Happy Hour – Nature Conservation

Participants: Students of Montessori to Pre School II
Highlight: Children of Montessori made a tiger craft with black fingerprints on a cut-out of a tiger. Children of PS I and PS ll made a craft on Nature Conservation Day to show their love for our Earth. All the children enjoyed displaying their creativity and promised to conserve and take care of nature.

Inter House Poster Making Competition on Tigers Day

Participants: Students of Classes I – II
Highlight: Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is a celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation. It is observed on 29th July each year. To promote this cause, children of classes 1 and 2 participated enthusiastically in Inter House Poster Making competition where they compiled decoratives and messages to voice out Save Tigers.

Happy Hour – Rath Decoration

Participants: Students of Classes I – II
Highlight: Students enjoyed decorating the rath using decorative materials bought from home as instructed.
Using coloured streamers, fresh flowers and other decorative items the rath of Lord Jagannath was beautifully adorned and displayed. Classes I Asters and II Carnations emerged as the winners.

Happy Hour – Paper Bag Decoration

Participants: Students of Montessori to Pre School II
Highlight: Students showcased their creativity and artistic skills by making attractive paper bags and decorating them vibrantly. The craft activity was not only fun and engaging for the learners but they were also excited to take their bags back home and use them in their day-to-day activities.

World Health Day – Happy Hour

Highlight: A variety of activities ranging from making a tower of fruits and vegetables, unscrambling sentences related to health and making a Thank You card for the healthcare provider were conducted to bring awareness about the importance of good health.

Spring Craft – Happy Hour

Participants :                       Students of Classes I – II

Highlight   :                           Children made a collage on Spring and Spring baskets. The craft which children made were bright and colourful. They also watched a video and song on Spring which helped them to know about the season better.

Happy Hour - Netaji Jayanti and Republic Day Celebrations

Participants Students of Montessori to Class II
Highlight Children of Montessori were dressed up in the colours of the Indian flag. Students of PS I and PS II were dressed up as the freedom fighters who fought for our nation and spoke with confidence a few lines on the same. They got tri-coloured food items in their tiffin boxes. Children of Classes 1 and 2 got tri-coloured ingredients of their choice and rustled up tasty treats. They spoke a few lines on how they can serve their nation and make India proud.

Wealth out of Waste

Participants: Students of Classes Pre School I – Class II

Highlight: Wealth out of Waste competition is a popular initiative that encourages children to create innovative and sustainable solutions for waste management by  repurposing or upcycling waste materials. Pre Primary Happy Hour Department organised an activity to use coconut to keep in tune with World Coconut Day and children made beautiful planters and candle stands displaying their creativity.

International Tiger Day

Participants: Students of Montessor  to Class II
Highlight: Children from Montessori to Class ll were sensitized about the importance of saving the tiger and to preserve them and protect them in different ways. Tiger Masks were made by the children of Montessori, PS l and PS II. Classes l and ll made posters spreading awareness amongst all to shoot the tiger with a camera and not a gun.

PAPER BAG DECORATION – PRE-PRIMARY HAPPY HOUR

Venue: LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY
Organized By: LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY
Participants: Students of classes PSI –II
Highlight: Children learnt about how to take care of Mother Earth. They took a pledge, listened to songs and learnt about why to plant a tree to stop soil erosion. Quit buying products that have a lot of package wrappings. Reduce the amount of water you use to keep clean.

Bengali New Year Celebration

Participants: Students of Classes I and II
Highlight: Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year) is the first day of the Bengali calendar. It is one of the most important festivals for the Bengali community and is celebrated with much pomp in West Bengal.
Children learnt about the significance of Kalash and enjoyed songs and dances based on the festival.
They also made a thematic craft adding an essence of festivity.

Class Memento – Happy Hour

Participants: Students of classes Montessori to Class Pre School II
Highlight: Children designed a photo frame – class memento using varied art techniques. They enriched their vocabulary by learning terms peers, batch mate. The students enjoyed seeing pictures of their friends. They learnt the importance of being kind and caring towards friends.

Inter House Quiz Competition - Happy Hour

Participants: Students of Classes I and II
Highlight: The children enjoyed answering questions on a variety of topics house wise. The students of Prithvi House stood first whereas Vayu and Agni houses bagged the second position jointly.

Spin a Tale (Interhouse Story Narration Competition)

Participants: Students of Classes Pre School I to Class II
Highlight: The children of different houses narrated their stories with aids and voice modulation. It was a visual treat for the audience. Each storyteller had a message to convey. Vayu house occupied the first position followed by Jal, Agni and Prithvi houses.

