HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016

A New Year's resolution is a tradition, in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement or something slightly nice, such as being more polite, tolerant and kind to people beginning from New Year's Day.

Religious origins

Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year that they would return borrowed objects and pay their debts.

The Romans began each year by making promises to the god Janus, for whom the month of January is named.

In the Medieval era, the knights took the "peacock vow" at the end of the Christmas season each year to re-affirm their commitment to chivalry.

At watch night services, many Christians prepare for the year ahead by praying and making these resolutions.

There are other religious parallels to this tradition. During Judaism's New Year, Rosh Hashanah, through the High Holidays and culminating in Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), one is to reflect upon one's wrongdoings over the year and both seek and offer forgiveness. 

Popular resolutions for kids are :-

• Improve physical well-being: eat healthy food, lose weight, exercise more, eat better, stop biting nails, get rid of old bad habits
• Improve mental well-being: think positive, laugh more often, enjoy life
• Improve education: improve grades,learn something new (such as a foreign language or music), study often, read more books, improve talents
• Improve self: become more organized,be less grumpy, manage time, be more independent, perhaps watch less television, play fewer sitting-down video games
• Take a trip
• Volunteer to help others, practice life skills.
• Get along better with people, improve social skills, enhance social intelligence
• Make new friends
• Spend quality time with family members.
• Be more involved in sports or different activities.

WISHING EVERY ONE A VERY HAPPY AND FRUITFUL

INTER HOUSE SOLO WESTERN DANCE COMPETITION (28.12.15)

Scintillating dance performances were shown by students of class III in Solo Western Dance Competition. They were judged on the basis of choreography, costume, confidence, attitude and presentation.

NAVYA BHASIN- Raman House   (First Position)

JANYA KAPOOR- Newton House (Second Position)

RASHI JINDAL- Bose House (Third Position) 

CONGRATULATIONS to all the participants and winners !

MERRY CHRISTMAS -2015

 TRUE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT


1: Ask yourself when you last gave your time to someone you didn't know very well. Ask yourself how it felt, or if you have never done it, ask yourself why.

2: Spend some time reflecting how easy it is to give some money for a good cause. Give some thought to how much more difficult it is to give a minute of your time.

3: Each day, when you wake up, no matter how difficult it might be for you, think of someone you know who might be in need of a minute of your time, and call them, or pay them a visit.

There are many sad and lonely people out there, wondering where the true spirit of Christmas is.your best gift is to show them.  We all need to give that money to a good cause, to help those more needy than ourselves in any way we can, but it can be too easy to become so caught up in our lives, to write that check, to give monetarily, and to forget the true spirit of Christmas. Our best gift to others,  is to pay attention, to listen to the voice of God,even if it is only for a short amount of time. It is that time again, right now, the time of magic, of Santa, toys, trees, tinsel, elves and Rudolph, carols .a time for the true spirit of Christmas..a time to take time for others.

STORY- BY LUCY WHEELOCK 

THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE

THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE*
 Two little children were sitting by the fire one cold winter's night. All at once they heard a timid knock at the door, and one ran to open it.

There, outside in the cold and the darkness, stood a child with no shoes upon his feet and clad in thin, ragged garments. He was shivering with cold, and he asked to come in and warm himself.

 "Yes, come," cried both the children; "you shall have our place by the fire. Come in!" 

They drew the little stranger to their warm seat and shared their supper with him, and gave him their bed, while they slept on a hard bench. 

In the night they were awakened by strains of sweet music and, looking out, they saw a band of children in shining garments approaching the house. They were playing on golden harps, and the air was full of melody.

 Suddenly the Stranger Child stood before them; no longer cold and ragged, but clad in silvery light.

His soft voice said: "I was cold and you took Me in. I was hungry, and you fed Me. I was tired, and you gave Me your bed. I am the Christ Child, wandering through the world to bring peace and happiness to all good children. As you have given to Me, so may this tree every year give rich fruit to you."
 So saying, He broke a branch from the fir tree that grew near the door, and He planted it in the ground and disappeared. But the branch grew into a great tree, and every year it bore wonderful golden fruit for the kind children.

Samanvay - Thank You Video

SAMANVAY- (THANK YOU DEAR PARENTS)

Please accept our warmest greetings and wishes. We are indeed grateful that you took out time from your busy schedule to be with us on the evening of 16 December, 2015.We felt greatly honoured by your presence and it was a source of great motivation and encouragement to the entire school.

Once again a BIG THANK YOU for your wholehearted support and presence.

                   SOME BEHIND THE SCENE ACTION PICTURES.

HINDI POEM RECITATION (Class 3)

SAIL MY BOAT- S.St activity (class 3, Unit 7)

Students made sail boats using walnut shells, modelling clay and tooth pics. With this trans disciplinary (visual arts) activity, they learnt means of waterways transport and things which can float in water or not.

Samanvay - 2015 (e-invite )

FOOT STEPS FOR GOOD (2015-16) Some More Pictures