rays dec 2011 newsletter from brighton international school, raipur

Editorial BoardChief Editor - English Mridula Jais - Class VIII Vandita Saraswat - Class VIIChief Editor - Hindi Riddhika Saraswat- Class VIII Akshita Dubey - Class VIISub Editor - Ajit Pandey - Class VI,Honey Agarwal - Class VI, Satyawrat-Class VIII, Pallavi Singh -Class VI

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. - Mother Teresa

From The Principal's Desk Dear erudite readers,

Update@ Brighton International SchoolIndependence Day @ Brighton

About RAYS

Rays is a tri-monthly newsletterpublished by the Brighton Inter-national School. Brighton is situated near Vidhan Sabha in Raipur (C.G).

Rays is a compilation of articles by students of Brighton aiming to promote literary zest amongst thestudents.

BRIGHTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Nardaha, Raipurwww.brightoninternational.in

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Shobha SinghPrincipal, Brighton International School

thOne of the most awaited celebration at Brighton the 15 August, India’s Independence Day was celebrated in full zest and fervor by the students. The ceremony showcased an eclectic mix of different flavours from our Indian society. Various acts presented reflected the rich culture and heritage of our country making one feel proud to be an Indian. The show ended with school band performing a march past.

It is with profuse elation, I once again speak to you through this issue of Rays.

We at Brighton feel that in this age of accelerated change and global competition, the ‘MANTRA’ for survival and success is quality blended with innovation. Brighton is progressing strength to strength and has gained a great deal of momentum by keeping the same in‘matra’ in mind. The aim of education at Brighton is to create pupils who are creative and at the same time innovative. In this academic session,our students have set many a milestones at the inter-school competitions by not only participating but forging ahead and winning every time. In a very short span of time, the school has carved a niche for itself and has taken rapid strides towards its destination to excellence.

Before, I put my pen down, I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to all the erudite parents for their immutable support and management for their unequivocal support in all our endeavours. Lastly, my thanks to all the staff members afor their untiring efforts to compile this chronicle. Wish you all a delectable reading and best wishes for a HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2012.

Little Masters @ Brighton Campus

PUGMARKS update - The young ones at Brighton hardly find time to get bored, the period between August and November has been hectic.Young minds have involved and interacted with various facets of early child development without even realizing that they are studying.

BRIGHTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, Nardaha, Raipur

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Fruit Day: A day was celebrated where children learnt about various fruits, their derivatives, taste and colour. The activity was not only fruitful knowledge wise but also stomach wise.

Raksha-Bandhan: What a day for the toddlers, not only they discovered their newly found brothers and sisters but they also got to enjoy delicious sweets.

Healthy Food - Sprouts Day: With the message of “As you eat, so shall you grow”, the sprouts day was celebrated in the pre primary section. Kids were informed of the ill effects of junk food and the merits of eating health food like sprouts.

Janmasthami: The Hindi saying, “God has many Avtars” turned from saying into a reality with Brighton’s campus was thronged by handsome Krishnas and lovely Radhas. The festival of Janmashtami was celebrated with great fun fare with the students watching an animated film about Lord Krishna.

Lets learn to play Music: Students of nurserysection now partially know how to play a musicalinstrument by getting themselves familiar with the name of the instruments. The students notonly tried to play instruments but also observedtheir different sounds

Washing Activity - Vocabulary Building Activity

Trip to Poultry Farm


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Hindi Debate @ Brighton

Hindi department outperformed expectations by organising a Hindi debate competition of high caliber which not only showcased the oratorical skills of our students but also forced everybody to think about the topic; “Is India still independent after 64 years of independence”. The event saw a grand competition with contestants from all the four houses locking horns. The competition was won by Charlie House whobagged 3 places out of top five.

Laurels @ Brighton

Making winning a habit, Brightonites have continued bringing in laurels. Following is the list of winners / Group and Competition which have happened between July & November 2011.

Competition Participant Standing

Archery Competition - N H G World School Aarshi Agarwal - Class VI FirstEnglish Debate - N H G World School Akshita Bhadoria - Class V Third

Group Dance Competition - N H G W School Dance Group Third

Kathak Education @ Brighton

An elementary introduction to Kathak was organised in association with Lok Shikshan Samiti.

Solo Song - N H G W School & Balaji SchoolDrawing - N H G W School & Sahid Smarak

Group Song - Jain Public School

Hindi Debate - N H G World SchoolSolo Song - Shahid Smarak

Ajit Pandey - Class VIINancy Verma - Class V

GroupAkshita Dubey - Class VII

Sucheta Das - Class VI

Third

First & Third

Second

ThirdFirst

Trip to the Museum @ Brighton The senior section of the school paid a visit to the city museum - Guru Ghasidas Sanghralay. With so much at display, the students were amazed at the width of the collection. With theimpending ‘Sirpur’ trip on cards, students had a great informative time collecting the detailsabout various artifacts and sculptures.

