MSIAN SUGHRA ALI KHAN’S SUCCESSFUL ENTRY IN LITERATURE

‘Enchanting Dark Forest’ her first book is published on the Amazon Online platform

She is a student of MS Creative School and MS Junior College

In the realm of young minds exploring new frontiers, Sughra Ali Khan, a student at MS Education Academy, shines as a beacon of inspiration for aspiring authors. While her peers focus on school assignments and extracurricular activities, Sughra has accomplished a remarkable feat by not only writing her first book but also publishing it within a mere 10 days. ‘Enchanting Dark Forest,’ her debut book, has been published by BriBooks and is now available on the popular online platform, Amazon.

To honor of the young talented MSian author Sugra Ali Khan, MS Education Academy conducted a felicitation ceremony at MS Creative School (Akbar Bagh). MS Academic Director Dr. Syed Hameed congratulated and felicitated the young author and awarded an appreciation certificate. MS Creative School (Akbar Bagh) Principal Ms. Mahejabeen and Associate Director Mr. Ahmed Abdul Wasay also applaud Sughra Ali Khan for becoming a successful author and wish her success in her writing journey

The Journey of a Young Author: Sughra’s literary journey began under the guidance of Ms. Mahejabeen, the principal of MS Creative School, where she was a student. The school’s emphasis on expanding vocabulary and learning idioms played a vital role in nurturing Sughra’s passion for storytelling.

Sughra’s mother, Nigar, has been a strong pillar of support throughout her daughter’s literary endeavors. Nigar’s unwavering encouragement and the habit of reading books together with Sughra’s sister played a pivotal role in fostering her love for literature, nurturing her creative imagination and developing her storytelling skills.

The Writing and Publishing Process: Following the completion of her tenth-grade exams, Sughra dedicated four hours each day for ten days to bring her first book to life. Utilizing the resources provided by BriBooks, an innovative online platform empowering child to unleash their creativity and publish their own books,

‘Enchanting Dark Forest’: A Captivating Tale: This book takes readers on a captivating journey alongside Leah Mathew, a young girl residing in the kingdom of Nicobar. Leah’s insatiable curiosity and fascination with nature drive her to explore the mystical forest near her home, unraveling its secrets along the way. Sughra’s book showcases her vivid imagination and her ability to transport readers into a world brimming with wonder and magic.

Continuing the Literary Journey: Undeterred by her early success, Sughra has already embarked on her next literary endeavor—an untitled second book that promises to captivate readers’ hearts. Additionally, she actively participates in global book fairs and competitions, aiming to showcase her talent on an international platform and earn prestigious accolades.

Currently pursuing her Intermediate course at MS Junior College, Sughra stands as an inspiring example of what young minds can achieve with determination, creativity and the aid of technology. Her journey serves as a reminder to fellow students that it is never too early to pursue one’s passion and make a mark in the world of literature.

Sughra Ali Khan’s remarkable starting into the world of literature is a testament to the boundless potential harbored within the youth. As she forges her path to success, she urges others to embrace their dreams, pursue their passions and leave an indelible mark in the field of literature.

MSians win 11 prizes in Inter School and Collegiate Competitions

Hyderabad: MSians of Charminar Branch won 11 prizes at 16th Annual Inter School and Collegiate Competitions held on 9th August 2018. In this competition MSians won two 1st prizes, seven 2nd prizes and two 3rd prizes under various categories of events. Atika Zainab and Summaiya Fatima of class (VIII) won 1st prize in Hindi essay writing and declamation Telugu events respectively.

Adiba Naaz (VII), Umaima Siddiqua (VII), Shamsa (X), Haleema Begum (X) Tahoora(X) won 2nd Prize in Essay Writing competition.

Asna Tazeen (IX) and Insha Motiwala (X) won 2nd Prize in Drawing and Poster Making and Declamation English events respectively. Whereas Mariya Abdul Haq (IX) and Farbah Khan (IX) won 3rd prizes in essay writing.

