Newsletter 2021 (final term)

Newsletter June, 2021

Beaconhouse School System Latifabad Primary-II Bungalow # 648, Adjacent to Al-Rafiq Banquet, Unit 2, Latifabad, Hyderabad

Phone # 022-3821319-91

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Beaconhouse School System

June 2021

Latifabad Primary-II

Dear Parents, It is time to celebrate as the academic year of uncertainty finally draws to an end. This is no less than an achievement for all of us who worked together to turn the impossible into the possible, leaving no stone unturned to ensure uninterrupted learning of our children despite the ceaseless ordeals caused by Covid-19. Congratulations to everyone! It is indeed true that "All is well that ends well."

All Beaconites have missed seeing each other and face to face schooling due to the global pandemic but seeing our students grow, given the circumstances, and cope with technological demands gives me immense pleasure and pride. They are undoubtedly the stars of tomorrow.

My entire staff put forth their best efforts, compromising their comfort before work and ensuring that learning never stopped. I would also like to thank the parents for their support this year. A great deal of what we do in school is unachievable without your cooperation and encouragement. Many thanks and we look forward to working more closely with you in the coming session.

As always, we are committed to providing a safe and secure environment for students and all stakeholders.

The entire staff, including support staff, is now vaccinated against Covid-19.

Finally, I wish all the students leaving us at the end of this academic year the very best for their future endeavours. I know that they will go on to achieve great successes in the future.

My prayers and best wishes for all students for a smooth learning journey in the next academic year.

Have a great holiday, enjoy quality time with your family and stay safe!

Anjuman Rashdi Branch Head- Latifabad Primary II

Back to School Physical and Online Classes After a fulfilling winter break, the second term of the 2020-2021 academic session started on 11 January 2021. Due to the nationwide closure of schools amid the Covid pandemic, students of Beaconhouse Latifabad Primary II resumed schooling online through Beaconhouse Schooling Uninterrupted (BSU). However, as the rate of spread of the virus plummeted and authorities marked it safe to reopen schools, students happily returned to school on 27 January 2021. Throughout the term, children enthusiastically engaged in various activities essential for their holistic development and provided a myriad of reasons for their parents to celebrate.

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Newsletter June, 2021

Kashmir Day Celebrations: Kashmir Day is observed on 5 February every year to express solidarity with the people of occupied Kashmir in their struggle for self-determination. To pay tribute to the Kashmiri people and acknowledge their endeavours to gain freedom, the school’s compassionate students delivered passionate speeches and shared motivational quotes during in-school celebrations on 4 and 5 February 2021. Students showcased their empathy by wearing Kashmiri clothes, observed a minute’s silence, and displayed meaningful posters. Towards the end, all hands prayed for Kashmir's independence and a prosperous Pakistan.

Mental Math Competition for grade IIs and IIIs A face to face mental math competition was held on 10 February 2021 for group A students and on 11 February 2021 for group B students of grades II and III. The main objective of the competition was to allow students to use and showcase their mental math skills, which promote faster calculation, allowing the brain to instantly recall mathematical facts. Students enthusiastically participated and amazed the audience with their mind-boggling ability to solve calculations.

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Newsletter June, 2021

Beaconhouse School System, Latifabad primary ll

Kids Athletics Due to its vast reach, unparalleled popularity and as a foundation for positive values, developing physical as well as mental strength in students is of utmost importance. It is also a powerful activity that breaks down barriers and helps us feel good about ourselves. Therefore, an inter-house kids athletics event was organised for the physical and mental fitness of students. One hundred percent participation helped build selfesteem, confidence, and important social skills, and motivated children to excel academically. The winning trophy was presented to the Green House for their brilliant performance.

An inter-house kids athletics event for grades II and III was also organised in hybrid learning on school premises by following strict SOPs. Games were chosen to meet the criteria of social distancing such as solo participation in the rolling race, stepping forward, tic-tac toe etc. Coincidentally, the Leopards of the Green House stood first in both group A and B The results are as follows: Class II (Group A) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Green House Red House Yellow House Blue House

Class II (Group B) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Green House Yellow House Red House Blue House

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Class III (Group A)

Class III (Group B)

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

1st 2nd 2nd 3rd

Green House Yellow House Red House Blue House

Green House Blue House Yellow House Red House

Beaconhouse School System, Latifabad primary ll

Newsletter June, 2021

Virtual Mother’s Day Celebration

“A Mother is she who can take the place of all others, but whose place no one else can take”

Mother’s Day is a special day for all children and mothers as it celebrates the everlasting bond of love and affection between them. Mothers are the emotional backbone of a family, and possess the magical instinct of being able to heal all wounds and make all things beautiful. Students of grade II and III observed a virtual Mother's Day celebration on 7 May 2021 to honour the contribution of mothers and acknowledge maternal bonds. Our little champs paid tribute to their moms with warm-hearted poems and videos. It was great to see the huge participation of mothers during the event. Mothers and students thoroughly enjoyed the programme. They even played a compatibility game to recognize the immeasurable contribution of mothers.

