THE ANTICIPATION AND JOY WITH WHICH WE CAREFULLY SCRAPED OFF PORTIONS OF BLACK WAX COATING TO REVEAL A MULTIHUED DESIGN UNDERNEATH IS A CHILDHOOD MEMORY MANY OF US CHERISH. On Saturday, March 20th, our Lighthouse students of classes 3 to 5 experienced the same joy during their weekly art and craft class. The activity commenced with children...
MOSAIC ART, DANCING, MANNERS AND ETIQUETTE – ALL THESE WERE COVERED DURING SESSIONS CONDUCTED BY VOLUNTEERS FROM RCISME (ROTARACT CLUB OF INDIAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP), FOR OUR LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN, RECENTLY. Sessions were spread over four weeks with each group of volunteers assigned a specific class – K.G., 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th. From public speaking...
‘Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad’: thus goes a nursery rhyme but not for our Lighthouse students any more. A Vedic Maths course introduced by co-ordinator Manisha Ahuja from NGO Vidya is the newest addition to their activity roster. Biweekly online classes are conducted by Ms. Rajashree Patne, an experienced teacher from Pune for classes 1...
Many fairy tales begin with ‘Once upon a time’. This popular beginning was used for a series of story sessions conducted for Lighthouse students recently. The sessions were the outcome of online workshops conducted by Ms. Jayshri Murali previously, to help teachers hone their storytelling skills. The sessions began with the KG tots listening attentively as the...
Flag From Home, an RCB event in collaboration with RCISME, celebrated Republic Day with Lighthouse kids. This project was organised for children ranging from Sr. Kg right up to the grade 5. It was a one-day project filled with fun, laughter and a lot of learning. While the project was held for kids, many elderly...
A special workshop was conducted on January 12th to familiarise parents of Lighthouse children with online learning and to help them navigate the digital world. Students from ITM Business School, Kharghar demonstrated creation of an email account using the Gmail mobile app. This was followed by a walkthrough of Google Meet and Google Classroom, both of...
The students of ITM Business School, Kharghar, are volunteering with Lighthouse for 15 days. To celebrate Makar Sankranti, ITM volunteers Sugyani Mall, Parth Khimani, Priyanka Tupe and Shruti Rane taught our Lighthouse students how to make tiny origami kites. The students were also shown a video about Makar Sankranti culture and its festivities. Children were told...
The Child Welfare Committee of Rotary Club of Bombay thanks Rtn. Satyan Israni for celebrating his anniversary with the Lighthouse children. The children were told to come to their class on January 7th, 2021, in different batches with their parents. Due to the pandemic, we are still having classes online and thus any physical interaction creates...
HANG UP THE HOLLY ‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY! Our youngsters at Lighthouse have begun to celebrate the Christmas season. Festivities commenced with the tiny tots of the K.G. class crooning all- time favourites Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. With a little guidance from their teacher, Ms. Priyanka, they also made...
LIGHTHOUSE CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS WITH AN ONLINE EVENT. SENIOR ROTARIANS INCLUDING IPP PREETI MEHTA, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE RAJESH SHAH, PE SHERNAZ VAKIL, RTN. DILIP DALAL AND RTN. PTN. EKTA SHAH TURNED ATTENDED THE SHOW WHICH WAS EMCEED BY RTR. PURVI TODI AND JINAY PARIKH OF ROTARACT CUB OF H.R. COLLEGE. The event commenced with...
Rtr. Riya Jain and Palin Rathor, Partners -in-Service Directors along with members of the Rotaract Club of Hinduja College organised a two-day workshop for all our Lighthouse students on November 27th and 28th. On the first day, guest speaker Ms. Yashvi Mehta (alumni of RCHC), who is a qualified dietician and yoga instructor explained to the...
Children’s Day was filled with fun for kids of Lighthouse. The day began with a yoga session in the morning, attended by children and parents on Zoom. A unique story-telling session followed this with Ms. Sarita engaging children in a warm-up dance and music exercise. The children were then shown “Baby Shark”, one of the most...