Special Assemblies and Events 2024 - 25

The Yellow Colour Day Celebration

Yellow is one of the happiest colours of the spectrum. It is the colour of happiness, cheerfulness, fun and of innocence resonating strongly with children.

To unveil these qualities, the pre-primary students of S. B. Patil Public school celebrated Yellow Colour Day on 20th September, 2024. The day was also clubbed with a Bagless Day.

The tiny tots looked stunning in their bright yellow outfits. The teachers too matched their students' mood by wearing different shades of yellow. The decorations in and around the classrooms displayed all the possible forms in which the yellow colour could exist.

Wherever your eyes could reach, the essence of colour yellow was displayed there with bright yellow sunflowers, butterflies, bumblebees, corn kernels and many more cut-outs. Also on display were childrens' favourite cartoon characters like Minions, Winnie-the-pooh, Spongebob and likes.

The Nursery and Junior KG teachers indulged the students into yellow paper crumpling activity and then after pasting these balls on cutouts of corn kernels, the Sun, butterflies, sunflower and honeybees. All these activities help in the fine motor development of children.

As a part of Bagless Day, the Nursery and Junior KG students enjoyed the circle time by expressing themselves in a free talk. They thoroughly enjoyed the yellow colour theme stories narrated by their teachers. Senior KG students tried their hands on clay activity wherein students, based on their understanding and imagination, made things out of yellow clay.

Being a Bagless Day as well, during the circle time, the students expressed their views on what they have made out of clay. This was followed by a story session on “Contentment: Finding happiness in small things”, which is also the value of the month of September. Finally, a lively dance session made it a perfect finale to conclude the day-long celebrations. The day was indeed filled with laughter, joy and the radiance of bright yellow.

चारों ओर उत्सव है छाया, संग अपने जन्माष्टमी का त्यौहार लाया:
Celebrating Krishna Janmashtami

Education of one’s culture and heritage is an essential aspect of the school curriculum. Understanding this importance and so as to glorify Indian traditions amongst the young generation, S.B. Patil Public School celebrated Janmashtami on 26 th August, 2024 with great pomp and zeal.

Janmashtami is a festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna. The day is celebrated with a lot of devotion and enthusiasm. Keeping the same spirit alive, our students came to school donned in traditional attire depicting themselves as Kanha, Radha, Gopis and Gwalas all accessorised with colourful ornaments, flutes and peacock feathers. Beautiful decorations added flavour into making the event more festive and cheerful. Teachers narrated and showed interesting stories of Lord Krishna to make the students aware about the significance of the day.

Students were also familiarised with the story of Shri Krishna lifting the Govardhan Hill. According to the legend, Lord Krishna lifted the entire Govardhan Hill on his little finger to protect the residents of Vrindavan from the wrath of Lord Indra. Devotees often perform Parikrama around the hill as an act of reverence. As an effort to save and develop this precious culture, a miniature Govardhan Hill was created in the school. Students from Nursery, Junior and Senior KG had the chance to get a feel of performing this auspicious Parikrama.

Later on, the students enjoyed re-enacting Lord Krishna's mischievous attempts of breaking the matka to steal butter from hanging pots. This followed with a music and dance extravaganza and all merrily swayed to the tunes of traditional songs. The whole environment turned the school into Kanhaiya's celestial abode ‘Gokul’. Thus, the day marked a delightful divine journey for the students.

Celebrating an Eternal Bond:
The Pre-primary Raksha Bandhan Celebration

Pune, Maharashtra | 16th August, 2024

Raksha Bandhan is the festival that celebrates brotherhood and love. The word “raksha” itself means protection. On this day, sisters tie a rakhi around the wrists of their brothers to symbolically show their protection for them, and pray for their long life and happiness. Brothers in turn, give a gift to their sisters which is a promise that they will protect their sisters from any harm.

To inculcate the value in relationships and family, the pre-primary section had arranged a Raksha Bandhan Celebration on Friday, 16th August 2024. Tiny tots of the Nursery section decorated rakhi using vegetable prints and used sequins to decorate the rakhis.

Junior and Senior KG students made rakhis using origami paper whilst the class teachers guided them step-by-step. The teachers also played videos of students narrating their thoughts and the sweet bond they share with their siblings. Children then danced to the soft melodious song, “Fulon Ka Taron Ka”. All these activities proved to be a very heart-warming experience for all whilst

The Pre-primary Section's Innovative Field Trip to the Mobile Planetarium

Field trips offer first-hand exposure to geographic concepts and aspects. It is a practical overview of the topic by helping gain a physical experience of what is taught. Hence, the pre-primary section arranged an innovative in-house field trip for the students of Nursery to Sr.KG students to the mobile planetarium on 6th August, 2024. The in-house field trip was held so as to prevent our little ones from any challenges faced due to the rains whilst travelling or otherwise.

Students were super-excited for this event. They were caught by surprise when they first saw the dome setup. As the show began, the dome was filled with the awes and cheers of all the students. They keenly observed the shows about aerospace, astronauts, the space-station in 3D, rockets, and the moon. Everyone felt as if they were actually in space. It was indeed a thrilling experience for all these tiny tots who might even venture to become astronauts someday.

We thank all those who organised this immersive trip for the little ones: principal, Dr. Bindu; vice principal, Ms. Padmavati Banda; HM, Ms. Shubhangi Kulkarni; and administrative manager, Mr. Manish Dhekale; and the team from Ark Mobile Planetarium.

Celebrating Blue Colour Day

“Blue is the colour of the sky… the limit of your imagination and the beginning of your dreams.”

