Newsletter UPPER PRIMARY SECTION WALTON CAMPUS
Principal's Message Dear Parents, Students & My Staff @ Walton Campus Assalam-u-Allikum, It’s that time of the school year when we say goodbye to one another and begin a welldeserved vacation time. The academic session 2020-21 was a roller coaster ride for all of us, switching to the BSU and F2F Hybrid Model of Teaching & Learning as per Government’s Directives and then back again when required. Even in the face of all the difficulties we have been through, it has been one of the most insightful experiences I’ve had throughout my educational career. Watching the determination and commitment of our students, teachers, and families has been amazing. Each day our community found a way to ensure our learners received a quality academic experience. The proverb “it takes a village to raise a child” has never been more profound. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to so many that helped BSS Walton Campus achieve sustained success this year. Firstly, to the BSS Head Office & CSO and Cluster Office for their endless support and guidance to BSS community in maintaining the operational integrity of our school throughout this global pandemic. Additionally, to our faculty and school personnel. You are the front-liners and true heroes of our school. Every success within our school is a tribute to your professionalism and commitment as educators. Lastly, and possibly most importantly, to our amazing parent body and students. Your understanding, support, and collaboration during the last almost 15 months is remarkable. Thank you, everyone. Having experienced both models of teaching & learning, it is but evident to all that school is a framework to not only educate but also to build children’s personalities; it is a structure to teach them life skills and impart ethics and morals to live their lives as global humans of the world; a school thus, at the end of the day is not just a building alone. John Dewey put it aptly when he said, “The world is moving at a tremendous rate. Going no one knows where. We must prepare our children, not for the world of the past. Not for our world. But for their world. The world of the future.” To ensure that Beaconites continue to thrive in a world where change is constant and learning never stops, it is imperative to provide opportunities to our students at national and international platforms. Therefore, throughout 2020-21 we ensured that our students do not miss any opportunity to develop attributes and skills of a BSS of the 21st century. Kindly take out some time and enjoy reading about the achievements of our students in Term 2 of the Academic Session 2020-21. Here’s to a happy, rejuvenating, and safe summer break! Best of Luck, Tehmina Lodhi Principal – BSS Walton Campus
Budding Writer – Annaya Raza Student in Spotlight
Young Annaya Raza is the true free spirit who likes to try her luck and bring out her talent at anything and just everything. She has been our shining star when it comes to video making using PPTs and presenting them using Canva or drawing something bringing out her artist self. She is one of those students who has multiple talents. The best part is that she has found out how to discover her hidden talents. The online switching over due to the Pandemic has been a very useful one for her as she has found and explored multiple tools and has been sharing her work on different occasions. Her very recent talent as a writer left us spell bound. This 10year-old wrote an almost 4000word story on her own. The best part is that it was happily accepted by an online platform and has been liked by native English speakers as well. Their comments are overwhelming and really motivating for Annaya.
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“Online learning provides fantastic flexibility, among other benefits, and aids in making the task of arranging development opportunities far easier. It is learning for all,” says Dr Sharon Jones. Our students have become quite IT savvy with BSU during the online classes, however, some of our parents were facing issues accessing the Google Classroom. To facilitate our parent body, a Virtual Guided Tour of the Google Classroom was organized.
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Kashmir Day
Kashmir Day was celebrated on 4th Feb’ 2021 with our students expressing solidarity with Kashmiri People through their Art Work. Class III students wrote about the “Importance of Kashmir Day”, Class IV students expressed their views for “Kashmir- A Heaven on Earth” and Class V students wrote poems about Kashmir Day. Aimen Fatima of V Silver expressed her feelings through a special video message.
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Our teachers have been the most dedicated and ready in every situation. When Covid-19 hit Pakistan in March 2020, Beaconhouse shifted to online schooling. To ensure learning continues, teachers from across BSS stepped forward and made videos for the BSU Youtube Channel which can be accessed by the students for their academic support. They were given the title of “BSU Confrere “by Beaconhouse School CLICK HERE TO System. 5 teachers from the Upper VISIT BSU! Primary Section at Walton Campus were awarded this title.
