Vol-3(2017) CORNUCOPIA – ALOK PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER April – June 2017

________________________________________________________________________________________Principal’s Desk Dear Readers,

Rain God’s showers of blessings have brought respite to the sultry heat. Every season arrives with its challenges. Children and adults should refrain from eating out during the monsoons to keep unwelcome health problems at bay.

Talking of school, our board results have been commendable. Most of the Class XII (1st Batch) pass-outs are in the process of settling down in good professional courses. 6 students have qualified for NEET. Thanks to Gopinath Classes for taking good care of our senior secondary (Science) students. Almost a third of Class X brought 10 CGPA. I congratulate all parents for the success of their wards. Loopholes and drawbacks are being scrutinised and taken care of.

As per changes brought about by CBSE, we have started Work Education classes, the details of which will be in one of these pages. Keep reading for more news.

I wish everyone health and happiness,

Principal

DIARY OF EVENTS: Class I to IX PTM and distribution of Report Cards on 01/04/2017. The Principal addressed the teachers on the first day of the new academic year to discuss the major events and activities of the year. HODs conducted faculty meeting to plan and discuss subjective matters.

House meetings with house wardens to plan and introduce Inter House activities and competitions. Graduation ceremony of UKG students was conducted on 04/04/2017. The children were awarded certificates. Our students joined the public rally along with tens of thousands of other students held at Lions English School on the occasion of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to Silvassa on 17/04/2017. Following Inter house competitions were conducted during the period. Paint for Fun (Activity) Collage making GK Quiz –Class VI to X Solo Song – Class VI to X Creative Writing - Class VI to XI

Our school has recently started Work Education classes twice in a month for all students to encourage their skill development in various areas of work and for their overall development. The curriculum for Work Education is as follows.

Meal Planning and Preparation Home Management and Interior Decoration Textile Designing /Elements of Dress

Designing Commercial Art Preparation of Specific items and their value

addition Gardening and Vermicomposting

PYSSUM Research and Training Institute, Lucknow conducted a two day training workshop in our school for the teachers to equip them with techniques or skills to deal with Special Children on 21st and 22nd April.

Resource Persons: Dr Anju Mishra Mrs Amita Tiwari

The Institute also organized Career Guidance Sessions for classes IX to XII. Resource Person: Dr Naval Pant

Teacher’s Training Workshop on Effective Classroom Management by Oxford University Press Resource Person: Ms Dipty Roy Choudhri

E Cube, a specialised Teachers’ Training Programme on techniques of Story Telling and Rhymes was conducted for primary teachers by Shrimad Rajchandra Mission, Dharampur. Resource Persons: Ms Manisha Ms Dimple

The students of class VIII arranged a small exhibition in Bio lab showing different models, under the guidance of their science teacher Mrs Reema Tarafdar.

Training session for primary teachers(I -III)by Ms Sita Giri

Three Group Dance forms and six Solo Dance forms were presented by our students under the guidance of Mr Saroj Naik (Dance Teacher) at Yatri Nivas, Silvassa on the eve of Lord Jagannathji Rath yatra on 17/06/2017. The Performers and the teacher were honoured with appreciation prizes by the association.

Parents- Doctors meeting was held in school for the awareness of importance of Measles and Rubella Vaccine for children up to the age of 15. These diseases, like polio, need to be eradicated from the world.

Achievements: The third batch of Class X (27 students)

emerged with remarkable victory. • The school has attained 100 % result for

the third time consecutively.

• Almost one third of the students secured 10 CGPA.

Our first batch of Class XII (51 students) also shone with great success. 10 students have secured more than 80% marks. (Browse further to see the photographs of achievers)

Three of our students have made us proud by securing top positions at zonal level in NCO(National Cyber Olympiads). They have been awarded with Cash Prize or Book Set worth Rs 1000/- , Medal and a Merit Certificate.

Name Position Class 1. Aaron Coutino 3rd XI 2. Mohd. Sahil Rizvi 6th VII 3. Priyani Walya 8th III

Our School Principal, Ms Sharmistha Sen has been conferred with the award of ‘Best District Principal’ by SOF (Science Olympiad Foundation) for the second time in Dadra and Nagar Haveli district for the year 2016-17. She has been awarded with a Trophy and a Cash Prize.

Khushi Singh from class X has won the Championship title in U-17 South Gujarat Open Badminton Tournament organized by Badminton Association of Dadra & Nagar Haveli on 23rd April, 2017.

VISITORS: Dr Darshana Parmar, from the Government Hospital, Rakholi

Mr Yogesh Kothari,(Auditor), Mumbai

Mr Amol Nandkarni and Mr Kunal Ozarde from Cambridge University Press to discuss about forthcoming Cambridge Interschool Mega Quiz.

Panorama of April Events UKG Graduation Day

Inter house Competitions/Activities

Collage making competition in Primary Section

GK Quiz in Secondary Section

Paint for Fun Activity

Panorama of June Events Yellow Day in Pre primary

Celebrating International Yoga Day

Poem Recitation

Solo Singing

Bio Lab Exhibition

Teachers’ Workshop and Career Counselling Session by Teachers’ Training Workshop and Career Guidance Session for students

Work Education Classes

PTM – Pre primary and Primary Section

Awareness Programme for Parents about Measles and Rubella Vaccine

E Cube Workshop

Teachers’ Workshop by Oxford University Press

Prize Distribution / Achievements

Results of Interhouse Competitions G K QUIZ (26/04/2017)

GROUP C ( CLASS VI-VII)

S No. Name Position Class House 1 Ayush Patil 1st VII A Dhairya 2 Divyansh Sharma 1st VIIB Dhairya 3 Rishikesh Bhatt 2nd VI B Satya 4 Vishal Bhanushali 2nd VII A Satya 5 Kashish Agarwal 3rd VII A Vidya 6 Ayushi Dhami 3rd VIIB Vidya

GROUP D( CLASS VIII-X)

S No. Name Position Class House 1 Abhiroop Hiremath 1st VIII C Satya 2 Avani Joshi 1st X B Satya 3 Harshit Singh 2nd VIIIC Asteya 4 Krish Magnani 2nd XB Asteya 5 Pranav Sharma 3rd VIIIA Vidya 6 Pratyush Gadge 3rd IX A Vidya

CREATIVE WRITING 28/06/2017

Solo song competition 21/06/2017

GROUP C

S no Name Class Position House 1 Ria Pant VI B I Dhairya 2 Kashir Hingora VI A II Asteya 3 Faiz Malada VI B II Asteya 4 Janvi Vinjamuri VII B III Satya 5 Nakeisha Kumar VII B III Vidya

GROUP D

S no Name Class Position House 1 Alina Chatterjee X A I Dhairya 2 Utkrishta Tarafdar IX B II Satya 3 Yash Kulkarni IX A II Vidya

Our Emerging Artists

S no Name Class Position House 1 Chinmay Gijare VI A 1st Vidya 2 Vivek Maula VIII B 1st Vidya 3 Abhiroop VIII C 2nd Satya 4 Anushka Pandey VIII C 3rd Satya 5 Pratyush Gadge IX A 1st Vidya 6 Aparajit S. J IX B 2nd Satya 7 Prince Babu IX B 3rd Vidya 8 Anvesha Gupta X A 3rd Asteya

Our Budding Poet