Happy Hour Bookmark Designing (Pre Primary)

Participants Students of Pre School I to Class II
Highlight The children learnt about the meaning of ‘martyrs’ and their contribution towards the freedom of our country.

Inter House Chess Competition of Classes 1 and 2

Venue Junior Library
Participants Students of Class II
Highlight Selected students of all the four houses played a game against each other. The finalists played impressively. Vayu house was declared a winner followed by Agni, Jal and Prithvi house.

Happy Hour Poster Designing Competition

Participants Students of Classes Pre School I to Class II
Highlight Children enjoyed watching stories about being kind to others. They enjoyed dancing on a peppy song on the same. Students of PS 1 and PS 2 coloured a sheet on kindness whereas the students of Classes 1 and 2 designed their own posters. Jal house won the first position followed Agni, Vayu and Prithvi houses.

Happy Hour - Elocution Contest

Participants Students of Classes PS I to Class II
Highlight The poems were delivered with actions enthralling the audience. Each participant was unique in the way of presentation. The first position was bagged jointly by Vayu House and Agni House. The second position was secured by Prithvi House and the third position by Jal House. Hanvika Ahuja of PS 1C and Ayansh Poddar of PS2 D were declared the winners of English Elocution Contest.

Happy Hour Umbrella Designing

Participants Students of Classes PS I to Class II
Highlight The children enjoyed learning facts about an umbrella. They enjoyed singing along, a rhyme on umbrella. Different art mediums were used by the children of different classes to design the umbrella.

Happy Hour – Chocolate Day, Rath Yatra celebrations

Participants:- Students of Classes PS I to Class II

Highlight:- Children enjoyed watching the video on how chocolates are made and identified some common brands. The Preschoolers designed a chocolate pouch while classes 1 and 2 designed chocolate wrappers. Children watched the story of Rath Yatra and its significance and decorated and colored a ‘rath’, bringing in a feeling of festivity.

Celebrating Earth Day

Participants: Students of classes PS I to – V
Highlight: Celebrating Earth Day was a mass participating event. Children enjoyed a lot. They participated with a lot of enthusiasm and understood the importance of maintaining an ecological balance. The children were made aware of the need for celebrating the day and took a pledge to protect the earth. They coloured a picture of the earth and learnt how it supports life.

Happy Hour - Story Telling Event

Participants Students of Classes Pre School I – II
Highlight Friday afternoon witnessed confident story tellers who left the audience awestruck as they modulated their voice aptly, used props appropriately and gave perfect expressions. The session Was filled with a wide range of stories.

Happy Hour – Sponge Craft

Participants Students of Montessori
Highlight The children enjoyed making a teddy bear with a sponge. They danced on an action song based on teddy bears and also heard the story "Goldilocks and the three Bears".

Happy Hour - Role Play on Freedom fighters

Participants Students of Classes I – II
Highlight The children learnt about the contribution of freedom fighters through the performances of their peers. Apart from the well known freedom fighters, the contribution of some other freedom fighters was also highlighted. The recitation and dance added charm to the programme.

Happy Hour – Fun with Recitation

Participants Students of Montessori
Highlight Children had fun while reciting the songs and rhymes in English and in HIndi. They recited them with expressions, lot of enthusiasm and confidence.

Winter Fashion

Participants: Students of Classes Montessori – Pre School II
Highlight: Children of PSl and PSll enjoyed an enticing winter activity- they were dressed in their winter attire, watching a winter-time movie followed by making a craft, based on winter wear. They learnt a wide range of words related to winter which has surely enriched their vocabulary.

Ganit Challenge

Participants: Students of Classes I - II
Highlight: Children enjoyed the interactive session of answering questions in turns and were elated to get opportunities to give the correct answer. Some of them could even explain the logic for solving the problem-sums.

Happy Hour - Christmas Tree and Cupcake Decoration

Highlight: Students enjoyed a fun filled winter morning dressed in colours of Christmas decorating cupcakes, learning a thematic craft and watching a video based on Christmas. They even sang carols.

Happy Hour - Recitation with Actions

Participants: Students of Clssses I & II
Highlight: The children of different houses brought the themes to life through their energetic performances.
They recited poems beautifully. The poems in regional language and shloka in Sanskrit added to the beauty of the programme. The first position was secured by Vayu house followed by Jal, Agni and Prithvi.

