DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL NADERGUL

SOCIETY REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2018

Ring out the old, ring in the new,

Ring, happy bells, across the snow

ZuZu welcomes all of you to the third academic year at Delhi Public School Nadergul.

As I recollect one of my favourite poems by Alfred Tennyson, I bid farewell to the

second year with hopes of a fun filled, enriching and happy third year in school.

The entire month of May saw me doing my holiday homework, spending time with

my family, going to my village and completing the tasks given. One of my favourite

past time I had was to complete the Reading books given to me by my teachers. I

also eagerly waited for the new session to begin as I always understood that my school

is a fun place for me and it would remain so forever.

With this zeal and enthusiasm, I walked into the portals of my school on June 1st

2018. Oh, what fun it was to meet my friends after a long summer break. The cheers

were all around and the smiles invigorating. The food we shared from our tiffin boxes

tasted sweeter than the many mangoes of the summer. No wonder it is said

“Friendship is the sweetest and strongest bond.” I was very happy to meet my

Principal, my teachers and all my old dear friends. I found my school brimming with

new children and also with new teachers. The first day assembly was one that I would

remember for a long time to come, we sang our favourite songs, one of it being my

School Song “We are from DPS, Wewill be the future”. My school also donned a fresh

look with the new building all ready to be occupied. We soon settled ourselves to

enjoy the various activities that our school always had in its store for the year.

Telangana formation day

June 2nd is written in the history of our state as this was the day 3 years ago the 29th

state of Telangana was formed. I take pride in belonging to the youngest state led by

a dynamic leader. 2nd June saw as all of us celebrating the formation day with

fervour and enthusiasm. Our friends sang the state song and danced to a historical

ballad highlighting the significance of the state and its origin. I realised that there is

indeed a lot of sacrifice and hard work that goes into the formation of a state. The

dreams of many coupled with the vision of great leaders is what a state is all about.

The assembly that morning echoed with the sentiments of many leaders who made

this dream of the state made possible.

As Zuzu and his friends settled down it was time for my pre-primary team to join the

school. A cry here and there, a smile hither and thither, chocolates all around as

these tiny friends of mine walked into school on the 6th of June. The new building

was all decked up for these young ones. Balloons all over and chocolates flying all

around, the pre -primary children settled to a fun filled energetic year ahead. Some

of the parents were seen crying tears of joy as their young ones walked into school

holding the hands of the teacher.

Whose child is this....

These lines brought in the sentiments of young mothers and teachers who together

mould the bundle of joy in their hands.

Explorers day

Pre-primary in the meantime were busy exploring the school as part of the Explorers

day. They walked into a senior class room one day, the mess hall another day, the

principal’s room the other day, the garden and the play area the fourth day and so

on. The concept of this day is to make the pre -primary young ones wean themselves

from their homes and consider the school as their second home. They discover,

understand and settle down in their new home sooner.

Swatch Tann Swatch Mann

One of our Prime Minister’s favourite slogan is a favourite slogan of our school too.

Swachata Diwas is practised in our school on many occasions. The pre- primary also

were taught these basic etiquettes of Swatch Tann Swatch Mann. Simple manners of

being neat and tidy, cleaning of hands, the difference between good touch and bad

touch were all part of this activity.

Aksharabhyasam

Tradition and culture are deep-rooted in our school. It was a ceremonial welcome

that our school gave the pre Nursery children who entered the portals of the school

for the first time. In sync with learning the

school performed the Aksharabhyasam

ceremony where in each and every child was

given a slate and made to trace the first letter

with the help of the teacher. This traditional

event amidst the chants of hymns added the

necessary touch to the start of the pre nursery

learning years. We all bless them and hope that they should imbibe the best of

education and values in this wonderful temple of learning.

Governance model

My principal announced the next day a new idea that

it is not only the student Council but each and every

child of the school who would be recognised as a

leader in the reckoning. She called this the

governance model which involved each and every

child of the class to receive a badge of leadership by

the class teacher. I was happy when I was declared

the discipline monitor of my class. This badge on my

shoulder will always ensure discipline in my life. My

parents were very happy when they saw the young

shoulders of mine holding this responsibility. My

other friends too were given varied roles. Now our

class really takes care of ourselves as we are given

that responsibility by our school. What an Idea.

Environment week

Green is always a favourite colour to every

DPS student. Green stands for peace, a

symbol of nature. It stands for all that is

true in the environment. In its two years of

growth I am happy that my school has

planted close to 3500 plants in the school

campus. Every birthday is a celebration

with a plant. Every guest who comes to a

school leaves with a small plant in their

hands. The concept of being green is nurtured by all of us. This year the environment

week celebrations in the first week of June saw all of us taking up plantation in a

large measure. Some of us planted saplings in coconut shells, while some of us

numbered the plants and adopted them.

A green rally, an oath to preserve and conserve plants, a skit on the life in the 70s and

the life now - all these added up to the environment week celebrations in school.

EID celebrations

The last day of the month also saw the school

celebrating the festival of Eid in the true meaning

of brotherhood. Dressed in all colour our teachers

sang a beautiful hymn from the Quran and

explained to all of us the tenets of Islam. I

understood that these principles are the same

that my parents taught me. After all, as my

Principal often says God is one and all religions

talk only of humanity and service. Inshallah! The day was sweeter with our canteen

serving us the sweet dish of kheer.