And who else can better symbolise this limitless imagination and dreams, other than our chirpy and cheerful tiny tots. To bring out this vigour, Blue Colour Day was celebrated with great fervour on 31st July, 2024 at S. B. Patil Public School.

This day was coupled with a Bagless Day. Bagless Days are important to provide exposure to the world outside the classroom whilst also enhancing the mental and emotional well-being of students by making learning more enjoyable and interactive.

On 31st July, all the students including teachers came dressed in bright and blue shades of blue. Classrooms as well as the corridors were decorated with cut-outs and items that come in hues of blue.

To delve into a bluey mood, our Junior KG tiny tots coloured their palms blue for peacock palm printing activity. They also enjoyed to the fullest water play with balloons. Both these activities help in improving childrens' fine and gross motor skills.

The Senior KG section students tickled their creative and cognitive side of the brain by creating an aquarium on paper. Students drew fish using white crayons which popped up and surprised them when they painted the page with blue water colours.

Our little Nursery students turned the whole school environment into a fascinating Land of All Shades of Blue by enjoying a sponge-dabbing activity in which they coloured a picture of a sea using a sponge and blue paint. All these wonderful activities marked the celebration of Blue Colour Day.

Celebrating Ashadhi Ekadashi

Pune, Maharashtra | 16th July, 2024

Ashadhi Ekadashi was celebrated on 16th July, 2024 with great enthusiasm at S.B. Patil Public School so as to make children aware of our tradition and the greatness of our saints who emphasised on social equality and brought about changes to inculcate moral values.

A special assembly was organised in the auditorium by the pre-primary section. Teachers, with the aid of presentations and videos elaborated on the importance of the day, reasons for the day celebrated, and the traditions and customs which are followed. A video on the importance of the day was also shown to the students. All our little Maulis were dressed up in colourful traditional attire participated enthusiastically in Abhanga recitation with teachers, followed by a dance by our cute maulis and then a Dindi procession in the school campus chanting "विठ्ठल विठ्ठल जय हरी विठ्ठल "

The school vicinity turned divine with the presence of our students dressed up as God Vitthal and Goddess Rukmini, thus soaking everyone in the gaiety and spirituality of the moment.

Wishing you all a happy Ashadi Ekadashi.
बोला सर्वानी, “विठ्ठल विठ्ठल, जय हरी विठ्ठल”

Green....the colour of life!

Green is the colour of rejuvenation and vitality. It's the colour of nature which signifies a healthy atmosphere where the lush greenery protects the earth from the disastrous natural calamities. Green colour day was celebrated enthusiastically and cheerfully during the embark of monsoon when everyone is surrounded with the lush greenery, freshness and purity in the air, on 28th of June 2024, Friday by the Pre-primary section of S.B.Patil Public School.

On the day, classrooms and corridors were beautifully decorated based on the theme. The tiny tots looked amazing in various hues of green which made a monochromatic ambience. Teachers imbibed the importance of celebrating the day and significance of trees and plantation into the tender minds and provoked them to plant and care for nature. To realise the importance of health benefits of green leafy vegetables and green sprouts and to inculcate the habit of eating healthy food from a very young and tender age, activities like fireless cooking wherein 'green moong sprouts salad' had been prepared by the kids under teachers guidance.

To develop fine motor skills of these tiny tots, activities such as 'curry leaves plucking' and collage activities had been organised.

Teachers and the little ones were made to take an oath, a promise to save trees for a better future. The Green Day celebration evoked a sense of care for nature. The shades of green filled the air with freshness, thrill, ecstasy and bliss. It also prompted them to think about how green colour energizes and revitalises our lives. It was indeed an invigorating, reviving and rejuvenating experience.

Yoga for Self and Society
International yoga day theme 2024

“Yoga is an invaluable gift from our ancient tradition" these are the words of our honourable Prime minister Narendra Modi. 21st June, is being celebrated as International Yoga Day throughout the world and spreading the valuable teaching and benefits of yoga that our country has got to share with the world. As educators, it comes as our responsibility to introduce our Generation Alpha at an early age to the practice of yoga for a healthy and stress free life.

Yoga helps strengthen children's growing bodies and helps them improve their flexibility. It can reduce challenging behaviours in the classroom by providing a physical outlet for children to express themselves and calm them down. On Friday, 21st June 2024 the pre primary section of S.B.Patil Public School actively participated with the entire school as everyone celebrated International yoga day under the instructions, guidance and supervision of their teachers. Simple and age appropriate yoga asanas were introduced to the pre primary students for improvement of concentration, flexibility, strengthening of their muscles and the basic Pranayama for relaxation. Students enjoyed and participated enthusiastically along with their peers and teachers thus inculcating good values in their early years of life and making it a part of their daily routine.

What can be more satisfying if daily yoga practice is going to give us harmony between the mind and body?
Happy International Yoga Day !

Planting the Seeds of Learning:
The Pre-primary First Day of School

A pre-school is the first stepping stone of a child as they venture into a world outside their home. It is an ideal setting for laying the groundwork for a child's future success.

As we, at S.B. Patil Public School commenced the Academic Year of 2024-25, the first day of school for the preschoolers was filled with mixed emotions. As the little ones came in with their parents, some were happy, some anxious, some sad as it was their first time away from the shelter of their parents and home. Parents handed over their wards to teachers with a deep trust that the little ones will be well-cared for in a school that would help their child develop strong social, emotional, physical, academic and life skill foundations; thus, prepping them for life.

As always, we, the pre-primary teachers, were ever-ready and commenced the first day of school and the Academic year with love, fun and the quote: "The seed of learning gets planted today".