Virtual Earth Day

Students of grade II and III celebrated Earth Day virtually on 21 and 22 April 2021 to continue promoting environmental awareness and collaboratively devise ways to maintain a clean habitat. Teachers compiled interesting segments for the virtual programme, from educating students about the importance of celebrating Earth Day to interesting videos about practising the 3Rs(reduce, reuse, and recycle) in communities.

Students were also given a chance to discuss the importance of a healthy diet with guest speaker Dr Maria.

Later, children enjoyed interactive games and online quizzes to brush up on their learning. Each part of the programme was filled with interesting information and students remained engaged throughout the virtual event.

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Newsletter June, 2021

Parent-Teacher Meeting Communication between parents and teachers is crucial for students' success in the classroom. Therefore, BSS LP-II organised a face-to-face meeting on 26 February 2021 for parents of grade III students and on 27 February 2021 for parents of class II students. Parents who could not attend the conference physically were facilitated with a virtual meeting. Keeping in view strict compliance to SOPs, the school conducted face to face meetings later during school hours. The main intention of the meeting was to create a common platform where teachers and parents could come together to discuss students' performance and collectively agree on ways to enhance the learning experience.

Parents and teachers successfully identified the strengths and weaknesses of children and worked out ways to boost their performance. The meeting helped create a better understanding and built a harmonious

International Women’s Day

“A strong woman feels deeply and loves fiercely.

Her tears flow as abundantly as her laughter.”

International Women's Day is celebrated annually on 8 March to honour women and promote women's rights. This year, the theme was women in leadership: achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world. The main objective of celebrating this special day is to acknowledge the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in achieving an equal future. Our branch head honoured teachers by presenting beautiful cards as a token of love and appreciation.

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Newsletter June, 2021

Jashn-e-Baharan A magnificent flower festival - Jashn-e-Baharan was celebrated on 15 and 16 March 2021, under the supervision of school Urdu teachers to honour the varied collection of seasonal flowers and their beauty. Teachers and students put their best efforts forward to make the event look spectacular by creating picturesque themes of vibrant flowers around the school grounds. This colourful event included different interactive segments like tableau, live singing, and germination corner. Students were given a chance to use their skills in various activities, which were planned to ensure maximum participation. A virtual miracle garden was also arranged by teachers to highlight the importance and peculiarity of flowers around us. It was a great pleasure to see the guest mothers being entertained by the students' activities.

iEarn Project (Folktale Storytelling for Grade III) Stories have always been a way of communication. Every culture has its own stories and narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and to instil moral values.

Our proud champions of BSS Latifabad Primary-II Grade III and BSS Qasimabad Campus collaborated in an online session where little storytellers shared a variety of folktales as a part of the International Education and Resource Network (I EARN) storytelling project. Students put their best efforts forward while working on the project and enjoyed hearing folktales. We highly appreciate the efforts of our little champs.

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Beaconhouse School System, Latifabad primary ll

Newsletter June, 2021

Grade 3s Send off party In honor to bid farewell to its 3rd graders, BSS LP-II hosted a send off party on the last day of their academic year i.e 25th June 2021. It was the most memorable as well as entertaining event for the students. Teachers and branch head bid goodbye to the students by sharing some useful tips for the future and wished them luck. Students seemed overjoyed and were excited to embark on a new academic journey. Mango party was the highlight of the program. In the end students were surprised with special giveaways as a token of love.

Poem and Painting Competition To revive the spirit of patriotism in young hearts on the occasion of 23rd March, Beaconhouse Valencia Town Campus Lahore hosted Pakistan Day Inter-School Virtual Contest 2021, which encouraged our patriotic third graders of Beaconhouse Latifabad Primary- II to participate wholeheartedly. For her magnificent depiction of Pakistan through painting, our little artist Adan Fatima of grade 3A secured first position. Also, our brilliant student Qasim Siddiqui of grade 3B received an appreciation certificate for his beautiful poetic composition praising his beloved homeland.

Eid card Competition Students of grade III eagerly participated in the Eid card competition organised by Beaconhouse Discovery Centre. Children made beautiful Eid cards using their artistic skills and recorded oral presentations. Hatib Rehman, class 3E stood first, Anfal Karim from class 3E secured third position, whereas M. Qasim Siddiqui received the Special Consideration Prize.

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Beaconhouse School System, Latifabad primary ll

Newsletter June, 2021

Fajr (3E) Calligraphy Competition was held across Pakistan this year in which the students of BSS Latifabad Primary II participated enthusiastically unveiling their artistic skills. Abdul Momin (3E), Syed Saim Shah (3E), Hatib Rehman (3E), Eshaal Naeem (3E), Azaan Memmon (3D), Fajr (3E), Mashayme Ali (3B), Mohammad Ismail (3B), Dua Nawaz (3A), Gul-e-Zehra (3D), Anabiya Rab Khan (2D ), and Mashayme Ali (2B ) were among the participants. The result of this competition will be announced after the summer break.

