Issue 27 Friday 24th April 2015

Swaminarayan Prep School News

Diary Dates

Sunday 26th April

Year 5 depart for the Isle

of Wight trip

Monday 27th April

Reception Eye screening

tests (am)

Wednesday 29th April

Public Speaking Winners-

Kgn - Yr 2

Y6 French Trip - Meeting

with parents 3.45 to

4.10pm IT Suite

Thursday 30th April

Rounders Fixture—1:30pm –

4:15pm

Friday 1st May

Year 1 trip to Butterfly World

The Swaminarayan School

260 Brentfield Road

Neasden

NW10 8HE

Tel No: 020 8965 8381

Fax No: 020 8961 4042

Website:

www.swaminarayan.brent.sch.uk

Head teacher of Prep School: Mr U Raja Inspirer: H. H. Pramukh Swami Maharaj

French Trip Meeting There will be a Year 6 French Trip meeting with parents on Wednesday 29th of April in the IT Suite from 3.45pm to 4.10 pm. Parents are encouraged to attend as it will cover many aspects of the trip as well as give parents an opportunity to ask any questions

relevant to this exciting trip.

Our Value for this week is

Friendliness Head Lice May we please ask all parents to regularly check their children’s hair for head lice.

If any found, please treat their hair before sending them to school. Also, please inform

the school so that we may send a letter out to the relevant year group.

Summer Fair Meeting

There will be a meeting on Wednesday 29

April for the Summer Fair which is to be held

from 7:15pm onwards in the Mandir

(Conference room).

PTFA members and ALL parents are invited to

give their suggestions to make this

a weekend of festivities and fun.

Reception trip to Kew Gardens The Reception children had a lovely day at Kew Gardens on Friday 17th April. We learnt lots about plants and mini-beasts, to link to our learning in class. The children participated in a hands-on workshop where they moved like mini-beasts, hunted for them with magnifying glasses and went on a hunt for petals. They heard stories about pollinating plants and about the importance of seeds. We were even lucky enough to have a visit from a peacock! We then explored a palm house and discovered the differ-ent uses for plants - some surprised us! The palm house also had an aquarium where

we saw 'Nemo' and other fish.

Thank you to all of the parents who came to support us on the trip - you made the day

special.

Miss Baillieux, Miss Walsh, Mrs Patel and Mr Sterborg

Pacific Island Art

Decorating Biscuits

Card Games

Enrichment Day—Spring term 2015

Seal of Approval

Class Pupil Reason for Certificate

Kgn Tejas Patel Maharshi Shah

For gaining confidence to manage his personal hygiene.

For exploring activities in the classroom with adult support.

Nursery Darshan Assani Arjunan Kandiah

For amazing reading!

For developing focus in adult led activities.

Rec B Shayan Morjaria For being extremely enthusiastic on the trip and trying hard to ask questions.

Rec W Keeya Patel For being very enthusiastic and inquisitive on our school trip.

1S Natasha Patel For trying hard to improve her handwriting and working towards her targets

1R Aarushi Jasani For displaying a willingness to expand her vocabulary by discussing unfamiliar words

2B Akshar Patel For his consistently happy and friendly attitude in the class

2N Yanna Halai For making a great start at the school and settling in well to her new class

3D Shourya Deshmukh For settling in so well to his new class at the start of Summer term.

3N Sanchit Sethi For producing amazing calligrammes in his Literacy lesson.

4G Shiva Patel For achieving an outstanding score in the Maths exam

4C Darshh Hirani Demonstrating leadership in class

5D Devisha Gor For writing interesting recounts

5O Vedaangh Rungta For continuing to raise his academic standards, especially in his maths lessons.

6H Sankhya Patel For improved work habits. Sankhya has become much more settled and focused when working independently this term.

6R Janvi Patel For having a positive attitude towards her work

Enrichment

Day—Spring

term 2015

Puppet Show

Fruit Kebabs

Face Painting

Mini Table Tennis

Butterfly Art

A Road Safety Officer’s visit

On Tuesday 10th March, the Nursery children had a Visit from the Brent's Road Safety Officer, Mr. Wokil. He shared with the children the rules of crossing a road safely, using the Green cross code and he introduced to them the correct places for crossing, e.g a Zebra crossing and Traffic lights. He ended the session with short role play scenarios, in small groups, which

demonstrated the importance of staying safe on the streets.

