Newsletter Primary Section 2017-18

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Spring Fest English Essay Competition Exam Orientation Session Sports Gala WSC opening ceremony

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Inter branch art competition

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Let’s Go for a Movie

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Math Champ

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HRCA Super Star

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Obhartey Sitarey

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Budding Artist

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Women’s day celebrations Collaborative Learning Project World puppetry and poem day All Girls Inter Section Throwball Match

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English Elocution

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Science Quiz

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Assembly presentations Technology Parents’ Awareness Program For Queries

The First Word.

Dear Parents, We come to an end of another rewarding and incredibly busy school year at the Jauhar Campus. The end of the year is a good time to reflect and to look forward, to see what we still need to accomplish.

It is with great pride that I would like to start by sharing with you that World’s Scholar Cup for the first time in Karachi was hosted by Gulistan- e-Jauhar Campus.

The regional event at Karachi was appreciated by all stakeholders and now our five students are going to Kuala Lampur to compete at Global level while four students, will fly to Barcelona for the Global round. We wish them success and pray that they bring glory to the school.

This year, our young singers proved their mettle in Obhartay Sitaray. Nida Fatima and Ibrahim Ali got the winning team award in primary school category whereby Nida was awarded as the best voice and Ibrahim got the 2nd runner up trophy. In the Middle School, Ali Abbas was awarded the best winning voice.

The End of year result proves our pledge to being a high achieving school academically. For this, we would like to pay homage to our students and teachers for their exemplary dedication that was unfazed by the rigorous challenges of the academic year.

We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our reverend parents for their continued support. Their feedback greatly helped us in improving in academics and co curricular activities In the end, we wish everyone a very happy summer vacation. We look forward to welcoming our students in the next academic year.

Regards,

Dr Nadia Rashid Inam

Good to Know 

The new Academic Session will start on Monday, 6th August 2018.

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We are pleased to inform you that you can stay up to date with your child’s progress in school by using the Beaconhouse Mobile App.

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Share and learn, collaborate and communicate via our school facebook page https://www.facebook.com/bssjauharcampus/

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Some sections of Class V will now be accommodated in our new Primary Campus 2 building and parents will be informed soon.

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The Beaconhouse Newsletter May 2018 1.SPRING FEST: Spring is the most awaited season of the year. The seasonal change of winter to spring has long been associated with growth and renewal. This year, we celebrated Spring Fest keeping in mind the boosted energy levels, the curious minds and the challenging mood of our students to take on new things.

Students along with their families were invited to attend a day full of fun with learning events happening for parents and children to participate in and have a great time, where the students became the teachers. It was a pleasure to welcome members of a wider community to our sprightly and dynamic school.

2. ENGLISH ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION Beaconhouse School System has always believed that education and competition are very closely related as competitions are put in education for the development of educational skills.

To endorse the same English Essay Writing Competition was held on 12th March 2018. The purpose of the competition was to encourage the students to enhance their thinking and writing skills. The students were given the topic “Do Monsters really exist?”.The students came up with magnificent piece of writing. They demonstrated their creativity and imagination by formulating unique masterpiece. The essay was judged on student’s vocabulary, presentation and creativity.

End of Year Examination Orientation session was organized for parents and students of class IV who were to appear in the exams for the first time and new students of Class V.

and VI, on 20th April, 2018 to

3. EXAM ORIENTATION SESSION

“ You have done a great job BSS.. i must say it was a wonderfull orientation. I am thankful to all the responsible teachers who amazingly and patiently answered all our queires and satisfied us.. I was very confused but how to prepare my child fort the exams but now I feel much relaxed.

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Mother of Shaheer Abbas– IV “ The session was very awesome and fruitful .I was stressed and had many questions regarding examinations before this session but the teachers explained each and everything clearly . Infact I’m happy that we are lucky enough to have experienced teachers like them. Hope our teachers and seniors will continue to help us out in future too. Good luck to all students for their up coming exams.

