JAFFAR PUBLIC SCHOOL

SPORTS WEEK
2023-05-11
The much looked forward to gala event of the year was our sports week on the theme “Hum aik hain” was held in December for KG I, KG II, class I and II. Preparations went on at hectic pace with students practicing for the sports events and teachers preparing accessories for the great day. The event was a great success. Parents attended and cheered the students. Winners won medals and even those who did not, went home with shining faces with the pleasure of having participated.

WINTER WONDERS
2023-05-11
Beauties of winter season was explored by the students through learning about winter weather and weather forecast. They were introduced to variety of winter wonders to discover such as the winter clothes, winter fruits, hot beverages and winter sports. Winter is the time of pleasant days and cool nights

MORNING ASSEMBLY
2023-05-11
The weekly morning assembly presentations provided students a platform to face an audience. Our students have now lost their stage fright and are on their way to become confident and fluent speakers. The assembly presentations impart general knowledge of a variety of aspects from environment, healthy habits, good behaviour, etc in a fun filled manner

UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY
2023-05-11
Universal Children’s Day was marked with full joy, fun and frolic. It was enjoyed by playing games and having fun on the jumping castle. Children also enjoyed a funny midget puppet show put up by their teachers.

GRAND PARENTS DAY
2023-05-11
Grandparents play a very important role in our lives. We should always respect and take good care of them. On this very special day teachers enacted a role play. It was a fun filled session for the students. Later they made cards in the art class to express their love for their grandparents. They carried the cards home for them.

STORY TELLING (NURSERY & KG I)
2023-05-11
Story telling is a major monthly event. It is conducted with great enthusiasm, and elaborate preparations are made in the form of life like set up of scenes from the story, role play by students, teachers’ presentations (enactment and storytelling) and discussions. The stories of the term were; Ginger Bread Man, The Enormous Turnip, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Red Hen, The Hare and the Tortoise and The Wind and the Sun.

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
2023-05-01
World Ozone Day is celebrated on September 16th of every year. This day we spread awareness about ozone depletion. Holes in the ozone layer are caused due to pollution. Planting trees protects the environment and the ozone layer. Awareness videos were shown to all the students and worksheets were given to reinforce the topic.

Founder’s Day Celebration
2023-05-01
Jaffar Public School’s 33rd birthday was celebrated with enthusiasm and high spirits by the J.P.S Junior students and teachers. The school was decorated beautifully with colourful handmade flowers and artwork made by the by the students. Children performed short skits’, read out poems, written by them, and sang songs for J.P.S. To make the event more memorable a magic show was organized, which was magically delightful and mesmerizing. Teachers also prepared game stalls and face painting. Hence, the celebrations came to an end, leaving everlasting memories behind.

Sports Day
2023-04-28
Annual Sports Days were held in February/March in the school premises. Each grade performed on a separate day. The whole school playground and boundary was decorated color fully. The enthusiasm and energy was pulsating and discipline was exceptional.

The program started with recitation and translation of verses from Holy Quran along with the welcome speech. Torch Bearing, Taekwondo Performance, P.E. Display were performed with zeal and discipline. There were many track events which took place and all students took part in them.

Winners were awarded medals. The sports day came to an end with a fabulous and eye catching closing display, enjoyed by all.

Children’s Day
2023-04-28
This day was celebrated enthusiastically and with fervor by the children.

Speeches, skits and songs were presented showing the importance of this day. Children also enjoyed playing at various game stalls set up by the teachers. The students made colourful goody bags for the children of the ‘Bridge School’

Election Day
2023-04-28
Every year JPS (Junior) children elect House Captains and Vice-Captain from class V and VI. The Head Girl and Head Boy are selected by teachers. It was a cut throat competition among 16 candidates of grade V and VI. The votes were cast on the Election Day on school premises under the supervision of the election committee. Voting procedure was completed on the same day. The results of the vice-captains and captains were announced on the next day. Inaya Muddasir was selected as the Head Girl and Rohaan Rafique as the Head Boy.

