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Newsletter Beaconhouse School System Sargodha Girls Branch

January-March 2012

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From the Headmistress Desk Word from the Senior mistress Flash Back Handwriting Competition Little Chefs In Kitchen Cultural Carnival Pakistan Day Creative Writing English Debate Competition Mehfil-e-Melaad Cheerio Seniors Going Green Movie Time Foundation Course Delight With Paints Imaginative Imagery Career Advising Students’ Work

From the Headmistress’ Desk

The HM Mrs. Nasreen Humayun

The objective of education today, is vastly different than the objectives in previous decades. Today the emphasis on learning requires effective communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity which are of utmost importance in providing children with tools to meet the needs of today’s demanding requirements.

BSS believes that every child has an intellectual and socio-emotional potential .Our teachers are committed professionals who truly strive to promote each child’s potential in a meaningful manner allowing them to move forward independently. We are a community of learners, teachers and parents, working together to provide an environment where children learn, attain confidence, take risks and speak effectively.

I wish you all a blessed and soothing summer break.

Word from the Senior Mistress

Ms. Rebecca Bashir Senior Mistress

Providing a safe and caring environment, conductive to learning is a key factor in our pursuit of the highest standards. This means that all our girls have access to the best learning opportunities. In terms of buildings and facilities numerous renovations have been taken place for the development of spacious class rooms. Library, Science and Computer laboratories, along with further expansion of our sports area. The past one year has seen a strive to improve the teaching facilities in most subjects. We work for the planning and implementation of IT integrated lessons that reach across all subjects and age levels. We invest in good modern resources overall. Our aim is to facilitate all teachers and pupils in such a manner so that they set realistic targets and ultimately achieve them.

Vision for this year is the confident, well spoken, highly groomed and academically successful girls.

Wishing you all a restful summer break.

News and Events Little Chefs in kitchen Little chefs of classes IV, V and VI were given a challenge to participate in cooking contest held on January 15, 2012.The activity was conducted in groups in which the students participated with high spirits.

Miss Andaleeb, Miss Amina and Miss Ghazala were the judges.  Class IV winners were 1st- Minahil Raheel, Amna Sajid & Ateeb Fatima 2nd-Ajwa, Minahil Fatima, Zainab, Noor Malik, Wadiat &Fatima Bilal Fajar, Urwa, Zeenia and Rabia rd 3 - Sara Badar, Tajeel, Haseeba, Noor Hussain, Rammeen & Hafsa  Class V winners were 1st- Hamda, Hurmat, Amgha, Eman Amir, Minhail &Aima 2nd- Asma, Maria, Amna, Fizza, Zoya & Urwa 3rd-Zainab, Warda, Sara Ansar, Sara Ahmed, Irsah, Manal, Abeera & Nawal  Class VI winners were 1 -Minahil, Noor, Sania, Muskan Shafqat & Eman 2nd- -Ayesha Malik, Hureem, Ayesha Mansoor, Fizza & Maryam Zainab Ijaz, Kainat, Muskan Jehanger, Ayesha Zulnoorain &Sana Virk rd 3 -Sara Nadeem, Mishal, Huwaina & Zaineb Qasim st

Cultural Carnival To promote the traditional zeal and fervor among students, Sargodha Girls Campus organized “Cultural Carnival” on March 20, 2012.Girls of all classes took part joyfully.

The arrival of students in multicolor traditional get-ups gave a glimpse of rainbow.

However yellow color was the most prominent of all.Gharary,Lehngay,Kurta Lacha,Shalwar Kameez,Choori Pajama and frock along with Khusa and Kohla puri Chappal were the dress codes .Their traditional dance performances on several folk songs contributed to a wow factor among the audience .Games like Paranda knotting and Aiming with Ghulail were played by the students. Teachers also participated in a “Tappa Competition”.

Handwriting Competition A handwriting competition was organized among class IV students with a purpose of improving their handwriting and copy work presentation skills.

The winners were Sara Badar -1st Wadiat Batool-2nd Minahil Raheel-3rd

Pakistan Day

23rd March, 1940 was a milestone that later led to the road of Pakistan. To make children aware of the importance of that day, a quiz competition was held among classes IV & V.Class V was declared as the winner team. Moreover class IV students played a vital role in 23rd March ceremony. They delivered speeches and performed role plays of the important personalities who struggled for freedom. Sara Nadeem of class VI hosted the ceremony.

Creative Writing Creativity means using your brain, and anything you do to use your brain improves your intelligence and helps you to learn how to think better. It involves storytelling, and humans have always loved stories. It also helps you to be a better writer, because practice makes perfect in writing just as in any other skill.

So an English Creative Writing Competition among the girls of class V was held on January 15, 2012 in which students were given a platform to express their creative ideas.