BSU Confrere
H a p p y M e m o r i e s
This year the theme for Women’s Day was; Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid -19 World. Students of Upper Primary celebrated Women’s Day by talking about their favourite teachers and sharing reasons for it on the Padlet Wall. They sent video messages showing gratitude for their favourite women. They complimented their favourite women through their write ups, poems and in their presentations. A few students interviewed our Principal, Mrs Tehmina Lodhi, a great woman of today and undoubtedly leading from the forefront in this world of Covid19.
Intra-Cluster Virtual Sports Competition Anas Shafaqat from Class 3 Boys and Haram Shahzad from Class 3 Girls Won the Hand-to-Foot Clap Challenge
Walton took pride in hosting this Intra-Cluster Virtual Sports Competition held on Friday 12th March 2021 with the Ring Road Campus. 14 students (7 Boys / 7 Girls), participated from each campus. At Walton these 14 students were selected after they won the Inter-Section Sports Competition which showed 100% Participation.
Ramisha Sajid from Class 4 Girls Won the Seated Arms and Legs Coordination Challenge Fatima Hussain from Class 5 Girls Won the Figure of 8 (side to side) Challenge
Pakistan Day was celebrated in high spirits at Upper Primary Walton Campus. Our students, clad in green and white outfits paid tribute to National Heroes through their speeches& talks, in interviews, by singing national songs and in their presentations. A special audio message by our honorable Principal, Mrs Tehmina Lodhi was aired in the Google Classrooms to remind students of Quaid’s vision for the youth: “I insist you strive. Work, Work and only work for satisfaction with patience, humbleness and serve thy nation." Jinnah
Pakistan Resolution Day
LET'S HEAR OUR MELODIOUS SINGERS SINGING NATIONAL SONGS TO MARK THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DAY
Our students have made us proud by their successes in each category at the extensive festival held at Beaconhouse Valencia Town Lahore on an inter school level; bagging position from poetry writing to choir to art competition on Pakistan Resolution Day.
WINNERS!!
Students of Walton on a Winning Spree!! Shahleen Naeem Grade IV Gold Medal in Ecolier Level Students at Walton Campus work hard with dedication. Our diligent teachers ensure that they meet the criteria for each competition they participate in and by the grace of Allah they come out victorious. Our students have made us immensely proud in all categories in all Interschool/National and International Competitions.
Fatima Hussain Grade V Silver Medal in Benjamin Level
International Kangaroo Linguistics Competition
Sarim Waqas Grade V Silver Medal in Benjamin Level
Haram Shahzad Grade III Bronze medals in Ecolier Level
Zayd Zaheer Grade III Bronze medals in Ecolier Level
Our young scientists in the making who won the Inter School Science Competition; Little Newton Contest held at BDRRC are: Anoral Naeem Mahroosh Mamoon Syed Shahlaal
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Little Newton Science Contest
Mahro osh Mamo on Grade 5 First p rize
Syed Shaalal Grade 3 Second prize
Linguistics Festival Winners
Aminah Eiman 4 Violet 1st position
Muhammad Malik 5 White 1st position
Syed Mustafa Hassan Grade V Urdu Linguistic Festival
3rd position
The all over trophy for winning the maximum number of positions in the Linguistic Festival hosted by Ring Road Campus was also awarded to Walton Campus. Yayyy!
THROWBACK
Earth Day is a day celebrated across the globe on 22 April. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness for the support of environmental protection worldwide. The theme for this year's Earth Day is "Restore Our Earth" which focuses on natural processes and emerging green technologies that can restore the world's ecosystems. Mother Earth is a living organism too. Love, honour and respect her. Happy Earth Day!
Washma Aabid from V Silver and Abdullah Asim from V White shared a smart video on facts about Earth Day and why is it celebrated, during the Homeroom Presentation.