Some of the children's thoughts: Shivangi "We have to hold mummy's hand when we cross the road" Shreya E "We have to look left and right before we cross the road." Kumaran "Zebra crossing has black and white stripes."

A Builder’s visit

On 26th March 2015, the Nursery class enjoyed an interesting builder’s work-shop conducted by Mr Iacob (Raoul’s dad). The children were fascinated by the tools from the box and they watched in awe as he constructed a beauti-ful bird’s house for the class. A big thank you to Mr Iacob from the Nursery

class.

Some of the children's thoughts: Jasalba: "You have to be careful, otherwise you hurt your finger" Jaynee: "How are the birds going to come inside?" Yug: "It’s a beautiful house."

A Beautician’s Visit

On Monday 20th April, The children enjoyed having a tattoo session by one of the parents Mrs Mangukiya (Yugs mum), who is a beautician by profes-sion. The children had a brief introduction on why people visit the beauty

parlour and ways of looking after themselves and looking good.

Param’s thoughts: "Mummy goes to the hairdresser.”

Aarush: "I like my bell tattoo."

A Doctor’s Visit

On Tuesday 21st April, Dr Halai (Meera’s mum) visited the Nurse-ry class and showed the children how to use a stethoscope to listen to the heart and an ear otoscope to examine ears. She also showed us how a doctor tests the brain by using movement. The children watched and listened with great interest as she showed

some pictures of internal organs, such as the heart and lungs.

Akshaj “When we are not feeling well, we go to the doctors”.

Sanskruti “You listen to the heart with a stethoscope and doctors

give us stickers.”

Nursery Learning workshops

Swaminarayan Prep School Celebrating

Success Foundation Stage and KS1

Kangaroo Award: given to student who has shown largest gains in a given term. This can be based on academics, behaviour or noticea-

ble criteria set by the teacher.

Good Values Award: Given to an

individual who displays the 5 val-

ues in action a majority of the

time.

Class Kangaroo

Kindergarten Dhruv Amin—For taking initiatives and managing devel-

opmentally appropriate tasks through willingness to

tackle problems.

Nursery Jaynee Modha—For an increased self confidence in all

areas

Reception B Nayan Gajparia—For trying so hard in all lessons and

making great improvements in his literacy and maths

Reception W Dhruv Dave—For improving in all areas of his learning

due to his increase in self-confidence

1R Dayna Patel—For working so hard on improving her

recall of maths facts and increasing her confidence in

tackling new challenges!

1S Anoushka Oberoi—For making a huge effort to im-

prove her maths and adopting a positive attitude to

her studies

2N Janmesh Mistry—For making a big effort to improve

his reading and maths this term

2B Karan Sharma—For working hard to improve his

writing

Class Good Values

Kindergarten Roshni Patel—For demonstrating the

school values thought her polite-

ness ,interaction,helpfulness and

showing respect to others

Nursery Raoul Iacab—For displaying the 5

values of the school consistently

Reception B Dishaan Shah—For always showing

the 5 values and being a very re-

spectful pupil.

Reception W Vrutti Patel—For always demon-

strating the 5 school values and being

an excellent role-model to all of her

peers

1R Riya Patel—For always showing the

five school values and always being a

fantastic role model to others.

1S Riddhi Puskur—For always being a

friendly member of the class and

demonstrating our 5 school values

daily.

2N Sriya Hirani—Always using her man-

ners and being very helpful and kind

to all of her classmates

2B Maan Sheth—For displaying the 5

values of the school at all times

Perfect Attendance Awards

Class Perfect Attendance

Kindergarten Dilan Kerai, Keeyan Varsani

Nursery Jasalba Parmar, Darshan Assani, Bhagyashri Vithlani, Sanskruti Patel

Reception B Nayan Gajparia, Abhi Shah, Ishee Joshi

1R Himani Mepani, Shaan Pancholi

1S Abhishek Halai, Jayen Varsani, Shivom Modha, Ojal Jagdale, Jaina Patel, Kianna Pabari

2N Namya, Priya, Mahi, Thrisha, Sriya, Janmesh Mistry, Krish , Nikhil

2B Karan Sharma, Sahil Haria, Shayan Adodra, Aanya Shah, Dhenu Jeshani, Karisma Sharma, Samhita Somasundar, Priyanka

Vithlani

Congratulations to all of our award recipients!

