Curricular and Co-Curricular Report for the Month of November 2018

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL Secunderabad Nacharam │ Mahendra Hills

Curricular and Co-curricular report for the month of November 2018

Index

S No Level Classes Page Numbers 1 Pre Primary Pre Nursery,Nursery & Prep 2-7 2 Junior School Classes I & II 8-14 3 Primary Wing Classes III & IV 15-19 4 Primary Wing Classes V and VI 20-24 (Nacharam & Mahendra Feeder School) 25-35 5 Middle School Classes VII &n VIII 36-40 6 Secondary & Senior Classes IX,X,XI & XII 41-55 Secondary

Fall Season Greetings!!! To all

Hello sparkling November! Autumn is a second spring, where every leaf is a flower. November celebrates The World Vegan Day, National Donut Appreciation Day, Hug a Bear day, Forget-Me-Not Day, World Kindness ✓ Concept Day Day, National Pickle Day, National Button Day, National Cake Day, etc. ✓ Diwali Celebrations

November has left all of us with lot of memories to cherish upon. It has ✓ Childrens Day been a happy, jubilant and celebration spirited month with festival and concept day. Happy Reading! about the outstanding performance on the concept day that bagged in accolades of Parents, Grand Parents, Chairman Sir, Principal Ma’am, and Vice-Principal Ma’am.

“CHILDREN learn as they PLAY. Children to use gadgets as less Vehicles as possible, to avoid eye sight Most importantly in PLAY children problems, higher aggression LEARN how to LEARN.” levels and lower attention span. --O Fred Donaldson

Never leave the children unattended in a car,

as the medical experts say that the children are vulnerable to suffocation and heat stroke as they are unable to get out of an overheated car.

Pre-Nursery

The month of November was a very exciting and enriching month for the children of pre-nursery. All the children were involved in concept day dance. Children not only enjoyed dancing but learned to follow the instructions, work with their team and synchronize with the music. Practically, they learned teamwork.

Nursery

Nursery has introduced ‘a’ sound two letter combinations to the children with letters ‘t, ’n’ and ‘p’ in the form of a story of friends to form ‘at’,’an’ and ‘ap’. For example – ‘a’ was playing in a park alone singing a,aa,a…a. After some time ‘a’ got bored . Then his friend ‘t’ came to play singing t,tt,t…t with

‘a’ . As they were friends they held their hands to form “at” two letter combination. Similarly, ‘at’ and ‘ap’. In Numeracy – Backward counting from 10 to 0 was introduced by narrating a story in which hen, duck, frog wanted to cross the pond with the help of the stones that had numbers written from 1 to 10. But as they reached 10 they saw a lion sitting there and jumped back from 10 to 0.

Prep The most awaited Diwali holidays came to an end. Children were excited to share their experience and joy after the holidays. Though, the academics was started the practice for the CONCEPT DAY took the lead with lot of enthusiasm and excitement.

The paradise block celebrated an extravagant concept day – Quidditch, values and culture in sports. Every performance had a message to convey by the tiny tots of the age 3-6 years. Few performances were unique such as Cycle drill, that spoke about introducing a fourth traffic signal purple, which indicates to put the mobiles away, which gave food for our thoughts, Live Chess, Haritha - Haram depicted the current scenario of deforestation and the need for afforestation. Pure entertaining performances like the Ball Dance, Minion Dance, Ribbon Dance, Planet Dance, Barbie dance were like the icing on the cake. There was a lot to take home from the event at the end of the day. It was a power packed event with a value and a message with social responsibility.

Diwali festival is celebrated in India by all the communities with great pomp and show. The Hindus celebrate Diwali, as it marks the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya, after an exile of fourteen years and defeating the cruel demon king, Ravana.

The tiny tots of Pre-Nursery went on a rally of “Say NO to Crackers” with posters on their uniforms and explained the adverse affects of burning crackers to Principal ma’am. On the occasion of “Diwali”, craft paper Diyas were decorated and distributed to all the children by respective class teachers.

Children’s Day also called “Bal Diwas” is commemorated to the birthday of our first Prime Minister Jawahar lal Nehru ji. He loved children a lot, so children used to call

him “Chacha Nehru”. Government has launched a programme “Bal Swachch Abhiyaan” to increase awareness among people, the rights, education, wellness and safety of children. HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY!!! to each one of us as every adult has a child inside them.

Children of Paradise block enjoyed Children’s day with

dance, activities and information about why Children’s Day is celebrated, in a common assembly.

