Apr-May 2014

Delhi Public School Jodhpur is famous for encouraging students to reflect on their own learning and to pursue imaginative activities and questions. They are given space, time and freedom to generate new knowledge by engaging them with creativity and initiative. Students of DPS Jodhpur collaborate to emblazon their talent through various compe-titions and functions every year. DPS Jodhpur bubbled up with activities to ceremonialize its Annual Day, on 30th April, 2014. The theme of the celebration was “SAMAY KI PUKAAR…. Suno…. Samjho…. Sambhlo…..!!” A herculean message was given to the society to “Save Water” for a bet-ter today and a secure tomorrow.

“SAMAY KI PUKAR”

The function was sanctified with the presence of the Chief Guest, Mr.Vineet Joshi, Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. It was Mr. Vineet Joshi who initiated CBSE International. He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch of Manipur and Tripura Cadre. He was accompanied by school’s Pro vice Chairman Mr. Dinesh Chandra Kothari and his wife Mrs. Neelam Kothari, Members of the Management Committee, Prof. U.R.Daga, Mr. P.S.Dasgupta, Mr. A.S.Bhandari and other eminent dignitaries. The programme initiated with the lighting of the pious lamp invoking Goddess Saraswati. It was followed by a Vandana beseeching the blessings of god for mind, intellect and learning. The Pro vice Chairman Mr. Dinesh Chandra Kothari welcomed the guests in his speech. The Principal Mr. B.S.Yadav provided an insight into the results and achievements of the school in the year 2013-2014. The toppers of Science, Commerce and Humanities were felicitated with trophies, certificates and cash prizes on the occasion. Click here for more...

Inside this issue:

Celebrations

Workshops

Special Assemblies

“A word of encouragement

during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.”

“A teacher affects eternity; one can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Adams Every school and every teacher should believe that every child must have a caring adult in his life. And that’s not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend. Most often it is a teacher. Normally when new teachers come into a school, they are scintillated to teach and to innovate. While many of them truly believe that they can make a difference. At the same time, they often have a lot to learn about classroom management and the inner working system. On the other hand, veteran teachers provide years of experience and understanding of how to effectively manage their classroom and getting things done in class room. At the same time, they are also sometimes stuck in their way of teaching a subject and might be wary of innovation. Only through a mix of the new and the old can both learn and grow. This learning and growing can happen only if all teachers gel together and share their experiences and innovations. This recently happened in Delhi Public School Jodhpur, when the school organised an interactive workshop of eight days. The session started on a positive note when Ms. Kaajal Kanwar Bhati and Ms.Anshu Sharma conducted a work-shop on “Creating a positive environment in the school” on 22nd May, 2014. Difference between positivity and negativity was beautifully displayed by a skit. They involved teachers in many activities to prove that teachers need to be trustworthy, honest, laborious, humble, emotional and soft spoken, so that a positive environment can be created in the school. Click here for more…

SUMMER WORKSHOP

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“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The propitious morning of April 11th saw the Investiture Ceremony of Delhi Public School Jodhpur for the session 2014-15 . The ceremony triggered off with the floral welcome of the Chief Guest Dr. Vivek Vijay, Assistant Professor of IIT, Jodhpur. He was accompanied by the honourable Principal Mr. B.S.Yadav and the Headmistress Mrs. Sangeeta Yadav. The programme commenced with a powerful speech delivered by Viruj Janweja of class XII. Viruj shared his thoughts on leadership qualities.

The ceremony began with the entrance of the Prefectorial Board members. The first to enter was the school flag bearer with the motto “Service Before Self” followed by the flag bearers of all six houses i.e. Chenab, Ganges, Jamuna, Jhelum, Ravi and Sutlej with the names and flags of their houses held high with the beautiful compering about their respective house colours.

THE INVESTITURE CEREMONY- 2014-2015

Principal Mr. B.S. Yadav and Chief Guest Dr. Vivek Vijay were invited on the stage for the ceremony. Then started the

announcement of the names of the new cabinet members for the posts of Cultural Captain, Sports Captain,

Vice Captain, House Captain, Deputy Head Boy, Deputy Head Girl and last but not the least the Head Boy and the

Head Girl of the school. To see them coming on the dais in sync with the music played in the background and lots of

cheers and clapping was majestic and a visual treat.

School Principal handed over the responsibilities with the sashes and badges to the new aspiring leaders. School’s

new Head Girl Ragini Bengani was spell bound and the school Head boy Abyudaya Shishodiya described it as an in-

credible moment. They both thanked their teachers and friends who turned them into leaders.

The senators took oath and promised to respect, uphold and defend the rules and regulations of the school with

diligence, dedication and devotion. Chief Guest Dr. Vivek Vijay emphasised on leader’s responsibility to make people

front runners and winners. Principal Mr. B.S Yadav lauded today’s focussed youth. He congratulated the new leaders

and told them to be ready for big responsibilities.

