Author: Tasneem Marsiawala

School is a huge change in the life of a three-year-old. Playgroup makes the transition much easier. Children begin to gain independence in their daily life activities. They learn to adjust to a classroom full of other like-minded children and gain increasing confidence in speaking and motor skills. Throughout this whole process they play, enjoy and have a lot of fun. And very soon, instead of clinging to their parents, we see them rush through the school gates with big smiles and hardly a backward glance, looking forward to another exciting day in Playgroup.

The Reception Children learn about their Sense of Sight

The little Reception children are learning about their senses. Currently they are discovering their

‘I can’t see my heart but I sure can hear it!’

The Seniors listened to their heartbeat with the help of a stethoscope and learned about all the important work that the heart does in our body.

Twelve teachers from BHS are attending BADAL DO, a year-long program led by a consortium of seven organizations. They aim to engage hundreds of teachers from a cross-section of society to become the change makers who will foster peace, social inclusion, tolerance and civic sense in their classrooms to benefit thousands of students and ultimately bring about change in the society.

Each session brings a different BADAL DO theme and our teachers gained the respect of the whole group

It takes a lot of courage to get up on stage and face an audience with confidence. However the Montessori Seniors are confident and totally at ease as they tell the audience about the different objects they have brought from home related to Pakistan. The enthusiasm of the children must’ve rubbed off on their parents too as the children had brought a variety of different objects to show and tell. Can you see the portrait of Quaid-e-Azam beautifully sketched by one of our parents?