Happy Hour – Flower Arrangement

Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: Children enjoyed the virtual tour of the Horticulture Garden. They loved identifying the different flowers shown during the tour. Children could answer which is their favourite flower with ease and confidence. They loved making flowers with paper and arranged the same on a cardboard box.

Happy Hour – Crafty You

Participants: Students of Classes Pre School I & II
Highlight: Children of PSl and PSll enjoyed a craft session along with learning a beautiful song and gaining knowledge about why school buses are yellow in colour universally.

Happy Hour – You Help

Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: Children enjoyed the video shown to them on different Community helpers. They spoke one line each as to how they will help our environment and make the world a better place. They also understood the need to help each other to make the world better place.

Quiz on Freedom Fighters Happy Hour

Participants: Students of Classes I & II
Highlight: The children learnt about the freedom fighters of India, their titles and their contribution through PPTs shown during Life Skills class and in Happy Hour. Their knowledge about the same was tested by taking a quiz.

Happy Hour: Making Craft related to Festival – Durga Puja

Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: The children enjoyed the virtual Pandal hopping in our city Kolkata. They dressed up well for the event. Girls wore a saree while the boys wore Kurta Pyjama and danced to Durga Puja songs. They thoroughly enjoyed making the craft which was a Durga Maa wall hanging.

Event: Keep Fit

Organized By: Pre-Primary Happy Hour Department
Resource Person: PE Department
Participants: Students of Classes PSI - PSII
Highlight: Children were taught a wide range of fitness exercises, techniques of how to catch and throw a ball. They followed the teacher's instructions perfectly.

Happy Hour Chess Competition

Participants: Students of Classes I – II
Highlight: Chess Competition for classes 1 and 2 was conducted on Lichess. After many rounds of games the winners were selected. The children played well defending their pieces. Amam Patel of Jal house secured the first position.

Happy Hour – Event – Pets

Participants Montessori Students
Highlight Children enjoyed the story on pets and also learned how to take care of their pets. They enjoyed showing their pets to their peers on the online platform. The children thoroughly enjoyed making the Aquarium craft. They sang the song well on Pets.

Kite Making and Decoration – Happy Hour

Participants: Students of Classes Pre School I & Pre School II
Highlight: Children of Pre School l to Classes ll on Friday afternoon aptly used paper, colours, and scissors to put together a wide range of Kites and at the same time learnt facts about kites and a song based on the same. The children displayed excitement as they displayed their beautiful pieces of art.

Healthy Fruit Salad – Happy Hour

Participants: Montessori Students
Highlight: Children enjoyed making the fruit salad and also identified the fruit which they used to make the healthy salad. The presentation was done very well by the children.

Janmashtami Craft – Happy Hour

Participants: Students of Classes Pre School I & Pre School II
Highlight: Children of PSl and PSll enjoyed watching videos, songs, doing a Janmashtami based craft and learning a song on the theme. Children answered questions asked based on videos shown and about the festival.

Happy Hour Janmashtami Celebration

Participants: Students of Classes I – II
Highlight The children of classes 1 and 2 portrayed the birth of Lord Krishna through a drama house wise.
Each house had their unique way of presentation. They even answered questions based on their performance during the quiz session. Agni House emerged as the winner followed by Vayu, Jal and Prithvi.

Happy Hour - TRI Colour Craft

Participants Students of Montessori – Class II
Highlight Children of Montessori to Class II enjoyed an eventful session learning Tricoloured craft, facts about Independence Day, singing the National Anthem and reciting a poem based on the Tri-coloured flag.
All were dressed in the colours of the Indian flag and children enjoyed the session.

Snail Craft Activity – Happy Hour

Participants: Pre Primary Department
Highlight: Children of PS1 and PS2 enjoyed a fun filled afternoon learning facts about snails, singing a song on the same and doing a craft involving finger printing. The children followed the instructions with care and were eager to display their finished product.

Happy Hour - Character Presentation

Participants: Students of classes I & II
Highlight: The Happy Hour gave an opportunity to the performers as well as viewers to learn more about Kolkata the City of Joy. They discovered various unknown facts through each other's performance. Each participant put in a lot of hard work to bring the character to life. Prithvi House emerged as the winner followed by Agni, Vayu and Jal House.

Inter House Quiz Competition

Organized By - Happy Hour Department

Participants - Students of Classes I & II

Highlight - The afternoon of 23rd February saw the bright sparks of classes 1 and 2 all geared up for the Inter House Competition. Questions were based on mathematics, story books, general awareness and the beautiful world.

