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Annual Prize Giving Function The Frank Anthony Memorial All

India Inter-School Debate Albert Barrow Creative writing INTERNATIONAL EVENTS:

* Presentation by Ms. Anna Isabella from INSTITUTO CERVANTES *Spanish Feria(Flamenco Dance Festival by Senorita Gema Rodriguez and students of class IX and XI)

ISA Activities Inter-House Activities

*Hindi Debate * Punjabi Debate * English Play * Mime

Punjabi Quiz Sports NCC ISC & ICSE Result

Newsletter APRIL-MAY 2012

THE 8TH ANNUAL ACADEMIC AWARDS FUNCTION

This function held annually to award the hard work and academic achievement of students was held on 8th April, 2012.

Mr. Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Minister for Finance, Government of Punjab, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and gave out the awards.

The highlights of the function were the classical Ganesh Vandana dance which held the audience spellbound.

The excellent speeches for the Annual Report, delivered so eloquently and confidently by students from Class V – XI were commended by the guests and, last but not least, the speech given by Mr. Dhindsa. In his summing up address, Mr. Dhindsa remarked on the confidence shown by students. He understood why

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parents were so anxious to admit their wards into schools like the British Co-Ed. During his school days he remembered being very nervous when he had to get up on the stage to speak but saw that our students spoke with ease and assurance, which is something very important in this day and age.

It was a great honour to have such a high profile person spare time out of his busy schedule to grace the function.

The lamp lightening ceremony

The chief guest Mr. Dhindsa with Mr.Tejinder Singh.

The Frank Anthony Memorial All India Inter-School Debate

Debating is an activity which enhances not only the speaking but writing skills too and so is conducted by all schools at different levels.

The Frank Anthony Memorial Inter National School Debate(YPS)Category -I The Frank Anthony Memorial Debate was hosted by YPS , Patiala on 16 April,2012.Six schools ,including ours, participated . Jannat Sidhu and Sanmeet Mokha of Class XII represented our school.The topic of the debate was “Money is not only a game changer but also a problem maker”.Although we didn’t win a prize, our students spoke well and were appreciated.We are proud of them.

FRANK ANTHONY DEBATE PPS Nabha Category-II

Karan Attri and Shiven Shridhar of class X represented the school in Category II hosted by PPS Nabha. The topic of the debate was –“I am a teenager, I have changed. Am I different?”

Albert Barrow Creative writing

Albert Barrow All India Creative Writing Competition was held on 23rd April 2012.The competition is also held in two categories

The students in each category were given four topics and they had to write




on one topic .The two best entries from each category were sent to Kolkata.

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS:

Presentation by Ms. Ana Isabel from the INSTITUTO CERVANTES

VISIT OF SRA. ANA ISABEL REGUILLO PELAYO, HEAD OF STUDIES, INSTITUTO CERVANTES, NEW DELHI.

Sra. Ana Isabel paid her second visit to the school on 28th April,2012.

Her first visit was as an examining inspector for the Spanish ICSE exam for class X.

On this occasion she gave an enlightening presentation on the importance of Spanish in today’s world. Spanish ranks in the top four of the most widely spoken languages in the world. The other three being Chinese, English and Hindi.

Sra. Ana Isabel gave a presentation on the levels of Spanish studies, the possibility of learning over the Internet and the opportunities available for students of Spanish. She also pointed out that this is the only school in Northern India where students have had the facility of studying Spanish with a trained teacher

Sra. Ana Isabel with Spanish students

Spanish workshop for parents and students




Spanish Feria

As part of our ISA activities Senorita Gema Rodreguez Moreno was invited to school to create a true Spanish atmosphere –LA FERIA

‘FERIA’ translates as festival or what we know best as a ‘Mela’. Every year in Southern Spain, ’Ferias’ are held after Holy Week [Holy week comprises the holy days Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Saturday, Sunday and Easter Monday-usually a holiday throughout Western Europe]

The Feria held in Seville is one of the most magnificent in Southern Spain-Andalucia. The finest bulls make their debut, beautiful horses and carriages are paraded and most people dress up in traditional clothing.

The great art of ‘Flamenco’ comprises dance and song is greatly celebrated. Companies set up ‘casetas’- tents or ‘shamianas’ in which lots of refreshments and ‘tapas’ are available and where lots of amateur artists show their skill in Flamenco.

Senorita Gema not only taught a group of girls the ‘Sevillana’, which is one of the dances known as flamenco, but also gave a presentation on the olives and olive oil. Futhermore she gave some good cookery classes .After the performance of the Sevillana at school,a Skype session was held with a Spanish

partner school “El Centro Ingles” in El Puerto de Santa Maria. Our girls danced the Sevillana and girls from El Centro performed some Flamenco. Senorita Gema gave traditional fans and embroidered shawls to her dance troupe.

