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BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI Newspaper in Education STUDENT EDITION MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2020 WEB EDITION CLICK HERE: WWW.TOISTUDENT.COM CLICK HERE FOR MORE BRIEF NEWS IN EDUCATION Guidelines for enhancing students' learning unveiled A ctor Olivia Wilde has been signed by Sony Pictures to helm and de- velop a female-centric Marvel film for the studio. According to Variety, there have been speculations about Sony developing a movie around the character of Spider-Woman. Several Marvel comics have held the title of Spider-Woman with Jessica Drew in the 1970s. Besides Drew, Mary-Jane and Gwen Stacy have also been a part of the title. CHANDRAYAAN- 2 COMPLETES A YEAR AROUND MOON, ADEQUATE FUEL FOR 7 MORE YEARS: ISRO I ndia's second lunar mission Chan- drayaan- 2 completed a year in the or- bit around the Moon on Thursday, and all the instruments are currently per- forming well. There is adequate onboard fuel to keep it operational for about seven more years, space agency ISRO said. BOOK ➤The new female-centric film will be bankrolled by Amy Pascal, and will be written by Katie Silberman, who had earlier written 'Booksmart' ➤Wilde made her debut with the feature film, 'Booksmart' ➤The film had released on May 24, 2020, and minted $ 22 million U nion education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has released the Stu- dents' Learning Enhancement Guidelines. OLIVIA WILDE TO HELM FEMALE-CENTRIC MARVEL FILM MOVIES INCLUDE CHAPTERS ON CITIZENS' DUTIES IN SCHOOL BOOKS: CENTRE TO NCERT TOWARDS MAKING OUR CITIZENS DUTIFUL A s public parti- cipation gains significance in the fight against coronavirus, the Centre has asked the NCERT and state gov- ernments to include chapters on citizens' du- ties in school books. Union secretary, depart- ment of justice, Barun Mitra has said that the government has pre- pared course modules on citizens' duties as de- tailed in the Constitu- tion, after some states Children are the finest carriers of social messages as seen in the Swachh Bharat and 'No to Plastics' campaigns. The Centre has also started engaging NRIs on how they can per- form citizens' duties abroad, and help the cause of the country HOW TO MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE DUTIES THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED TO NOT TO INDULGE IN THE CIRCULATION OF FAKE CONTENT: Since everyone is active on social media plat- forms, an awareness on not to spread fake content with- out verifying facts, should be included in our syllabus. Inayat Kapoor, class XII, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula OFFER LESSONS ON HOW ETHICAL DECISIONS ARE MADE: Set up situations in which students can apply these skills in solving the problems. Swagata Banerjee, teacher, BDM Intl, Kolkata CREATE AN AWARENESS ON THE DUTIES: Encourage children by setting an example, and participating in various activities, like keeping the surroundings clean. Support the students' for small role-plays and debates to create awareness about the rights and duties on issues, like cybercrime, hygiene, etc Ritu Sharma, educator, St Kabir School, Ahmd LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Teach- ers should set an example by practising what they teach the students. It will encourage the stu- dents to follow them in letter and spirit. Suryakumari Dennison, teacher, Aavishkar Academy, Bengaluru EXPLAIN THE NEED OF THE DUTIES: It is imperative for both the teachers and the elders to explain the children on why a particular duty has been included in their curriculum. Mutual sharing of information between the kids and their parents, teachers and peers will go a long way in making them conscious citizens. GEETA SAINI, teacher, HAL School, Lucknow HYGIENE CONSCIOUS: The spreading of an infection can stop with basic hygienic measures. It’s our duty to drive a campaign on the importance of hygiene. Jobel Jiji Joseph, class XI, RCJPS, Kakkanad, Ernakulam TO STAY ALERT: As a responsible citizen, we should remain alert of the happenings in our surrounding, and not fall prey to rumours. We should inform our parents, elders or police immediately, if we come across any suspicious activities. Sanya Sinha, class XII, MRISchool, Faridabad Chapter IV of the Indian Constitution comprises the Fundamental Duties of citizens. Added to the Constitution by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, the concept was taken from the USSR Constitution. They are not justiciable, and are enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policies 1 Get to know your team mem- bers and their schedules. Getting a little personal with each team member can make it easier, when it comes to sacrificing time to achieve a common learning goal. Also, get to know your online instructor and his or her teaching strategies. TIPS TO DEAL WITH ONLINE GROUP WORK KNOW YOUR TEAM AND INSTRUCTOR 2 A team can’t function solely through email. A five-minute phone conversation often gets a point across verbally that 10 emails can’t. Plan phone meetings at least once to keep everyone in sync. The meetings can be short, but any more than a few days with- out contact can thwart efforts to stay on track. FIND A SPECIFIC TIME TO MEET 3 Elect one person to be the “voice” for the final version of the assignment. Once the elected “voice” has edited togeth- er all the content, have them sub- mit it to the group for review. Group members can then make edits or insert ideas to polish the final assignment. FIND SOMEONE TO BE THE “VOICE” OF THE PROJECT 4 Today, many collaborative learning options are avail- able— from text, voice or chat via Gmail, to conference calling with Skype, TalkShoe, or document-sharing with DropBox, collaborating online is much easier. Pick and agree on the collaboration and tracking methods before starting. AGREE ON THE TOOLS THAT YOU’LL USE TO COLLABORATE 5 Assign one member to be ready to step in and com- plete a crucial role, if anoth- er team member cannot. Some emergency situation my crop up, so always have a back up ASSIGN EVERY PERSON’S ROLE ON THE PROJECT 5 CREDIT: BLOG FROM GETEDUCATED.COM ➤ The documents, such as Alternative Academic Calendar, PRAGYATA Guidelines, Digital Education-India Report, NISHTHA-Online, etc, are some of the initiatives that have