The Beaconhouse Newsletter Aug - Dec 2015.

The Beaconhouse Newsletter

The Beaconhouse Newsletter Aug - Dec 2015

August - December 2015 Issue Beaconhouse Gulshan Primary IV E - 60, Block 4, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi. Ph:+92 213 4972327, 34814208

Eye Spy

In this Issue

Participants of iEARN Project on Universal Children Day

Celebrating Defence Day

Clubs & Societies

Wall of Expression

Class V Science Activity

Asra Shakeel Winner of National Child Art Competition

40 years Celebration

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Teacher’s Day

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Dawn Spelling Bee

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Readers of Today are the Leaders of Tomorrow

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Students Clubs & Societies

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Obhartay Sitaray Singing Contest

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Dear Parents/ Guardian

House Council Elections

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Global Dignity Day 2015

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Marvellous pieces of Art.

This year has a special significance for all of us at BSS, as it marks the 40th Anniversary of Beaconhouse. The students and staff celebrated this auspicious occasion very enthusiastically.

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Defense Day.

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Emergency Drills.

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Inter-house Competitions

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Orientation of 6-Day Rotational 06 Timetable.

07 School of Tomorrow Conference.

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40th Birthday of BSS

Class II Studying Continents

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Our students have been involved into many curricular and co-curricular activities throughout the term. They actively participated in the Art Exhibition for the School of Tomorrow Conference. We regret that the Annual Sports Day had to be postponed, which will now be held in January 2016.

Best regards

Independence Day Celebrations

Class IV Elections Campaign

Elections campaign

This term has been very important in introducing many new initiatives. The rotating six day timetable is implemented to provide ample time to enhance specialized skills of the students e.g. problem solving, language and communication etc. Great stress has been on the Physical, Social and Health Education of young children to develop the attributes of BSS Learner’s Profile in their personality.

We appreciate your constant support and welcome your valued suggestions to further improve our performance.

Class II Science Activity

Class II Urdu activity “Sawarian”

The First Word

Upcoming Events

Class II Science Activity

Class V Math Activity on Tarsia

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Class V Project on Sounds

Class I students conducting a survey for Social Studies

Uzma Farzoq

Senior Mistress Incharge

Good to Know

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Annual Sports Day

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Annual School Concert

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International Kangaroo Mathematics Contest

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Elocution Contest

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Inter-house Debate Competition for Class III,IV and V

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Pakistan Day

· Please ensure your child’s regularity and punctuality. Reporting time is 8:00 am sharp. The gates wil be closed at 8:05 am.

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Earth Day

· Please read the diaries/ circulars to keep yourself informed.

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Annual Graduation Ceremony

· Please log on to the official facebook page of the branch: https://www.facebook.com/bssgp4 for latest updates and information.

· Keeping in view the security of the students, no visitors, parents, drivers will be allowed in school building during school hours without prior appointment. · At the time of giving appointment, CNIC number of visitors will be noted. Visitors are requested to bring their CNIC for verification on the day of appointment. · Showing the Student's ID card at home time is essential. Please make sure that you/ your drivers have it. In case of someone else coming to pick the child, authority letter must be given and the CNIC must also be produced.

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News & Events 40 Years Celebration

Teachers’ Day The World Teachers’ Day was celebrated on 5th October to pay tribute to the people in this honourable profession that transforms lives and personalities.

Students expressed their feelings about their teachers through poems and speeches during the morning assembly and presented flowers to all the teachers.

The Regional Office had organized an interesting competition in which teachers were invited to share their views about their philosophy of education and how do they put this philosophy into practice in the classroom.

The students and the staff members celebrated 40 years of their Alma Mater on 4th November with great delight and enthusiasm. They decorated their classrooms with specially prepared birthday cards, balloons and buntings to match the glam up exterior of the school. Ms. Saiqa Naseem, Ms. Shabana Iftikhar, Ms. Sadia Arif and Sehar Bano who have spent more than 10 years with the system shared their feelings and experiences with the students. Ms. Afsheen Imran, one of the Beconites, shared how studying at Beaconhouse prepared her to meet the challenges of professional and personal life.

The cake was cut in the honourable presence of our Academic Manager Ms. Tabinda Raza. After the cake cutting ceremony students enjoyed their special treat in the form of a hilarious magic show.

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Readers of today are the Leaders of Tomorrow Students actively participated in the Inter House Reading Competitions held in the month of November.The winners were as follwos: English Reading Competitions: Class

2nd Position

3rd Position

I

Mahad Farhan M. Abdullah Malik Zayan Ali

I-B I-A I-C

Ashna Jamal I-A Muhammad Talal Khan I-A

Abdul Aalee Khan I-B

II

Ali Murtuza

II-B

Suha Ahsan

II-A

III

Roshaan Ali Syed

III-C

Ayesha Asad

III-C

Ayesha Usmani Shiza Hasan M. Kumail Abbas Kaif Ashraf

IV

Amal Wajid Sanawar Asad

IV-A IV-C

Hooria Fatima

IV-A

Daniyah Kamran IV-C

V

Javeria Iqbal

V-A

Zoya Ahsan

V-A

Sakina Zehra Kissa Batool Shanzey Khan

II-B II-A III-B III-C

V-A V-D V-E

DAWN Spelling Bee Abdul Moiz V-A, Anoosha Khan V-E and Shaheer Imran V-A competed for Dawn Spelling Bee Contest this year.