Mashayme Ali (3B)

Eshaal Naeem (3E) Masham Ali (2B)

Syed Shah Saim (3E)

Hatib Rehman (3E)

Anabia Rab Khan (2D)

Abdul Mumin Khan (3E)

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Muhammad Ismail (3B)

Beaconhouse School System, Latifabad primary ll

Newsletter June, 2021

I am glad to share my personal experience with the BSU.I am really content and satisfied with the entire school staff as they are still providing the quality education even in this pandemic where being a devoted teacher is really hard. We had a wonderful whole year with you beautiful and obliging people. Last but not the least, thanks to the class teacher, Miss Roseline Khokhar, it wouldn't be possible without your immense support and love.

Mother of Manahil Shakeel (2A)

During the pandemic (covid 19), I really appreciate the efforts of Beaconhouse school system in maintaining the effective communication between the students and teachers via BSU uninterrupted. Not only communication but effective completion of the curriculum through this tough period.

Teachers and administrators are being so helpful and available for all queries. Also wants to mention the efforts of BSS in keeping the students so engaged with their classes as well as evaluating them continuously via quizzes and other activities. Keep going BSS! Dr Muneera Muneer.

Parent of Syed Rayan (2C)

It was a wonderful experience to get virtual classes. All the teachers were so helpful, kind and had the patience to tell one thing again and again. They are well-coordinated with us as well so we make it possible too; to teach our child appropriately. I would like to thank you all for your support and help in these circumstances.

Mother Masham Ali (2B) Sadiyah Zeeshan.

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Beaconhouse School System, Latifabad primary ll

Newsletter June, 2021

I, Dr. Javeria Salman, mother of Muhammed Mahad student of class 2 D studying in BSS Primary 2 branch of Latifabad Hyderabad, really appreciates the hard work, devotion and cooperation of the BSS teachers and other staff.

In this tough era of Covid 19 when almost everything was compromised to a greater extent BSS by its online learning education system tried its best to keep their children well updated and educated. The teachers even drained their energies in teaching the children in the month of Ramadan and in such hot weather just not to compromise the quality of their education. Hats off to you Beaconhouse for providing such a great service and having such amazing responsible caring teachers. My children are proud of Beaconite.

Thank you.

Mother of Mohammad Mahad (2D)

In this challenging pandemic situation we salute to the BSS LP2 branch for managing the curricular & co-curricular activities diligently. I find the Head Ma’am Anjuman Rashidi as well as the teacher's enthusiastic, energetic, cooperative, courteous and encouraging; they always leave a positive impact on a child's personality. BSU is an online platform designed for academic operations helping parents and teachers to facilitate student’s learning. Online lectures delivered by teachers are well prepared and they always answer in detail the questions asked by students providing them with good examples related to daily life that helps students to grasp the knowledge easily. LP2 branch frequently arranges co-curricular activities that fuels the learning process by stimulating creative thoughts, improving students' social skills, developing talents and polish the skills of a child that help them to improvise and boost their confidence to achieve excellence in academics.

This pandemic shattered everything, similarly our childs utmost right to education also. But as a satisfied mother I appreciate the endeavors of teachers of Beaconhouse school system;they assisted and facilitated students in every possible way. They recorded lectures for the ones who missed it and explained with uttermost passion, hatts off to all of them!

Mother of Shoaib Moten (3E)

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Beaconhouse School System, Latifabad primary ll

Newsletter June, 2021

Our son absolutely loves the school, he can’t wait to go back to the Beaconhouse and meet his classmates. Teachers have been very supportive and are always available whenever we need them. A massive thank you to the principal for undeniable help. We think that management is outstanding. We have noticed that after attending Beaconhouse, our son's confidence and self-esteem has greatly improved.

Father of Mohsin Riza (3A)

Amidst Covid-19 pandemic, the BSS initiated a comprehensive distant learning programme to provide uninterrupted education to their students. Admin staff and teachers of BSS LP-2 are trying their level best to keep students in touch with studies. Children are now gradually adjusting themselves in this new virtual learning environment. Untiring efforts of all respected teachers are highly regarded.

Father of Abdul Ghani (3B)

It's been a highly challenging time for all of us since the time pandemic started. However Beacon house school system and its teachers did a great job during these challenging times. They put their best efforts to continue delivering the best quality of education to the students without any interruption. Great Job and Thumbs Up for the teachers.

Father of Maham Jabeen (3C)

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Newsletter June, 2021

Beaconhouse School System, Latifabad primary ll

Newsletter June, 2021

Beaconhouse celebrates 45 years of educational excellence. Enroll now to avail 100% Admission Fee Waiver. To know more, go beaconhouse.net or call 111-277-111. #BSSOfficial#Beaconhouse #FeeWaiver

Summer Break : 28th June to 8th August 2021 Result Day: 2nd July 2021 School Reopens: 9th August 2021 Please follow our branch Instagram page and like our Facebook page

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