GRADE 1-FINAL COMPILED

FUN DAY 

“Kids go where there is excitement and they 

stay where there is Love” 

The new academic session began with Fun Day 

comprising of a day packed with fun and 

innovative activities. The children had fun to their 

heart‟s fill and the school sealed it with a welcome 

gift and a balloon which the kids took home as a 

token of love. The happy faces of the students and 

the mentors alike were a treat to behold. It was a 

„Fun Day‟ with a difference. 

G. D. Goenka Public School Sector-48, Gurugram

WELCOME ASSEMBLY 

The Goenkan mentors of the Junior 

Wing presented an endearing 

Welcome assembly with the motive 

of educating and entertaining the 

little Goenkans at the same time 

and highlighted the fact that 

happy school and happy children 

make great learners. 

LET’S KNOW OUR EARTH 

The Junior Goenkan environment 

brigade stepped forward as mascots of 

Mother Earth and raised the slogan of 

„GO GREEN‟ along with a pledge - a 

promise to value the generosity of 

Mother Earth.The children promised to 

create awareness to keep the Earth 

„Clean and Green‟. 


GLOBAL ASTRONOMY 

MONTH 

Celebrating Global Astronomy Month 

(GAM) with motto “One people, one sky”, 

Astro Kiosk was organized keeping in mind 

the progression in sphere of science learning 

and identified areas of Space, Science and 

Astronomy which we want to introduce to 

our children in each academic year of their 

primary school journey. The event was 

inaugurated by the school Principal Mrs. 

Anuradha Handa. Students and teachers 

enjoyed fun filled activities like Hydro 

Rocket Launch, Safe Solar Observation by 

solar viewer, lung capacity test, ring the 

planets and let‟s launch stomp rockets. 

EXPRESSING GRATITUDE 

Everyday becomes a good day if we have 

something new to learn. The assembly on 

the above said topic left the students feeling 

inspired for practicing gratitude in their 

lives. The learning was reflected when the 

tiny tots expressed their gratitude by 

writing thank you notes to each other. 


TEDDY’S PARTY(NURSERY) 

A day full of fun and frolic was reserved 

for the little Goenkans of Nursery and the 

new entrants to class K.G. in the Goenkan 

calendar as the „Teddy‟s Party‟ to provide a 

sense of warmth, love and security to them. 

MOTHER’S DAY 

To celebrate this day of love, the 

students presented an acronym for 

„Mother‟ and dedicated a special song 

and a dance to showcase their love for 

their mothers. It was an opportunity 

for them to honour their mothers. 


IMPORTANCE OF BOOKS 

To attract our little Goenkan geniuses to 

the divine world of reading books and to 

help them ignite their imagination, an 

assembly aptly titled „Importance of 

Books‟ was organized to encourage them 

to and make books their best friends. 

STEM WEEK 

To develop scientific temperament and succeed in this new 

information based and highly technological society students 

need to develop their capabilities in STEM. Topics such as 

internal vs. external science, Five Elements in nature and us, 

were taken up in classes and children were presented with an 

opportunity to ignite their imagination through different lenses. 


COEP 

As an ongoing annual event, the school 

organized COEP, the Centre of Excellence 

Program for the students of Junior Wing. 

The week long program aimed at providing 

unique opportunities of learning, giving an 

exposure to wide range of skills under sports, 

co-curricular and skill development with an 

element of fun. The skill development clubs 

such as Experimentation Club, Math Club 

and I wonder why Club offered a wide range 

of activities related to the everyday life 

skills. 


EXOTIC FRUITS AROUND THE WORLD, 

MANGO BEING THE KING OF FRUITS 

Mango Day started on a sweet and 

juicy note for the little Goenkans as 

they confidently shared the 

information on the importance of 

fruits in their daily diet along with 

the names and nutritional value of 

various exotic fruits available 

throughout the world. Interactive 

games like mango maze, pluck the 

mangoes and a mango photo booth 

added to the attraction and fun. The 

young Goenkans signed off the day 

with the much awaited mango treat. 

CREAMY DESSERTS & ICE-CREAM DAY 

Tingling the taste buds of the 

little Goenkans, the students 

creatively presented the 

assembly highlighting the exotic 

desserts and frozen sweet treats 

eaten all over the world, with the 

favourite being the ice cream. The 

major attraction of the day was 

the ice cream vending cart 

serving the yummy treat to the 

little Goenkans. 


