Newsletter 2020-21

Beaconhouse School System Bahria Town Senior Campus

Inside this Edition: Message from the School Head [2]

Bahria Chronicles

Section Head's Note [3] O Level/ Matric Result 2020 [4-6] Meet our student council [7-8] Welcome Back to School [9] PTMs (Parent Connection) [10-12] Students in limelight [13-16] We create the extra ordinary [17-28]

June 2021

BSS Birthday [29] Staying Safe [30-32] Going beyond textbooks [33-34] Professional Development [36] Important Dates [37]

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Message from the

SCHOOL HEAD Dear Parents and Students , Sometimes it is hard to believe that we have made it through 2020 and here we are closing the session 2021.

We have had our triumphs and our challenges, but in spite of it all, we continued to work hard to reflect the attributes of true Beaconites. The last year was mostly online and less face to face and yet we all made it possible to keep advancing towards the common goal of achieving our academic targets.

I am thankful to everyone who has worked so hard to encourage and support the learning in and out of the classroom. I thank our dedicated faculty who has made a huge difference in our students’ lives by providing wholesome, engaging and well-rounded experiences for our students. Their commitment has been outstanding thus, benefiting our pupils at large.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous pressure on all of us to adapt -- especially when it comes to imparting education. While these adapted measures aren’t perfect solutions, yet they are the ties that have held us all together over this last year.

I am proud of all my students who were present and ready to engage through any medium.

This wasn’t easy at all, as the entire study experience had completely changed. Our students, through their resilience and perseverance, made it through these challenging times and showed up, both online and in person, with a willingness to grow and learn.

For the graduating class of 2021, I would like to wish them best of fortune and prosperity in their years ahead. I am sure that they will emerge stronger and more determined.

Have a relaxing Summer break !

Sincerely Samana Imam School Head

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"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you" –B. B. King The past year and a half has been a challenging time for the educational sector. With the pandemic and closure of schools, learning has taken a new turn, emphasizing the need to adapt to change and improve our traditional teaching styles.

Section Head's Note

We are lucky to have a dedicated team of teachers who, by their unrelenting efforts, encouraged students to become more confident showing exceptional progress with tremendous adaptability.

We ensured our students are challenged and inspired, both inside and outside the classroom. Besides offering a vigorous academic programme through BSU and Hybrid learning models, we were able to offer an extensive range of extracurricular activities, so that each of our students has opportunities to participate, grow and excel.

I am also thankful to the parents and guardians for ensuring that their children receive quality education by sending them to school despite difficult times.

Here's wishing for a better future for our children!

Shamaila Rizwan

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CAIE RESULT 2020

Congratulations to all our students on achieving a tremendous result of CAIE amid the COVID Pandemic. We applaud the efforts and dedication of our pupils as well as the constant guidance and mentoring of our faculty.

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CAIE RESULT 2020

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MATRIC RESULT 2020

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL STUDENTS

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M E E T T H E C O U N C I L M E E T T H E C O U N C I L

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Student Investiture Ceremony

The Student Council vowed under oath that they will be active and responsible members and will abide by the rules of the school and uphold the name of their institution.

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Welcome Back to School School is just a building unless students fill it with their presence!

Beaconhouse Bahria Town Senior Campus cordially welcomed back the students with zeal and zest. The administration ensured that all the SOPs and guidelines were adhered by in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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T N E R R PA CHE A ING E T ET E M

A Bifurcation Orientation Session for the parents of class VIII was followed by Parent Teacher Meeting.

School Administration and the School Career Counsellor briefed the parents about the subject options and gave a detailed account of both streams; O Level & Matriculation.

We thank our parent body for their valuable presence.

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Bifurcation ORIENTATION Bifurcation Session A bifurcation session was held with parents and students of Grade VIII to guide them about Cambridge and Matric stream in order to help them take the right decision for a successful academic path.

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PARENT TEACHER

VIRTUAL MEETINGS

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Student in Spotlight

Kashaf Khadija X Spring Genetic modification has undoubtedly been the biggest biological breakthrough of this past decade. In a world where millions are suffering from malnutrition and incurable diseases, CRISPR might be our greatest hope. Studying and editing genes is now quicker, easier and cheaper than ever. It can allow us to wipe out entire populations of malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a problem still faced by Pakistan today. Not only that, but it can be used to develop better crop-growing techniques, cure inherited blood disorders.

CRISPR has propelled humanity several years into the future, and could change the entire course of evolution as we know it.

