…My journey of colours

Primary Newsletter: 2021-22

VISION

To provide future citizens with

universal qualities and Indian

ethos to the society.

CORE PURPOSE

The core value of the institution

are Commitment, Honesty,

Ownership and Challenges.

MOTTO

Encourage * Enlighten * Empower

Back To Virtual Class:

Students were again

welcomed to the virtual

classes in the new academic

session with lots of zeal.

Mentors gave a virtual

introduction of themselves

and it was a day of mutual

interaction and collaborative

study.

Kargil Vijay Diwas:

Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed every year on 26 July to honour the brave soldiers of

the Indian army who selflessly laid down their lives to safeguard India’s borders. This

year marks the 22nd year of victory at Kargil.

Indus Universal School,primary wing observed Kargil Vijay Diwas

by organising “’My Canvas”’ poster making activity to commemorate this occasion.

The activity aimed at remembering the glorious deeds of the martyrs.

The posters made by the students of the primary wing paid a rich tribute to the Kargil

heroes and the sacrifices made by them in the line of duty. The activity ensured that

these martyrs shall forever live on in the memories of a grateful nation. Their tales of

valour shall inspire generations of young Indians.

Competitions

Competitions

Show and Tell :

The students of Indus Universal School observed Janmashtami in the

virtual platform and a show and tell competition was organised to

commemorate this occasion . Janmashtami celebrations were brought to

life by the show and tell performances that represented Sri

Krishna’ ‘Leelas’ that depicted the importance of the occasion. The

students were judged on the basis of their make-up, expressions as well

as their level of confidence.

Competitions

Indus Olympiad:

Indus Olympiad Level -1 was held online for an in depth

performance analysis of the students general knowledge and

current affairs and also their knowledge in subjects upto their

grade level. The children have appeared for an online quiz to

clear level-1 Olympiad.

IInd Language Poem Recitation:

The children participated in the second language poetry competition

with enthusiasm and vigor, the children were encouraged to select

poems according to their choice. An array of impressive poems were

recited in the virtual platform. The confidence and eagerness expressed

by the children made the event a grand success.

Celebrations

Nurture the Nature:

Van Mahotsav-raising awareness of the importance of our environment by celebrating

the nature that surrounds us.

‘Trees are the kindest things we grow’. This has been rightly said as the needs of all

the living beings are fulfilled by them. But their depleting number has become a

serious issue. To make students aware of this issue and taking initiative towards it,

poster making and germination activities were organised on this occasion, to nurture

the nature through art was the motto for this event.

Raksha Bandhan:Raksha Bandhan is a special occasion to celebrate the virtuous bond of love between

a brother and a sister which is one of the deepest and noblest of all human emotions.

To commemorate this festival, a ‘Rakhi Making Activity’ was organized for the

students of Primary Wing. The students made beautiful Rakhis using different articles

like silken thread, glitter sheets, ribbon, etc. The children thoroughly enjoyed this

activity and were excited and enthralled to make their own Rakhi.

Thanks Giving:As the name suggests the festival is a reminder to us of the importance of gratitude in

life. Children are never too young to learn the value of everything they have in life

and for being thankful for it. In fact, this should become a daily practice. Keeping

this in mind the children made thanksgiving cards to give thanks specially to the

frontline warriors.

Celebrations

Celebrations

International Yoga Day

International Yoga Day is celebrated across the world on June 21st every

year. Yoga Day is celebrated to highlight the importance of Yoga and how

it is beneficial in keeping the body and mind in sound health. Yoga

renews the mind with confidence.

To mark this special occasion, the mentors and students of Indus

Universal School across Grades 1 to 5 participated to practice yoga and

make yoga a way of life.

Teacher’s Day:A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite imagination and instill love for learning’.

This year on Teachers’ Day the primary school children of Grades 1 to 5 had a

warm celebration for their teachers in the virtual platform.

Virtual Teachers’ Day was filled with exciting and heart-warming presentations by

the students. The children showed their affection, regard, and respect for their

teachers. They presented speeches, made beautiful cards, dances, songs and enacted

role plays of their mentors to express their feelings. It must be mentioned that

everything was organised by the children themselves with mentors and parents

ardently guiding their children.

Independence Day:

This year too ,Indus Universal School has ensured that the fervor of patriotism lives

on. The Independence Day celebrations happened online. The lively part of the

online Independence day event was the flag hoisting ceremony that was recorded

and displayed for the students and a pre-recorded speech by respected chairman sir

was the highlight of the show. “The synchronised displays of students dressed up as

freedom fighters despite being in different homes was really noteworthy.

Celebrations

To make learning a joyous experience, Social Science celebration was observed in

the month of August for classes III to V. The classroom became a hive of active

learning with ardent students participating in variegated activities.

Interesting Quiz sessions were conducted for all the three classes, wherein their

knowledge was put to test. It was a way to demonstrate how the learning of Social

Science can be enjoyable, exploratory and enabled the students to think critically

and apply what they have learned so far. The success of this celebration marked to

show how Social Science can help in raising the awareness of students about

issues related to their daily lives as well as the vast diversity of the world. It is

important that today’s child must embrace this diversity so as to make this world a

better place to live in.

Social Science Celebration

‘Colours of Telangana’

The little kids of class-III were given different topics and each one of them presented

their views through live presentation on festivals, tourist places, famous personalities,

dance forms and farming and cultivation of Telangana.

Children performed dance forms of Telangana and enacted stories related to festivals

of Telangana.

This activity helped the children to appreciate the culture and heritage of our state. It

also helped the students to identify leaders who inspire them.

Social Science Celebration

“My Pride My India”

To ignite interest in history and beauty of Indian architecture, students were

encouraged to make a live presentation on dance forms, festivals, handicraft,

tourism and attire of the states of Northern mountains and Northern Plains

through-

• Denomination of rupee

• History of National Flag

• Clean Ganga project

This activity helped the students to understand that festivals add diversity, bring

people together through celebrations and traditions, the regional diversity of India

with regard to language, food, clothes, folk dance and music and the importance

of crafts as a part of our cultural heritage.

Social Science Celebration

‘Around the World’

To incorporate sport skills, history, importance and role of India in Olympics

topics were given as a part of social science celebrations. The children presented

their topics on three heat Zones of the world – location of the countries, climate,

lifestyle, minerals, and agriculture.

Financial Literacy was taught by mentors to make the children understand about

money when they're young and continuing to have money conversations as they

grow older. Activities on banking like depositing of money and withdrawal of

money were also part of this celebrations.

Social Science Celebration

Creative Club Activities

Students of primary wing celebrated the Telangana food and culture, flameless cooking,

Worli art, drawing and coloring as a part of the creative club activity. The food and

culture of Telangana was displayed to depict the rich cultural heritage of the state.

The depiction of Worli art was created by the children of the primary wing on canvas. It

was an amalgamation of traditional tribal art, culture and tradition through the

imagination of the children that was brilliantly depicted on paper.

The education system all across the world has gone through a paradigm shift and

a vast transformation has taken place not just in terms of resources and content

but also in terms of modes which catered to newer versions of application based

learning. Our school believes in embracing changes and facilitating growth

through continuous and comprehensive assessments.

Since the rise of the pandemic, teaching moved online with extensive research in

the application based learning, The classes are being conducted through the new

educational applications like Padlet, Nearpod, Seterra, Classroom screen, Live

worksheets, storyboard etc. Technology has emerged as a superhero in this phase

of virtual learning and has facilitated towards an effective learning.

When things are taught, then it also becomes necessary to take assessments.

Hence, the need for online examination in the virtual platform wherein the

PT-1 was conducted with utmost precision to detail.

Assessment