Bird’s Eye View
2023-04-28
The school boundary walls are covered by boards in which teachers put up colorful charts and information on a wide variety of topics. This is done every month to make sure children read the boards before the Bird’s eye view is done. This activity can be in the form of a worksheet or an oral activity where by the children share at least two to three points of what they have read. In this way information is shared and gained.

Young World
2023-04-28
It has been made mandatory for the students of class IV, V and VI to subscribe to Dawn Young World. A marked improvement has been noticed in students’ vocabulary and understanding. A variety of marked activities are done in class to enhance English language skills.

Book Review
2023-04-28
Book Review is an ongoing process. Students read library books and are assessed on their understanding by asking them a few questions or making them write a report on it. To encourage reading at home as well, you are requested to take out time keeping aside all distractions and enjoy reading books together with your children at home to help them become a lifelong readers and to empower them towards meeting their potential.

Dear Time
2023-04-28
The process of reading has always been a beneficial activity. It increases a child’s quest for knowledge, enhances confidence in them and is a great habit for all times. It is imperative that this habit be developed for a well-grounded education. To ensure that reading remains a priority. We have initiated a daily D. E. A. R (Drop Everything and Read) Programme. During a D. E. A. R session the whole school drops everything they are doing and takes pleasure in ungraded, recreational reading for 10 minutes. The activity is carried out during school hours.

Earth Day Activity
2023-04-22
Events are typically held worldwide on Earth Day in support of environmental protection. Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd which seeks to unite people from all parts of the world in environmental causes and to make them trustees in the elimination of issues such as pollution, conflict, poverty, and wars.

On this day students creatively designed posters, recycled items to make beautiful household items and they all pledged to care for mother earth by saving water, electricity and maintaining cleanliness.

EARTH DAY
2023-04-22
April brought Earth day and following the theme of this year “Invest in our Planet” a week of activities helped to create a concern for the protection of our planet Earth and its atmosphere. Assembly presentations were held on each day of the week based on the topics; “Play your part, Be water smart!”, “Plant more Trees”, “Save Electricity”, “The first Steps to Zero waste”.

FOUNDER’S DAY
2023-04-02
The month of April began with the celebration of our Founder’s Day on 2nd April. The school wore a festive look with colourful decorations everywhere. Our students enjoyed the magic show and a delightful performance of ‘Pillow People’ entertained them as a school birthday gift

Elocution/Speech Contest
2023-03-01 - 2023-04-30
JPS arranged Elocution/Speech Competitions in the month of March and April, in every Grade (III-VI).The skills of students were polished by having several qualifying rounds which not only made them learn more about debating but also groomed their personalities as they unfolded the true spirit of q healthy competition. Winners and participants were given certificates in order to recognize their hard work.

Climate Change March
2023-03-01 - 2023-03-31
Grade V and VI students hosted the first climate change march with the theme of Climate Justice Now! The classes were peacefully disrupted as students marched out with handmade posters. Students came out to the ground and sat down in a scattered manner to depict a less formal, organized protest. Earlier, students worked with their sustainability teacher Zahra Ali Syed, to participate in a dialogue about climate change, create posters of their choices, and prepare speeches based on the learnings of their sustainability classes.Climate March had a slogan, ‘Climate Justice Now!’ inspired by 19-year-old Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg, who has been the founder of climate marches since she was 11-years-old. She started protesting with a poster outside her school to raise concerns about her future. She said, ‘Why should I study if there is no future for me?’ She demanded policy makers make policies to address climate change that is risking the future of the children.

The event at the Junior branch allowed students to make their voices heard, share their views and concerns through one minute speeches, and by making posters on the themes that concern them. Students passionately participated in the march and displayed a thorough understanding of the topic. They were also encouraged to recycle cardboard boxes to create posters instead of buying new paper.

