Life at Walton

BEACONHOUSE SCHOOL SYSTEM WALTON CAMPUS LAHORE. FIRST DIGITAL NEWSLETTER 2018-2019 TERM 1

BSS Turns 43 43 Years of Excellence and still Counting. What could be more age appropriate and exciting for enthusiastic Beaconites than a birthday celebration. Students of all the levels were more than excited to celebrate the 43rd birthday of their alma mater BSS. The area epitomized fun and festivity with yellow and blue balloons and buntings peeping from every nook and corner. Mrs. Lodhi, the principal of Walton Campus was invited to join in the celebrations.

Students cut the cake and sang birthday songs in collaboration with their teachers.

BSS Birthday

Annual Spor ts Gala The much awaited Annual Sports Gala of Beaconhouse Walton Campus was held on Saturday 1st December, 2018. The programme began with the Principal Ms. Tehmina Lodhi welcoming the esteemed gathering and emphasized on the importance of sports in a child's life. The theme of the event was ‘‘Consume with Care-Your Planet Needs You!’’ highlighted the adverse effects of the depleting resources of the Mother Earth. Keeping in mind the theme most of the races organized depicted the importance of saving resources.Chief guest, Mr. Usman Talat, the School Group Head inaugurated the event. It was followed by the impressive displays of Karate, Gymnastics, Aerobics and the P.T Display chanting the slogan "Dam Banao, Pakistan Bacaho".It concluded with the most exciting event, ‘The Beaconhouse Walton Tug of War BWTW” The name was proposed by the students of middle school and it was played between the four houses.The winners of all races were awarded with cups& trophies by esteemed chief guests i.e Director for Sports Development International Association of Athletics Federation Mr. Salman Butt, an athlete who represented Pakistan Internationally along with Ms. Tania Mallick, Vice President Punjab Olympic Association. Ms. Ghazala Siddique currently

Pakistan's Badminton Champion also grace the occasion with her presence.

Global Dignity Day 2018: Preserving the annual tradition, Global Dignity Day was celebrated at Beaconhouse Walton Campus with all its vigor. The key objective was to impart and reinforce the knowledge and awareness of the principles of humanity and dignity. Students from all the levels enthusiastically participated to mark the day. Activities included, donation drives, morning assembly presentations, dignity walks and speeches. Kindergarten students collected stationary items, story books and eatables for the children of SOS Village. Tiny tots of Pre Nursery converted old newspapers into adorable wrapping sheets by painting their hand prints in vibrant colour, depicting the love and care with which the gifts were collected and wrapped. Students of lower primary participated in dignity walk. Special morning assemblies were conducted by the students of Early Years, Primary and Middle school, imparting the message of dignity for all. Students of all the levels arranged food stalls and tea parties in order to acknowledge the untiring services of our support staff. A thought

provoking message for the students was shared by our honorable principal, Ms. Tehmina Lodhi, on empathy and implementation of dignity principles into daily lives and the awareness of the global perception of human dignity.

Global Dignity Day 2018

SYNERGY Project by Middle School As part of their SYNERGY Project, students of Middle School visited Dar ul Kafala on 17th October 2018 to meet the elderly people. They took items of personal use for them as gifts and also shared sandwiches and fruit salad prepared by the participants of cooking club. The residents of Dar ul Kafala were delighted to spend time with the students. Students also prepared and served food to the junior staff as a token of gratitude for their services.

Tribune 2018 The innovative young writers of Middle School shared their inspirational stories based on human dignity in a special newspaper “The GDD Tribune 2018’. The paper was specially printed for Global Dignity Day.

Orientation Meet & Greet Session 201819 Orientation Sessions were held for the parents of all the students in the beginning of the academic session. School epitomized festivity, warmth and a welcoming environment. A number of activities were organized to make these days a memorable experience for the parents and their children. One to one sessions were conducted with parents to familiarize them with the scheme of work to be followed through out the session. EY philosophy and school rules were introduced and the live teaching sessions were conducted.

