MAPS JUNIOR NEWSLETTER

Classes Pre- School & Pre-Primary

Month APRIL-MAY 2016
Children who have strong foundations are free to blossom, soar and grow.
We would like to extend a heartfelt welcome to our newly
enrolled & promoted students and their parents.
We hope you find MAPS JUNIOR friendly, warm at heart
with an energetic environment, conducive for learning and
growth of children.
At Mount Abu School we believe that every child is a
tender heart that needs proper nurturing to grow into a
healthy individual which is possible only when we impart
quality education to them. Education refers not only to
imparting of knowledge rather it is just like a great big
canvas to be filled with the hues of learning and
fun. We feel that our parents and the teachers are to value and uphold the importance of innate
motivation talent possessed by each child and to assist the school to ensure and help the students to
achieve academic, sporting, cultural and life-long learning.

Learning at MAPS is completely learner friendly where our

educators ensure all our students live safely, reach to their
full potential and develop basic school manners i.e. coming to
school with a smile, saying bye and parting with the parent
peacefully, going to respective classes in a queue, wishing
good morning to the educators, seeking permission before
entering the class, saying prayers, using apron-napkin, eating
fruits in the fruit break, reciting monthly rhymes, learning
stories, requesting for using convenience and so on.

We believe that if parents, teachers and school join hands to

realize the dreams then nothing is impossible to achieve and
these summer holidays are just those golden moments when
learning goes beyond the class rooms and we learn things that
one cant learn just from a text book.
We would like to suggest parents to make the most of summer holidays by helping the child acquire
some new knowledge that he/she can share with the classmates after the summer break. We wish
you a great summer vacation with your children and are looking forward to seeing our litl Mapians
back on 1st July 2016. We shall be regularly updating you with the latest activities through the school
website i.e. www. mountabuschool.com.

With love and care

Jyoti Arora Sonali Chopra
(Principal) (Nursery Co-ordinator)
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Heres an update of the wonderful activities & special celebrations which were scheduled for the
month of April-May 2016.
SPECIAL MENTION
The school is proud to be reaccredited with International School Award
(ISA) 2016-2019 of British Council. The award is recognition of school's
effort to integrate internationalism in the school's curriculum. The Award is
a benchmarking scheme that accredits schools as having an outstanding
level of support for nurturing global citizenship in young people and
enriching teaching and learning process. The award is acknowledgement of
school's endeavor to promote value-oriented experiential learning that
embeds global themes in the school's curriculum. Congratulations to all
stakeholders.

PARENT ORIENTATION PROGRAM

The school organized a workshop on Positive Parenting with renowned Psychologist Dr. V. S.
Ravindran on 27th March 2016. Dr. Ravindran is the Director General of ICTRC. He is also associated
with many organizations like UGC, IGNOU, Ministry of Labor and many more providing counseling
guidance programmes. He has been involved in training of people in leadership positions in
educational institutions, counselor training and teacher education, corporate and government
organizations for more than two decades.
The programme began with the floral felicitations of the guests followed by lamp lighting ceremony.
The School Principal, Mrs. Jyoti Arora welcomed the eminent gathering and made the parents aware
about the vision and the philosophy of Mount Abu Public School. An enchanting classical dance and
shloka chanting by Pre School, Pre Primary class . The children left the audience enthralled with their
performance.
In the session, Dr. V. S Ravindran discussed the concerns of the parents and the various preventative
measures adopted to provide a healthy atmosphere to the children for their growth and
development. He also discussed the qualities which every parent should possess for the upbringing of
their child. He laid the basic guidelines for the parents to create a congenial surrounding for their little
ones. Last, but never the least he concluded by saying that

We as parents should always remember that values are not taught but caught

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The Nursery Coordinator, Mrs. Sonali Chopra addressed the parents and gave an insight into the Pre
School Educational System. The objective behind this was to ensure a smooth ongoing process of
learning with maximum parental involvement.
The programme was a great success and left the parents with the belief that the tiny tots will be
nurtured like a tender bud and will bloom beautifully into confident, loveable individuals in the garden
of MAPS JUNIOR.

