A Warm Welcome to

1. A Warm Welcome to A Smart School that Looks Beyond

2. Smart learning At MSB • TilaawatDua • Free Play • UloomDiniyah • English Phonics • Art and Craft • Story Time • Number work • Rhyme time • Concept • PT • MI Kids • Field trips • Day celebrations

3. General Appearance • Students to come in proper and clean uniform with no torn socks. • Follow the uniform provided from Uniform coordinators (PTA) • Boys – Starched Topi, white with golden border. • Brown pullovers for both boys & front buttons for girls • Girls: 2 Black clips on head to hold the scarf/black rubber band, hair to be neatly platted & oiled • PT Uniform to be worn on every Wednesday with white shoes

4. Every Friday • Cut nails • Practice sending Nazrul-Maqaam (AS) to inculcate this habit in our children. • If necessary hair-cut for the boys, stylish cuts will not be allowed

5. Things to Carry • Please give them : • Manageable & comfortable bags • School Diary ( Compulsory) • Water bottle • Napkin and Tiffin box. • Kerchief pinned to their uniform • ( Nursery Kids)

6. Tiffin time • Provide them with healthy and nutritious food. • Preferably home made food. • Avoid giving them packets and oily food like chips, Kurkure, cream biscuits, cheese balls ( any kind of Preservatives) • Nutritious snacks • Roti • Bread • Idly dosa • Fruits • Vegetables • Anything Boiled

7. Role of a parent • Look after your child with care & affection avoid using abusive language & corporal punishment • Breakfast- Provide your child with wholesome breakfast before coming to school. • Sleep- Make sure your child gets adequate amount of sleep every night.

8. Activity sheets sent home every Friday should be preserved and maintained till the end of the academic year. • Label all your child's belonging. • Changing of van-stop will not be encouraged.

9. Birthday Celebrations • We encourage you to make birthdays special for your child while at school, and we try to accommodate all your efforts in celebrating • Birthday celebrations are held during break time between 10:30am to 11:00 am • Birthday boy/girl to wear saya.kurta/jabla-izar • Class teacher and the UloomDiniyah teacher will handle the celebrations • We prefer if you contribute a book to school on the birthday occasion which helps children in enhancing their knowledge and develops reading habit.

10. Major Activities 2012-13 -Orientation-Mab’as Party-Colour Splash-Independence Day-Teachers Day-Puppet Show-Rhymes Day-Fancy Dress-Competition-Children’s Day-Toy Show- RivayatMusabaqat-Story Competition-Art & Craft Exhibition-Pre-Primary Sports-AqaMoula’s TUS Birthday-Kalabharathi Child Art, Aurangabad www.msbbangalore.com

11. Regular reading habits • Parents should try to read to their children daily. • Picture reading is very important for this age group. • Books should be colorful, illustrative with big and clear pictures.

12. Building Concentration • Involve them with activities like : • Sorting the different colored beads • Puzzle solving, • Picture reading, • Shoe lacing, • Clay play, • Lacing the beads, • Buttoning their shirts, • Segregating the different colored pulses/buttons. • Solving different activities book.

13. Mi Kids Objectives & Benefits for our children - • It’s a phonic based English learning program • Comprises of interactive software, visually rich and appealing readers and work books • Children learn to speak proper pronunciation and intonation. • Learn over 3000 words and 200 rhymes there by excelling in spelling and vocabulary. • Independent reader at a very young age • Learn to speak without mother tongue influence. • Build a powerful foundation in English.

14. Assessment System • Continuous and ongoing evaluation will be done on various learning skills Eg. Formation of letters, language skills, social, emotional skills, memory, cognitive development, eye hand co ordination, • Monthly profiles/report on the academic performance and other developments of the ward will be observed, documented and sent home www.msbbangalore.com

15. Communication Matrix- Parents • Parent teacher meetings : related to the academic/other developments of the child • Interaction Through • school diary • Circulars • SMs • School website www.msbbangalore.com

16. Meeting Teachers • Take a prior appointment from the front office to meet the concerned teacher for any queries • It is compulsory for both the parents • to attend any organized meeting, programs or to collect the progress report. • Avoid interacting with teachers regarding school matter in any social gatherings. • Avoid making phone call to the teachers & if necessary between 5 to 6 pm.

17. Updating Information • Please report to the front office for any CHANGE of the following: • Change of residence • Change of contact numbers Where we can reach you during the day or in case of emergency.

18. Leave/Absence • Avoid Taking Leave. • Inform the school well in advance in writing on A4 size paper or through school website regarding any kind of leave the child may require. • Take prior permission from the Masool/Vice Principal • Book tickets for out station journeys only after leave has been granted. • Medical certificate to be produced on resuming of school after medical leave.

19. Illness • Leave your child at home if he/she is suffering from mild temperature or your child is suffering from an infection until treated by the physician. • On resuming the school kindly produce Medical Certificate. • Children who fall sick at school should be picked up immediately upon any notification given by the school authorities.

20. Trust Us! We are here to take care of your children

21. Thank you