Academic Year 2014-15 PDIS/HAP/KG/VOL .2

The most important function of education at

any level is to develop the personality of the

individual and the significance of his life to

himself and to others.

Grayson Kirk

We strongly feel that by such field visits not only the personality of the child but also his

own significance is developed. Congratulations !

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS !

Singing Competition Tulips A

1st - Ira Sahasrabudhe 2nd - Sachi Jain

3rd - Rajneel Choudhari Consolation Prize Reedam Padwal

Shardul More

Tulips B 1st - Sakhi Vaidya 2nd - Aarya Nair

2nd - Shraddha Kamoji 3rd - Dhruti Sahal Consolation Prize

Rishi Darak

Gladiolus A 1st - Anushka Karmakar

2nd - Sachit Therat 3rd - Shreeya Rane Consolation Prize

Pradyun Iyer

Story Telling Competition Tulips A

1st- Rajneel Choudhari 2nd- Cilji shirawale 3rd- Trinity Francis

Tulips B 1st- Hrithvik Shetty

2nd- Shraddha Kamoji 3rd- Sakhi Vaidya

Gladiolus A 1st- Sachit Therat 2nd- Pradyun Iyer 2nd- Sanay Patel

3rd- Shreeya Rane

MESSAGE FROM CEO Dear Parents,

We are pleased to inform you that we have successfully completed our First Term of the aca-

demic year 2014-15 and will now begin the Second Term soon. We are happy to see that all

the students are motivated to think as well as work independently in their academics and

have improved their learning standards.

PDIS Students learning

about Fire Extinguishing

procedure.

Events in October 1st : Navratri Celebration Grandparents Day/ Gandhi Jayanti Celebration 8th : Drawing Competition 17th : Diwali Celebration

November 14th: Children’s Day Fancy Dress Competition Picnic Handwriting Competition

EDITORIAL BOARD Dr. Vidya Ramgopal Ms. Saroj Pandey Ms. Namita Joshi Ms. Sneha Bhat Ms. Sarita Rane Ms. Vaishali Bhide

Food is Fun. Enjoy your food!!!!

Breakfast is a very important meal.

Eat different foods every day as variety is the recipe for health.

Base your food on carbohydrates.

Eat fruits and vegetables with each meal and tasty snacks.

Fat facts-Too much fat is not good for your health.

Snack attack! Eat regu-larly and choose a variety of healthy snacks.

Quench your thirst. Drink plenty of liquids.

Care for your teeth! Brush your teeth at least twice a day.

Get moving! Be active every day.

Eat healthy foods that contain lots of vitamins, minerals and fibre.

Eat regular meals and snacks.

Stress Management

We think that children don’t have stress but it’s not true. Children display stress very differently than an adult does. Often kids’ stress is internalized and most noticeable in physical symptoms like headache, stomachache, nausea, bed-wetting, frequent, crying and sudden behavioral changes. It simply indicates a child’s inabil-ity to handle a stressful situa-tion. Helping Kids to Reduce Stress

Spend time with your child and let them ventilate their negative emotions.

Gentle physical touch is a great healer. Sometimes a hug is worth more than a thousand words.

Motivate your child to discuss about his problems by asking open ended questions

Teach your kids that eve-ryone makes mistakes.

Exercises and play can help to reduce stress. Moti-vate them to play out door games.

Help your kids recognize

and manage their stressors. (To be continued…..)

Counselor's Column Library Column Health Tips

Which types of books young children should

read?

Wordless Books –Books with little or no text, they have a story to tell which has to be interpreted from the pictures and other details.

Alphabet Books–Books which will help children recognize letters with the help of Creative Artwork.

Counting Books - Books which will help to under-stand the concept of num-bers and symbols.

Nursery Rhymes –These are a natural for young chil-dren as well as for parents.

Participation Books– Books which will make your child participate active-ly by repeating the book's suggestions.

Picture Storybooks– These are interesting as a simple story line supported by clear illustrations and artwork.

Patterned Concept Books–These expand children's understanding of an idea, relationship, or theme.

Folktales and Fables–These have some cultural context or historical base and help children learn about diverse cultures and experiences.

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Message from Gladiolus coordinator

Dear Parents, By now all our little, dynamic Gladiolus have very well settled in PDIS. We are happy to observe that : They

have understood the importance of friends and role played by the family members in their life. They are very curious about the task allotted to them.

We do see that they are enjoying learning at PDIS. For better communication, we once again request you to go through the diary (Almanac) everyday so that you are well updated. We need to do this regularly as these little ones are still developing their proper communication skills.

In the month of August & September, we have focused on themes such as Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables. Our next theme for learning will be ‘Birds’.

PERSONAL, SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Sits in the allotted place

during the given task.

Follows the rules of the

task.

Taking care of belongings.

Giving respect to peers.

Showing respect towards

School anthem & National

anthem.

Maintaining discipline in

the classroom.

PROBLEM SOLVING & NUMERACY

Recognizing, writing and

counting Numerals from 1 to

40.

Writing number names:1 to 10

Count & write upto 30.

Missing numbers upto 40

Pre-mathematical concept:

Concept of zero, Full and

empty. Heavy and Light.

