“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask Act!
Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jeffron
Students of class X have demonstrated about the assessment of outcomes of Democracy, where in the entire class have explained very enthusiastically the benefits of having democracy.
As, Ms. Sangita Singh social science facilitator gave them a simulated environment so that their critical thinking, analytical skill and Public speaking quality can be collaborated together in order to enhance their quality learning.
Independence Day Celebrations at Excellia School
“Freedom in the Mind, Faith in the words, Pride in our Souls Let’s Salute the Nation on this Independence Day.”
Excellia School celebrated India’s 76th year of Independence with great enthusiasm. With bright rays of the sun and clear skies, the weather played a perfect role in adding to the celebrations which began a day prior with our pretty toddlers indulging in flag making activity which they enjoyed doing to the core.
The auspicious day commenced with the hoisting of the tricolor by the school’s Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak which was followed by the National Anthem. Mr. Pathak addressed the student’s with his wonderful speech and cited to the importance of the day.
The student’s intently listened to the speech given by him. The program proceeded with melodious song performance by the students of the choir group. The enthralling dance performances and sequence by the students left everyone asking for more. The Director of school integrated program Mrs. Shalini Pathak, Advisor Mr. Praveen Pandey, General Manager Mr. Shekhar Varshney applauded the students for the zeal and enthusiasm with which they presented their performances.
The conclusion of the program was done with the motivational speech by the Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey who wished the students and asked them to become responsible citizens of the nation and for that the they have to start with instilling discipline amongst them at home and in school. The day ended on a happy note with students relishing ladoos during dispersal.
Annual Sports Day at Excellia
“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty others just preaching it’.
With the great noble thought mentioned above Excellia School organised the Annual Sports Day event on 29th August 2023. The event started with inaugural ceremony by the Principal Mrs. Priyanka Dubey. Post inauguration the students assembled in the sports ground area to participate in different races with full zeal and enthusiasm. Commencing with the students of Pre -Primary,the events like Sack Race, Hoola Hoop and Ring Balancing were seen that amazed everyone as to how the students showed their true sportsmanship. The Junior wing enthralled the audience with their active participation in Sprints, Three Legged Race along with other races. The concluding part of the event made everyone gasp for more as the students of senior wing from grade IX onwards showcasing their full talent in Kabaddi tournament. The facilitators and sports mentors ensured the smooth functioning of the entire event and the Principal Mrs. Priyanka Dubey congratulated the participants for showcasing their hard work and diligence in the event. She concluded with wonderful words of motivation for all the students that the game do call for rankers but eventually participation matters more than winning.
Embarking on an Achievers Journey
Excellia School felt proud and humbled when the student’s Vaishnavi Puneyani and Sachin Shukla were felicitated at Lucknow Public Collegiate under CBSE Sahodaya Schools’ Complex. The students were awarded for being the Toppers of X and XII Board Exam 2022-23. The Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey attended the felicitation ceremony wherein the award was presented by RO Prayagraj Mr Lalit Kumar Kapil while Mr Manoj Singh received the award on behalf of the student’s.
Kuddos to the Swimming Champ
EMCC Champions
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better do better”.
Maya Angelou.
To keep up the spirit of the students soaring high and ensuring that they perform better academically it is imperative to motivate the students on timely basis. Therefore, the students of school integrated program EMCC were felicitated for their good performance in Mathematics and Science. Under the able guidance of Director EMCC Mrs. Shalini Pathak, students performed wonderfully well in their subjects. School Principal Mrs. Priyanka Dubey presented the badge of honour to the students for their wonderful performance. The facilitators Mr. Manoj Singh, Mr. Anoop Singh and Mr. Abhishek Pandey were also congratulated to instill high zeal in the students to perform better academically.
New Workshop at Excellia
A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you’re communicating. It’s so easy as a young writer to think you’re been very clear when in fact you haven’t.– Octavia Butler
Holding true to above mentioned quote, Excellia School organized an informative workshop on New Education Policy (NEP) and National Curriculum Framework (NCF) on August 26th, 2023. The workshop was conducted by Oxford University Press resource person Mrs. Swagata who shared her views on classroom teaching based on experiential learning, creating opportunities for students to take initiative, make decisions, engaging them intellectually, creatively, emotionally, socially and physically.
The session concluded with teacher’s instilling valuable inputs about ways and means to engage the student’s through cordial learning environment and imbibing multiple pedagogical approaches for the assimilation of knowledge in all type of learners.
