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Maharashtra Education Society’s BAL SHIKSHAN MANDIR ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL ISO 9001:2015 Certified School 131, Mayur Colony, Kothrud, Pune – 411038. Tel. : 25435733 E – mail : [email protected] Visit us at: ebsm.mespune.in Reflections 2020-21 Year of Relationships M AHARASHTRA E DUCATION S OCIETY ’ S BAL SHIKSHAN MANDIR ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL ISO 9001:2015 Certified School 1 3 1 , M A Y U R C OLONY , K OTHRUD , P U N E – 4 1 1 0 3 8 . Tel. : 25435733 E – mail : [email protected] Visit us at: ebsm.mespune.in Reflections 2020-21 (Primary Section) Hon. Shri Vaman P. Adyakrantiveer Hon. Shri Laxman N. Bhave Vasudeo Balwant Indapurkar Phadke Quality Policy of Maharashtra Education Society’s Bal Shikshan Mandir English Medium School We strive towards continual development so as to enhance Academic Excellence, nurture Scientific Attitude and develop team spirit to create Environment Sensitivity in children and thus enable them to lead a meaningful life; while helping the needy. We strive towards continual improvement of our Quality Management System to achieve this goal by upgrading various skills of teachers. 1 MAHARASHTRA EDUCATION SOCIETY GOVERNING BODY Arch. Rajeev R. Sahasrabudhe Chairman Governing Body Dr. Madhav J. Bhat Vice Chairman, Governing Body C.A. Abhay P. Kshirsagar Vice Chairman, Governing Body Shri. Anand V. kulkarni Member, Governing Body Dr.Madhavi R. Mehendaley Member, Governing Body Shri. Deodatta C. Bhishikar Member, Governing Body Smt. Anandi M. Patil Member of Governing Body Adv. Dhananjay P. Khurjekar Member of Governing Body Shri Vijay A. Bhalerao Member of Governing Body Shri Babasaheb A. Shinde Member of Governing Body Shri. Pralhad N. Rathi Member of Governing Body Adv. Sagar R. Nevase Member of Governing Body Shri. Rajeev H. Deshpande Member of Governing Body Shri. Sunil Sutawane Member, Governing Body, Garware Trust Representative Prof. Anand Y. Lele Chairman, Board of L.M.,Member, Governing Body Dr. Santosh D. Deshpande Member, Governing Body & Member, Board of L.M. Dr. Ketaki Mahesh Modak Member, Governing Body & Member, Board of L.M. Shri. Sachin Ambardekar Invitee Member Er. Sudhir Gade Asst. Secretary MES Dr. Ankur A. Patwardhan Member, Board of L.M Smt. Chitra V. Nagarkar Member, Board of L.M Shri. Sudhir Bhosale Member, Board of L.M Dr. Manasi Bhate Member, Board of L.M Dr. Pandharinath. B. Buchade Member, Board of L.M Dr. Atul P. Kulkarni Member Board of L.M Shri. Govind Kulkarni Member Board of L.M Shri. Vinay Chati Member Board of L.M Dr. Bharat S. Vhankate Secretary SCHOOL COMMITTEE Shri. A. V. Kulkarni Chairman Dr. B. S. Vhankate Visitor Shri. D. C. Bhishikar Member Dr. S. D. Deshpande Member Dr. A Y. Lele Member Shri. S. A. Ambardekar Member - Invitee, CEO MES Mrs. Shilpa Yeole Member - Teacher Mr. Prashant Patil Member - Invitee ( Non - Teaching) Mrs. Varsha Garad Member - (Non- Teaching) Mrs. Manjusha Durve Headmistress, Member Secretary 2 EDITORIAL Up until now children were missing the school and their friends. always taught to keep themselves off Through the Anuual Social „Connect‟ the mobile phones. But this year was the students got a chance to connect completely contradictory to this age with their peers. The online teaching old instruction. This transformation is learning method provided an due to corona virus. The cell phones opportunity to use different media proved to be sturdy bridge, between services. The outcome of this new the students and the school. By the knowledge was the science exhibition end of 20-20, everybody‟s smart „Amalgam‟. phone had every possible video calling and photography app. While doing and managing all the above things parents‟ support, The closed shutters of the their creativity and help played an school buildings did not stop the important role. teachers from facilitating knowledge and education. The theme of this year All of us want for this was `The year of Relations‟ and rightly pandemic to end. Hence we appeal so, the teachers succeeded in creating, everyone to wear masks, maintain developing and strengthening the social distancing, sanitize hands bond with the pupils. The teachers regularly and most importantly stay proved their mettle by finding out new safe. and innovative ways to face the challenges of online teaching. The school too, endeavoured to provide the students education in such a way that the distance or virtual learning did not stand in the way of comprehension and acquisition of knowledge. Students were also given some interesting tasks to boost their interest in learning. Activities such as Khelotsav, Rakhi Making competition, Suryanamaskar competition and Yoga Day celebration encouraged the students to enhance interest in education. Along with them, the incorporation of parents in the Mrs. Charu Dawande activities like Toran Making and Salad Decoration competition added to