Issue 4 April 2015

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KINDNESS WEEK

The Kindness Week was celebrated at LPS from 9th to

13th February 2015. The week long activities included

Day of Compliments, Random Acts of Kindness, Being

Kind to Our Environment, Sharing Is Caring and Respect.

A DONATION OF 190 PENCIL BOXES WAS MADE TO

HOPE, SCHOOL FOR THE UNDER PRIVILEGED.

I had great fun during the kindness week. Many interesting

activities had been planned for us throughout the week; we

learnt to be kind and generous to each other. LPS collected a

sum of Rs 58,170 with which the school bought gift hampers

for the domestic staff. It was our way of saying thank you to

them for their hard work and appreciating their efforts.

Stationery containing pencils, erasers and colour pencils

were also collected and donated to an under privileged

school. The activity I enjoyed the most was passing a heart

shaped pillow and complimenting each other.

By Faryal Nasir

Class 4-L

VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATIONS

CHINESE NEW YEAR

Wishing everyone a very happy

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is celebrated from the 19th of

February till the 5th of March. The New Year marks the

first day of the first month of the Chinese Lunar

calendar. Its date from January

to February varies from each

year.

We decorate tassels on the

New Year. I received money in

a red envelope. This year is

the year of the Goat. Big red

lanterns were hanging on the

wall. We do not eat meat on

the Chinese New Year;

however, we can eat seafood

and drink juice.

By Kayden Sayeed

Class 1-L

Love along with the aroma of freshly baked cookies filled

the air. The hallway was beautifully decorated and the

children wore red and pink pertaining to the theme, as

LPS celebrated Valentine’s Day.

THEY BAKED HEART SHAPED COOKIES AND

WROTE CARDS TO CONVEY THEIR FEELINGS

TO THEIR PARENTS.

NAVROZE

Literally means ‘New Day’ marks the first day of spring

and the beginning of the year in the Iranian Calendar. It

is celebrated every year on the 21st of March.

The celebrations of Navroze last for twelve days, visiting

relatives and friends are part of it. The traditional table

setting includes seven specific items beginning with the

letter ’S’, known as HAFT SHEEN.

They signify life, health, wealth,

abundance, love, patience and

purity.

Seven items of the Haft Sheen

are:

Sharbat (drink), Shaker (sugar),

Shir (milk), Shireh (syrup), Shahd

(honey), Shirini (candy), Shahshir

(sword) and Samaq (berries).

Some Navroze celebrants believe what a person does on

Navroze effects the rest of the year. So if one is warm

and kind, the year ahead will be good and if not then it

might be bad.

SPORTS DAY

Our Annual Junior Sports Day was held on the 28th of

February 2015. Students from Pre Nursery till Class 2

participated. The event consisted of 21 races altogether

which included flat, novelty, teachers, and parents race,

ending with a relay race. Parents witnessed a structured

disciplinary attitude in the form of march past and the

highlight of the day was the PE Display by students of

class 2. All the participants showed good sportsman-

ship and cheered for their houses.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE

WINNING HOUSE OF THE RELAY RACE,

THE GREEN GATORS!

WORLD MATH DAY

From building Mathematical concepts to problem

solving skills, LINKS has it all! World Math Day

competition took place on 12th March 2015.

Competition consisted of 3 Mental Math and 1 activity

round. Math games and activities took place at each

class level throughout the day.

When I was chosen for the World Math Day

Competition, I was ecstatic. Soon I was told I had to go

to Islamabad for a family event. However, I wanted to

stay, as I was the only one who was chosen from my

class on the day of the competition I had butterflies in

my stomach. During the competition I remained

confident and answered a few questions well. Finally,

my house ‘The Yellow Vipers’ won. All the winners got

presents. I got a game called Bingo Lotto. Thank you

LINKS!

By Mohammad Ali Mandviwalla

Class 1-P

SCIENCE FAIR

From Play dough to Plato, we are

on our way to catering the

inquisitive minds of our young

students. Links Science fair 2015

was a big success. It was a great

learning experience and

appreciated by many. LPS

conducted science experiments

at every class level. The students

proudly presented their

investigations and conclusions.

Topics for

Experiments

Preps --- Water

Class 1 --- Sound

and Magnets

Class 2 --- Light and

Electricity

Class 3 ---Colours

Class 4 ---States of

matter

PARENT ASSEMBLIES

Preps

Prep A had an assembly. They acted out The Smartest

Giant in Town. It was a story about a giant who is very

kind and everyone loves him. We had fun!

By Unaisa Rajput

Class Prep - A

Class 1-L

Insects, insects all around were the theme of our parent

assembly. I was the narrator and my classmates were

dressed as bees, butterflies, worms, dragonflies, ants,

lady bugs, beetles, birds and garden bugs. We tried to

tell everyone how important insects are. In the

beginning I felt a little shy but I really enjoyed singing

the song in the end.

By Turab Rizvi

Class 1-L

Supporting the Team Green

In honour of Pakistan Day and to support our national

cricket team students and teachers at LPS wore Cricket

World Cup 2015 t-shirts. The students enjoyed and

cheered for their country as live streaming of the match

was viewed on the LCD, along with regular classes.

This was a good way to instill patriotism in our students.

MAY THE BETTER TEAM WIN!

Activities As the class 1 was learning names of fruits in Urdu and

also writing them, an activity was held in which the

students learnt to make fruit salad.

It was a fun activity in which children learnt names of

different fruits in Urdu, made oral sentences with those

names and later enjoyed the fruit salad.

TUTORIAL

Class 1-P

We were learning about hygiene in our tutor class so

we decided to have an assembly presentation on the

same topic. The first time we practised we didn’t do so

well, but then we got better and better.

The story for the presentation was about a boy called

Peter, who did not like being clean. One night he had a

dream that a tooth paste and a pair of socks were

talking, about hygiene. The message behind the

presentation was that, if we do not maintain hygiene,

we will fall sick.

By Mahnoor Ghaznavi

Class 1-P

URDU ELOCUTION When the selections began for the Urdu Elocution, I

worked hard to be selected. Finally I along with another

girl from my class got selected. Friday 17th April was the

Contest. I was very nervous that I will make a mistake,

but I did quite well. The name of my poem was ‘Pani’. I

was not the winner but, that did not matter to me as

long as I worked hard. I had never been selected for a

contest like this. My mother was happy for me. I liked

Rumaisa’s poem ‘Chirya Ghar Ki Sair’. She read it out

very nicely and came first. I will try harder next time.

By Anaya Shafiq

Class 2-L

Reminder: 30th April- Last Day of After School

Activities & After School Tutorials.

Key Dates: • 1st May- May Day (Public Holiday)

• 22nd May- LPS Poetry Café

• 27th May- End of term for students

• 3rd June - Reports issued

Grade Summary cards issued (Class 3 and 4)

EARTH DAY

Planting activities were carried out throughout LPS.

Children learnt about the importance of recycling and

separated trash into three bins Reduce, Reuse and

Recycle.