SNEH SPARSH

Happy Hours School showcased the talent of every child of Primary Department.The School , realized its goal of holistic development by organizing the cultural extravaganza-SNEH SPARSH. Sneh Sparsh is a small gesture to say that all are together,all are same and all are one. People may be different but all should be same at heart filled with love for fellow human beings.Everyone should accept every individual with their unique ideas,thoughts and personality.The progrtamme started with an offering to the almighty followed by nature dance and folk dance.The entire programme was woven around the theme of care for a blind child. The students put up a musical skit showing the importance of being sensitive to the child with special needs. The event concluded with the item ‘haath se haath mila’All Children participated in it with full enthusiasm and vigour.Children performed for their parents which was an overwhelming experience for them. The school chairman Mr.B.R Kamrah was the chief guest for the day. He blessed everyone with his wishes for the young enthusiastic performers. The principal Dr.Sangeeta Bhatia offered a formal vote of thanks and appreciated children for their hardwork and diligence which was clearly visible in their performance.

Building Vocabulary

Making baby words, Word train and Dart game activities were conducted for class I.

Solo Dance Competition (Class II)

A Solo Dance Competition was organized for class II on 29th January 2010. Students were judged on the basis of their outfits, choreography, and expressions.

Results:

First Position- Angel Sachdeva(II - A)
Second Position-Anshika Gupta (II - E)
Third Position - Khushi Pawar(II - B)
Consolation -Tanish Jain (II - A)

Quiz

Students of classes II-C and II-D participated in a quiz.
Results:
Naman Bindal and Mehak Singhal of II C - I Position
Kashish Garg and Jatin Grover of II D - II Position

Building Vocabulary

Students of class II participated in activities like 'Make baby words' , 'Word train' etc. which helped them to enhance their vocabulary.

Quiz Competition (Class II)

A Quiz Competition was organized for students of class I on 24th January wherein team of Vishal Jha and Vishal Mittal of I A got first position and team of Shubham Kumar & Vansh Mittal of I B got Second Position.

Solo Dance Competition (Class I)

Students of class I participated in Solo Dance Competition.
Results are as follows:
First- Lakshita Khanna (I-B)
Second-Manya Gupta (I-C)
Third- Parth Bisht (I-B)
Consolation-Harnoor Kaur (I-A) & Shaurya Kashmiri (I-E)

EZ Vidya Workshop

In our pursuit to excellence and enhance the teaching learning process ‘Chrysalis’, an ICT Curriculum, is being introduced in the Pre Primary Section of Happy Hours School. Chrysalis nurtures 21st Century Skills and focuses on triggering critical, creative, analytical, reflective and societal thinking among students.
A Participatory Action Research done by teachers along with EZ Vidya has proved the effectiveness of Chrysalis in enhancing creative and critical thinking, reflection and developing ICT capabilities amongst all users. It will help the children blossom; provide them an environment where they can be nurtured to become thinkers, problem solvers, constant learners and decision makers.
A workshop was conducted by EZ Vidya on January 20, 2011 in the School for all members of the teaching staff. The objective of the workshop was to familiarize them with Chrysalis and to empower them to use this new tool. The resource persons for the workshop were Mr. Bala Subramanium and Mr. Vishwanath.
It was an interactive workshop which involved a number of activities and power point presentation which focused on the development of physical, cognitive, socio- emotional and language & communication domain.
EZ Vidya will also provide the teachers with learning material to keep them abreast with the changes in the field of education.

Science Experiment (Classes I & II)

Students of classes I & II did experiments to understand properties of water .They tasted sweet, salty water to understand that water has no taste of its own but it takes the taste/color of things added to it . They mixed water colors in plain water to observe change in the color of water.

Mehndi designing & Quiz activity (Class II)

Students of class II traced their hands on paper and made mehndi designs on it.
Students of classes II-A and II-B participated in GK quiz. The quiz had following rounds:
Visual round
Buzzer round
Rapid Fire round
Spellethon round

Results are as follows.
First- II-A Kartik Nijhawan and Jaideep Singh
First- II-B Khushi Pawar and Khushi Gupta
Second- II-A Harshil Tripathi and Harshit Gupta

Design a book cover - Activity for Class I

Students of Class I participated in 'Design a book cover' activity in which they covered their notebooks with fluorescent sheets and then decorated them using stickers, thumb printing, dabbing with cotton, etc.

G.K. Quiz for class I

Students of classes I D and I E participated in the G.K quiz.
Results:

First- I-D Moksh Yadav, Muskan
Second- I-E Vidhi Mittal, Anmol Mittal

Quiz for Class II

Students of classes II D and II E participated in the quiz. The quiz had following rounds:

• Visual round
• Buzzer round
• Rapid fire round
• Spellathon Round

4 teams participated in the quiz. Each child answered to the best of his/her ability and they were judged on the basis of knowledge, understanding, concept clarity and observation. The result of the quiz is as follows:

First Position - Jayant and Harsh (II D)
Second Position - Himanshi and Kashish (II E) & Harshit and Dishant (II E)

Vocabulary Building - Classes I & II

Different games and activities were taken up in classes I & II. Children participated with enthusiasm and enriched their word store. Following games were taken up:-

• Dart Game
• Word Power
• Word Ladder
• Making baby words from big words.

Christmas Celebrations

To inculcate the message of Love & Peace, Christmas was celebrated on December 24, 2010. Santa Claus came dressed in Red- the shade of energy & happiness. Amidst singing of Carols & jingling of bells, the scene depicting birth of Jesus Christ in a stable & the visit of the three wise men was enacted. Tiny tots visited the church & lit candles.

Pidilite Christmas Activity (class I & II)

Children of classes I & II participated in Pidilite Christmas Activity. Each child was given a cutout of Christmas tree/snow man/ bells, a golden sparkle tube and poster color pack. Children colored the cutout and decorated it with sparkle. Participation certificate was given to each child. Children enjoyed doing this activity.

Quiz for Class I

Students of class I A and I E participated in the quiz which had following rounds:

Buzzer round
Visual round
Spellings round
Riddles round
Audio round

Results:
First - Kashmiri & Siddharth Nair of I-E
Second- Gandhi & Tammana Goel of I-E

Christmas tree decoration (classes I & II)

It's December and the only thing one associates with this month is Christmas. A time to meet and greet family, it is a popular festival around the world. Christmas is one of the biggest celebrations for the people belonging to the Christian faith but is celebrated all over the world with great fervor & enthusiasm. Students of classes I& II participated in ‘Christmas Tree decoration’ activity today. Students brought Christmas tree and decorative material like small gifts, bells, stars etc. to decorate it. They also decorated the tree with cotton to show snow.

Fold- O -Fold (Class I)

Students of Class I participated in 'Fold-o-Fold' activity. Each child was given an origami sheet to fold and make any one thing. Children folded origami sheet to make tree, hut, bird, flower, boat, kite etc.

G.K. Quiz (Class I)

Students of classes II-A and II-E participated in GK Quiz. The quiz had following rounds:
Visual round
Buzzer round
Audio round
Puzzle Round

Results :

First Position - II-A Gargie Khurana and Gaurav Arora
Second Position - II-E Bhavay Kumar and Deepanshu Khatri