Shape: - Triangle

KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING OF

THE WORLD

FRUITS- some common names of fruits with its characteristics.

Importance of eating fruits

FLOWERS- Stages of flower development.

Things that flower needs to grow.

VEGETABLES - Raw eaten vegetables , im-portance of eating vege-tables.

COMMUNICATION ,

LANGUAGE &

LITERACY

Recognizing Alphabets Aa to

Zz with their respective pho-

netic sounds and beginning

letter words.

Writing:

Capital & Small Letters (Aa to

Zz), Two letter words, Three

letter words. (Taught in the

notebook).

CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Dance : Dance based on Lord Krishna’s Life, Basic movements of Indian folk, Dance on song : Let’s start jump, shake your hand

Music : Bass drum + Side drum Songs: God’s Love, More love, My Life, Hum

Honge Kamayab, Identifying the rhythm timing.

Art & Craft : House, cat, animals & tree, sponge dabbing, paper crumbling.

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Physical Exercises

Rolling a ball

Traffic Light

Kicking the ball

Mass P.E exercises.

Health Talk - Noise Pollution.

Health Talk - Say ‘No’ to Plastic

FRUITS , FLOWERS AND

VEGETABLES

YOUR CHILD NOW KNOWS ABOUT……...

LITTLE GIRL, LITTLE GIRL

Little girl , Little girl,

Where have you been?

Gathering roses to give

to the queen

Little girl, Little girl

What gave she you?

She gave me a diamond.

as big as my shoe.

MARY, MARY

Mary, Mary quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells and cockle

shells

And pretty maids all in the row.

STORY THE GREEDY DOG

Once a greedy dog stole a bone

from a butcher’s shop. On his way home, he had to cross a

bridge. While crossing the dog saw his own reflection in the wa-ter. The dog thought that it was

an another dog and so barked at it. When it barked , the bone fell

into the water and the greedy dog went away sadly.

Moral : Greed is a curse.

THE LION AND THE

UNICORN The lion and the unicorn were

fighting for the crown

The lion beat the unicorn all

about the town.

Some gave them white bread

Some gave them brown

Some gave them plum cake

and drummed them out of town

THE WHEELS ON THE

BUS

The wheels on the bus go round & round, round & round.

The wheels on the bus go round & round,

All day long The horn on the bus goes,

Beep, beep, beep ! Beep, beep, beep ! (2)

All day long. The windscreen wipers go,

“swish , swish, swish ! “swish , swish, swish !(2)

All day long. The people on the bus bounce up

& down Up & down,

Up & down (2) All day long.

The daddies on the bus go nod, Nod, nod, nod!

Nod, nod, nod ! (2) All day long.

The mummies on the bus go chatter, chatter, chatter,

chatter, chatter, chatter. (2) All day long.

THANK YOU GOD

Thank You God,

For the World so sweet

Thank You God,

For the Food we eat

Thank You God

For the Birds that sing

Thank You God,

For Everything

RHYMES, POEMS, STORIES AND

PRAYERS

ITSY BITSY SPIDER

Refer Cambridge Express

Pg. No. 32

EXPERIENCE AT PDIS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS !

Shloka Recitation (Pre primary)

Daffodils. 1st– Ananya Vartak

2nd– Vidhisha Kulkarni 3rd– Ritika Rasal

Consolation Shreeya Naik

Gandhar Kandalgaonkar

Tulips(A) 1st– Ira Sahasrabuddhe

2nd– Avani Chavan 3rd– Reva Joshi

Consolation Rajneel Choudhari

Tulips(B) 1st– Sakhi Vaidya

2nd– Anjum Bhagat 3rd– Arya Nair

Consolation Medha Shetty

Gladiolus 1st– Mihir Behere 2nd– Mihit Behere 3rd– Shreeya Rane Anushka Karmakar

Shloka Recitation

Group A 1st -Keertana Venkatraman

(Gr. I A) 2nd -Anuj Patil (Gr. III A)

Group B 1st - Siddhant Navalgund

(Gr. IV A) 2nd -Yash Tongaonkar (Gr.VI. A)

Drawing Competition

Group A 1st -Keertana Venkatraman

(Gr. I A) 2nd –Manasvi Ghosalkar.

(Gr. I A)

Group B 1st - Siddhant Navalgund

(Gr. IV A) 2nd - Krishna Thakkar (Gr.III A)

Group C 1st - Charuhas Naphad

(Gr. IV A) 2nd - Tressita Joji (Gr. V A)

Fancy Dress Competition Group A

1st - Mannan Joshi (Gr. I A) 2nd -Keertana Venkatraman

(Gr. I A)

Consolation Prize Parthavi Dhanwade (Gr.I A)

Group B 1st - Krishna Thakkar (Gr.III A)

Group C 1st - Tressita Joji (Gr. V A) 2nd –Shree Bane (Gr. V A)

Consolation Prize Nikhita Kotian( Gr.VI)

Independence Day—Flag Hosting Shloka Recitation Competition

Singing Competition Dahi Handi Celebration

Story Telling Competition Grandparents’ Day Celebration

Gandhi Jayanti Celebration Navratri Celebration

Diwali Celebration-Story from Ramayana Diwali Celebration -Lantern Making