Acknowledging the facilitators on Teacher’s Day
“Great teacher’s make ordinary students extraordinary”
Teacher’s Day every year is celebrated on 5th September to acknowledge teacher’s for their efforts and dedication towards students. It is also the day where the noble profession of teaching is highlighted and emphasis is laid on the pivotal role that teachers play in the development of the student and the nation as a whole. Excellia School celebrated the day with great zeal and enthusiasm. The students kept a surprise program for their teachers to make them feel special and how much they mean to them. The program commenced with student’s welcoming the teacher’s and presenting the welcome song. Post lightning the lamp and seeking the blessings of Goddess Saraswati the students of Grade X presented a foot tapping dance performance that was appreciated by everyone present there. Post the dance performance the program commenced with a humorous play which left the audience asking for more.
The Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey presented a speech in which she honored the teacher’s for all the hard work and perseverance they have put in during the entire course of year and felicitated them with honorary titles. The students had then planned a surprise ramp walk for the teacher’s which the teacher’s also acknowledged enthusiastically. The Director Mr Asheesh Pathak, Director EMCC Mrs Shalini Pathak , General Manager Mr Shekhar Varshney, Head of Sports Academy Mr Praveen Pandey were present to wish the teacher’s on their special day and felicitated the teacher’s taking Board Classes for putting up a remarkable result of Grade X and XII. The students had planned wonderful games and the winners were awarded accordingly.
Post the celebrations at school, the management had planned another party for the teachers at one of the renowned restaurants in one of the finest areas of Lucknow wherein they were just asked to let their hair down and enjoy their special day. The teacher’s made most their day dancing and enjoying wonderful games. They thanked their seniors for making them feel special which was acknowledged well by management.
C.B.S.E Training at Excellia
Excellia School played host to educators from all across the district for C.B.S.E Training cum workshop on Art Integration on August 7th, 2023.Principals and teachers from the district attended the workshop. The Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey welcomed the C.B.S.E Resource Persons Mrs. Archana Tewari and Mrs Geeta Arora who are also the acclaimed Principals from renowned schools in Prayagraj. The training commenced with kindling the lamp of knowledge and rendering the prayer to Goddess Saraswati. The students presented a melodious welcome song for the dignitaries. The session was interactive and full of fun filled activities . The day concluded with presentation of mementos to the honorable resource persons by the Principal Mrs Dubey.
Janmashtami Celebration
“Sweeter than honey, tastier than curd, pleasanter indeed than any happiness and joy is the company, is the power of the name of Krishna”
Krishna Janmashtami, is also known as Krishnashtami is observed on the Astami tithi,the eight day of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Shraavana. Lord Krishna is known worldwide and celebrated as an avatar of God Vishnu.
On Wednesday, 6th September 2023, the students of Excellia school celebrated Janmashtami. The Students of Pre Primary and Class I and II came traditionally dressed as Radha and Krishna. A splendidly colourful program was organized by the children program was organized by the children and staff of the school where students presented songs, dance performances and a short play. An awareness on Janmashtami,the mythological stories on Krishna,Radha,Kansh through narrations were presented to the children.
The students were overjoyed when the joyful game of ‘Dahi Handi’ was celebrated to grace the occasion. Overall this holy occasion brought people together thus signifying unity and faith.
Investiture Ceremony Making Prudent Leaders
If your actions inspire others to dream more, lean more, do more and become more, then you are a leader.
This momentous day of 2nd August 2023 dawned to Confer responsibilities on the students of Excellia School to direct their School from the front with their Commitment, Confidence and Competence. The school held the ceremony with great zeal and enthusiasm. Gracing the occasion as Chief Guest was Rtd.Flying Lieutenant Youdhisthir Singh. The event began with a welcome song followed by march past by the newly elected office council members -school Captain, Vice Captain and House Prefects.
The Chief guest, Principal Mrs.Priyanka Dubey and School Advisor Mr.Praveen Pandey pinned the badges to the prefects. Then the Principal administered the oath to newly elected ‘ Prefectorial Body’ post which the School Captain Ojasv Singh, House Captains Snigdha Khare,Shreya Bisht,Prisha Singh & Vishvesh Mishra delivered a pertinent speech.