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1. Christmas Celebrations Dress Up Like an elf or an angel or funny 2. Fun Friday … Elf Day characters 3. Movie Time 4. Thematic Set Up(Traffic Park/Seasons) 5. New year celebrations Resolution day/Special assembly. 6. Pencil Paws (Handwriting Competition) 7. Reverse (Ulta) Pyjama.. Shirts /Pants

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REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2018 CLASS I & II ACADEMICS: As planned for the month

KIDS SPECTRUM: This year the showcasing for Kids Spectrum included Co-scholastic activities apart from regular subjects. The 100% participation in all the sections covered a wide range of concept topics in English, Maths, Science and Languages. We also had a presentations in Yoga, Skating, PET, Karate and Dance, Music, Art. This was a wonderful platform for the children to conduct the entire show. Parents were extremely appreciative and also participated in parental activities. KIDS SPECTRUM-2018 was a grand success.

SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES: CHILDREN’S DAY: Teachers sang, danced and performed a skit to make the day memorable for the little ones.

TRANSPORTATION DAY: To create awareness about the Importance of transport in our lives, a special assembly was conducted using MIME as a tool for presentation

LIBRARY WEEK:The Renowned story teller Ms. Priyanka Chatterjee mesmerized the group of students by narrating tales where she dramatized and used every part of her body to make the characters of her story come alive. Students immensely enjoyed every moment of the event. A special assembly was also conducted as part of the Library Week celebrations where characters from fairy tales came alive and spoke about their experiences.

THANKS GIVING: Class-2 celebrated a special Thanks Giving day where students paid rich tributes to their mothers. There was parental participation and it was touching to observe that mothers present were over whelmed with emotion.

DIWALI CELEBRATIONS:Apart from the normal assembly procedure and the skit, song and dance, children spoke about the safety measures to be implemented during Diwali time.

NEWS READING COMPETITION: 28th November Students participated with zeal and enthusiasm. They were assessed on the basis of their articulation, intonation, presentation and clarity of voice.

CCE ACTIVITIES: Activities to Enhance Academic Learning EVS Activity: First- Aid Kit making activity was done where in students were told to get the essentials to make a First-Aid Kit.

Healthy food vs Junk food: 12th November- Balanced diet is important for the development of every child. This activity helped the child to identify the different kinds of food available and their uses

Make your shower: 13th November- An amazing way to understand the properties of air. Students learned about the fact that air exerts pressure by doing a small experiment outside their classroom.

Math Activity:

Measurement-20th November This was a fun filled activity which gave the children an opportunity to learn measurements. They measured the pictures of pencil, table, book and candle of different sizes and wrote the length of each item in their notebooks.

Array station: 12th November- An easy way to comprehend multiplication Students along with teacher played games using dice and made colourful patterns to make the concepts of multiplications easier for students.

English Activity: Verb: 19th November This was a simple picture activity to reinforce that every sentence needs a verb or an action word. The activity helped them to build sentences while sticking pictures in their classwork books.

Adverbs: 9th November A simple game of “DRIBLING OF THE BALL” was played where the teacher passed the ball to students giving them a verb and asking them to add an appropriate adverb.

Language Activity: Flower Identification: A colourful flower activity was performed where the children identified different flowers and wrote the Telugu names of the flowers in their notebooks

Describing words: A fun way to learn describing words where students were asked to draw fruits and describe them

Curricular and Co-curricular report for the month of November 2018 Class –III & IV

PERFORMING AND VISUAL ART STUDENT LED CONFERENCE Student Led Conference for classes III, IV, which translates as a classroom Artistic exhibition wherein the students showcase before their parents their learning outcomes and curricular and co-curricular developments of the year.SLC is conducted along the lines of a Parent Teacher Meeting wherein the parents visit only their child’s section and take pride in their learning .The purpose of this conference (SLC) is to reflect on the child’s growth in various aspects and skills along with learning this year.

Library week celebrations: “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero. School celebrated Library Week between 26th and 30th November, 2018. This event was the first of its kind. Library week celebration is a boost to promote the reading habits among the students. It is full of various interesting activities like role play, extempore, bulletin board decoration, puzzles and book fair etc. All these activities give them chance to put their reading and knowledge very creatively and in innovative ways. Book fair is a star attraction as it enables them to know new titles of the books. The whole week remains very active and full of enthusiasm and learning with various competitions, their preparation and practice.

Children’s Day special assembly ‘Childhood is the most beautiful of all life’s seasons’ As the nation celebrates the birth anniversary of our first Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and his love for children in the form of Children’s Day, a Special Assembly was held at Delhi Public School to mark this occasion, conducted by the Teachers. The Principal, Mrs. Sunitha Rao and Head mistress Ms .Sirisha wished all the children and added that they are the ‘Nation Builders’ as the future of the nation is vested in them. They expressed her hope that children would lead the nation successfully to its growth and prosperity, assuring them that Children are loved and valued by all.

