Beaconhouse School System Harley Street Campus Rawalpindi NEWSLETTER : TERM 02 |
ISSUE 02 |
JUNE 2021
From the Head’s Desk "The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into the window." Sydney J Harris
Dear Parents, All praises to Allah I congratulate you all on the successful completion of this eventful but challenging year. This year Beaconhouse HSCR, you as parents and our valuable students displayed exemplary co-operation and did not leave any stone unturned to continue the learning process of our children. I extend my heartiest gratitude to the valued parent body to make BSU a successful mode of teaching and learning. It was, indeed, a great support from our parents that we could make online teaching possible during this uncertain situation of Covid 19.
IKLC, GREEN LIVING, HIPPO, and many more have made us realise that they are ready for 21st century challenges. Mission of Beaconhouse is to make our children prepare for the challenges of New Era. We believe in continuous improvement and keep on improving our ways and tools of teaching. Thank you so much for your continuous support. Good luck my dear students for your new session. I wish you all to stay safe and healthy!
Inside this issue:
Back to School
Keeping safe
IKLC prep, competition and IKLC prize distribution
IKMC prize distribution
Investiture Ceremony
Lower primary Covid Marshals, Class and Language monitors
Pakistan Day
PD session
PD workshop
Poetry Recitation (Pakistan Day)
Session with a lawyer
Students’ achievement
Virtual Sports Competition
From the pen Headmistress
Mrs. Sumaira Naveed The motivation of our students is our strength. The outstanding performance of our young learners in the international contests like IKMC,
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Women’s Day
Young readers
Orientation Session
CRT Meeting
COVID and Climate
Teachers’ appreciation get together
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Back to School School is the foremost fountain of knowledge children are exposed to. It provides a chance for them to acquire knowledge and contributes to cultivation in the thought process. After weeks of school closure our tots of Lower Primary joined back on 11th January 2021.They were super excited to meet their teachers and friends. The readiness and enthusiasm of the parents, children, and administration to adapt to the new set of inschool rules made the safe management of the learning process possible.
Keeping Safe “Safety first is safety always.” Charles M Hayes Students of Grade One Rose presented a colourful morning assembly on the topic “Keeping Safe”. They highlighted the importance of being safe and gave a detailed account of the ways to keep ourselves safe at home and outside. The assembly concluded on the important note of staying alert all the time and
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IKLC Preparation, Competition and IKLC Prize Distribution Competitions play a vital role in motivating students to perform and offer a lot more reward than just the winning prize. One of the most important phases for holding a contest is its preparation. HSCR, every year shines in International Kangaroo Contests with a chance for beaconites to gain substantial experience and showcase skills. Carrying the same tradition, preparatory sessions for IKLC 2021, were held in the campus from Grade 1 till Grade 10. Students warmly participated in online practice sessions and completed the paper within the allocated time. Teachers supervised and motivated the students throughout the online practice.
IKMC Prize Distribution A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work. .. HSCR aims to promote a culture of critical and clear thinking as well as good communication skills among the students. The International Kangaroo Mathematics Contest (IKMC) is held every year in the Harley Street campus, providing
international recognition to its children at a very early stage of their life. Carrying the tradition forward, our young achievers outshined this year as well in the 30th IKMC, 2021. A prestigious prize distribution ceremony was held in the campus to acknowledge the achievement and success of our beaconites. Students were awarded prizes for their hard work. Hence proving at the international level second to none.
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The Investiture Ceremony is a solemn occasion where all students are prepared to don the mantle of leadership and discharge the responsibilities entrusted upon them by the school. Our school PRIMARY NEWSLETTER
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acknowledged the budding young leaders and reposed the trust in them by recently organising an Investiture Ceremony which witnessed the proud coronation of young leaders as the members of the student council. Ma'am Sumaira Naveed took an oath from the council members. The ceremony concluded with acceptance speeches by the newly appointed head girl, Mahnoor Imran and head boy, Saaim Noor.
Lower primary Covid Marshals, Class and Language monitors
“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves” -Roy Kroc The position of the class representatives is an important part of students' personal growth. It plays a dominant role in a child's education and can have magnanimous influence over their attitudes about school and learning. They set behavioral standards for other students to consider him or her as a role model. Keeping this in view students from early and lower primary were nominated as Covid Marshals, Class and language monitors. They were nominated
with respect to the given criteria and were entrusted with a number of responsibilities to maintain discipline , standard and ensure proper compliance of COVID-19 SOP’s.
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Students of Grade Two celebrated Pakistan Resolution day with great enthusiasm and fervour. They participated in a wide range of activities comprising speeches, singing patriotic songs, quiz competition art n craft, followed by a very interesting conversation with an army personnel. It was a great show of unity and patriotism which ended on a positive note to make our nation an invincible one. Long live Pakistan!
Professional Development Session
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.” Phil Collins A fully functional education system is one that equips its students to become contributing members of society but the values, character, capacity, and complexity of the instructors in the education system determines whether such goals can be achieved or not! Teacher training therefore is a key factor in educational excellence. Maintaining its high standards on professional development of its staff, BSS HSCR arranged such a session for its subject coordinators, subject leads and level coordinators. The SM and PDSI Lead, Ms Zainab Hussain, in her enlightening and interactive presentation provided the participants an insight into using BSS’s new professional development platform PRISM. Ms Hussain guided the staff on the available
“I don’t believe in taking the right decision. I take a decision and make it right.” ~ Quaid-e-Azam
mandatory and optional courses available on this forum, not only for effective pedagogical teaching practices but also with a very strong emphasis on character development of the educators. The trainees would in turn collaborate with their colleagues to improve classroom learning as they meet new challenges in education.