Our student Kashaf Khadija secured second position by presenting her vision in Ideas Xtreme Science Project hosted by CSBC Virtual Olympiad.

CRISPR

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS IN EXTERNAL SCHOOL EVENTS

Menal Zaheer 9 Safari

Laveeza Farhan 9 Safari

Dua Ghazala 9 Safari

Menahil Bilal 8 Safari

Minha Saeed 8 Safari

Amina Ahmad 8 Spring

Pariza Gohar 8 Safari

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INTER -SCHOOL PARTICIPATION Beaconhouse Bahria Town Senior took part in the MUN organized at Canal Side Boys Campus on 28th-29th May 2021.

Students debated on the current crisis of Israel and Palestine. They presented their stance and supported it with logical statements. Finally, students created resolution papers and each committee proposed solutions.

Representing Qatar and Azerbaijan, Khadija Ali of VIII Meadow received Certificate of Honour and Suleman Khan of VIII Iris received Certificate of participation.

We are extremely proud of our young debaters!

We are very proud of our student Zain Saeed of Class VIII Iris who stood first in the Intra-Cluster Sports Competition against other Beaconhouse Campuses in the Cluster.

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STUDENTS PROJECTS Viral Video

Students of Grade VIII, Dawood Kamran, Hashim Abbas, Faizan Ahmed, Ayan Ahmed and Talha Zubair created their Penpal Schools project titled “Articulating Countenance” as an expressive viral video that Teaching Digital highlighted their feelings and Citizenship thoughts about the year Student of Grade VIII, Mahnoor 2020.

Nadeem created her Penpal Schools project on "Teaching Digital Citizenship" where she heeds the community to learn about the importance and impact of Digitalization.

Social Media Campaig

Students of Grade VIII Sana Faisal, Khadija Ali and Zulekha Zahid created a Social Media Marketing Campaign as their PenPals Schools Project about a local apparel brand “Jerdoni” where they used various marketing strategies and tools to promote the business.

Sana Faisal Teamwork is the best work. Pen Pal is a community that discovered a whole new person out of me. It gave me a hint of the world ahead.. We taxied through the lessons where we watched videos and read through the passages that had plenty of information. Then we answered the questions by expressing individual ideas. It was such a fascination to read and review different answers with versatile perspectives around the globe! Right after I was done with all the lessons, We completed the first phase of learning in just a few days. Then we proceeded towards the next phase of the project under the supervision of Miss Rabia. In this phase , we promoted Jerdoni as a project of the Digital Marketing Campaign. It is a Pakistani brand that markets its products to 10 different countries. 'Jerdoni' is managed by perfectionists, people who not only produce quality garments but also genuinely care about the aesthetics of our community. In order to carry out our project, we designed posters on different websites. Furthermore, we created a blog, signifying the brand details and uploaded it on google.

Likewise, we made an advertisement too. Promoting a brand, while keeping it professional, interesting, and considering the policies of being a digital citizen wouldn't have been possible without the initiative of Pen Pal, the guidance of our teacher, and teamwork.

Dawood Kamran I had a magnificent experience. Collaborating with so many students across the globe was a truly unique experience and it enhanced our skills to the next level. Before joining this platform, I didn't even imagine how great of a place it is. All the other participants were also very enthusiastic and their perspectives just made a picture of an entirely different world in my mind and I am astonished by how similar our thoughts are even though we live in different places with different cultures. Each opinion which is different, represents an entirely unique perspective. I can't wait to see what all of us do in the future.

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Students' Presentations

Despite all the best media available online, the art of communication is yet a challenge for most of us.

In this regard, when one masters the art of oration and eloquence, the best medium to usually exhibit their expertise is through the art of presentation.

Speaking of which, our students have never let go of any chance to demonstrate the skills and methodologies that they inherited and learnt from their veteran teachers and mentors.

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Grade XI Effective Time Management Session 12

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Time management is the key to success A session was held with Grade XI students guiding them about effective time management techniques.

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Grade VIII Science Experiments Hands on Minds on Grade VIII enthusiastically participated in Science experiments to learn novel things. It boosted their talent and practical skills. They also learned about how to put theory into practice.

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WORLD DIGNITY DAY

A webinar was hosted by the students on the 22nd of October 2020, to interview Danish Khan Dani - the founder of ILM Kada and KICKSAT Preparations, Lahore. He enlightened the students about the importance of dignity, and explained what it meant to treat others with dignity.

It was an interactive session which guided the students and broadened their views on how to promote human dignity.

Beaconhouse family joins with others to create a world where love, sympathy and acceptance triumph over inequality, intolerance and injustice.