House Standings @ Brighton

This academic year is again witnessing a close contest amongst the 4 houses to claim the championship award.As we come close to the end of this calendar year, following are the house standings;

Rank House Points

Charlie 102.5III

Rank

AlphaII 129.5

BravoI 139.5

DeltaIV 92.5

Soap Factory Visit @ Brighton

“Seeing is believing”, this is what the Science teachers told the students when they took them to the soap factory. Herethey not only learnt about theraw material being used but also witnessed the entire process of soap creation.

The trip was full of bubbles of wisdom and lather of knowledgeas students interacted with allthe machines and workers in the soap fcatory

Know your Leaders


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Why do people walk in their sleep?By Vandita Saraswat (Class VIII)

Save TigersBy Pallavi Singh (Class VI)

Just a SecondBy Rana Singh (Class VIII)

Lal Krishna AdvaniFormer Deputy Prime Minister

2002 - 2004.

Lal Krishna Advani was born in Karachi, in Sindh of British India to Kishanchand D. Advani and Gyani Devi. He completed his early schooling from Karachi, later he graduated in Law from Government Law College, Bombay University. He joined Rashtriya Sevak Sangh (RSS) when he was just 14 years old. L.K.Advani’s political career started when he was elected RSS secretary in Karachi. Advani became a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 . After serving at various positions in the Jana Sangh, he became its President in 1975. He also went to jail for two years during the emergency (1975-76). He served as the leader of opposition for many years and was the Home minister during the NDA rule between 1998 - 2004. Currently he is campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Tigers are the biggest of the big cats. The tiger is the largest living species of thecat family. There are eight subspecies of tigers, three of which are now extinct.The tiger subspecies primarily found in India is called the “Bengal Tiger” or the“Indian Tiger”. India being home to about 50% of the world's tiger population, thetiger is the king of the Indian jungles. The King is armed with immensestrength, powerful fore paws, strong jaws, sharp claws and canines from which no prey can escape.

Not surprisingly, like a king, the tiger too plays an important role in maintaining its territory. Tiger directly depends on herbivores for food. The tiger controls the population of herbivores which if left, unchecked would over graze the entire forest. To ensure that there is food available for the tiger, we have to protect the herbivores. This in turn means ensuring a healthy forest. Besides protecting thetiger and its prey, ensuring a healthy forest means protecting the natural homesof thousands of other animals.

If we don not commit ourselves to save this extraordinary and endangered animal, it may vanish from the Indian forest forever.

Sleepwalking is a rare phenomenon. To understand it, we must first understand 'sleep'. Our body, needs sleep to restore strength of tired organs and tissues. Whenwe sleep, two processes take place. First, we enter the state of 'brain sleep' wherethe part of the brain is blocked, so that we lose consciousness. Secondly certain movements in the brain stem (lower part of the brain) linked with spinal cords are blocked, so that our limbs become inactive. This is called body sleep. Normally brain sleep and body sleep are connected. But sometimes the nervous system does not respond normally, causing the brain sleep and body sleep to become disassociated. This usually happens to people who have a family history of sleep walking from stress and anxiety.

1 minute 60 seconds1 hour 3,600 seconds1 day 86,400 seconds1 week 6,04,800 seconds1 year 31,536,000 seconds.

Money is not everything,It can buy a house, but not a home.It can buy a bed, but not sleep.It can buy a clock, but not time.It can buy a book, but not knowledge.It can buy a medicine, but not health.It can buy blood, but not the life.

This disassociation of brain sleep and body sleep may cause the brain to sleep while the body remains awake on its own accord, leading to sleepwalking.

Money is not everythingNiharika Singh (Class VI)

School RulesBy Sakshi Ahlawat (Class III)

Come to school just in time,Go to prayer in a line.Don't throw paper on the ground,Give the teachers what is found.Come to school clean and neat,Wish the teachers when you meet.

It will take you almost five seconds to read this sentence. The average length of a film is more than 5,000 seconds. In a lifetime of 80 years there are more than 2.5 billion seconds but more than 800 million of them are spent while asleep. Don't believe? Just count it this way,


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Rebirth of the Earth By Pooja Sahu (Class VII)

Spare a Thought

Good Night PoemBy Himanshu Dewangan (Class VI)

A friend Like YouBy Aarshi Agarwal (Class VI)

Dos and Don'ts while at work in labBy Akshita Dubey (Class VII)

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

- Mahatma Gandhi - Father of the Nation

The most damaging one letter word – I (Avoid it)The most satisfying two letter word – We (Use it)The most poisonous three letter word – Ego (Kill it)The most used four letter word – Love (Value it)The most pleasing five letter word – Smile (Keep it)The most spreading six letter word – Rumour (Ignore it)The most spreading seven letter word – Success (Achieve it)The most damaging eight letter word – Jealousy (Distance from it)The most powerful nine letter word – Knowledge (Acquire it)The most powerful ten letter word – Confidence (Trust it)

Valuable Lessons In My LifeBy Aditya Tangade (Class VIII)

A friend like you is like no other friend,A friend like you, I can't fight with,Friends like you are random and funny.A friend like you is a friend, I can tell my secrets too,A friend like you is a friend,I always wanted,A friend like you is a friend, I don't want to lose,A friend like you is a friend, who opens my eyes,And helps me to avoid bad things,A friend like you is a friend, I am proud to call my best friend.

