News Letter 2020

The Beaconhouse Newsletter Primary VI North Nazimabad

July 2020 Nazimabad

First Word Dear Parents, End of Academic Session 201920, we made it! I know that the last part of the year was challenging for you as parents & guardians as you navigated through the pandemic and faced challenges related to careers, childcare, staying healthy, and the overall safety of your family. I could not be more proud of our faculty and our parents for helping our students finish out the year strong. This experience will no doubt help teach our students the “grit� that it takes to succeed in tough times such as these. So congratulations to YOU and our students for making it until the end of the year!

For our 7th Graders, we will miss everyone as they start their journey in middle school and embark on their secondary school adventure. For us parents, I know that it seems

like it was just yesterday that we were taking pictures of their 1st day of kindergarten with them sitting at their new desk with their name tag on it. Please take some time to talk with your children and congratulate them on making it this far and know that their middle school journey will be an important step as they grow into young adults. As we were unable to hold an in person farewell to them, our teachers have prepared a few pictures & messages in a PowerPoint show that is available on our school facebook page.

I am hopeful that we will be back in the classrooms with our kids and continuing to make our students better than they already are.

I encourage everyone to follow the School's social media sites for updates related to 2020-2021 school year. Thank you once again for your continued support and positivity as we strive to do what is best for all of our students during these challenging times.

I would like to wish you all the very best and look forward to

F-72 Block B North Nazimabad Phone: +92 21 36641299 WhatsApp: +92 321 8789695 E-mail: saima.80940@bh.edu.pk Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeaconhouseSchoolSyst emPrimaryVi Instagram: www.instagram.com/bss.primaryvinorth

welcoming you all back, refreshed, for what will be an exciting, new academic year.

Stay Safe.

With best wishes and kind regards, Ms. Samina Jamal Headmistress saminajamal.khakwani@bh.ed u.pk

Congratulations

Faculty of Primary VI, North Nazimabad is pleased to announce that Ms. Batul Raza has been promoted as School coordinator. Ms. Batul has vast experience in teaching and learning and is currently completing a certificate course on teaching with digital technologies by Cambridge International. We wish her success for her new role.

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Beaconhouse Schooling Uninterrupted (BSU) More than 300 million students worldwide are having their education disrupted by the spread of Coronavirus.

Schools and universities haven’t faced this level of disruption in generations, but unlike any time in the past, we have the ability to continue education even when schools are closed. Learners, teachers and families are at the heart of everything Beaconhouse does and we are committed to helping everyone have positive learning experiences, whether online or in school. In this uncertain environment, we have made sure that learning continues, even if it can’t happen in person through the initiative of BSU.

Kashmir Solidarity Day

To let the students be aware of Kashmir issue and to make them realize the role we all can play in this movement; Kashmir Solidarity Day was celebrated in the branch. Students had discussions about the topic in the classrooms, they made posters and wrote their messages on a specially created wall.

Fantastic Friday Programme

To appreciate students for their performance throughout the week, certificates are distributed every Friday.

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Singfest

English Debate Competition

A melodious singing competition, Intra-Cluster singfest 2020 was hosted by our branch where students from other branches participated to perform and captive everyone’s attention within a blend of cosmic tunes and divine music. Budding singers from primary VI North Nazimabad made us proud by achieving the first position in all three categories (Folk, Milli and Pop). The names of the winners are Zainab khan, Warishah Faisal, Faiza Baig, Laiba Baig and Zainab.

Our students successfully won the Intra Cluster English Debate Competition. Our successful students Rahym Hussain of Class V achieved Consolation Prize, Amna Imran Khan of Class VI secured 2nd Position, Aima'az Ali secured 2nd Position and Falak Anis from Class VII received Consolation Prize.

Morning Assembly Presentation

HRCA Prize Distribution Ceremony

Theme based morning assemblies were conducted by all levels highlighting BSS leaning profile.

A graceful prize distribution ceremony was held for the HRCA Prize winners. Parents were also invited to appreciate the efforts of young geniuses.