Nightingale of Walton! Beaconhouse Johar Town Girls Campus hosted an Inter School Singing Competition “ Malika e Taranum Noor Jahan”. It was a virtual competition for Grade IV and V students held in the month of March. The participants from grade 5 had to send in a solo video up to 3 minutes long singing a song from a list of 20 songs shared by the host school sung by the queen of melody; Madam Noor Jahan. Our young student from V Green - Abeeha Tariq won the 1st prize. She sang the ever euphonic song; Sada hoon apnay pyaar ki. Our young nightingale tried to follow the footsteps of Madam and secured the top position out of numerous entries. Abeeha has a beautiful and a very melodious voice and we see her with a very bright future in terms of singing if she wants to take it up as a passion or as a hobby in the upcoming years.
Food Set GO! As a part of the ‘Health Campaign”, Beaconhouse Garden Town Campus, Primary School organized an interschool Health Lunch Video making contest; "Food, Set Go". 14 campuses across the country participated in this competition.
Khadija Zaka of V Silver secured the 1st position. She had made a Tortilla Sandwich with grilled Broccoli along with Watermelon juice. She explained the importance of fruit, grilled chicken and vegetables. Khadija also explained in the live session how the tortilla can be exchanged with whole wheat tortilla or homemade bread for an even healthier meal keeping in mind the food pyramid.
Allama Iqbal was a great philosopher and poet. His poetry is considered to be revolutionary and is still by far ranked amongst the top most in South Asia. Students of Grade III and IV observed 83rd death anniversary of Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal by attempting Kahoot quizzes about his poetry and struggle for Pakistan.
Allama Iqbal The Poet of the East
Special Homeroom Sessions were conducted across each level. Students presented PPTs to commemorate the efforts of the national poet.
Aimen Fatima of class V Silver paid a small tribute to his efforts through a to the point and crisp presentation.
Second Virtual Parent Teacher Meeting
DEAR Day – Drop Everything And Read Day is celebrated every year on 12th April. This is a way to keep the joy and spark of reading alive in the lives of the current generations. More into gadgets and away from books, families are encouraged to spend 30 minutes together and just Read. In a special hangout session; students brought along books, magazines, articles, novels, etc to cherish this time with their peers and teachers at 11:30am to Drop Everything And Read. Later shared their views about reading on the Padlet Wall.
Young Poets of Walton Students from around the world were invited to publish an original poem on PenPal Schools through World Poetry Day (March 21st) to enter into the Global Poetry Contest! Over 1,000 students from 17 countries participated in the Global Poetry Contest and we take immense pride to share that over half of the participants came from Pakistan which included a large number of participants from the Beaconhouse School System. The contest announced its seven winners, out of which three winners belonged to our campus. All the winners received a feature on the PenPal Schools blog. Please visit the following link to see their creative pieces along with the source of inspiration behind their poems.
Upper Primary student Zainab Amjad Grade V
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Jumma tul Wida
The last Friday before Eid ul Fitr 2021 began with the beauty of recitation and translation of the Holy Quran across the online classrooms. It was followed by recitation of Durood and Naat by students. Sunnahs of Friday were discussed by the teachers with their students as a gesture to gain as many blessings from this departing month. Special prayers were made to Allah to rid the world off the pandemic; Covid-19. Our young students; Abeeha Tariq from 5 Green and Zainab from 4 Pink recited "Oh Allah the Almighty "by Sami Yusuf in their beautiful voices . Abeeha Tariq from 5 Green and Arsh Yousaf from 5 Silver also read beautiful Naats.
Zainab Khan 4 Pink
Abeeha Tariq V Green
M. Mazin Bin Faisal III Green
Arsh Yousaf V Silver
A special assignment was shared in the Google Classrooms for the students with preplanned activities for which our students made special efforts to say ‘love you’ or ‘thank you’ to their mothers for their efforts. Students used special recipes to cook delicacies and serve their mothers. PPTs of photo slides were made along with special ecards wishing ‘Happy Mother’s Day’. Students participated with fervor and enthusiasm to wish their mothers with kind gestures to express their love.
