Colourful balloons greeted K.G. tots as they entered Lighthouse to attend their first offline class on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022. After sanitising their hands and a temperature check, as per Covid protocols, the little ones enjoyed putting together alphabet foam puzzles. It was all song and dance for the babies as they jived to Hokey Pokey and...
Community helpers play an important part in keeping us happy, healthy and safe. To highlight their contribution to society, the K.G. students of Rotary Club of Bombay’s Lighthouse Project were given the opportunity to enact roles of community helpers on January 31st, 2022. From soldiers and commandos to vegetable vendors, tailors and barbers, all types...
A poem about our tricolour, some lesser-known facts on India and a skit on the Indian Constitution were just some of the items showcased by Lighthouse students at the virtual Republic Day event held on January 26th, 2022. The highlight of the programme was the much-awaited Lighthouse quiz modelled on Kaun Banega Crorepati. Teams of students...
Schools have been running mostly online classes since Covid began, although there was a small window when offline classes were resumed. Unlike 2020, this provided a great opportunity to conduct the aptitude test in class at the individual schools of BY students of 10th standard in partnership with Young Buzz. We hope to cross 100 students this year,...
Lighthouse began its Christmas celebrations with the K.G. class hearing Jesus Christ’s origin story. The little ones then sang popular carols and learned how to make brown-paper Rudolphs and Santa. Standards 1 and 2 enjoyed making a paper snowman and drew various Christmas symbols. They then played Christmas Bingo in a way that enhanced their vocabulary,...
English literacy classes for the Mothers’ Programme at Lighthouse continue to be conducted weekly. This is an online initiative to enable mothers engage better with what their children learn. It also makes them more confident when dealing with their child’s school. Over the months, we have noticed a change in the attitude of the mothers. They...
The Child Welfare Committee of RCB organised an educational field trip for a few street children of Salaam Baalak on November 28th, 2021. They spent their Sunday morning attending the Children’s World Music Festival at CSMVS museum. The children were exposed to the ancient throat singing by Huun Huur Tu from the distant land of...
‘Keep the ocean clean! That’s the most important thing!’ sang our oldest Lighthouse students at the Litfest finale held on November 13th, 2021. The Litfest is an annual Lighthouse event where children explore different themes using language as a bridge. This year, depending on their grade levels, kids learned about the inhabitants of Earth’s deep, hydrological...
Here’s a quick glance at what the students have learnt in the last three days: the tiny tots of K.G. have been getting acquainted with the many inhabitants of the sea-like octopus and jellyfish. The little ones are even learning to mimic the actions of these sea animals. Students of classes 1 and 2 have begun...
Colourful geometric shapes, pretty peacocks and diyas, floral mandalas and messages on water conservation – these were just some of the designs on display at the recent rangoli competition held for our Lighthouse students. Around 45 students aged between 3 to 11 years joined the online meet. Parent-child contests, organised as part of the Diwali festivities,...
the Madhu Mehta Foundation for gifting bumper Diwali hampers to our 125 children. Each goodie bag contained 15 surprise items that lit up the kids’ faces. While 79 bags full of gifts were given to the Lighthouse students of the Machchimaar community, 46 were presented to the street children of the Salaam Baalak Trust supported by...
This time, the spotlight was turned on the moms of Lighthouse children. A ‘Self-care with Mom’ session was organised by the Rotaract Club of Sydenham College on October 11th, 2021, to increase awareness of breast cancer through their campaign: STREE. President Rtr. Deepanksha Khetawat began by putting everyone at ease with an informal welcome. She stressed...