Grades I to X – Christmas Celebrations

Dear Parents,
‘Tis the season to be jolly and it is time for some Christmas fun and recreation for the students at The Universal School.

So on Tuesday 20th December, get your costumes and props ready as we are having a very special theme party, during school hours.

The theme for Grades 1 to 4 is Disney and Marvel Characters and that for Grades 5 to 10 is Spooky Christmas. Students can come dressed up as per the theme and can be creative with their costumes.

Games and delicious treats await the students at school, so let the celebrations begin.

Our Best,

Authorised Personnel

Grades IX and X– Seminar on Success Strategies

Dear Parent,

‘Believing in yourself is the secret to Success’

Success – is what we are gearing up our students to achieve. The IG-1 and IG-2 years are crucial in a student’s academic life. A special afternoon has been planned for the students to enable them to make the most of their time and utilize it wisely to succeed in the future.

You are invited to attend a Seminar on Success Strategies on Tuesday, 20th December in school at 2:00 pm.

As parents, you and your ward can collectively work on setting goals and map out ways to achieve them under the guidance of our guest speaker, Mr. Harish Luharuka, Director Academics – Universal Education – an educationist par excellence who has been a guide and mentor to students over many years.

Note: The hard copy of this circular has been given to your ward. Kindly fill in the tear off and submit it to the school

Our Best,

Authorized Personnel

TEACHING TOLERANCE – HARMONY IN DIFFERENCE

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In our society, we are surrounded by differences in ethnicity, religion, culture, gender, disabilities and many more. We love to be surrounded by a multicultural society and this mostly depends on our own exposure and attitudes towards our interaction with different people.

We all want our kids to feel relaxed and open to learning from different cultures – new ideas and Read More

Pre-Primary Christmas Celebrations

Dear Parents,

Its time for a “Merry Little Christmas Celebration” at The Universal School. Invited to the event are the students of the preprimary section with their mothers and their buddy’s along with their mothers. So students bring your guests and it will be a fun filled day with surprises in store & activities galore on Saturday, 17th December 2016. The dress code for the day is Red & White.

The timings are as follows

Grades

Reporting Time At School Dispersal Time From School

*Sr. Kg.

9:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

*Play group, Nursery & Jr. Kg.

11:00 a.m.

12:30 p.m.

* Students to be accompanied by their mommy + buddy + buddy’s mommy.

 Note: The hard copy of this circular has been given to your ward. Kindly fill in the tear off and submit it to the school
Our Best,

Authorized Personnel

Good Study Habits

We all know that good study habits are essential to educational success. We probably can diminish academic dishonesty by promoting good study habits among students, and letting the students know that how very important is it to inculcate good study habits.

The key to grooming an effective and sincere student is guiding them to study smarter. An hour or two of studying a day is usually sufficient to make it through school with good grades.

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Some guidelines for helping your child to study smart and achieve success. Read More

ARE YOU A TREND SETTING PARENT?

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As 2016 draws to an end, let’s review the 6 Biggest Parenting Trends that were popular in 2016. Were you a trend setter? Did you lead the way to new age parenting? Or are you a slow starter and plan to follow the trends before the year ends? Read on and decide for yourself if the trends are tailor made for your parenting style. Read More

Classroom Connections – Playgroup

Playgroup – November & December 2016

Theme for the month: Growing Healthy (Fruits) 

Fruits can be an enjoyable part of your child’s diet. Fruits contain essential nutrients that are important for a child’s health, growth and development. Thus, through this unit, your child will get to learn about a variety of fruits and different food items that are essential for their growth.

Effective usage of Role plays, hands on activities, audio visual learning and technology will be the methodology used.

Language:

Vocabulary will be enhanced through the introduction of letters ‘Pp’, ‘Qq’, ‘Rr’, ‘Ss’ and picture vocabulary related to the theme. Along with these, various activities like book browsing, picture talk, rhymes and stories will be done on a regular basis.

Numeracy:

There will be a progression in numerals, concepts of colours and shapes.

Dates to Remember:

Date

Activity/ Event

Particulars

1.12.2016

Eat an Apple Day

Class Activity

5.12.2016

World Soil Day

Class Activity

17.12.2016

Christmas Celebrations

Detailed circular to follow.

20.12.2016

Games Day

Children to bring any educational game from home.

A hard copy of the Rhymes for the month will be given to your child in class.

At Home You Can:

Explore books related to the theme. By reading story books and making your home a print rich space, you will improve your child’s ability to master new learning.

Do make your child share his/her reflections of the stories read. This will develop thinking, reasoning as well as aid in confidence building. Please encourage him/her for every effort made- he/she will do better in a motivating and positive environment.

To enhance your child’s learning experience, you could take the child to the market place and grocery stores. The best way to inculcate a healthy eating habit is to enjoy fruits and vegetables as a daily part of your family diet.

Web resource links that can help you in your venture include:

Fruits

Let's learn about Fruits

Looking forward to an eventful month of learning and celebrations.


Our Best,


Authorised Personnel

Classroom Connections – Nursery

Nursery – November & December 2016

Theme for the month: Growing Healthy – Fruits

Through this unit your child will get a first-hand experience by touching, feeling and tasting a number of seasonal fruits. He/She will also learn about the various preparations made from fruits. We will also explain the health benefits of fruits to your child and need your co-operation to instill good eating habits in them.

