Curricular and Co-Curricularreport for the Month of April 2018
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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL Secunderabad Nacharam │ Mahendra Hills Curricular and Co-curricularreport for the month of April 2018 Index Level Classes Page Numbers 1. Pre Primary Pre Nursery, Nursery, Prep - 2-6 2. Junior School Classes I & II - 7 - 12 3. Primary Wing Classes III, IV and V - 13 - 15 (Nacharam & MH Feeder School) -16-22 4. Middle School Classes VI, VII, VIII - 23-27 5. Secondary & Classes IX, X, XI & XII - 28-48 Sr. Secondary 1 AMAZING APRIL Greetings!! What’s The month of April was a roller coaster ride of emotions for inside? teachers and students at Paradise. They were bidding goodbye to their old students and welcoming the new students as the academic year began with a bang. Happy Reading! Summer Camp showcase Day Quote of the month Learning Themes “Never stop learning as life never stops teaching”. - Anonymous Highlights of the Month Summer Camp Showcase Day 2 Summer Camp For the kids at Paradise, a summer camp is organized for children. We received an overwhelming response from the parents. There were camps for swimming, sports, Art and Craft, Music (Instrumental), Music (vocal), Elocution, Theatre and Culinary arts. 3 4 5 6 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL NACHARAM/ MAHENDRA HILLS/NADERGUL Secunderabad REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2018 CLASS I & II ACADEMICS: As planned for the month EVENTS: ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY AWARDS: 134 students from Class-I and 135 from Class-II were awarded the “Academic Proficiency”certificates.All Rounder badges were also given to selected students. The Chief Guests for the occasion were Mr.Subrat Kumar Sahoo a senior Scientist in DRDO and Dr.C.B.Tripuraa senior scientist in Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology. Both the Chief Guests are our parents. Selection of Student Council Members was done in 3 stages. At the outset notification was sent to all the students of Class-2 to come prepared to speak on topics that were given to them 7 days earlier. The second stage consisted of a Quiz round and the final stage was a panel interview. Students were shortlisted after every stage. The process was totally transparent and marks of every stage have been filed. In all 22 students have been selected for the various posts. 7 TRINITY(Graded Exam in Spoken English)-GESE A total of 62 students, from Class I & II appeared for the exam and all of them achieved DISTINCTION status. SUMMER SPLASH: To beat the summer heat, a special activity was organized near the swimming pool. Students danced to foot tapping music and later splashed in the water. 8 It was Excitement Galore!! To keep healthy and cool during summer, children were asked to get ingredients for fruit salad which they enjoyed preparing under the supervision of their class teacher. They were also shown 9 videos regarding the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. Children enjoyed making and sharing lemonade in the classroom with their friends and teachers. It was astonishing to watch these 5 and 6 year old children being able to make their own drink! CCE ACTIVITIES:Activities to Enhance Academic Learning EVS Activity: Germination of Seed: Students were taught to show the different stages of a plant, from a seed to a flower using clay by the respective class teachers. It was a fun filled learning activity. Math Activity: What’s In My Bucket? 10 Children made paper buckets and wrote down a list of items with their price that they would like to buy from a Super Market. They then added to find out the total amount of money that would be needed. Language Activity: In English students made colourful circles on which they wrote words with a particular vowel. Afterwards the circles were joined to look like a caterpillar which they pasted in their note books. In Hindi and Telugu children wrote the alphabets and ‘Barakhadi’ on colourful cut outs of fruit designs, which they later pasted in their note books. WORKSHOP: 1. Various generic and subject related workshops were conducted in the month of Aprilby both external resource members as well as in house teachers. 2. Two teachers who were sent to VIHE conducted a workshop to speak about their learning. 3. Microteaching was taken up by staff members of the Department. 4. A special feature of Class I & II is the yoga session that is done after assembly on every Saturday and other closed days for students. 