Mother of Ayesha – IV BEACONHOUSE Jauhar Campus ST-4/A Block-1, KDA Scheme

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The Beaconhouse Newsletter May 2018 4. SPORTS GALA

Annual Sports day was executed with great zeal and enthusiasm on 24 January 2018. The ceremony was inaugurated by Ms. Afshan Ali, Academic Manager School group office III, after a wonderful band display of national anthem and torch bearing event. The programme encompassed a colorful walk past of our four houses, PE displays, Gymnastics and Taekwondo performances by our little sportsmen with true spirits of sportsmanship. Our young and energetic students participated enthusiastically in a wide variety of races including Basketball dribbling, Zig Zag dribbling, Hurdle races and Ladder races. A feeling of excitement pervaded the air as the prize distribution ceremony commenced. Students celebrated their victory joyously upon receiving their medals. The event ended with the announcement of final results in which Green House stood 1st and Yellow House secured the runner up position. th

5. WSC OPENING CEREMONY This year it was our greatest honor and privilege to invite the World Scholar’s Cup to Karachi for the very first time. This landmark event was held in February. It was a pleasure and a special opportunity to welcome the students of Karachi to share this Global event and be the part of the community of young scholars and future leaders of the world with us. Students of Primary section put up a colourful cultural show to welcome the guest participants and the WCS team. The opening ceremony included cultural songs, dances, sufi song and Qawwali to ensure the projection of Pakistani culture and languages to the outer world. The spectacular show was much enjoyed and celebrated by all.

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6. INTER BRANCH ART COMPETITION Schools level competitions are about more than just participation and winning prizes; they can play a major role in uncovering and nurturing natural talents of the students.

This is especially true for the art competitions where the students find a platform to display their creative and artistic abilities. That ’s why we encourage our students to participate and engage in art competitions. We hosted an Inter Branch Art Competition, where students from all the Primary branches of SGO III participated anxiously.

The event was honoured by the presence of Ms Sehba Munim, Art Curriculum Head at Regional Office. The event was judged by: Mr. Hasan Danish, Ms Maryam Kayani, Mr Arif Ali Ansari.

The topics for the day were: Class IV: Life Under the Sea Class V: Good Citizen for the Society Class VI: Healthy Food Healthy Mind

7. LET’S GO FOR A MOVIE Inspiration comes from a variety of sources, but movies can be particularly powerful for kids. Whether it's an environmental message, that gets young kids thinking about the Earth differently or a documentary that inspires kids to change their eating habits, the movies spur action.

Students of Class VI went to the Ocean Mall, Cinepax in January’ 2018 to watch Paddington 2. Paddington the bear is a popular member of the community who spreads joy and marmalade wherever he goes. A movie that promotes the importance of family and good manners might seem like it could become the squarest of snoozes, but Paddington 2 is so transcendentally cheerful that it carries the day Students enjoyed Popcorn and a variety of food from the food court before and after the movie. It was a thrilling experience for the students.

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8. MATH CHAMP: It’s been a prestigious moment for BSS to win Inter School Mathematics Olympiads (ISMO). In 13th National ISMO more than 12000 students throughout the country participated in which more than 557 students from different parts and of the country from Govt and private schools participated.Top ten position holders of 13th National ISMO were awarded with cash prizes, certificates and shields.

Our shining star Raza Jaleesi of grade VI-G was jubilant to bring the position to himself, and the pride and honor to his parents, teachers and to BSS.The 13th National ISMO prize distribution ceremony for Karachi region was held at HEJ Auditorium, University of Karachi, Professor Doctor Sayyad Anwar Zaidi, Chairman, Department of Mathematics, University of Karachi along with the worthy principals from the elite institutions of Karachi honored the mega event.