They recorded videos of their cooking and sharing it with their mothers and sent them to the school. Special poems were written; the most common were the ones written on the word M-O-T-H-E-R in acrostic style of poetry. Songs were sung for the special gesture and the list goes on as the creative minds and their brilliant ideas have no bounds.
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MILAN PARTY
Students of Upper Primary celebrated a Virtual Eid Milan Party on 17th May 2021. Students were excited to be back to virtual schooling after a week-long Eid Break. They shared their Eid activities along with pictures. Students were dressed up in their Eid dresses and brought in a snack with them for the party. Students played online quizzes and games. Discussions on pre and while Covid Eid, differences and similarities were shared by all. Students shared Eid videos and indulged in discussions regarding their collection and planning of how to spend their Eidi. A fun and activity filled day was enjoyed by the students.
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Hippo Competition
Chaudhry Hussain Ali IV Pink
Rayan Khalid V Silver
GLOBAL HIPPO ASSOCIATION is a non-profit organization founded in 2012 with the purpose of promoting the importance of English language knowledge and bringing together children from different countries. Our students from Walton Campus take part in this competition every year and are triumphant. The first round of HIPPO Olympiad was held on 15th April 2021 and the following students from grades 4 & 5 reached the semi – finals. The semi – final round was conducted on 7th May 2021 and the results are still awaited. The finalist will be going to ITALY for the final round.
Maroz Fatima V Red
BSS Learner Profile Zainab Shahid of V Pink won the learner profile depiction through Art. She presented her work on the attribute: Ethical. Well done Zainab! Art is definitely a great way to present your views in the best possible way.
Muqabala Husn e Qirat An Interschool Virtual Recitation Competition, "Muqabala Husn e Qirat" was arranged by Beaconhouse Model Town 78-A1 Campus. 12 campuses participated in this competition and Fatima Usman from IV Yellow stood second from Walton Campus.
FATHER'S DAY
Parents are celebrated every day, however, Father’s Day is exclusively celebrated every 3rd Sunday of June. Special cards and gifts are given by children of all age groups. Our students at Walton made a special effort by making Father’s Day Booklets. The booklets contained message for their father, special memories in the forms of pictures were pasted in each booklet. Children wrote about their most favourite and most memorable moments spent with their fathers. The booklets were made in their Art lessons to be presented to their fathers on Father’s Day.
S R E G N R I I S E H T T AT S BE
LMA Primary 11 FCC held an Inter-School Singing Competition. Enthusiastic singers were invited from Grade III, IV and V to showcase their talent in a Virtual Competition; ‘Feel the beat with Karaoke’. Our students from Walton Campus, Maryum Nazer from 4 Silver and Dabra Gulzar from 3 Green made us proud.
Maryum Nazar IV Silver 1st Position
Dabra Gulzar 3rd Position III Green Maryam sang the song ‘Bolo Bolo kya Dekha’ in Pop songs category securing the 1st position while Dabra sang ‘Aey Rah e Haq k Shaheedoan’ and securing 3rd position in National songs category. Both of them sang very well and secured positions among several brilliant competitors across BSS schools of Pakistan.
To wrap up this year our students came all dressed up to spend their last day with their classmates after the exam. They carried special homemade delicacies and eatables along with balloons and party decorations to give their classrooms a festive look. Keeping a safe distance and following the SOPs the students enjoyed themselves while having food and a nice chit chat with their teachers and peers.
The party was held for each group; A and B on their respective exam days to ensure the compliance of Covid SOPs.
IMPORTANT DATES! Summer Break for Students Monday, 28th June 2021 End of Year Results for Classes 4-7 Monday, 5th July 2021 Academic Session 2021-22 begins Monday, 16th August 2021
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