WORLD GIRL CHILD DAY: SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF GENDER EQUALITY
12-10-2018
The International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated annually on October 11 to raise awareness about discrimination against girls and violations of their human rights To promote the cause, Presidians conducted a special assembly on ‘Save the Girl Child’. The young leaders talked about the importance of girls’ right to equal education and their fundamental freedoms followed by motivational thoughts shared through placards. With spectacular performances, the students encouraged everyone to raise awareness about the different types of social discrimination and exploitation that girls face in their life and actively participate to build a better future for all. Through this assembly, Presidium successfully fulfilled it’s aim of creating socially responsible citizens.
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PRESIDIANS PAY THEIR GRATITUDE ON WORLD GRATITUDE DAY
12-10-2018
We must be grateful for any and all conditions of peace, and invest ourselves in their unfolding. Living gratefully helps us to know and create peace from the inside out. We focus on cultivating emotional, physical and mental states that embody peace, and we become better human beings. On the occasion of World Gratitude Day Presidium Palam Vihar organised a special assembly to thank all those who play a part in our lives. The students told the assembly that when we are grateful, “less is more” to us; we are more content and experience sufficiency more readily. Presidium imbibes such teachings of gratitude in students. Towards the end, students thanked their grandparent for their stories, parents and siblings for their immense love, teachers for unconditional support, helpers for support and care and neighbours for helping us when in need.
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STORY READING COMPETITION: PRESIDIANS DEVELOP GOOD READING HABITS
09-10-2018
‘Inside each of us is a natural-born storyteller, waiting to be released.’ Children have an innate love of stories. Stories create magic and a sense of wonder. They teach us about life, about ourselves and about others. Students of grades 1 to 3 turned into storytellers at the Intra Class Story telling competition.
Our young learners shared an extraordinary variety of fables and fairy tales. It was a good activity to enhance students’ expression of thoughts and feelings. It was indeed a wonderful display of knowledge, fluency and understanding by the young Presidians.
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PRESIDIANS SHOWCASE THEIR DANCING SKILL AT INTERCLASS COMPETITION
04-10-2018
‘Dancing …is like dreaming with your feet!’ Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body. It is a creative expression of one’s self. To acquaint Presidians with the importance and different forms of dance, a Dance Competition was organised for the students of grades Nursery and Prep under the banner of the Rhythm or the Soul academy. Students participated ardently in the event and performed beautifully on diverse dance styles like Bhangra, Salsa, Classical and Hip-hop. It was an entertaining event and a great learning experience for the students.
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YOUNG PRESIDIANS RECREATE LIFE OF GANDHI ON GANDHI JAYANTI
01-10-2018
Gandhi Jayanti was celebrated with great enthusiasm at Presidium Palam Vihar with a special assembly. The assembly of the Primary section began with the enactment of the ‘Dandi March’ as the students entered the hall sloganeering ‘Vande Matram’. Students shared anecdotes from Gandhiji’s life and the theatrical performance showcased various contributions made by Bapu in India’s freedom struggle. The choir group presented a song glorifying Gandhiji and how he heralded a new era for our country. Bapu’s favourite devotional song ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’ was played in the campus to inculcate the values of a simple man leading a noble life.
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YOUNG PRESIDIANS EXHIBIT THEIR TALENT AT SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP
प्रेसीडीअंस ने उत्साहपूर्वक हिंदी दिवस का आयोजन किया
15-09-2018
प्रेसिडियम स्कूल के प्रांगण में कक्षा II के छात्रों ने हिन्दी दिवस को संगीत तथा अभिनय आदि कौशलों व गतिविधियों के माध्यम से समझा| 14 सितंबर 1949 को संविधान सभा ने हिंदी को राजभाषा का दर्जा दिया था, तभी से 14 सितंबर को हिंदी दिवस मनाया जाता है। हिन्दी दिवस का उद्देश्य विश्व में हिन्दी के प्रचार-प्रसार के लिए वातावरण निर्मित करना, हिन्दी के प्रति अनुराग पैदा करना, हिन्दी की दशा के लिए जागरूकता पैदा करना तथा हिन्दी को विश्व भाषा के रूप में प्रस्तुत करना है | इन गतिविधियों के माध्यम से हिंदी विषय को संगीत तथा अभिनय आदि कौशलों से जोड़ा गया जो उनके लिए नया अनुभव था |छात्रों ने वर्तमान समय में हिन्दी की महत्ता,आवश्यकता को जाना तथा समझा| छात्रों ने इस विशेष आयोजन के माध्यम से विश्व हिन्दी दिवस के बारे में तो जाना ही साथ ही कई नई विधाओं के विषय में भी ज्ञान अर्जित किया जो अवलोकनीय है |
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WATER WHEEL ACTIVITY: INTERESTING WAY TO LEARN WATER CONSERVATION
15-09-2018
Water resources are crucial because water is needed for life to exist. The uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Storing water is a good survival skill to learn as it is our planet’s most precious resource and should never, ever be wasted. Also, it is important to have water for drinking, cooking food and personal hygiene. Keeping this in mind, a Water Wheel activity was organised at Presidium Palam Vihar. Students of grade Prep learned numerous ways to store water effectively along with the concept of storing water in different containers and also to measure the quantity of water stored. Students rotated the wheel and identified the container and the quantity of water stored in the container. They were excited and enthusiastic about the activity.
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PRESIDIANS CELEBRATED THE AUSPICIOUS DAY OF GANESH CHATURTHI
13-09-2018
श्री वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्य कोटी समप्रभा निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्व-कार्येशु सर्वदा॥
Ganesh Chaturthi , also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi is the Hindu festival that reveres god Ganesh. A ten-day festival, it starts on the fourth day of Hindu luni-solar calendar month Bhadrapada, which typically falls in Gregorian months of August or September. A special assembly was organised to mark the festivities of Ganesh Chaturthi. Students offered their pious tribute to Lord Ganesha through beautiful morning assemblies. A lovely skit and scintillating dance performance adorned the event. Students learnt the symbolic meaning of the elephant headed God and rituals related to Ganeshotsav, Anant Chaturdashi & Visarjan. The festivity was highlighted by chanting of ‘Ganapati bappa morya’ promising to embrace love and share it with everyone...
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PRESIDIANS SPEND TIME WITH THEIR SPECIAL FRIENDS AT SPARSH
10-09-2018
“Seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another” - Adolf Adler
Presidians, time and again, have displayed that their hearts are benevolent. They try to do their bit towards the society with small gestures which inspire others to take upon the same initiative. With this intention, students of grades 6 and 7 visited Sparsh Special School. The students and teachers were given a warm welcome with vibrant smiles by the Sparsh students. Presidians spent some quality time with their friends at Sparsh. Students got the opportunity to see the Sparsh students working hard at the vocational classes. It was a proud moment for Presidians to be associated with Sparsh. The experience was heartwarming and will surely stay in students’ hearts forever.
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