NEWSLETTER UPPER PRIMARY, MIDDLE & SENIOR SCHOOL 2022
BSS-HSCR NEWSLETTER'22
Upcoming Events Sports Day Pakistan Day Debate Competition Science & S.St Quiz
TABLE OF CONTENTS HM's Desk Leader in Me Initiative Co & Extra Curriculars Professional Development
From the Head Mistress' Desk Greetings to all the Leaders! I hope that you are healthy and well, and are enjoying special times with loved ones. This term is over and has given us a bundle of memories to cherish forever. In this term, an amazing initiative of Leader in Me has paved another way to enhance and inculcate leadership skills in the students. It was not only empowering for the students, but also enlightened the parents and faculty to polish their leadership skills by working on the 7 habits of effective people. Such initiatives and continuous counseling help in the character development of students, therefore bringing a constructive change in society. Besides all the impressive work happening inside the classroom, I would like to mention the enthusiastic involvement of students in the vibrant activities held for Global Dignity Day, Peace Day, and various inter and intra-school competitions; while the wholehearted contributions to the morning assembly presentations need not be undermined. The term came to a fitting climax with the fun and frolic at School Trips and at the Club and House Culmination activities. Our staff also rose above any obstacles in our way and did an excellent job. Living up to its legacy, BSS- HSCR held professional development training for its teaching faculty too in various domains. We strive to uphold a school environment that is collaborative in nature and draws on the strengths of all stakeholders – our parent body, the students, and the staff! To ensure that students remain devoted to academia and perform better in their studies along with their holistic development, it is suggested to reduce the screen time of students and always allow them to use mobile or laptops under parental supervision. In spite of the uncertainties we face, I am confident without a doubt that our spirit and positive energy, teamwork, and dedication to excellence will guide us through another successful school term. Wishing you all a prosperous and wonderful year! Warm regards, Ms Sumairah Naveed. BSS-HSCR
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Leader in Me Leader in Me Coach, Ms. Almas Fawad, visited BSS-HSCR. She shared her words of wisdom with the students of the primary grades during the morning assembly on Leader in Me. Later, she took a round of the campus observing a few direct and indirect lessons. An insightful meeting was also conducted with the HSCR Lighthouse Team to discuss their roles and action plan.
"Leadership is communicating people’s worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves. Is that not also the essence of good teaching?"~Stephen R.Covey
Light House Team The interactive morning assemblies on 7 Habits of Effective People have enlightened the students, faculty, and parents about how leadership is very important to bring constructive change in society. Students of BSS- HSCR are using the Leader in Me vocabulary in their daily lives to showcase that there is a leader in all of us, just we need to be the in-charge of our minds and actions.
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FIRST PTM Connecting home and school makes us a great community of learners! With the aim of gaining more insight into each others' perspectives, BSS-HSCR held a Parent-Teacher Meeting for all levels - early years to senior school. HSCR thanks the parents for their valuable feedback and continued support.
KOOBITS ORIENTATION OF PARENTS "If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow." ~John Dewey An enlightening session for the parents was organized by the Mathematics Faculty of Grades 3, 4, and 5 in BSS-HSCR. In this session, the importance of KooBits as a digital tool to practice Mathematics was discussed. KooBits has sums, that align with the attainment targets of SNC.It is studentfriendly, easy to use, and full of audio/visual resources to practice well.
MEET & GREET WITH PARENTS OF O LEVELS Parental involvement not only enhances academic performance, but it also has a positive influence on student attitude and behavior.
BSS HSCR held a meet and greet session with the parents of O' levels students. The purpose of this session was to discuss and plan curricular and co-curricular activities for the upcoming year of the students. It also helped in receiving valuable feedback from the parents and students.
BSS-Harley Street Campus held an investiture ceremony witnessing the proud coronation of its young leaders as the members of the new student council for the session 2022-23. Chief Guest, Mr. Khwaja Haider Latif, Regional Director, North, BSS Group congratulated the council members. Ma’am Sumeirah, HM, BSS-Harley Street took the oath from the council. Conferred with badges and sashes, the students pledged to fulfil their duties to the best of their abilities.
Educational Trip to Army Museum A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives. Go to museums as often as you can." ~Maira Kalman HSCR arranged an informative school trip to the Army Museum to aquaint students with the history of our armed forces' bravery. Students from grade1 - 5 visited the museum. They observed the displays with keen interest and listened to the information shared by the museum guides attentively.
