On the occasion of Halloween day the students of Primary and Pre- Primary gave a “SUCCESSFULLY SCARY “performance. Students were dresses up as various scary characters. The wizards and witches were roaming around in the corridors and made the atmosphere spine chilling. The day was filled with fun and frolic and the celebration ended with a dance party.

On 31st October 2012, a workshop on Career Counseling was organized in the school for the students of classes XI and XII. Col Rajeev Alhuwalia enriched the students with various career options available and facilitated them to realize their dreams

Our students Vanshika Sharma of class –I and Kush Gupta of class-II participated in a Quiz competition held in De Indian Public School and won second position for the same.

Goenkans participated in the Cyber Olympiad. Our children displayed exemplary performance in the competition. Sana Bhat of class IV is qualified the second round.

On 29th October 2012, the students of classes I and II got an opportunity to visit Gandhi Smriti to learn about the Father of our Nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. They were flabbergasted to hear the voice of the noble Gandhi and work on a charkha, a simple yet interesting device. The students saw the museum at Gandhi Smriti. They even the saw the room in which Gandhi lived during his last days. Filled with proud over our rich history and culture, the students returned back to school. It was truly a very learning yet fun filled visit.

Students had a lifetime experience in an excursion to Nanital from 19th to 23rd October 20012. The enjoyed water games, face painting, rock climbing, dancing on foot- tapping music of the DJ, bonfire etc. Children learnt skills of being social, independent, observant, decision making etc.

Learning with fun is the mantra that we follow. We believe the children learn best when they are enjoying a particular activity. We had organized a Day Camp for the students on 20th October 2012 in the school premises. Children had loads of fun through a range of activities like adventurous sports, games, magic show, zorbing etc. They also danced to the beautiful foot tapping numbers.

An art competition was organized for by Camlin for students of classes I to VIII. All students enthusiastically participated in the art competition and let their creativity soar higher on an assortment of themes like “Story Picturisation” etc.

G.D Goenka Public School Sector -9, Rohini participated in an Inter-School Drawing Competition which was organized by G.D Goenka Public School Sector-22. Our school students made us proud by winning the Third Position. The winners are:-
• Pranesh Ranjan (Class IV) in Oil Pastel Competition
• Muskan Jain (Class VIII) in Drawing and Sketching Competition

G.D Goenka Public School participated in an inter zonal skating competition which was organized at The Presidency School”. Our school bagged all the first three positions and made our school proud by winning 11 medals. Following are the positions of our school students:-

Positions: 1st
1. Piyush Verma (VI) (Under 12)
2. Varun Kumar (IX) (Above 14)
3. Gautam Khadgawat (V) (Under 10)

Position: 2nd
1. Piyush Goyal (V) (Under 10)
2. Abhishek Mann (VI) (Under 12)
3. Dhruv (I) (Under 6)

Position: 3rd
1. Disha (II) (Under8)
2. Viplove (VII) (Under 12)

G.D Goenka Public School sec-9, Rohini participated in the Indo-Nepal-U.K Tri Nation Karate Championship in Amritsar. Our school was awarded an “Award of Honor”. Twelve teams participated in this championship from three Nations out of which only three teams reached the finals. Our students got the following positions in the championship:-

• Vishal Nagar bagged I position in the category of Sub Junior Sports & Hemant Sharma in Mini Sub Junior Sports

• Tushar Nanda bagged II position in the category of Juniors and Jai in Sub Juniors.

Teacher's Day is a special occasion for teachers as it is for students. The much awaited day began with the cake cutting ceremony by the Principal along with the teachers and a felicitation ceremony by class XII students. The students put up a grand show for all the teachers of the school to honor them for all the sincere efforts to impart knowledge to the students. Students and teachers spent the day full of love, fun and frolic. The role reversal of students becoming the organizers and teachers becoming the participants took place and a variety of interesting games were played so that the teachers could have a fun filled day and could laugh and play along with their very own students. The “ramp walk”, “sarree draping”, “eating up in 1 minute”, innovative use of dupatta were some such games which enthralled the teachers and students, leaving the entire audience asking for more. There was a DJ party. The students and teachers enjoyed dancing to their favorite songs.

A career counseling Workshop was conducted in school arena, by the coordinators of Teach Well Institute on 31st August for the students of classes 11th and 12th. The students learnt about the techniques of time management, career opportunities, knowledge about various courses etc. The queries of the students regarding the career options in their field of study were clarified.

The skill enhancement workshop for teachers was conducted by Mr.Yug from UK on 29th August 2012. Mr. Yug is an experienced counselor who brings in optimism, integrity and creativity. He discussed the various methods by which teachers should make their way of teaching interesting, so that children take interest in the overall development of their personality. He also advised that children should be motivated by pointing out their specific positive aspects rather than in a general way.

The birth of lord Krishna was celebrated as Janmashtmi on 9th August 2012. A special assembly was organized for the same. The students from different classes performed gracefully and dedicated their performances to Lord Krishna and Goddess Radha. Little Krishnas and Radhas from nursery embraced the stage with their dance performance. An Inter-House Dance Competition was held where different houses rocked the stage. Vivekanand House was announced as the winner and Tagore House got the second position. This auspicious celebration ended with the breaking of yogurt pot by the pyramid of the senior students. The students also celebrated in their classes by worshiping Lord Krishna. The students were also shown a power point presentation on Janmashtmi in the classes. In the end, students were given sweets and chocolates to share the happiness of the birth of Life Maker and Life Saver.

On 8th August 2012, the students of class I wrote a message for their friend on a postcard which they posted in the letter box kept outside the post office. The message was wishing the friend A HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY. In this manner, the kids learnt how to write a small letter and how a post office works.

A workshop was organized by CBSE at G.D. Goenka Public School, Vasant Kunj on 4th August 2012, where they shared information regarding the changed in the CCE system. They also discussed about the new pattern of forming the question paper and the marking scheme. Also, the teachers from various branches of G.D. Goenka Public School performed activities and shared how these activities can be incorporated in classroom teaching. It was enriching and a memorable experience.

Rakshabandhan was celebrated by the students on August 1,2012. The students prepared beautiful rakhis using cotton, ribbon and decorative material. They also coloured and decorated the thalis and made small toffees and sweets to be kept in the thali. Later, they celebrated the festival of love between brothers and sisters by tying rakhis to their fellowmates. The brothers promised to protect their sisters and sisters promised to stand by their brothers in times of need. In this way, they were explained the meaning of Rakshabandhan.

Inter House Solo Singing Competition was held on 20th July 2012 for students of class VII and VIII. Students showed their best knowledge of swar and Taal and scattered the pearls of sur through their lovely songs. Aastha of class VIII ( Radhakrishnan House) was adjudged the winner of the competition and Devansh of class VII ( Teresa House) stood second.