Event - Wakad

"Buddy Day was celebrated at Vivero Wakad on Saturday, 5th August 2023,. Our children came to school with their Buddies looking forward to have a fun filled morning. The teachers had planned for various creative activities and all children explored the Art Fest! The children were delighted to create colourful palm prints with their buddy, make impressions with leaves, stampers, flowers and may more tools. They had great fun creating collaborative art pieces. All the children had a great time walking their Buddy through their school, Vivero!"

Diwali festival was welcomed early in the most shining way at Vivero International Preschool, Wakad- with "Diwali Dazzle" event on 15th Oct 2022. The excitement began a week prior where the school adorned a festive look as the decorations were being put up. Children and their parents were looking forward to this event. It was a fun-filled evening, which was enjoyed by every child and parent alike. We had a wide array of exciting engagements - pottery, popcorn, candy floss, balloon art, fun games for all ages, creative corner with recycled material, acrylic rangoli, bouncy castle, nail art and tattoo and more. A refreshment bay offered yummy food and beverages.
With festive music and a lovely weather, it was a perfect evening for our Parents and children who enjoyed every moment at the Diwali Dazzle!!

At Vivero; we invited the grandparents of our children to spend a day with them in their school and the excitement was fascinating. As a prep; our children created photo frames using loose parts which they will affix a photo of their grandparents on and bring back to school. Our children welcomed them with a lovely song and dance dedicated to grandparents post which we had a quick introductory session of all.
One of our teachers had a fulfilling and bone-tickling Q&A session with them getting to know about their childhood memories, experiences, favourite games, movies and much more while children listened raptly to their grandparents' stories. We also played a few exciting games with them with the children cheering in the background.
We wrapped up the celebration with some yummy delicacies and bid farewell to a set of happy grandparents who carried back with them special memories of their grandchild's school.

In the modern times technology serves an easy path of putting children to sleep after watching a video or a cartoon, but nothing compares to the beauty of storytelling. We all remember our grandparents narrating stories to us in our childhood. Let’s not deprive our children from these simple pleasures of childhood.

To culminate our ‘Literacy Week’, we had arranged a storytelling session for our children. Renowned storyteller and reading facilitator Ms. Vaishali Kulkarni, graced the event. As the rains poured outside the windows our children were showered with funny stories and the class filled with their sweet laughs and giggles. Parents enjoyed too and got some useful tips to use books with children. The story session was followed with a book fair in collaboration with Shabda Store.

Book fair was fun, whether it was exploring the new cases of books, looking at the cover pages, flipping through the pages, looking at the illustrations or quietly sitting at the reading corners with a book.

Parents found cozy corners with their children and read through several books

Studies show that learning a second language at an early age, boosts self-esteem, confidence and also improves multi-tasking skills. On the Occasion of 'Hindi_Divas ' we took opportunity to talk about different languages and our K2 children did a show and tell of a book in local language. We discussed the importance of not just Hindi but also other local languages.

Renee brought Bhagwad Gita and explained how Sanskrit is an age old language and how other languages have been derived from Sanskrit and Devnagri. Children explored different scripts and fonts used in these books and also tried their hand in copying the same on paper. They watched a video of a newspaper press and discussed how different news are printed on different sections in a newspaper. They are new aware of the significance of news in our day to day life.

On the 6th of August, we celebrated Friendship in a unique way at Vivero where our children got an opportunity to invite their friends to Vivero and spend a day with them in school. It was a thoughtfully planned day full of fun activities and the teachers made sure that their effort did not go in vain. Many of our children brought their friends along, and true to the theme “Buddysaurus” children had dressed up and some in dinosaur costumes too. The experienced mouth-watering culinary activities and created special friendship day takeaways for each other in art and craft.

Cultural Celebrations bring respect and open- mindedness for other cultures. Our children learnt about the celebrations. That take place during the biggest festival of Kerala and often denoted as the Harvest Festival- Onam. It is also celebrated to commemorate the mythical king Mahabali. Onam is celebrated over 10 days with grand processions, boat races and traditional folk dances such as Pulikali the Tiger Dance. The Onam Sadya, a feast consisting of nine vegetarian dishes served on a banana leaf, is also an indispensable part of the festival. Onam festivities are incomplete without ‘Pookalam’. The term Pookalam consists of two words – ‘Poo’ meaning flowers and ‘Kolam’ meaning decorative pattern or rangoli. Children learn most about the culture and traditions around us as we make them a part of these celebrations. Our children tried their hands on the ‘Pookalam’ and had lot of fun making colourful flowers patterns.

