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Shemrock Celebrates Children’s Week

Shemrock Group Of Schools celebrated the entire week of 14^th November as the Children’s Week. The children enjoyed a week full of fun and excitement at Shemrock. There were many fun filled activities for them, through which the children exhibited their fine motor skills, imagination, creativity and expressed their knowledge freely.

The Children’s Week kicked off with ShemFEST 2k9 – a Children’s Mega Mela organized at Dilli Haat Grounds on 7^th and 8^th November.

The week long activities were as follows:

Shemrockites started their week with Clay Modeling & Colouring Competition and then proceeded to the “Wow Wednesday” activities. The theme for this week was ‘Party – Party’.

On Thursday there was a Show and Tell Competition based on the concept that Chacha Nehru loved animals a lot. To show their understanding of animals, Shemrock kids came dressed in different animals mask and spoke a few lines on the animal they were dressed up in as.

On Friday, 13^th November, ‘Shemrock Prince and Princess’ contest was held. Through this contest, children are given an opportunity for stage exposure at an early age itself to boost their confidence and enhance the overall personality of the kid. The children were very excited and came dressed in various party dresses. Also the kids had a chance to win many prizes as there were many award winning categories such as “Best Smile”, “Longest Hair”, “Best Dressed”, “Most Confident Kid” & “Kid with Special Talent”. Each child brought a red rose and presented it to Chacha Nehru (a teacher dressed as Chacha Nehru) to show his/her love and adulation for him.

Shemrock Presents ShemFEST 2k9

ShemFEST2k9 is a Cultural Mela organised for kids in lieu of Children’s Day at Dilli Haat Pitampura, on 7th and 8th November 2009.

• One stop shop showcase for schools & preschool children’s products & services.
• The parent profile will include the 10,000 Shemrock parents and who are from the upper middle segment of the population of Delhi & NCR and have children in the 2-4 year old category – A very focused audience.
• Free Nursery Admission Counselling by Senior educationalists and eminent scholars
• Fashion Show by Parents and Children
• Baby Show by small kids
• Parenting Tips Session to be held by renowned experts from the field of education.

• Lotz of Fun n Masti with round the clock competitions happening on the event grounds and enugh activities to keep the kids occupied.

• Lucky Dips worth Rs 15,000 each – to be won every day.
• Lots of prizes to be won. Award Ceremony at the end of each day.

• Award Distribution by prominent personalities from education sector along with a Certificate of Accomplishment for the Winner.

Ideal Venue : ShemFEST 2k9 will be held at a Delhi Haat Pitampura – a location jam-packed usually on weekends and holidays. Located opposite the Netaji Subhash Place Business Center on the It is a central location for residents of North West Delhi. For East Delhi residents there is a direct metro and it is now a signal free drive till Ashram – making it easily approachable for South Delhi residents.

Opportune Time : With ShemFEST 2k9 being specifically held over the weekend, the venue is sure to be thronging with crowds the whole day as most of the working couples will find it an opportune time to invest wisely in their kids future.

Special Attractions for Parents
• Education Seminars
• Counseling Sessions
• Admission Guidance & Help
• Special Attraction for Kids
• Talent Hunt
• Magic Show
• Colouring Competition
• Puppet Show
• Adventurous swings
• Pot making
• Face Painting
• Games
• Fun Rides
• Tattoo making
• Clay Modeling Competition
• Fun Activities for Parents
• JAM Games
• Group Dances by Shemrock children “Shemrock Stars- Rock Stars”On the s

Event & Activities being organized by the 500 staff members of Shemrock preschools!

These events are being organized to ensure a good turnout of parents for ShemFEST. As these events are being handled by our experienced staff from different branches – you can rest assured that these hands would be the best event management team for preschools in the country!

In the month of August we had/have the following celebrations at Shemrock.

Friendship Day
Friendship day at Shemrock schools was celebrated on 1st August 2009. The programme started at 4:00 p.m and continued till 6:00 p.m. The two hour programme had a lot more than just fun and masti for the kids.

Friendship Day at Shemrock is a masti day. For masti and celebration there were many fun-filled activities for the kids to enjoy like Train Ride, Talent Show, Fun Games and Aqua Dance. A lot of children participated in various games especially aqua dance and won beautiful prizes. Additionally children exchanged gifts, toys and sweets with their friends. My child really enjoyed the Friendship Day celebration at Shemrock, said an enthusiastic father.

Apart from all this there were some interesting competitions for the parents like ‘Friendship band making’ & ‘card making’. It was surprising to see a huge number of parents including moms and dads both participate in the competitions. They equally enjoyed the day with their kids.

