Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. This day marks end of summer, the harvest and the beginning of winter. It is a fun day observed in various parts of the world on 31 st October every year. The celebration is associated with the idea of good fortune. With the same festive spirit students of JMIS celebrated Halloween Day on 31 st October 2022 with full energy and enthusiasm. They wore scary costumes and disguised as monsters, ghosts and devils to scare away the harmful spirits. A Haunted House was created in which students worked enthusiastically under the skilful guidance of their teacher. Students of all classes enjoyed visiting the Haunted House. Students of JMIS also played games like Trick or Treat.

Halloween Day Celebration

Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. This day marks end of summer, the harvest and the beginning of winter. It is a fun day observed in various parts of the world on 31 st October every year. The celebration is associated with the idea of good fortune. With the same festive spirit students of JMIS celebrated Halloween Day on 31 st October 2022 with full energy and enthusiasm. They wore scary costumes and disguised as monsters, ghosts and devils to scare away the harmful spirits. A Haunted House was created in which students worked enthusiastically under the skilful guidance of their teacher. Students of all classes enjoyed visiting the Haunted House. Students of JMIS also played games like Trick or Treat.

Students of Ankur and Pallav did Diwali pujan. It is a custom to worship Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh together. It is well-known that Goddess Lakshmi is the Goddess of wealth and prosperity while Lord Ganesh is considered the God of intelligence. People worship these two deities together to welcome wealth along with intelligence.

Students of all grades very enthusiastically participated in various Diwali activities. They created beautiful cards, candles, lamps, diyas, rangoli, etc. Their passion and creativity showed in their craft work and was highly appreciated.To make the students understand the importance of Diwali, JMIS organized a ‘GREEN Diwali Card Making Competition’ and Toran making competition for classes 6^TH and 7^TH. Teachers explained the importance of Diwali, a festival that spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair.

As the Diwali week is going on the Students of our four houses, Republic, Secular, Sovereign and Democratic of JMIS participated in a Ecofriendly rangoli making competition. The creativity, happiness, teamwork and tough grind of students was quite evident in their art work. It was a great event and outcome was stupendous.

“Anti-Fire-Cracker Rally” was organized on Friday, 21^st October, 2022. As a part of this Rally class IX students went out on the streets in the neighbouring community to make people aware about the importance of Green Diwali and Cracker less Diwali. The students prepared placards and banner on the theme- say no to fire crackers. Slogans on harmful effects of firecrackers were raised aloud in order to sensitize the community.

JMIS Diwali Mela: A Sparkling show of Euphoria

Once again, JM International School fraternity buzzed with the spirit of festivities at the Diwali Mela, held in the School campus on Saturday, 15 October 2022;. One of the most happening Diwali Mela brought together a colourful mix of games, festival,shopping stalls & food stalls. The school invited students and their families to visit and plunge into joyful activities in this year Diwali Mela. Stalls of Indian handicrafts, handmade lampshades, painted diyas, and hangings were set up to let people go for their festival shopping because the festival of lights remains incomplete without it. Furthermore, NGOs stalls and potter kiosks were also a great center of attraction and added enormous excitement for visitors.There were various games like Hit the Target, Ring-o- Master, Pencil Finder, Spin-o-meter, Flip the glass over bottles etc which drew tremendous fascination from students and parents along with teachers. In the run-up to the festival, the school had live music and dance performances by students to engage the crowd in pomp and show. Apart from the numerous shopping kiosks that sold a wide variety of interesting items, this Mela offered enough prospects of binging on homemade chocolates along with a variety of scrumptious snacks. Eatables of all sorts were a part of the Mela and were relished by one and all. This Diwali Mela turned out to be the perfect way to bring hearts and happiness together at one place. What better way to celebrate Diwali than to get together and light up hearts all around!

Name of the event: ANVESHAN 2022

Classes involved: V to IX

Venue: JM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

DATES : 17TH OCTOBER TO 20TH OCTOBER 2022

ACTIVITIES INCLUDED:

• QUIZ
• POSTER MAKING/SLOGAN WRITING
• DEMONSTRATE AND DISCUSS/ FAMOUS INDIAN SCIENTISTS (GROUP PPT PRESENTATION)
• FUN WITH EXPERIMENTS

Hands-on science encourages the children to DO something – observe, ask questions, touch, smell and experiment.

Allowing children to really get into science, gives them a chance to make discoveries on their own and to develop scientific temperament , JM International School, sector 6 Dwarka celebrated ANVESHAN 2022 (Science Week) from 17th to 20th OCTOBER 2022 for classes  V to  IX. 

Under the guidance and motivation of school Principal Dr Amita Saxena various science activities were conducted during the entire week. 

The following activities and competitions were organised on the basis of themes FOOD & HEALTH , SAVE ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES , SOIL CONSERVATION ,LIGHT AND SOUND , SUSTAINABLE ENERGY allotted classwise.

• Quiz : To inculcate in the minds of young students a spirit of scientific enquiry and analytical thinking Intra – Class Science quiz was conducted in all classes. The event witnessed enthusiastic preparation and participation.
• Slogan and poster making: Beautiful slogans and posters were made by the students on the allotted themes. These were displayed on the notice boards and certificates were given to the best 5 entries from each class
• Demonstrate and discuss : This activity was done by designated class followed by class discussion, providing a better understanding of the principles and theories, with active and engaging experience.
• Power point presentation by students on eminent Indian Scientists:  Each class was divided into  team and asked to select an Indian scientist and prepare a ppt on it. The presentations were evaluated on the basis of contents, relevance with the topic, usage of PowerPoint tools, colour scheme, background effects and presentation skills. It was a remarkable show of talent. 
• Fun with experiments: This was the most fascinating science activity because students from all classes displayed and discovered the science principles by showcasing their own techniques. This was the learning by doing activity which students enjoyed a lot.