Monthly Report of Sr. Dps Nalconagar October

DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

NALCONAGAR

MONTHLY REPORT OF SR. DPS NALCONAGAR

OCTOBER- 2017

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH

2ND OCTOBER : GANDHI JAYANTI CELEBRATION

“Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind. It takes more courage to take a blow than to give one.” M. K. Gandhi.

India‟s third National Festival, Gandhi Jayanti, is celebrated by the entire nation to commemorate the birth anniversary of the father of our nation- Mahatma Gandhi.

Delhi Public School celebrated 148th Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October at Community Centre Nalco Nagar initiated by Nalco with great zeal, enthusiasm and great feeling of citizenship. The programme began at 7.30 a.m. with heartfelt tribute offered by the dignitaries and students to the great leader „Mahatma Gandhi. A pledge on Swachh Bharat was taken in all the three languages i.e. English, Hindi and Odia. Mr. R. K. Mishra, Executive Director of Nalco(S&P Complex) and other dignitaries present addressed on the occasion with their inspiring words. The assembly wound up with the beautiful rendition of favourite bhajans of beloved Bapuji- “Payo Ji Mainey Ram Rattan Dhan Payo”, “Raghu Pati Raghav Raja Ram” & “Vaishnavo Janato” by Class IV & V students of DPS Nalco Nagar under the guidance of Mrs. Sanjukta Pattnaik

Then a short verse on „Sawachh Bharat “ was presented by Arzoo Nayak, (Class IV) a student of our school which was appreciated by all present. It was followed by a small skit by class X students which presented an effective point to audience about “Sawach Bharat mission” the main agenda of our country today. The skit was presented under the guidanceof Mrs. Parul Priya.

A demonstration was done by class X students mainly focusing on 5 main steps to be followed for hand wash, under the supervision of Mrs. Ritu Kumar. The whole programme was anchored by Anushka Kumar of class X.

At the end, around 60 students, under the supervision of Dr. B.K Mishra the Principal of our school and teachers Mr. B. C Nayak , Dr. Dhirender Nayak , Mr. S.K Mohanty and Mrs. Nirupama Panda ,visited nearby places like Pallishri Mela ground, Hospital, Local Market and Local Residential area and carried out the cleaning work. To create awareness amongst the local residents regarding cleanliness and proper sanitation, Dettol hand-wash and black poly-bags were distributed. A promise for keeping the area clean was taken through the signature campaign by local residents. On the whole, the programme was a huge success which was performed under the supervision of our esteemed principal Dr. B.K Mishra and Head Mistress, in charge Mrs. Neena Sharma.

7TH OCTOBER : STAFF MEETING

After Durga Puja Holiday, Dr. B.K.Mishra our Principal conducted a staff meeting on 7th October‟17 to discuss various strategies and institutional planning of the institutions.

8TH TO 10TH OF OCTOBER : SWACHH BHARAT ACTIVITIES To realize the dream of Mahatma Gandhi of a “Clean India” and in accordance to the nationwide „Swachh Bharat Campaign‟ launched by Hon‟ble PM Mr. Narendra Modi , DPS Nalconagar also under took a cleanliness drive programme with a spate of activities in the month of October .

The school chalked out a three day long programme , where the teachers and students joined hands for Clean India & Clean School Campaign very actively with great fervour and joy .

8TH OCTOBER : EK KADAM SWACHHTA KI AUR

The students of class II presented a show on cleanliness drive on the theme. “Ek Kadam Swachhhta Ki Aur…...” in the grab of eminent personalities like Gandhiji, PM Mr. Narendra Modi , Ms. Anushka Sharma thus making the students aware of the importance of cleanliness

10TH OCTOBER : PLACARD SHOW

With a hundred percent participation , 200 students of class III put up a colourful Placard Show when they walked silently, projecting a strong message of “ Clean India”. The background score was the message given by the most popular voice of Shri Amitabh Bachchan & Shri Sachin Tendulkar on Swachhta.