Uniform audits

School uniforms promote students' loyalty and reduces students tendency to be violent. Without school uniform, students may not elegant. Wearing of school uniform is really important for it gives students the feeling that they all belong in one community. Uniform audits have been conducted to promote commonality and uniformity in the school premises.

Story telling Storytelling is a universal and traditional art form that has featured strongly in Indian culture and society “A good story can imbibe the right values in the most impressionable age.” Brightening the day of the students with wonderful stories a story telling session was conducted where life and expression was in abundance. As a learning tool, storytelling can encourage students to explore their unique expressiveness and can heighten a student’s ability to communicate thoughts and feelings in an articulate, lucid manner. It helps improve their language skills, instills a love of reading and stirs their imagination. MS. Priyanka chatterji and Ms. Deepa kiran conducted storytelling sessions for classes III and IV. The students listened with rapt attention as she read aloud stories. All the stories she told had interesting aspects which aroused excitement and curiosity among the students.

Curricular and Co-curricular report for the month of November 2018 Classes (V&VI) Events Inter House Nukkad Natak Competition An Inter-House Nukkad Natak Competition was organized at Delhi Public School, Nacharam for class VI on social awareness themes like Swach Bharat, Women Empowerment, Traffic rules and Save Water. All the Houses came up with wonderful ideas and strategies to overcome the real challenges such as waste management, indifferent public behaviour and mind set through their scintillating performances.

Library Week Celebrations The Library Week started off on a great note with the students experiencing an enchanting story telling session by internationally acclaimed story teller Ms. Deepa Kiran. The students were taken through the journey of the story through various mediums like narration, songs and instrumental experiences. The students were left enthralled with the enthusiastic narration by the story teller thus reliving the experiences of the books that they usually read. Library related activities were conducted for students in the library period to inculcate the love of reading in a child. On this occasion the annual book fair was held which garnered a huge response from the students and parents alike. The library week concluded with the much loved and popular mass reading programme D.E.A.R time (Drop Everything and Read).

Class 6 Title, Author, Character,Value

Class 5 Book Bingo Activity

STUDENT LED CONFERENCE The Student Led Conference is an initiative to showcase the students’ learning to the parents in a form of their choice. Students express their knowledge and learning by themselves and take responsibility to lead the entire conference. This gives them a sense of confidence, hones their communication skills, improves their managerial abilities and provides a great platform to reflect and share their learning outcomes with their parents. Each student learns in a different manner, kinaesthetic, visual or auditory. Through the SLC students learned about their topic through thorough research. Some classrooms were transformed into ‘Concept Rooms’ where the classroom focused on discovering concepts in real life situations. The Math concept room aptly named ‘Airport Math’ showed the mathematics behind the functioning of an airport. The Social concept room- ‘The Harappan Village’ took the parents back in time to Mohenjo-Daro and the English concept room showcased the language skills like speaking, writing etc. through movies like Harry Potter and Jungle Book.

Achievement Karthik Thota of class V-N played in Sub Junior Inter District Roller Skating Inline Hockey event and their team won Gold Medal. Karthik is the second top scorer with 4goals in the entire championship.

M. Karthikeyan of class 5K and Taruna of class 5F participated in Abacus National Prodigy competition and won third runner up trophy, medal and certificate.

Workshop Hosted by: Macmillan Education, India Venus: Hotel Golconda, Masab Tank; Date:03.11.18 Resource person: Mr. Syed. F. Sattar Participant Teachers: Ms Sarvamangla Topic: Doing math Through CPA “A Progressing outlook” The session emphasised on Jerome Bruner’s theory of Concrete-Pictorial- Abstract (CPA) approach of learning. The session provided important insights into solving mathematical concepts through Bar Modelling. The resource person engaged throughout with problem solving questions and hands-on activity using manipulatives. On the whole, the session was enriching and thought provoking one which definitely enhances my teaching skills.

Curricular and Co-curricular report for the month of November 2018(Mahendra Hills) Pre-Primary: Pre Primary was abuzz with a lot of learning happening . The concept of wild, domestic and pet animals was learnt by bringing their pets to school and talking about them.Avisit to the zoo followed by putting the toy animals in the correct group.

Field trip to the Zoo

The concept of light and heavy was taught by a simple activity. The object they could blow away by blowing through the straw was light.

The little ones had a lot of fun identifying the alphabets

Circle time is an informal way of introducing different concepts. Talking about gadgets to reading of 4 action words from the flash cards.

Talent week was a chance given to the little ones to come forward and take part in an array of activities.

Sunglasses day was part of their “Thank God it’s Friday” It was fun seeing all of them pose with their sunglasses

Primary and Middle class:

This month was a Sports month with the Annual Sports meet held on 17th November. The month started with Parent Sports day where many enthusiastic parents participated.

