Newsletter March 2016 - Eastern Public School

Issue - 11
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Ms. Shaima Kalim
PYP Educator
he graduation day is an occasion when emotions saturated with nervousness, enthusiasm and accomplishment surface with high frequency of appreciation. The youngsters of
grade 5 graduated on the evening of 24th March 2016. The whole ambience was set to bid
good bye to our 5th graders from PYP.
The event commenced with motivating speeches from the PYP Coordinator Ms. Humera Riyaz,
an eye opening yet motivating play and a captivating song dedicated to the parents. The parents
also volunteered to share their own experiences of their child’s learning years at PYP. The principal, coordinator and Islamic studies head awarded students certificates and sparkling trophies.
The event ended with speech from Mr Hafiz Umar and Umm-Umrah sharing their child’s learning journey at EPS .
5 April - Visit to Ministry of Local self govt.(Gr10),
Early Years’ Awards
6 April - Awards Assembly(WS)
7 April - DP Graduation Day
9 April - New Parents Induction( WS), In School MUN
11 April - Visit to Business Organisation (Gr11)
12 April - Visit RGPV(Gr5)
13 April - Assembly (11)-Ramadan Food Dist.(WS)
15 April - Holiday – Ram Navmi
16 April - Grooming Session(Gr11)
18 April - Grade 5A Assembly, Visit to Asra (KG2)
19 April - Visit to Manufacturing Unit(Gr9)
20 April - Assembly (10A)
22 April - Last working day for PYP students
23 April - Last Working Day for students (MYP+DP)
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DP Students
n, 10 February 2016, DP students conducted a CAS assembly. The purpose of this assembly
was to brief the school about our 2 years experience in CAS. The assembly mainly focused
on the 3 strands of CAS i.e. Creativity, Action and Service. We planned to showcase our
complete work of CAS by presenting the evidences in the form of presentation. We informed others
about the CAS learning outcomes and its importance in Diploma Program. We also talked about
the CAS projects that we did, for example Ramadan Food Packet Distribution, Renault’s road safety
project and visit to SOS village. At last we shared the procedure that we use for uploading our CAS
evidence on ‘managebac’. It is a software where students can upload the different subject components of DP. The Assembly was done in a very presentable way and ensured that everyone should
get specific idea of CAS.
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Dr. Fraz Ahmed
MYP Coordinator
arents’ Orientation Programme was organized exclusively for the
parents of Grade VIII to introduce IGCSE programme. Eastern
Public School is one of the three schools in Bhopal following the
IGCSE curriculum in Grade 9 & 10 and the only school having both IB
MYP and IGCSE. During this session, parents were provided with important information regarding the IGCSE subject availability, curriculum,
assessment, etc. Moreover the similarity of the two international programmes (IB MYP and IGCSE) and the flexibility was also shared.
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Dr. Farida Naim
Art Specialist
undreds of children from across the country participated in All India drawing and painting competition organized by ART ROOT EVINCE, MUMBAI last month. 20 students from Eastern Public
School participated in the competition. Mariyam Khan of grade 5 won the consolation prize .This
event is an initiative by Evince to make people aware about the importance of art in Human development. The
competition was held in five categories: Mariyam appeared in category C and showcased her imagination and
creativity on ‘My favourite game’. Her painting is being displayed in Mumbai art gallery. It was a great learning
experience for all the participants .The students were excited to represent their school at All India level .Little
Mariyam expressed her happiness and thanked her teachers for giving her a chance to represent her school.
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Dr. Fraz Ahmed
MYP Coordinator
ust like previous years, this year also we are planning to distribute Ramadan Food Packets to our underprivileged brothers and sisters of Abbas nagar area. This year’s target is to distribute packets to at least 1000 families. As the first step towards
this project we have started with the survey and have completed
survey of about 250 families. The survey include the gathering
of important information like name, age, family income, ration
card no., Aadhar card no, contact no. etc. Every measure is taken
to cross-check the details and verify the information provided by
the people so that the packets are given to the needy. Please do
come forward and contribute towards this cause by giving Zakaat
and Sadaqah amount and bring smile to our brothers and sisters.
