Retina Tals Nov 2013 — M Ar 2014

MICROSOFT VOLUME I , I SSUE 3 RETINA TALS NOV 2013 — M AR 2014

Main Events

The Ashok Leyland School Mentor Visit Mrs. Uma Srinavasan paid a visit to Siddharth The Journey Continues... Village school as CCE mentor on 06/12/13. She was accompanied by Mrs. Pauline and Mrs. We are delighted to pre- Priya. sent the third edition of The Ashok Leyland News- JNSS Exam letter (RETINA TALS). We 20 students took the Junior National Sci- express our profound grati- ence Scholarship ex- tude to the School, stu- am conducted by The British Council at Ar- dents, all staff and manage- my Public School, ment for their inspiration Bangalore on and undying support. 08/12/13. We eagerly await the results.

The quarter has been fully packed with programmes ELT WORKSHOP and events that have added immense value to our Mrs. Purna and Mrs. Sudhakshina attended school’s vision and our teaching—learning process. the English Language Teaching workshop conducted by Macmil- lan in Bangalore. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Spoken English Work- We are grateful to our principal Mrs. Uma Srinivasan for her shop support in our endeavours. We look back with a thankful heart Mr. Venkatachala Red- upon the teachers and officials who were never shy to extend a dy conducted workshop on spoken English helping hand in collecting all the data needed. and report writing on 12/12/13 for the diploma graduates in Manage- We would be guilty of ingratitude if we fail to thank all the sup- ment Development port staff and our school & class mates. Center at Hosur.

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Thanksgiving day Spell Bee “Thanksgiving” day was celebrated Maars International on 22/11/2013. Students of class VIII Bangalore conducted as a part of CMCA activity expressed Spell Bee Competi- their respect and gratitude by pre- tion for VI to X class senting gifts to the transport staffs students on 16/12/13. (Drivers and Cleaners) who do a 3 students from each commendable job in transporting category got select- the students and staff safely. ed for the next round to be held in June.

Book Lovers pro- Alumni Meet gram The alumni once more assembled in the Our class IX students hallowed turf of their alma mater to re- Ms. Purva Paul, Mr. live the good old days at our school. Vishal, Ms. Anusha, The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Ms. Subha Lakshmi, Savita, Mrs. Pushpalata and Mrs. Sudhak- Mr. Rakshith, men- shina, on 24/12/2013 at 10:00 AM. tored by Mrs. Vasan- thi won the “Best classroom magazine award” awarded by World cancer Day The Hindu. On the occasion of World Cancer Ms. Amoolya, Ms. Day, an awareness programme on Priyanka, Ms. Kirithi- Cancer was held for all female teach- ga Devi, Ms. ing staff. A speech was delivered by Sharumathi and Mr. Dr. Archana Shetty, an Oncoplastic Bala Pradyumna of Breast Surgeon. This was held on class IX, mentored by 14/02/14 @ 2.40 pm. We thank Dr. Mr. Venkatachala Godwin Erastus for facilitating this. Reddy were awarded the “Special Men- tion” award from The Hindu. Education through music We had the pleasure of attending a workshop on Honouring The Po- “Education through music” on 07/02/2014. lice Personnel Dr. Sudha Raja, PF, Rhapsody, Chennai explained to CMCA members our team of teachers and teachers from other CBSE (Class VIII) students Schools, the intent and implementation of the pro- of our school , host- gram. ed a program on She then engaged students of class VI to XI in choral ‘Honouring The Po- music in the afternoon. lice Personnel’ on Students enjoyed the workshop and quickly learnt the 18/12/13. nuances of learning through singing and music.