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Professional Development Workshop When teachers have access to continuous learning opportunities and professional development resources, they’re better equipped to become good teachers. With this philosophy a workshop was conducted on Professional Development plan by senior mistress Syeda Zainab Hussain. She gave a detailed training followed by a very interactive question and answer session.
Session with a Lawyer The first priority of the government is the safety and security of its citizens. Numerous government institutions are functioning to ensure the protection of its citizens. To learn how the legal system is connected to the same, an informational and interactive session was organized for the students of grade 3.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Poetry
Recitation
Pakistan Day is observed on the 23rd of March every year. It is an important day in the history of Pakistan. This year also we celebrate Pakistan Day with traditional zeal and fervor and we renew the pledge to make our country a strong, progressive and prosperous Islamic welfare state. Grade Three showcased their talent of poetry
Our guest Advocate Sardar Phyza Khan educated children about the legal system of Pakistan, a fruitful session that answered all their queries unambiguously.
Students’ Achievements
recitation and took part in acknowledging the efforts of our eminent leaders.
Motivation and success are what drive individuals everywhere! The recognition of students fosters strong relationships among students, families, faculty, and the community and creates a positive school culture where students feel valued. HSCR believes the same and strives for this strong positive culture.
We realize it is critically important that we celebrate and recognize the outstanding things that students accomplish, both inside and outside of the classroom. To acknowledge our young learners, students of our primary level were awarded BSU regular attendance certificates to appreciate their meaningful and persistent effort throughout the BSU. We wish much more success to our proud beaconites!
Virtual Sports Competition Physical inactivity among children is a great concern these days. It threatens our future and that of the next generation as it is known to have an increasingly negative impact on rates of obesity, noncommunicable disease and overall health. It is inarguably accepted that a bit of healthy competition in any field is known to enhance motivation and generate increased effort from those competing. Keeping in mind the importance of healthy competitions, HSCR PRIMARY NEWSLETTER
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organized virtual Sports competitions in the campus. Students from primary level eagerly participated in different exercises such as, hand to foot clap, seated arms and legs coordination, figure of 8 etc. Later the successful candidates were awarded certificates for their enthusiasm.
thoroughly entertained respective teachers.
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No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.” ― Muhammad Ali Jinnah International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women identifying, celebrating and increasing visibility of women's achievements. HSCR celebrated the day, acknowledging the women on its team.Maintaining her tradition of carrying out sweet, meaningful ways to acknowledge her team, Ma'am Sumaira Naveed welcomed the staff in the morning with a surprise token of appreciation.
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Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller. HSPR celebrated the achievements of young readers of Grade One who enthusiastically participated in the Star Reading programme thus motivating them to make reading fun, interactive, and highly rewarding. Well done star readers!
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Orientation Session Today students need to be more prepared for the academic and social learning that compose their educational journey. Keeping this aim in mind, HSCR primary level arranged virtual EOY orientation sessions for Grade 4 and 5. The purpose of the orientation was to guide students and parents about the format and syllabus of the EOY exams. Teachers, through a comprehensive presentation, facilitated the students while emphasizing on their academic preparedness by building skills such as time management, motivation, and creative writing. The session ended in a fruitful Feedback session, in which the queries by the parents were
CRT Meeting CRT (crisis response team) meeting was held in the primary building last week. Meeting was attended by all the members of CRT, and was presided over by the Security In charge of HSCR. Future strategies were discussed to respond immediately to warning signals of crisis and execute relevant plans to overcome emergency situations. All the members were told their designated responsibilities and were briefed about their roles in case of
emergency situations. The CRT discussed in detail all the advance planning and actions taken to address natural and man-made disasters, crises, critical incidents, and tragic events.
COVID and Climate “Winning means you’re willing to work longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.” Vince Lombardi
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COVID and Climate’ planned a Climate Project as a unique homebased online activity offering a mix of MCQs, Creative Writing and Climate Puzzle Games with its
enormous capacity to inspire young people to play their vital role as leaders. The winners from PreNursery to Grade II were awarded medals. However, Certificate of appreciation was given to all the participants.
Congratulations to all the winners !!!
endeavors to make BSU an exemplary success.
Furthermore, a ceremony was arranged to acknowledge the untiring efforts and dedication of our Matric and Cambridge teachers who have helped the students produce
End of Term Party To celebrate the resilience and efforts of the students and teachers in this eventful year, an end of year party was arranged on campus. Dressed in colourful outfits, enjoying games and snacks, the year came to a lively and animated wrap up, creating memories of a lifetime.
remarkable results. HSCR is indeed indebted to this cadre of educators and is proud to have them on the team. These teachers went 'beyond the classroom’, giving up spare time, provided fantastic pastoral care and support, had innovative lesson ideas and practices that opened up the
world, helping our students prepare for their futures beyond school.
Teachers’ appreciation get together A get-together was arranged at Beaconhouse HSCR to honour teachers for their extraordinary
Our heartfelt congratulations and a big thank you once again to Ma’am Naila, Sir Ehsan, Ma’am Sumera Ijaz, Ma’am Bushra Areeb Fatimah, Ma’am Zunaira Mateen, Sir Muhammad Ismail and Sir Muhammad Asif Haider.
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