Issue 1 | Friday, 6th August, 2021

HSS Parent Communicator

Pre-Nursery — Grade II

Dear Parent/Guardian, we are excited to get the new school year underway! Although we foresee changes
happening due to the pandemic, we cannot wait to get back into our classrooms.
School closures, remote working, physical distancing — it is a lot to navigate for anyone, especially for parents.
To help you interact constructively with your children, we will be sending you the HSS Parent Communicator
every Friday for five weeks.
Our top priority is to keep our staff and students safe while continuing to deliver quality instructions.
Stay safe, stay connected!
Virtual Learning Updates Develop a Habit 
At HSS, we are eager to ensure that the Early to bed and early to rise makes a person
virtual learning experience is a memorable healthy, wealthy and wise!
one. School will virtually reopen on To feel energized and alert, it is necessary to get 10 to
9th August,2021 for all students. 12 hours of night sleep. We encourage parents to
develop this habit in their children from an early stage
Zoom Live Classes:
for life-long benefits.
Live classes will be held via Zoom only. Students will
attend the online class for a shorter duration which will
Stay Creatively Alive
increase in the subsequent weeks as they get settled
with the teacher and the screen. During this period, Learning at home is fun, especially if you keep your
teachers will engage the students in many different child creatively engaged. Always keep papers and a set
bonding and settling activities. These activities are pur- of crayons/colour pencils handy especially during your
posefully designed to develop a positive student- child’s live classes.
teacher relationship which will help the students enjoy Allow children to express themselves creatively by
their learning journey.
giving them the freedom of choice to select the colours
The zoom ID and password is posted on the Information
Hub in HSS Connect. they want to use.
Google Meet Expectations for Students: You can draw simple objects and let them guess what
 Use a space free from distractions you are drawing, such as a ball, a flower or even basic
 Be punctual and regular shapes.
 Keep your camera switched on throughout
 Mute your microphone when not speaking
 Raise your hand to participate
Google Classroom:
Google Classroom is a platform where your child can
learn through pre-recorded lessons.
Video lessons will be uploaded as per the timetable
and can be watched at any time of your child’s
convenience.
Teachers in the video lessons of Google Classroom will
be different from the teachers teaching in the Google
Meet live classes. Students will gradually get accus-
tomed to this change.
Please login to your child’s HSS email account to access
the Google Classroom.
Announcements
The Google Classroom will commence as per the
following schedule:  Syllabus pack distribution is planned for the 2 and
nd

3rd week of August, 2021.

Kindergarten 11th August, 2021
 Meet & Greet Sessions will be held to acquaint you
th
Nursery 18 August, 2021 with the hybrid model of learning and to ensure a
smooth parent-school partnership.
Pre-Nursery 25th August, 2021 Details will be shared with you via the HSS Connect.
For detailed instructions and useful resources please visit HSS Connect.
We wish you a very Happy Islamic New Year, Hijrah 1443 in advance.
If you require any further information, please feel free to email us at ho@hs.edu.pk