INTERNATIONAL WEEK 

The International Week was 

celebrated with the emphasis 

on making the little ones 

culturally aware and tolerant 

with the theme country 

„Malaysia‟. The students were 

introduced to the culture of 

Majestic Malaysia through a 

carefully created in house 

handbook filled with facts 

and activities of Malaysia. 

MAJESTIC MALAYSIA- 

THE ANNUAL AQUATIC CAMP 

A day full of excitement, fun and cheer, The Annual Aquatic 

camp with Malaysia theme was strategically planned for the 

students of the Junior Wing. Children participated in various 

activities such as Jelly Fish Race, Obstacle race, Pull the partner, 

Luck by chance and Pass the Mug. The vibrant swimming 

costumes and summer hats added to the fun. 


JANMASHTAMI CELEBRATIONS 

On the auspicious occasion of 

Janmashtami, a beautiful temple 

like set up and “Jhankis” were 

created where children rocked the 

cradle of „Laddoo- Gopal‟ and 

heard the stories about Krishna‟s 

childhood and youth. 

PROJECT AND STUDIO (QUINTESSENCE)- 

PRESENTATIONS (GRADE I & II) 

Project and Studio presentations by the 

students of Grade I & II gave parents an 

opportunity to get a 360 degree view of 

teaching learning in Scholastic and Coscholastic 

domain. All the presentations 

included an element of rich Indian cultural 

heritage along with the International element 

of country-Malaysia. 


RHYME AND STUDIO (QUINTESSENCE) 

PRESENTATIONS (NUR & KG) 

The students of Nursery and KG 

participated in rhyme presentation 

and a range of co-scholastic 

activities such as music, dance, art 

and theatre to give a 360 degree 

view of teaching – learning to their 

parents who were invited for the 

same. Parents were also handed 

over a token of thanks in the form 

of a sapling. 


ENGLISH 

Grammar – Articles(a/an), This/That,This/These, That/Those, 

Naming words, One/many ,is/am/are and opposites 

Blended Sounds – S blends(sc,sm,sn,sw,sp,st,sk), and L 

blends (fl,cl,bl,sl,pl,gl) words 

English Reader – Ms. Polly, Clouds and I Can (Recitation), 

A New baby, Why did Seema Fall? (Lessons) 

Language Skills – Bob, Meg, School 

H.F.W –by, bye, buy, to too, two, see, saw, was, all, did, but, 

out, hot, can, at, ate, eat. 

Activities – Story narration through flash cards, flow charts, 

reading, mind mapping, magic box, recitation, share and 

express, blended sound differentiation, dictation, musical 

blends and crafts.

हिन्दी 

स्वर और व्यॊजन की ऩुनरावृति करवाई गई। 

कऺा में दो, िीन और चार अऺर वाऱे अमात्रिक शब्दों एवॊ 

आ ) ( , इ ) ( ,ई ( ) 

उ ) ( मािाओॊ की ऩहचान करवाई गई और शब्द भी 

लऱखवाये गए।जैसे- नऱ, िाऱा, ककिाब, 

सीटी, गुऱाब आदद। 

चचिकथा– चचिों के माध्यम से कहातनयों में रूचच बढाई 

गई I 

सॊयुक्िाऺर -ऺ,ष,ऻ ,ि की ऩहचान एवॊ उनसे सॊबॊचधि शब्द 

लऱखवाये गए। 

Activities –Akshar and Matra kit activity, Magic box 

activity, Reading from Bhashasetu, आ matra bracelet, 

Spot the इ matra words on smart board, dictation, 

worksheets and related notebook task.

MATHS 

Forward Counting – 0 to 99 with all operations including greater 

than, less than and equal to, what comes after and in between 

Tens and Ones 

Number Names – 0 to 20 

Addition – Picture Addition, Horizontal Addition, Vertical Addition, 

Addition Facts, Strategies of addition and Number bonds. 

Activities –The following activities were done to make the children 

familiar with concepts like Forward counting using Number card, 

Tens frame , Ganit mala, Number line (floor activity) ,Abacus activity, 

Bundling activity, Addition with concrete objects, Gudiya ki mala, 

Addition Vocabulary through flash cards and Addition Strategies 

through Enrichment Worksheets. 

in all 

plus 

total 

together 

sum 

increase

EVS 

Helpers – Contribution of helpers towards the society, 

Difference between professionals and community helpers and 

their tools and work place. 

