Gyan Mandir Public School

Our Little Angels In Action

HINDI RHYME RECITATION

PRE-PRIMARY

Rhymes play an important role in the life of kids. All the classes of Pre-Primary department participated in Hindi recitation held on 8.8.23, Tuesday. Learners recited Hindi rhymes using cut -outs, headgears and props.

Learners participated with lots of enthusiasm. They recited their favourite rhyme with actions and voice modulation.

Learning outcomes: Recitation of rhymes boosted vocabulary and oratory skillsof learners.

It enabled the learners to become interested in the rhythm and patterns of language.

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3 MAGNET ATTRACTS IRON

PRE-PRIMARY

In this activity, learners learnt the concept that magnet has the quality of attracting iron and iron made products. For example, pins, iron nail, coins etc. This activity gave hands on experience to students in the class as they used various objects like plastic toys, erasers and handkerchief to know the importance of magnetic properties.

Learners enthusiastically participated in this activity and concretised this new concept through practical demonstration.

Learning Outcomes – Learners were able to understand that magnet has the power to attract iron products only.

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3 JUMP AND HOP

MONTH AUGUST ’23

PRE-PRIMARY

A fun filled bodily kinaesthetic game was played in Pre School classes on Wednesday, 16th August’ 23 to develop gross motor skills as well to make the students enjoy this physical activity. The students were made to jump and hop across the course laid in the courtyard area. The students enjoyed this activity very much.

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3 ENGLISH RHYME RECITATION

MONTH AUGUST ’23

PRE-PRIMARY

Rhymes can prove to be an instrumental stepping stone for young children to develop their verbal skills and boost their confidence.

Keeping this in mind, English Rhyme Recitation Activity for Class Pre-School was organized on Saturday, 19th August’2023 in which the children got an opportunity to exhibit their talent and confidence. The children chose variety of rhymes for the recitation like Johnny Johnny, Chubby Cheeks, My Ball etc. They recited the rhymes with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm.The main purpose behind conducting such activity is to build self-confidence, develop oratory skills and self-expression in students. Some glimpses of the activity are showcased here.

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3 JUNGLE SAFARI

MONTH AUGUST

PRE-PRIMARY

All the classes of Pre Primary Participated in Jungle Safari activity. Learners selected their favourite forest animal and presented it through cut outs, head gears and pictures as props to share with the class on Tuesday 22. 08.23 . This activity gave chance to learners to be the centre of attention of the class as he or she spoke a few lines about their favourite animal. All the students participated actively and confidently in the activity.

LEARNING OUTCOMES : The jungle safari activity helped the students to foster their linguistic and speaking skills.

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3 EXCURSION TO RAIL MUSEUM

PRE-PRIMARY

Educational excursion to Rail Museum was organised on 25th August,23. Our students learned about railway's heritage. They visited the museum and enjoyed the exhibits of rail transport. They loved the Joy train ride.

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3 ORANGE COLOUR DAY

MONTH – AUGUST’23

PRE-PRIMARY

On Saturday, 26th August 2023, Orange Colour Day was celebrated in Pre- School classes with great zeal and zest. The classrooms were beautifully decorated with orange coloured objects. The children did many interesting classroom activities using the colour orange as a theme and learnt interesting facts about it.

Our tiny tots were dressed in shades of vibrant orange colour. They were asked to bring orange coloured objects for a ‘Show and Tell’ activity. They brought many objects like orange ball, orange, marigold, orange toys and many other orange coloured things. The children spoke wonderful things in “Show and Tell” related to this colour. Students were given a thorough understanding of the colour orange through different activities like thumb printing in orange, show and tell etc. The students left happily with a takeaway of orange(made of paper) with them.

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3 VEGETABLE COLLAGE MAKING ACTIVITY

AUGUST

PRE-PRIMARY

All the classes of Pre- Primary participated in collage making activity conducted on Thursday,31.08.2023.Children learnt about nutrition found in vegetables by making a colourful vegetable collage. The hands on fun art activity centred around importance of nutrition.

Learning outcomes: Children learnt that the more colourful our meals are, the more healthy they usually are because they consist of many nutrients.

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3 NO BAG DAY

MONTH – AUGUST’23

PRE-PRIMARY

The decision of the school to declare second and fourth Thursday of every month as ‘No Bag Day’ is a landmark step towards easing the burden of the bag for the students. As a matter of fact, education should be a fun filled and enjoyable activity, especially for the students in the elementary classes. Keeping this in mind, the students of Pre- School classes enjoyed the first No Bag Day on Thursday, 24th August’23.