Dignity Day was celebrated with the promise of fulfilling our moral and social duties as a citizen.

Students pledged to be open-minded and unprejudiced towards every idea and suggestion. The active participation of the students through brief presentations; art, photography, and awareness campaign through sticker distribution assured the value of dignity in their personal and academic life.

Students were asked to showcase their work at Dignity Day Picture Competition 2020. This competition aimed at inspiring the creative minds of Grade IX and X to define, click and show what dignity means to them.

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GP

CROSS CULTURAL COLLABORATION: Global Perspectives students of X Spring, Aleena Rizwan and Zarwa Arooj interacted with students of Beaconhouse Oman for a cross cultural collaboration on research topic of 'Food as means of promoting Culture'.

GP: Tradition, Culture and Identity- Virtual Sessions This is how we create the extraordinary at BBTC Senior! By developing 21st century skills. Our students got a chance to virtually participate in an intellectual discourse in order to research on Tradition, Culture and Identity for Global Perspectives. The discussion session was conducted with Mr. Tajdar Zaidi, by Global Perspectives students of Beaconhouse Bahria Town, Senior Campus.Aleena Rizwan, Mohibullah Khan, Zarwa Arooj and Amina Hassan of Grade 10 moderated the session. Another candid conversation with Mr. Shakeel Ahmed Bhatti on importance of language in tradition, culture and identity was carried out as a virtual colloquy.

Noor e Eman of 9 Spring conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Arshad Mehmood, Pakistan’s famous senior artist. Mr. Arshad wears many hats; he is a composer, music director and an actor. She inquired him about the guidelines regarding different walks of life.

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IQBAL DAY CELEBRATIONS ‫ﺳﺘﺎروں ﺳﮯ آﮔﮯ ﺟﮩﺎں اور ﺑﮭﯽ ﮨﯿﮟ‬ ‫ﻋﻼﻣہ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ اﻗﺒﺎل ﮐﮯ ﯾﻮم وﻻدت ﮐﮯ ﻣﻮﻗﻊ ﭘﺮ طﻠﺒہ اور طﺎﻟﺒﺎت ﻧﮯاﻗﺒﺎل ﺳﮯ اﭘﻨﯽ‬ ‫ﻣﺤﺒﺖ ﮐﺎ اظﮩﺎ ر ان ﮐﮯ ﮐﻼم ﮐﻮ ﺗﺤﺖ اﻟﻠﻔﻆ ﮐﮯ ﺳﺎﺗﮭ ﭘﯿﺶ ﮐﺮ ﮐﮯ ﮐﯿﺎ ۔ اس ﮐﮯ ﺳﺎﺗﮭ‬ ‫ﭘﺮ ﺟﻮش ﺗﻘﺎرﯾﺮ اور ان ﮐﮯ ﮐﻼم ﭘﺮ ﺧﻮب ﺻﻮرت ﭨﯿﺒﻠﻮ ﮐﯽ ﭘﯿﺸﮑﺶ ﻧﮯ ﭘﺮوﮔﺮام ﮐﻮ‬ ‫ﭼﺎر ﭼﺎﻧﺪ ﻟﮕﺎ دﯾﺌﮯ۔‬

EID-E-MILAD UL NABI

Iqbal Day

The person considered as the most influential figure in the history of the sub-continent “Poet of the East”, the philosopher and thinker ; is none other than Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Poetry of Iqbal holds the most essential place in the diversity of any language. Our school arranged a captivating and mesmerizing programme in order to pay tribute to Dr. Allama Iqbal. The students were veiled as famous poets and they recited poetry with intonation and melody . Special contribution was made by students through fiery speeches on his doctrines.

The day was well regarded for its association with the true legend who had envisioned the ideology of Pakistan.

‫ﺟﺷن آﻣد رﺳول‬ ‫ﺑﯾﮑن ﮨﺎوس ﺑﺣرﯾہ ﭨﺎون ﺳﯾﻧﺋر ﮐﯾﻣﭘس ﻧﮯ اﭘﻧﯽ ﺳﺎﺑﻘہ رواﯾﺎت ﮐو ﻗﺎﺋم رﮐﮭﺗﮯ‬ ‫ﮨوﺋﮯﻋﯾد ﻣﯾﻼد اﻟﺑﻧﯽ ﮐﺎ ﻧﮩﺎﯾت ادب اور اﺣﺗرام ﮐﮯ ﺳﺎﺗﮭ اﮨﺗﻣﺎم ﮐﯾﺎ ﺟس ﻣﯾں‬ ‫رﺣﻣت دو ﺟﮩﺎن ﮐوﺧراج ﻋﻘﯾدت ﭘﯾش ﮐرﻧﮯ ﮐﮯ ﻟﺋﮯ طﻠﺑہ ﻧﮯ ذوق وﺷوق‬ ‫ﺳﮯ ﻧﻌت ﺧواﻧﯽ ﻣﯾں ﺣﺻہ ﻟﯾﺎ۔‬

