June'26

Welcome Back! June Marks a New Beginning ✨

The Activity Journey at BMCS

Where Creativity Meets Celebration

The week began with a Birthday Chart activity, where learners used apple sponges and red paint to create colourful apple prints. This activity helped them explore different printing techniques.

Handprints That Took Flight

Learners also made beautiful Butterflies by using their handprints to create colourful wings. They were excited to see how their handprints turned into a butterfly.

Flower painting with cotton buds.

Learners also created lovely Flower Art by using cotton buds for dot printing. This activity encouraged careful movements and creativity.

Cupcake Craft

In the Cupcake Craft activity, learners decorated cupcakes by sticking colourful pom-poms, helping them improve their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Math-sleeping and standing line

Our learners engaged in a fun and meaningful hands-on activity to explore standing lines and sleeping lines. Using colourful pom-poms, they created standing lines, while sticks were used to form sleeping lines. This tactile learning experience helped children understand line concepts through exploration and play. The activity strengthened fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and early pre-writing abilities. Learners demonstrated curiosity, creativity, and confidence as they worked independently and shared their ideas with peers. Through this engaging IB learning experience, children developed a deeper understanding of basic line concepts while building a strong foundation for future writing skills.

Language-

Jolly phonics sound s

Our learners enthusiastically explored the letter sound S through engaging audio-visual experiences and hands-on activities. They listened to and identified the /s/ sound, helping them develop early phonemic awareness and sound recognition skills. To reinforce their learning, learners created finger-print art on the letter S and pasted pictures of objects beginning with the /s/ sound, such as sun, snake, and star. This interactive activity encouraged creativity, fine motor development, and letter-sound association. Through inquiry and exploration, learners strengthened their literacy skills while building confidence in recognizing and connecting sounds to familiar objects.

Patterns with Fun

Our learners actively explored patterns through engaging hands-on learning experiences. They created a colorful caterpillar by pasting green and blue paper pieces in a repeating Green-Blue-Green-Blue pattern, helping them recognize and extend simple sequences. Learners also explored patterns using a variety of classroom resources, encouraging observation, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Through this inquiry-based activity, children developed their understanding of patterns while strengthening fine motor skills and creativity. The activity promoted active participation, collaboration, and confidence, allowing learners to discover mathematical concepts in a fun, meaningful, and interactive way.

Language

Alphabet tracing

Our learners engaged in a hands-on tracing activity to strengthen their early writing skills. Using letter cards and slates, they carefully traced letters, developing proper letter formation and pencil control. This multisensory learning experience enhanced fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and letter recognition. Learners showed focus, perseverance, and confidence as they practiced tracing independently. Through repeated exploration and practice, they built a strong foundation for writing readiness. The activity encouraged active engagement and supported learners in developing essential literacy skills in a fun and meaningful way.

Pattern Play in Action

Our learners participated in an exciting floor pattern activity that combined movement and learning. Following the pattern signs placed on the floor, children jumped accordingly, identifying and repeating sequences through active engagement. This hands-on experience helped learners develop pattern recognition, listening skills, and spatial awareness while enhancing their gross motor coordination and balance. Through play-based exploration, learners demonstrated enthusiasm, focus, and confidence as they followed instructions and completed the patterns. The activity encouraged active participation and inquiry, making mathematical learning fun, meaningful, and memorable.

Fun with numbers

Our PYP 1 students enjoyed "Fun with Numbers" using the math pocket chart. In small groups they practised identifying numbers that come before, after, and between given numbers,compared the numbers, explained their thinking aloud, and used number lines when needed. The hands-on activity strengthened their number sense and cooperative learning skills.

Bowling Math

PYP 1 learners practised simple addition with a fun "Bowling Math" game. Students took turns throwing a ball at a tower of cups, counted how many cups fell each round, and added their points across two rounds. The active game helped reinforce counting, one-to-one correspondence, and adding small numbers.

Building our classroom comunity through creativity

Students of PYP 1 joyfully engaged in a creative classroom community‑building activity this month. They designed and decorated their own birthday charts, using colourful cloud cutouts to mark each child’s special day. The clouds now brighten our classroom and help students feel seen and celebrated all year round. Alongside this, children also worked together on a chart for their essential class agreements. They added their handprints to show their personal commitment to the shared rules, and then decorated the chart with colours and patterns. This visual reminder of their promises helps them take ownership of their behaviour and strengthens a sense of belonging in the classroom.

