National Day was celebrated on 2 December which marks the UAE’s Union Day between the seven emirates which was followed by the joining of the seventh emirate in 1971. On this 51st year of National Day a grand celebration was held in the school to mark the event. The children were dressed in the local attire Kandura and Abaya to honor the nation, and they sang songs praising the country, Father of the Nation and the rulers of the country….
Cookery club is a group of friends that get together to take on a cooking project and cooking technique and ingredients. Teaching cooking to children is an opportunity to teach nutrition education and make smarter food choices. Cooking can aid children in acceptance of responsibility. Each child can contribute to meal preparation and cleanup. Merryland kindergartners engaged in making healthy vegetable sandwiches. They were taught what ingredients to keep ready and how to make a sandwich. Through this activity, they…
Math club conducted activities for the kindergarten kids. These activities help build and enhanced their ability of counting of numbers, doing addition and subtraction. These activities also helped build an understanding and teamwork. Children participated with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement. The Pi Club members were introduced and the game and rules were explained to the children. The game was to pass a ball around while the music played and when the music stopped whoever had the ball…
Children’s wellbeing is a combination of their physical, mental, emotional and social health. These elements all contribute to overall wellbeing, and it’s important for parents and educators to foster positive wellbeing in children from an early age. Children celebrated wellbeing by making colourful wrist bands for each other and sharing flowers. An awareness of wellbeing was given to the children where they taught how to treat everyone with respect irrespective of who they are, always look at others perspective (being…
At Merryland Kindergarten a mini voting process by the children of each class was conducted and candidates were selected and then voted to the post of Kindergarten Head Boy, Head Girl, Vice Head Boy, Vice Head Girl, Class captains, Green Captains, table monitors, Attendance monitors, and Mentors. During the investiture ceremony (badging ceremony) the selected students were honoured with their respective badges such as Head Boy, Head Girl, Sports Captain and the student council members take an oath to…
World smile day is celebrated on the first Friday of October every year and this year 2022 it was celebrated on October 7, 2022. Kindergarten children at Merryland celebrated Smile day by dressing up in yellow. Each of them had a small Smiley face given to them which was worn as a badge. They indulged in activities like making small placards representing the Smiley Face. They were made aware of the significance of the day and also that they…
Grandparents are an important part of the family as they are the ones who carry forward and pass on generations of tradition. They nurture and care for their family and they are an integral part of grandchildren’s bedtime stories. Grandparent’s day is celebrated to give thanks to the contributions these wonderful family members make to our lives, our families, and our communities. At MIS, Grandparents day was celebrated with much fanfare. Kinder children made posters of their maternal and…
Cooking help young kids learn and practice basic math concepts and build language skills. The experience of creating meals helps build their self-confidence and lay the foundation for healthy eating habits. An atmosphere with friends around and teacher assisting them in making popcorn was a culinary adventure for the kindergarteners. On 28 May, 2022 the children of KG1 celebrated Popcorn Day. It was a fun filled day for the kids as they enjoyed as well as learnt how to…
The kids of MIS KG2 celebrated “Dress & Talk”, dressing in their favorite costumes of who they aspire to be. It was a very important day for the child’s learning development as it sowed a seed in them of what they aspire to be in the future so they could be nurtured and guided which would surely kindle their thinking buds and for sure build their confidence. A number of children dressed up in their favorite characters and eloquently…
Physical Development helps kids to grow in a healthy way and it also promotes fine and gross motor skills. Young children are naturally active and will move, run, kick, throw and play on their own in nearly any environment. Junior and senior MIS kindergartners enjoy their PD class with a variety of activities such as range of motion, loco motor skills, non-loco motor skills, gross motor skills and some basic gymnastics.