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by
Dr. Fraz Ahmed
MYP Coordinator
astern Public School is the one of the three schools in Bhopal offering Cambridge IGCSE examination. Our Grade
10 students appeared for their IGCSE examination in
March session, which was held from 24th February 2016 to 11th
March 2016. This was the first time that our students appeared
for the IGCSE exams and most of them said that the examination
went well and good results are expected. The results are usually
declared in the month of May.
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by
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Ms. Shaima Kalim
PYP Educator
he year end was marked with fun, frolic and loads of food the first day when enthusiastic students joined their new classes.
A glistening spectrum of class activities like video shoot, cake icing, games were planned by the teachers to make the day
engaging and memorable. Many students and teachers even exchanged gifts, badges to remind each other of the adorable
moments spent together. The students took farewell from their teachers and promised to visit them during their free time to share
their new experiences. The year had its own ups and downs but witnessed an all round achievement in many areas.
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by Ms. Humera Riyaz
PYP Coordinator
earning in an IB school is viewed as a continuous journey and
assessments provide an opportunity to gauge student’s learning, what students know and can do at next level. Reporting
at EPS is one of the most important aspect of assessments .After
completion of academic session 2015 parents were informed about
their child’s progress throughout the year through final reporting by
organizing a parent teacher meeting on Friday, 25 March 2016 .
This end of the year meeting was yet another opportunity for parents and teachers to discuss student progress, reflect on previous
year learnings’ and set new goals for their children.
Happy faces of both parents and students brimming with excitement were seen on this day as students were ready to take up the
next level of their learning.
After the completion of this successful session of 2015 EPS is off to a flying start for the next academic year 2016 with much vigor
and enthusiasm on 30 March 2016.
We congratulate our students for their outstanding performances and wish them the very best for continued years of splendid
learning journey.
MAY WE TOGETHER GIVE OUR CHILDREN ROOTS TO GROW AND WINGS TO FLY.
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by
Ms. Nazia Mujeeb
Art Specialist
PS organized a Van Art exhibition cum sale on the theme ‘The Bests out of Waste’. It was the fifth year for this exhibition. The
theme was reduce, reuse and recycle and EPSites made products out of waste material . This instilled the value of protecting
our planet earth in the students as well as other stakeholders of our school.
The collections from the sale went to the community and service dept.
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Ms. Shimaila Saeed
PYP Educator
n educational workshop for differentiated classrooms was organized on 22nd
Feb 2016. The workshop leader was Dr Carolyn Coil , who hails from Georgia,
U.S.A. She shared with the teachers of EPS, her valuable experiences and advices to make our classroom activities and assessments more flexible and productive
for different learning needs.
Dr. Coil showed variety of ways for incorporating effective differentiation strategies
which can be used to create and implement lessons, units and assessments.
She elaborated the essential 21st century skills and gave away ways of flexible grouping
which includes Homogeneous and Heterogeneous grouping for teaching teamwork,
communication and collaboration to students.
She accentuated the different types of learners and ways to meet their learning needs.
We are filled with gratitude for the time Dr. Coil spent with us to guide and enlighten
us with her valuable experiences.
by
Ms. Shazia Akhtar
Librarian
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he Oxford Reading Tree Demo session was conducted on the 21st of March for the PYP English Language Teachers. The demo was given by Miss Charu Sachdev, the Product Manager at
Oxford University Press, New Delhi. The purpose of the session was to introduce ORT to the
teachers and provide guidance on how to use them effectively for best results.
Oxford Reading Tree is an English language program which helps to develop communication skills for
life long pleasure reading. It is a systematic phonics teaching Programme with resources and training
which makes it even more productive. It provides a rich collection of resources which are levelled and
are available in flexible sets.
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Dr. Fraz Ahmed
MYP Coordinator
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r. Fraz Ahmed (MYP Coordinator) attended the IB MYP Coordinator’s workshop entitled “Delivering the MYP curriculum”
in Hyderabad from 13th March 2016 to 15th March 2016. Teachers from many countries including Malaysia, Thailand, East Timor,
Australia, Indonesia, China and Hong Kong attended the workshop.
The workshop leaders were Kim Edwards from Australia and Curtis
Beaverford from Japan. Lot of learning and sharing of resources among
teachers happened at this workshop and it will In Sha Allah be beneficial in implementing the MYP programme efficiently in our school and
will also provide us the help in the planning of the upcoming academic
session 2016-17.
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