International Teachers’ Day “A Teacher presents the past, reveals the present, and creates the future.” It is rightly said that “teaching is one profession that creates all other professions.” Every year Beaconhouse Walton Campus marks 5th October as the "Teachers' Day" and celebrates it with great elation. On this day teachers are honoured and are presented with special souvenirs. This year also, reliving the tradition, a special Red Carpet Walk was arranged for the teachers to honour their untiring efforts. Students also expressed their love and gratitude for their teachers by bringing flowers and making cards for them. Seedlings were given to the entire teaching staff by the campus principal, Mrs. Lodhi as a token to promote plantation.

Defence Day Beaconhouse Walton Campus, celebrated The Defence Day on Thursday 6th September 2018, with the usual enthusiasm. Students of Early Years and Primary displayed the spirit of patriotism by conducting special assembly presentations and singing patriotic songs. Students of Middle school organized an event commemorating the Veterans Martyrs of 1965 war. Major General (R) Qasim Qureshi & Mrs. Rashida Qasim Qureshi, the ex chief of staff, Army Strategic Force Command honoured the event as the chief guests. His motivational speech was followed by an interactive, interesting question answer session, actively participated by the Middle School Students. Students also captured the scene of Major Aziz Bhatti’s shahadat in a breath taking skit followed by melodiously sung national songs.

Annual Grandparents Day Tiny Tots of Early Years spent a day with their grandparents in school.

It was an effort to express gratitude for the unconditional love, grandparents have for their grandchildren. Students sang songs, recited poems and expressed their feelings of love for them through speeches. A specially scripted play with the title ‘A Classic Twist’ was also presented by the students, highlighting the wisdom and support, older people extend for their younger generations. Different stations were also set up for the children and grandparents where they spent time occupied in fun filled constructive activities. A special interview was also conducted by the kindergartners where a panel of students comprising of a moderator and three interviewers interviewed grandparents and asked questions about their childhood experiences.

The event boasted 100% students’ participation. We thank all the worthy guests for taking out time to make this event a success.

Hum Aur Hamarary Nabbi (P BUH) To pay tribute to the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad PBUH, Nursery & Kindergarten students and faculty of Early Years Section organized a milaad " Hum aur Hamaray Nabbi." Students and their mothers participated most enthusiastically and devotedly. Our tiny tots presented hamds, qawwali and naats in most adorable manner. They also depicted their love for the Holy Prophet PBUH by speaking about various aspects of his personality.

Morning Assembly Presentations A school assembly creates a sense of community, polishes the speaking skills, develop confidence and prepare students to face the audience. This year the Morning Assembly presentations were organized with a special emphasis on dialogue delivery and intonation through role plays.

A Session on Positive Parenting and Child Protection Keeping in view the significance of the safety and social & emotional well being of a child, Early Years Walton Campus organized a Session on Positive Parenting and Child Protection to generate awareness among the mothers on Thursday 27th September 2018. It aimed to share strategies that would help their children to grow into balanced personalities along with tips to keep them physically and emotionally safe.

Urdu Week An Urdu Week was organized from 5th to 9th November 2018. A number of activities such as Urdu Word building Competition, storytelling session, speeches and singing ensured the participation of a large number of students from all the classes. The week culminated with tribute to our national poet and philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal.

A Session on R SM for Parents In order to guide the Kindergarten parents about the philosophy of Rising Stars Mathematics following CPA approach and a better understanding of mathematical concepts, we organized a session in school on Friday 12th October 2018. It was conducted by Ms. Amna Naveed SM Early Years, Ms. Sumaira Faheem and Ms. Sana Sajjad.

Parents were given hands on experience for solving mathematical problems following CPA approach.

A Day with Animal Friends An Animal Show was organized for the students of Nursery in alliance with their theme “Animals� In this regard, teachers set up four

separate areas with pet, farm, water and wild animals. Pet animals brought by the students were also displayed there.

Winter Carnival In order to generate awareness about winter season among the students of Pre Nursery, a Winter Carnival was organized in Early Years Section on Tuesday 18th December 2018. Winter Seasonal clothes, fruit and dry fruit were also displayed for students along with related vocabulary. Stalls of winter beverages like soup, tea and coffee were also set up for parents. Cookie decorating station attracted majority of students. Children engaged themselves in activities through specially set up stations to make snowman craft, new year cards and sorting winter clothes on colouring sheets. Such activities do not only generate awareness about the topics being introduced, but also help to develop language skills through vocabulary development.

