Yassin Mohamed Aly of Grade 6G has put in a brilliant performance in the recently held International Math Olympiad and was ranked eighth in the UAE. He clinched this victory solely through his single-minded devotion and diligence. Merryland congratulates him on his accomplishment and wishes him good luck in his future competitions.
Community helpers are important people whose job is to help others. Everyone who lives in a community can be a community helper. Some examples of community helpers are teachers, firefighters, police officers, military, etc. At Merryland Kindergarten, children represented various community helpers dressing as firefighters, doctors, nurses, teachers, etc. Children were educated and made aware of a community helpers role. A rally was taken out inside the school premises with the children holding placards of the roles of each community…
UAE celebrates Commemoration Day on 30th November of each year. This day is celebrated to honor the brave Emarati Nationals who sacrificed their lives to the preserve the country’s safety and sovereignty. Children dressed up in UAE traditional attire; boys wearing Kandura and girls wearing Abaya. There were children also dressed up in Police and military uniform. Children were explained why UAE celebrates commemoration day and its significance. A minute silence was observed at the official time of 11:30…
An assembly on nature was conducted for the kindergarteners. The assembly started with the head boy of the kindergarten section emceeing the program. Guests were welcomed and the assembly started with a short speech about Nature and how to save nature. The program also included songs by junior and senior kindergartners, quotes on nature both in English and Arabic, poem on nature. Witnessing the assembly the children understood the importance of saving nature and the way they can take…
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…