Their determination to excel was evident through their confidence which was highly appreciated by the audience.

Urdu Reading Competitions: Grade

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1st Position

2nd Position

3rd Position

I

Shahood Ali Faiq Ashraf Khan

I-C I-C

Mahad Farhan Zayan Ali

I-B I-C

Fabiha Tehseen

I-B

II

Mariam Ali Baig

II-C

M. Habban Baig II-B

III

Ayesha Asad

III-C

Nuzhat Hasan

III-C

Kinza Hasan Mahira Noman Nasrullah Khan

II-A II-A III-B

IV

Pareeshey Khan Wahaj bin Ahmed

IV-B IV-A

Samra Batool

IV-C

Fuzail Ashraf

IV-C

Yamna Ahmed

V-C

Shanzey Khan Zoya Ahsan

V-E V-A

Abdul Moiz Khan V-A

V

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1st Position

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The Beaconhouse Newsletter Aug - Dec 2015

The Beaconhouse Newsletter Aug - Dec 2015

Students’ Clubs & Societies Students clubs and society classes got a new twist with the introduction of Home Economics Club.

Our aspiring chefs and dress designers prepared mouthwatering drinks / sandwiches and learned to make simple embroidery stitches.

Global Dignity Day 2015 21st October, 2015 was the culmination of activities being carried out in the branch to celebrate the Global Dignity Day and 70th anniversary of the United Nations. This important day is celebrated to implement the five principles of dignity and the United Nations’ Charter of the universal right of every human being to lead a dignified life by embedding the concept of dignity into teaching and learning. This year the theme of Global Dignity Day was anti bullying.

Obhartay Sitaray Singing Competition

It was an honour for us to host the Final Rehearsals for the participants of Obhartay Sitaray singing competition.

Selected students of the branches of School Group-II sang beautiful songs in their melodious voices and made the decision really difficult for the judges.Two of our students Wahaj Bin Ahmed and Dania Kamran represented the branch at the Obhartey Sitare Singing Competition held at Royal Rodale on 19th September, 2015.

Teachers planned out special activities to help students understand the meaning of bullying and how to protect themselves and others from bullying. The skits presented by the students, based on day to day examples of bullying, were interesting and easy to relate to. Being digitally literate, they also wrote and illustrated digital stories based on the principles of dignity. Students of Class 1 prepared banners and took out a rally to create awareness about dignity of human beings.

Marvellous Pieces of Art The outstanding works of Art by Abdul Moiz V-A, Selina Agha III-A, Kisa Batool V-A, Mariam Baig II-C were selected for the SOT Art Exhibition. The marvellous pieces were highly appreciated by the visitors.

Students’ Council Elections Like previous years, this year too students got exposure to democratic system of selecting their representatives through free and fair Student Council Elections. Candidates and their supporters did canvassing through speeches and created interesting slogans. They distributed skillfully made hand bands and badges amongst their supporters. On the day of balloting students did electronic voting to elect their favorite candidates.Abdul Moiz Khan (V-A) and Kisa Batool (V-D) were elected as the Head Boy and Head Girl respectively.

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Selina Agha - IIIA

Kisa Batool - VD

Mariam Baig - IIC

Abdul Moiz - VA

Defence Day

Students celebrated Defence Day on 4th September with patriotism. They expressed their feelings for their homeland through speeches, role plays and songs.

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Emergency Drills The emergency drills prepare students to respond appropriately in case of unexpected situations. The Evacuation and Lock down drills are held regularly to keep them in practice.

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School of Tomorrow Conference Art work Display: Peacock is a creature of inspiration to most of us. It’s enchanting and attractive look urged our students of Grade V to create a 3D life-size Peacock for the School of Tomorrow Conference Art Exhibition. The basic theme behind creating this colourful bird was recycling and reusing. Students utilized different types of used material and explored Papier-mâché’ technique while creating different body parts of the peacock under the supervision of their art teacher Ms. Nehdia Adeel. The final product put the viewers in awe. They highly appreciated the students’ effort and agreed to the message that it’s time to manage waste and become a key player in making our world a safe and healthy place.

(The whole process of preparing the display could be seen on the video uploaded on our face book page.)

Inter-house Competitions Inter-house Sports Competitions were held in October to develop sportsman spirit amongst the young children.

Class Class I

Matches

Dodge the Ball Tug of War Class II Dodge the ball Tug of War Class III Dodge the ball Tug of War Class IV Tug of War Class V Tug of War

Winning House Panthers Panthers Leopards Jaguars Leopards Panthers Jaguars Jaguars

Orientation of 6 Day Rotating Timetable The six day rotating timetable was introduced to provide more time to develop the traits of BSS Learners’ Profile in the young children.

An orientation session was held in the school during the month of September to apprise them about the 6 days rotating time table.

Parents appreciated the idea of teaching new subjects like PSHE, Language Enhancement, Project Based Learning and Problem Solving to ensure the holistic development of students.

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