Flamenco dancers with Senorita Gema




INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AWARD (ISA)

Our school is participating in ISA for the academic session 2012-13

ISA is managed by the BRITISH COUNCIL. HIGHLIGHTS OF ISA

Majority of pupils within the school impacted by and involved in international work.

Collaborative curriculum based work with a number of partner schools.

Year around international activity which helps in staff professional development .

Curriculum based work across a range of subjects. Year round international activity. Various projects will be under taken throughout the year

The activities already undertaken are RECYCLING and FERIA

The school has several partners schools in London, and is now partners with EL CENTRO INGLES a leading International school in EL Puerto de Santa Maria Spain.

Inter-House Activities

INTER HOUSE ENGLISH RECITATION AND HAND WRITING COMPETITION

On the 27th of April, Inter House English Recitation Competition was held for classes 5 to 8, which was judged by the school Principal, Rosa Ma’am. As per the results, first position was bagged by Tolstoy followed closely by Teresa and Tagore House.

Kirandeesh from class V, Khushman K. Somal from class VI, Aditi Bhaskar from class VII, Ishjot Singh from class VIII were the best reciters.

“Good Hand writing is like the doorstep to the hall of communication.”

On the same day the Inter House Hand Writing Competition was also held for the middle school. Tagore won the laurels followed by Teresa and Tolstoy House.

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INTER HOUSE ENGLISH DRAMATICS COMPETITION

Keeping in view the need to develop the spirit of creative thinking and teamwork and to bring forth the latent talents and potential of students, Inter House English Dramatics Competition was held in the school premises on 11 May, 2012.

Mr. Tejinder Singh, Director, The British Co-Ed School graced the occasion as the chief guest.

Shakespeare wrote: All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players.

Through this competition students from Tolstoy, Teresa and Tagore Houses tried to depict various aspects of life.

First the students from Tolstoy House presented the play ‘Remorse of Devanampriya Ashoka’ , a historical play on the life of King Ashok who gave up war at the point of victory. It was followed by ‘Bobby’s story’ presented by Teresa House depicting the pain of loneliness and dreams of a child.

Students of Tagore House presented ‘The Raven and the Nightingale’ story of love and sacrifice.




The atmosphere was charged with excitement as the students cheered their respective houses.

The honourable Chief Guest, Mr. Tejinder Singh encouraged our young budding talents. The presentations by all the houses were very impressive. It was difficult for the judges to give their decision.

The play presented by Teresa House was judged the best followed by Tagore and Tolstoy. Karan Attri was given the Best Actor Award. Ruban Somal and Sarthak Khurana were declared the best supporting actors.

All guests and parents applauded the performance of the students.

It was a successful show because of the enthusiasm of staff and students and team work and encouragement by the principal of the school, Ms Rosa Kucharskyj. In her address she appreciated the efforts of the participants of different houses. The programme concluded with vote of thanks.

Bobby’s story presented by Teresa House

Love and sacrifice of the Nightingale by Tagore House

A presentation on King Ashoka by Tolstoy House MIME

Mime is a kind of theatre performance, in which participants present their ideas theme with expressions gestures and movements without dialogues The inter house mime competition was held on 26 May,20 12. The three houses Teresa, Tagore, and Tolstoy gave wonderful performances. The themes of respective houses were: God is one, the plight of Indian women and 9/11 tragedy respectively. Teresa and Tolstoy were declared joint winners.




SPELLING BEE

With the purpose of helping students to improve their spellings, increase their vocabulary bank, and develop correct English usage. The Inter-House ENGLISH SPELLING BEE COMPETITION was

introduced in school competitions this year.

In the first round all students from each form year participated and winners of the first round went onto the second round, which was a buzzer round. The grand finale for the competition was held on 28th May, 2012 and judged by Rosa Ma’am.

The winners from each form year are as follows:

Class 5 - Yamini Bansal (5 RA) (Tagore House)

Class 6- Shriya Kansal (6 DS) (Teresa House)

Class 7- Sarthak Garg( 7 AJ) (Tagore House)

Class 8- Rosen(8 SM) (Tagore House)

SUPW

A Visit to Slum Area




The students of 10th ,11th and 12th visited an under privileged Colony near Sanour. The students made the people there aware about importance of hygiene and to keep themselves and their surrounding neat and clean to live Healthy life. They were advised to adopt the good habits like to brush teeth to take bath daily and to wash hands before meals. The students distributed first aid boxes to the needy.

Children explaining the importance of Hygiene

A Visit to Verka Milk Plant

Our school organized an educational trip to the Verka plant, Patiala. The students were divided into groups .The instructor explained the whole procedure beforehand and inside the factory we saw a lot of machines and tangled pipelines lined along the wall. The instructor gave us all the information about the processing of milk- how the milk is collected, filtered, pasteurized and packed. He also gave the information that after every 3-4 hours

the pipes are sterilized properly. In this way, demand of processing of one lakh liters of healthy milk is satisfied every day.