Maximum Book Issuance Award Ceremony In order to motivate students to become readers from an early age, students of Early Years Section were awarded certificates on Monday 17th December 2018 for maximum book issuance during 1st term.

World Smile Day World Smile Day prompts us to bring a few more smiles into this world by small acts of kindness. We also did our bit in Early Years Section. Teachers in all classes generated talk about how important it is to bring smiles on the faces of the people around us. They talked about small acts of kindness by which we can be a source of happiness for others. Whole area was decked up with smileys as a reminder to smile. Each student made a card for his/her parents as a token of love and care to bring a broad smile on their faces.

Star ry Night A Starry Night was organized for the students of Kindergarten on Friday 28th September 2018 in connection with their core reader, "Oliver Who Wouldn't Sleep" The purpose of this activity was to inculcate the love of bed time reading in young children from an early age along with generating awareness of healthy habits and mandatory bedtime rituals such as brushing the teeth before going to bed.

Homework Completion Award Ceremony In order to acknowledge the hard work, persistence and concern of our students for the completion and timely submission of holiday assignments, certificate Award Ceremonies were held in the campus for the students of all the levels. This was not only a happy time for those who received the certificates but also served as a motivational incentive for the rest of the students.

Crazy Hair Day In order to have an environment of fun, excitement and creativity, a Crazy Hair Day was celebrated in school on Friday 14th September 2018. Students of Nursery and Pre Nursery came depicting a high level of creativity and innovation through the funkiest hair styles.

Healthy Lunchbox Competition In alliance with the targets of PSHE and to ensure collaboration for success, we organized a Healthy Lunchbox Making Competition for Pre Nursery students and their mothers on 23rd Nov 2018. They participated in the competition following the given criteria. Our tiny tots helped their mothers in preparing and presenting healthy snacks.

Educational Trips Educational as well as excursion trips provide students with opportunities to learn through experience, exposure and interaction.

Students of different levels went on trips in alliance with their curriculum themes and topics. The importance of keeping the public places clean was highlighted by their teachers and they were encouraged to throw the wrappers in the trash cans leaving the area absolutely litter free after the picnics.

Inter School National Songs Competition The Inter School National Songs Competition for Upper Primary level was held at Walton Campus on 11th September to mark the Quaid’s death anniversary by paying tribute to the Nation and the father of the Nation. Students from Upper Primary section at Walton sang their hearts out. Rabi Peerzada, a well-known singer of our country graced the occasion as a judge and also sang for the students. It was a pleasure to host a wonderful program.

JT Vista

JT Vista was held at Johar Town Boys Branch on 13th Nov 2018 with participation of ten schools. The event consisted of two main events i.e. Whiz Quiz and Mazahiya Mushaira. We are proud to announce that our Upper Primary students were able to secure 1st position. In Mazahiya Mushsira, Muhammad Hammad of class V Silver secured 2nd position in Ghazal Category .

Junior Games and Kids’ Athletics Our students triumphantly bagged positions and brought home the trophies for all the main events at the Junior Games and Kids’

Athletics held at the Beaconhouse Bedian Sports Complex. 12 schools from all the 4 school groups took part in the event. Our Students secured 1st postion in girls’ football match and second in Kids’ Athletics. Walton lifted the trophy for third position for the Inter-Junior Cricket Championship as well.

Happiness is Contagious!!!!

Happiness is a state that gives meaning and deep satisfaction to life.

Hence, to make students understand the true meaning of happiness, Beaconhouse Walton Campus Lower Primary Section, celebrated a Happiness Week. Different activities were carried out through out the week. Through specially planned P.S.H.E lessons, awareness was generated among students regarding the significance and ways to stay happy and what little things they could do to make people around them happy. Students dressed in Yellow shared their message with the rest of the school through a “Happiness Walk” in which they gave verbal messages on happiness . They also distributed some

souvenirs like book marks, cards, balloon and wrist bands amongst other students.

When words fail, Music Speaks An Inter-Branch Singing Competition was held at 17-G Model Town Branch, in which eight schools participated in different categories of singing. Walton Campus, Lower Primary also enthusiastically participated in all the categories and won the following awards: English Choir-1st Position Urdu Choir- 3rd Position. Our students from Lower Primary also bagged a shield for securing an overall 3rd position in the competition.