ONSET OF THE NEW SESSION WITH HAWAN CEREMONY

A hawan ceremony was being performed in the school premises of Mount Abu JUNIOR on 5th April
2016 at the onset of the new session to seek the blessing of almighty for the growth of the school and
student. The priest performed the ceremony in the presence of students, staff members, Coordinator
and the Principal. The rituals were performed and the students joined in offering their prayers to the
almighty for showering blessing on school and provide the students with the wholesome
development. Blessings were given to the students for their successful year ahead.

SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES , CELEBRATIONS, ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

BAISAKHI
Baisakhi was celebrated with enthusiasm on 13th April,2016 Children were explained about the
importance of the festival by showcasing the Punjabi culture. Dhol beats and Punjabi folk music added
to the excitement. Students of Pre Primary Buttercups performed folk dance of Punjabi Gidha and
Bhangda. The motive behind the celebrations was to apprise the children of our countrys rich culture
and heritage. While speaking on the occasion, the Class mentor explained that Baisakhi was not only
a harvest festival but also an auspicious day as on this day Guru Gobind Singh had established the
Khalsa Panth . The assembly concluded with free dancing on Bhangra Beats.

FOUNDATION DAY - A Celebration to Commemorate the 17th Anniversary

of School Year
April 13th was the Golden Day at MAPS.
The School celebrated the Foundation
Day of the school and rejoiced the
successful completion of 17 years of its
inception. The day marked a significant
milestone in the history of the school
and the lives of those who were and are
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privileged to be a part of this remarkable institution. Pre Primary Red Charms conducted special
Assembly on the occasion. students sang Happy Birthday song for the school. The class mentor
lightened everyone with the history and existence of the school. Coordinator guided the students to
acquire all good qualities of a true Mapian. Candies were distributed to all to rejoice the festivity.
COLOURS DAY CELEBRATIONS
Colours are important part of learning for children. Colour provide a powerful way of learning about
the world and offers stimulation for their developing minds. The presence of colours help to explore
the visual spectrum of the world around and to learn about it in an
engaging and memorable way.
Red Colour Day was celebrated by Pre School on 12th April
2016 ,On this day the children came dressed in RED and had bought
some red colour things from their homes. All the classes were
decorated with red colour scheme. Children with the help of their
teachers also made strawberries with paper tearing and pasting.
Activities were specially designed to help the children identify red
colour.
Orange
Colour Day was celebrated by Pre Primary on
12thApril 2016. Orange is a dynamic colour and
stimulates imagination and creativity. Students were
told that orange is a secondary colour which is a
combination of yellow & red colour. The students
made orange colour by mixing Red & Yellow colour in
their Sketch Files.

Little Pre Schoolers celebrated

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Yellow Colour Day on 10 May, 2016 .
Bubbly little kids were dressed in shades
of yellow, shinning like the bright sun. All
classes conducted yellow colour group
activity involving the tine tots..Teachers
introduced yellow colour theme through
yellow objets like sun, sunflower, fruits

and vegetables etc. The teachers also related yellow

colour with joy and happiness. The motive of
celebrating this yellow colour day was to make
children aware of yellow colour& to develop fine
motor skills in children. . Focusing on the theme the
teachers planned activity in which children did pasting
of circle in the sun and colouring of sunflower.

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 Pink colour signifies love, beauty
and kindness. To make the children
identify pink colour in the objects they
see around Pink Colour Day was
celebrated in Pre Primary class on 10th
May, 2016. All the Children participated
enthusiastically in all the activities related
to the identification of the colour. They
were asked to draw some objects like
flower, butterfly and then fill them with
pink colour. They were also informed that
pink colour is formed by mixing red and white. They all enjoyed a lot and simultaneously understood
the aesthetic sense of pink colour very well.

EARTH DAY
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd all over the
world as a reminder that we have forgotten the
beautiful gift that we have been given to us in the
form of the planet Earth. In this respect a wonderful
assembly was conducted by P.P SUNFLOWER, The
class recited a lively rhyme dedicated to the mother
earth in which they pledged to be defenders and
friends of the earth. A skit was performed by the
Teachers
that
motivated all to keep the planet beautiful. The class mentor
made the kids aware about the importance of keeping
Earth healthy, clean, pollution free. The Coordinator
emphasized on importance of water, plants, energy and
encouraged all to save and conserve them. Class activity of
Earth Day , Badge Making was conducted where in
students coloured an outline of earth with blue and green
colours and wore their self made batches the whole day to
acknowledge the beauty of planet Earth.