So, it was a fabulous experience to visit such a place where we learnt about the hard work that goes into getting the milk packets at our door steps every day.

A Visit to Ayurvedic College

The importance of Ayurveda is well known. To gain more knowledge of the subject the students of class X,XI & XII were taken to the Ayurvedic College where they were made aware of the medicinal importance of plants and herbs. Students were able to gain a direct experience of human anatomy from the dissected bodies which they observed during their visit.




Sports

Shooting

Ekroop Kailon (class 12 TRV), Chitwanveer Dhillon ( class 10 VD), Gurnoor Kaur Guraya (class 9 SD) Amol Binwant (class 7 PB) won Gold at District Riffle Shooting Competition held at Army Rang, Patiala. Simran Kaur (Class 9DK) won silver in the same Competition.

Athletics

Gurkaran Sandhu (class 8HJ) bagged first position in 100m and 600m State level competition held at Guru Nanak stadium, Ludhiana.

NCC

The School is attached with 3 Punjab Air Squadron NCC,Patiala for NCC activites.A Troop of 50 cadets are under training and are getting weapon training and technical knowhow of the Aircraft. Recently 25 cadets received training in flying

ISC AND ICSE RESULT –2012 ISC Twenty students appeared for ISC and all cleared with flying colours. Bhanuraj Kashyap from the Humanities stream scored 94.2% followed by Japleen Kaur with 90.25%. The highest marks in Sociology is 98 and Psychology 95. Shivani Sharma 93.5% scored highest in Commerce stream ,Parneet Kaur 91.5% and Dikshant Jindal 90.5% were second and third respectively. The highest marks in Accounts was 98 and Mathematics 95.

ICSE 105 students appeared for ICSE .Kimiya scored 97% followed closely by Simarpreet 96.2%,Nishtha Gupta 95.6% and Garima Bansal 95.2%. 24 students scored above 90%




52 students scored above 80% 23 students scored above 70% 03 students scored above 60% Kimiya,Simarpreet Kaur and Kunal Singla scored 100% in Mathematics. Gautam Malhotra and Jasmine Kaur scored 98% in Punjabi Kimiya scored 98% in History Civics Geography and 97% in Sciences Jasmine Kaur and Simarpreet Kaur scored 94% in English Kunal Singla and Anshul Kathuria scored 98% in Computer Applications Karanvir Singh and Gurashish Singh scored 98% in Commercial Applications.

Newspaper coverage in the Tribune on 20th May,2012.

FROM THE ARTIST GALLERY

WORKSHOP ON CARTOON DRAWING

A well known cartoonist Ajit Narayan, conducted a workshop in the school

premises on 19th May, 2012. Students of classes IV & V attended the workshop. It was very beneficial for students as he taught how to give expressions by using minimum lines. Children thoroughly enjoyed the workshop.

Drawing by CharanKamal VII AJ




Book REVIEW

Revolution 2020

Love,Corruption,Ambition Chetan Bhagat’s latest work is a gripping tale of love, corruption and ambition. Set in modern day Varanasi, the story revolves around three childhood friends –Gopal,Aarti and Ragav –and what life has in store for them. Unrequired love, failure, success, corruption, dreams- it has it all. The book gives an insight into dilemma of Indian students and the corrupt system of Indian Government With a brilliant narrative style and characters that jump to life on each page, it is hard to put it down.

Harseerat Kaur(IX DK)

Each day Is a New brand Day

It’s always good to remember, When our hope for the future has waned, That no victory in life is easy, No goal is readily gained- That trees of the forest are Strengthened each time they Have weathered a storm… That the sharp cruel cut of the chisel. Gives the Marble it’s beauty and form. And its always good to remember, When shadows have darkened our way,

That each dawn is a bright beginning- Each day is a Brand New Day. Sargun Sandhu (Class - XI DG)

Globe Warming

Greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapour and methane, help to trap heat and stop too much of it escaping into space. Without these gases, the Earth would not be warm enough for us to survive. But more and more greenhouse gases are being released into the atmosphere because of human activities and too much heat is being trapped. The Earth became 0.50C (0.90F warmer during the 20th century and a further rise of even a couple of degrees will damage its natural balance.

Tejan Bansal (Class - V JY)

Good Bye to Ms. Preeti Aulakh who is leaving Patiala for Jaisalmer and Ms. Rachna Arora going to Suratgarh.

Hello to Ms. Prerna – Geography Masters, Ms. Meeta Gautam - English masters, Ms. Harneet Brar – English Masters and Ms. Himani Juglan – History Masters.




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