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NOTICE WRITING

A FORMAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION


PURPOSE : TO ANNOUNCE OR DISPLAY INFORMATION TO A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE
MEANT TO BE PUT UP ON SPECIFIC DISPLAY BOARDS (IN SCHOOLS & PUBLIC PLACES)
FORMAT

 Name of the school/organisation/company issuing the notice


 The word NOTICE (in capital letters)
 Date (e.g. 25 March 20XX) – avoid mentioning the year
 A heading (caption/purpose) to introduce the subject of the notice
 Body/Content of the notice
 Writer’s name and designation (signature is optional – should be avoided)
VALUE POINTS

 A well- drafted notice must inform the readers about WHAT, WHEN, WHERE,
WHO and WHOM (the 5 Ws)
 Include only the important points
 Add only relevant information (if not included in the question)
 Write short and grammatically correct sentences
 Present the notice within a box
 Word limit is 40-50 words
 Keep the language lucid and simple
ILLUSTRATION 1

QUES. Karan Education Society, a charitable organisation is coming to your school to distribute
books among the needy students. As Head Boy/ Head Girl of Tulip International, Agra, write a notice
in about 50 words asking students to drop the lists of books they need in the box kept outside the
Principal’s office. You are Naveen/Navi.

ANS.
TULIP INTERNATIONAL, AGRA
NOTICE
2 APRIL 20XX
DISTRIBUTION OF FREE BOOKS TO POOR CHILDREN
Karan Education Society, a charitable organisation will be visiting the school campus on April 10
and 11 to distribute books among the needy students, free of cost, studying in classes IX-X. those
who wish to avail the benefit should drop the lists of books they need, in the box kept outside the
Principal’s office by 4 p.m. on or before April 6.
Naveen
(Head Boy)
ILLUSTRATION 2

QUES. You are Arun/Aruna, a member of Residents’ Welfare Association, Saraswati Vihar, Delhi. You
wish to help the children of your housing society with oral communication skills. For the same, you
have planned a one month course. Draft a notice for your society’s bulletin board giving all the
necessary details.

RESIDENTS’ WELFARE ASSOCIATION, SARAWATI VIHAR, DELHI


NOTICE
4 JULY 20XX
OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION SKILLS
This is to inform all that a one month course to enhance the oral communication skills of children
falling in the age group of 12-15 is being organised in the housing society. Well trained and
experienced faculty from the British Council is being hired for the same. Classes start from 15 July
and go up to 25 July. Timings would be 6-7 p.m. everyday. The fee for the course is Rs. 1000 per
child. Last date for registration is 8 July.
For more quesries, contact the undersigned.
Aruna
(Society Member)
Contact No: 92********
ILLUSTRATION 3

QUES. As the honorary Director of an Old age Home ‘TULSI’, write a notice of
appeal to be published in newspapers asking for donation of Man-Hours from
general public.

TULSI – THE OLD AGE HOME, MATHURA


NOTICE
AUGUST 8, 20XX
DONATE TIME FOR A NOBLE CAUSE
The elders in our Old Age Home need your help. Spare some time for them. Come and spend time with
them talking, walking, reading or playing. Utilise your time for this noble cause. For details and registration
please log on to our website [email protected] or call us on this toll free number at 32773277.
Naveen Chawla
(Honorary Director)
PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Q1. Your school is organising a fete to collect funds for charity. Only school students are eligible to
put up stalls. As Head Boy/Head Girl at Meera International. Panjim, Goa, draft a notice to be put
up announcing sale of stalls giving all other necessary details.
Q2. You are Hari Shukla, the Head Boy of Nehru Public School, Ghaziabad. You have been asked to
write a notice regarding a cellphone found on the playground of your school. Invent the necessary
details.
Q3. You are Vikram, Head Boy of Meerut Public School. Write a notice informing the students of class
XII about the guest lecture by Mike Pandey, an environmentalist, on the topic ‘Conservation of
Water’. Write a notice. Invent all relevant details.
Q4. As the Sports Captain of your school, write a notice for student’s notice –board informing
budding cricketers to attend trials for selection to school teams. Invent all necessary details.
Q5. You are the Vice principal of Bliss Academy, Dadar Road, Mumbai. You are associated with an
NGO named ‘Kids Tale’. This NGO collects the old, broken and discarded toys of kids to well-to-do
families, fixes them and distributes them among poor kids. You want to help them. Design a poster to
be displayed in different wings of the school urging upon the students to donate toys generously .

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