Effective usage of Audio Visual learning, technology, art and craft, hands on experiences and Role plays will be the methodology used.

Language:

Vocabulary will be enhanced through the introduction of letters ‘Pp’, ‘Qq’, ‘Rr’, and sight words related to the theme. Along with these, various activities like show and tell, picture talk, rhymes and stories will be done on a regular basis.

Numeracy:

There will be a progression in numerals, concepts of colours and shapes.

Dates to Remember:

Date

Activity/ Event

Particulars

1.12.2016

Eat an Apple Day

Class Activity

5.12.2016

World Soil Day

Class Activity

8.12.2016

Orange Day

Students to wear orange coloured clothes and carry a well labeled orange object for the show and tell activity.

9.12.2016

Fruit Fun Day

Students to bring any one fruit from home.

17.12.2016

Christmas Celebrations

Detailed circular to follow.

20.12.2016

Games Day 

Children to bring any educational game from home.

A hard copy of the Rhymes for the month will be given to your child in class.

At Home You Can:

Explore books related to the theme. By reading story books and making your home a print rich space, you will improve your child’s ability to master learning effectively.

Do make your child share his/her reflections of the stories read. This will develop thinking, reasoning as well as aid in confidence building. Please encourage him/her, for every effort made-he/she will do better in a motivating and positive environment. To enhance your child’s learning experience, you could take the child to the market place and grocery stores.Make fruits an enjoyable part of your child’s diet
 

Web resource links that can help you in your venture include:

Let’s learn about fruits and vegetables  

Table manners 

Fruits and Vegetables


Looking forward to an eventful month of learning and celebrations.

Our Best,
 

Authorised Personnel

 

Classroom Connections – Jr.Kg

Jr. Kg – November & December 2016

Theme for the month: Growing Healthy

A nutritious balanced diet is the key to good health. By eating a healthy diet and combining it with exercise one could end up leading a longer and more vibrant life. It gives us great pleasure to introduce the topic of Growing Healthy- which includes a variety of fruits, vegetables and the importance of exercise, to keep oneself fit and healthy.

Effective usage of Audio Visual learning, technology, art and craft and Role plays will be the methodology used.

Language:

Your child will learn the letters ‘JJ’, ‘Zz’, ‘Ww’, and ‘Vv’ with their phonic sounds, how to blend and read 3 letter words and learn tricky words: of, by, so, have. Along with these, various activities like rhymes and stories, show and tell, picture talk, book browsing and newspaper reading will be done on a regular basis.

Do reinforce the use of tricky words: your, you, all, are.

Numeracy:

There will be a progression in numerals, concepts of colours and shapes.

Dates to Remember:

Date

Activity/ Event

Particulars

1.12.2016

Eat an Apple Day

Class Activity

5.12.2016

World Soil Day

Class Activity

8.12.2016

Orange Day

Students to wear orange coloured clothes and carry a well labeled orange object for the show and tell activity.

17.12.2016

Christmas Celebrations

Detailed circular to follow.

20.12.2016

Games Day

Children to bring any educational game from home.

22.12.2016

Fruit & Vegetable Day

Students to bring any one fruit/vegetable for the show and tell activity.

A hard copy of the Rhymes for the month will be given to your child in class.

At Home You Can:

Explore books related to the theme and find ways to include a variety of fruits and vegetables in your family diet.

Web resource links that can help you in your venture include:

Benefits of eating fruits and vegetables

Balanced diet 

Looking forward to an eventful month of learning and celebrations

Our Best,

 
Authorised Personnel

Classroom Connections – Sr.Kg

Sr. Kg – November & December 2016

Theme for the monthGrowing Healthy – We are what we eat

Your child’s early years are arguably the most important and establishing healthy behaviour from birth will lay the foundation for life-long health and well-being. So it’s important to help and guide him/her to make the right choices so that he/she remains fit and takes a liking to eat the right kind of food. He/She will learn about what comprises a “healthy diet” through this theme. 

Effective usage of Audio Visual learning, technology, art and craft and Role plays will be the methodology used.

Language:

Introduction to digraphs ‘a_e, ‘i_e’ and the revision of tricky words: saw, put, also, of, eight, once

Do reinforce the use of new vocabulary: beautiful, amazing, awesome, hardly, rarely, seldom, increase, boost, raise, rapidly, quickly, fast.

Numeracy:

The child will learn numerals from 1 – 70 with number names twelve, thirteen and fourteen. We shall also do concepts of time, seriation and shades of orange colour.

Science experiment: Your child will learn about the five senses

Dates to Remember:

Date

Activity/ Event

Particulars

1.12.2016

Eat an Apple Day

Class Activity

5.12.2016

World Soil Day

Class Activity

8.12.2016

Orange Day

Students to wear orange coloured clothes and carry a well labeled orange object for the show and tell activity.

17.12.2016

Christmas Celebrations

Detailed circular to follow.

20.12.2016

Games Day

Children to bring any educational game from home.

21.12.2016

Five Senses 

Class Activity

A hard copy of the Rhymes for the month will be given to your child in class.

At Home You Can:

Explore books related to the theme and offer your child a variety of fruits and vegetables every day and not just the type they like, so find ways to include a variety of fruits and vegetables in your family diet.

Web resource links that can help you in your venture include:

Food pyramid 

Our 5 senses  

Looking forward to an eventful month of learning and celebrations.
 

Our Best,

 

Authorized Personnel 

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