On July 15 every year, World Youth Skills Day is marked to promote youth skills development and abilities. This year, the theme for World Youth Skills Day 2019 is ‘Learning to learn for life and work’ Keeping the same in mind Presidium Raj Nagar organised a special assembly on World Youth Skills Day in the school premises wherein the young minds opined their perspectives. One of our young Presidians shared her views in the form of a speech imparting the message that engagement of the youth is considered important in achieving sustainable, inclusive and stable societies. The students also represented a skit in front of all stating the message that these days young people often get a lower quality of jobs. We also acquainted students with the information that this year, the UN’s observance of World Youth Skills Day have put light on mechanisms needed to operationalise lifelong learning. 

Presidium Raj Nagar recently organised a Stress Buster Workshop for the students of Grades 8 to 10. With examination time approaching fast, National Active Championship (NAC) focused to help children attain an active mind and body, therefore in association with experts in children psychology, behavior and education they conducted NAC Examination Stress Buster sessions for students to deal with Exam Fear and Stress. NAC Stress Buster was an hour interactive session with an objective to acquaint students with fun cool techniques, talks and interactive engagements. The Interactive Session included:• Techniques to concentrate as well as destress while preparing for exam.• Best Practices while preparing for exams like time management and prioritisation of subjects.• Technique to improve focus while reviewing exam questions and responses thus avoiding any anxiety attack.• Tricks to increase concentration span during exams• Importance of Sleeping Pattern, Nutritious & Well Balanced diet. NAC Stress Buster programming included fun learning activities that were easy to adopt and practice Anytime - Anywhere. Along with motivational talk, fun quotient quizzes students were also engaged in activities to enhance their concentration, strengthen memory and improve focus. Presidians were encouraged to continue with these activities while at home -studying, sitting or on the move.

One has rightly said, “For effective extempore speaking a participant must be fluent, erudite and

articulate.” Presidium Raj Nagar regularly organises various scholastic and co-scholastic activities to cater all round development of its students.To imbue the true spirit of learning and enhance effective communication skills, a Class Wise English Extempore Competition was organised for students of Grade 9 and 10 to enhance their communication skills. The students spoke eloquently on varied topics like education, knowledge, life, beauty, happiness, ICT, entrepreneurship, leadership, culture, freedom, diversity etc. The event was a great learning experience for the students as they expressed their views and opinions spontaneously. They were judged on various criteria like content, body language, fluency, confidence, voice modulation, pronunciation and overall impact. The judges applauded all the participants and congratulated the winners. 

The summer break finally comes to an end and it was time for us to welcome our young Presidians to the first day of school. They were full of zest and enthusiasm to have come after a long break. A special welcome assembly was hosted for them which started with a prayer to almighty, followed by news and the thought of the day. After this, students were welcomed on the stage to share their vacation experiences. Many students came and shared their experiences which were very interesting. Ms.Shradha Mam, Head of the School, welcomed the students with a warm speech and encouraged them to begin the new session with optimism and confidence.

Declamation refers to one’s capacity of communicating with others, through exact speech and

gestures. To enhance the oratory skills of the students an ‘Inter-Class Declamation Competition’

was conducted in the school wherein students from Grades 6 to 8 faced the audience with confidence and delivered their speech with correct diction, clarity and voice modulation. Students spoke with charisma and a positive thought which established a connection with the listeners.

A healthy competitive spirit enlightened the faces of the students who conveyed their feelings on some of the serious issues that are occurring in the world around us every day. Keeping in mind the judgement criteria students focused on aspects like culmination of voice, quality, speech content, and the delivery standards. The competition enabled the students to enhance their communication skills with clarity and finesse.

Presidium Raj Nagar celebrated Buddha Purnima on 18th May. Through the celebration we imparted that the festival of Buddha Purnima is traditionally celebrated to commemorate the birth of Siddhartha

Gautama​, who later became Gautama Buddha and went on to become the founder of Buddhism.

The celebration began with the reverberating sound of the morning prayer followed by a song which motivated each and every child to be optimistic. Students were shown the acts showcasing how this day celebrates Siddhartha’s choice to embrace a spiritual quest wherein he renounced all worldly pleasures to become a holy man. They also represented a Dance-Drama in front of everyone which was followed by the Teachings of Lord Buddha. The celebration ended with the chanting of the Divine Mantra “Buddham-Sharnam-Gachchami”. 

Presidium Raj Nagar conducted an activity named “Chitra Varnan”  for the students of Grade 4, where in the students were shown some pictures and they had to describe the picture as per their perception.

Pictures or images provide another way of presenting information, and increasing understanding.

Students were taught some of the tips to describe the picture and they skillfully adapted the methods

taught to them by their teachers in the class. Each student made sure that their picture description is

logically structured, for example: from left to right (or from right to left), from the background to the

foreground (or from the foreground to the background), from the middle to the sides (or from the sides

to the middle), from details to general impressions (or from general impressions to details). Which

structure the students finally opted for depended on their temperament and how they perceive what

was shown to them.

“There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives.”

Students at Presidium Raj Nagar were engaged in an interactive Map Activity which was conducted as part of their Geography Curriculum. Maps not only help the students understand the territorial borders but also help them reinforce the theoretical concepts in a fun way. Students were able to visualise every region discussed during the activity which led to a better learning process altogether. 

There is no love in this world greater than that of a mother for her child. Celebrating this precious and unconditional love of a mother, a special assembly marking Mother's Day, was conducted at Presidium Raj Nagar. Children from different grades participated in various activities organised for them. As a token of love and gratitude for their mothers, they made special handmade cards for them. The children also performed on heart-touching songs and dance sequences. It was a memorable moment indeed to see children valuing the greatest bond of love on earth-a mother’s love!