Post on 03-Feb-2021
1
Issue No 8 JANUARY 2011 www.dpsbopal.calorx.org INDEX
Content Page No
From the Principal‟s Desk 1
Green School 2
Vedic 4
SFA 5
Trips and Tours 6
Campus Upbeats 7
Inauguration- 7
“Abhivyakti”
DPS Portal
Quiz Competition 8
Science Workshop 9
Special Assemblies 10
Shining Stars 12
o Trinity
o Inter House Competition 12
o Inter School Competition 13
Workshops 14
Sports 16
Prerna 28
The World belongs to those who care deeply, who dream boldly, and who work
steadfastly. We address the rapidly changing demands by leveraging high quality,
innovative methodologies that perform in the most demanding learning environments.
Technology can actually assist with some of these expectations and make teachers-and
their students- more successful. However as the world becomes more complex virtually
year-to-year instead of the generation-to-generation pace-educational needs continue to
shift from teaching and learning isolated skills, to teaching skills that enables students to
solve complex problem across many areas.
Educational technology, specially computer and computer related peripherals, have grown
tremendously and have permeated all areas of our life.
With CCE aiming at all round development of the child‟s personality, it is expected that
students will be able to bring out their best in both scholastic and co-scholastic areas and
meet different life situations with greater maturity.
From
T he Principal’s Desk
2
Green School Drive
A plantation programme was organized at D.P.S Bopal
with the help of BOC India Ltd who provided us with the
saplings to make this plantation drive a success. Flowering
plants and trees were planted by the staff members and
green warriors of DPS, deep rooted in the soil with a
promise to take care of the plants planted by them.
The Exhibition-Cum-Sale, Theme: Best Out Of Waste, was
organized on 20th of December. Cards, envelopes, origami
items, birthday caps, masks, and different creative artifacts
for the exhibition-cum-sale out of recycled paper which
gathered the attention of parents and teachers.
Captions were prepared to be put up around the campus, conveying the message of
cleanliness and conservation of water and electricity.
‘Prakriti Vahan’, an environmental bus was brought to the campus by CEE, to make the
students aware about different environmental issues by playing eco-games.
Waste paper was collected from the different departments of the school and then was sent to
Kalpataru Paper factory and about 500 kg of recycled paper was made available.
3
The international project on ‘Climate Change’, by the green
contributors was signed and the registration for the same was
done. As a part of the Green School drive, students of class 9
and 11 are doing two projects
a. The Climate Change Project
b. The Marine Pollution Project
The video documentation for the climate change and the
marine project was done by conducting interviews of
different personals from the field of education as well as
managerial level.
Achievement of green school drive under the international project on Marine Pollution DPS BOPAL, AHMEDABAD IS ONE OF THE FINALIST OF THE MARINE POLLUTION PROJECT TO
CALIFORNIA
The overwhelming selection of DPS students in the Marine Pollution Project has added one
more feather to our cap, as a part of the Green School Projects. This achievement makes us
rank amongst different schools from India and abroad as it gives us a chance to be a part of the
Summit on Marine Pollution at California, to be held from 11-13 March 2010. The team left
no stone unturned towards their effort towards this project inspite of their deadlines for test,
assignments and projects. This definitely makes each one of us proud!
Green Film Festival will be organized wherein screenings of "Panorama of Green Films" will be
done on 20th January 2010. The festival is being organised by CMS Environment in
association with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Govt. of India and other
prominent state, national and international bodies. The objective of the festival is to create
environmental awareness and induce behavioural changes amongst all the sections of the
society for adoption of environmental practices.
Ms. Livy Thomas and Ms. Nirali Dagli
attended the 3rd Environment
Educator’s Conference on
“Participatory Approach towards
Environment Education: Stakeholders’
Perception and Roles” from (27 -29
October, 2010) at New Delhi.
4
VEDIC
VEDIC is „Vocational Educational & Development Institute – Calorx‟. It runs under Calorx Education & Research Foundation which aims to provide
education to underprivileged children of the society. It aims to empower students with proper education that will make them power decision-
makers and problem solvers.