Rotation and Revolution- Demonstration and experimentation. 

Seasons – Summer Season 

Water -- All living things need water to live, Properties of water, 

Uses of water, Water Cycle. 

Activities – Experiments, Share and Express, demonstration, 

nature walk, projects and topic related assignments.

CREATIVE PURSUITS 

Our Li’l Goenkans used their creative minds to portray their 

colorful imagination through the following craft activities: 

•Free hand Painting with brush, drawing of composition 

comprising of different objects (with shapes), earth day craft, 

mother’s day card, puppet making, underwater scene, theme 

(Malaysia) based drawing, crafts related to Malaysia, hibiscus 

flower craft, paper hangings, crafts of national symbols of 

India- peacock, lotus and tiger, folk art – Rajasthani art with 

different mediums like crayons and water colors. 

Different techniques like drawing and coloring, painting, 

finger printing, stamping, tear and paste, sponge dabbing, 

cutting and pasting will be used.

Indian Dance 

•Introduction of the Bhumi Pranaam 

•Dance routine based on Baisakhi theme ( Punjabi folk 

dance ) 

•Introduction to Guru Vandana- Importance of Gurus 

•Basic footwork and formation of hands and spins in Indian 

folk dance. 

•Introduction of Rajasthani folk dance and the costume 

and music used in the dance. 

•Hand gestures (Anjali, Katkamukha, Alahpadma, Shankh, 

Dola, Hast) 

• Different Formations and work on body alignments. 

•Introduction of UP folk dances and the costume and 

music used in the dance.( Janamashtami theme) 

•Discussion about the Indian culture and dance forms from 

different states.

Western Dance 

•Introduction of the new dance form: Ballet 

•Dance routine based on Flamenco Music. 

•Introduction of new dance form Flamenco and music 

used in the dance. 

•Basic footwork and formation of hands of Ballet and 

Flamenco dances. 

•Different Formations and work on body alignments. 

•Introduction of the new dance form from Malaysia- 

Malaysian Traditional Dance. 

•Discussion about the Western Culture and dance 

forms from different places.

Theatre 

•Stage ethics, Facial muscle and voice pitch exercises 

•Memory retention exercises through numbers 

•Head to toe warming up , expansion and contraction 

exercises 

•Voice pitches exercise 

•Human props – Students imitated and enacted like various 

objects. 

•Speech clarity exercises 

•Attitude of gratitude- Verbal skill exercise to encourage 

children for public speaking 

•Going back to the roots- Enactment of Panchtantra stories. 

•Team building exercises 

•Malaysian theme- Enactment on Malaysian folk Tale. 

•Studio presentation practices

Library 

List of stories 

Value based - Being careless, Help each other, Being lazy, 

Being interrupting 

Biography- Neil Armstrong, Tagore, Bill Gates 

Stories related to Earth – Gitti’s story, Uses of 3R’s, 

conservation of water, Bio gas plant 

Ecology – Indus Valley civilization, Malaysia and its 

traditional games 

Along with the following activities 

Sundial experiments , Windmill model Volcano Experiment 

,Ring the things that can be recycled, Games of Malaysia- 

Congkok , Batu serembar , Dart game ,Ring the picture 

,Scale game ,Button sorting , Gitte game

Tab Room: 

Children enjoyed recapitulating the concepts taught in the 

class in a play way method in the Tab room on the following 

topics – 

•What comes after, what comes in between 

•Helpers 

•Greater than/ Lesser than 

•Shabd banao-2 letter words, 3 letter words 

•Picture Addition 

•Number Names (one to ten) 

•Picture Subtraction 

•Greatest and Smallest numbers 

•Akshar aur Vastu and Nouns

Concept Room 

Children enjoyed recapitulating the concepts 

taught in the class in a play way method with resources- 

•Forward counting(0-99) with ganit mala and 

golden bead bars and counters 

•Experiment on rotation (causes of day and night ) 

•Summer season with rangometry 

•Greater or lesser with crocodile tray 

•What comes before & after with number rods & cards 

•Tens and ones with ‘Silai meethai’ 

•Continents and oceans with puzzle board & color coded clay 

•Introduction of 100’s place with golden square 

• Shapes and patterns with pin board and rubber band 

• addition and subtraction on number line 

• Introduction of Malaysia and Malaysian symbols with hands on 

activity using stencils & clay. 