Exploring Numbers with Confidence and Creativity

PYP 2 learners enthusiastically explored the concepts of before, after, and between numbers through an engaging hands-on flashcard activity. They arranged number cards in the correct sequence and identified missing numbers, which helped strengthen their number sense and understanding of numerical order. The interactive activity encouraged active participation, critical thinking, and collaboration, making learning both enjoyable and meaningful.

Math Fun with Dice

PYP 3 learners participated in an engaging mathematics revision activity using dice to create different numbers. Through this hands-on experience, they revised number names, compared numbers, arranged them in ascending and descending order, and practised mathematical operations.

Working collaboratively with their peers, learners shared ideas, solved problems, and made meaningful connections between concepts. The activity encouraged inquiry, teamwork, communication, and reflection, helping students strengthen their understanding of mathematics in a fun and interactive way.

Building Our Classroom Community Together

The academic year began with learners collaboratively creating their Essential Agreements, which now serve as the foundation of our classroom culture. Through meaningful discussions, students shared their ideas about the values and behaviours that would help create a safe, respectful, and productive learning environment. Learners suggested agreements such as listening respectfully, being responsible, showing kindness, resolving conflicts peacefully, and always giving their best effort. They then worked together to design and decorate the display, taking ownership of the classroom expectations they had created.

To foster a sense of belonging and celebrate individuality, learners also designed a colourful Birthday Chart and created personalised locker name tags. Using their creativity and unique interests, students selected themes, colours, and designs that reflected their personalities, demonstrating imagination, independence, and pride in their work.

Creative Learning Through Art

Students explored shapes, lines, and colour shading techniques to enhance their artistic skills. They developed an understanding of primary and secondary colours and applied this knowledge creatively in their artwork, demonstrating confidence and imagination.

Where Learning Comes Alive: Events at BMCS

A Day Painted in Blue

Our EYP learners celebrated Blue Day with great enthusiasm by coming dressed in different shades of blue. They participated in a tearing and pasting activity by decorating a dolphin with blue paper, which helped strengthen their fine motor skills. Learners also created beautiful flower prints using plastic sheet and blue paint. These engaging activities helped learners recognise the colour blue while encouraging creativity, exploration, and hands-on learning. It was a joyful celebration filled with fun, excitement, and meaningful learning experiences for everyone.

Father’s Day & International Yoga Day Celebration at BMCS

BMCS celebrated Father’s Day and International Yoga Day with great enthusiasm. Learners expressed their love and appreciation for their fathers through songs, speeches, and dance performances. A special father-child dance beautifully showcased the strong bond between fathers and their children.

The celebration also included a yoga session led by a renowned yoga instructor, who guided parents and learners through various yoga practices and shared the importance of yoga for a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

The event promoted the PYP values of caring, well-being, appreciation, and community engagement.

Nurturing Global Learners at BMCS

Ms. Khushi Khatwad
HRT PYP 1

A Fresh Start: Welcoming Students for a Year of Growth, Curiosity, and Care

A new academic year brings fresh energy, new hopes, and many opportunities for growth. It is a time to welcome children with warmth and help them feel safe, happy, and ready to learn.In a welcoming classroom, the focus is not only on rules and routines, but also on relationships, curiosity, and confidence. Unlike conventional classrooms that often begin with formal instruction, a more child-centered environment starts by building trust, encouraging questions, and making every learner feel valued. The beginning of the year is also a chance to create a positive classroom community where children feel heard, respected, and supported. When students feel comfortable, they participate more freely, explore more deeply, and develop a stronger love for learning.

Children participated in a variety of ice-breaking experiences that helped them introduce themselves, share about their interests, and get to know one another better. Students also worked together to decorate birthday charts, which encouraged collaboration, creativity, and teamwork. These shared experiences helped build a warm classroom environment where children could connect, communicate, and feel a sense of belonging. We created essential agreements together, and the students promised to follow them with responsibility and discipline. This important step helped set a positive tone for the year and showed children that our classroom is a space built on respect, cooperation, and care. All these activities and interactions reminded us that learning begins not only with books, but also with relationships, trust, and joyful experiences. With these strong beginnings, we look forward to a year filled with growth, curiosity, and meaningful learning. As teachers, we hope to create a space where children grow not only academically, but also socially and emotionally. This year, let us move forward with care, curiosity, and confidence, and make learning a joyful journey for every child. May this year be filled with joyful learning, meaningful questions, and many small steps of progress. Together, let us create a classroom where every child feels ready for a wonderful journey ahead.

When learning feels like play, it stays for life!

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