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How to get interested in studies? Field Trips Dr. Babu Rangarajan held a workshop on ‘How to A field trip to Mysore get interested in studies’ A field trip to the Chan- was arranged by Mr. for students of classes VI , drachoodeshwara tem- Kannan, Mrs. T. S. ple was arranged for the VII and VIII on 02/01/14. Pushpalata, Mrs. students of class III on Sudhakshina, Mr. Per- 05/02/2014 and iannan and Mrs. Priya, 06/02/2014 by Mrs. Akila Art Appreciation Work- for the students of and Mrs. Shalini. shop The School hosts the Jen- nard art gallery’s Muse- um. A collection of paintings by world famous artists is on display. A field trip to Banner- Mrs. Umadevi, Mrs. Akila, Students are introduced ghatta Zoo was ar- Mrs. Sujata Varma and Mrs. to art and appreciation ranged for the stu- Shalini arranged a field trip through activities based dents of class VII on to innovative film city, Ban- 13/02/2014 and on these paintings. galore, for the students of 14/02/2014. class V on 19/02/2014 and 100 students of class VIII 20/02/2014. and IX participated in Art Appreciation Workshop conducted by Mr. Raghu Kondu, a freelance artist I and my friends saw based in Bangalore. many wild animals in the zoo which we had not We watched “Ode to life” They learnt about the Van seen before. It was a at the Innovative talkies in Gogh’s style of painting. very nice trip. film city and it was an amazing 4D film.

Health camp for School Drivers Subash. A, VII C Ananya. R, V A Eye check up and Blood test camp for school drivers at TALS was conduct- Sports ed by RTO, Krishnagiri, at Meera Mahal on 17/01/14. 1. Our girls hand ball team came fourth in the CBSE National U-19 hand ball tournament for girls held at Mirzapur. Mr. Periyannan, Mr. Saravanan and Mrs. Jayanthi accompanied the team. It is Counseling for parents noteworthy that they are also the current south zone champi- Parents of classes X and ons. XII students attended a 2. Mr. Avinash and Mr. Lokeshwaran of class XII participated in the counseling session con- CBSE Athletic meet held in Mirzapur. ducted by the school.

4 RETINA TALS VOLUME I , I SSUE 3 ISA PSA Exam International School Award (ISA) is a benchmarking scheme from the British Council that ac- credits schools for practicing international learning. The Ashok Leyland School has enrolled CBSE’s Problem solv- for this multi-cultural project which involves the whole school. Under the able leadership of ing assessment exam Mr. Venkatachala Reddy. G, ISA Coordinator, the following activities have been successfully for IX, X, XI was held completed. at the school on Green Patch Reap-Rich 18/01/14. Students of LKG and UKG Students of classes I and II took part in Har- learnt about the vegetables vest Festival Day presenting the harvest festi- Annual Sports Day grown in USA and UK respec- vals of India, Spain and China. Annual Sports Day tively. was held on 24/01/14. Popping Pyramid It was graced by chief Students of class IX have done a detailed guest Dr. Gandhi, Na- case study on Botswana’s mortality rate. tional Athletic coach—Sports Au- thority of India, Ban- galore. He declared the Annual sports day Travelling Messaiah open and was present Students of class VII had an exchange of their through the event. Flatstanleys with The Community School in He gave valuable Teaneck, New Jersey who took our Flatstanleys to different places in New Jersey. feedback about the event and the performance. Get, Set, Go!! It was fun time for the classes VII and VIII who played the traditional games of China and Japan and also, presented the same during the Annual Sports Day on 24/01/14.

DFC project Social responsibility Five of our class X students did a community 1. Our school donated Rs. 2700/- to students of Muthali government school. service project on 2. Students of our school visited Sri Ramana Sevashrama, an old age home, and do- ‘Sexual harassment in nated 55 KGs of groceries. Govt. Schools’ for ‘Desire For Change (DFC)’ and were award- Career Guidance Expo ed DFC prize of Ahemdabad on 18/01/14. Students of class IX to XI conducted career guidance expo on 10/01/14, under the able guidance Parent—teacher meeting of Dr. Babu Rangarajan. Parent-Teachers Meet- ing was conducted for Purva Paul, Midhun MP, classes III to VIII from The Retina TALS 19/12/13 to 21/12/13. Team Bhuvaneshwar D (In-charge) The Ashok Leyland School – E-1, SIPCOT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, PHASE—II, HOSUR—635 109.

Main Events LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND RETINA ALSRETIN- News Letter Issue-2 EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT (August– October) - 2013

The Leadership Skills and Effective Manage- The Journey Continues…... ment program was conducted by Academy for Creative We are delighted to present the second edition of The Ashok Leyland News Letter Teaching, Bangalore from 6th (RETINA TALS). We express our profound gratitude to the School and management for all the to 10th of August 2013 and was inspiration and its undying support. attended by Mrs. Savita Sreeram and Mrs. Purna. The quarter was packed with events and celebrations .The experience we gained from them has WORKSHOP ON PARENTING AND been of immense value and connected us to the current issues. And the pleasure of compiling ADOLESCENCE ISSUES and presenting the details via the news letter has been even more joyous and worthy. Parents of class X attended a

workshop on Parenting and Adolescence issues on 8th of August 2013. It was conducted by Dr Babu Rengarajan - the School Counselor.

