Expressing Yourself - Rishona Chopra

Every day is a new day with new thoughts and feelings. Most of us feel that we should share them with someone. But with who? Some of us like writing or painting. The best way to express our day is with a journal. You can express your day and opinion through pictures or writing. If you are angry, you can even scribble on your diary to express your feelings, just don't tear the pages!

The perfect time to write a journal is at the end of the day, just before bed. I write a journal, at it is good to express your feelings. Although, I forget to write it sometimes! Sometimes, when I'm tired, I draw. 

You don't need to have a proper diary, just take a piece of paper and vent out all your feelings. But then, when you have an excellent journal, and at the end of the week, you look at what you have written, you could reflect on your situations in a better way. I think expressing yourself by writing is much better because when you tell them with a person not necessary, they would actually understand your feelings, but that's just my way of doing it!

Rishona Chopra
Grade V
Gyanshree School

Determination - Avni Kochhar

Hello everyone, I am Avni Kochhar, and today, I will be sharing my determination experience.

A few people tend to just do their work for the sake of doing it, and then they think they showed a lot of Determination in that work. But when people do their job and put their whole mind and heart into doing it, that is Determination.

I was so excited that I would be playing in my very first basketball tournament! When I got there with my teammates, the match hadn't yet begun. It started almost an hour later, and our chance came three hours later. Now I knew this opportunity to go to a tournament was very rare, so when we went into the court, we found the other team was older than us in experience and age. We started playing, and each and every one of my teammates fell on the court, including me. We lost, But I didn't give up. I kept playing basketball for 2 years and then finally I got the chance! I participated in another tournament and actually won!

Thank you

Avni Kochhar
Grade IV
Gyanshree School

Friendship - Asmi Patankar

Friendship is the real fantasy. Not everyone has a friend but deserves to have one or more. A friend is like a partner in crime from everyone’s viewpoint. You can’t choose who you are, but you can pick your friends. Finding a perfect friend is like a scavenger hunt sometimes, but it is always worth it. After all, there are friends, and there is a family, and there are friends who become family.  

Name: Asmi Patankar

Grade: 5A

Billabong High International School, Thane

Friendship - Paavni Gupta

Friendship is just not shaking hands and saying, "will you be my friend ".Friendship is to help, stay together, play together and support each other. For some people, friendship is just for their advantage. I had one friend who used to play with me only because I had many toys, lovely jewellery and many more things. She used to come to my home and start taking out my items. I told her not to do it. She went home and stopped talking to me. Then I made another friend who did become my friend, not because of the things I had but because I was friendly and polite to her. 

Friendship is essential for us. We always should be friends because of our personality, not because of our things.

Paavni Gupta 

Grade V

Gyanshree School

Friendship - Aanya Kumar

We all have friends, and among them, some friends are very close to us, and we love calling them our best friends. But what exactly does friendship mean? Friends make us feel secure, comfortable and we feel happy to be the way we are. We are not hesitant while sharing our secrets or emotions with them and make them our confidantes. What should we do to strengthen our bond with our friends? We should be loyal to our friends. Also, a friend should not feel insecure with us. The responsibility of maintaining our friendship is not only on us, but it is a relationship based on mutual trust and respect. Friendship is a virtue to be learnt because true friends are always there by our side, supporting us.

Aanya Kumar

Gyanshree School

Grade- V-A

Friendship - Advita Chauhan

Friends, I will tell you my experiences of friendship. My first friend and my best friend in my class is Anika. Now with her help , everyone has become my friend. Today I will tell you about Anika and my experience. We became friends online via our laptops.

One day at 7o'clock we planned to meet on google, then I said – "Anika, today I want to play something new. My mother made a game of money. Let's play that." Then Anika said, "Ok, Advita, let's play your game." We started playing this game.

Do you know how we play this game?

I took a paper, then I became a shopkeeper, Anika became a customer, and we exchanged money. We learn new things with each other by exchanging our ideas and thoughts.

We talk to each other, and we like each other's company. I am happy that I have a friend like Anika. 

Now I will share a poem with you:

 The beginning of a beautiful friendship

One day while I was playing, a knock came on the door. 

I saw a little girl peeping from the hole. 

She said take me in your game,

And make me your friend. 

I will listen to everything,

Just make me your friend. 

I said, come in, no need to worry. 

We are your friend, don't cry, my buddy.

Then we both played, 

And our friendship stayed,

That's how our beautiful company was made!!

Advita Chauhan

Grade III

Gyanshree School

Empathy - Rishona Chopra

Empathy is to understand one's feelings. Having empathy is a unique quality as understanding one, especially when you are having a fight with someone, is difficult. Empathy is essential; it helps you understand your feelings, know them better, and help make friends. It also enables you to get out of small fights.

Here is a short poem I wrote on empathy-

Understanding each other's feelings,

makes you look appealing,

it helps you make friends,

and makes fights end!!

It might be a bit difficult,
but it's nothing different.
Everyone should understand it,
at least a little bit!!

Rishona Chopra
Grade V
Gyanshree School

Making Others Happy - Jahnvi Kumar

 

This is all about Making Others Happy & even though this will be a concise post, I hope you will enjoy it...

No need to talk about the good sides of a person. Only make them feel that they are touching the heights of greatness, of grace. You could find your happiness in the smiles of others.

Be The Reason For Others Smile.

Happiness lies in making others happy.

Thank You!

Jahnvi Kumar
Grade VI
Gyanshree School

Determination - Yashraj Sharma

"A dream does not become a reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work".

- Colin Powell

Determination is a state of mind that we ought to have when we are doing work; it becomes most helpful when we are doing something we are struggling with. 

Let me tell you about one of my life experiences:

I will tell you about my Nani; she has always been a very hardworking and persistent woman. She has been a Principal of a school for underprivileged students for the last 38 years. When she joined, the school's strength was only around 200,  and the classes were only till the 5th grade, but since she has joined the school, it has progressed a lot. There are 1000+ students, and classes are till the 8th grade. Because of her determination, endurance and hard work to make the school progress to its fullest. She was also awarded the president award in 2009 by our former president Mrs Pratibha Patel for the same. She is my role model.

Here, I want to share my own experience also.

I am not a drawing person. One day, my mom suggested that I should join calligraphy classes. Initially, I was not sure whether I could continue with the lessons. But it's been a year now, I have learnt two types of calligraphy skills...and I have started taking an interest in drawing too. This happened due to my firm determination and willpower.

So, in the end, I would like to say that determination is the only thing that we need to move forward whenever we are doing an arduous task or failing in doing a task.

Yashraj Sharma

Grade VII

Gyanshree school

Friendship - Avantika Subramanian

Friendship is a connection between two people who would do everything to protect you and have fun with you, and it makes you feel better. I have experienced something similar. I was coming to school when some kids made fun of me. I started crying because I was pretty sensitive back then. I went to my class, put on my bag and put my head down. My friend noticed this and told my teacher. She told me that my name was unique and there was no reason that I should cry. That made me feel better. I told my parents that this had happened. They told me that it was okay and I shouldn’t cry. I am speaking about this story because my friend noticed that I was crying. Your friend will help you too because they are our friends and help us when needed. In conclusion, we must cherish the Friendship we have with people who make us laugh and help us when in need.

Avantika Subramanian

Grade V

Gyanshree School