The main purpose behind this activity was to encourage students’ imaginative and innovative writings.

Positions were awarded to 1st-Maria Baber 2nd-Zainab Afzaal 3rd -Fiza Naeem

English Debate Competition A debate competition was held among classes IV, V & VI in the last week of January, 2012.The purpose of this activity was to polish the debating skills of the students and to prepare them for forthcoming challenges. Each class was assigned a different topic.

Topics were : 1. Always speak truth 2. One best friend is better than many friends

3. Summer is the best season Winners were:  Class IV Winners 1st-Minahil Raheel 2nd-Tajeel 3rd-Rameen &Meeral  Class V winners 1st – Sara Anser 2nd – Amgha & Hamda 3rd –Zaineb & Amna  Class VI winners 1st-Mishal 2nd –Ayesha Malik & Maryam 3rd-Huwaina & Zainab Ijaz

Mehfil-e-Milad BSS Girls Branch organized a Mehfil-e-Milad to commemorate the arrival of our Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) on February 2, 2012. It started with the recitation of verses from Holy Quran followed by a series of Naat. Mam Nasreen was also called on the stage to read something in honor of the Holy Prophet.It ended with the recitation of Darood -e -Paak.

Cheerio Seniors BSS Girls Branch arranged a pleasurable festivity for class X-Matric to bid adieu to the out going batch, which was deftly organized and hosted by classes VIII, IX and XCambridge/Martic on February 27, 2012.A chain of fun-filled exhilarating activities was hilariously performed to amuse the seniors.Mrs Nasreen Hamayun - the Headmistress was the chief guest of the occasion. The food was served at the end. It was delicious since the menu had a variety of mouth-watering saucy dishes, chilled cuisine and dessert. The girls left with bright future aims .It was a breathtaking evening and was enjoyed by all.

Going Green To educate the students about the importance of plants for this world and for our lives, Girls Branch introduced the Go Green project as an initiative towards creating a chemical-free environment and promoting organic gardening. Class V Students conducted a campaign against pollution by pasting banners of ‘Do not cut trees’ in several areas of the school. They conveyed the concept that trash can be turned into treasure. Furthermore, they distributed ‘Going Green Bands’ to all the staff and students.

Movie Night

A pleasant movie night was arranged for the students on Friday, 8th April 2012, to watch “Despicable Me�. It was an excellent experience to watch the moving pictures and to learn valuable morals of hard work, love and determination. The event ended with the end of the movie, followed by meals from fast food stalls and ice cream.

Movie Time As an activity of the literary club, relating to film study, a movie was watched by students of grade 8. The movie chosen to be watched was none other than the world wide hit, Tangled. This movie was perfect for this study as it possessed all the elements students needed to analyze. It was an enchanting experience with a cup full of laughter when the students go into the fairytale world of the classical Rapunzel but this time modernized with a re-make. It was a brilliant activity as the students enjoyed watching the movie even more by having it in their syllabus.

Foundation Course BSS keeps on providing opportunities to the teachers to learn about new ways of teaching. Following the same tradition, Foundation Course was conducted in Lahore, where teachers were given lectures and demonstrations regarding the BSS methods and techniques of teaching. Its purpose was to train the teachers about creating student centered atmosphere in the classrooms. It was a five-week course which started from November 23rd, 2011 till December 2011.Miss Misbah Pervaiz from the Girls Branch was sent to attend the course.

Delight with Paints Art activities are conducted to inspire the young artists to express themselves, by utilizing the best of their aesthetics to create their innovative masterpieces. Students of all levels take part in art activities and remain busy in amalgamation of paints and merging colors to create breathtaking sunsets, charming landscapes, flowing waterfalls, multi color flowers, night scenes and abstract illustrations. Their paintings explore nature and portray it in its most spectacular, mesmerizing and beautiful forms. Students also enjoy doing calligraphy. Their participation and enthusiasm for exhibition are really admirable.

Imaginative Imagery “An artist has a keen observation and his paintings reflect his ability to present certain live scenarios in the form of paintings.”Girls Campus recently displayed the exotic students’ art work at Kirana Bar hotel, reflecting their aesthetic attributes on February 2, 2012. The purpose of this exhibition was to provide a platform for students where they would articulate themselves through a concrete media and also to applaud students’ expression through canvas. The exhibition was open to the general public and was visited by a large number of people from Sargodha and Lahore. While commending the individual vitality and versatility of the paintings, the Senior Headmaster of Canal Side Boys Campus, Lahore commented: “All credit goes to students and their teachers. Keep it up. Congratulations to you all.”Dr.Sonia Firdaus, SGO-II praised “Simply remarkable job! I’m speechless, the amount and quality of paintings by our young artists is stunning.”

