PRESIDIANS REJOICED OVER A DAY DEDICATED TO FRIENDSHIP!
01-08-2020
Lord Buddha has said, “Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace and we at Presidium, believe that the only way to build a bond among students is Friendship & Care. Young Presidians celebrated the bond of Friendship with their friends through amazing participation in various activities with great enthusiasm. During this pandemic, all the Presidians indulged and enjoyed this day with their friends by making Friendship Bands, Cards, Bouquets, and promised to remain friends forever.
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PRESIDIANS FOREGROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF TIGER CONSERVATION!
29-07-2020
The growth of cities may spur economic growth, but it also leads to encroachment of land inhabited by animals. As a result, animals may be killed to minimize their presence in the invaded area or become extinct due to the disruption in their natural environment and ecosystem. Tigers are one of the animals who need to be protected before they become extinct. Students of Presidium depicted the magnificence of tigers through art and craft related activities, including mask-making, face-painting, collage-making, painting, etc., wherein they passionately put forward their views concerning the issue.
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PRESIDIANS LEARN THE SKILL OF MEASUREMENT WITH MATHS ACTIVITY
28-02-2020
Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity
and arrangement. Math is all around us, in everything we do. With an aim to make mathematics real and meaningful, an activity on ‘Measurement’ was done in class. Using a pan balance, students of grade 1 explore how heavy something is. Erasers were kept on one side of a pan balance and some weights on the other side. Students in groups performed the activity enthusiastically to learn the skill of measurement. Two new terms heavy and light were introduced. This activity proved to be a great learning experience for the young Presidians.
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PRESIDIANS CELEBRATE THE AUSPICIOUS FESTIVAL OF MAHASHIVRATRI!
20-02-2020
We, at Presidium, believe that festive celebrations are an important part of the students curriculum. This helps them understand the rituals of each festival and develop a liking for the festivals and celebrations. The celebration of Maha Shivaratri is perhaps the most important of festivals in India and offers a powerful possibility for spiritual growth. Presidium organized a special assembly on Maha Shivaratri, where students of Grade I and II performed a musical drama to sophisticate the environment. Later Grade III students pulled off the celebration with a speech on the special occasion. The celebration concluded with an impetus motivation by our honorable School Head. It provided an opportunity for the young Presidians to have a positive take on the festivities of India.
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PRESIDIANS ORGANISE SPECIAL ASSEMBLY ON WORLD SOCIAL JUSTICE DAY
20-02-2020
World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on February 20 to encourage people to look at how social justice affects poverty eradication. The teachers at Presidium believe in experiential learning and therefore organized an informative and interesting Role Play to depict the theme of Social Justice with the help of the Articles of our Constitution. Young Minds were influenced by the same and the message was successfully delivered to each one of them. By the end of the special assembly, the students were able to understand the importance of this day as they inferred about the same by saying that the act enhanced their knowledge about the various articles of the constitution of India. They also understood that it is aimed at encouraging people to look at how social justice affects eradication of poverty, enhances employment and brings forth communal integration.
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PRESIDIANS LEARN ABOUT THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
20-02-2020
Local Administration is an important department of Government that deals with day to day issues of citizens. Looking into the crucial role of the local administration, students of grade 4 and 5 were taught about their roles and responsibilities through role play. Students exhibited their skills in role-play. In their role play, they depicted that each year the department collects information from local governments about the key services they provide and publishes it in the local government comparative information report. The report includes a suite of efficiency, effectiveness and quality-of-service indicators covering the following key functional and financial areas of local government. It was an informative activity for the students.
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PRESIDIANS HONE LANGUAGE SKILLS WITH ENGLISH ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY
15-02-2020
“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” – John Deway
With this belief, a subject enrichment activity was organized for grade 7 students. English Enrichment provides students with the opportunity to learn, experience, read and write within a variety of genres. So, to inculcate this additional creative learning, students were taught a concept based on experiential learning. They were given a text, in which they had to visualize themselves and draw an event that has been mentioned in the text or they had to draw the best scene. This method not only helped them in understanding a literary device but also gave them a better understanding of the text. Through several events of the text, the whole concept of the text or the gist was captivated. It was an exhilarating activity, which led them into the thinking process and then into learning naturally.
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PRESIDIUM RAISE AWARENESS AMONGST STUDENTS ON WORLD CANCER DAY
11-02-2020
World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. To raise awareness and educate our students about cancer, Presidium held a seminar on “Cancer Awareness” for grade 6-9 by the Faculty of Science. Various awareness activities regarding cancer types, causes, and prevention were explained to the students. The thought for the day was based on the importance of life. ‘Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it’. A short speech on ‘why we celebrate World Cancer Day’ was also delivered. The seminar mainly focused on cancer-causing foods like chips, coke, processed meat, etc; to create awareness about the risk factors associated with these types of food items.
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PRESIDIANS PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERESTING TREASURE HUNT ACTIVITY
07-02-2020
The students of Presidian grade 2 participated in Treasure hunt activity. It’s a game in which each person or team attempts to be first in finding something that has been hidden, using
written directions or clues. Students were divided into groups of five. They then were given written clues by the teacher to find the hidden things. Students read the clues and were able to find the hidden prize.
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PRESIDIANS PROVE THEIR METTLE YET AGAIN
31-01-2020
There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do. Proving their mettle yet again, Presidians performed extraordinarily in the Skating Competition of the Inter-School Sports Championship 2020 held at Dr. Bhai Parmanand Vidya Mandir School. Vipransh Sharma of Grade 1D won a Silver medal in the Group of Under 6(Boys). Manvi Tyagi of Grade 3C won a Bronze medal in the Group of Under 8(Girls). Anushka Singh of Grade 6A won a Gold medal in the Group of Under 12(Girls). Aditya Kumar of Grade 6B won a Bronze medal in the Group of Under 12(Boys). With such an amazing start to 2020, we are sure the students are going to take their zeal to the next level.
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