9. HRCA SUPER STAR The HRCA focuses on the future of the Pakistan by Student’s Extra Curricular activities, Competitions that will attract and equip students for a career in this rapidly growing field to strengthen, empower, and educate communities through the universal language of arts and through cultural interactions. It provides the opportunity to experience fun, hands-on robotics activities that promote STEMA education (science, technology, engineering, math and Art). Our participating students cleared the elimination round to go through to the Quiz rounds. Ayan Rasool of class VI successfully competed and secured a Silver medal in The Science Quiz. The participating students and Dr. Nadia were awarded with certificates and Ayan was awarded with his silver medal.

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10. OBHARTEY SITAREY MEGASTARS Music and singing has a strong influence on physical and mental health of a child. It helps to calm and focus the mind, and can be entertaining and fun due to its mood-enhancing benefits.

“Obhartay Sitaray” is a charity based singing competition where teams of various schools from the city participate to show their talents. Two of our very talented students; Syed Ibrahim of class V-G and Nida Fatima of class V-D won the ‘Winning Voice’ of primary level, Obhartey Sitarey at Royal Rodale. Nida captivated the audience with her performance on the song "Aao bachon tumhe sair karain", whereas Ibrahim held the audience’s attention by his spectacular performance on the song "Cinderella".

After successfully getting through the elimination round of Obhartey Sitarey, the two champions of Beaconhouse Jauhar Campus made us proud once again by securing first position in the finale held at Royal Rodale by competing 106 teams. The competition was judged by the mainstream singers of Pakistan including Ma'am Tina Sani and Ma’am Afshan Ahmed. Beaconhouse Jauhar Campus feels proud on this outstanding achievement.

11. BUDDING ARTIST Discovering the New Artist Art Competition was held on 10th December 2017 on the topic of Positivity and Honesty for age group 4-15 years. Our students along with many other schools participated in the competition with zeal. Abdul Salam of Class IV H won “Medal of Honor”. The medal was presented to him by the judge and chief guest, Mr. Sheharyar Zadi who is a well known personality as a famous drama actor, writer and poet. The winning artworks were exhibited on the day of the Prize Distribution ceremony which was held on 9 March 2018 at Karachi Art Council. Participants from schools all over Sindh came to collect their prizes and see the work of different students too. th

12. WOMEN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS International Women's Day is celebrated on 8th of March. As a school we aim to empower the next generation of female leaders and by embedding activities related to International Women’s Day in to the PSHE curriculum, students have had further opportunities to find out about inspirational women and address gender inequality. As always, our students have risen to the challenge and got themselves involved in everything that has been organised for. They recorded video messages for all the beautiful and strong women whom they are surrounded with.

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13. COLLABORATIVE LEARNING PROJECT Students of Class VI worked on Collaborative Learning Project with Qasimababd Branch.This project helped students work collaboratively and update their knowledge all over the globe, enhance their IT and Project Management skills, composing, presenting and working on online platform. The students shared knowledge, resources and capabilities with the partner school on the topic of Internet Safety.

The project was divided into 5 phases. PBWorks which is an online editing tool was used for the project.

14. WORLD PUPPETRY AND POEM DAY Puppetry in library not only makes reading more fun but can encourage social and emotional growth and improve early childhood literacy. In the same way poetry writing is an excellent practice for strengthening one’s writing skills, cultivating a robust vocabulary,and learning to work in imagery. To mark the occasion of World Puppetry Day and World Poem Day on March 21, students of Class V C did a story telling session (Three Billy Goats Gruff and The lion and the Mouse) using hand puppets made by the students and students of Class VI created Acrostic poems using their names as the subject. These activities helped spur creativity and encouraged social interaction in our students.

15. ALL GIRLS INTER-SECTION THROWBALL MATCH Throw ball is one of the globally recognized games, originated from the need to create a competitive ball game that would employ basic skills in ball throwing and catching, and would enable students’ development in various game situations. Girls InterSection Throw ball tournament was organized for Grade VI. Every girl of every section participated in this tournament and after moving through different competitions, the teams that qualified for participating in the finals on 26th March were 6 F and 6C. After awe-inspiring and stimulating match.