The members of newly elected Student Council are as follows:-
1-School Captain-Ojasv Singh
2-Vice Captain –Ishan pratap Singh
3-House Captains-Vishvesh Mishra,Snigdha khare,Shreya Bisht,Prisha Singh
4-Linguistic Incharge-English-Sanskriti Mishra Hindi-Divyansh Agnihotri
5-Sports Incharge-Girls-Shrishti Rawat Boys-Harsh Singh
6- Discipline Incharge-Aditya Tiwari,Shrishti Mishra
The Chief guest and the Principal congratulated the newly appointed School Cabinet Members for their preparedness to take up responsibilities entrusted to them. The Principal motivated them to do as they say and say what they do.
Motivational Session by Brahma kumaris at Excellia
“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire,man cannot live without a spiritual life”.- Buddha
A Brahma kumaris session was organised at Excellia School for the facilitators of the school on September 12th 2023. BK sister Suman and Pragya conducted the class on introduction and identification of true self and the connection with the Divine Self. The session proceeded with the importance of thoughts was discussed and the impact it creates on an individual’s personality, thoughts and actions. The School’s inspection head Ms.Roli Pandey welcomed the BK sisters . The Principal Mrs.Priyanka Dubey Thanked Sister Suman & Sister Pragya for conducting such a wonderful session. The Staff and teachers thoroughly enjoyed the session and found the session profoundly enlightening.
Honing the Students Language Skills
“The English Language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing”- Mahatma Gandhi
English is one of the fine languages and the best asset of the language is its flexibility. It is a huge entity of vocabulary and is constantly absorbing new words and evolving language. To hone the language skills of the students Grade VI and VII students were engaged in an interesting activity of Grammar covering multiple topics in group formations. The students whole heartedly participated in the activity and the facilitator ensured that the activity is not just engaging but fun to participate in.
Mango Day: Saluting the King of Fruits
Summers can never be complete without a good feast on delicious mangoes.
It was a sweet juicy morning for the tiny tots of Excellia School when the students of Pre-Primary delightfully entered the school to celebrate the season of the king of fruits-Mango.
The little ones were dressed up in the colours of mango i.e. yellow and orange. They enjoyed by decorating their mango with yellow dal (cereal).To make the event more enjoyable they made a head gear of mango and they also brought yellow items in their lunch boxes.
It was a session filled with happiness and joy of learning and exploring the creativity in oneself in Communion with that around us.
Beyond the Classroom
“Building a Tapestry of Talent: Fostering Children’s potential”
‘Model Class presentation’ is a platform that goes beyond the confines of textbooks and classrooms. Beyond the academic realm, these presentations play vital role in nurturing our students’ confidence and honing their public speaking abilities.
Keeping this in mind the students of class –II A presented themselves on the stage to showcase their knowledge and enthusiasm for various subjects i.e. Hindi, English , Mathematics, Environmental Studies and Computer.
Their presentation was a pot-pourri of events for the parents.
Our Principal Mrs. Priyanka Dubey took the stage to appreciate the efforts of the students. She applauded their courage to speak confidently and praised their knowledge across the various subjects.
Overall the presentation was a celebration of young minds and their eagerness to learn.
Unfurling Children’s Talent
Model class presentation” is one of the platform to show and express the confidence and zeal in a student. The purpose o f this event is to showcase the assimilation of defined curriculum through practical means.
It also shows what a school teaches their children, the discipline and diligence along with aims to contribute to the betterment of the society.
The children of Class I-B presented the topics from different subjects i.e. English, Hindi, Mathematics, Environmental Science and Computer.
The parents were ecstatic to see their young ones perform beautifully.
The Principal Mrs.Priyanka Dubey motivated the students with her wonderful words of wisdom.
Saluting the real heroes
Saluting the real heroes
Excellia School commemorated Kargil Divas on 26th July, Wednesday to pay tribute to the brave soldiers who fought during the Kargil war.
Students of Pre-Primary to Grade XII engaged themselves in colouring and poster making. They Honoured the brave soldiers who fought in the kargil war and Learned about its significance while expressing their gratitude through art.
Showcasing students talent at Excellia
Model class presentation is a unique feature and is a platform o showcase the hidden talent of students.
It provides every student a chance to exhibit his/her talent in front of parents, teachers and peers.
Each child has an artistic talent within him; the only thing is to keep that artist alive. Keeping this in view, model class presentation for class I-A was arranged, which instilled a lot of confidence in each child.
The children presented Maths, English, E.V.S, Hindi and computer subject using various props. The parents were enthralled to see their children giving presentation with such confidence and zeal.
The Principal Mrs Priyanka Dubey appreciated the young ones for such a wonderful presentation.