Cova organized the event in association with “I can, Youth Trac” at Jawahar Bal Bhavan to commemorate Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Wakeup Genius modules introduce to sharpen memory of students

Hyderabad: For better performance in academics and overall learning, MS has introduced a series of modules entitled “Wakeup Genius” for the students. These modules are being taught from class I to class VII across MS Creative schools to sharpen memory of the students. These modules are divided into two editions. The first edition of the modules consist of 4 books and the second edition has 6 books targeting students of classes I to VII.

The Wakeup Genius modules have been designed in such a way that they bring concepts in visual and textual presentation appealing to both teachers and students. These modules are teaching students mind mapping, memory techniques and learning how to learn, identify and enhance skills, be efficient in using natural ways of memorizing and recalling etc.

To make effective use of the module, Shaik Habeeb Ur Rahman, Memory Trainer and architect of the module is conducting sessions for teachers and students to better equip them for understanding and implementation of the objectives of the modules.

A Principal’s day in Canada

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A Principal’s day in Canada

The plain white school building comes to life when the children start pouring into its premises. Mrs Angela Martin looks at the children, her heart swells with love and trepidation at the same time. Mrs Angela is a petite woman in her early 50s, looking at her fragile frame, it is difficult to say the extent of passion she has for the work she does. The weight of the responsibility she bears drives her to give the best she can. She is well aware of how her decisions and actions can impact the lives of the children.

Mayfield School is located in the area which is mostly inhabited by the indigenous population. The issues prevalent among them are not unknown. Drug abuse, gang activities, troubled marriages, divorces, alcoholism are just a few to mention. Children hailing from these families are often seen with behavioural needs. Apart from the indigenous people, the area is home to refugees and immigrants. Mayfield opens its gates wide open to welcome children irrespective of the issues they face, the motto of the school being inclusive education for all reflecting the motto of the government, ‘student comes first’.

Mrs Angela is usually among the first to be at school, coming in as early as 6:45 in the morning, an hour before her staff or students. She doesn’t like missing the opportunity of interacting with students. Children shivering because they do not have warm jackets to beat the subzero temperatures or children dragging themselves with tired eyes, nothing misses her keen eyes. She is usually on a lookout for newspaper ads that inform about a sale or charity drive organised by some generous donor. She herself picks up things that the children in the neighbourhood of the school might need, sometimes it is winter coats or boots or even bikes for the children to ride to the school. She not only brings them to school but also personally checks the fit to make sure that the children get what they need.

The EAs (Education Assistants) along with the Vice Principal, monitor children during breaks and recess with walkie talkies in their hands like an indomitable team. Children with ADHD and behavioural needs throw unthinkable challenges. A little child from a refugee family had come along with his sister on his first day to school, the hustle-bustle of the campus and panorama of new faces must have left him shocked, and the little explorer took off in no time and was nowhere to be seen. Mrs Angela was soon seen with a map of the school in her hand, directing the EAs to different gates and streets of the neighbourhood, while his sister was asked to rush home and look for her brother. The boy was soon found in his home too bewildered to respond.

Not only such cases, but Mrs Angela is involved in devising customised timetables and lesson plans for every child with behavioural needs or learning challenges. She collaborates with the teachers to provide personalised help to improve reading and math literacy among the students, either by inviting a Math coach or an EA to step in. She regularly checks with the EAs for their progress, looking for improvement and also for scenarios of intervention. She strongly believes that children learn better when they are allowed time to play, so she makes sure that resources are allocated to buy instructive toys for the students. Every classroom has a quiet corner called the break-out room to help students read and relax when they feel overwhelmed or disturbed. School is an inseparable part of the community, Mrs Angela does not leave an opportunity to connect homes with school. Her idea of inviting grandparents to be a part of the reading club was one of her most successful initiatives. Children not only loved seeing their grandparents at school, they also improved their reading by a couple of levels!

The specialists are called to assess the students whenever the need arises and a tailored intervention is provided. The real challenge arises when the parents are reluctant to acknowledge that their child needs help. Mrs Angela not only gathers evidence to convince the parents but also shows utmost patience, kindness and empathy to help parents understand that only a healthy parent-school collaboration can create a better future for the child. She does not shy away from going to their homes, to share her concerns with them.