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16. ENGLISH ELOCUTION An elocution contest was held for Class IV on April 13, 2018. The participants recited different poems on the topic “Save Earth” and were assessed on their clarity, expression, pronunciation, intonation and fluency. This event provided the students with an opportunity to recite confidently in front of an audience.

The contest was conducted in 2 rounds. In the first round the students selected from each section gave a solo performance and in the second round all sections of Class IVs performed in group. For solo performance Saamia Khan from class IV-C secured 1st position and for group performance Class IV-C secured 1st position.

17. SCIENCE QUIZ Science Quiz was held on 9th April it was Inter Class Science Quiz, the format of the quiz entailed three rounds for each class. In the first round all students of grade 5’s participated and solved an Online Quiz on www.socrative.com . Based on the results two students per section were selected to represent their classes in the 2nd and 3rd round. On Wednesday 25th April 2018 the final two rounds were played by the chosen students. The 3rd and the final round was visual round which students enjoyed the most. The time allotted to give the correct answer was ten seconds, failing which the question was passed to the next team. In case, none of the teams were able to answer correctly, the question was open for the audience. Although all the teams participated actively, the team that scored the most was Ayesha Mustafa and Abdullah Yousuf followed by Umer Iqbal and Ali Hashir secured 2nd position.

Beaconhouse School System encourages positive competition and hopes to bring out the best in all its students through such competitive events, while ensuring that the children learn through all possible ways- not just through books and classroom teaching.

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18. ASSEMBLY PRESENTATIONS School assemblies are usually a way to communicate information to a large group of students simultaneously. Morning assemblies are important as it is the first step towards teamwork. They are fun. In this era scientist, philosopher and doctors says, please wake up earlier in the morning, it's good for your health and for your mind. Morning assembly in school is beneficial because, it makes student feel fresh, energetic with positive vibration.

19. TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM An effective use of Technology in Education has changed the face of education and it has created more educational opportunities. Both teachers and students have benefited from various educational technologies, teachers have learned how to integrate technology in their classrooms and students are getting more interested in learning with technology.

At Beaconhouse Jauhar Campus unlike physical classrooms, online learning is ensured that gives flexibility to the students from different geographical locations so they can attend the same class, no need of traveling from those locations. Technology helps students gain access to open educational resources. These resources are kept under the public domain and are freely available to anyone over the world-Wide-Web. On the other hand, use of hands-on is made an essential part of the lesson in BSS because it allows students to engage in kinesthetic learning. Children love to get their hands on everything. They are curious about the world around them and want to touch everything their minds wonder about. At BSS Jauhar Campus teachers have found that giving different visual methods to a lesson is better received than giving two verbal methods. Children stay engaged with hands-on interaction because it keeps them moving and shows how much learning can be fun!

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20. PARENTS’ AWARENESS PROGRAM Here at BSS we believe that children feel valued and perform better when their parents are fully involved in their education. To achieve this goal , “Parent Walk Through Program" was initiated. This program has been developed to foster a spirit of loyalty, harmony and strengthen the ties between Beaconhouse School System and its parent body. For child care and school professionals, working with parents and sharing information is a great way to setup a parent teacher partnership. For this parents were invited to sit in their child’s class during the lesson to experience class environment and students behavior during the lesson. Parents who get involved are most likely to understand and support approaches that are being used in the class and will apply these strategies at home. This program endeavours to provide the parents with the opportunity to observe first hand and unique teaching experience that have been incorporated in the system.

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Ms Sana Fatima Senior Mistress Primary Section fatima.sana@bh.edu.pk

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Ms Fariha Amir Coordinator Primary Section fariha.amir@bh.edu.pk

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Ms Nadia Rashid Inam Senior Headmistress nadiarashid.inam@bh.edu.pk

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Ms Hiba Atiq Parent Relations Officer hibaatiq.69025@bh.edu.pk

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Ms Summaya Mansoor Parent Relations Officer summayamansoor.72594@bh.edu.pk