Activities

 

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

A week prior to the Christmas party day, the pre-primary classes were decorated with a crib, Christmas trees, bells, pictures of Santa Claus and beautiful streamers. The whole place had a feel of Christmas celebration. All the children were also very excited seeing the decorations.
On the 20th of December, Christmas party was celebrated. All the pre-primary children came in coloured clothes. They were all taken to the school auditorium to see the Christmas skit. The children of Sr.Kg. class presented the Christmas play with a message of loving, caring, sharing and helping especially the poor children. The Christmas play was followed by the performance of Jr.Kg. class children. Beautifully dressed as Christmas trees, they sang songs for the children. Hearing the song of Santa Claus, all the children were anxious to see the Santa. As the Santa entered the auditorium, all the children waved their hands and were very happy. Then the Santa distributed certificates to the Jr and Sr. Kg children who had won prizes for English elocution and singing competition. Then all the children were given gifts in their classes by their respective teachers. The children happily sang Merry Christmas and wished Happy New Year to one and all.

Sports Festival

December 2, 2011 -Sports Day is an important event in every school. What makes it unique here in the Primary section of  Don Bosco Matunga is that each and every child gets a chance to participate in the events of the day as an individual and as a team.` Helping Hands Are Rewarded` was the theme of this year`s sports festival. The festival got underway after the torch bearer lit the flames of the games and the Rector Rev. Fr. Jude D`mello hoisted the school flag to the singing of the School Anthem. The Sportsman`s Prayer and Oath were taken and colourful drill displays were put up by the students. There were individual and group events and races for the parents of the students. Certificates and medals were awarded to the winners and Std. IC, IIA, IIIA and IVA won trophies for the best performance of the day.The day came to a close with the lowering of the school flag. The students learnt a valuable lesson in teamwork and sportsmanship thanks to the school management , teaching and non-teaching staff who left no stone unturned in making this day a grand success.

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Jr. K G Children's Day

14th of November is the birthday of Chacha Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India and is celebrated as Children’s day. In our school we celebrated the same on 15th November, 2011 Tuesday. Children were asked to wear coloured clothes and come to school. Teachers had decorated their classrooms with pictures of Chacha Nehru and his favourite flower, the rose. Teachers discussed about Chacha Nehru, how he used to like children and that’s why his birthday is celebrated as Children’s day.

It was a fun time for all. In one of the classes a group activity of thump printing on the rose flower was done. In another, children played a relay race holding a rose flower and the group which won was given a pencil and eraser by the teacher. In one, class teacher had asked each child to get a small photo of Chacha Nehru which was struck by the teacher on the child’s worksheet and the children were asked to colour the rose flower. One of the teachers had also made a book mark with the child’s name written on it which the child took home. Children also played few games in the class like Basketball, Simon says, duck and goose, walking with a balloon between their legs and bursting it.

Children enjoyed playing the games for the full day and all the children were given kit-kat by the school as a token gift.

Sr. K G Children's Day

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of free India, also known as Chacha Nehru was born on 14th November. He was very fond of children, so his birthday is celebrated as Children’s Day every year all over India.

Since the school reopened on 11/11/11 after Diwali vacation, here at Don Bosco we celebrated this auspicious Children’s Day on the 15th of November. Children came in coloured dress with all the excitement to enjoy and celebrate this day. Teachers equally planned and organized beautiful fun games for the children to make them feel special and happy.

Class boards were decorated and Chacha Nehru’s photograph was displayed. After the prayer session got over, teachers explained to the children the significance of the day followed by a little activity worksheet where stuck Chacha Nehru’s photograph and coloured the red rose and pictures of the childrenwhich was later handed over to the children to take it home.

Then started the session of fun and entertainment . as children love to play games, teachers had organized fun games for the children which they enjoyed to their satisfaction.
Games like:

1. Tailing the cat, tug of war, etc by Sr. Kg A
2. Basketball, action song by Sr. Kg B
3. Passing the parcel, action song by Sr. Kg. C
4. Bombing the city, Iskit Taskit etc by Sr. Kg D

Not only the class teachers but the activity teachers also organized games for the children like bursting balloons, guessing games etc.
Teachers also narrated stories to the children with the help of toy puppets which the children enjoyed. Children enjoyed and had fun playing with their teachers. To make the children even more happy, the management distributed chocolates to the children.
Overall the day was very happening and the children went home with happy memories.