CASE STUDY APPROACH TO TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY

Mr.Balachandran, Cultural Geographer, Director from Indian Institute of Geographical Studies, Bangalore conducted a workshop for students of Class VIII on 7/8/2013 in our school premise. A Case Study on US spy Edward Snowden was taken and students analyzed it JIGYASA — Science Project (02/08/2013) in detail and learnt many concepts of geography. Jigyasa (Curiosity) was a fun filled platform for students of classes VI-X to present various working as well as non-working models on concepts ranging from Force, Motion, Pressure in Physics to Cell, Tissue, Organs in WORKSHOP ON CCE AND PARENTING biology. Class XI presented uses of chemicals in day to day life .Parents of Classes VI To XII and children of Government School, Moranapalli were invited for the same. A brief introduction to CCE and its implementation was conducted by Mrs. Priya followed by Effective Parenting by Dr Babu Rengarajan to parents of Class IX on 14th of August 2013.

ALL INDIA PAINTING COMPETITION

Shoobh Group Welfare society conducted a drawing competition for classes I to XII on 7th September 2013. The Theme was “Save Water.” Students aesthetically presented their ideas in different art forms.

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Main Events ECO CLUB ACTIVITIES Page 2

GENDER SENSITIVITY Students of class XI were involved in an activity of identifying plants in our school campus. They HEALTH CLUB A workshop on ‘Gender painted the names of plants on dried banana Students of class X prepared advertisements Sensitivity ’ was conducted stems, which were nailed on to Bamboo poles to sell healthy food products like banana, by Ms. Darshika and milk, fruits. They used attractive captions, and planted next to the plants. Another group Ms. Sanghoni for classes IX colorful pictures was involved in recycling paper wastes. Every and X on 22nd August 2013. and catchy quota- single crumpled paper was gathered from the tions to sell their DOCUMENTATION AND INTER- dustbin and recycled into sign boards. Environ- products. The NET APPLICATION PROGRAM mental audits like air, water, and land were con- pictures and words they used Documentation and internet ducted by class X students. Reports were com- added value to application program was pared with previous year’s report. Suggestions their products. conducted by Mr. Chandra- were given to improve Students created choodeshwaran on 24th the scores. Kitchen gar- awareness on August 2013. den was also ploughed healthy food. In MEDICAL CHECKUP and made ready for next groups they also round of sowing. Pot irri- prepared an attractive menu card with A medical checkup – was healthy and nutritive food items. conducted by Narayana gation and mulching are

Hrudhayalaya Hospital, practiced as a routine work. Bangalore on 28th August 2013 for all staff of the INTERACT CLUB The grand installation ceremony of the school. LITERARY CLUB interact club was chaired on 3rd September IAIS EXAMINATION During the last quarter, the literary club periods 2013 by Rtn. Col. Munuswamy (President were filled with lots of language IAIS examination was of Rotary Club, Hosur). Students of class enrichment activities like poem conducted by Macmillan IX, X and XI attended writing, article writing, and coordinated for classes III to the same.. Rs. 12,000/- speech about authors/poets. XII was co-ordinated by was donated on be- The students of class X partici- Mrs. Savita and Mrs.Geetha half of the school pated enthusiastically. Poems Interact club, towards and articles were written about WORKSHOP ON PHYSICAL “End Polio” to the the elephant that had come so EDUCATION Rotary club of Hosur. close to the school accidently a few months ago. Class IX students spoke about their A capacity building program on physical education was favorite topics in Tamil. conducted by Mr. Mukesh CMCA Kohl, empanelled agency, The Launch of this years’ CMCA for JUNIOR RED CROSS (JRC) New Delhi and was attended students of class VIII was held on