The day kick started with a fun filled visit to the playstation where the kids enjoyed playing on the swings very much. Next, they had an energetic aerobics session which refreshed them. It was followed by a fun filled activity of ‘tying the shoelace’ where students learnt how to tie knots enhancing their fine motor skills and improving eye-hand coordination. Lastly, they had fun with numbers game which helped in the development of gross motor skills as well as improved their numerical abilities. Some glimpses of the day are shown below.

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3 RANGOLI MAKING ACTIVITY

PRE-PRIMARY

Rangoli making has a significant role to play in the development of gross motor, fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills of the students. Keeping this objective in view, Pre-school classes had a fun activity of Rangoli making in the school courtyard on Monday, 24 th July’23 . The students enjoyed this activity very much and learnt about different flowers as well.

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3 GREEN COLOUR DAY CELEBRATION

PRE-PRIMARY

Green colour symbolises nature and prosperity. Think of nature and you see green in all its glory expressing renewal and life. Keeping these thoughts in mind, we, at Gyan Mandir Public School celebrated, Green Colour Day in Online mode on Saturday, 15 th July,2023. The students were brightly dressed up in all hues of green and enthusiastically spoke a few sentences on their favourite green coloured objects. A nature walk was also conducted on 19 th July,2023. The students were taken to different parts of the school and various plants and trees were shown to them. ‘Save Trees ,Save Earth’ was the message conveyed to them through this engaging Science activity.

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3 LADY FINGER PRINTING IN PEAR

PRE-PRIMARY

A fun filled art integrated activity to enhance fine motor coordination of the students was conducted on 27 th July,2023. Lady finger printing in a pear was a unique way to develop the cognitive skills of the children. They thoroughly enjoyed the activity and learnt the benefits of eating green vegetables and fruits in daily life.

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3 Magnet attracts Iron

PRE-PRIMARY

Learners enthusiastically participated in this activity and concretised this new concept through practical demonstration.

Learning Outcomes – Learners were able to understand that magnet has the power to attract iron products only.

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3 Sink and Float Activity

PRE-PRIMARY

In this activity children learnt the concept of heavy object sinks in the water and light object floats in the water. This activity was done practically in the class by using various objects such as stone ,leaf, paper, eraser and bangle. Children participated in this activity very enthusiastically. Through this activity the concept was very clear to them.

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4 FRUIT RACE

PRE-PRIMARY

Games and sports are an integral part of students’ life. Now a days sports and games are taken to be a good career option. Students of Pre Primary participated enthusiastically in fruit race, an outdoor activity held on 13 July 2023 . Nurturing children’s abilities at this stage is vital. Their ability to grasp the concepts and learn new things is remarkable. Children learn through these activities which give them practical experience. They learn the names of different fruits through this activity which develops self- confidence. It also helps the students to shine in sports career. Learning through outdoor activity gives permanent knowledge and a source of enjoyment.

Learning outcome:It taught students discipline and teamwork. It was also helpful to be more active. Students experienced a good quality of breathing.

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4 English Recitation

PRE-PRIMARY

Summer splash pool activity was conducted in Pre – Primary department on 18 th and 19 th May. Students were dressed up in colourful swimsuits and adorned bright swimming caps. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves and splashed water happily . All in all, it was a joyous and memorable experience for one and all.

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4 Fancy Dress Activity

PRE-PRIMARY

Month: July 2023

All the classes of Pre-Primary Department participated in Fancy Dress activity held on Saturday, 22 nd July 2023. Learners were dressed up creatively with head gears and innovative costumes. They used banners and props related to the theme of the event - ‘Our Universe'.

Learners were seen participating with utmost enthusiasm and displayed confidence while speaking apart from having fun in their assigned roles.

Learning Outcomes:The activity proved to be a great learning experience for learners. It also provided them a platform to explore and showcase their hidden talents.

Swim in the pool

Make your summers cool…

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4 Fun With Origami

PRE-PRIMARY

On 29th April, The students of Pre-Primary classes did the activity Fun with Origami.
Students made Tulip flower with origami sheet and pasted in the drawing file and made its stem and leaves with crayons.

