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...
November 20th, 2020, is universally designated as World Children’s Day by UNICEF. To mark the occasion, students from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, organised a fun workshop for children aged seven to 15 years. The event was part of the Xavier Social Involvement Programme which enriches the lives of the disadvantaged and underprivileged through various activities. The...
The Rotaract Club of H.R. College conducted a Diwali workshop with the students of Lighthouse on November 12th and 13th, 2020. The first session engaged kids with explaining the Ramayana to them with audio-visual aids. The students then participated in a diya making session. While younger kids made diyas on CDs with decorative materials, older kids...
ENLIGHTENING LIGHTHOUSE, A PROGRAMME FOR THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR LIGHTHOUSE KIDS WITH THE HELP OF FUN ACTIVITIES STARTED BY THE ROTARACT CLUB OF H.R. COLLEGE, WAS TAKEN TO A NEW HIGH THIS WEEK. KINDERGARTEN AND STANDARD ONE STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT DIFFERENT KINDS OF FRUITS AND THEIR COLOURS. Children can sometimes find it monotonous to see...
FORGIVE AND FORGET – THAT’S THE LESSON OUR LIGHTHOUSE STUDENTS LEARNT FROM THE STORY SESSION ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2020. STORYTELLER VARSHA, OF MYSTORYTIME.NET, CONDUCTED AN HOUR-LONG SESSION EXCLUSIVELY FOR OUR LIGHTHOUSE STUDENTS. MY STORY TIME, through online storytelling, entertains, educates, and instils moral values for children between the ages of five and eight. Around 25 children...
COLOURFUL TUSKERS, RAVANA PUPPETS AND ECO-FRIENDLY DANDIYAS, THESE WERE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NAVRATRI-DUSSEHRA CELEBRATIONS AT LIGHTHOUSE. The theme for this celebration was Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in keeping with the current pandemic situation and the need to conserve resources.The week began with the tiny tots of K.G. creating their own dandiya sticks by rolling old newspapers....
The Rotaract Club of H.R. College organised a dance and fitness workshop with the children of Lighthouse on October 16th, 2020. Lighthouse is a project under the Child Welfare Committee of Rotary Club of Bombay in association with the NGO Vidya. The first session was conducted for kids between three and five years old. The session...
On October 2, 2020, an extraordinary programme to celebrate the birth commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi was sorted out online for Lighthouse classes 1 to 5. This occasion was attended by Chairman Rtn. Rajesh Shah, co-chair Rtn. Charu Agrawal, Rtn. Ptn. Ekta Shah and VIDYA mentor Ms. Manisha Ahuja. It was threatening to see six- and seven-year-olds...
On September 27th, Rambo Circus scripted a digital show for Lighthouse children. The 60-minute show included eight acts: jugglers, trapeze artistes, acrobats performing stunts, interludes by a clown and a customised grand finale where artistes paid tributes to COVID-19 warriors. The children enjoyed the experience of watching the show online in safety of their homes. The...