by Primary and PE teachers 30th Aug 2013.Students of class VIII on 31st August 2013. Teachers The mission of our JRC is to inspire, encourage and presented a skit to spread awareness initiate at all times all forms of humanitarian activi- from other schools also among all students and teachers on ties so that the human suffer- participated. celebrating Ganesh Chathurthi in an ing can be minimized and ECO-FRIENDLY way to avoid and re- even prevented and thus duce Plaster of Paris (PoP). contributes in creating more CHILD SAFETY congenial climate of peace.. An awareness program on The JRC students of our child safety was conducted school conducted an expo by Mrs. Moushmi for explaining the importance of students of classes LKG –III health and friendship. They std on 3/9/2013. Video clips also conducted food mela to on Good touch and Bad touch instructed on the make things extra special and physical safety of students. exhibited the value of servicing mankind. The chief guest was Mr.Jeganathan.

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Main Events Our Achievements Page 3 . A Program on Motivation for UNDER 19 GIRLS students of classes XI to XII was CROWNED CHAMPS conducted by Dr.K.Sampath Kumar, Principal of Sri Vijay VIdhyalaya, Hosur on 1st October 2013 Our school girls successfully added another feather to our cap by defending the Trophy in the CBSE Handball Meet held at Cochin, FIELD TRIPS Girinagar, Kerala. It was held from 21.10.2013  A field trip was organized on 3/9 to 25.10.2013.. 2013 for the students of class VIII by Mrs.Pauline and Mr. Team captain Ms. Nivedha of class IX was Jayakumar to “Nava Dharsha- happy with her team performance and coordi- nam Organic Farm”. nation during the tournament.  Mr Babu, accompanied two students of Std XII to Chennai. The proud team members are: They participated in the South Zone CBSE Science Expo which M Oviya, G Nivedha, N Kavya, D Kavya, S Sind- was held from 02/09/13 to dhu, Malavika, Nandhini S, Keerthana, Agalya 4/09/13. & Mohana Priya.  A trip to Vellore Fort on 26.8.2013 & 2/09/13 for students of class VI STATE SOFT BALL OPEN MEET was headed by Mrs.Jayanthi, Mrs.Sarala Devi, Mrs.Uma Devi, Master. Azharudeen of class XI was se- Mr.Saravanan, Mrs. Comathi and lected for the Krishnagiri Softball Team and Mr. Periyannan won the second position.  A field trip for Class IV Students to visit Thorappalli –the birth place of Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari was organized from 8th to 10th of Au- gust 2013. Mrs. Geetha Sundar, Mrs. Bindu, Mrs. Jayasree and Mrs. Shalini Devi were teachers Incharge. Another Mile Stone  To know more about Retail It’s a pleasure to inform that the school has Management, Class XI students visited Nilgiris—Departmental received its accreditation from the NABET rd school accreditation committee for its effective Stores Hosur on 23 October 2013. They were accompanied documentation on Scholastic and Co– Scholas- by Mrs. Vasanthi and tic activities and stability of systems. Mr. Sandeepan

Thus the school meets out the requirements of  A field trip for Commerce stu- accreditation standards for Quality School Gov- dents of Classes XI and XII to ernance prescribed by NABET, New Delhi. Shree Krishna Inn on

DESIGN FOR CHANGE / 1st October 2013 was The validity of accreditation is until 2017. The Pramerica Spirit of Community organized to learn about Hotel Management. Students Awards The collective responsibility and commitment were accompanied by An awareness program on child abuse by our team of teachers helped us to walk that Mrs. Manikavalli and and sexual harassment was conducted extra mile. Mrs. Savitha Sriram. by Team DFC for the students of PUM Schools (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and  Students of Class XI visited Nerolac Kansai to get an Urdu) and also Govt. High School, exposure about Paint Industry Mornapalli. on 12th September 2013. It was coordinated by Mrs. Vasanthi and Mr. Udayanan.

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Main Events Page 4 MIND SPARK Glimpses of … The Mind Spark session for parents of classes VI to X std was conducted by Mind spark, Special Bulletin Board Schedule Bangalore on 7th September 2013. The bulletin boards special time table was as follows: PPT ON BULLETIN BOARD August Presentation on Bulletin Board  1-10 International week of World’s ideas was attended by all Indigenous people. teachers which was conducted  12-17 International Youth week by Mrs. T. S. Pushpalatha  19-24 World Humanitarian Week and Mrs. Dharani from 2nd to  26-31 Value Elegance 7th September 2013.