Fun Day for Teachers at Excellia
“Use your precious moments to live life fully every single second of every single day”
Excellia School ensures that for a healthy growth and development of a child, the healthy and relaxed mindset of the facilitator should also be ensured. Therefore a fun filled gaming activities were organized for the teachers to help them unwind from the daily humdrums. The Director of EMCC Mrs. Shalini Pathak and Principal Mrs.Priyanka Dubey also enjoyed in this fun filled activity along with the teachers.
Fun Ways to Teach
Shakuntala Devi famously quoted “Without mathematics there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers”.
To ensure that maths doesn’t sound monotonous, the facilitator Ms.Swati Gupta engaged the students in fun loving and interesting maths activities on national symbol, roll and subtracted activity and related assignment which the students enjoyed to the core. Such activities not just ensure students learning capabilities but also make learning a fun.
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY CELEBRATION AT EXCELLIA
GIVE SOME TREE THE GIFT OF GREEN AGAIN, LET ONE BIRD SING.
World environment is celebrated in Excellia School with great fanfare. The main purpose of the celebration is to spread awareness about the need to protect the environment and the ways to do it.
The day was flagged off by tree plantation drive in the school premises, around 60 quick growing tress which do not need water were planted near the school wall and surrounding area. Mr. Shahnawaz and Ms. Priyanka from ‘ ivolunteer NGO and young volunteers of VFS global group enthusiastically participated in this activity. The school Principal Ms. Priyanka Dubey, welcomed the volunteers and appreciated the initiative taken by them. Director Mr. Asheesh Pathak, Advisor Mr. Praveen Pandey and General manager Mr.Shekhar Varshney also graced the occasion and further felicitated the volunteers by providing mementoes to them as a token of gratitude.
All in all the day was a great success and certainly made a difference in the way we view our environment.
Parents Orientation cum induction program at Excellia School for Pre Primary Section
A parent is a teacher at home and a teachers is a parent in school and the child is the centre of our Universe”
An orientation programme for the new set of parents of class Pre Primary was organized on July 1st 2023 to make them acquatained with the curriculum, rules and regulations of the school. The program commenced with the Morning English prayer of the school followed by National song .Proceeding forth the Principal Mrs. Priyanka Dubey addressed the parents to be supportive, to be involved with their children and their academics. Further our faculty members of Pre Primary described the Academic Curriculum along with fun filled activities. The learning outcomes of those activities were discussed. The parents were given an opportunity to have their queries answered. The orientation programme owned to be a sincere effort made by the school in educating the Parents to look after and guide their children in a proper manner.
Workshop on Happy Classroom
“Being part of the workshop is like being part of a really big family. Everyone is so close. Everyone feels the success of others who go on to do well”.
Excellia School organised an engaging, fun learning workshop for its facilitators on Topic ‘Happy Classrooms’.
The program mentor Mr. Shuja Hussain indulged the teachers in fun learning activities. The session was enjoyed and appreciated by everyone.
The concluding session was done by the Principal Mrs. Priyanka Dubey planting a sapling and appreciating the mentor for such a wonderful workshop.
Plantation Drive at Excellia School
It’s always lovely when awareness is created about nature and the value of greenery. The Plantation Drive was celebrated with great zeal at Excellia School on 7th July 2023, with an aim to teach the value of the bond between nature and the students. A special Assembly was conducted by the students of Pre- Primary to spread awareness about the event. The students of Pre -Primary along with students of Grades I to V planted saplings in the school playground. The students of Grades VI to XII participated in collage-making activities to celebrate the bond between nature and humans. They developed a sense of ownership and responsibility for co-dwelling with the saplings. The event was planned to mark the renewal of friendship with nature. Students not only enjoyed the plantation drive but also learned to respect nature and its offerings.
Concluding Ceremony of Summer Camp
“At summer camp, memories are always made and they never fade.” Summer camp is a special camp for children to come together and have fun. They try new adventures and learn new things in a safe environment away from home and thus develop a sense of independence. They also make new friends and socialize that develops their social skills and self confidence. A ten days summer camp at Excellia School concluded on Wednesday, 31st May 2023 amid fun and learning.
The camp was a hub of rejuvenation, recreation and reinforcement where different activities were clubbed to make students improve their concentration, learning, imagination, creativity and develop their social skills. The parents witnessed their ward’s presentation with full joy and enthusiasm.
The Principal Mrs. Priyanka Dubey appreciated the children’s efforts of grasping new skills in a limited period of time. The parents and the students left on a happy note fully satisfied with the time spent at the camp.