellery Making Competition - Grade II & III:
Good language is essential to be comfortable in expression and
communication, so spellings become the integral part of this constructivism.
The spell bee competitions help the students to be alert about their spellings at
all times. The results of this competition are as follows:
1st
2nd
3rd
Gaurisha Kaushal
Rupinder
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August 23, 2013: G.K. Quiz Competition - Grade II & III:
Awareness in all spheres is very important for intellectual development and it is
no easy task to know it all but lots of discussions, observation and intelligent
assessments prepares the child for a strong Gk quotient and aptitude. The
results for this competition are as under:
1st
2nd
3rd
Tejveer Singh - II
Jasnoor Kaur - III
Drishti Sharma - II
Siddhant Srivastava - III
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Man has always been inspired to use natural products
for his daily needs but using them creatively other than
their specified use entails creativity and innovation. It
was real cheer to see children make intricate pieces of
jewellery using vegetables. The winners of the
competition were:
1st
2nd
3rd
Drishti Sharma - II
Aarusha Arora - III
Tejvir Singh - II
Sukhmanpreet Singh - III
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July 8, 2013: Tree Plantation:
VAN MAHOTSAV was celebrated in school with great
frevour and enthusiasm. Children were given saplings to be
planted and they had open air talk session with their
teachers under the shades. They were infused with
importance of protecting nature as we all depend on nature
everything hence we cannot plunder it suit our needs.
July 20, 2013: Moon Day Celebration:
July 18, 2013: English Recitation Competition - Grade I:
Recitation is an art of voice modulation, putting life into words and thoughts
written by some one is not easy. Grade I children did manage to do quite well.
Below are the results of the same:
1st
2nd
3rd
Gaurisha Kaushal
Sahil
Akshita
July 19, 2013: Story Telling Competition - Grade II & III:
Story telling is quite a vintage activity and it holds the mast among all other
Man's journey to Moon will always remain the
most formidable feat for times to come. On
July 20, 1969 When Neil Armstrong set his
foot on the surface of the Moon he left his
footprints on the pages of history. This
moment is commemorated year after year by
educating children about the mission, about
the planets, satellites, rockets, launch pads,
launch vehicles. We at Mind Tree also celebrated Moon Day by organising a
slide show and Quiz for the same.
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August 27, 2013: Janamashtami:
67th
Independence Day Celebration
Shri Krishan Ashtami was celebrated with great gaiety in school, where every
girl was dressed as Radhaji and boys came in the attire of little Kanhiyas.
Children put up a dazzling performance and sang bhajans and other religious
renditions which created a true environment of gokul in school.
August 30, 2013: Splash Pool:
Our school added another feather in the cap by inaugurating the splash pool on
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August 30 . Entire Kindergarten had a rendezvous and the children's joyous
shrieks rented the air. Splashing about, jumping about and lazing around they
never wanted to go back to the classes.
EDUCATOR'S CORNER
We have to constantly strive for personal updation as every day is a new challenge and
there can be many unforeseen situations in the classrooms therefore children must be
taught by well equipped teachers. In this regard we keep having talks and workshops by
different resource people who have made their mark in the industry.
July 27, 2013: Teacher's Workshop - Mr Atul Gopal B.E. Pune, MBA IIM-C
English Resource:
It was the first Independence day celebrations for Mind Tree Kharar, Kindergarten to Grade III every
student was present and it was really heartening to see them cheering and clapping when our Tricolour went
up. Most of Kindergarten children experienced it for the first time. After the unfurling of the flag every class
had put up a cultural show and it was really commendable to see the children perform so confidently.
Mr. Atul Gopal B.E. Pune, MBA IIM-C conducted an exhaustive workshop with
our teachers, motivating them, inspiring them, making them understand their
own potential and also encouraging them to realize the strengths of every child
in the class so that very dynamic and action packed atmosphere could be
created in the class rooms and children are able to come up with desired results.
August 20, 2013: Rakshabandhan:
A special assembly was organized a day before children were told about the
origin of the festival. It is the festival which is celebrated only in our country and
every sister and brother has a unique bond of love and understanding with each
other whatever their age is.
August 03, 2013: Teacher's Workshop - Ms Pooja Sehgal:
Ms. Pooja Sehgal had a very extensive interactive session with our teachers
whereby she discussed many new areas of improvement, tackling adaptability
issues, gauging child's inner abilities and harnessing them.
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