Salad Decoration

Participants: Students of Classes I – II
Highlight: Children learnt about the health benefits of different types of fruits and vegetables.
Arrangements of different seasonal vegetables were laid attractively on the plates with the teacher's instruction.

Pre-Primary Elocution Inter House Contest

Venue - Zoom Online

Participants - Students of Class I – II

Highlight - The young participants were confident on the virtual platform and put up a mesmerising performance.

Relay Race

Participants : Students of Classes I & II
Highlight : The event was organised well. Many skills were put together in one race. The endurance level of the children was also considered and was seen amongst the winning team. Agni House stood first while Vayu House secured the second position. The third position was bagged by the Jal House. Prithvi House stood fourth.

Happy Hour - Grandparents Day

Participants : Students of Montessori to PS II     
Highlight : Children were delighted as they showed their grandparents around the school. Grandparents along with the children were given a chance to participate in carnival games and were gifted a plant as a promise to keep our Earth Green.

Hit The Target

Participants : Students of Montessori    
Highlight : Children followed the rules and enjoyed the game.

Standing Kho

Participants     Students of Classes of l and ll    
Highlight        Children enjoyed and were very excited. All the houses followed the rules perfectly. Agni House was winner followed by Vayu, Prithvi and Jal.

Fun Race

Participants    Students of PS l and PS ll     
Highlight         Children of PSI and PSII were well trained and knew about the event and followed instructions without errors. They enjoyed the game and the audience were well behaved and cheered. PSI Bluebells and PSII Carnations emerged as winners.

Craft Activity

Participants     Students of Classes l - ll    
Highlight        Children enjoyed the art & craft activity. They were quick to follow instructions and complete the activity on time.

Tri Colour Food Craft

Participants    Students of PS l –PS ll    

Highlight        Children learnt about the term ‘tri’ and the names of ingredients used to make food craft. Children enjoyed working individually demonstrating understanding of instructions given.

Happy Hour Cap Decoration

Participants :  Students of Montessori

Highlight : Children enjoyed making Christmas caps and singing Christmas carols.

Happy Hour Thank You Card

Participants : Students of PSI & PSII

Highlight : Children enjoyed craft work and saying messages aloud for the soldiers who fight for the safety of the country.

Inter House Fun Quiz Competition

Participants    Students of Classes I & II
Highlight    The children found the quiz very interesting. They enthusiastically answered the questions. They were left wanting for more. Vayu House was the winner followed by Jal, Agni & Prithvi.

Dribbling in Relay Form

Participants    Students of PS I & PS II
Highlight    Children of PSI and PSII enjoyed the event and cheered for their team members. The audience was well mannered and thoroughly encouraged the participants as they watched the game.

Happy Hour Hop & Run

Event: Happy Hour Hop & Run
Participants: Students of Classes PSI & PSII
Highlight: Children of PS I and PS II had fun during Hop and Run, as they showcased their skills and followed instructions well. Children cheered well for their classmates who were participating in the competition.

Happy Hour Basket the Ball

Event: Happy Hour Basket the Ball
Participants: Montessori Students
Highlight: Children enjoyed participating in the activity.

Happy Hour Janmashtami Celebration

Event: Happy Hour Janmashtami Celebration
Participants: Students of Classes PSI & PSII
Highlight: Children were dressed in festive colours to add to the spirit of happiness during the Happy Hour. Stories, songs, and craftwork were enjoyed by one and all. The preschoolers learnt thematic words based on Janmashtami and related facts.

Happy Hour Dodge Ball

Event: Happy Hour Dodge Ball
Participants: Students of Classes I & II
Highlight: The game was conducted smoothly in spite of the rain. Children were excited and the players were well trained for the game. Agni House emerged as the winner followed by Vayu, Prithvi, and Jal.

Happy Hour Tricolour Craft

Event: Happy Hour Tricolour Craft
Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: Children enjoyed the dressing up activity. They loved making the craft on the tricolour. They danced on patriotic songs.

Happy Hour Colour Day

Event: Happy Hour Colour Day
Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: Children were happy to come in different coloured clothes. They enjoyed putting their handprint in different colours.

Rath Decoration

Event: Happy Hour Rath Decoration
Participants: Students of PSI & PSII
Highlight: Children were excited and actively participated in decorating the Rath with fresh flowers, paper chains, and paper decorations. The story was narrated in detail along with slides. Videos of Rath Yatra in Puri were shown. Children also coloured the image of Rath.
PS I Daisies and PS II Asters emerged as winners.