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Sr. K G Cultural Day

The Sr. K. G. Cultural Day was held on 15th October, 2011 at 10.30 a.m. in the Primary School Hall. Our Chief Guest was Rev. Fr. Jude D’ Mello. He was accompanied by our Principal Rev. Fr. Bosco D’ Mello and our vice-principal and administrator  Fr. Derrick Misquitta, the head teacher of the primary Section – Ms. Winifred and our pre-primary supervisor – Ms. Shoba D’souza. Ou guest lit the lamp as all gathered raised their minds in silent prayer. Palansha Rao welcomed all with his welcome speech. Our guests were presented with baskets of flowers as a token of appreciation by our Sr. K.G. boys.

As the curtains opened the boys began with the welcome song specially to their mums and dads, Fathers and teachers. Denver Dias recited the poem “Mom, no school”. Next was the prayer dance. Our star singers sang “He’s got the whole world in his hands”, while others enacted each verse sung. We then had Smit Shah reciting the poem “The hunter’s aim”. Fr. Rector was then invited to speak to our parents and he explained to them our theme – Helping hands.

Then the curtains opened with the main skit “Helping one another”. We had letters of the alphabet from A to Z. Each boy dressed up as a letter and together singing the song of how when the letters are united they form a family. These letters help in forming words and these words form sentences. This was displayed when for eg. Letter B, A, and G came together to form the word BAG. And words like I LOVE U cane together to form a sentence. The narrator introduced the 2 characters- Ram who was lame and Shyam who was blind. But they both wanted to go to the fair. They decided to help one another. Shyam carried Ram on his shoulder and Ram showed Shyam the way. They both reached the fair. The fair scene had a clown moving about and balloon sellers. The Hindi song ‘Senorita’ was played. And boys, some dressed as girls depicted a Spanish dance which was applauded by the audience. The narrators introduced Zelda, the zebra who had lost her stripes and is told to search for her stripes in the land of colours. Now we had an action song based on colours. We had 5 colours displayed by the boys dressed up in each colour. Each verse of the song was dedicated to one colour and boys of that colour came out from their semi-circle placement and did actions according to the song. After that the colours danced around. After this, Zelda’s stripes were found near Mr. Shah’s house. Now we are drawn to the scene happening in Mr. Shah’s house where they are helping in the marriage of their maid’s daughter. As the bride and groom exchange garlands and are showered with flowers. Now, begins the Hindi wedding song “Tenu leke”.  Dressed in grand sherwanis and colourful shararas, they danced at the wedding reception of the bride and the groom.  The skit ended in the words “helping hands and a loving heart can heal many wounds and touch our hearts and end up healing the world. The finale song was “Heal the world” where all the children were seen waving their hands and swaying to the music of the song.

Our Principal Fr. Bosco D’ Mello was invited to speak. He began by inviting the parents to participate in the action song “When you’re happy and you know it”. It was indeed very good to see the parents of these wonderful children clapping and singing along this action song. He appreciated the effort and hard work of the teachers and children. The Sr. K G teachers were called on stage and applauded for their work.
We then had Amey Bauchkar saluting the teachers in the poem “Why God made teachers”. After that Mohammad Hajwani gave the vote of thanks. This immense show put up by the SR.KG boys wouldn’t be complete before the boys bid everyone farewell with the Farewell Song. The compares of the day – Somesh Shetty, Vignesh Shetty, Sean Fernandes and Pehzan Motafram signed off for the day wishing good wishes to all.

The boys indeed performed their best which wouldn’t be possible without the cooperation of their parents. This grand event was indeed a success.

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Sr. K. G. Field trip

 The Sr. K. G. field trip was on 19th October, 2011. The children were taken to Bhakti Park , Wadala. The children were led in prayer and they recited poems and sang songs on the way in the bus. When they reached the park all the divisions played in the large garden on slides, tunnels and other equipments. After a while, they gathered according to their classes.  The teahers organized some games for the children. They then boarded the bus and their singing session began again. When they reached class, they had their snacks and refreshed themselves.

Diwali celebrations

Diwali was celebrated by the Sr. K G’s on the 21st October. Children came dressed in traditional clothes. They went out and the teachers helped them to light crackers along with the school helpers.
They enjoyed lighting sparklers and watched the fountains in their bright colours light up the sky. A surprise visitor i.e. our Principal spent some time with the kids. They came back to class and shared their diwali sweets. Teachers told them the Diwali story. They were warned against lighting crackers in a careless manner and the safety measures to be taken. They went home after wishing teachers a happy diwali
Diwali was celebrated in the Sr. K. G. activity class. The children were given cut outs of a lantern and strips of glazed paper. Each child had to stick the strip of paper at the bottom of the lantern to form streamers and also tear and stick colourful papers on the lantern  to exhibit their creativity.

