Festival of Health – Being Swasth with Yoga and Holistic Wellbeing

At Jyotirmay International School our Festival of Health with the theme ‘Being Swasth” was kicked off on the 3^rd International Yoga Day which was celebrated all over the world on Wednesday 21^st June.

Being Swasth according to Yoga means enjoying holistic health and life; in other words, the building blocks of good health facilitate our way through life. Our festival reflected these blocks through various activities.

On Wednesday 21st June, our day began with a combined yoga session for the entire school, except for the Montessori section. 

This event was coordinated by our yoga teacher Ashu di along with Aarti di and Rasika di, making it a fun activity for all.

The Yoga Booth located near the school entrance became the favourite spot activity for the entire day with students from Bluebells to Frangipani groups as well as teachers stepping up with a pose!





Activities carried out during the week of 27^th to 30^th June presented a delightfully exploration of various concepts of holistic health, which included physical, mental, intellectual, emotional, psychological, spiritual, social well-being as well as food and nutrition.

The creation of a logo for this week-long Festival was a joint effort which involved various mixed groups Bluebells, Cherry Blossoms, Butter Cups, Tulips and Lilacs groups along with their teachers.

Middle and senior school students from Jacaranda, Snapdragons, Edelweiss, Orchids, Hyacinth and Carnations groups with teachers Kulvinder di, Sandip da and Susamma di conducted a mapping activity for “Health food around the world”.

Other sub-themes conducted with smaller sets of groups starting from the youngest to the oldest, covered topics like: Hygiene Habits, Height & Weight checks along with water intake project, Health in German, Zumba and Aerobics, Nutrition Sudoku, Food Pyramid, World’s Best and Worst Diets. 

 

Nutrition Sudoku

Senior School Food Pyramid activity

To round off the Festival of Health, a talk on Dental Health for Children by Dr. Rohini was coordinated on Saturday 1st July with the second PTM. 

Our Series of Talks in the academic year of 2017-18 are aimed at bringing forth interactive sessions for Jyotirmay parents with a chance to meet experts from various fields. 

Academic Café and a Talk by Montessori Expert

The new academic year at Jyotirmay International School began with a talk by Mr. P. Anantha Padmanabhan, a Montessori expert; followed by the first PTM of this year, called the Academic Café on Saturday 17^th June.

Principal Farida di introducing our guest Mr. P. Anantha Padmanabhan

A highly experienced and knowledgeable educator, Mr. Padmanabhan shared his insights on the Montessori Method, but to the delight of our new Montessori parents he spoke from experience as a parent himself.

This talk was well received by a full house! Our new Montessori parents had turned up in large numbers – they shared their own experiences with children and had lots of queries for the expert which received insightful answers.

After a tea break, our parents got to interact with the teachers in our unique Academic Café event and check out their teaching materials exhibited at their café tables.

The Science Platter served up by Krishan da and Suzie di

This special event had been planned months ahead and finally became a hugely successful starter event for this brand new year. Many of the parents found the subjects and activities irresistible enough to try out for themselves!

A Game of Chess? Why Not!

The resounding success of the first PTM, which included the expert talk, has set the tone for the future events and festivals to be held this year at Jyotirmay, and is a credit of our Event Coordinator Priyanka di and the Event Head Shrawani di. Like all smoothly run events, there were many teachers, admin and support staff who worked behind the scenes, including overseeing the children during the talk with fun-filled educational films.

Take a look at what some of the Academic Café tables at Jyotirmay International School had to offer!

Circuit Chaat served by Suzie di

The Water Coin Tale

The Reading Junction served by Priyanka di

Playing 'Lagori' - Desi Fun Game!