VIDYARTHI January 2016

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A NEWSLETTER OF VIDYA NIKETAN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL New is the year; New are the hopes; New is the resolution; New are the spirits; And new are our warm wishes just for you. Have a promising and fulfilling 2016. Happy New Year

The highlight of this term was our Annual Day 2015, which was a tremendous success . The theme for the Junior School event was colours and the joy it brings to our lives. The Senior School chose Peace as its theme, which is very relevant in these dangerous times. Both days had a delighted and enthusiastic response. The effort of students and teachers did not go in vain.

In the Inter house French spelling bee competition, Kritika Bansal & Deepika Gulati of Class VII & Tagore House were the winners.

In class VIII, Aarushi Dabas & Aadvitya Vij of C.V.Raman house were the winners.

The students of Class VI to Class XII were enthralled by the Flute recital organized by  Raasrang – coordinators of the World Flute Festival.

Commerce students of Class XII visited  the Maruti factory as part of their Business Studies curriculum. Not only did they learn business practices, they also learnt the intricacies of putting a car together.

Dr Madhusudan Singh Solanki of Saket City Hospital conducted a workshop on Bullying and its consequences for students of Class VII & VIII.

A week long book fair was organized by Scholastic India. Mitika Garg of Class V A  and Chirag Joshi of Class VIII were the winners in the Lucky Draw. Students of Class VI B were adjudged the best readers.

Harald Granbom and his colleagues from Sweden, visited the school to compare teaching practices of India and Sweden.

The political science students of Class XII visited the Delhi Vidhan Sabha and watched the proceedings of the House with great interest.

A workshop on ‘Career Counselling’ was conducted by Mr.Ritesh Jain of U can education for the students

of Class XII.

Students of Class III, IV & V went for a picnic taking advantage of the good weather

Andrea Pereira of Space Theatre Ensemble - a society for promoting arts, culture and education conducted a theatre workshop for students of Class VII & VIII.

Students of Class X went on a heritage walk to Humayun’s tomb

The Young Journalist Meet organized by The Hindu was attended by Robin Anthony,  Mohit Raghav and Vaibhav Swami of  Class XII.

Students of Class VII & VIII visited The Museum of Natural History whose mission is to promote environmental education. Students enjoyed observing exhibits which focus on India's plants, animals and mineral wealth. Specific exhibits include a sauropod fossil; , a collection of bird eggs including those of the ostrich and the long-billed vulture and stuffed animals including various big cats. 

Students of class 1 & 11 went on a Picnic to Quila Rai Pithora.

Students of Class IX, X & XI enjoyed  the interactive session with  Dr Prasad Srinivasan – State Representative of the Republican party from Connecticut, USA.

The students of Class VI visited the Kiran Nadar Art Museum. They also attended a workshop on ‘Warli Art’ with great enthusiasm and interest.

Students of Class VI,VII, VIII & IX visited Camp Tikkling, where they participated in a number of adventure activities and team building exercises.

Students of Class X, XI & XII went on a 3 day trip to Jim Corbett National Park. They visited the Corbett Museum, and enjoyed the Nature walk and bird watching along the River Kosi. They went on a jungle safari into the deep forest with the hope of sighting tigers. The variety of flora and fauna was a visual treat.

The Hindu conducted a Vedic Maths Workshop for students of Class VIII & IX.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

An Amazing sentence in English

“I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectually counterbalancing indecipherability transcendentalizes intercommunication’s incomprehensibleness”.

The person who made this sentence must be a vocabulary GENIUS.

Reason

This is the sentence where the first word is one letter long, the second word is two letters; the third word is three letter long …… the eight word is eight letters long and so on …. The twentieth letter is twenty letters long!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Baby giraffes learn a very important lesson rather early in life.

The birth of a baby giraffe is quite an earth-shaking event. The baby falls from its mother's womb, some eight feet above the ground. It shrivels up and lies still, too weak to move.

The mother giraffe lovingly lowers her neck to smooch the baby giraffe. And then something unbelievable happens. She lifts her long leg and kicks the baby giraffe, sending it flying up in the air and tumbling down on the ground.

As the baby lies curled up, the mother kicks the baby again and again until the baby giraffe, still trembling and tired, pushes its limbs and for the first time learns to stand on its feet.

Happy to see the baby standing on its own feet, the mother giraffe comes over and gives it yet another kick. The baby giraffe falls one more time, but now quickly recovers and stands up.

Mama Giraffe is delighted. She knows that her baby has learnt an important lesson:

Never mind how hard you fall, always remember to pick yourself up and get back on your feet.

Why does the mother giraffe do this? She knows that lions and leopards love giraffe meat. So unless the baby giraffe quickly learns to stand and run with the pack, it will have no chance of survival.

Most of us though are not quite as lucky as baby giraffes. No one teaches us to stand up every time we fall. When we fail, when we are down, we just give up.

No one kicks us out of our comfort zone to remind us that to survive and succeed, we need to get back on our feet.

Get up. ..Stand up...                            ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Odd or Even -- Delhi wins

Arvind Kejriwal’s bold move to curb pollution has been a ray of hope. Twenty three other cities, including Ahmedabad, Khanpur, Chennai and Bangalore are borderline cases, and that makes the Delhi experiment – and its success – crucial, since we are dealing with a national emergency. So far, only Delhi has earnestly taken up damage control, and while it is a small step, that it has worked somewhat is encouraging. Delhi’s unique experiment to curb air pollution by alternatively allowing odd and even numbered cars on its roads has vital lessons for the rest of India. Each year, six lakh people perish because of what we breathe in, thousands of children grow up with serious respiratory diseases. Delhi has also shown that people are aware and sensitive towards the problem and are ready to sacrifice luxuries and shoulder a few inconveniences. We should understand that long-term health of our city hinges on prevention rather than cure. Delhi’s current battle with pollution is an unmistakable warning to cities and states to get their priorities right. I am certainly proud of us for shouldering this responsibility.

Mansi Yadav X A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Learning through Play  Kindergarten Department