Raksha Bandhan:
Raksha Bandhan is an important festival of our Indian culture. It is a festival of love and affection shared between a brother and a sister. Raksha Bandhan at Shemrock was celebrated on 3rd August 2009 with lots of fun and masti. There were lots of exciting activities for the kids to enjoy like Rakhi decoration contest, card making, singing and dancing programmes. Children on that day came in colorful party dress. They exchanged sweets and toffees with their friends, had lunch together and did lots of masti. Teachers also told children stories related to Raksha Bandhan so as to enlighten them with the true meaning of this festival.

Janmashtami 2009 Celebration:
Janmashtami is one of the important festivals in India. It is a day when we honor and celebrate the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna – the eight incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Shemrock schools will be celebrating Janmashtami on 13th August 2009 at the school premises itself.

Children on that day will come in colorful-party dresses. Some children will also come in Radha or Krishna attire. Lots of activities and games are planned for the Janmashtami day celebration like dancing, singing etc. But the most interesting of all the activities will be ‘Matka breaking’ in which children have to break the ‘Matka’ full of Butter. For this they can take help of their friends. Everyone is really excited for this activity.

Independence Day 2009 Celebration:
15th August 1947 is an important day in the Indian calendar. It is celebrated as the Independence Day of India. The date commemorates the day when India got freedom from the British rule after a long struggle. This national festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over the country including Shemrock.

Shemrock will celebrate Independence Day on 13th August 2009. On this day the whole school is decorated with national flags and tri-colour balloons. The day is also marked with flag hosting and cultural programs for the children like Hindi poem recitation, dance performances etc. Teachers also organize small skits based on the theme so as to make children more aware of their Country and its great people.

Shemrock Group of schools, India’s leading chain of preschools had organized Delhi’s most magical and fun-filled ‘Baby Show’ on 5^th July 2009 (Sunday) at its two branches i.e. Shemrock Heritage, Rohini & Shemrock Pride, Hargobind Enclave. Shemrock baby show is a show that showcases your Child’s hidden talents and antics. Today baby show is considered important because it provides an opportunity for the parents to view and select the best preschool for their little ones.

There were several exciting and fun-loving competitions and games for the babies at the baby show. Right form toddlers trot, Sunshine Smile, Sparking Teeth till most attractive baby and talent hunt, the show had a variety of activities for the kids to enjoy with. BUT…. the most interesting contest of the Shemrock baby show was ‘Nach with your baby’ wherein a number of enthusiastic mothers had participated and danced with their little babies and the dads standing behind were shouting for ‘once more’.  This programme is one amongst many which are organized as part of synergy, which is the Parent Participation Programme of Shemrock.

The most awaited activity of the day was ‘The Lucky Dip’ – a special gift voucher for the parents. Apart from all this, many little kids also recited lovely poems, rhymes and prayer songs.

At last the entire baby show was a grand success and it was also a wonderful and exciting experience for the parents as well as their kids.

Word games are enjoyable and versatile. Word games are fun loving not only for adults but also for small kids. Word games like word puzzles, crosswords and word search are great activities for school going kids as it helps them grow and develop their thinking and behavioral patterns.
Additionally word games help kids enhance certain important skills like reading, comprehension, logic, as well as expanding their vocabulary and general knowledge. Kids learn new things when they research things in atlas, dictionary or on Internet. In this way they also tend to remember what they have learned before.

Today word games are also used in schools. The best thing about word games like puzzles is that they always provide a challenge for kids. On the other hand kids try their level best to find all the answers and complete the grid. Word search puzzles are also good for kids because they enforce correct spelling.

Let’s have a look at some of the most accepted word games for kids:

1. Crosswords

Crosswords are like word puzzles wherein you need to arrange the words either horizontally or vertically. For this, you are provided with some clues. Crosswords are a fun way to practice vocabulary, spelling and comprehension.

2. Jumble

Jumble is also word puzzle game in which a player is given a set of letters, in a jumbled way and he has to make a word out of it. For example ‘blejum’ i.e. jumble and so on. Isn’t it interesting?

3. Spell It

Spell it, another interesting word game for kids. In spell it, the player has to spell the word just as it sounds.

4. Anagrams

An anagram involves reshuffling or reordering all the letters of word or phrase into another word or phrase. Make sure the word is new.

5. Picture Word Game

The Picture Word Game is just the opposite of hangman game. In hangman, a picture appears when you make incorrect guesses while in picture word game; a piece of a hidden picture appears whenever you make a correct guess.

Hence we can say that word games and puzzles are not only a source of entertainment but they tend to be very useful and helpful for kids. Word games not only sharpen the memory of kids but it also develops certain important skills in them.