For help to be provided for students, be it a dedicated EA or a psychologist, breakfast or lunch program for students, Mrs Angela has to manage the budget and justify her demands. A yearly 350 million dollar budget has to reach the deserving students and Mrs Angela makes sure that every penny is spent for the benefit of her students.

Her team is her strength. On every third Saturday of the month Mrs Angela is usually busy sending emails to her staff inviting them for the ‘Ocean side chat’, an informal meeting where her teachers and support staff share their concerns and challenges. Together they come up with creative solutions. The involvement of the entire team in the process of decision making ensures that the efforts of every team member are directed towards the Vision of the organization. Mrs Angela is a leader, a guide, a friend for her staff. Mrs Mohiuddin, an EA puts it all in a word when she says that Mrs. Angela is the most approachable leader she has ever met. She is well aware of the fact that only a teacher with a healthy body, heart and mind can aid in holistic development of the child, so she doesn’t leave a stone unturned when it comes to professional development of her teachers, be it art classes, literacy clubs or creativity workshops. What amazes her staff is how Mrs Angela injects every session with loads of witty humour making every session a unique learning experience.

The Principal’s office is most often found unoccupied. Throughout the day Mrs Angela is on foot, receiving calls from the teachers for assistance, helping students finish their lunch, wear their winter coats before going out to play, cleaning the premises, even helping them board the busses or dropping them home when the need arises. All the while, talking and interacting with students assuring them that Mayfield is a home away from home.

Her day has not yet ended, scores of emails, loads of paperwork, planning for days to come, all await her, it’s usually 6 in the evening by the time she is able to wrap it all up. But when she leaves for home and reflects she feels warmth of contentment engulf her and motivate her to wake up again at 4 in the morning ready to take the challenges of the coming day head-on, after all, students do come first!

As reported by an Education Assisstant working in an Elementary School in Canada.

Sabahath Fatima, Research Associate
MS Education Academy, Hyderabad, India.

Request for Write-up Contribution

Dear MSownians,

This is to inform you that the work on the next issue of our newsletter “MS Family” is going to start shortly. If you have any write-up, poem, articles, achievements and motivational stories which you want to contribute in the forth coming issue of “MS Family”, kindly send them latest by 25th June 2019.

Please note the early submission is highly encouraged and delayed entries will be included in the next issue. We, therefore, humbly request you to send your contributions at the earliest.

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Please also circulate this message among your colleagues and encourage them to contribute their write-ups.

With warm regards,

Dr. Md. Zafar Iqbal, (Editor)
MS Family/ MS World
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Self-Management is a key skill

PRINCIPAL Mamaeen Siddiqui throws light on various aspects of self-management and its importance in one’s life.

Self-Management is a key skill that helps us throughout our life. It gives us a lesson that if we do not manage our self, then we are letting others have control of our life.

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Effective self-management skills have the power to change almost every aspect of our life. Some of these skills are:

Self-Regulation: Self-regulation refers to individuals monitoring, controlling and directing aspects of their learning for themselves.

Self-Confidence: To be self-confident means to like and to respect ourselves and to believe in our own abilities and strengths.

Time Management: Time management is the process of planning and exercising control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, to increase effectiveness, efficiency and productivity.

Stress Management: We have to learn to cope with problems because stress reduces productivity and increases pressures. It also has adverse effects on the performance of the brain, memory, and concentration.

Solving Problems: This means we are able and willing to take a complex issue or project and break it down so that a solution can be found.

Self-Motivation: Self-motivation is one of the most powerful forces that drive us to do things and to achieve success in professional and personal life.

Some of these skills are, however, difficult to learn but they are very important to learn. These skills help us in business, in the workplace, and in our personal life.

Mamaeen Siddiqui (Principal)
MS Creative School
Yamuna Vihar, Delhi

Success is wisely managing personal and professional life

Success is one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration. Success and progress go hand in hand most of the time. We should keep in mind that there is no short cut to success. A successful person is not the one who has achieved great progress in his / her profession but it is the one who has taken care of life as a whole.