“An effort which is really outstanding by the little fairies. Extremely professional approach. Well-done! Keep it up. A dedicated approach. Congrats.”One of a parent commented. The exhibition was visually brilliant and was designed to create a variety of environments and moods in which to contemplate the themes that the artists have explored. It showcased paintings featuring landscapes, imagery of birds and animals, miniatures, sketches, and abstract art.

Career Advising

Students of grade VIII, IXC, and XC were given a chance to attend a career advising programme which was set up for the GCE/O’Level and A’ level students in Canal Side Campus Lahore on March 29, 2012.Different stalls were setup for the career counseling of students who were being guided for the different educational fields such as Biomedical sciences, Psychology, Gemology, Business, Arts and Engineering. Students were also given free prospectuses for some of the prestigious institutions at national and international level such as:Warwick University, Liverpool, UK (ranks in UKs top 30 universities) Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan LUMS, Pakistan Pakistan Institute of Fashion Designing United States Educational Foundation Pakistan (USEFP) Another purpose of this Education Fair was to introduce some of the internship programmes such as Shaukat Khanum Memorial hospital and WWF were there to provide the required information regarding the internship programmes The students attended the fair whole-heartedly and the professionals put their whole effort in making the students clear with what career options can be opted.

Flash Back (September -December 2011)

Elections 2011-2012

Oath Taking Ceremony

Club Activities

Crazy Hair Day

Interschool Competition

Recycling Competition

Flower Arrangement Competition

Students Work Art and Lens Corner

By Naiba Tul Zahra (photo taken by student during Newlands visit) IX-C

By Noor Zainab (photo taken by the student during Newlands visit) IX-C

Poetry of the week Determination Those times I cried in my pillow, And took no advice, The time of my gloom and dark, When I hid in my own disguise, Away from all the cheers, And caught up in my own fears, The time when I learned how to fly, A big world laid in front of me as I proceeded towards the light, My new wings fragile and small in the huge empty sky, A mere stranger to this all I was, But something kept me flying, A determination, a desire, To rise above all the others, And to show my might, To the huge huge empty sky.

By Aemen Imtiaz / IX-C

Good times I stood on the edge of the balcony one day “May I think of the good times? Yes, I may!”

And I let the stream of memories flood my mind, All those moments that I had left behind, The innocence of ages, minds free of cages, That time I got braces, and my Barbie pencil cases, And oh! The language classes, And the teacher’s suspicious glances, Sitting on the spring grass, chatting away, All colors merry, without any grey, The pranks I pulled, the jokes I made, All that mischief, for which I later paid, My friends, my time, and now I recollect, “I’d forget it all”, I used to suspect, But I stood on the edge of the balcony one day, “May I think of the good times? Yes, I may!”

Misha Jehangir IX-C

Zero became a hero Phil was a teenage boy. He was not popular or very smart. One fine warm mid-day, he was lying on his bed, thinking until the warm breeze made him drowsy and fall asleep. When he woke up, he noticed that the temperature of the room had lowered down. Was the weather better? It could not be! He looked out the window and saw everything just as it had been half an hour ago. The air conditioner was not turned on either. He took a deep breath. That was when he realized that fog seemed to be coming out of his mouth.

He was surely hallucinating! He decided to drink some water but just as he reached the glass, the water in it froze. Now this was weird! He picked up the glass, went down almost tripping over the last step to his mom and dad. He told them everything and showed them the glass. His mom and dad seemed strangely interested. His dad revealed a hidden mystery. He had never known this piece of information before…he had ‘‘super powers’’ and his parents had known it all along. He was one of the descendants of the freeze ray powered super heroes. He took some time to take those words in.And now that he knew everything about his powers, his dad started to train him to use those powers against the forces of evil. They trained

harder and harder every day. Phil really had the hang of it now. His dad used to go to missions everyday.

One day he fell ill and he got a mission from the headquarters, and this to his horror was not the usual robbery kind either, A METEOR WAS ABOUT TO CRASH INTO THE EARTH. Phil knew it was impossible for his dad to fulfill the mission so he sent out for it himself. He stood facing the sky, waiting until he could see a big red ball glowing, coming towards him. He could not really feel that hot himself, as his powers were acting upon him. All he knew was he had his hands stretched out and all so sudden he had blown thin, wispy cool air into the sky at the ball. He put all the force he had and could feel fire vs. ice battling each other, as if wanting to take each other down that very moment. The meteor was coming nearer, but somehow, it was all working out, he could see himself almost conquering the hot ball and with a final blast, the whole ball burst into an infusion of shimmering gold lights. It was over. He had done it!

A sudden feeling, which was more like a proud sensation swept him as he heard the distant jeering of the crowd. All was well!

Eiman Akram IX-C