The ceremony ended with a hope that the most coveted position holders will live up to the expectation of their juniors,

teachers and management of the school.

DPS JODHPUR CABINET MEMBERS 2014-2015

POST CABINET MEMBERS

Head Girl Ragini Bengani

Head Boy Abhyudaya Shishodiya

Deputy Head Girl Bhooma Bohra

Deputy Head Boy Shubhank Maheshwari

POST CABINET MEMBERS

Head Girl Ragini Bengani

Head Boy Abhyudaya Shishodiya

Deputy Head Girl Bhooma Bohra

Deputy Head Boy Shubhank Maheshwari

  

“How far that little candle throws its beam! So shines a good deed in a

weary world.” Good work reveals itself over time, its ambiguities and subtle-

ties converging with the reader’s mind, adapting to contemporary circum-

stances. Shakespeare’s reputation has grown for 450 years and his best works

have cheerfully resisted every theory and interpretation thrown at them.

DPS Jodhpur is known to extend its boundaries in the fields of art, music,

literature, education and what not. It added one more feather to its cap by

celebrating the 450th birth anniversary of the Bard of Avon William

Shakespeare. The great Director Mr. Parnab Mukherjee graced the occasion

with his drama troupe. Mr. Mukherjee has carved a niche for himself in the world of dramatics. It is

Mr. Parnab Mukherjee who has performed Shakespeare on a rickshaw and Tagore in an abandoned printing press. It is

he who believes, “Your grand mother’s recipe will do for a performance”. His

group takes up contemporary issues to underline the framework of our time

while providing the best of entertainment. The troupe was escorted by ace

classical dancer and English teacher of Mayo College, Ajmer Mrs. Sheelu

Ramchandran.

The programme kick started with a brief summary of Merchant of Venice and

a description of the central character Shylock. The introduction of Shylock

was supported by a strong point of view which says that every negative

character is not negative by choice but by circumstances. The

characterization of Shylock was compared with various other characters like

Shakuni and Kans. The fact of negativity was supported by the blood stained videos of Iraq and Bhopal Gas tragedy clip-

pings. Shylock was seen introducing himself as “I am not ruthless” and “See my human side”. Difference between empa-

thy and sympathy was depicted by the brilliant actors. The play came out to

be a satire on democracy and a tribute to William Shakespeare. The play

came to its culmination point with the emotionally charged song Jai Hey.

Director Mr. Mukherjee suggested the students to use good dramatics to

express their views. School Principal Mr. B.S. Yadav appreciated the troupe

and advised the students to have an unschooled mindset. The celebration

ended with a memento presentation to Mr. Parnab Mukherjee and Mrs.

Sheelu Ramchandran.

DPS JODHPUR CELEBRATES THE 450TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

POST CHENAB GANGES JAMUNA JHELUM RAVI SUTLEJ

Cultural Captain

Mahima Singh Rajpurohit

Rishika Kaushal Rashika Jain Winnie Lodha Poorva Lodha Sophiya Khan

Sports Captain

Hritik Kankariya Madhur Machher Ojas Gupta Shreeraj Jodha Jainesh Rathore Jaideep Vishnoi

House Vice Captain

Ankita Bhandari Manan Tewari Ria Sharma Pragya Narayan Kriti Solanki Prateek Shrivastava

House Captain

Viruj Janweja Pragya Chandak Harshita Lal Chahak Agarwal

Rahul Goyal Anushka Garg

A welcome assembly was conducted by the students of class IV A in the middle block on 03 April 2014. The assembly started with a beautiful thought. An article was presented welcoming the students. The Head mistress Mrs.Anvita Kackar welcomed the students and made them comfortable about the new environment and the teachers. Mrs.Kaajal Bhati also welcomed the students and moti-vated them to start the new session with lots of enthusiasm.

Welcome Assembly

Special Assembly on Save Water and Environment

  The last assembly before the summer break was conducted by the students of class IV D on 7 May 2014.

The enthusiastic students presented a ‘Nukad Natak’ based on taking precautions during summer vacations, enjoying them and concluding with a slogan save water and save environment

Special Assembly on Earth Day

We celebrate this day to remind ourselves about the beautiful gift we have been given in the form of the planet Earth.

We must realize the danger and start taking small steps like planting trees,switching off lights when unnecessary, reducing pollution.

To enthuse the feeling and seriousness of this day a video of ‘SatyaMevJayte’ episode 3 was shown to the students of class IV and V in the auditorium. After watching the video a discussion on ‘Duties and Responsibilities’ towards our environment, our planet, our city, our surroundings and our home was held.