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Learning Festival A learning festival was conducted in the branch for all.

Varied activities were planned for the students and the parents including different sessions, games, art and craft and karaoke.

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Story Telling An interesting story session with a grandparent was conducted by LLRC for class III students. Batool Ibbad who is from 3 C's grandmother graced the session by telling an interesting story with a moral to the students. Kids showed keen interest in the in story telling session.

Virtual Parent Teacher Conference Parent-Teacher Conference has always been an important part of every academic session. Due to prevalent conditions face to face PTM was not possible to conduct, however we arranged virtual PTM to keep parents updated about their child’s progress.

Math Quiz Students of class IV, V, VI and VII participated in an online Math Quiz Competition.

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Our brightest stars A Competent Artist

A budding writer Our aspiring young writer Zaid Wali of class 3

made us extremely proud by winning First Position in an International online story writing competition in sub junior category.

Our brilliant student Arhama Tariq of class VI won a cash prize of Rs. 15000 in HRCA Science Competition and has been awarded a Gold medal in the same competition for English.

Online Contests Online Father’s Day Contest

Online Comic Story Competition

“My Dad, my hero” Students celebrated Father’s Day with their dads in the best way possible by giving some extra love to all the awesome Dads!

An online Comic making competition was held for the studetns of grade 3 and 4. Students came up with very geniune and creative ideas. All the participants were awarded virtual certificates.

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Online Earth Day Competition

Online Photography Competition

“Join the fight, Do what’s right” Earth day was celebrated by our students on 22nd of April. Students particpated in online competition where they planted trees, wrote poems, made posters and book marks to highlight the importance of this day.

Photography allows students to be more creative.

They learn to find views and angles that would make something look as pleasing as possible. Due to the same reasons an online photography competition was hels fo the students of grade 5 and 6. Students showed keen interest in this competition.

Virtual Certificate Distribution Appreciating the efforts had always been an important part of BSS culture. Continuing with the same tradition with a little difference, students and teachers were awarded virtual certificates for their efforts and achievements.

Online Art/ Creative Writing Competition As creative writing encourages kids to exercise their creative minds and practice using their imaginations and improves their ability to come up with alternatives; a Creative Writing Competition was held for all levels. Winners were awarded with certificates.

Virtual End of Year Party End of year party has always been students' favourite part of an academic year. This year as it was not possible for them to have a party physically so a virtual end of year party was arranged for them. In which teachers gave certificates and badges for online participation in the classes. Students shared good bye messages and poems with each other.

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Sports Activities Playing a sport is a great way for children to take a break from academics and release the pent-up energy. It also helps them lead fuller and happier lives as regular sports and fitness activities have proven to provide not only physical benefits but also social and psychological benefits to children.

We keep arranging different sports activities for our students to make sure each student get ample of opportunities to participate in them. Different sports events held this year were; 

Inter-house Futsal Tournament

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Inter-house Kids’ Athletics

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Inter-house Cricket Tournament

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LLRC’s Activities: Virtual Library In the light of the current health pandemic prevalent in our country as well as the wider world, we are undertaking online classes via Beaconhouse Schooling Uninterrupted. Keeping the same in mind virtual library is launched as well for students that connects digital citizens in virtual worlds with the information and resources they seek. A wide range of reading material, e books, audio books, encyclopedias, virtual tours and a lots of fun material is compiled in this Library for our students. https://bssnnp6.wixsite.com/virtuallibrary

Art Activities Art and craft activities enhance dexterity,Improve hand-eye co-ordination; enhance self-expression, creativity and sharpens skills of decision making. All through this academic year our students remained busy in all the varied kind of art activities and created most beautiful pieces of art.

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International Short Story Writing Contest Students participated in international short story writing competition. Zaid Wali of Class III secured First Position. Story by Ayesha Zaidi of Class III was declared as outstanding story in sub-junior category. Number of students were declared as outstanding story authors in junior category.

Lit. Mag Lit. Mag, library magazine was a new initiative by LLRC. Its first volume was introduced in February this year while its 2nd volume is available on virtual library.