Book Week Day 1 "Character Parade"

DAY 1: PARADE OUT BOOKS

Prep Girls Section organized the assembly on ‘Parade Out Books’ on Monday, November 12, 2018. The parade was one of the events of Book Week and the aim was to provide children with a strong foundation and appetite for reading. Students of Class 6, Class 7 and Class 8 showcased their course novels Matilda, Phantom Tollbooth and The Hobbit respectively. The announcement was made two weeks prior to the event. Auditions were taken and selection was made. Students wore costumes depicting their favourite characters in stories.

A competition was organized and Dr. Azra Shaheryar, Network Academic Coordinator was invited to judge participants’ performance. A ramp was setup for the students. Each character spoke for 1 minute about their role in the novel. Students displayed confidence, enthusiasm and presented themselves closely as characters’ physical trait and attire.

The students were judged on the basis on confidence, attire, facial expressions/ gestures and content presentation.

The result was as follow:

Class	Position	Students’ Name
Class 6	1st	Paras Farasat – 6C Mr. Wormwood
	2nd	Fasiha Mudassir – 6S Mrs. Phelps
	3rd	Ayesha Khan – 6T Ms. Trunchbull
Class 7	1st	Ayesha – 7N King Azaz
	2nd	Alishba Khan – 7T Milo
	3rd	Arhama Shabbir- 7C Officer Shrift
Class 8	1st	Wania Wamiq - 8T Gollum
	2nd	Zainab Faisal – 8T Galadreil
	3rd	Maleeha – 8 N Elrond

We Soar Upwards "Declamtion Contest 2018-19"

English Declamation 2018 was organized by English Faculty of Prep Girls Section. The main theme of the event was the showcasing of Our Values and thus the slogan of the event was ‘We S.O.A.R upwards” in which S stands for Strength, O stands for Optimism, A stands for appreciation and R stands for being Realistic . Students of Class 7 and 8 were selected for delivering the speech on different values including Happiness, Simplicity, Knowledge, Gratitude, and Honesty, and Courtesy, signification of language, Kindness and Hard work. The programme began with the holy name of Allah followed by the national Anthem and school song. Later, the choir mesmerized the audience by beautifully sung Hamd.

The participants displayed confidence, enthusiasm and clarity of speech.  Students were highly appreciated for their efforts by the audience and judges.  At intervals, Manal Gazdar from 7-S sang a melodious song ‘Ek baar kaho tum’ as this song will soon be sung in the Obhartay Sitaray 2018 Contest in the following week. Alongside, an Art Competition was held as well where students of Class 8 portrayed the values in a creative form. The Declamation was judged by English Teacher Ms. Hanna of Senior Girls and Ms. Humaira of Senior Boys and Art Competition was judged by Ms. Nilofer Zaheer from Prep Boys. The hard work of teachers and students paid off hugely. Displayed below are results of the position holders.

DECLAMATION CONTEST 2018

Name of Student	Class and Section	Position
Kashaf Rafi	7N	1st
Amna Saleem	7 S	2nd
Ayesha Gul	7T	3rd
Alyhum Magsi	7S	Consolation

Name of Student	Class and Section	Position
Ursula Malik	8T	1st
Maham Khan	8C	2nd
Zainab Faisal	8T	3rd
Eshaal Gardezi	8C	Consolation

 ART CONTEST 2018

Name of Student	Class and Section	Position
Huda Zain	8N	1st
Nabila Zehri	8T	2nd
Suhaima Gul	8N	3rd
Nawab Khatoon	8S	Consolation

Iqbal Day

Iqbal day is organized and celebrated on 9 November every year in all the provinces as a tribute to Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the "Poet of the East". We, at Prep Girls Section, organized a special Assembly to pay tribute to Allama Iqbal. Urdu teachers prepared the broadcasters with the script enriched with Iqbal’s famous verses. Class 6 students presented a poetry Tableau, “Ma ka Khuwab” whereas, Class 7 girls were chosen for reciting Shikwa and Jawab-e-Shikwa followed by the famous song ‘Har Lehza hai momin’. The assembly ended by giving out gifts to the students and teachers who recited Allama Iqbal’s poetry. Souvenirs with Allama Iqbal famous verses with given out to the teachers and heads.

Movie Day

In our endeavour to integrate fun and learning, screening of the movie was planned for Students of Prep Girls Section on Tuesday 07 November 2018. Showcasing the movie aims to put the novel in hand at the heart of students and upraise young people's learning experience and understanding of novels in their English Literature Classes. The power of the movie was to make an emotional connection and to enable students to experience this power through education was the theme. Students watched the movies of their respective novels, which were as follows:

Class 6 – Matilda

Class 7 – Phantom Tollbooth

Class 8 – Hobbit

The discipline of the students conducted the day with success. Girls enjoyed watching the movie with their friends and teachers followed by KFC combo deal provided. The journey ended by handing over the students to their parents and guardians directly from the cinema hall. 

                

New Date of English Test and Movie

Dear Parents,

As the school will be closed tomorrow, English Class test will be held on Monday 05 November 2018. Screening of movie will be on Tuesday 06 November 2018.

Regards,
HM Prep Girls Section
Darakhshan Campus 

School Closed on 2nd November

Dear Parents,
Due to prevalent law and order situation the school will remain closed on Friday  November 02, 2018.  

Regards,
HM  Prep Girls Section 
Darakhshan Campus