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Dear Parents,
Greetings!! |
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We had a wonderful day today!!! The rain dance was really enjoyed by all and the icing on the cake was the Mr and Ms Excelsior contest.
Our congratulations to all the participants who took part in this contest. They were
Prachi, Urvashi, Nimor, Vibhor, Aditya, Saadat, Prabhnoor, Shreya, Urja, Juh Yung, Ria, The children from Grade V - VIII participated in the event with full fervor and confidence and rose to the occassion.It was a tough job for the judges to finally arrive at their decision since all the children did very well..
The judges for the event were -Mrs Sangeeta Iyer and Mrs. Neelambari Joshi (who are parents of our school children) and the third judge was me.
This event will go down in the annals of Excelsior History as what happened left everyone with tears and a feeling which is incomparable, such a feeling I did not even feel after winning any of the awards.
Judging the event was really difficult as each of the contestants was unique and thus I feel each one of them is a winner.
Saadat Khan was declared Mr Excelsior and Urvashi Uberoy as Ms Excelsior.
At that moment Urvashi requested if she could speak for a minute before accepting the award. I actually thought she wanted to thank but what she did could not be explained. She said that though as per the judges she has won but she feels Juh Yung who has worked very hard for this event deserves it much more than her. I was shocked at the turn of events and humbled and touched and couldn't believe that a child could do this. She taught us something which one only sees in movies and cannot be imagined, I suddenly felt that she stood by what the Excelsior philosophy is of team work and support.
I really wished at that time I had a friend like that..In this competitive world people like this are rare and here standing amongst us though not wearing the crown Urvashi Uberoy stood tall and a star in the true spirit. Everything else seemed so timid and small.
Excelsior is very proud of Urvashi and our sincere and heartfelt congratulations to her parents . They are blessed to have a child like that .
Thus I take this opportunity to declate Mr Excelsior 2010 Saadat and Ms Excelsior 2010 Juh Yung and Urvashi Uberoy.
Urvashi I salute you and wish you all the success in life.. you are the inspiration for my next article and book and Juh Yung , you are indeed very lucky to have a friend like Urvashi.. |
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| God Bless all my students! |
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Warm Regards,
Shalini.Nambiar |
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Dear Parents,
Greeting!!! |
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Kindly note the following……
Month wise curriculum for all classes was emailed to you so that as a parent you are aware of the work to be done in the class.[In case you need a copy please contact the help desk]
Friday folder with Peek at the week will be coming to you each Friday along with the child’s work. Please do make it a point to sign it and return the same by Monday.
Till Grade II we follow informal assessment wherein the teachers have been instructed to maintain monthly individualized report of each child but Grade III onwards we shall have tests every Wednesday and Friday [incase it is a holiday the test will be postponed ]
Assessment, Grade I upwards are calculated on the following basis
25% Weekly tests/ informal tests
25% Class performance, team work, Self- Discipline
25% Project work/ research work
25% Home work |
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| Homework is an integral part of the educational process. We request you not to help the child in completing the work as this will not develop in a child the capability of doing work on his own.. Home work develops responsibility, builds good discipline and stimulates pride in work and helps the child to develop independent study habits. |
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Schedule for Homework will be as follows
Dinosaurs/Wildlife 10 minutes Friday
Cultural I & II 10 to 15 minutes Wednesday & Friday
Grade I & II 15 to 20 minutes Wednesday & Friday
Grade III & IV 30 to 40 minutes Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Grade IV upwards I hour to 1 ½ hour Every Day |
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In case you feel the homework is more please do inform.
Inculcate in children a habit to read and it’s a request when the children are reading at home do not become a teacher and start checking his or her mistakes as that will discourage them from picking up a book . Enjoy their reading out to you.
Kindly do not call the help desk to relay messages to your children unless it is an absolute emergency.
Follow the dispersal and arrival rules and you are requested not to pick up the child early, note the dispersal timings as it becomes difficult to explain to the other children why a child is leaving early.
Inculcate in the child to be on time for school as this teaches them in the long run the value of time. Time management is crucial for children to be successful in life because as adults the major problem we face is managing time so help us in inculcating the right value in them. It’s not a school policy to check children for this as the teacher sometimes does not know the reason and this may hurt the child’s self esteem.
Also please note that when you pick up a child early it disturbs his routine .In my experience as an educator I have realized that one thing we forget to teach children is reflection or to be just with himself. The snack time in the afternoon is a time for developing their social skills and teaches them the value of communication. A child needs to have some time with himself or friends. Free hand drawing or just to be with him teaches them a lot. To be effective parents we feel that a child needs to be all the time occupied without allowing them the time to be themselves.
Free time helps in developing social skills, communication skills, confidence and self esteem.
From personal experience some of the best friends which I made in school were the ones with whom I interacted during the breaks we got in school. |
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Thank you
With Warm Regards
Shalini Nambiar
( Director) |
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