30/06/2021 : Investiture Ceremony

The investiture ceremony of Manik Vidyamandir was held at 7:00 p.m. on 30^th June, 2021. The event was conducted virtually on the MS TEAMS platform. Mrs. Smita Bal, retired KG Co-ordinator of Manik Vidyamandir, graced theoccasion with her presence as Chief Guest. The results were announced and the Students’ council members were given their badges and sashes. The ceremony ended with the oath taking ceremony and speech by the Chief guest.

21/06/2021 : Yoga Day

Health and wellness is the need of the hour! Yoga is one of the best practices for physical as well as mental wellness. It is important as it ensures a good posture in young children and helps them to channelize their energy and ideas positively. Our little learners at IES, MVM Kindergarten along with their Physical Education teacher performed yoga and breathing exercises on International World Yoga Day. The students enthusiastically spread their mats at home and performed the asanas under the guidance of the teacher.

A yoga session was conducted virtually for the staff as well to demonstrate good posture, mental wellness and positivity especially during the current pandemic.
Here are a few pictures of our little ones performing yoga.

21/06/2021 : International Yoga Day

International Day of Yoga was celebrated on June 21, 2021 at Manik Vidya Mandir to promote physical and mental well-being of the students during this time of crisis. The students were invited to join the online live session to celebrate this day.

21/06/2021 : International Yoga Day

A Live session was held on 21^st June, 2021 at 7:45 am. The event was conducted on MS TEAMS platform. The students were given information about the importance of yoga and the benefits of asanas. The studentsalso performed the asanas and learnt the techniques to lead a healthy life.

19/06/2021 - 18/07/2021 : Celebration of ‘Day of Reading’, ‘Reading Week’ and ‘Reading Month’

Reading Day is celebrated to honour the father of the 'Library Movement in Kerala', late Shri P. N. Panicker, whose death anniversary falls on June 19^th. A Power point presentation was shown to the children to create awareness on the importance of reading. The reading day, week and month was carried out in the kindergarten for the young children to read, so that they develop the good habit of reading daily and loving books early on. Activities like reading pictures and story books by teachers and students were conducted during the month.

19/06/2021 : National Reading Day

National Reading Day was celebrated on 19^th June,2021 in memory of P N Panickerand students were shown the PowerPoint presentation. The celebration would continue for the entire month wherein students could participate through various reading programmes conducted during their Language class.

19/06/2021 : Preliminary Round of Inter House English Elocution Competition

The Preliminary Round of Inter house English Elocution Competition was conducted online as the students submitted their videos in the Google classrooms. The panel of judges selected the participants for the final round.

19/06/2021 : National Reading Day

National Reading Day marked the beginning of a monthlong reading activity for the Std 1 to 5. The students were informed about the competition being held by the P. N. Panicker Foundation.

The activities will be conducted during English Language classes till 17^th July, 2021.

Reading activities -
Std. 1, 2 and 3 Stories of Panchatantra and Aesop’s Fable
Std. 4 and 5 Stories of Akbar-Birbal and Tenali Raman

05/06/2021 : World Environment Day

World Environment Day was celebrated at Manik Vidya Mandir on 5^th June,2021 to spread awareness through the online platform. Students were sent the link of the powerpoint presentation along with the link of the quiz prepared on the Environmental related topics.

05/06/2021 : World Environment Day

Power point presentation giving information about the theme i.e. “Ecosystem Restoration” for this year was shared, along with a video to create awareness amongst the students to nurture the environment.

Online quiz about Environment Day was also conducted for Std.3,4 and 5.

04/06/2021 : World Environment Day

World Environment Day is celebrated all over the world on 5^th June every year. The main purpose of celebrating this day is to spread awareness among people and children in schools to protect the environment and, to love and save Mother Earth.

The theme this year being ‘Restoration of the Ecosystem,’ children through a PowerPoint presentation were made aware of how each organism living and non-living are dependent on each other and also raised awareness about the problems that the environment is facing. After watching the presentation a lively discussion ensued on how we can protect, restore and take care of the environment in our own little way. The Senior KG children drew and coloured helping hands to save ‘Mother Earth.’ The Junior KG children drew a circle depicting the Earth and different creatures on it.

Songs on Mother Earth were sent to the children to reinforce the concept. Let us turn things around and make way for a better tomorrow for all of us and for all living beings.