Eid Milad un Nabi Continuing its traditions, Beaconhouse Bahria Town Senior Campus organized a beautiful event on the occasion of celebrating our beloved Prophet Hazrat Muhammad's (PBUH) birthday i.e. Eid Milad un Nabi with full religious fervour.

Our students lovingly and respectfully presented tribute to the epitome of knowledge, wisdom, mercy and intelligence who changed the world with His(PBUH) compassion for all living beings.

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Our patriotic students expressed love for their beloved country and vowed to work for its solidarity and progress.

Pakistan Day Students expressed their creativity by making posters on the event of Pakistan Day. The love for their country was reflected in the colourful posters made by them.

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Honouring Quaid’s Vision of an inclusive Pakistan A virtual webinar was organised by the students of Senior School on 24th December 2020, to celebrate Quaid’s vision and discuss the importance of tolerance in a society.

Famous people from different walks of society were invited to share their thoughts on the untiring efforts of Quaid for an Inclusive Pakistan.

Quaid Day Students celebrated the birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah with traditional zeal and respect. They pledged to show strong commitment to the progress and prosperity of the country.

A virtual webinar was hosted by the student council, which was honoured by the presence of distinguished guests Sir Peter Jacob, Mr. Zubair Khan Niazi and Mr. Faisal Sabzwari.

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DECLAMATION CONTEST

‫ﺑﺤ‬ ‫ﮐﮯ ﺮﯾہ ﭨﺎون‬ ‫ﺳ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﯿ‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﮐ‬ ‫ﯿ‬ ‫ﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺑﯿ‬ ‫ﻤﭙ‬ ‫ﺲ ﮐﮯ‬ ‫ﻦ دل ﭼ‬ ‫ﭘﺮ‬ ‫ﺟﻮش ﺗﻘﺮﯾﺮی ﺴﭗ ﻣﻮﺿﻮﻋﺎ طﻠﺒﺎ اور‬ ‫ط‬ ‫ﺎﻟ‬ ‫ﺒﺎ‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ت‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﭘ‬ ‫ﻘﺎ‬ ‫ﺤ‬ ‫ﺘ‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﺑﻠ‬ ‫ﺮﻣہ‬ ‫ہ ﮐﺎ‬ ‫ﻣﺸﺘ‬ ‫ﺗﻘﺎرﯾﺮ ﮐ ﻣﺎﺋﺮه ﻋﺮﻓﺎن اﻧﻌﻘﺎد ﮐﯿﺎ ﮔﯿﺎ۔ ﻤﻞ اﯾﮏ‬ ‫ﺟ‬ ‫ﮯ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ‬ ‫ﻟ‬ ‫ﺌ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫ﺲ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ہ‬ ‫ﮯ‬ ‫ﯿ‬ ‫ﮟ‬ ‫دﯾﺌﮯ۔ ﻣ‬ ‫ﻣﻨﺼ‬ ‫ﻧﮯ ا‬ ‫ﺑﻼول ﻘﺎﺑﻠﮯ ﻣﯿﮟ ﺟﻤﺎﻋﻒ ﮐﮯ ﻓﺮاﺋﺾ ردو ﮐﮯ‬ ‫ﮔ‬ ‫ﮨﺸﺘﻢ ﺳﮯﻞ ﺗﺎڑڑ اور دو ﺖ ﻧﮩﻢ ﺳﮯ ﭘﮩﻠ ﺳﺮ اﻧﺠﺎم‬ ‫ﺳ‬ ‫ﯽ‬ ‫ﭘ‬ ‫ﺮ‬ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﺟ‬ ‫ی‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ز‬ ‫ﯿ‬ ‫ﭘ‬ ‫ﯾ‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﺸﻦ‬ ‫اﺣﻤﺪ‬ ‫ﮐﻮ اﭘﻨﯽ‬ ‫ﻮ زﯾﺸﻦ‬ ‫ﺗﻘﺮﯾﺮی ﺻﻼﺣﯿﺧﺎن ﻧﮯ ﺣﺎﺻﻞ ﺟﻤﺎ ﻋﺖ‬ ‫ﺘ‬ ‫ﭘﻮر ﻣﻮﻗ ﯿﮟ اﺟﺎﮔﺮ ﮐﺮﻧ ﮐﯽ۔ طﻠﺒﺎ‬ ‫ﻊ‬ ‫ﮯ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﮐﺎ‬ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ﻼ۔‬ ‫ﮭﺮ‬

Let's take a moment to congratulate the winners of both English and Urdu Speeches, selected on the basis of a thoughtfully designed rubric, by our honorable judges Ms Attiya Rashid (English) and Ms Maira Irfan (Urdu).