Diwali celebrations in the Jr. K. G

After the festival of Navratri, comes the festival of Diwali. Diwali is the festival of lights.  Just like in Ayodhya once upon a time when it was fully lit up to welcome their king Ram, so also was Don Bosco Kindergarten decorated and lit up. The classes were decorated with colourful streamers, lights, lanterns, lamps and also beautiful rangolis to bring about a festive feeling to the children. The children were taken out in the open compound to see the fireworks display.
The children were also allowed to light a few sparklers. Thereafter the children gathered in their respective class and enjoyed their diwali party.

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Vegetable Day

  colour, taste, shape and season of availability were also discussed.
Different activities were carried out by the children during this event. Some boys made vegetable cards by sticking pictures of vegetables and later using them to match cards. The children also sorted vegetables and put them in their basket as called out by the teacher. Children were given a worksheet with the picture of a tomato on it. They had to tear and stick paper on it.
Students brought vegetable salad in their snack box which they were told to eat as healthy food.
 The students had lots of fun and acquired a fair idea about vegetables during the class

Fruit Day (Jr. K.G.)

The Junior K. G. celebrated fruit day on 12th October, 2011. Parents were informed well in advance to send fruit salad only as snacks in their child’s snack box. The children had just learnt about fruits in class, about the importance of eating fruits, etc. Different teachers had different activities in class on this day. Some teachers asked children to talk about the fruits they had brought in their snack box. Some gave cut-outs of fruits for children to colour and glaze paper to stick on it. One teacher asked children to stick fruit stickers on a chart and then cut the shape of the fruit. Another teacher brought real fruits  and then asked children to pick out the picture card of the same fruit. The children ate their fruit salad quite enthusiastically though some insisted they would not because apparently, fruits were “ Sirf dekhne ke liye” and not “ khane ke liye”
Hopefully, the children will learn the importance of eating fruits while still young !

Elocution Competition: (Jr. KG.)

3 OCTOBER 2011: - The English Elocution Competition for Jr KG was held in the Jr KG ‘A’  division. Teachers from the secondary section came to judge the boys Ms. Daksha and Ms. Flavia for the boys of the morning session and Ms. Anita and Ms. Selma for the afternoon session.

The children were given the opportunity to recite their poems on the mike for the first time. This indeed helped to build their confidence and to overcome stage fright.  The winners were chosen and presented with a box of colours.

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Field Trip - Jr. KG

28 September 2011:- The Jr. KG went on their first field trip to Shivaji Park. They left from school at 9.45a.m.by the school bus  The children were very enthusiastic about their first field trip but amazingly they displayed a disciplined behaviour in the park which made the teachers feel proud of them.
   Once in the park, the tiny tots seemed to enjoy the view, playing on the grass, the play area etc. They sat in groups and attentively heard what their teachers had to tell them about different plants, trees around. They returned by 11.30 a.m. having enjoyed every bit of their trip.

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Field Trip To The Supermarket:

September 24, 2011 : The Sr. KG boys were taken on a field trip to Sarkari  Bhandhar.   There was the Fruit & Vegetable section.  Teacher made the children identify the different fruits & vegetable.  The vast food items like Maggi noodles, chocos etc were also there.  Teacher showed them the stationary section, the toys section, men & ladies clothes section, the soap article section, the freezer where butter, curd, ice cream etc. was kept, the bag section  etc. Teacher also made them identify price tags.Teacher showed them the cash counter and explained how it functions. It was indeed a very enjoyable experience. Children came back to their classrooms and had their snacks. The went home and were told to draw what they saw at the super market. A few children brought the drawings to the class the next day.

Vegetable Day:

September 23, 2011 : Children brought vegetable salad in their tiffin.  They were asked to identify the vegetables & show it to their classmates. In the indoor activity classroom, children did clay modeling of vegetables.  They also did the activity of matching the wax vegetable to its picture. The children came out with artistic models of vegetables and enjoyed the activity.