Touch your heart,close your eyes,Make a wish, say good night,Sky so wide, stars so bright,Switch off the light and sleep quiet.

But don't forget to say everyoneSweet dreams and good night.

Son: I can’t go to school today.Father: Why not?Son: I don’t feel wellFather: Where don’t you feel well?Son: In school!

Joke - Can’t go to school.

These days people talk about global warming,I just keep wondering about the terrible warning.People say there's pollution everywhere,I wonder what is mixed up in the air.Being Indians we should respect mother nature,If we don't, just think of the blank future.

The earth will reach its point of boiling,And in that extreme temperature will be toiling.Conserving the environment should be our duty,Helping the earth to regain its beauty.

So make up your mind to protect the earth,Then only you'll be able to see…….. Earth's rebirth.

My IndiaBy Khusi Dahiya (Class V)

Kashmir is famous for visiting, Madras is famous for cooking,Kerala is famous for dance , Mysore is lucky by chance,Ahmedabad is famous for milk, Nagaland is famous for hills,Bengal is for writing , Punjab is for fighting ,Andhra Pradesh is for learning, Maharashtra is for hard working,Assam is for tea and oil, Haryana is for magic soil, Mumbai is nice, Chhattisgarh is for rice,Arunachal is for furniture cane, Uttar Pradesh is for sugar cane ,

Our India is with a blue sky, I wish it to soar high.

When a piece of Sodium and Potassium is dropped in water, it vigorously reacts with it and catches fire as it is highly reactive element. So it is kept under kerosene bottle.

While carrying out experiment test tube should be kept in tilted form, so that the flames coming out should not damage the eyes.

Do not touch quick lime with wet or bare hands, it can cause skin burn.

Do not handle solid sodium hydroxide with bare hands, as it is highly corrosive in nature.


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Artists @ Brighton

Spare a Thought

AimBy Aman Dubey (Class IV)

Mathematical MagicBy Abhijeet Shrivastava (Class V)

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it

- Henry David Thoreau (Author & Philosopher)

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.

- Douglas Ivester (Former CEO Coca Cola)

If there is life, there are dreams.If there are dreams, there is aim.If there is aim, there are different ways.If there are ways, there are problems,If there are problems, there are means to solve them.So don't keep mum, try to achieve your aim.

a)12345678 X 18b)12345678 X 27c)12345678 X 36d)12345678 X 45e)12345678 X 54f)12345678 X 63

Answer:a)2222222202b)3333333303c)4444444404d)5555555505e)6666666606f)7777777707

Harlequin

Steps to prepare:1) To make a harlequin you need coloured tissue paper, a cardboard, a ‘cake’ tray with a diameter of 32 cms, glue stick.2) Tear the tissue paper into pieces of about 4 or 5 cms and keep the various colours in separate containers.3) Roll the pieces of tissue paper into balls and put them into containers. For example - Small cardboard boxes.4) Prepare quite a lot of little balls and stick them on the board with vinyl glue. 5) Keep following the pattern to create your own Harlequin.

Khushi (Class IV)

Dimple (Class VI)Mahak (Class VI)

Pallavi (Class VI)

Ashmita (Class VIII)

Riddhika (Class VIII)

Shiv (Class VII)

Vandita (Class VII)

Satyawrat (Class VIII) Kritika (Class VI)


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Head Girl - Riddhika Saraswat


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Investiture Ceremony @ Brighton

School appointments were announced for the year 2011-12 and a special investiture ceremony was held at the campus to felicitate the chosen few. Satyavrat Singh and Riddhika Saraswat of Class VIII were selected as the Head Boy and the Head Girlrespectively.

Appointments with Chairman Sir and Vice Chairman Sir.Following is the list of other appointments for the academic year 2011-12;Vice-Head Boy: Sachin Dewangan. Vice-Head Girl: Akshita Dubey. House Prefects:

In-charges :Intonation - Vijit Vimal Kumar, Cultural - Ajit Pandey, Discipline - Jaisvi Verma, Cleanliness - Honey Agrawal.

Alpha - Vandita Saraswat, Ravi Mishra, Bravo - Navjot Singh, Priyanka Poptani, Charlie - Mridula Jais, Aditya Tangade, Delta - Rana Priyam Singh, Ashmita Dubey.

Head Boy - Satyawrat Singh

Magic Trick

Effect:

Secret:Preparation:

Performing the Trick:

An object such as a bead is placed inside of a paper cup. And when you turn the cup over, it’s vanished. You reach into your pocket and produce the bead. It has mysteriously traveled to your pocket. Materials: A paper cup, Two small beads or balls

The cup has a small hole that allows the small object to pass through to your hand. When you turn the cup over, nothing falls out because it’s being held in your hand. Take a pair of scissors and cup a small hole in the bottom of the paper cup so the object that you want to vanish can pass through. Place the second bead or ball in your pocket. Hold the cup with your hand along the bottom of the cup. Drop the small object into the cup. Allow the object to fall through the hole so you’re holding it in your hand.Turn over the cup. The object appears to have disappeared. Reach into your pocket and bring out the matching object.It will look as if it vanished and traveled to your pocket.