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Hello Parents!A warm welcome to the new school year!

Here’s to a year when our children will be theirAUTHENTIC selves!

Here’s to a year when our children are

CARINGCREATIVEAnd COURTEOUS!!!

Hello, Grade 4!

Welcome to the NAFL family!

VedaantAcharya

Taanshi RaajThyagarajan

JanaviKoralli

Aarav Arjun

TwishaaDev

GowriUmesha

Vihaan Somasunder

SCHOOL NEWS!Our senior school students from grades 9 and 11 visited the United Nations, New York, in February 201

9 as part of the Future Leaders Programme and presented their community outreach projects

to a rapt audience.

MORE SCHOOL NEWS!Students from grades 11 and 12 visited the CERN Institute, Geneva, in June 2019 for a Master Class and had thrilling visits to the Antimatter Factory, the Synchrocyclotron and the Compact MuonSolenoid or CMS experiment site.

Term 1 Events

World Music Day

– 21st June

International Day of Yoga – 21st June

Prize Day –29th June

French Day –11th July

Sports Day –24th August

Elections @ NAFL was conducted using a software developed by our own students. The project was developed by a student during training collaboration with CISCO, Bengaluru. On election day, students from grades 6 to 12 got to use the smart app andvoted in their leaders.

THE

NEWLY

ELECTED

STUDENT

COUNCIL

MEMBERS!

Head Girl: DISHA JAIN Head Boy: SHREYAS S IYER

Sports Captains: PRAKRUTI RAGHAVENDRA ABHISHEK SATNURNihal House Captains: ANANYA TALWAR ADITYA ANANTH RAJANKamal House Captains: GITANJALI RAGHAVENDRA MAANITH S SHRIYANVishal House Captains: SIMRAN SHARMA RAHUL CHAKRAVARTI

ANNUAL PRIZE DAY 2018-19

ANNUAL PRIZE DAY 2018-19

MEET THE E-MAG EDITORIAL TEAM

FEATURES: Meghana Krishna, Shweta Ullala,Vanshika Arora, Suchintha Divakaram

PHOTOGRAPHY: Simran Sharma, Kavana Rao

TECHNICAL: Prajwal Nandakishore

SEND US YOUR ORIGINAL IDEAS TO WWW.THEWRITEWAYNAFL.WIXSITE.COM

NAFL Green

Small steps lead to big changes! NAFL aspires to become a carbon neutral school by developing habits which are consistent and environmental-friendly.

Here are our Green Leaders for this year! Congratulations and good luck ahead!

ROSHNI ARUNA GUPTA (5B)ABHAY GOGINENI (5A)

GANESH J BANNUR (12 ISC) PRANAV RAO (AS)

School Choir

Adding to the host of leadershipbadges, here are the newly electedChoir Leaders . . .

Junior School: CHAAYA BASAWARAJ& RISHITH PRAVEEN

Senior School: AMAN MAKHIJA& MANASI RAGUNATH

BEST HOUSE TROPHY FOR 2018-2019

NIHAL HOUSE!

French Day Assembly!

EVENTS AHEAD!

• NAFL SPORTS DAY – August 24th

• NAFL NORTH, TITANS CUP FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT – August 23rd

• NPS HSR, BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT – July 24th

There is focus on improving reading and writing skills and vocabulary development. Grammar is

taught in an informal manner with focus on using it right. The sessions are interactive, using

active learning strategies.

Students engage themselves in various effective

hands-on activities and interactive projects using

the enquiry based learning approach.

Lessons are taught through active learning strategies,

group work and flipped classroom methodology.

Lessons are taught through discussions, role play,

PPTs, group presentations and flipped classroom

methodology.

Learning is imbibed through videos and interactive

discussions. Demonstrations in the computer lab go

hand-in-hand with lab activities. Worksheets check

understanding.

Lessons are taught through interactive sessions,

brainstorming and research methodology. New vocabulary,

writing and speaking skills are developed.

There is focus on improving spellings, conversation,

vocabulary development and pronunciation. The

sessions use active learning strategies.