Fruit Salad Day - Sr KG

September 19, 2011 : Children brought fruit salad in their snack box. Each one came out and mentioned the fruits in their fruit salad. They were shown charts on fruits and were questioned about their appearance, size, colour, taste etc. They were told the importance of fruits and the vitamins our body gets from them. The children enjoyed doing several activities on the topic and learning the importance of fruits through a play way method. The children were given a fruit cutout which they decorated beautifully to give it a fruity look.

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Teachers Day Celebration

September 5,2011 - Every year we celebrate the  birthday of Dr. Radhakrishnan  as  Teacher’s Day. But here at Don Bosco, Matunga it is a different and indeed a unique way of celebrating this day.  The day began very spiritually, by the teachers attending a mass in the Church.  The teachers received blessings from our own principal Fr. Bosco in the Shrine.

The day proceeded with children waiting anxiously in their classes with flowers in their hands and lots of love in their hearts to greet the teachers.  Children along with their teachers enjoyed the day by singing songs in the class.  There was also a small programme arranged by the students of different grades for the teachers.  The students of KG class sang a song thanking their teachers.  It was followed with various small acts and dance performances by the children.  The teachers were spell bound with the love and affection of the students showed to them and they left for the day carrying lots and lots of sweet memories with them.

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Sr.K.G. Singing Competition

August 29, 2011 -   The participants of the singing competition were divided into two categories English and Hindi.  The Judges for the morning session were Miss Barkha and Miss Melba.  And the afternoon session were Miss Smita and Miss Gracy.  The children sang a variety of songs with confidence, which thoroughly impressed all present.

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Rainy Day

September 20, 2011 - Rainy day was celebrated by making the children put on their raincoats and walk in the rain. The children observed the movement of these rainy creatures. They observed tiny insects on the ground, on the plants and in the puddles.  They brought back twigs/leaves/earthworms/snails when they returned to class. The teacher made them release them back in nature after explaining that the plants and ground was their home. 
The children were excited and inquisitive and asked endless questions which were answered by the teacher.  They returned home with loads of information they drew from what they saw.  They were given cutouts of an umbrella or rain coat to dab paint on it. They sang “In my red rubber boots and Barish aya” and  had a memorable day.

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Visit to the Ganapati Mandal

September 7, 2011- The boys of the Sr. KG visited the Ganapati Mandap near the school across the road.  The huge idol seated on a mouse with a spear in his hand crushing the evil devil brought awe on their faces.  The chants of “Ganpati Bappa Morya” filled the air.  Back in class they had to recall and draw what they saw.  Imbibing love and tolerance for all religions was stressed upon through this short field trip.

DON BOSCO’S BIRTHDAY

AUGUST 23, 2011.   The Jr. K.G. celebrated St, John Bosco’s birthday on August 23, 2011.  The children were told stories from his life and his work using pictures. This was followed by questions, answers session. Some classes celebrated his birthday by singing to him. All the children were given a worksheet with the picture of Don Bosco which they had to colour. It was a way to make the children aware of Don Bosco from their first year in school.     

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Elocution Competition: (Sr. KG.)

July 30, 2011: The students of division A,B,C & D gathered in the Sr.KG A class.  Each class had more that 10 contestants taking part.  They said their poems confidently.  Children were given pencil boxes and felt pens as prizes.

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Colour Day

July 25, 2011: Colour day was celebrated in Sr. KG children came dressed in red, blue, green, yellow orange T-shirts/ shirt and school pants They also brought and object of the same colour as their shirt. Children were asked to draw 3 things using their favourite colours.  A rainbow as takeaway was given. Children spoke confidently.  They learnt new vocabulary and sentences.

Parents day

July 23, 2011: Children of Jr. Kg celebrated Parents’ Day in honour of their parents, to show them their love. Children dressed and enacted as parents. Some said a line or two on their parents. They had to identify a few articles used by parents. The children were encouraged to speak and sing and dance to develop their language skills.

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I am Special

The event of the month of June’11 for the Jr. KG was the “I am Special” event held on 29th June’11.

We celebrated this event so that the children who have just started school be encouraged to participate in class activities and also feel special about themselves.  Different classes celebrated the event in different ways.  Some children wore a crown and held a rose in their hand and introduced themselves.  Some stood tall on a small chair to tell their name.  Some sang and danced the song “I am Special”.  Every child was given a “ Smiley” cutout to decorate with bindis which were then pinned on their shirt.

It was an enjoyable event and a great start to their first academic year.

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