•Shapes and patterns with pin board and rubber band

Activity Studio 

Students enjoyed various activities in the 

studio such as – 

•Activities on High Frequency words with LMA box. 

•Static electricity with different experiments showing 

the static current. 

•Activity on opposite words with concrete objects. 

•Celebrating international week based on the theme 

Malaysia. 

•Activity on HFW words with different flash cards. 

•Activity on L Blend 

• Celebrating India week. 

•Activity – Gravity- how it works and who discovered it. 

•Krishna Janmashtami celebration in studio.

Physical education: Head to Toe exercises to improve neuromuscular 

co-ordination, running, jumping and hopping skills to 

increase muscle strength and recreational games were taken up: 

•PEC GAMES 

• Hurdle race 

• Hoopla Activity 

• Moving with a ball 

• Fun with ball 

•Basketball 

• Activities with beanbag 

These activities enhance the alertness to catch and control ball/ 

bean bag ,concentration and help learn hand-eye coordination. 

Step up –With the aim to increase eye-hand coordination and 

improve balance and focus, students are provided weekly 

coached multi-sport group sessions. Following activities were 

conducted- 

•Rugby 

•Blongo ball 

•Scoop ball 

•Target mittens 

•Frisbee 

•Golf 

•Paddle ball 

•Object relay 

•Target bibs etc

Taekwondo 

Students learned the following basic 

formations- 

•One step apchagi 

•In-block and double punch 

•Jump ap-chagi 

•Out-block 

•Ladder activity

Yoga 

Yoga is a group of techniques used for 

controlling the body and the mind; Yoga is 

a group of physical, mental 

and spiritual practices or disciplines 

which originated in ancient India. The 

children practiced the following: 

•Om chanting 

•Padmasana 

• Vajrasana 

•Tadasana 

•Tiryaktadasana 

•Pad -Hastanasana 

•Katichkrasana

GOENKAN NOTES FOR CLASS- I FOR APRIL- AUGUST 2019 

MUSIC ACTIVITES (Sangeet For All) 

OBJECTIVE 

ACTIVITIES 

Welcome & Warm up 1. Welcome song 

2. Vadya Groups 

3. Greeting song 

4. Balloon Breathing 

5. AUM Chanting 

6. Sa Re Ga Ma hand signs (along with alankar pattern ) 

7. Rhythm clapping (with tom, ta ke, ta ke dhi mi bols) 

Vadya Story 1. Ch- Tata Valley 

2. Ch- Sushir Forest 

3. Ch- Awanaddha Plains 

Curriculum songs 1. Who has seen the wind 

2. Vadya song 

3. Sa re gayein song 

4. Tota song 

5. Narangi song 

6. Neeli Chatri Song 

7. Pyasa kawa 

8. Guru purnima 

Instrument playing 1. Swar Tarang Activity with different melodies 

2. Percussion Kit Activity with different melodies 

 

Listening & Appreciating 

the Indian Music 

1. Listen to the music 

2. Musical story-Dhun/Pahadi 

Special songs 1. The Earth is my home 

2. Mommy Mommy I love you mommy 

3. Phalon ka raja main kehlata 

4. Malaysia song 

5. Sare jahan se achha hindustan humara 

Performance 1. Studio Presentation

MALAYSIA SONG 

My friend Gracia, She went to Malaysia 

She wished her friend Good morning 

How? Selamat Pagi, Selamat Pagi 


She asked her friend “How are you”? 

How? Apa Khabar, Apa Khabar 


She thanked her family 

How?Terima Kasih, Terima Kasih 


She said Bye-Bye to everyone 

How? Selamat Tinggal, Selamat Tinggal 

सारे जिााँ से अच्छा 

सारे जहाॉ से अच्छा 

दहॊदुस्िान हमारा 

हम बुऱबुऱें हैं उसकी 

वो गुऱलसिाॉ हमारा। 

ऩरबि वो सबसे ऊॉ चा 

हमसाया आसमाॉ का 

वो सॊिरी हमारा 

वो ऩासबाॉ हमारा

Kitchen Activity 

Mint Mojito 

Ingredients : 

Water, .sugar, mint leaves, lime juice 

Method: (Under Adult supervision) 

Step 1- Place the sugar, mint leaves and lime water in 

a glass 

Step-2 Crush the mint leaves to release their flavor. 

Step -3 Fill the glass with water and garnish with 

some more mint leaves. 

Yummy refreshing Mint Mojito is ready…

GRADE 1-FINAL COMPILED

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