Teaching Yoga asanas is a wonderful way to encourage our children to a healthy life

style. To meet the need weekly yoga classes and meditation helps in total well-being

of the learner and to have a healthy body and mind. It channelises the attention of

the young minds towards positive side of life. Therefore to meet the brighter side

some basic yogic exercises are taught to the students of class IV and V in the

school premises. It is followed in five steps namely warm-up, breathing, postures,

relaxation and reawakening. Some asanas such as Tadasana, Bhujangasana and

Virbhadrasana are really very helpful for students. At the least Yoga can be a gentle

method for our children to get more physical activity and enhance his or her well being.

Report on “YOGA”

An introductive assembly was conducted for the students of class I. “Work is Worship” was message of the day and the children should abide by it. A brief introduction of the teachers was given to make them familiar with the teachers of class I. The teachers also laid stress on cleanliness, spoken English, mannerism, discipline and uniform. To add flavor to the assembly, the tiny tots recited small poems in English and Hindi.

Work is Worship

ASSEMBLY ON EARTH DAY

The kids of class I - A presented an assembly based on Earth Day . The assembly started with a thought highlighting the Mother Earth. It was preceded with news and an article emphasizing on earth day. A fantastic poem carrying the message how to love and protect mother earth was recited by children . Each letter of the Earth was ex-plained with its meaning which was quite impressive. In the end the headmistress blessed the kids for their excellent performance. With a motive to create interest in gathering support for environmental issues EARTH DAY was celebrated with enthusiasm on 22ndAPRIL 2014 in the premises of Delhi Public School. The assembly was conducted by the students of class III – B.A small enactment on the pre-sent condition of mother earth was depicted in the play followed by some tips to save our

planet for future generations

TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NONE

“A bright new beginning leads to a colourful ending “.The very first assembly of the session 2014-2015 was conducted by the students of class II A . The students initiated with the thought “ Time and Tide wait for none “ which was followed by news and rhymes. The teachers welcomed the students and motivated them to work hard and turn out to be good hu-man beings. At last the students promised to converse in English and strive to give their best.

On 23rd April class 2-B presented an assembly which started with a thought telling the value of time ,this was further followed by the moral values which our young kids should inculcate in themselves in their daily routine. At last the as-sembly ended by an article on Dr B.R. Ambedkar.

VALUE OF TIME

ASSEMBLY ON AMBEDKAR JAYANTI

Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar's birthday is celebrated all over the country on 14th April. He is the father of the Indian constitution.To celebrate this occasion a special assembly was per-formed by the students of class 3 A in the premises of Delhi Public School, Jodhpur. Students performed a play which showed many incidents of his life which made him fight for the rights of untouchables and lead him to become the father of the Indian constitution through his determination and inner strength. Last but not the least, students recited a poem 'Watch' which inspired everyone to watch their words and actions as they become their habit. Assembly ended with encouraging words from the supervisor.

Inculcating healthy eating habits has always been our priority. ’Fruit Chat’ activity is

the first step in this direction. To encourage the kids to eat fruits ,a T.V. show was con-

ducted by the teachers where the kids enjoyed cartoon characters and later, in Mas-

ter Chef they learnt to prepare healthy fruit chat. The role play by the teachers was

very interesting and effective, thus, motivating the children to participate in the upcom-

ing Fruit Chat Making Activity giving them a real life experience.

ASSEMBLY ON HEALTHY EATING HABITS

Teachers are the role model for their students. The tiny tots follow them word to word. What can be a better tool than ’Role Play’ by the teachers to encourage the kids to self- motivate to adapt good manners.

The teachers of pre primary classes enacted a story on ‘Good Manners’ in a special assembly on Monday,28th of April. It was a story of two siblings portraying two oppo-site characters.The teachers played their roles so efficiently that the objective behind conducting the assembly was achieved quite easily. The young minds enthusiastically responded to the different questions asked at the conclusion of the assembly.

A Report On The Assembly On “Good Manners”

A Report On The Assembly On “Puppet Show”

Puppet Shows appeal, entertain and captivate the young minds. Kids can believe and relate, enter and explore the fas-cinating world that the puppets create.

The pre primary teachers of DPS Jodhpur used this effective medium very efficiently on Monday ,5th of May 2014 to tell the story of a little lamb and his journey to its grandmother’s place. With the help of effective voice modulation, the teachers brought the characters of different wild animals into life. The show grabbed the attention of the little audience and each and every learner was observed responding to the show.

The much sought after event of the evening was the dance drama “Samay Ki Pukaar”. The first scene initiated with the historical characters of Manu and Shraddha from Jai Shankar Prasad’s Kamayani. The great deluge described the metaphorical presentation of Earth’s creation. Then gradually the mindset of the new generations started changing. People started cutting trees and humiliated the nature and its systems. Upcoming of concrete forests was exhibited through awesome displays. A street play was staged to acquaint the audience with ways to save water. This was followed by the appearance of the lead protagonist Antariksh and his friends. The lead characters represented today’s callous mindset towards the Mother Nature. A mesmerizing rope dance was performed by the school thespians. The future of the earth was displayed when Antariksh used a time machine to see his future. An aged version of Rishabh and Antariksh was manifested when they had turned grandparents. The futuristic scenes were peppered by stunning dance performances and caricatures. A very thrilling and breath taking session of dialogues was seen between Antariksh and his grandson Jo. Finally the drama came to an emotionally charged end with a question, “It’s only good till the last drop, then what?”