Competitions at different venues

Warm up session

Sports Meet, Zest 2018, for class III to VII took place on the 17th of the month at Nacharam. Mr Dinakar Babu , IAS, was the Chief guest and Lt Col Udaya Kumar was the Guest of Honour. A splendid show was put up by the students during their display. The Trilithon race was a treat to watch as the students raced to reach the end point.

All the four Houses showcased the marching in perfect synchronization. The Magazine Zephyr Junior was also released by the Chief Guest.

Lighting the cauldron Yoga display by class IV

Sac race Winners of Football

Academics Library Week: All classes had different activities planned for them right from talking about their favourite author, about their favourite character to doing Class I & II Topic Talk Class III - Favourite Personality

IV- Favourite character

Class VII- My favourite author Class V- Essay on School library

A lot of hands on activities during the science class takes place Class 2 made paper windmill: Class III made the teeth model

Clubs have been very proactive and a lot has been happening. Working with Raspberry pi in robotics club

Heritage club made Heritage book mark

SUPW Club activity

Diwali saw the Diya making activity. Students proudly took their diyas home

Class I & II had a Fancy Dress competition and the theme being favorite cartoon character. All the participants gave a tough time to the judges.

We invite guest speakers on many occasions. This month the people from UCO bank gave and Awareness program against corruption to the students of class VI & VII

A Cognitive skill workshop organized by NIE, Times of India for the students of class VI & VII was taken.

A CBSE workshop was organized at DPS, Nacharam on Capacity Building Program for Teachers on Inclusive Education. 11 of our staff members attended which also included the Special Educator and School Counsellor.

Proud Moments @ Mahendra Hills In the CBSE Aerobics cluster, our students under 11years took part in the National level competition held at Gurugram. It took 3 months of rigorous training to make them ready. The students gave their very best and reached the semifinals. Two Solo performances and one group. All of them reached the semifinals. The group was 1.8 marks short of the finals.

Many students went for the Districts and State level competitions. Trisya of class VII got Gold Medals in the State level. She qualified for the Nationals.

4 Boys and 6 Girls got Gold Medal in 5th State championship inline Hockey competition.

Jaidev, Sripath, Tanvi, Joahna Rose, Ritisha. Sreenidhi got selected in the Telangana team inline Hockey, 56 Nationals (Sai Chandra and Arushi are stand by).

Darsh Malani our Magician was invited by the MP Governor to perform. He also gave a live interview on India Ahead. He was ajudged best entertainer of the year. He was also given the opportunity to perform on the occasion of honoring the Martyrs of Kargil War organized by BMF.

Suraj Prakash of class VII got 3rd prize amongst 700 participants in NIE colour splash painting competition conducted by the Times of India.

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Curricular and Co-curricular Report for The Month of November 2018 Level: Middle School

Academic: Syllabus of the II term continued as per year plan. CRA II as a part of revision for Periodic Assessments began from the 16th of November. French week: In continuation with the language assemblies, French special assembly was conducted on the 1st of November 2018. The theme of the assembly was France. Students spoke about famous places, personalities and the richness of the French language.

Inter House Dramatic competition : The theme of the Dramatic competition held on 2nd November was Shakespeare. The major plays of Shakespeare like Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Othello and so on were shortened into ten minute plays and performed by students of classes 7 & 8. The students enjoyed dramatising

Shakespeare’s plays.

Diwali special assembly: A colourful special assembly was conducted for students of middle school on the occasion of Diwali. Dances, songs and lighting of lamps formed part of the celebrations. The significance of Diwali and ways of safe and green Diwali was stressed upon during assembly. The students of the Outreach Club took sweets and sparklers to an Old Age Home and to a Mental Rehabilitation home. The resident were given sweets, dry fruit boxes and made to burn sparklers to celebrate the victory of good over evil.

Diya Decorating Activity: Diya decoration is part of the culture of DPS to celebrate the festival of lights, Diwali. Students brought earthen lamps from home and decorated them in all colours and designs to celebrate the beauty of the fes

Children’s Day celebrations: Children’s Day was celebrated with a mix of academics and fun and frolic. A special assembly was conducted for the children and the music and dance teachers danced and sang to the tune of popular songs to the merriment of students. Teachers danced and sang songs and conducted the special assembly for students.

OUTREACH CLUB: The Outreach Club as part of its earnest endeavour, invited the students of the government school to see the Atal Tinkering Lab. Different projects in the lab were shown and discussed with the students.

SPORTS DAY: Intramural sports was conducted for students from class 7 upwards. Every student participated in one team event and two individual events. The finals of Athletic events and selected team events were conducted on the 16th of November. Pyramids performed by middle school students and Zumba by high school students were the highlights of the day.