VEDIC started on June 14, 2010 with a strength of 30 students in class VIII, following CBSE curriculum. The project would help these children and
their community to achieve a sustainable and positive future.
Teacher‟s Day Celebration:
Special programme was conducted on 7 September for teachers, which was organized by students. The Celebration started with a Prayer song which was followed by a western dance performance, a poem „Una Paloma Blanca‟ and the programme concluded with an interesting games for teachers.
Mentoring:
GURU – A LEADING LIGHT PROGRAMME for Mentoring VEDIC students had started in the month of September and every Wednesday 20 students from regular stream of DPS class XI participate in that. Mentoring Schedule and booklet has been prepared and given to students.
5
Environment Day celebrations:
Environment Day was celebrated with the help of CEE. Prakruti Bus was invited in the
campus to create the awareness about environment and Gujarat. It was followed by games on
importance of environment.
Visit to Da Vinci Park:
Students were taken to Science park to have
a better understanding of the scientific
concepts.
SFA
The Lion‟s club of Ahmedabad celebrated its Silver jubilee on the 27th of December, 2010. DPS was invited to participate in the event. The event
consisted of feedback on the Skills for Adolescents programme initiated and supported by Lions Quest. About 8 schools participated in the
event. 5 students from DPS, along with their parents were present. Delhi Public School was awarded a certificate of appreciation in recognition
of their long term association and successful implementation of the Lion‟s Quest – Skills for Adolescents programme. Ms Sayanika Roy of class 8
F was called on to share her SFA experience and Ms. Malabika Datta parent of Shinjan Datta of class 8 C shared her experiences as a parent.
6
TRIPS & TOURS
Seventy six students of class X including 40 boys and 36 girls took part in a three day trip to Jodhpur
organised by the school. The trip was conducted from 14th to 17th October 2010. Six teachers including
Mr. Satheesan P., Mr. Noble Thomas, Mr. Kehul Purohit, Ms. Veena Singh,
Ms. Dipaali Bist and Ms. Vinita J. accompanied the students.
During the trip the students visited Umaid Bhavan Palace, Mehrangarth Fort and Jaswant Thada.
The trip was very informative and students benefited a lot from it.
Malobika Datta mother of Shinjan Datta
class 8C, expressing her views on the
effectiveness of SFA.
Students and teachers with the certificate
of appreciation given to DPS by Lions
Club International.
7
Campus upbeat@DPS Bopal(secondary)
GLIMPSES OF THE EVENT
INAUGURATION of ABHIVYAKTI AND SCHOOL PORTAL
The much awaited School auditorium "ABHIVYAKTI" and School Portal and Management System was inaugurated
on 24th Nov, 2010. Prof. M. M. Pant, an eminent educationist graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The
Digital Infrastructure will help teachers uplift the learning processes “in” and “post” class. Students are bound
to gain through self paced learning, independent assessments and lateral collaboration. The infrastructure will also
aid in regular office work helping management monitor daily activities better and generate regular reports when
needed.
8
On 11th Jan 2011, DPS Bopal, with the initiative of SPIC
MACAY, had the opportunity to listen to the Great Saatvik
Veena player - Shri Salil Bhatt, son of Shri Vishwamohan
Bhatt. The musical programme was truly mesmerizing. The noted
sitarist emphasised on the need of preserving our cultural heritage.
3RD ALL INDIA INTER SCHOOL QUIZ COMPETITION, WEST ZONE
DPS, Bopal, Ahmedabad, hosted the 3rd All India Inter School Quiz organized by DPS society in association with
Max Mueller Bhavan and in partnership with Goethe Institute with the aim to create interest in the students and schools
for German language. It was a general knowledge quiz on Germany‟s achievements in the field of science and technology. The
chief guest for the day was Ms. Jyotsana Bhatnagar, The Editor of „The Financial Express‟, Ahmedabad along with the
language co-ordinators, Ms. Dhara Shah and Ms. Monica Grewal, from the local German Centre, Goethe- Zentrum,
Ahmedabad. The participating schools from DPS, west zone were: DPS Vadodara, DPS Gandhinagar, DPS Surat,
DPS Jaipur, DPS Rajkot and the host school, DPS Bopal, Ahmedabad.
