Retina Tals Nov 2013 — M Ar 2014
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1 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 work- shop 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. 2 RETINA TALS VOLUME I , I SSUE 3 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. 3 RETINA TALS VOLUME I , I SSUE 3 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 driv- ers 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 classes I and II took part in Har- Students of LKG and UKG 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 perfor- mance. 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 stu- dents 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 con- ducted career guidance expo on 10/01/14, under the able guidance Parent—teacher meet- ing 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.