LIBRARY WEEK: The celebration of Library week were held in the last week of November a specially assembly was conducted were the significance of library was beautifully showcased by students. Story telling by a celebrated author and character walk by students was the highlight of the celebrations. The libraries were beautifully decorated with write ups of well known authors and importance of reading.

CURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2018 - LEVEL: Sr. SECONDARY ACADEMICS: IGBC (Indian Green Building School Council)

A group of eight students, Viswatara, Kush, Lahari, Amrutha,Geethika, Immanuel, Vashya and Vaishnavi, enacted an educational skit to apprise the audience of the value and need of the environment. They also cited the various measures that can be taken to protect our Environment. This was followed by a wonderful speech delivered by Vaishnavi about the measures taken by DPS Nacharam to safeguard our environment and steps taken to have a greener surrounding. Mrs. Sunitha Rao, Principal received a Platinum Award for the initiatives takene by DPS, Nacharam. The students were also presented with certificates and a momento to commemorate this Green Event.

Prof. Miyan Visit to Atal Tinkering Lab

On November 5th, Prof. Miyan, DPS Society Member paid a visit to the Atal Tinkering Lab of the school. The ATL initiative taken by Niti Aayog is a massive contest held to encourage ideas and innovations presented by the young minds of our country. The lab classes sessions encourage the students and create inquisitiveness among the students to and thereby give their best. The students are divided as teams to identify problems around them and develop solutions to useful to humankind. Prof. Miyan also addressed the students of Class IX. He spoke about

41 having goals in life and insisted on working towards their goals to bring laurels both to themselves and the school they belong to.

Bro. Bittoworth Literary Competition

Little Flower Junior College had organized its Fifth Bro. Brittoworth Inter-Institutional Literary & Quiz Competitions 2018 on Saturday the 10th of November, 2018 in its campus. Eight students of DPS, Nacharam had participated in the event. Nikhita Makam & Bharat Goel of GradeIX; Vaishnavi Ravi, D. Olivia, Varivarshiya, Geethika, Arayn Sinha & Aditya Joshi of Grade X. They were well guided by their Escort teacher, Ms. Sayandeepa Nayak, TGT English. The topic for debate was Tradition Is an Impediment to Progress. Varivarshiya & Geethika bagged the 2nd prize in the event. Nikhita Makam bagged the 2nd prize in extempore. Her topic was Eradicating Child Labor. The 3rd prize was bagged by Vaishnavi; whose topic was Gender Biasness. Arayn Sinha & Aditya Joshi won the 2nd prize in the quiz competition. The students were grateful to the school management for providing them the opportunity to finish with these laurels. They were thankful to Vice Principal, Ms. Nandita Sunkara who had guided and mentored them throughout. NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD (NSO) NationalScience Olympiad (SOF) was conducted on 15th November, 2018 for the classes I to XII in our school. 1346 students had taken the exam.

IFBM 2018 – ORIENTATION – INTERFIRM INTERSCHOOL BUSINESS MEET

On 18th November an orientation was held for the students participating in IFBM. Other schools’ students were also invited to brief them up about the plan of action. IFBM 2018: A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES

The Eight Inter School Inter-Firm Business Meet (IFBM) was organized by Delhi Public School, Nacharam from 22nd to 24th November 2018. It was an educational simulation programme intended to provide a platform designed exclusively for students of Commerce and Humanities streams. This one-of- a- kind business meet aims at promoting the critical, analytical and interpersonal skills of the students along with fostering their research and organizing abilities. The procedure of IFBM resembles that of Model United Nations; however, the student delegates represent companies instead of countries. The inaugural chief guest of IFBM 2018, on 22 nd November, 2018 was Mr. Subhajit Saha, Director and Head of CII, Hyderabad. Mr. Saha declared the meet open along with Principal, Mrs. Sunitha S. Rao and Vice Principal, Mrs. 43

Nandita Sunkara. Delegate book of IFBM was also released on the occasion. The chief guest stated that IFBM is an opportunity which endorses “a novel and unique way of learning subjects” since it enables the students to approach the subject in a practical manner and encourages a unique way to comprehend the subjects. The three- day conference was attended by 192 delegates and 159 organizers. It concluded with the Valediction Ceremony, on 24th November 2018. The Chief Guest, Dr. Sita Vanka, currently a Professor at the School of Management Studies and a Joint Professor of Women Studies at the University of Hyderabad. She considered IFBM as a “research driven exercise” which stimulates students to understand the problems associated with the present- day corporate world. IFBM concluded with the Award Distribution- Futuristic Crisis Committee, bagged the Best Committee award, while Production House Committee, secured the Runner-up position. In addition to this, awards were also given for achievers from every committee for various positions such as Best Delegate, High Commendable and Special Mention. Trophies, mementoes and Certificates were awarded to all the winners and participants. The IFBM proved to be a great success yet again. VIHE- YUVA SANGHARSH Eight students of DPS Nacharam reached the third round of VIHE (Vivekanda Institute of Human Excellence). It was held on 17th November, 2018. The Swamji had asked them to read the books My India Eternal India and Chicago Addresses. The students were then asked to write an essay on it. Next, the Swamiji discussed about few aspects of Indian education system. The students were divided into boys and girls each group was of about 10 members. They discussed on the aspects of Indian education system, some solutions and values attached to it. On 30th November, 7 students of class 12 attended 2nd Semi Finals of Yuva Sangarsh at VIHE. They had an extempore round whose topic was “Poverty in India”. The results are awaited.

