Playtime is a very powerful and necessary learning tool for youngsters. Playing is critical to a child making social connections, expanding and using their imagination, and developing language and motor skills. Time to make some play dates and break out the toys, future innovation depends on it.
A child’s brain has its most dramatic growth period from birth until the age of 5. Kids learn from observation and instruction which sharpens their cognitive abilities. A kid’s brain really is like a sponge, soaking up as much info as possible.
To raise awareness amongst the students about cybersecurity and emerging online issues, Zebar School celebrated the Safer Internet Day Students of Middle section watched a video to learn about cyber security tips, ideas to stay safe online, what kind of information should be shared on the web, how to create strong passwords and the teacher discussed about these in detail.
After the discussion, the students were asked to create a set of 140 character message that could be posted on school’s Twitter account to encourage families to stay safe online.
The aim of Safer Internet Day was to inspire a conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively.
Students of all the three sections celebrated International Mother Language Day at the campus. On one hand, students of Senior KG held a special assembly on sign languages with their peers. Their message was clear that language has no barrier. On the other hand, students of the primary section gave a glimpse into the linguistic diversity of our country. The students dressed as Punjabis, Marathis, Gujaratis, Bengalis each gave a short presentation about their language and culture. The students of Middle section celebrated this day by writing essays, poem recitations in their mother tongue, reading of Gujarati prose from favourite novels and prayer recital in Punjabi by students of grade 9. Our Principal ma’am donated Gujarati Novels to the school library.
As a school, Zebar is very proud to have such a rich, culturally vibrant community, and to be able to learn from and respect each other. We also have a group of wonderful, dedicated Mother Tongue Teachers (Gujarati, Hindi and Sanskrit), who help our children to grow in their native language and share it with others, a skill which is so crucial in today’s global society.
Junior KG students were shown a variety of plants on the campus. The teachers had recreated a small plant kingdom where they had set up a wide variety of plants. Through observing an extensive range of plants students understood that plants have different parts and grow in places where they get their needs met. They came to know that some plant parts are below the ground and some above. This activity familiarised the students with the diversity and variation of plants
World Radio Day is an observance day held annually on 13th February. It is about celebrating radio, why we love it and why we need it today….more than ever. A day to remember the unique power of radio, touch lives and bring people together across every corner of the globe.
The students of class 4 B celebrated World Radio day by organizing a special assembly. Students dressed as RJ hosted the assembly. They held a group discussion on the relevance of radio in the 21st century and how it is still useful to reach out to the millions of people in rural areas. Radio is particularly helpful for defence purposes. The children delivered impressive speeches one after the other.
The Vice Principal Ms Jayasree Menon highlighted the significance of radio with regard to defence purposes. She shared the memories of her childhood when radio was the most persuasive means of
Kathan Golwala of class 5 B bagged the second position at Winter Badminton Tournament 2018 held at Rajpath Club recently.
Aarav Anand of class 4 A won the Brainobrain Regional competition held recently.
Kathan Mehta of Class 7 A has won Gold medal in State level competition of brainobrain. He completed 27 sums in 3 mins.