Winners for English topics: Khadija Ali- VIII Meadow: Failure is a blessing in diguise Zainab Malik- IX Safari: Failure is a blessing in disguise Runner up RameenMohsin-VIII Meadow: Covid- a threat to life

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AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

Creating Awareness Students launched a campaign to create awareness about spread and prevention of diseases. They made pamphlets, leaflets and posters.

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DAREECHA DAREECHA IS BACK This lively and successful virtual event fetched eager participation of students from varied schools.

Bahria Town Senior Campus concluded its two day mega event DAREECHA 4.0 with an Award Ceremony. The brimming faces of the winners showed feelings of pride and happiness as they were applauded by all the attendees.

Award Ceremony Giving students rewards for their efforts suggests that their hard work is appreciated. This is a powerful mindset to encourage students to participate in events and build confidence in their abilities.

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International Women's Day

“ Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world” was the theme for International Women’s Day 2021 Beaconhouse Senior Campus, Bahria Town celebrated women's day with fervour and vowed to achieve a balanced world where both men and women coexist respectfully.

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ONLINE LEARNING

STUDENTS' FEEDBACK

VENN GAGE

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BSS

BIRTHDAY 2021

HAPPY 45TH BIRTHDAY

BSS Birthday !

Cherishing 45 years of success, excellence, and spreading the light, Beaconhouse Bahria Town Senior Campus celebrated 45th Birthday of the Beaconhouse group. Emaan Fatima, Arfa Ihsan, Jannat Abbas and Zulekha Zahid presented a song on this occasion, making the event memorable .

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TYPHOID VACCINATION

Students' Health: Our Concern Students , with parent's consent, were vaccinated against typhoid at the campus to keep them safe and build resistance to fight against the disease to help create Typhoid free Pakistan.

COVID-19 TESTING

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ANTI BULLYING SESSION BEACONHOUSE SCHOOL SYSTEM

An anti-bullying session with Grade VIII students was held by Ms. Maria Sikander, to create awareness about bullying and how it can be handled. This session was quite fruitful in enhancing the confidence of the students and achieving the intended outcome of creating awareness.

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Teachers' Appreciation

To acknowledge and cherish the uninterrupted, goal-oriented and student-centred efforts of our star teachers, the 'Teachers’ Appreciation Day' was especially conceived, nurtured, organized and celebrated.

The vision behind this certificate distribution ceremony was to motivate and reward our visionary teachers who left no stone unturned to impart quality education, despite facing the novel and hidden challenges of the online teaching experience.

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Teachers Day Celebrations

This year, the Teachers’ Day was observed on October 5th, 2020 and hence, was celebrated in its full swing at Beaconhouse Bahria Town Senior Campus. Although every year, this day is celebrated with fervor and passion, however, this year special accolade and homage was given by the administration and students to the industrious teachers, who remained motivated and dedicated to their professional commitments despite the unforeseen challenges and unfavorable circumstances in the new COVID world. As a token of love and appreciation to the teachers, a special cake-cutting ceremony was also held to express gratitude.

Teachers are the backbone of a society. They are the role models students aspire to follow. They are the ones who guide and shape the future of children through their dedication and hard work.

Bahria Senior paid tribute to the teachers on Teachers’ Day to honour their relentless efforts and adaptability during these hard times.

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VIRTUAL WORKSHOP On Effective Online Teaching

Adapting to the challenges of the Blended Teaching Styles!

An interactive and informative virtual workshop on ‘Effective Teaching Techniques’ was conducted by Ms. Khadija Khan & Ms. Rujla David to train teachers to adapt to the changing styles of teaching.

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Beaconhouse Senior Campus, Bahira Town has been rigorously implementing and focusing on the policy of staff well-being and continuous professional development through quality training sessions. This year our PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT teachers availed F2F and online benefits of professional development which introduced them to a variety of specialized training modules along with advanced professional teaching patterns.

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