It was a colourful Wednesday for our kindergarten children as they participated in their first intra class drawing competition. Working with crayons and colours. Unleashing their creative thoughts and ideas to be spread out on the drawing sheets, the drawing competition is a platform to bring together budding artists to showcase their talent. The finished products were amazing as the children had let their imagination run wild and create magic. It was indeed a very successful event and a memorable one too as all our children proudly displayed their work and posed happily.

“When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for eternity.” – Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Day is a celebration of our collective power to create a global movement for good and make a positive impact on the world. To mark this day students of grade 7 and 8 of Presidium Noida -31 visited ‘Nivedita Foundations –an ngo and distributed confectionery &

stationeries, and generously donated books, clothes, toys and games, etc with a lot of love and empathy.

“Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwara”.

The students of Presidium Noida-31 took great pride in convening the assembly on Guru Purnima as it provided them with an opportunity to thank all the teachers. Students illustrated the significance of Guru Purnima through their assembly. The assembly commenced with the demonstration of life in a Gurukul and importance of Guru in one’s life. Students presented the speeches of famous gurus like Dronacharya, Chanakya and Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa. A beautiful dance performance by students left everyone mesmerised. The day left all the students in awe of their teachers and their importance in flourishing their lives and always being a guiding light for them. 

Summers are truly incomplete without relishing the king of all fruits- Mango. We hosted a Mango Day and organised many activities like paper tearing and pasting, Mango cutting,  rhyme and movie session, related to juicy mangoes. Many items made from mango were also shown to the kids like Aam panna, mango candy, Aam ras etc The sole purpose of the entire event was to see our little Presidians budding and blooming with happiness and excitement and to make them aware of the qualities/health benefits of the fruit of the season – Mango. 

School reviving is dependably a mix of numerous feelings and sentiments. In addition, coming back to school holds loads of energy in delicate hearts of children. Subsequently, it is of most extreme significance that this day must unfurl amazes and ought to be loaded with motions which can invite kids with warmth, love and care. To make this day progressively significant for our little ones, we at Presidium Noida-31 arranged different thrilling and tyke driven exercises. It was a brilliant day where educators and youngsters put in some excellent snapshots of affection and harmony.

India is rich with flavours, aromas and textures or uncountable types. To celebrate this diversity, a Food Fair was organised by the students of grade 3. The cuisines of all the states provided served the palate of the little ones with so many different spices such as the sweetness of Bengali rasgulla and spiciness of the Saag from Punjab. The students described the respective cuisines, learnt about the folk language of the state they were representing and put on the beautiful traditional attires. It was truly like the whole of India was served on a plate. This event also encourages the students to develop respect for all people irrespective of religion, caste or creed. 

“Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.”-R.W Emerson.

Keeping the students abreast with the latest issues, Presidium Noida-31 recently organised a Declamation Competition for the students of grades 6 to 8.The participants took the stage with aplomb and their performance was incredible. It reflected the fact that they had well understood that great inspiring speeches are examples of great oratory which have the power to appeal to the sentiments and stir up the emotions of the listeners. The competition aimed to promote the skills of effective public speaking. The participants enthusiastically expressed their views on the topics like Life in the urban jungle, Racial Discrimination, Information Technology in developing technology, Global terrorism, How to reach your goals with humour etc. At the end of the competition, while declaring the results, the judges stated that the contestants were well  prepared and performed amazingly well.

जीवन में किसी उद्देश्य या लक्ष्य तक पहुंचने से ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण उस यात्रा को अच्छे से संपन्न करना होता है- गौतम बुद्धा

जीवन को सही रूप देने व उसके सही आचरण के लिए सदा उचित मार्ग को अपनाना साथ ही शिष्टा दिखाना हर मनुष्य का कर्तव्य है | इसी विचार को सही रूप व् राह दिखाते हुए प्रेसिडियम के छात्रों ने एक अलग रंग छलकाया | एक आध्यात्मिक यात्रा का आरंभ करते हुए छात्रों ने बुद्ध पूर्णिमा के उपलक्ष्य में एक छोटी सी संगीतमय नाटिका प्रस्तुत की | सभा की शुरुआत करते हुए छात्रों ने बुद्ध पूर्णिमा या जयंती का शुद्ध व् वास्तविक अस्तित्व अर्थ सबको उचित भाव के साथ ज्ञात कराया साथ ही छात्रों ने बहुत ही उत्साह के साथ नृत्य नाटिकामें राजकुमार सिद्धार्थ के गौतम बुद्ध बनने के सफर को निर्मल भाव से प्रस्तुत किया | बुद्धा के द्वारा दिए गए सन्देश उनके दिए गए पथ का किस प्रकार आचरण करें साथ ही किस प्रकार से स्वयं का स्वयं से मिलाप , किस राह से करे हर चरित्र की प्रस्तुति की गई| बुद्धा के आष्टांगिक मार्ग व् उनके द्वारा जीवन चक्र का आधार हर क्रिया को सही राह दिखा एक मधुरमय सभा को प्रस्तुत किया गया | बुद्धा जयंती के अवसर पर छात्रों के जोश, उमंग, उत्साह व् रोमांच ने यह सन्देश सबके समक्ष प्रस्तुत किया जीवन में कुछ भी बन जाए परन्तु एक नेक या अच्छे मनुष्य की ही पहचान पाए|