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

ENGLISH

Nouns, Subject and

Predicate, Adjectives,

Pronouns, Types of Sentences

Prepositions, Articles, Verb,

Comprehension passages,

Creative writing,

Vocabulary,

Picture comprehension &

Composition,

Poetry Comprehension &

Recitation, Impromptu

Speech, Paragraph Writing

EICB –Ch: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9,

15 and 16

HINDILessons: 1,2,3,5,8,10

Comprehension

Grammar-Noun, Pronoun

Verb , Tense, Gender,

Antonyms, Numbers,

Singular and Plural

Numbers 21-50

FRENCH

La culture Française

Le pluriel des noms

Les adjectifs

Les parties du corps

Les verbes

Les vêtements

Les animaux

Les saisons

Les expressions

<faire>, <avoir>

Programme of Work Term 1

SOCIAL STUDIES

The story of the Past

Sources of History

Timelines

Physical Divisions of India

We, the people of India

States of Northern Mountains

States of Northern Plains

Understanding Maps

GENERAL SCIENCE

Air

States of Matter(EBL)

Animal Adaptation(EBL)

Push and Pull

Friction as a Force

Programme of Work Term 1

MATHEMATICS

Ch1: Large Numbers

Ch2: Addition and subtraction

Ch3 : Multiplication

Ch4: Division

Ch8: Shapes, Symmetry

and Patterns

Ch13: Data Handling

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Know your Computer

LOGO- Drawing Polygons

and Circles

LOGO- Using Pen colours

and Pen sizes

LOGO- Text Commands

LOGO- Arithmetic

Operations

Programme of Work Term 1

Grade 4 FacultyGrade Teacher/

Subjects4A 4B 4C

GRADE TEACHER Ms. Nayana A M Ms. Kajal Sheth Ms. Suraksha J P

ENGLISH Ms. Nayana A M Ms. Padma Suresh Ms. Deepa R

MATHS Ms. Usha P Ms. Suraksha J P Ms. Suraksha J P

SCIENCE Ms. Nayana A M Ms. Ranjtiha B N Ms. Ranjitha B N

SOCIAL STUDIES Ms. Padma Suresh Ms. Kajal Sheth Ms. Padma Suresh

HINDI Ms. Parveen Ms. Nidhi R Ms. Nidhi R

FRENCH Ms. Akhila Ms. Akhila Ms. Akhila

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Ms. Indumathi Ms. Indumathi Ms. Indumathi

CLUB ACTIVITIES

CRAFT

YOGA

GRADES 4 AND 5

STORY TELLING

ALMANAC

Task Pg. no

Mail entries 83

Record of absence 79

Message from parents(Blue

Tinted Pages)

71-78

Fill up 2-10

Note: Please check the almanac every day for important announcements and homew

ork assignments.

Leave Policy

Write a note in the diary. (Record of Absence pages, Page numbers 79-82)

Inform / Email school office. (info@nafl.in)

Provide a Medical Certificate. (3 or more days)

Extended over a long weekend / vacation break

– Missed Classroom Teaching (Work needs to be covered up at home)

– Missed Continuous Assessments

– Missed Opportunity in the Merit List

– Noted in the Report Card – “Unauthorised Leave Taken”

Reminders:

UNIFORM CODE:

Regular Day P.E DAY Activity DAY

Blue and White Blue PE shorts House colour

and T-shirts

OTHER RULES

• Be in school on time!

• Enjoy a healthy snack and lunch every day.

• Mind personal hygiene and cleanliness.

SAY ‘NO’ TO:• Nail Paint

• Henna

• Fancy school bags, pencil boxes,

watches and accessories

DISCIPLINE

BEGINS

WITH

PUNCTUALITY!

Shiven – 5th

Sejal Mahesh – 10th

Anuj – 22nd

Aadya – 7th

Adithya – 18th

Gauri – 29th

K Shushruth Arya – 27th

Vivaan – 9th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

SCHOOL CONTACT DETAILS

You can reach us by phone or email:Phone:+91-80-23231567 or +91-80-23239281Email: info@nafl.in

Best wishes,Ms. Nayana A MMs. Kajal SMs. Suraksha J P