WORKSHOP ON LIFE SKILLS BULLETIN BOARD : September Confucius said “One picture is worth a  2-7 International Week of Charity A workshop was conducted on thousand words” and it is evident in our  9-14 Worlds First Aid Week life skills , attitude , values , bulletin board display and fun projects of  16-21 International Week of Peace health & well being by Dr. Jitendar Nagpal, an empan-  23-30 Value—Value for time

elled agency of CBSE on October 04.09.2013. Mrs. Uma Devi ,  1-5 International Non Violence Week Mrs. Purna and Mrs. Uma Srini-  7-12 World Mental Health Week vasan attended the same .  4-19 International Week of poverty Eradication  21-26 World Development Information ISA ACTION PLANNING WORK- Week SHOP

An orientation on Interna- tional school Award action INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION planning workshop was conducted by British Council Independence day was celebrated with pomp and Chennai on 13.09.2013 and pride for classes VI to XII Mr. Palanisamy, Forest was attended by officer, Krishnagiri was the Chief Guest. Mr. Venkatachala Reddy, He delivered an inspiring speech on conservation of Mrs. Purna and Forest and Medicinal plants. Mrs. Jayashree Ramakanth . To mark the occasion, herbal plant saplings were Students of class XI in work MOCK DRILL given to students who celebrated their birthday in Experience. the month of August. A mock drill was conducted on 03/09/2013 in the school premises to evacuate inmates of the school to safe assembly zone within 2 minutes in case of any emergency.

WORKSHP ON 5s

A workshop on 5s House Keeping at HIA, Hosur by Salem Productiv- ity on 7th August 2013 was attended by Mrs. Gayathri and Mrs. Art Work Sonal. The session highlighted the importance and effectiveness of House Keeping. Editorial Team : Purva Paul, Midhun, Arvin, Anusha and Mrs Purna

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MAIN EVENTS Fresh Thoughts NLP WORKSHOP BRITISH COUNCIL LIBRARY It was conducted from 3/4/13 to This is our first attempt to create a 4/4/13 by Ms. Rani Rao Innes. Our news letter for our school. Thanks to the school teacher Mrs.Uma Devi teachers and the school management for attended it.. having entrusted us ( Midhun.M.P, Azha- CEE EXPO rudeen.A.S, Makesh.M , Vimal Kumar.V , Teachers attended CCE expo Sandeep.G, ArunKumar, Subhalak- which was organized by The shmi,PurvaPaul, Anusha, Richa Vilas Mithari) Hosur Sahodaya ( a cluster of CBSE Schools) on 13/4/13. with this task. Our thanks to all friends and teachers who CBSE CCE TRAINING helped us without any remorse throughout It was conducted by Sriram this project. New Horizon, New Delhi on behalf of the CBSE on 5/6/13 Our school is a place where students “learn and 6/6/13 by Ms.Darshika and enjoy” or “enjoy and learn”. Apart from Vijaya. 37 teachers from our academics, students learn music, dance, dramatizing, yoga and many physical activi- school attended the ties which help them to be emotionally sound. Our school uses technologies like programme . plasma, tablets, visual animations, power points etc., to impart education. We bring TRAINING FOR TEACHERS out Retina ALS to provide an insight into our school life and share our experiances. Training for teachers on Con- structivism by Mr.Venkatachala Reddy was conducted on 29/6/13.All our school teachers STATE LEVEL ATHLETIC attended it. ACHIEVEMENTS SPORTS MEET, THIRUVANNA- MALAI WORK SHOP ON FUTURE SUC- D.Logeshwaran of class XII was CESS IN ENGLISH LIMCA BOOK OF AWARDS placed fifth and sixth in Discus and Workshop on Class Room manage- Priyanka of class 10 has won a place in Javelin respectively ment and correcting learner’s error LIMCA book of awards ( by drawing with N.Kavya of class IX was placed sixth was conducted by Mr. Prakash both her hand simultaneously ) in 100 mts.dash . (British Council Library Bangalore) EXPERIENCE SHARING WORKSHOP SOFT BALL CCE mentoring and experience sharing workshop was conducted Two of our school students , Mr Azharudeen by Dr. Sadhana Parasher (Director of Training and Academics) on and Mr Sriram Abishek of class X1 were se- 25/7/13 Ms. Uma Srinivasan, Prin- lected for the divison team and won the state cipal, a mentor attended the same. level trophy.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE- KDA SPORTS MEET WORKSHOP