SMTE(Science Math Talent Examination) DPS, Society

Delhi Public School Society, SMTE (Science and Mathematics Examination), 2018 was conducted on 19th November, 2018 for the students of class IX in our school. The exam was conducted adhering to the norms set by the DPS society. PT 1 & 2 Result Analysis The Result Analysis for Classes IX to XII was done on 20th November, 2018. The faculty members were addressed by Principal , Ms. Sunitha Rao, and Vice Principal, Ms. Nandita Sukara,. The teachers were initially addressed by the Vice-Principal with the aid of a PPT and later were addressed by Principal. Critical analysis comparing the growth chart of PT 1 & PT 2. She also suggested measures for improving the performance of the students and emphasized on Peer Mentoring & Teacher Mentoring. She also stressed that strategies or action plan should be given by teachers for a better performance. The Hindu-in-School GD-PRO Orientation The Hindu-in-school GD PRO conducted its Orientation Session in the Convention Hall on 27th November 2018. The representatives of Manavrachana Educational Organisation and Hindu group addressed grade 11 students on the importance of communication skills in the present era, the kinds and strategies of group discussion, and the ways in which GD enables one to develop several of their personality traits. A mock group discussion was also held with twelve student volunteers discussing the topic "Does the Indian Education system need a change?" The preliminary round along with the rest of the rounds was held on 29th November, 2018.

The Hindu GD PRO Winners (City Level)

Group discussion has its importance in corporates. It is used as a most effective screening tool. The session objective was to make students understand the nuances of a GD and ace the skill-sets required such as presence of mind, analytical skills, teamwork, subject knowledge, leadership skills and most importantly applied communication skills. It was beneficial as Students got a free workshop on Group Discussion by experts and an Opportunity to participate in live GD session. Ms. Nandita Sunkara, Vice- Principal gladly announced that Shivani and Advaith of Class XI have made it to the finals of Hindu GD-Pro. Shivani is the 2nd runner up. Articles of Students NIE 3

DPS has always provided opportunities to its students for writing and encouraged by providing them with a platform to express their ideas and excel in their communication skills. Few students’ articles were published in the NIE this month.

CPR Certificates Issued To Class XI Students of Class XI received their CPR training certificates on 28th November, 2018. The First aid and CPR training program was conducted in Delhi Public School, Nacharam from 10th September to 12th September, under the leadership of Canadian Red Cross certified trainers to create awareness regarding the first aid skill in school children and the staff and to equip them with a sense of purpose to enhance health and safety standard at the school and the community

EVENTS - NCC CAMP

Eight students from class IX and one student from class X attended Annual Training Camp-X at Bison Polo grounds, Secunderabad from the 8th to 16th of November. It was conducted by 4(Telangana) battalion NCC. Students underwent basic army training, various guest lectures by traffic police, fire control systems, health and hygiene class by military hospital doctors, personality development classes and also participated in various sports and games. Cadet. Nikhil Chouti won silver medal in individual drill competition. Cadet. Tanmay Kulkarni won silver medal in 100mtrs running race. The team won second place in tug of war and in group dance. PALLAVI ART EXHIBITION Two students from DPS, Nacharam, Vivek Vardhan from 10th and N. Abhiram from 9th, participated in Pallavi Art Exhibition which was held at Pallavi International, Gandipet on the occasion of Children’s Day.

Assemblies: Diwali Special Assembly (5th November) The assembly started with a prayer, pledge, new word, thought and news for the day. As it was a special assembly "Diwali" a diya rangoli was made near the stage. The students welcomed the audience by holding charts on which diwali messages were displayed. The assembly was conducted in the honorable presence of Professor Md. Miyan from the DPS Society, Principal Ms Sunita Rao, Vice Principal Ms Nandita, Vice Principal Ms Gauri Venkatesh, Principal Ms Jyoti, Head mistress Ms Ashwini who inaugurated the assembly by lighting the lamp and invocation. Students of Grade IX performed a beautiful traditional gujrathi dance. This was followed by a motivational speech given by Professor Md Miyan. Aadi Anand, a student of Grade IX had the honor of releasing his book titled "India before Indus Valley". The assembly concluded on a festive note and with a short speech by the Principal on a Green and Safe Diwali.