ELOCUTION COMPETITION

The students of class VIII and IX participated actively in an Elocution Competition on the topic „Swachha Bharat and Yuva Shakti‟. Their inspiring and motivating speeches helped in imparting a healthy lesson to the audience.

EK KADAM SWACHHATA KI AUR

Preaching without practicing is just futile. The students of class XII with a sense of responsibility and devotion took up brooms and moppers in their hands with a mission to clean the school campus. They accomplished the work with lot of dedication and sincerity, peacefully not forcefully.

To campaign for a Clean & Green India, the students of class IV along with the teachers took a Mass Pledge to maintain cleanliness in washrooms, classrooms, home and public places. Five students recited poems on cleanliness describing Do‟s & Don‟ts in school as well as at home to make our environment clean & green.

SKIT ON SWACHHA BHARAT

The students of class – V staged a play on “Swachha Bharat ” theme with a message „Keeping our Environment Clean is Everyone‟s Prime Responsibility‟.

The whole drive was quite a good experience for the staff and students of the school.

The initiative taken is just a start. A taste for cleanliness is being developed continuously in the children for a healthy India; still we have miles to go to make the dream of Swachh Bharat a reality in totality.

10TH OCTOBER : NCC CAMP

The NCC Contingent of our school proceeded on a camp to SIET, Dhenkanal from 10th October to 18th October accompanied by Shri J. K. Panda. Our NCC Contingent headed by Goutam Biswaranjan was declared the best while Master Goutam Biswaranjan being declared as the Best Cadet.

10TH OCTOBER : ANNUAL INTER- DPS ENVIRONMENT FESTIVAL

We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. With the above mentioned thought, the students of Classes VIII to XI were sensitized and motivated to face the challenges and solutions to the issues of Environmental protection and sustainable lifestyle. Our school participated in the Annual Inter DPS Environment Fest on- 10th October organized by DPS Mathura Road. The following students of our school participated in off-stage events:

CATEGORY –A

ACTIVITY A-1 : BOOK OF IDEAS

Four students of our school Simran Singh (XI B) , Devi Prasad Behera (IX C), Grishma Anisha Mishra (IX B) and Anup Priyam (IX D) made a PDF file in 300 resolution in a CD on the theme “ Climate Change - The Threats , Impact and Solution” under the guidance of Mr. Laxmi Dhar Swain, PGT(Bio).

ACTIVITY-A-2 : SHOW CASE- A SHORT FILM

The category involved the theme “Green initiatives taken up by the school and the students “. The participants were Abhinash S Sahu (XI B), Tanmay Mishra (XI B), Rudra Pratap Mohapatra (XI A) and Bikash Kumar Sahoo (XI B) guided by Mrs. Padmaja Nanda, PGT(Economics). They made a movie of 5 to 7 minutes and the CD of the movie was sent.

ACTIVITY- A- 3 : ENVIRON-TOON- THE COMIC STRIP CHALLENGE

Two students of our school Spruha Roul (VIII D) and Nikita Nishiprava (VIII D) participated on the theme “EARTH MANNERS”. The students presented the theme through A3 sheet paper as desired by the host school. Their was Mrs. Padmaja Nanda, PGT(Economics).

ACTIVITY- A- IV : SNAP SHOTS-PICTURE PERFECT

Ravi Prakash Mahoro (XI D) and Goutam Biswaranjan (IX D) participated on the theme Spectacular Mother Nature- capturing the beauty of nature through still photograph” under the guidance of MR. J. K. Panda TGT (ART,). Participants sent photos in half A4 size paper as desired by the host school.

INTER DPS SPORTS MEET

11TH OCTOBER TO 13TH OCTOBER : EAST ZONE FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

“Champions keep playing until they get it right.”

With this aim in mind, our zealous football team participated enthusiastically at the East zone football tournament Boys U-17 that was held at DPS Bhilai from 11th to 13th October. They were escorted by Physical Education teacher Mr. Abhiram Sahoo PGT (Physical Education).

