STUDENTS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
OUTREACH, ENVIRONMENT AND INNOVATION PROGRAMME A SUCCESS
GEMS New Millennium School’s Community Outreach, Environment and Innovation Programme (COEIP) is designed to get the student community to plan and execute diverse environment, social outreach and innovation initiatives. These student–led programmes provide an opportunity to look at the world from different perspectives and encourage students to make a difference in their community.
World Health Day
In the first month of the 2017-18 academic year, students participated in World Health Day.
Our well-being champions organised BMI checks for parents during the Parent Consultation Meeting. In varied animal stripe motifs, the NMS campus came alive with the spirit of preserving and conserving endangered turtles via a COEIP campaign to raise Dh10,000 to sponsor and tag a turtle as part of the Gulf Turtle Conservation Project.
Dignity of labour
On May 1, students celebrated the ‘dignity of labour’ by donating dry food supplies to support staff with a special distribution drive organised at a workers accommodation in Al Quoz during Ramadan.
Mother’s Day was celebrated with the Mother’s Day Bonanza Breakfast where the boys cooked for their mothers.
Kindergarten students faced the Kinder Chef Challenge along with face and mural paintings. On May 17, our school adopted Dora, the turtle.
The NMS Well-being and Environment Champions packed contributions collected from the Stationery Drive for distribution in Nepal and India.
Special September
On September 18, 2017, our Environment Ambassadors and Well Being Champions visited an orphanage in Dubai.
On September 21, NMS celebrated International Peace Day. On World Heart Day, a blood donation campaign was organised on campus. Close to 40 donors donated blood.
Pink month
The pink month began with a sale of earrings, pins, and bracelets to raise support and create awareness about breast cancer and to celebrate the resilient spirit of women.
The Cooking Oil Collection Challenge was taken up by the science department to recycle waste biodiesel.
Natural November
To mark Commemoration Day on November 30, students spread special assemblies and paid homage to the brave Emiratri soldiers. On November 7, we celebrated International Science and Peace Day through special programmes. The used cooking oil and recycling challenge continued throughout this month along with recycling of newspapers and cans. Environment Ambassadors and the Innogreen team collected old newspapers and used paper from kindergarten to Grade 10 students, resulting in a total collection of 1,185kg of paper.
Recycle, reforest, repeat
As an ongoing activity @ NMS, we have placed colourcoded collection bins at various locations @NMS to encourage students to collect paper, glass, plastic items, cans and newspapers. Each week, these will be weighed by students and sent to various recycling factories.
Dedicated December
NMS’ Winter Carnival was focused on raising funds for Dubai Cares. The students designed games and stalls to capture the interest of visitors.
Joyful January
The school organised a Toys Collection drive where students donated their old toys, which were collected by Emirates Red Crescent.
Fantabulous February
Students took part in the ‘Walk for Education’ campaign at Dubai Creek Park to improve the quality of education in underprivileged areas.