Swaminarayan Prep School Celebrating

Success KS2

Exam Targets

3D 1st Aaryaman Javeri (8)

2nd Manthan Thakkar (7), Janani Patel (7)

3rd Neemay Shah (5)

3N 1st Parthavi Chauhan, Diya Varsani, Neelkanth Kara, Aashni Patel

2nd Sanchit Sethi, Shivam Vyas, Dev Thakkar, Anya Hirani, Pooja Patel

3rd Kiran Patel, Sriakshainie Srikanth, Ayushi Amin, Abhishek Patel

4C 1st Parth Patel, Aryan Bist, Khushi Soni

2nd Jay Bhojani, Khushiv Shah, Aryan Dusara

3rd Esha Parekh

4G 1st Devesh Rana, Shiva Patel

2nd Vandan Patel

3rd Nishita Kothari, Mahima Kerai, Riyana Hirani

5D 1st Daman Patel

2nd Annise Adodra

3rd Yasni Bhudia, Krisha Bhudia, Meerali Patel

5O 1st Parth Gandhi, Venkataragavan Srikanth

2nd Abhishek Panchani, Simran Bodh

3rd Nandini Bhatia, Raisa Ruparelia

6H 1st Mansi Besherdas

2nd Pari Parekh, Neha Gami

3rd Sakshi Bhudia

6R 1st - Vaidehi Chauhan

2nd - Manan Besherdas

3rd - Jathusa Sivurapan, Heet Patel, Rahil Pomal, Mohit Bakhda

Perfect Attendance

3D Akshar Patel, Dillan Patel, Harish Patel, Janani Patel, Niyanta Patel, Shreya Patel, Manthan Thakkar

3N Ayushi Amin, Kushi Gajparia, Pooja Patel, Priyanka Patel, Sanchit Sethi, Dev Thakkar, Diya Varsani, Shivam Vyas

4C Darshh Hirani, Jay Patel, Tia Patel, Harshiv Sharma, Laksh Sharma

4G Amar Bakhda, Jay Jeshani, Dheer Khetani, Sohan Mepani, Avi Patel, Shiv Patel, Vandan Patel, Diya Patel

5O Mahima Dave, Nandini Bhatia, Vishva Shah, Simran Bodh, Abhishek Panchani, Neil Halai, Parth Gandhi, Prarthna Mid-dha, Rishi Garara

6H Krishay Dabaciya, Sarina Jesani, Pari Parekh, Sankhya Patel

6R Heet Patel, Janvi Patel, Mohit Bakhda, Shane Barrett

Kangaroo Award: given to student who has shown larg-

est gains in a given term. This can be based on academics,

behaviour or noticeable criteria set by the teacher.

Kangaroo

3D Manthan Thakkar—for working very hard this term to achieve his targets and always giving 100% effort in eve-rything he does.

3N Neelkanth Kara- For making excellent progress in all areas of his work

4C Mahi Meghani—for increased self-discipline in class, and demonstrating an honest effort to improve her class work

4G Diya Pindoriya—for outstanding academic achievement in Literacy

5D Yashni Bhudia—Tremendous improvemetnt in Maths and English

5O Nandini Bhatia—for increasing her output of quality work as well as improving her exam scores.

6H Krishay Dabaciya—For his commitment towards his learning.

6R Dev Patel—For having a positive attitude towards his learning and making good progress

Good Values Award: Given to an individual who

displays the 5 values in action a majority of the

time.

Good

Values

3D Janani Patel- for displaying all 5 school values through-out the term - well done!

3N Niam Lakhani—For displaying all 5 school values throughout the term - well done!

4C Khush Sheth—for always demonstrating the school values

4G Keshvi Patel - For always demonstrating the 5 school values

5D Girish Pindoria—For demonstrating the values consist-ently

5O Simran Bodh—For always showing the five school val-ues all term without fail

6H Sakshi Bhudia—For always demonstrating the 5 values.

6R Mahi Panchal—For demonstrating the 5 school values consistently