the fun of these activities. The Essay Technical Assistance by competition proved to be a medium for parents to express their thoughts Mrs. Pallavi Palaskar freely. Mrs. Savani Kamtikar The students were sitting at home throughout the year and hence it was understandable that they were 3 FROM THE DESK OF HEADMISTRESS The school is ending under very importance of building strong different and atypical circumstances. relationships with home and school It‟s been a year with many changes and we appreciate the support that we and these changes have become the have received as we embarked on a `New normal‟. We stood strong and new journey of distance learning. brave in the midst of a pandemic. To end the year our teachers We had school online, had are engaged in the process of class virtual events and also, missed our building for next year. Take care and friends. We have learned to be we look forward to the opportunity to responsible, empathetic and safe. Our be together again when school students have been exposed to many reopens. unique learning opportunities. The time, efforts and planning of all the “One day you will tell your story of online activities have given us joy. I how you overcame, what you went hope all students remember them. through and it will be someone else‟s survival guide.” There are good things waiting just around the corner. Keep striving to always do your best. Tomorrow can only be better than yesterday or today. Always make good choices, think before your speak and respect yourself and others. Treat everyone the way you want to be treated. I would like to appreciate my team which thrives on change, diversity, progress and will continue on the learning journey. Due to this we will see a further development and improvement. Let me express my gratitude to all families who worked closely and partnered with our staff to provide our students with opportunities to Mrs. Manjusha Durve continue their distance learning in the Headmistress comfort and safety of their homes. We Primary Section truly could not have accomplished our task without the support and dedication of our parents. As a collaborative team we value the 4 The Year Of Relationships 5 6 7 8 WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS Onilne Educational Video How to handle School Making Techniques Website?’ A training workshop on This year due to COVID-19 handling School website had situation, schools were shut down. conducted on 27th June 2020 by ICT The classes were therefore held as section of MES organization for Live-online sessions. Adjusting to this teachers. „new normal‟ was challenging for the The main aim of training was to teaching staff. To make the online train the teachers to handle the teaching-learning experience smooth website smoothly. Host for the and efficient, Maharashtra Education training was Mr. Ganesh Society had arranged a workshop Jathar. Training was given by Mr. dealing with the topic „Educational Vishal Kale from binary. He gave us Video Making Techniques‟. practical knowledge about creating, This workshop was conducted editing and deleting data from School by Mr. Bhushan Kulkarni. It was a live website. He told us how to create th th th online workshop on 9 , 10 and 11 gallery and insert a video in website. June, 2020. Mr. Kulkarni is a He resolved all queries asked by renowned professional in this field. teachers. Teachers were introduced to The training was very helpful apps like Power Director, AZ screen for all teachers, to handle the website and Live board. All the aspects behind smoothly. making an effective Audio-Visual presentation were explained in these sessions. These were going to come in Digital Guru Mantra handy for the forthcoming online Training Program teaching and annual activities. In these sessions, the teachers were District 3131 branch of Pune given some tasks for the better Rotary Club had organized training understanding of technology. this session for teachers to train them IT session proved to be helpful in the Skills for smart teaching. It was from course of the year and was beneficial 9th August, 2020 to 15th August, 2020. to all the teachers. 9 This includes basic IT skills of the Fire Extinguisher, its use, care and computer, video editing and online precaution before using it. teaching. It was a very interactive Rotarian Sanjyot Malpani and workshop. Many important things we Rotarian Chitralekha Subhedar worked came to know from this workshop. as project head and co-ordinator in The workshop was attended by this program. Mrs. Shital Y. Dandawate, teacher of In this program, two whatsapp Primary Section. groups were formed and daily one IT Skill PPT was posted on it. Teachers A training workshop on had to go through and practice it. How to create a Google form For the next 6 days, all PPTs were posted and learned by teachers. A training workshop was taken On Seventh day, there was a by Mrs.
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