Krishnagiri District Athletic Association con- A national level seminar on emotional Intelligence for effective ducted sports meet and our school students classroom management by bagged 16 medals with 5 Gold and Silver each Smt.VHD Central Institute of Home ,then followed by 6 Bronze medals. We are so Science was held on 26/7/13 and proud of these students and we acknowledged 27/7/13 and attended by them in the assembly quadrangle during Ms.Umadevi, Ms.Mousumi and Morning assembly. Ms.Pushpalata Patel.

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CLUB ACTIVITIES MAIN EVENTS

ECO CLUB - WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY CELEBRATION MINDSPARK Students of The Ashok Leyland School observed world environment day in a Mind spark held an orienta- unique way. They highlighted the method of watering plants tion program for teachers using pot irrigation, thus conserving water. Pot irrigation is a on 18/4/13. cost effective, eco-friendly and water economic mode of watering plants. The students introduced this method to Krishna nagar residents on 21st June through a street play. They also pot MECHANICS WORK- irrigated forty plants in the street of Krishna Nagar. Students SHOP also demonstrated this method of irrigation to government high Workshop on teaching the st school students of Moranapalli on 1 July. This program was topic ‘mechanics’ in physics jointly organized by the Ashok Leyland School and Krishna was held at the Jawaharlal Nagar residents association. The school donated 20 pots for the Nehru Planetarium on 10/7/13 same to this area. and 18/7/13 It was attended by Ms. Shobha and Ms. Co- STUDENTS WORK This program was organized under the able leadership of Principal madhi Devi. Uma Srinivasan, by drama teacher Jegan and eco-club teachers Dha- raneeshwari. P and N. Paulinesheela. MATHS EXPO Math project (World of Num- SCOUTS AND GUIDES MATH CLUB bers) from 6th to 8th was or- To instill more interest in the The students of class X ganized by school math de- scouts and guides had their field of Mathematics and to partment on 6 /7/13. camping at Yogi Vemmna learn Math the fun way, the stu- School for the academic dents of std 9 are enrolled as year 2012-2013.They had an the member of the Math club. FIELD TRIP amazing experience which Some of the activities, they  Field trip to Green House, also helped them to develop have done are as follows 1- Karakondapalli was organ- their extra curricular skills. presentation in groups on fa- ized by Ms. Nirmala on Tritya Sopan The team received Rajya 10/7/13 for students of VI mous Mathematicians and their Puraskar award and Tritiya Std. Sopan award which was contribution to Math. 2- given away by the honorable arranging a Tangram puzzle Governor of Tamil Nadu. into different figures.  Field Trip for Socio- economic and agricultural survey to Madagondapalli by Mr.Sandeepan and HEALTH CLUB Mr.Saravanan on 20/6/13 for X Std students. Under the able guidance of Ms. Krithiga and Mr. Udhayanan this club activities are conducted monthly twice which helps to develop GUEST LECTURE health skills. Students find it fascinating and useful. They became aware of junk food and the harm caused by them to Guest Lecture on Care of Rajya puraskar Animals and Zoonatic dis- our health which inspired them to prepare their own advertisements eases was delivered by Mr. on health food items. Jyothi Basu (Institution of Vector control and zoonatic diseases) on 1/7/13.

PSYCHOLOGY Child psychology was explained by Dr. Babu Rangarajan on 4/6/13 for teachers.

Group activity ENVIRONMENT AWARNESS

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MIND SPARK (CLASS 6-10)

Mind spark is a very MIND SPARK IS AN ONLINE LEARNING INITIATED Mind spark is really useful tool for me. It IN OUR SCHOOL THIS YEAR , IT IS TO IMPROVE MATHA- helping us to prepare for helped me a lot to learn MATICAL SKILLS LIKE PROBLEM SOLVING , LOGICAL our FAs and other com- and develop my math REASONING , ANALYTICAL THINKING AND STRONG CON- petitive exams. It makes skills. It is also very interesting and exciting CEPT BUILDING AMONG STUDENTS . all the concepts very easy. to learn out of book. Mind Spark is helping students to work on their own -Soundarajj VII std -Karthick VIII std pace to learn and solve problems related to concepts that they learn in their class. Children are showing good interest in using the technology and learning mathematics. We have the report that students are improving in their problem solving skills. Adopting Mind spark at Ashok Leyland School