Work of art often tell stories, artists can present narratives in many forms. Our Indian History has witnessed many legends on art forms like sculptures, carvings etc. To explain this better, we invited artists- Ms. Sneha Jain and Ms. Ananya to do a live workshop of Lipan art and to make a 'Solar System' for our K2 class. Children will cherish this wonderful experience for a long time

Celebrations and religious events have different meanings for different cultural groups and communities. Children’s self-confidence and expressive language skills are promoted as they share their cultural beliefs with their peers. On the occasion of birth of Krishna known as Janmashtami, the school wore a festive look as all our children dressed in traditional attire. Little ones look really adorable in Indian traditional dresses.

K2 'Pandas' are learning about the 'Different forms of Story' as our First Line of Inquiry, We got an opportunity to meet Celebrity Chef Michael Swamy. Chef Swamy is the pioneer in the field of Food Media and is a food stylist and a Wildlife photographer. He has written handful of books on food and different cuisines.

While interacting with the K2 class, Mr. Michael Swamy made children understand how 'Photographs Tell us a story'. Children were amazed to see photographs of food and wildlife that Mr. Swamy had clicked. They could automatically relate to their personal experiences and shared their stories. We thank Mr. Swamy for taking out time from his busiest schedule and interacting with our children. His thoughts will continue to encourage children to see the hidden stories in photographs.

After a patient wait, Vivero Wakad was buzzing with excitement and zeal on 15th July 2022, as we opened school in the physical environment. Our Pre-Nursery, Nursery, K1 and K2 children walked in happily with their parents equally excited to be part of their child's 1st day at Vivero. We began with our familiarization to help our children to settle in their new learning spaces with their parent by their side. Children explored their classrooms, interacted with their peers, created their first hands-on activities planned by their respective teachers at preschool and enjoyed their 1st Day at school

It was a great pleasure to invite parents to our sparkling new premise at Vivero Wakad for our very first in-school event – the Parent Orientation Programme on the 9th of July 2022. The parents and children were excited to see the new premise.

The parents were taken through the overall schedule of our school; a general understanding about the schedules and timings among other important facets pertaining to the new academic session.

They were also updated about our unique curriculum which involves self-directed, hands-on learning activities which not only give vent to their creative talents and energies but also help in their all-round development of the child. The orientation programme proved to be a sincere effort made by the school in educating the parents to look after and facilitate learning for their children in the most conducive way in collaboration with the school.

Eric Carle was an American-German author , designer and an illustrator of children’s books. His picture book “ The very Hungry Caterpillar” is the most popular read amongst all children. On his birthday, we at Vivero Wakad paid a small tribute to this great artist. Where our Nursery children read and made their own illustrations of the hungry caterpillar, our K 1 Children read the book 'The very Lonely Fire Fly' and made the Fire Fly painting with lots of paint techniques like, thumb printing, paint spray with tooth brush etc. Our K 2 children made colourful version of the famous story, “The Mixed Up Chameleon”

International Father’s Day is celebrated all across the world on the third Sunday of June. This is a day to honour our dear “Fathers” for everything they do for us, to celebrate the paternal bonds and to acknowledge the influence of fathers in our society. We at Vivero Wakad, celebrated this day by inviting the dear “Dad’s” in our virtual classes, and engaging them along with their children in different activities. It was pure joy to witness the love, the effort that our little ones put in making their fathers feel special.

We at Vivero International celebrated Republic Day in our own unique way! Our children are too young to understand the actual essence of republic. Hence they celebrated the same, by learning more about the national symbols and creating their own versions of flag by using the tri colour.

Makar Sankranti is celebrated in January every year signifying the beginning of the harvest season and is dedicated to Sun god. While in school, children have lots of fun making and flying kites, we managed to do the same on the virtual platform as well. Dressed in traditional attire, children made colourful kites and also tried their hand in making traditional sweets. We at Vivero ensure that our children have a sound knowledge of our roots which makes them only stronger future global citizens.