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Success comes with punctuality. And if you have failed in that first endeavour, even if you have accomplished several tasks, they do not give the satisfaction that you yearn for. People don’t decide your success, it is you who decide your own success. At the end of the day, if you have managed both your personal and professional life wisely, then the smile of satisfaction on your tired face is your success.

We have to work wisely all the time. A successful person strikes a balance between his / her personal and professional life. On certain days if you fail to strike that balance; it does not mean you are a failure, it is only a learning experience. Failures are stepping stones towards success only when you learn from your failure. Planning and positive attitude will help you in the long run.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts. Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour. Accumulation of facts is not knowledge. It is when you utilize that knowledge at the right time and right place that measures your success. Being in the limelight for all the wrong reasons is not success for that matter being in the limelight for all the good reasons may not be success either.

In short, success is progression. A well-managed and calculated life with means and ways to handle victory and defeat with an optimistic mind is success.

Ms. Anees Fatima – HOD (Science)
MS Education Academy, Corporate Office

Tips to Make Learning Enjoyable

Do you know the meaning of kindergarten? It is the German word for children’s garden. The idea is that young students while at school feel as if they are playing in garden. Children naturally enjoy playing. Education will be the most effective if children can be made to enjoy the learning process.

It is not a very difficult task. Applying a few simple techniques can make learning enjoyable. How do we do that? First of all the teacher should be affectionate and smiling, words of appreciation should be given to the students. We hear parents saying “Good job”! whenever a child takes a few steps or learns a new thing. Now we teachers must do the same at school.

If we succeed in this, our MSians will happily get into the school and spend the day with laughter and cheer. The strength of the school will grow year by year. Teachers should give a serious thought as to how to involve and enthuse the students .

Today’s MSians will be tomorrow’s global citizens. We must bear this in mind when we enter in school premises to teach our students.

Mrs. Rubeena Shafi
Teacher, Midhani Branch

Tips to effectively engage students in classroom

Classroom management creates an environment that is conducive to teaching and learning. It is the most important and the most difficult skill a teacher must master. Below are some of the tips to effectively engage students in classroom.

Debates – Debates can help students develop skills in critical thinking public speaking, organization, persuasion reach and team work.

Designer Home Work – One teacher discovered a unique way to add interest to homework assignments and get parents involved. Kids say the technique allows them to be creative and teaches them responsibility.

Differentiated instruction – Differentiate instruction is a teaching approach in which educational content process and product are adopted according to student readiness, interest and learning profile.

Everyday activities – Most students love routine use. Everyday activities offer reinforcement and practices ensure retention and improve end-of-year test result.

Motivation – Teachers should frequently motivate students by engaging their interest, demonstrating the relevance of what they’re learning, displaying enthusiasm and establishing challenging but achievable goals.

Jameel Farhana
Humayun Nagar

Good work leads to good life

Work is a part of life. It decides the style of living. Work also affects our professional and personal life. Good work leads to good life, poor work leads to poor life and no work leads to no life (The real sense of self respect). If we love our work then we can enjoy every moment of work and this effects the family life also. It gives self-satisfaction, experience and makes us an expert in that particular work.

Work is also important to become wealthy and healthy.If we work honestly it brings happiness in both the worlds (Deen and Duniya) and our health will be in good condition. It is rightly said by one saint, “Khidmat se khuda mile aur Ibaadat se Jannat.”

It means we need to think work as the Divine grace then it is giving us strength to work according to Almighty’s will. We should feel happy to serve Him by all means of work.

We should not underestimate any work i.e; we must respect every work and worker. Even the scriptures also said. “Do your work and do not think about the fruits because God has taken an oath to give your fruits.” In other words, work also makes our own destiny. Therefore, I believe heart work is healthy and wealthy work.

G Mahender (Computer Lecturer)
MS Degree College, Asif Nagar

MSIAN SUGHRA ALI KHAN’S SUCCESSFUL ENTRY IN LITERATURE

MSIAN SUGHRA ALI KHAN’S SUCCESSFUL ENTRY IN LITERATURE

‘Enchanting Dark Forest’ her first book is published on the Amazon Online platform

She is a student of MS Creative School and MS Junior College