LITERARY COMPETITIONS

13TH OCTOBER : SCIENCE AND IT COMPETITION (CLASSES VIII & IX)

“Digital Literacy is the ability to use technology to navigate ,evaluate, and create information.”Our future technocrats proved this by participating in a thrilling Science & IT Competition held on 13th October The following teams were the winners-

House Position Ganga Winner Mahanadi Runner Up

13TH OCTOBER : SHABD KHEL (CLASSES VI & VII)

Students of classes VI & VII participated wholeheartedly in Shabd Khel (Hindi) with different and engaging rounds on various vocabulary aspects. Two teams could make their way to Victory stand.

House Position Mahanadi Winner Ravi Runner Up

13TH TO 15TH OCTOBER : NATIONAL LEVEL INTER- DPS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

“Chess is the art which expresses the Science of Logic.”

Sweta Senapati and Layatmika Pattanayak of class X participated in the DPS International Chess Championship Girls(Open)-2017 hosted by DPS Ranchi on 14th Oct and 15th Oct 2017 under the aegis

4 of the DPS Society. They secured third position and made us feel proud of their achievements. They were escorted by Mrs. Sanjukta Panigrahi, PT teacher DPS Jr.school.

16TH & 17TH OCTOBER : 3RD PTA MEETING

To reinforce learning and raising academic performances of the students we organize PTA meetings from time to time so that a seamless bond between school and parents could further be strengthened for the betterment of our students. Classes Nursery to Class V organized their PTA meetings on 16th October and Classes VI to XII on 17th October.The feedback of the PTA meetings were discussed in the staff meetings on 21st October & 28th October. The performance of the students were discussed and ways and methods to be adopted for slow learner were emphasised upon in the staff meeting.

20th & 21ST OCTOBER : STATE SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

It becomes a proud moment for DPS NalcoNagar when it finds its students reaching scales of success in any competition. The following students of our school were selected from Angul District to participate at the State Level Chess Championship held at Nayagarh from 20th October to 21st October‟17. The team was escorted by Mrs. Sanjukta Panigrahi PRT (P.E)

Name of the Participants Name of the Students Class Prapti Prachita Pradhan VIII Anish Prakash VIII Ashutosh Sahoo VII Somika Gouda VII Tejaswini Sahoo VI

25TH OCTOBER : MASK MAKING COMPETITION (CLASSES VI & VII)

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun!”. Our students of VI & VII gave vent to their creative pursuits in the Mask Making Competetion. The winners were :-

Name of the Students Class House Position Alakananda Maharana VI Ganges 1st Priyanka Patra VII Ganges 2nd Pranjal Biswal VII Yamuna 3rd

25th OCTOBER : MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL COMPETITION ( CLASSES VIII & IX)

To understand the magical language of music, rhythm and tune, performing arts has always been given due importance at DPS,Nalconagar. Keeping this in mind, a Music Instrumental Competition for classes VIII & IX students was organised on 25th October. Mr. Sitakant Mishra, music teacher, SVM School and Mr. Sangram Kumar Samantray, AGM, CPP NalcoNagar graced the occasion as judge. The following students emerged as the winners-: 5

Name of the Students Class House Position Sritam Mohanty VIII Mahanadi First AmlanDeep Mohapatra IX Ravi Second Prapti Prachita Pradhan VIII Mahanadi Third

25TH OCTOBER : DISTRICT LEVEL SCHOOLS YOGASAN U-14/ U-17 (B/G)

“Yoga heals the soul.” To endorse upon this idea, eight students of DPS NalcoNagar participated in the District level Schools Yogasana on 25th October in Angul. They were escorted by Physical Education teacher Mrs.Sanjukta Panigrahi PRT (PET) DPS Jr.

5TH OCTOBER TO 25TH OCTOBER : PARYATAN PARV

Delhi Public School, Nalco Nagar celebrated “Paryatan Parv” from 5th October to 25th October‟17 showcasing various competitions and speeches in the Special Assembly. On 16th October‟17 a student of class VIII Master Abhilekh Nayak delivered a speech on Eco-Tourism in the Special Assembly. The speech was highly applauded by the audience. On 20th October‟17 class XII students were taken for an educational excursion to Satkoshia, 25km away from Angul. This trip provided opportunity to students to be exposed to nature and explore knowledge. Last but not the least on 25th October a slogan writing competition was organized for the students of classes IX, X. students actively participated in it. The slogans were really informative, sending messages of promoting tourism in India. Thus the campaign “Paryatan Parv” was a great success in our school. It helped enriching education in children and teachers effectively.