Chief Guest of the evening Mr.Vineet Joshi acknowledged the hard work and vibrance of the students and staff. He praised the inspiration of the school Principal Mr. B.S.Yadav whose hard work has taken the school to the pinnacle of success. The function came to its culmination with the Vote of Thanks by the Head Boy Abhyudaya Shishodiya followed by National Anthem.

Remaining of Annual Function….

It was followed by a workshop on “Professionalism” on 23rd May, 2014, conducted by Ms. Sangeeta Gupta and Ms. Saroj Bhati. They informed that professionalism is a mandatory quality, to be possessed by every educator. He should keep in mind that relationships are to be maintained with students. The teachers who inspire, guide and help students can have a lasting influence on students. Students and staff members should interact to have a warm, open and positive atmosphere. But, a certain distance must be maintained between students and staff in order to achieve the educational mission of the school. The third day’s workshop was conducted on the topic “Language Development” by Ms. Vasudha Lal and Mr. Dalpat Singh Rathore. The workshop started with a videos and activities which showed that only words don’t mean language and communication. Things can be communicated without using words and by using gestures. Different gestures and character traits were explained and discussed. The next step of the session was a workshop on “Reflective Teaching” by Mr. Mukesh Sharma, Ms. Neelam Nandwani and Anita Mathur. This workshop started on a soothing note with meditation. They told teachers to break barriers and communicate with students so that students should understand their points of view. Different tools of reflective teaching were discussed and displayed. Hazards of invariant teaching were discussed. Workshop of 27th May, 2014 was conducted by Ms. Mudit Mordia, Ms. Monica Purohit and Mr. Dinesh Yadav, on the topic “Effective Teaching”. They explained with videos, skits and examples that an effective teacher is a good person who meets the needs of the community as a good citizen and an employee. A good teacher needs to be honest, hard working, organized, authoritative, disciplined and generous. A teacher’s teachings can be effective only if it is achievement oriented and insightful. 28th May, 2014 saw the workshop on “Understanding Learners needs and Analysis” by Ms. Purnima Rajvi, Ms. Vidhi Bulani and Ms. Anju Sharma. On this day, the audience were randomly divided into six groups. The resource persons described the different needs of learners. They enlightened the gathering of teachers that many students in a class are able to get knowledge by visualizing the facts; some are there who are able to attain knowledge by listening to what a teacher teaches. But there are a few students in a class who are able to attain knowledge only by doing the things. They are basically kinaesthetically charged. The last workshop was conducted on 29th May, 2014, on the topic “Behavioural Problems in Kids” by Ms. Anvita Kakkar Mr. Manish Patria and Mr. Laxman Singh Panwar. Various traits of behavioural problems in kids and their causes were discussed in this workshop. The Head mistresses of all three blocks discussed a few rare cases of behaviour problems. Teachers were asked to enact the problems faced by them in classrooms due to problematic kids. After every workshop, school Principal Mr. B. S. Yadav and the three Head Mistresses Ms. Sangeeta Yadav, Ms. An-vita Kakkar and Ms. Pallavi Das, enlightened the teachers attending the workshop by discussing their own points of view about the facts presented in the workshops. They shared their experiences with the teachers and appreciated the zeal of the teachers who conducted the workshops. Continue on Next Page...

Remaining of Summer Workshop……

Remaining of Summer Workshop……

The workshop helped the participants to apply methods meaningfully in teaching and learning activities, enabling

them to plan lessons more effectively. Developing content and preparing materials and integrating active learning

methods were the goals of the workshops. The teachers were enriched with different teaching and learning facts.

Teachers reflected their own teaching style and experiences with new approaches to learning. The teachers con-

ducting the workshop proved the lines of Lily Tomlin correct, “I like a teacher who gives you something to take home

to think about besides home work.”

The eight days workshop session ended with a cultural fiesta, on 30th May, 2014, under the vigilant eyes of Ms.

Abhilasha Shaw and Mr. Mukesh Kalla. School teachers presented song and dance performances which were

guided by the school dance and music teachers. An exhibition of paintings and art and craft work was displayed

which the teachers had prepared with the help of art and craft teachers. Mural Paintings, Clay work, Quilling Art, etc.

described the multiple talents of DPS teachers. By seeing the display one could remember the lines of Jon Henry

Clarke, “A good teacher is one who can hold his audience’s attention, then only he can teach his lesson.”

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