Spelling Bee Competition
2023-02-06 - 2023-03-20
Spellings play a vital role in improving children’s literacy skills. Children gain vocabulary and this allows a child to excel at reading and writing. Children’s confidence level usually boosts when they are good at spellings. Keeping all the benefits of learning spellings, every year, our school holds a healthy Spelling Bee Competition in which all the students are given chance to participate. The best 3 students from each class section are selected to compete in the final round of the Inter Section. Winners and the participants of the grand finale are awarded with certificates and motivational badges.

As always, this year also we had the Spelling Bee Competition and we proudly announce the winners’ lists below: Grade III – Aamna Zahra, M Bin Abdul Basit, Anaya Affan Grade IV- Ahmed Salman, Anaya Qamar, Haya Saqib, M Hussain Bhuri Grade V – Moiz Ur Rehman, Ibrahim Bin Jawad, Ali Haadi Bhojani Grade VI – Abdullah Abdur Rehman, M Mahaduddin, M Taha Faisal

Oxford Big Read Competition
2023-02-01
This competition is held every year in the month of February. It is organized by the Oxford University Press. All students take part in this completion which is about reading prescribed books and writing reviews. The children are required to read at least five books of their level and practice writing reviews. Best written reviews are checked and selected and sent to the OUP for the final selection.

Scrabble Competition
2022-03-01 - 2022-03-31
Scrabble is a vocabulary game and the students very enthusiastically attend the classes. Scrabble competition was held in the last week of March 2022 in the library. The best players from each section of class V and VI were made to compete with each other. The students thoroughly enjoyed the competition and cheered for the high scorers.

Educational trip to TDF MagnifiScience
2022-03-01 - 2022-03-31
This trip was held in the month of March 2022. Grades III to VI went to observe different aspects of science on different days. The students enjoyed a lot as they were allowed to practically perform all the activities. There were different sections for energy, light, sound, human anatomy, gravity, electricity, renewable energy resources, transmission and Math. Each section had different activities Students were excited to see human heart with arteries and veins along with that the ear structure was quite well defined. They had made a brain that was interconnected with electricity and light to elaborate different functions of different parts. The students study renewable energy resources at school and as such they were delighted to see different forms of energy at work like hydropower and solar. Most fascinating was the antigravity room, the students were able to relate to the concept. Some of these activities, such as Ball balancing activity setup, Mirror writing setup and Tangram were then recreated during the Founders Day Celebrations. Overall the learning experience was an excellent.

Beaver Moon Lunar Eclipse 2021
2021-11-18 - 2021-11-19
The full Beaver Moon of November 2021 passed through Earth’s shadow in a partial lunar eclipse overnight on November. 18-19 in what was the longest eclipse of its kind in 580 years. An assembly presentation was arranged where the children enacted and explained this the phenomena.

Math Olympiad
2021-10-05 - 2022-03-05
The math Olympiad first round was held in October 2021. All the students (Class III to VI) participated in the first round. It was a written math quiz competition based on four operations, I.Q questions, and M.C.Qs and word problems. Three top scorers from each grade were supposed to be selected but there was a tie in class III, IV and V, so a second round was held and the final participants were selected. The final round was held in March 2022.

A nail biting completion ensued. The audience was also asked question and the response was amazing. Prize distribution ceremony was held. Shields were given to the participants of the winning team and certificates were given to the teams which secured the second and third positions. The winners were Grade III – M Hasan Aamir, S Omer Ahmed, Aisha Imran Grade IV- Aarij Maaz, Ali Haadi Bhojani, Hamdan bin Asad Grade V – Ali Ammar, Anaya Choudry, Mubashir Aamir Grade VI – M Mujtaba, M Hasan Ashfaq, Ali Mehdi

World Tourism Day Art Competition
2021-09-27
Students of all grades from III to VI were informed a couple of weeks before about the art activity which would take place on 27th September 2021, World Tourism day. The children had to plan out a drawing about any place they had visited and had wonderful memories about it. Children came up with excellent drawings. The best drawings were selected and merit certificates were awarded.