“It's been 100 days of school,
I'm getting really smart,
my brain is growing ,
and so is my heart."
- Unknown

Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter, caring deeds, wonderful stories and unconditional love. They play a vital role in every child’s life. They nurture their grandchildren in the most loved and caring environment that helps them to grow in a holistic manner. To celebrate this bond that the children share with their grandparents, we invited the grandparents to the class on Friday, the 18th of September 2020 and organized “Grandparents Day”. Children were very excited to have their grandparents attending the iLearn@Vivero class with them. Grandparents joined the children either physically or virtually. It was a very heart-warming celebration. All the grandparents shared one memorable incident of their grandchild. Children gave the greeting card they had made for their grandparents and wished them “Happy Grandparents day”. It was wonderful to have grandparents visiting the class.

Our iLearn sessions are designed in a manner to provide continued education to a child . There is a complete balance between interactive sessions, CCA activities, Post session home practices and of course virtual reading via EPIC digital library. Though the Pandemic has altered our lives in many ways, we at Vivero International have ensured that our sole objective of shaping young learners are met and they are provided with quality wholesome education.

“Independence" as seen from a Child's eye, where you are free to dress, to express, to create. The 74th Independence day was celebrated with lots of vigour and fun. Children wore tri-colour clothes, identified the national symbols and also participated in an exciting scavenger hunt. They also made soldier-themed book marks as a mark of respect to our true heroes.
Celebrate the freedom! Celebrate the Independence.
Independence day activities as done by our different age group children.

“Pretend play “has many names. It is sometimes known as imaginative play or dramatic play as well. Young children learn by imagining and doing. The process of pretending builds skills in many essential developmental areas. When a child engages in pretend (or dramatic) play, she/ he is actively experimenting with the social and emotional roles of life. Through cooperative play, she/he learns how to take turns, share responsibility, and creatively problem-solve. Pretend play provides a child with a variety of problems to solve. At Vivero, pretend play has always been an integral part of our curriculum. Here we see how our nursery children are learning to take care of their own body via Pretend Play.

Yoga at Home
Keeping in tune with the United Nations theme for this year International Yoga Day, we are happy to share with you snippets of our Viveroites in action. International Yoga Day is a reminder we must keep our mental, emotional, spiritual and physical health before anything else, and take some time out to nourish and nurture ourselves with yoga.

“The power of a dad in child’s life is unmatched”- Justin Ricklef. Dear fathers, we hope you feel honoured for all your years of leading your family. And every day we hope you feel, how loved you are. Vivero International Pre School and Child Care has always emphasised on developing the socio economic bonds. We value our parents, and we want our children to celebrate every relationship in their lives. We celebrated Father’s day on the virtual platform, where children were creatively engaged in making small gifts for their fathers. Join us in cherishing these lovely moments.

Vivero International Pre-school and Child Care celebrated its Annual Concert on the 7th of December 2019. It was a wonderful and colourful event, well applauded by our parent community. Our USP has always been the holistic development of a child. Vivero children stand tall in the crowd as confident little performers, who are not wary of the stage, but always gleaming in the lime light. Even our youngest performers from Child care rocked the stage.

Field Trips/ Excursions have always played a very important role in a child’s learning process. They provide another dimension to class based learning and help in reinforcement of what has been taught in the class. Vivero has always considered environment as a very important factor in a child’s learning process, and hence various excursions were conducted, giving children the real life edge.
Nursery children were taken to a dairy farm, whereas K1 learned all about composting and how it is done. K 2 children witnessed the various materials found in the environment and how these materials can then be converted into things of daily use.

Vivero International Pre School and Child Care believes in partnering with parents in shaping true responsible global citizens. Parents, are always welcome to come and conduct sessions with children which further supports the learning process.
Toddlers in our Child Care segment were really happy to be a part of storytelling session conducted by a parent. A popup book along with her animated voice through the session thoroughly captured the attention of our little children.
Meanwhile mommies of our K 2 class were happy to come to school and make some beautiful art work from the different materials found in the environment. This was an absolutely enriching and interesting session.