26TH TO 28TH OCTOBER: DPS INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC MEET- GIRLS ( OPEN)

Five students of classes VIII to XI attended the DPS International Athletic Meet Girls Open 2017 from 26th October to 28th October at DPS, Greater Noida. The following students were escorted by Mrs.Chapala Mishra.

Name of the Students Class Sweta Dash- XI Sankhi Tudu XI Ipsita Behera X Subhasmita Gadnaik IX Pramita Dehury VIII

27TH OCTOBER : SPELL BEE CONTEST (CLASSES VI &VII)

“Words cast spells. That‟s why it‟s called spelling. Words are energy; use them wisely.”

With this spirit in mind,a written spelling test was conducted for classes VI &VII students on 27th October to enhance their spelling ability and vocabulary. There were seven sections comprising “a set of synonyms and antonyms”, “tickle your brains with jumbled words and fill in missing letters”, “puzzle your mind with cross word”, “be a spellathon with dictation”, “visual trail of words and baffle with commonly confused words”. Five students from each house participated in this competition. The following teams are the winners-

House Name Position Mahanadi First

Ganga Second Ravi Third

27TH OCTOBER : LOGICAL REASONING QUIZ (CLASSES VIII &IX)

“Logical Reasoning may be regarded rather schematically as the exercise of a combination of two facilities, which we may call intution and ingenuity.”To enhance this ability, Logical Reasoning Competition was organized for classes VIII & IX students on 27th October. The following teams are the winners-

House Name Position Ganga First

Mahanadi Second Ravi and Yamuna House Third

27TH TO 29TH OCTOBER : DPS NATIONAL BADMINTON TOURNAMENT GIRLS (OPEN)

“Practice like you „ve never won. Perform like you‟ve never lost.”

Shradha Arya,Losmin Sahoo & Nikita Nishiprava participated in the Inter DPS National Badminton Tournament Girls Open at Jaipur from 27th to 29th October. They were escorted by Ms.Nibedita Nath.

30 TH OCTOBER TO 4TH NOVEMBER : VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK

My Vision- Corruption Free India is the theme of this year‟s Vigilance Awareness Week observation. The purpose of observing Vigilance Awareness Week is to educate school students and the public at large about the corruption related practices and also to educate them how to report about it. It acts like a mass movement of involving people in saying “No to Corruption.” With this noble view in mind, our school organized various competitions.

Sixteen students of Classes IX & X participated in Essay Writing Competition organized by NALCO on the topic “Corruption”.

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OCTOBER- 2017

9TH OCTOBER : SWACHH BHARAT ACTIVITIES

To realize the dream of Mahatma Gandhi of a “Clean India ” & in accordance to the nationwide „Swachh Bharat Campaign‟ launched by Hon‟ble PM Mr. Narendra Modi , DPS Nalconagar under took a cleanliness drive programme with a spate of activities in the month of October‟17.

The school chalked out a three days long programme, where the teachers & students joined hands for clean India Campaign very actively with great fervour & joy.

The students of class II presented a show on cleanliness drive on the theme.“ Ek Kadam Swachhhta Ki Aur…………..,” in the costumes of eminent personalities like Gandhiji, PM Mr. Narendra Modi , Ms. Anushka Sharma & made the students aware about the importance of cleanliness.

10TH OCTOBER : SWACHHA BHARAT ACTIVITIES

11TH OCTOBER: SWACHHA BHARAT ACTIVITIES

The students of Class V staged a play on “Swachha Bharat” theme with a message „Keeping our Environment Clean is Everyone‟s Prime Responsibility‟.