CLASS NAMES

Zuzu, forgot to inform you that our classes now have different names, we are no

longer called A, B, C, D, but our classrooms are named after the names of famous

mathematicians, astronauts, Nobel Prize winners and scientists. Our pre-primary

wing is also colourfully named after flowers, fruits, planets. So we now call ourselves

the Lilies of grade 1 or the plums of grade 2, the Einstein of Grade 4 and the Tagore

of grade 8. As we walk in the footsteps of these eminent personalities we indeed look

up to them as role models and visionaries who can encourage us to dream high and

achieve high.

READING CARDS

And other interesting idea that caught up with us is the novel method of improving

our reading and logical skills. Our substitution classes are now becoming little more

meaningful with reading cards. These are comprehension passages from various

books, Sudoku puzzles, IQ puzzles, quizzes and maps to help us learn and improve

better. What a nice way to use our free time to collectively involve ourselves in some

meaningful activity.

VISION 40

Some of my senior friends say that they love the initiative that the school picked up -

a tie up with Vision 40 an Institute that offers extensive coaching in Science and Math

to improve our logic and reasoning skills. We have a batch of around 80 students

who have enrolled for these classes. Zuzu wishes all his friends good learning ahead.

Student elections:

One of the most awaited days in my

school is the investiture ceremony

where in young leaders are invested

with responsibilities. The Assembly on

the 6th of June declared all the posts for

the academic year. Very soon it was

time for nominations, for campaigning,

for speeches and the declaration of

results. Various leadership roles were

announced. I was happy that my school

gives us such a podium where

leadership is trained from a very young

age. This year we also heard that the

young leaders would be selected from

the pre -primary group and also the

primary group. House nominations

took place on the 10th and 11th. W e were

all allotted one of the four houses

namely Emerald, Topaz, Sapphire and

Ruby. The student leaders were elected by an online voting system. Excitement ran

high as the results were supposed to be declared the next day. 13th of June was one

of the best days to remember. The results of the student elections were announced

and the young proud leaders, all friends of mine, rushed forward to shake hands with

the Principal as she declared the student Council for the year 2018-19. It was also a

proud moment for these young leaders and for young people like me to look up to

these leaders of mine. I wish and pray that they would take up the responsibilities in

true earnest and keep the flag of the school flying high.

INVESTITURE CEREMONY

Drum beats and march past- these echoed in our school Grounds on 29th of June as

the house captains marched ahead with pride taking

their contingent forward. The student Council of the

Head boy, Head Girl, Sports captain carried the flag

of the school. This year the Green Crusaders team and

DPS chargers added the value of being green and

vision of sacrifice before self, while they marched. A

patriotic touch to the formal ceremony was with the

colour party of the students marching ahead with the

flag forming the tricolour. The 29th of June saw the

school celebrating the third investiture ceremony

with Air Vice Marshal Radha krishna Radish and

Shree Narayana Murthy the director of RCI as the

chief guests on the occasion. Proud parents and

proud teachers saluted as this band of leadership

marched along to the beats of “Believe in yourself”

ISA

Our school last year embarked on the journey towards ISA in Association with British

Council. The seven projects that we picked up drew to a conclusion this month when

my teachers painstakingly collated all our activities. Our school would be indebted

to St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School in Kenya and Irushadhiyya school in

Maldives which were our partner schools in this project. We thank them sincerely

and promise that our association with them would continue in the years to come.

International Yoga day

This month named after the god of JUNES is celebrated for the summer solstices, the

day with the most daytime. 21st of June was celebrated to commemorate this

summer solstice and also as International Day of yoga. Taking the clarion call given

by our Prime Minister we at Delhi Public School Nadergul celebrated the day of yoga

with 4139 children and 150 teachers from different schools gathered in our school

premises. It was a sight to behold when all these children performed yogasanas for

a period of 7 minutes. This gathering is now recorded by the Asia Book of Records

as the largest congregation of students performing Yogasanans. We thank the school

for giving us an opportunity to be a part of such a pious event.

TEACHER ALMANAC

It is not only we who use the almanac regularly. My teachers

also have been given an almanac to record all events or

activities, scholastic performance of children, records of

enrichment classes, remedial classes and so on. This book I

think would help my parents understand my performance as

the yearlong activities that I participate in school will now be

recorded.

https://goo.gl/DdJaFN

ACHIEVEMENTS

Success and my school go hand in hand.

We are bestowed with the best of facilities.

Zuzu is happy to inform that two of his

friends Aayush Singh and Viswaja have

been recipients of zonal awards of

excellence in Science Olympiad

Foundation 2017-18.

SCHOOL GROWTH

It is now a pleasant sight to watch the school dispersal with happy faces coming out

into the corridors from both the buildings. Zuzu is happy that his school has grown

in numbers and strength once again reiterating the fact that ‘excellence breeds

excellence’.

I hear a bell ring. Bye dear folks its time for my English class. We are getting ready

for our literary week competitions coming up next month. So see you soon.

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