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3 Yellow Colour Day

PRE-PRIMARY

Yellow Day was celebrated on , Tuesday , 9th May. The motive of celebrating yellow day was to make the students aware of the colour yellow, its significance and to develop the fine motor skills in the students.
The day began with fun filled activities related to the colour yellow. Students were all dressed up in different shades of yellow colour. It was indeed a visual treat to see the impact of the yellow colour on our little angels speaking a few sentences on their favourite yellow coloured items. All the students of Pre School were excited while doing the craft activity of tearing and pasting in a mango which was arranged for them by the class teachers. They also enjoyed the colouring activity in the sun very much.
It was an amazing learning experience which had a long-lasting effect on each student. All the students were happy and enjoyed to the fullest wearing a wrist band with smileys on it.

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6 Movie Show

PRE-PRIMARY

Fun filled movie show was organised on 10th May,2023 at PVR , Students enjoyed 2D movie along with Pepsi and Popcorn. They have learned to adjust in the new environment and have mingled well with their peer group .

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4 STEM Activity

PRE-PRIMARY

In all the Pre-School classes STEM activity “Squeezing A Sponge” was conducted on 16th May 2023. The students were provided with a piece of sponge and a bowl of water. It was followed by a demo of the activity by the teacher in which she showed the way of squeezing a sponge. Students were also explained the concept of light/heavy and wet/dry while giving the demo. After the teacher’s demo, each child got the chance to do the activity and experience the difference between wet/dry & light/heavy. The students were very excited while doing this activity. This activity helped them to enhance their fine motor & observation skills.

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4 Fruit Chaat Party

PRE-PRIMARY

Fruit chaat party was organised on 17th May for Pre- School classes. Some students wore head gears of the nutritious fruits. Teachers briefed about the importance of eating fruits for a healthy life.
Students brought different fruits like diced apple, mango, banana etc. They got familiar with various fruits and their importance. The main aim of this activity was to inculcate healthy eating habits in the students while enjoying a variety of fruits.
Students enjoyed the fruit chaat party a lot.

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6 Story Narration

PRE-PRIMARY

Storytelling is an art of narrating or unfolding the narratives of a story.
Story narration was done on 15th May in Pre-Primary classes. Storytelling is a unique way for students to develop an understanding. The tiny tots participated actively and enthusiastically narrating their favourite stories with props and actions. The main objective of the event was to build up the confidence in the children to stand in front of the class and tell a story. It improves the speaking and listening skills of the kids and enhances their creativity skill. The students enjoyed the story narration.

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4 Alphabet Game

PRE-PRIMARY

To acquaint the students with the 26 letters of English Alphabet an interesting game was organised for the students of Pre-primary class where in students were shown the figures of small cursive letters and they were asked to jump on them to enhance their understanding and knowledge of 26 letters of the English alphabet.

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5 Jungle Safari

PRE-PRIMARY

The Pre-Primary had planned and executed an event ‘Jungle Safari’ to acquaint the young leaners with different animals. The event was all about wearing the headgears of their favourite animals and introducing them to the vast world of fauna within the school premises.They exhibited their understanding about living beings,their care and concern. This event helped the kids enhance their language skills, social skills and emotional skills.Children thoroughly enjoyed this fun filled activity and learnt many interesting facts about the animal kingdom.

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2 Our Sense Organs

PRE-PRIMARY

Our five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch help us to perceive the world in which we live. They help us to understand, comprehend and interact with the environment and different species and to make the students aware of their sense organs, Gyanodians of Pre-Primary classes participated in an activity which relates to the five sense organs present in our body. Young Gyanodians were able to acknowledge the importance of sense organs in our bodies and their uses. It was truly fruitful for all the Gyanodians as it not only strengthened their biological knowledge but also speaking skills ,as young learners spoke a few lines also on each sense organ.

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6 Things We Get From Plants

PRE-PRIMARY

Plants and trees provide clean air, water, and food to us. Its greenery and freshness also act as a stress reliever for us.To enable the young learners of Pre-Primary classes to understand the importance of plants and to instil the awareness of the things that we get from them, students were asked to bring pictures of the things which we get from plants and were guided to paste the same on the ‘Tree-Chart’ made by the teacher. This activity proved a milestone in making the students aware towards the environment.

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5 Vegetable Painting

PRE-PRIMARY

Children acquire a variety of knowledge through painting activities. Painting is a way for children to convey their ideas, express emotions, use their senses and explore. The young learners of Gyan Mandir Public School expressed their ideas and developed their fine motor skills through vegetable printing activity. They dipped lady’s finger in water colour and printed those on the flowers given in the books. Importance of eating green vegetables for leading a healthy life was also discussed. This activity made the students creative and developed their fine motor skills also.