Life is Cool by the Pool!

Swimming is one of the most awaited co-curricular activities held at Walton Campus . It is an activity that does not only build muscular strength and endurance, refreshes you in scorching summers but also

develops lifelong skills of water safety. These sessions take place under strict supervision of our trained instructors.

BSS Swimming Carnival 2018 Intra-Regional BSS Swimming Carnival 2018 was organized by Beaconhouse TNS on 13th September, 2018 at Wapda Sports Complex. Sara Kashif of VI Silver won a Gold Medal in Under 12 Free style. Maroosha Maryam of VI Red received a Bronze Medal in Butterfly Stroke. Agha Wassay of V White achieved a Gold Medal in breast stroke. Muhammad Musa Shahid of V yellow bagged a Bronze Medal in Free Style and Silver Medal in Breast Stroke. Ayan Kashif of VI Blue received a Silver medal in Butterfly Stroke. Usman Sadiq of VI Pink attained a Silver medal in Back Stroke and Bronze Medal in Butterfly Stroke. Way to go, Waltonites!

SLIME P laydough Sale On 23rd October 2018, Middle School Science Club organized the SLIME play dough sale. SLIME was invented by the students of Middle school Science Club during the Science Club activity. The sale was organized in order to collect money for SYNERGY project in which Middle School is raising money for Dar ul Kafala.

Investiture Ceremony of the Executive Council Aspiring ceremonies were held to award the students’ Council of Upper Primary and Middle School after an exciting period of

campaigning. At Upper Primary, digital voting was held to ensure error free selection of representatives . The students were affirmed under Oaths taken by the respective HMs Ms. Maleeha Khawaja.and Ms. Rubina Rafael. The School Principal, Ms. Tehmina Lodhi conferred the members with sashes and badges and spoke about the significance of being responsible member of the society.

Lahore International Children Film Festival (LICF F) The first ever directional and movie making endeavor of Mustafa Waqar, a student of class Red was acknowledge by Lahore International Children's Film Festival held on 6 Oct 2018. His short film “My parents my heroes� was selected out of 2600 entries for screening at Cinepax Packages Mall Lahore.

Tribute to Iqbal In order to pay tribute to our national poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, a number of inspiring activities were carried out on 9th November

2018 . Students from all the four sections enthusiastically participated to mark the day. They recited poetry, presented role plays and spoke about the work and life of the great poet and philosopher.

10 Litres Water Challenge 2018 In Order to Generate awareness regarding the Significance of Water Conservation, 19 of our Students from middle school participated in Video Making Competition titled as “10 liter water challenge� organized by WWF on 9th September 2018 at Ali Institute. First three Positions were scooped by our Students. The names of the winner are as under:

1st Position Rania Faisal VI Yellow

2 nd Position Wareesha Mohsin VI Yellow

3 rd Position Neha from VII Gold

Parent Teacher Meetings The 1st Parent Teacher Meeting of the session 2018-19 was held on 10th November, 2018 at Walton Campus for all the levels. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the progress of the children with their parents by the class teacher as well as the subject teachers.

Important notes were exchanged with the parents regarding their child’s academic progress and their questions and queries were answered as well.

From the Desk of Principal

Dear Parents,

We are proud of our students’ achievements during term 1 as they have brought laurels for the school in all the competitions that they participated in. This has been made possible due to effective implementation of BSS Curriculum which ensures experiential learning along with carefully planned school activities that develop Beaconites as per BSS Learner Profile and of course with continuous support of our parent body. This year, our focus is to make our students realize the need of saving natural resources for their future.

Our slogan is “Start small and do your part by changing your daily habits.” Taking steps to conserve and reuse is one of the best things you can do to help save the environment, and it is easier than you might think. To help save the environment, try decreasing energy and water consumption; changing your eating and transportation habits to conserve natural resources; and reducing, reusing, and recycling to be more environmental friendly.

I hope that parents would join hands with school in reinforcing the concept of” Avoid Wastage-Consume with Care as your Planet Needs It” in homes as well, especially for conservation of water, electricity, paper, food etc. Wishing you all a very fruitful and safe new year ahead.

Tehmina Lodhi - Principal

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