Mind spark is a wonder- Mind Spark provides ful website which makes continuous progressive me explore a lot about problem solving activi- math. I have developed ties to improve our so much interest in Math mathematical and logical and I’m eager to explore skills. more. -Shirisha IX std -Sanjana X std

FIELD TRIPS

EXPERIENCE AT NEW SCHOOL LOVED IT !!!!! It was a really fun-filled , field trip which actually means studying through enjoyment and we exactly did so. We learnt a lot. We came across lots of Every new beginning has fear, people and students from different schools. We first went to Cubbon Park. excitement, happiness, curios- Then we went to the museum. There were experiments and projects ity……. So were we. On our 1st on science, space and many other things. We had a remarkable time in day, we trotted around the new the museum. Later we went to the Jawaharlal Nehru planetarium after campus completely bewildered. lunch. Lunch was great. Later we played some games. We enjoyed thor- All our worst fears were flooding oughly. through us. Gradually they faded - VARSHA SAJU X-B as we started acquainting our- selves to the other new and con- fused students. We got new Wish to go again………. friends, new books, teachers, and a new atmosphere. Automatically I had a very good time with my friends when I went for a field trip to Banga- things started to compartmentalize lore. This trip was an educational trip with a lot of fun. We started our trip .As our classes begun; we real- in morning 7:00a.m and we reached Cubbon Park at 8:30a.m. Then we ized that class 11 would be a turn- went to the museum. It was an excellent place where we can live with sci- ing point in the careers ahead of ence. I have aspirations of working in the museum one day. us. The 3 weeks were really fan- tastic. - PURVA PAUL - V.DEJESWINI X- A XI-B

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KALEIDO ACTIVITIES : MAIN EVENTS

FIRST AID TRAINING Kaleido is nothing but Learning and Development through technology. We introduced this method PROGRAM from KG to V grade in the academic year 2013- First Aid Training by St. John 2014. Ambulance, Tirupur was conducted for our school bus driv- All our development interventions focus on key ers and conductors on 20/7/13. areas of growth and satisfaction of our students. EYE CAMP With the help of this technology we develop our Eye camp for school bus drivers students, a plan that will translate their learning and conductors was conducted and develop ideas into tangible results on all by Agarwal hospital-Hosur on levels. 3/7/13 at our school. SCHOOL ELECTION BULLETIN BOARD Student council and Sports council election was conducted in school on 15/6/13. BULLETIN BOARD : Investiture ceremony of stu- The saying “A picture paints a thou- dents and sports council was sand words “is especially true of held in school on 20/06/13. classroom bulletin board displays and fun projects for our students to com- plete. We follow a specific time table for all the classes  First week - Languages  Second week - Maths  Third week - Science

 Fourth week - Social Science JUNIOR RED CROSS  Fifth week - Art and Craft JRC councilor camp on July 1st week spoke about activities of the school like cleanliness, Apart from class time table we follow a planting trees ,etc. the JRC Special time table for common bulletin board members learnt about JRC according to the weeks special days. songs & games. Discussion about organizing They are listed below- JRC camp for children. Jegan  April sir who attended it feels students are very interested in all 1. 1-6 World Autism Awareness Week VOICE MODULATION 2. 8-13 World Health Week WORKSHOP 3. 15-20 World Heritage Week Voice modulation workshop was 4. 21-30 Value– Self– Discipline  July conducted by Ms. Veenapani Chawla on 27/7/13 and 28/7/13  June 1. 1-6 World Doctors Week . The workshop aims at sustain- 1. 1-8 World Environment Week 2. 8-13 World Population Week ing the voice and sound varia- tion, Various exercises for voice 2. 10-15 World Week Against Child Labor 3. 15-20 Value-Faithfulness and drama, dialogue– delivery, 3. 17-22 World Desertification & Drought 4. 22-31International Friend- producing sound for different Week expressions were taught . Mr Jegan attended the work- 4. 24-30 Value– Gratitude shop

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