13TH OCTOBER – ACTIVITIES : TEN LITTLE FINGERS (CLASS –I)

As the swachhBharat mission was in air, our little children of class-I engaged themselves in cleaning their classrooms. Class II & III children were asked few questions on swachhta mission creating an awareness about the programme. Some important facts about Swachh Bharat were discussed with class- IV and V students.

13TH OCTOBER: BLUE COLOUR DAY ( NURSERY)

Blue symbolizes trust ,loyatly and confidence. A poster on the topic „We can change the world with our own two hands‟ was prepared with the palm impression of the children. Children did a beautiful colouring activity of sky and water. They came to school in various shades of blue colour outfits.

18TH OCTOBER : PRE DIWALI CELEBRATION ( ANTI CRACKER‟S DAY) NURSERY & PREP

With the glowing Diyas and the echo of chants, Diwali was celebrated with great enthusiasm. To give a message of “Cracker free Diwali ” and “Safe Diwali” , Nursery & Prep children decorated the floor in Block –A with Flowers, Diyas, Rangoli & Candles. The message of cracker free Diwali was spread among children.

18TH OCTOBER: PRE DIWALI CELEBRATION ( ANTI CRACKER‟S DAY) I & II-YAMUNA HOUSE

To inculcate rich cultural values about the festival of light among our little angles , the students of Yamuna house organized a special assembly on pollution free Diwali as an anti cracker‟s day . Floral Rangoli was made on the corridor with Diyas and candles. As classroom activity children prepared handmade paper lamp.

24TH TO 30TH OCTOBER. : RECITATION WEEK ( PREP )

English recitation week was observed by the Prep children from 24th Oct. – 30th October‟17 in A/V room. Children recited beautiful English rhymes with proper action and voice modulation.

26TH OCROBER : 2ND INTERACTION SESSION ( CLASS I & II )

Second interaction session for parents was done on 26th October from 5:30pm to 6:30 pm in the respective classrooms. Class teachers and subject teachers discussed regarding break up of syllabus for term-2 and few important points regarding academics.

27TH OCTOBER : HEALTHY FOOD DAY (CLASS NURSERY)

Children brought fruit salad in their tiffin box to promote the value of homemade food and good eating habits. They enjoyed a lot by sitting and eating together.

27TH OCTOBER : DIYA DECORATION

Show and tell activity was conducted for class-I in which children spoke few lines about the object. Students of Classes-II, III, IV & V decorated diyas beautifully with chumkis , thermocol balls and sequins in Diya decoration activity.

COMPETITION THAT CRACKED …………

27TH OCTOBER: TALENT SHOW ( CLASS II & III )

About forty children exhibited their talent in song, dance and keyboard. Children mesmerized the audience with their performances. Eight children were declared winners. The programme was judged by Mrs. Amita Das, a known singer and Mrs. Pravasini Kar, an eminent Odishi dancer.

Name Class House Position Amrit Sainath II Pr-Ravi II Ravi First Soham Mohapatra III Yamuna Deepika Padhi III Mahanadi Second Manish ku Routray III Prithiv Bineet Dwivedy III Ravi Third Aniket Satapathy III Yamuna Jyotiprakash Moharana III Mahanadi Consolation Sanchita Parida III Ravi

27TH OCTOBER : MAGIC OF SCIENCE ( CLASS IV & V )

A competition was held for classes IV & V in which 21 groups presented innovative experiments. Small but simple experiments were performed showing a principle of science behind the experiments.

Five groups were declared winners. Our Principal Dr. B. K. Mishra and Headmistress I/C Mrs. Neena Sharma witnessed the competition and encouraged the children.

Name Class House Position Anuska Das Swayam Sidharth IV Mahanadi First Ayaan sahoo Pritish Ku Dehury Sourav Subhadarshi Pattnaik Suhana Sahoo IV Ravi Srish Pattnaik Jasraj Second Arzoo Nayak Satya Prakash Singh IV Mahanadi Omm Prakash Das Sai Anwesha Tejaswini Sahoo Ravi Payal Priyani Panda V

Moumina Moin Third Swaroop S Swain Swayam V Mahanadi Satyapragyan