Newsletter MVIS/NL/2026-27/04
Mount View
Monthly
- Personal Hygiene
- PTM
- Teej
- Independence Day
- Rakshabandhan
- Sports
- Half-yearly Exams
Personal Hygiene : The Independence Nobody Claps For
Before a child can change the world, they usually have to learn to button their own shirt first. This month, Classes 1 and 2 spent time on something wonderfully unglamorous:
A PTM That Looked Different This Month :
This month’s Parent-Teacher Meeting was, by every account, one of the most well-received we’ve hosted
Teej Celebration: Roots, Rhythm, and Rain
Teej arrived at Mount View exactly the way it should — colourful, musical, and a little bit delicious.
Raksha Bandhan: Threads That Aren't Just for Siblings
Raksha Bandhan usually belongs to siblings, but our junior wing gave it a lovely twist this year
The Independence Day: Celebrating The Inherited Freedom & The India We Hope To Build
Sports Laurels: Khedan Watan Punjab Diyaan
Regular readers may remember Aadya, Reedan and Umang from last month’s newsletter, freshly selected for the District Level Taekwondo & Karate Championship
Half-yearly Examinations: A Journey of Evolution
August closes with half-term examinations currently underway across the school, and we’d like to be upfront about how we think about them
Personal Hygiene:
The Independence Nobody Claps For
Learning That Begins With “I Can Do It Myself!”
Before a child can change the world, they usually have to learn to button their own shirt first. This month, Classes 1 and 2 spent time on something wonderfully unglamorous: personal hygiene and self-care, broken down step by step.
It’s easy to underestimate an activity like this, but it quietly does something important: it closes the gap between what a child learns at school and what they actually do every single morning. Learning rarely feels real to a six-year-old until it shows up in their own routine. And there’s no better proof of that than a child walking to the sink and washing their hands exactly the way they were taught in class, without being asked.
When a child understands why they need to wash their hands, brush properly, keep themselves clean or organise their belongings, learning becomes meaningful.
And there is another beautiful outcome. Parents get to see their children slowly becoming capable of doing things on their own.
That first attempt to brush without help. That proud smile after getting ready independently. That little declaration of, “I can do it myself!” These may seem like tiny milestones, but they are the beginnings of confidence, responsibility and self-reliance.
A PTM, That Looked Different This Month
The School & The Home Sitting on the ‘Same Side’
This month’s Parent-Teacher Meeting was, by every account, one of the most well-received we’ve hosted — and for good reason. Alongside the usual (but never routine) work of personalised attention, dedicated time slots, and genuine one-on-one consultations for every family, this PTM had something new to show off: our first two AI models, unveiled from the AI lab the school set up this academic session. Parents didn’t just hear about the lab — they walked through it themselves and saw the models up close.
But if you ask us what we’re proudest of from this PTM, it isn’t the technology. It’s who was in the room. For years, parent-teacher meetings were often perceived as something mothers primarily attended. But at Mount View, we believe that childhood demands something different: shared parenting, shared understanding and shared participation.
This month, we saw fathers taking time out of their workdays, sitting through consultations, asking questions, showing up — alongside mothers, not instead of them. To all the fathers who took time to be part of these conversations—thank you. Your presence matters.
And the conversations themselves went well beyond academics. Our teachers were genuinely glad to talk about the fuller picture of a child’s school life — how they get along with their peers, how confident they feel, how competitive or collaborative their spirit is, what makes them light up in class. It takes a real conversation to understand how a child is doing— and that’s the conversation we want to keep having with every family, together.
Teej Celebration: Roots, Rhythm, and Rain
Teej arrived at Mount View exactly the way it should — colourful, musical, and a little bit delicious. Our junior wing came dressed in traditional attire, brought festive tiffins to share with friends, and spent the day in music and dance, the kind of joyful chaos that makes a monsoon festival feel like a monsoon festival.
Our senior students took a slightly different route into the same celebration: worksheets that walked them through the traditions and history behind Teej, so the fun didn’t come at the cost of understanding why we celebrate it in the first place. A festival means a little more when you know the story behind the swing and the songs, not just the songs themselves.
Raksha Bandhan: Threads That Aren't Just for Siblings
Cultural Heritage with Warmth and Camaraderie
Raksha Bandhan usually belongs to siblings, but our junior wing gave it a lovely twist this year — rakhi-making, rakhi-tying, and no shortage of chocolate, shared between classmates rather than only between brothers and sisters. It’s a small adjustment to an old tradition, but it teaches something worth teaching: that the kind of care Raksha Bandhan celebrates — looking out for someone, being tied to them in some small way — doesn’t have to live only inside a family. A classroom can hold it too.
The Independence Day: Celebrating The Inherited Freedom & The India We Hope To Build
Sometimes Patriotism is the Way A Child Stands When the Tricolour Rises
Our Independence Day celebration was the crowning highlight of August. It was a colourful, powerful reflection of what patriotism can look like through the eyes of children.
Opening with a solemn flag hoisting and the National Anthem, the campus came alive with an array of performances—vibrant dances, soulful choir songs, dramatic skits, eloquent speeches, and evocative poetry. Each act showcased the glowing patriotic spirit, creativity, and national pride residing within our young citizens. Every presentation carried a different emotion. Some celebrated India’s glorious past. Some reflected on the meaning of freedom. Some reminded us of our responsibilities. And some simply captured the uninhibited joy of children celebrating their country.
Our Independence Day celebration was, in many ways, a glimpse into the India our children will inherit—and the India they may one day help create.
Sports Laurels: Khedan Watan Punjab Diyaan
Sometimes Patriotism is the Way A Child Stands When the Tricolour Rises
Regular readers may remember Aadya, Reedan and Umang from last month’s newsletter, freshly selected for the District Level Taekwondo & Karate Championship. Districts have since happened — and all three of them came home with proof of what that selection turned into. Aadya won Gold in Taekwondo (U-17), Reedan won Gold in Taekwondo (U-14) and Silver in Karate (U-14). Umang added a Bronze in Taekwondo (U-14). Aadya and Reedan will be representing the district at the state level.
Alongside them, Jasneet fought through the inter-school rounds of Khedan Watan Punjab Diyan — the state’s push to bring sport back to every playground in Punjab — and qualified for district-level representation in U-14 Badminton.
Every one of these students got here by beating opponents who weren’t in their own classroom, on a stage where the only person responsible for the result was them after months of practice showing up exactly when it mattered.
Half-yearly Examinations: A Journey of Evolution
Mount View Stands for Healthy Competition Rooted in Self-Belief
August closes with half-term examinations currently underway across the school, and we’d like to be upfront about how we think about them — because exams have a reputation they don’t fully deserve.
Done right, an exam isn’t a verdict. It’s a mirror. It tells a child, and us, exactly where they stand right now — not so they can be measured against the child sitting next to them, but so they can be measured against the version of themselves from a few months ago. That’s the only competition Mount View is interested in running: a child against their own last attempt.
Because the truth is, an exam teaches far more than the subject printed on the paper. It teaches time management, under a clock that doesn’t wait. It teaches how to structure an answer so someone else can follow the thinking behind it. It teaches a child to sit with a question they don’t immediately know the answer to, and work out what the question is really asking.
So, if your child comes home from half-terms with an average paper and a heavy heart, we’d ask you to have the same conversation we’re having with them: not “how did everyone else do,” but “what did this tell you about yourself, and what do you want to do with it?” Asked enough times over enough years, that question builds something far more durable than a good rank ever could — a child who knows how to evaluate themselves honestly, and improve entirely on their own terms.
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