9
DPS Jaipur was declared the Winner and participants were:
1. Sarvesh Jhunjhunwala (class:9) 2. Gaurav Daga (class:9)
DPS, Bopal, Ahmedabad was the Runner up and the participants were:
1. Shashwat Saxena (class 9) 2. Sushil Iyer (class:9)
The Winning team was awarded with a cheque of Rs 12000/- and a certificate and the
Runners –up team was awarded with cheque of Rs 8000/- and a certificate. The Zonal level
winners will now be participating for the National Level Finals of the Quiz to be held at
DPS, Noida on 21 January, 2010. Students were enlightened and kindled with the spirit of
curiosity to know more. It is aptly said;
‘We can't all be stars, but we can all twinkle.
We may not have it all together, but together we have it all’.
Runner Up Zonal Host Trophy
FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMME
ICICI Bank is organizing a training for the students of VI-VIII in the field of finance.
SCIENCE WORKSHOP A Science workshop was organized by Calorx Institute of Education at DPS , Bopal , Ahmedabad , for Science Teachers on 29th &
30th Oct 2010. Thirty teachers From DPS and other Schools participated in the Workshop. It was a unique workshop which
provided an opportunity for the teachers to have a hand on experience of scientific activities. Teachers enjoyed & learned how simply
scientific phenomena can be learned through experiments. Experiments like DNA Extraction, Photoelectric Effect and Action of
Catalyst were to name of few. Mr. Anup joshi, Ms. Monita Dash, and Ms. Amrita Chaudhary were the resource person for the
workshop. Films on discovery of Radio activity and X-ray were screened. A talk on “Multiple Intelligence” by Dr. Shailender
Gupta was delivered. Prof. Ramesh Aamin inaugurated the workshop.
10
GLIMPSES OF THE WORKSHOP
SPECIAL ASSEMLIES
Hindi Pakhwara
Hindi Pakhwara was celebrated from 7-14 Sept’10. Students put up various interesting
prorammes including dance & skit which captivated the audience.
11
Diwali Assembly
Students performed with great enthusiasm at the Diwali Assembly. They absolutely
rocked!!
Christmas Assembly
On 21st December 2010, Tapti House conducted a wonderful special assembly based on
“CHRISTMAS”- the most prominent festival of the month of December. The
programme began with the news of the day followed by article, songs, skit (depicting
nativity scene) dance, quiz, carols, Santa Clause. Teachers of DPS and PRERNA joined
hands to give a perfect blend. The message of CHRISTMAS was successfully conveyed
to the students through different colourful presentations.
12
SHINING STARS
ALL INDIA POETRY COMPETITION
Kaineet Kaur Sira (X E) was one of the eight prize winners out of 2290 students from 232 school across India. She won a cash prize of
` 1000/-, a Certificate and an award for her poem “Light Burden”.
Trinity
Trinity College of London conducts exams in Communication skills, music and drama globally. Their communication certificates are
recognized by Common Wealth countries as a qualification for spoken English. DPS Bopal offers its students training in
communication skills. This year, students have done exceptionally well. Of the 51 students who appeared for the exam, 31 have scored
a distinction while 20 have scored merit. Anmol Sheth and Aditya Shah of class VIII have both scored 97%.
Inter House Competitions
ENGLISH EXTEMPORE
CLASS: VI DATE: 29/11/10 CLASS: VII DATE: 30/11/10
POSITION HOUSE NAME OF
STUDENT POSITION HOUSE
NAME OF
STUDENT
1 KAVERI ADITYA 1 KAVERI PRIYA
2 MAHI ANANYA 2 MAHI BHAGYASHREE
3 NARMADA SHREYA 3 NARMADA DRISHTI
ENGLISH EXTEMPORE INTER HOUSE ONE ACT PLAY CLASS: VIII DATE: 2/12/10 CLASS: IX-X DATE: 1/12/10
POSITION HOUSE NAME OF
STUDENT POSITION HOUSE
1 SABARMATI AMBIKA 1 MAHI
2 GANGA SHIFA S 2 SABARMATI
3 MAHI PRACHETAS 3 GANGA
Continued in the next part……..