Recreational Trips Tours are a strong way to consolidate learning, the experience from a trip can be directly related to the real world. It gives young people the chance to experience cultures, respect differences, and develop new friendships with their peers and thus broaden their horizons and knowledge. Students of BSS HSCR went on a school trip to La Montana and Joyland. BSS-HSCR
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Effective and Safe Use of Social Media "Anything Violence can do, Peace can do better." International Peace Day is a celebration of efforts and motivation to hearts to restore the peace and happiness in this world. The students of BSS HSCR celebrated International Peace Day with full enthusiasm.
HSCR arranged an interactive session for middle school students titled: “Effective and Safe use of Social Media.” The need for students to use cyber space safely cannot be stressed enough. Motivational Speaker Phyza Khan - with a background in Law and International Relations, and work experience with institutions like SECP, FBR and INGOs addressed the session. She guided the students on keeping personal information private, being aware of online threats and netiquettes to become responsible online citizens.
International Peace Day
Global Dignity Day
Every year Breast Cancer awareness campaigns are held world-wide in October. Students of Grade 10th BSS HSCR participated in a bake sale to raise it's awareness at BSS Potohar.
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Global Dignity Day is an initiative to educate and inspire young people in order to understand their self-worth and goals. Students of HSCR have celebrated Global Dignity Day and have shared an important message of 'We are equal' in the morning assembly and via interactive class activities at all grades.
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Q U IZ W IZ M A TH & B -M ET A If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better. Andrew Whitworth
Urdu Handwriting Competition Art Competition
OUR CHAMPS! 'CHAMPIONS KEEP ON PLAYING, UNTIL THEY GET IT RIGHT' - BILLIE JEAN KING
'Our Students-Our Pride' An outstanding student of BSS-HSCR, Hamza Kasi earned 3rd position in the Pakistan KooBits Daily Challenge. In this challenge, beaconites from all over Pakistan participated. We congratulate Hamza Kasi for his amazing efforts, and we wish him to prosper in digital literacy. Keep shining and keep making HSCR proud
INTERSCHOOL COMPETITION OF URDU ACTIVITIES
Students of HSCR have participated in an Urdu competition organized by Satellite Town Branch. Students of Grades 3, 4, and 5 of BSS-HSCR have shown their exuberance in the competition of poem recitation, role-play, and storytelling. BSS-HSCR won 2nd and 3rd position in role-playing and poem recitation respectively.
"Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities…but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed."- Thomas W. Moore
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Glimpses from the activity week featuring the club culmination activities of each club
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Cluster Head Meeting
HSCR had the honour of hosting its maiden cluster-heads meeting for Cluster 18. In the highly productive and fruitful meeting the school Capex and Opex planning was another major highlight of the meeting.
Professional Development As part of the professional development staff training, a session was held to acquaint teachers with SIP (School Improvement Plan), standardized copy checking, and Leader in Me initiative. The training was held for the teachers of all levels at HSCR by Ma’am Sumairah Naveed and Ma’am Zainab Hussain. Teachers have been appreciated who have completed their Beginner Teachers Preparatory Programme.
Syllabus Orientation for Parents'22 *“Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.”* ~Bob Beauprez HSCR organised an Orientation Session for parents of students enrolled in Grades III - VI. The aim of this session was to acquaint the parents with the teachers, course outlines, subject overview, assessment schedules etc. Each subject teacher also provided the participants with an insight into the teaching strategies employed by them at school and how the parents could support the students at home. HSCR thanks the parent body for an overwhelming turnout and participation!
School Council Meetings School Council meeting was held with parents in the campus multiple times to discuss and foster the wellbeing of students and school. The council helped to implement awareness on dengue, COVID vaccination, stranger danger and first aid for students. Parent School Council comprise of Ms Sumaira as a chairperson, Ms Kousar Nayab as a secretary, Sir Habib as teacher member, and Ms. Nighat Noreen -Assistant Education Officer; while Ms Daphne Gomez, Ms. Bushra Areeb, and Ms Hira Jahangir are the parent members.
Teacher's Day Celebrations
To acknowledge and appreciate the contributions and efforts of educators, HSCR held a ceremony on International Teachers Day. In the festive event, the teachers were given appreciation letters and the ceremony was concluded with a sweet bite of scrumptious cupcakes.
Meet & Greet Week Faculty of HSCR has celebrated a meet and greet week. The main purpose of this week was to rejuvenate the bond and empower the teachers by providing them relaxed atmosphere. This week was organized by the faculty for the faculty on various themes. These activities have helped the faculty to sharpen the saw and to revitalize for another amazing academic session.
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“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” Stephen R. Covey