11 Class: (III-V) Curricular and Co-curricular report for the month of April 2018 Level :Primary (III-V) Events Drop Everything And Read (D.E.A.R Time) – The Reading Programme A very unique Reading Programme exclusive to DPS, Nacharam was held for classes III, IV and V. All the staff and students went through a reading material at the designated hour and answered the questions for understanding that followed. Academic Proficiency Awards Students of classes III-V were awarded academic proficiency certificates for their excellent performance for the academic year 2017-18. Scholar Badge Ceremony 54 students were the proud recipients of the Blue Scholar Badge signifying consistent academic excellence for the past three ‘Summer is Fun’-Music, Art andconsecutive Dance years.Special 12 Summer special activities were planned and conducted for all the students to bring in the cheer of the summer season. Creative art activities like Watermelon Pouch, Ice Cream Cones, Umbrella etc. were held. Students enjoyed making these colourful and creative pieces of art work. For the first time in DPS, a Flash Mob Dance Show was conducted in the class rooms which had the students’ foot tapping to the summer music. Student Council Elections Student Council Elections were held in III to V level to elect the new student leaders for the year 2018-19. The totally transparent and structured process consisted of filing the nominations through a nomination form, manifesto and speeches, on the spot essay writing, and finally the panel discussion round. The House Captains were chosen through a Ballot Box Elections, wherein the House children cast their vote to elect their House Captains. The day of declaration of results was filled with excitement and thrill when the newly elected members were announced by the Principal. The newly elected Student Council members will be formally inducted in the Investiture Ceremony to be held in June. 13 Workshops & Seminars Subject specific workshop were conducted for teachers as part of the DPS Training and Resource Centre. Any Other The new academic year 2018-19 closed for the summer break on 13th April. Very creatively drafted thematic summer holiday home work was designed for the students to continue their academic pursuits in the holidays. Trinity-GESE Exam It was proud moment for all of us when 136 students of classes III to V received their Trinity – GESE Exam certifications. 130 students were awarded Distinction Certificates, whereas the other 6 got the Merit Certificate. 14 DPS Society report for April 2018 Mahendra Hills Pre-Primary: With the approaching summer, the Pre Primary is already on vacation. The summer camp organized for the Pre Primary was well attended with a lot of activities for the little ones. Below are some insights into some of the activities. Summer Camp Swimming – The tiny tots loved swimming/splashing in the cool swimming pool Art & Craft- The students enjoyed making the frames during the craft time Music – It was fun hearing their enthusiastic and care free singing while they were learning Do-re - me PP Summer Camp Show Case for the parents was on 12th April, where not only did the students talk of what they had learnt during the summer camp but also showcased dances and songs. The PP teachers underwent both internal and external professional Development. They had gone to Nacharam for Planning and Designing Teaching workshop by Mrs.VardhaLaxmiof 15 CfBT on 11.4.18. Internally, Teachers researched and found out more on topics like teaching aids, class room management etc. and explained their findings to the other teachers. PP Teaching aids workshop by Ms.Sangeetha PP Class Room Management Workshop and Micro teaching was taken up by Ms. Bhavani and Ms.AparnaGubba respectively. Primary: Academics The school worked till 13.4.18. Since it was a half day school, special home work of basic concepts of different subjects, reading and writing was given as extended learning at home. Thematic Holiday home work for each class was planned and posted to the students. On 7.4.18, students who had performed well in the last academic year, were felicitated on the Academic Proficiency Awards Ceremony day. Girl child all-rounder, meritorious awards, all-rounder students and 100 % attendance awards were given to deserving students. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Dr. Komali Prakash, Head of English Phonetics, EFLU. Congratulations to the recipients and their parents 16 To make learning more effective, teachers planned a lot of activities to make the lessons more comprehensive. Below is a peek into the activities. Science activity - Parts of a plant by class II Place Value activity (ones and tens) by class I Science activity – Living and Nonliving things by class III Classification of living & nonliving things by class I English activity -Nouns by Class II 17 Co-Curricular: Selection of new prefect council took place. All interested students had to register online for the post and write a paragraph as to why they wanted the post. This was followed by extempore for which the students had to pick up slips with the topics written on them and speak on it. They were given about an hour to prepare. The students then had to face an interview panel. The selected students had to appear for a debate on the topic, “Tabs or Text Books “.The students were given dates for canvassing and putting up posters, as their election campaign, for getting votes.