Composting is a natural process of recycling organic material such as leaves and vegetable scraps into a rich soil amendment that gardeners fondly nickname Black Gold.
Our K2 children learned about the fundamentals of composting -How to make compost, the benefits of composting. They learned about the different materials required to make the compost (aligned to the unit of learning). Using a simple bucket and adding cocopeat that was soaked overnight into the compost bin and later adding organic waste that the children got from home and school kitchen. The journey of compost has begun.

It is that time of the year. Festivities are in the air. Vivero international Preschool and Child Care at Wakad hosted a Pre Halloween bash for all our youngsters on the 19th of October. It was a costume party and though rains washed the evening out, the spirit of our young minds did not dampen. The pumpkins, bats, witches, the ghouls all had a fantastic time at school. Children engaged themselves in balancing on spider webs, and finding eyeballs and also knocking the ghosts out with pumpkins. Kudos to all out brave hearts.

“Come take a deeper dive into Vivero Wakad, with Nemo and his friends“. On popular demand Vivero hosted a Movie night on the 28th of September. An underwater walk experience was created for children which completely mesmerized each of our little guests. Parents and children had a wonderful time bonding and watching the movie in a cozy and safe environment.

Partnering with Parents has always been a part of Vivero philosophy. We at School, welcomed “Bappa” this year in a very unique way. Mommies helped their little ones in making Ganpati Idols out of recycled material. This not only set the mood for this great festival, but it also taught our little ones to be more empathetic towards the environment, thereby helping them to shape up as perfect 21st century global citizens.

The back to school event was conducted on 6th July, 2019. This was the first event of year where parents had a hands on experience on what school's like.
Children were very excited in bringing their parents and displaying their day at school to parents. Various age specific activities were conducted in the classroom and parents absolutely enjoyed reliving their childhood.

The back to school event was conducted on 6th July, 2019. This was the first event of year where parents had a hands on experience on what school's like.
Children were very excited in bringing their parents and displaying their day at school to parents. Various age specific activities were conducted in the classroom and parents absolutely enjoyed reliving their childhood.

Keeping in lines with our safety norms, a training was conducted at the Wakad Center for all staff on how to use the Fire Extinguisher. It was a short and comprehensive training, ensuring that all adults present in the building are able to use the Fire Extinguisher if required.

It was Carnival time at Vivero, Wakad, which was swept by the Christmas fervor, signaling the end of 2018 and heralding the New Year.
The event was held to give an opportunity to parents and children to have some great fun. The school’s sprawling ground bore a festive look with Christmas colours strewn all over it. There was something for everyone.
The school dotted with stalls and activity booths which attracted good number of visitors. A variety of food stalls vied with one another in attracting the visitors. The children made merry at the games stalls participating in “Hit the Santa; Ring the Xmas tree; Knock it down; Fish-o-Gift; Hit the Bull’s Eye; Pin Rudolf’s Nose”.
Another attraction was the music played by our DJ binding the fun with carols. Not to forget the DIY which the children took home as memories.

Vivero International Pre-School & Child Care, Wakad celebrated Independence Day with unprecedented patriotic fervor on 13th Aug’18. The gamut of celebration included a special morning assembly with the K2 children being dressed as Indian Leaders.

Our k1 class went for their first field trip to the Silver Sports Club on 8th Aug’18 The field trip was in sync with the unit of enquiry “My Body Has Great Potential.” The energy of the children was contagious and evident through their smiles. They tried out some of the fitness equipments and learnt how it helps our body.

The first coffee meet with the Child Care Mothers was held on 4th Aug’ 2018. We had exciting activities like fireless cooking , tattoo & photo frame making along with dance.
“The event was wonderful and we're looking forward for many more such events.” – Parent Feedback.

The “Back to School” event was celebrated on 28th July’18 at Vivero International Pre-School & Child Care, Wakad. It was a funfilled morning with dance, games and activities planned for both Parents & Children.
“Couldn't have expected a better ice breaking session for parents.” – Parent Feedback

The K2 children celebrated Fireless Cooking on 23rd July’18 at Vivero International Pre-School & Child care, Wakad. Children had a great time as they decorated little muffins with yummy icing, sprinklers and candies along with their mummies.
 They enthusiastically made tri color pinwheel sandwiches and relished the same.