SPECIAL ASSEMBLY ON MOTHERS DAY

No language can express the power, beauty, and
heroism of a mothers love. A Mother holds a very
special place in the life of each and every individual
.To show gratitude towards all mothers, students of
P.P PRIMROSE presented a special Mothers Day
assembly on 6th May, 2016. It began with the prayers
followed by an enchant poem on Mothers Day by
Jagrit, a students speech highlighting everyones

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feelings on why we love our mother dearly was given by
the Class Mentor. The Coordinator narrated a story on
Mother A Gods gift. The programme concluded by a
mesmerizing dance performance on the song Meri
Maa dedicated to all the mothers. Students made
attractive Mothers Day Certificates expressing their
heartfelt sentiments through the meaningful messages
written for their beloved mother. The activity was
conducted with a great zeal. They used different colored
chart papers, glitters and colors to make it more
beautiful.

CUISINE ACTIVITY- RASNA / TANG

Cooking with children can provide many beneficial experiences. We can
cover a range of learning and development areas like mathematics,
language and physical skills by planning regular cooking activities with
them. To beat the heat, students had a bubbly Rasan-Tang activity .The
students were divided into groups and they took the initiative of making
their own Rasna-Tang under the guidance of the teacher. We could see
the excitement of students could be seen when water was poured and
the whole drink became frothy and fizzy. The rasna making was a
refreshing experience for the students in summer hot days.
OUTDOOR FUN RACES
Physical activities are necessary for the overall development of the children. Flat race, rabbit race and
frog race were held on 29th April , 2016 wherein children enjoyed with great fun and cheer. Each
child participated in races enthusiastically and followed their teachers instructions to put their best
foot forward. .The students participated enthusiastically. Races were then run in year groups, ranging
from flat races to activity races. Theseraces were designed to test the children's speed, agility and
hand-eye co-ordination.

EARHTQUAKE DRILL
Earthquakes happen with no warning; therefore, life-protecting actions must
be taken at the first indication of ground shaking. The Earthquake drill was
conducted to make the students aware of the evacuation plans in case of
emergency. The students were explained that during an earthquake, the

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earth might move beneath their feet like waves. The noises
of building movement, windows breaking and objects falling
can cause emotional stress and panic. Students were
informed about this through classroom discussion.
Safety Chant
"If inside, Drop, Cover and Hold.
That's where you'll be safe.
If outside, stay outside,
and find an open space."
Drop, Cover and Hold drill was explained, demonstrated and
practiced with the students because earthquakes may come
at any time. Routes for getting out of the building after an earthquake and evacuation drills will be
practiced regularly to enable students to face adverse situations.

HAIR CARE & STYLING - MOMS CLUB

The school regularly conduct activities for Mothers in the Moms
Club. It was really so exciting to see the vibrant and curious
mothers gathering to groom their personality for the Grooming
Session; Mr. Rizwan& Ms. Preeti. They discussed Hair care best
routines, styles and also gave latest Haircuts to few privileged
mothers. Everyone had
a nice time interacting
with other mothers,
resource person and
school staff. We are
overwhelmed with the
outstanding attendance
and response of mothers and look forward to conducting
such fruitful sessions in this academic session.

OXFORD TEACHERS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

Mount Abu organized Teachers Participation
Experimentation program on 1st April 2016. The
resource person was Ms. Sonia Relia, a renowned
author of My Learning Train, Oxford university
Press. She guided on some innovative activities
which made the teachers learnt how to make their
teaching skills more effective. Apart from academic
activities, resource person taught the teachers some
display board ideas which were creative and easy to
make. The session was very fruitful & enriching for
all the teachers.
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 INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS RESULTS & AWARDS
AWARDS
The following students in each class have distinguished themselves with outstanding performance
during April-May months. We celebrate and rejoice with their parents whom they have done proud. We
urge them not to rest on their oars but to strive continuously for great achievement.

STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Every month a student from every class is awarded this certificate on the basis of his/her performance
in academics, discipline, smart turn out, participation, punctuality and work habits.
PS ASTER PS DAFFODIL PS ROSE PS DAISY PS ORCHID PS TULIP

KhishiDua Vivaan Radhika Rakshita Kavya Ansh Kumar

PP PP BLUE PP PP PRIMROSE PP PP APPLE

REDCHARMS BELLS BUTTERCUPS SUNFLOWER BLOSSOM
AvikVashshit Raunak Aananya Seth Drishti Diya Mahlawat Ishant

READER OF THE MONTH

Every month a student from each class is awarded this certificate on the basis of understanding of the
story book given for reading on weekends.
PS ASTER PS DAFFODIL PS ROSE PS DAISY PS ORCHID PS TULIP
Gurmehar Vedaant Namish Madhav Akshit Aditya
Gandhi
PP RED PP BLUE PP PP PRIM ROSE PP PP APPLE
CHARMS BELLS BUTTERCUPS SUNFLOWER BLOSSOM
Geetisha Kripaansh Apeksha Siddhi Rohilla Arjun Jain Himanshi

INTER CLASS COLOURING COMPETITION

POSITIO PS ASTER PS PS ROSE PS DAISY PS ORCHID PS TULIP

N DAFFODIL
I Azhaan Shourya Utkarsh Poorvika Priyanka Aditya
II Bishmeet Soumya Jagrav Suhani Manya Divyanshi
III Hridyansh Navya Ishaanvi Punyansh Pratham Deepanshi
POSITIO PP RED PP BLUE PP PP PRIM PP PP APPLE
N CHARMS BELLS BUTTERCUPS ROSE SUNFLOWER BLOSSOM
I ArshaBhat Manya Sambhavi Atharav Satakshi Himanshi
Mehta Mangla Mahror
II Abhinya Hardik Dishita Devansh Rimsha Shaurya
Verma Wadhwa
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III Ariha Jain Rakshita Manvi Hitansh Gulati Akshit Garg Anushka
Wadhwa

INTER CLASS GK QUIZ COMPETITION

CLASS PS ASTER PS DAFFODIL PS ROSE PS DAISY PS ORCHID PS TULIP

Ashirya Raj Anaisha Vibhor Jain Saras Khushi Ishika
INTER CLASS
WINNERS Tarini Nehal Aarav Rajput Navya Priyanka Shanaya
Kapoor
CLASS PP RED PP BLUE PP PP PRIM PP PP APPLE
CHARMS BELLS BUTTERCUPS ROSE SUNFLOWER BLOSSOM
Naima Dutta Himaksh Manvi Jaagrit Aarna Jain Bansika
INTER CLASS Wadhwa Sharma
WINNERS
Prabhkirat Angela Parth Vishnoi Shivang Diya Komal Jain
Malik
INTRA CLASS
WINNERS-PP 1ST 3RD -- 2ND -- --

INTRA SCHOOL COMPETITIONS RESULTS & AWARDS

Kudos to the proud little winners for their exemplary performance at Inter School Events and for
bringing laurels to the school , families.
COMPETITION CLASS PARTICIPANTS RESULT
SCHOOL
VIKAS BHARTI PUBLIC Creating Magic Clay & Pre Primary Divyansh 1st Position
SCHOOL Colour
HAPPY HOURS Ramp Walt- Flora-Fauna Pre Primary Aananya Seth 1st Position
SCHOOL &ArshaBhat
MAHARAJA AGARSEN Action Song Pre School Shourya Rathuvanshi --
MODEL SCHOOL Narrate a Story Pre Primary ManviWadhwa 2nd Position
BAL BHARTI PUBLIC Recitation Fun with Pre Primary Naima Dutta --
SCHOOL Shapes

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 CALANDER UPDATES FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2016
Doctors Day Celebration :01st July2016
Green Colour Day (Pre School) :11th July 2016
Purple Colour Day (Pre Primary) :11th July 2016
Inter Class GK Quiz : 18th July 2016
Hindi Rhyme Recitation Competition (PP-PS) :20-21 July 2016
Show and Tell Activity, Topic Rainy Season (PS), Umbrella (PP)
:25th July 2016.
Kindly refer to Annual Kaleidoscope 2016-17 for complete update of events
and activities for the month of July.

SUMMER HOLIDAYS
Summer break is from Wednesday, 11th May 2016 to 30th June 2016.
The school will reopen on 01st July2016 i.e. Friday, however the school
office will remain open during vacation. Kindly download Summer
holidays homework from the school website www.
mountabuschool.com wef 18th May 2016.
Parents are requested to submit fee dues for the months of May-June
2016 at Accounts office , MAPS SENIOR, Sector-5, Rohini. Ignore if
already paid.

Have a great

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