Fun Race

Event:  Happy Hour Fun Race
Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: Children actively participated in the game. They were happy to receive the gift (toffees wrapped in newspaper).

Colour Day

Event: Happy Hour Colour Day
Participants: Students of Classes I & II
Highlight: Children enjoyed themselves. They also learnt the significance of the chosen colours. They learnt important facts related to those colours. It was an hour long activity.

Standing Kho (I & II)

Participants : Students of Classes I & II
Highlight : Children knew how to play the game. It was conducted well and there was tough competition. Children played well. Agni House was adjudged the first position followed by Prithvi, Vayu and Jal.

I Want To Become A...

Participants : Students of Classes PS I & PS II
Highlight : Children dressed aptly to showcase what they desire to be when they grow up. They used props which added meaning to what children spoke about their wish. 

Basket the Ball

Participants : Students of Montessori
Highlight : Children enjoyed the activity and followed the instructions and were well disciplined. 

Inter House Quiz Competition

Event: Happy Hour Inter House Quiz Competition
Participants: Students of Classes I & II
Highlight: It totally captured the attention of the children. The time taken by the activity was just right. The children were left wanting for more. Jal House came first followed by Prithvi, Agni, Vayu.

Happy Hour Hop and Run

Event: Happy Hour Hop and Run
Venue: Basketball Court
Participants: Students of PSI & PSII
Highlight: Children of PSI & PSII thoroughly enjoyed the game of Hop and Run. They followed the instructions of the P.E. Teachers. Team Carnations emerged as winners followed by Team Asters, Daisies, and Bluebells.

Happy Hour Stocking Decoration (Montessori)

Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: Children enjoyed this fun-filled activity and they also enjoyed singing the carols. It helped in the development of fine motor skills.

Rangoli & Diya Designing (PSI & PSII)

Participants: Students of Classes PSI & PSII
Highlight: Children brought colourful flowers to make a rangoli. They also coloured and decorated a diya with sequins. They learned about the story behind the Diwali festival and how to celebrate a safe and green Diwali.

Fun Race (PSI & PSII)

Participants: Students of Classes PSI & PSII
Highlight: Children of PSI and PSII thoroughly enjoyed the Fun race organised for them. They followed the instructions perfectly. PSI and PSII Asters emerged as winners followed by Bluebells, Daisies and Carnations.

Colour Day

Participants: Students of Classes I & II
Highlight: Children were dressed in different colours. They also got one food item of that colour. They learned about primary and secondary colours. They also learnt about warm, cool, neutral colour and colour wheel. Children thoroughly enjoyed mixing colours and painting the worksheet.

Fun Race (Montessori)

Participants: Students of Montessori

Highlight: Children enjoyed the activity. They followed the instructions given. This activity helped in their gross motor development.

Fire on the Mountain (PS I & PS II)

Event: Fire on the Mountain (PS-I & PS-II)
Participants: Students of Classes PS I & PS II
Highlight: Children enjoyed the game Fire on the Mountain. Everyone followed the rules of the game which was commendable. The children were happy as they all got to participate.

Colour Day (Montessori)

Event: Colour Day (Montessori)
Participants Students of Montessori
Highlight: Children learned about the different colours and enjoyed doing squash painting.

Bowling (Montessori)

Event: Bowling (Montessori)
Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: The children followed the instructions and played the game well.

Colour Day

Highlight: Children were dressed in red, yellow, orange and green colored clothes. Children got food items of that particular color and also made a craft. Important facts related to colours were discussed and they recited a poem.

Cupcake Decoration

Children of PSI and PSII thoroughly enjoyed the activity. They used a variety of ingredients to decorate the cupcake.

Grandparent's Day (Montessori)

The children and the grandparents had a great time. The grandparents re‑lived their school

                                    days.

Literary Quiz Competition

Children were very enthusiastic and enjoyed all the four rounds of the quiz. Vayu House emerged as winners followed by Prithvi, Agni and Jal.

Cup Cake decoration

Children thoroughly enjoyed the activity. They were looking forward to the activity and were prepared with beautiful quotes.

Rath Decoration (PS I & PS II)

Event: Happy Hour Rath Decoration (PS I & PS II)
Participants: Students of Classes PS I & PS II
Highlight: Children were excited and actively participated in decorating the rath. They used artificial flowers and care was taken not to use plastic flowers. Video of Rath Yatra was shown and the story was narrated to the children, which was followed by coloring activity. PS I Carnations and PS II Bluebells emerged as winners.

Christmas Tree Decoration (PSI & PSII)