Children’s Day Special Assembly- 14th November The special assembly on the event of Children’s Day was conducted for the students of grade 9- 12th on the cricket ground. The assembly began with the prayer song sung by the teachers. It was followed by a semi classical dance performance by Ms Kavita, PGT Physics. After the performance, Principal ma'am addressed the students wishing them and asking them to maintain innocence as well as the individual spark to shine in their lives. She also gave away the ATL certificates to the students. The event commenced with the students dancing on the beats of the DJ.

National Integration & Library Week (Class XI) – November 19th, 2018 Assembly on the topic 'National Integration' was conducted on 19th November by the students of 11 E. It begun with the new word "Hosanna'. A quote on unity and integration was quoted. It was followed by news and a speech speech on the importance of 'National Integration'. It emphasized on acceptance barring all aspects of differences. A quiz was conducted where the questions were related to interesting facts about India As a part of Library week celebrations at Delhi Public School, Nacharam a Special Assembly was conducted on November 19th, 2018 by Class 11 students. Students participated actively in the assembly. It began with a skit on “The struggles of book lovers” which was wonderfully presented by the participants. It was followed by a speech on “Human Library”, to create an awareness among the children about Human Library. The students enjoyed the activity Guess the Author quotes.

Library Week (Class IX) - November 26th

The assembly was conducted on 26th November. It started with the innovative book character walk. Students of grade IX dressed as characters from well-known books walked the ramp, while the audience guessed the characters. This was followed by short speech on the importance of books in a student's life. There was a famous one-act play enacted titled "La Mouche" by Stephen Bittrich. The assembly concluded with a short speech by Principal Ms Sunita Rao who emphasized the importance of reading books quoting the instances from the famous movie "Baby's Day Out". As part of the library week celebrations, several activities like paired reading, book mark making etc., were conducted in the respective library periods.

NON- GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS AS GROWTH DRIVERS – NOVEMBER 26TH

The topic of the assembly was NGO is a growth drive. Students of the class XI participated in different aspects. The assembly started with prayer, thought and word for the day. A motivational speech was given regarding how NGOs work and their extended support. The assembly concluded with a quiz based on the topic.

Shatter the Stigma, Mend the Mind (House Assembly- Topaz) - 30th November

The assembly began by introducing their topic Shatter the Stigma, Mend Your Mind. The anchor of the assembly also spoke about the need to identify the social and cultural stigmas and address it with a rational mind. Then an inspiring thought of the former American president Mr. Bill Clinton was presented. Later, a wonderful speech on the stigma surrounding mental illness was delivered that made every one repeat a pledge to sensitize people about the hazardous effect of such stigmas. Ms. Nandita Sunkara, Vice Principal, then addressed the gathering and appreciated the content rich assembly conducted by topaz house. She also appreciated the students and teachers who made IFBM a huge success.

SPORTS Best Athlete in Pallavi Khel Utsav

Pallavi khel Utsav was held on the 1st of November, 2018 .DPS student, Abhay Varma of grade 12 C won the Best Athlete Award

SHRIVALLI’S ACHIEVEMENT

Shrivalli Rashmika, an alumni of DPS, Nacharam won the first round of the qualifying matches of the ITF Women $25,000 Tennis Tournament in Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh

CBSE NATIONAL ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP Aryan Pathi, grade IX student represented DPS, Nacharam in the CBSE NATIONAL ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP Meet which was held at Raipur from 14th November to 19th November 2018.

27TH NOVEMBER SRIHITHA’S ACHIEVEMENT IN TENNIS Srihitha Jaligama, a student of Class IX, had participated in AITA (All India Tennis Association) t for girls U-14 Championship Series in Mumbai. She secured the runner’s up position in the tournament. She had also participated All India Ranking Championship Series Tournament U-14 in Mumbai. She had secured the second position in the event.

Top Position for Anirudh in Tennis

Anirudh Beherafrom IX-P had participated in Telangana State Tennis Association Master Series Ranking Tournament in Secunderabad. He was the winner in the U-14 Boys category.

National Shooting Championship Competition (NSCC) 2018 K.Geethika of Class X and B.Sri Laxmi of Class IX had participated in 62nd NSCC (National Shooting Championship Competition) 2018 held at Trivandrum, Kerala. Both of them qualified for participating in Indian Trails which will be held in Delhi shortly.

