PLAYGROUP CIRCLE DAY

On 13th July 2011 the playgroup section learnt the first shape i.e. Circle.

     

 The classes were decorated with circle shapes.

 Almost every child loves to play with a toy.  So on this day the teachers played with the children, with their favorite circle toy that they were asked to bring in their bag.

          

During tiffin time teacher discussed the variety of snacks sent by the parents like sandwiches, parathas and idli's.

          

Teacher narrated  a story about circles in an interactive manner. All the children enjoyed 'Circle day' and each one was very excited and happy about the same.

Quit India Movement

Importance

The Quit India Movement (Hindi: भारत छोड़ो आन्दोलन Bharat Chhoṛo Andolan), or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence. Gandhi hoped to bring the British government to the negotiating table. Almost the entire Indian National Congress leadership, and not just at the national level, was put into confinement less than twenty-four hours after Gandhi's speech, and the greater number of the Congress leaders were to spend the rest of World War II in jail.

Description

The 'Quit India' movement was followed, nonetheless, by large-scale violence directed at railway stations, telegraph offices, government buildings, and other emblems and institutions of colonial rule. There were widespread acts of sabotage, and the government held Gandhi responsible for these acts of violence, suggesting that they were a deliberate act of Congress policy. Gandhi resolutely denied these charges, but the deadlock was not to be resolved. It has been suggested by other scholars that though Gandhi himself did not authorize violence, he had grown skeptical of the efficacy of non-violence, and that he had arrived at the point in his life where he was determined to see India attain independence during his lifetime. However attractive this line of reasoning might appear, it has little support in Gandhi's voluminous writings. Others have suggested that the 'Quit India' movement was a failure in that it invited the government to unleash repression, and therefore led to the incarceration of the Congress leadership. Consequently, it has been argued, the Muslim League, which declared its support to the British, was to grow in strength during the war, while the Congress languished. Though the Muslim League failed to secure support even among Muslim voters before the war, elections in 1946 suggested that it had the loyalty of the majority of Muslims in many Muslim-dominant areas. On these lines, then, it is suggested that the 'Pakistan movement' developed when there were no countervailing forces to check it, and that Gandhi played into the hands of both Muslim communalists and British imperialists. The 'Quit India' movement remains, in any event, among the most controversial episodes in Gandhi's life and modern Indian history.

Friendship Day

"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."

Information

Friendship Day is celebrated every year, on the first Sunday of August. In 2011, it will be celebrated on 7th August. The day for the occasion was declared by the US congress in 1935. The occasion began as a small event, to commemorate the relation shared by friends. Today, it has taken the shape of a grand festival. Gone are the days, when holidays such as Friendship Day were confined to the westerners. Today, since the world has turned into a global village, people in the rest of the world have adopted the festival wholeheartedly and celebrate it with great enthusiasm, just like any other occasion. They can easily relate them to the festival, because no one can merely survive without having at least a true friend in his/her life. 

Importance

Friendship is one relation that has survived on earth since its existence. Even when there was no understanding of a lawful marital relationship, the feeling of companionship always existed. This feeling of companionship is actually the feeling of friendship. It is not merely a relationship rather a unique blend of affection, trustworthiness, care, respect, and loads of fun. In present time, when people do not get enough time from work, the importance of friendship is being understood. This is the reason why people decided a special day to reciprocate this special relationship on a special day in a special way.

Friendship poem

Thank you, friend, for all the things

That means so much to me--

For concern and understanding

You give abundantly.

Thanks for listening with your heart;

For cheering me when I'm blue;

For bringing out the best in me;

And just for being you.

Thanks for in-depth conversation

That stimulates my brain;

For silly times we laugh out loud;

For things I can't explain.

For looking past my flaws and faults;

For all the time you spend;

For all the kind things that you do,

Thank you; thank you, friend.

By Joanna Fuchs

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Description

During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the first on August 6, 1945 and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. For six months before the atomic bombings, the United States intensely fire-bombed 67 Japanese cities. Together with the United Kingdom and the Republic of China, the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945. The Japanese government ignored this ultimatum. By executive order of President Harry S. Truman, the U.S. dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945, followed by the detonation of "Fat Man" over Nagasaki on August 9. The acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki.

Information

Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day. The Hiroshima prefectural health department estimates that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 60% died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10% from other causes. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness. In a US estimate of the total immediate and short term cause of death, 15–20% died from radiation sickness, 20–30% from flash burns, and 50–60% from other injuries, compounded by illness. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians.

Six days after the detonation over Nagasaki, on August 15, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied Powers, signing the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, officially ending the Pacific War and therefore World War II. Germany had signed its Instrument on May 7, ending the war in Europe. The bombings led, in part, to post-war Japan's adopting Three Non-Nuclear Principles, forbidding the nation from nuclear armament.

PLAYGROUP RED DAY

Red day

Red is the colour of festivity, Red is the color of valour.

Red is happiness, red is love.

This vibrant color was scattered in playgroup class rooms on Tuesday

28^th June’ 2011 as little wittians celebrated red day.

Teachers in vivacious red put up beautiful decoration and welcomed little ones,

Not to be left behind the tiny tots also responded in flambuoyant sheds of scarlet.

PLAYGROUP YELLOW DAY

“Yellow Day “

Yellow colour signifies friendship.

Playgroup session celebrated ‘Yellow Day” on Thursday, July 07, 2011.

The theme was basically to introduce yellow color which they all enjoyed and celebrated in a very playful and joyful manner.

The class was beautifully decorated with all possible yellow colour objects like yellow mango, ducks, balls etc.

Children had brought delicious yellow colour snacks like Dhoklas, bananas, wafers and chips.

They also brought yellow colour objects in their bag like yellow toys, yellow car etc which helped them to recognise the colour easily.

All the children were neatly dressed in yellow colour clothes and were shown slides of “The yellow duckling”, in which the colour yellow was emphasized.

They were very excited and eager to see their objects being displayed on the table.

The cheerfulness, excitement and participation exhibited by each child celebrating this day was outstanding.

PLAYGROUP PET DAY

Pet Day

Pets are the most trusty worthy animals. They safeguard our homes, and are also great companions.

People love certain animals so they keep them at their home and take care of them.

Playgroup children celebrated “Pet day” on Tuesday 19th July, 2011.

Teachers had a dramatisation with the help of puppets.

Children were requested to bring pets in the form of toys like dog, cat, fish, rabbit, etc.

Children were informed about the importance of pets and their feeding habits eg. dog eats bone, cat eats fish, rabbit eats carrot and turtle eats french beans.

Children enjoyed playing with their pet toys and everyone participated with complete zeal and excitement.

Field trip Gr 1

FIELD TRIP TO PEOPLE’S THE POWER GYM

       Students of Grade I were taken for a field trip to People’s - the power gym on Tuesday, June 28 and Wednesday, June 29, 2011 as the theme for the next month was ‘Keeping Fit, Keeping Healthy’. The gym is spread over four levels to provide an ambience that entices one to work out. The gym boasts of highly experienced trainers and an advanced Cardio Training Theatre which has an exhaustive range of equipments to boost the performance of heart and cardio with machine and free weights sections.

       The machine section is equipped with latest designed machines to maximize muscle development. The free weight section contains a wide range of dumb bells according to Olympic specifications.

        Students were shown the different sections and were explained their importance. At the time of departure, the staff distributed sweets to the students. Teachers thanked the staff and the management for providing their valuable time and for their assistance and co-operation.