SGF Telangana State Rifle Shooting Championship 2018 V. Kashyap of class XII, M. Manmitha and B. Sri Laxmi of class IX had participated in 64th SGF Telangana State Rifle Shooting Championship 2018 held at SATS Shooting Ranges, Gachibowli on 13th Nov 2018. Manmitha and Sri Laxmi secured the Silver Medal in 10mts PeepSight Air rifle event in Under 19 Girls and Under 17 Girls event respectively. While Kashyap bagged the Gold Medal in Under 19 Boys, 10mts PeepSight Air rifle event. INTRA MURALS- SPORTS MEET A sports extravaganza INTRA MURALS was witnessed in DPS for near about 20 days. It was 100% participation from Classes 7 TO 12. The children were given a chance to participate in 2 individual and 1 team event. It is a platform where children could bring out their caliber and potential. Sports encourage holistic development. Through participation in Intramurals children have learnt the true sense of sportsmanship and this will lead them to become the leaders of the future generation.

INTRAMURALS- KHO KHO final match between EMERALD and SAPPHIRE. The guest of honors for the match were Ms. Gowri Venkatesh, Vice principal and Mr. Talwinder Singh, Director PE & Sports Department.

SGF (School Games Federation) District Selections The 64th SGF District Athletic selections was held at TS Sports School, Hakimpet. Our students achieved success in all their events. Thrishal of Class 9 stood 2nd place 100mtrs. N. Shloka of Class X stood 3rd in 100mtr. Aiswarya of Class X was placed 3rd in Shot Put. Azra Naaz stood 2nd in Triple Jump. Nitish of Class X stood 2nd in boys Triple Jump. Rishabh of Class IX was 3rd in Hurdles Jump. Shashank of Class XI stood 3rd in 100mtr dash.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS TOP POSITION in ATAL TINKERING LAB (ATL) Marathon

Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog felicitated Advaith Gowrishetty, Manikanta Chavvakula, Manish Mallapur and mentor Mr. M Subash from DPS, Nacharam, Hyderabad for their project Farm-Tech which bagged the first place in the Agri-tech category. They were selected as top innovators among 40000 innovators and 680 projects from across the nation. The Felicitation was done for encouraging Innovation and entrepreneurship in students. Mr. Rajiv Kumar - Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Mr. R Ramanan- Director, Atal Innovation Mission, Mr. Yuri- Afanasiev- Head UN India and Laura Seigrist-CO, UNICEF, were among the respected dignitaries who attended the meeting. AIM will be supporting the team to develop their project into a product.

DPS, NACHARAM RANKED NO. 1 POSITION IN DAY BOARDING SCHOOL

Another feather to the cap! Delhi Public School, Nacharam achieved the No. 1 Rank in India under the Top Day-Cum- Boarding School - Individual Attention to Students. The survey was conducted by Education Today.co

CBSE - TEACHERS ‘ WORKSHOP -CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Centre of Excellence for Teachers-Kakinada conducted CPB in Inclusive Education for 48 teachers in DPS, Nacharam. The Resource Persons were Mr. M.Sankaracharya, Principal-Indus Universal School and Mrs. K. Anandavalli, Principal, DAV Public School, Miyapur. The program was inaugurated by lighting the lamp followed by welcome note by Ms. Sunitha Rao, Principal of DPS, Nacharam. The program started by paying tribute to motherhood. The workshop convinced the teachers that inclusive education system is the best way to learn. Every child has their own entity and identity. Altogether the session was highly informative and enlightening which helped the teachers to modify their perspective regarding inclusive education. The session concluded with resource personals stressing the need to take forward the wonderful and productive concept of “INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Computer Workshop “Training Computer Teaching & Learning with Innovative Teaching” – attended by Ms. Lavanya (Computer department)

A computer workshop was conducted by KIPs publishers on ‘Transforming Computer Teaching & Learning with Innovative Teaching Methodologies’ on 28th November, 2018 in Hyderabad. The resource persons were Mr. Ravi Nanda & Mr. Kabir Nanda. The concept of Cyber Safety and cyber-crimes across the country were elaborated upon. Very basic concepts of Python and scratch programing were also discussed. MAKER FAIRE Maker Faire is an event created by Make magazine to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset". Maker Faire was organized from November 9 to November 11, 2018. The venue for the event was Hitex Exhibition Ground in Kothaguda, Hyderabad. It was attended by Mrs. Vandana Dadi, Career Counsellor, DPS. Maker faire is a platform for Innovative and creative ideas from various age groups. The fair had workshops in Pottery, Horticulture, Handicrafts and weaving. The Changing Role of English Teachers The workshop was conducted by Orient Blackswan on the 24th November, 2018. The resource person was Ms. Bhatt. The objective was to throw light on ‘Changing Role of the Teachers in the 21 St Century’ and what are the strategies to be adopted by them to meet the demands of the students and in turn the society. The workshop was attended by Ms. Kiranmai.D, Teacher in English, DPS, Nacharam.