been under- taken to maintain continuity in school education for children ➤ The NCERT has prepared Students' Learning Enhancement Guidelines for the present situation, and also for the post-pandemic situation ➤ The guidelines are suggested for three types of situations—Firstly, in which the students do not have any digital resources. Secondly, in which the students have limited digital resources available. Lastly, in which students have digital resources avail- able for the online education T here has been plenty of talk about actor Sushant Singh Rajput's controversial gratitude journal that was posted online by his girl- friend Rhea Chakravarty. While the controversy over who has actually written the journal continues, it has brought the focus on writ- ing gratitude journals. Here's more about this pop- ular concept. WHAT IS IT? A concept widely used by psy- chologists across the world, a gratitude journal is a medium, where you jot down all the things you are grateful for. The idea is to make the person maintaining the jour- nal FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE THINGS IN LIFE. No wonder, it has earned a place as a prominent ap- proach to positive psychology. The maintenance of a gratitude jour- nal is also believed to help re- lieve symptoms of depression and anxiety. WHY IT WORKS... According to clinical psy- chologist, Dr Piya Nandi, journalling can help de- pressed or anxious patients vent their bottled-up feelings, and also feel positive. “When you are journalling your thoughts, there is no one to ar- gue with you or create a road- block. You have a free-flowing mind to pen down your true feelings.” DO YOU HAVE A GRATITUDE JOURNAL? THE ‘SILVER LININGS’ A reference to the concept of grati- tude journalling is made by Anupam Kher’s character (a psychologist) in the 2012 film, 'Silver Linings Playbook'. He advises his mental health patient, Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper), to be grateful for life and attempt to see the good or silver lin- ings, in all that he experiences How about writing a gratitude journal and sharing with us at [email protected] Some books written by Malala Yousafzai, include 'I Am Malala', 'We Are Displaced' and 'Malala's Magic Pencil' Samsung officially launches Galaxy Note 20 series globally S amsung has launched its new flagship, phablet globally as the South Ko- rean tech giant pins hopes on its latest de- vice to drive mobile business amid the pan- demic. The Galaxy Note 20 series has hit shelves in some 70 countries, in- cluding South Korea, the US, Britain and Thailand, accord- ing to Samsung. The new mobile de- vices will be avail- able in 130 coun- tries by mid-Sep- tember. UNVEILED ➤ The Galaxy Note 20 series comes in two models —the standard Note 20 and the high-end Note 20 Ultra ➤ The 6.7-inch Galaxy Note20 was launched at the original price of ` 77,999, while the 6.9-inch Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G is available for ` 104,999 in the country MATT REEVES SHARES FIRST LOOK OF 'THE BATMAN' LOGO F ilmmaker Matt Reeves has unveiled the first look of the logo for his much-an- ticipated upcoming film, ‘The Batman’. The 54-year-old director shared the official logo of the flick on Twitter. The new Batman film stars Paul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell and Zoe Kravitz. SPACE Called 'Fearless', it will fea- ture bold and inspiring women writers, who portray the world in a different per- spective. Each month, Malala will select a book, which she'll read and dis- cuss with her followers. The digital book club will be hosted by Literati MALALA TO START HER BOOK CLUB THIS OCTOBER ➤ Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July 22, 2019, and was inserted into the lunar orbit on August 20, 2019 ➤ Chandrayaan-2 mission was India's first attempt to make a soft landing of a rover on the unchartered South Pole of the lunar surface. However, the lan- der Vikram hard-landed in September last year ➤ India's first mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-1, launched in 2008, had given clear evidence on the extensive presence of surface water, and the indication for sub-surface polar water- ice deposits A ctivist, Nobel Laureate and author Malala Yousafzai is all set to start her digital book club in October 2020. ➤The poster, designed by DC's chief creative officer, Jim Lee, depicts the batsuit as worn by Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne in the film. ➤The upcoming superhero flick will resume shooting in early September. Filming for the comic book adventure film was halted due to the coron- avirus pandemic, when it was roughly seven weeks into the production UNVEILED NO TO FAKE NEWS SWACHH BHARAT CONSUMERISM STUDENTS SPEAK TEACHERS SPEAK sent their inputs on the subject. “Rights flow only from the duties well performed. If each one amongst us performs our duty, everybody's rights would be automatically protected,” he said. “Freedom without acceptance of re- sponsibility can destroy the edifice of free- dom itself. Rights and responsibilities must be balanced,” he added. Photo: Getty images
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IN EDUCATION
Guidelines forenhancing students'learning unveiled
A ctor Olivia Wilde has been signedby Sony Pictures to helm and de-velop a female-centric Marvel
film for the studio. According to Variety,there have been speculations about Sonydeveloping a moviearound the characterof Spider-Woman. Several Marvel comicshave held the title of Spider-Woman withJessica Drew in the 1970s. Besides Drew,Mary-Jane and Gwen Stacy have alsobeen a part of the title.
CHANDRAYAAN- 2 COMPLETES AYEAR AROUND MOON, ADEQUATEFUEL FOR 7 MORE YEARS: ISRO
India's second lunar mission Chan-drayaan- 2 completed a year in the or-bit around the Moon on Thursday, and
all the instruments are currently per-forming well. There is adequate onboardfuel to keep it operational for about sevenmore years, space agency ISRO said.
BOOK
➤The new female-centric film willbe bankrolled by Amy Pascal, andwill be written by Katie Silberman,who had earlier written 'Booksmart'
➤Wilde made her debut with thefeature film, 'Booksmart'
➤The film had released on May 24,2020, and minted $ 22 million
Union education minister RameshPokhriyal has released the Stu-dents' Learning Enhancement
Guidelines.
OLIVIA WILDE TO HELM FEMALE-CENTRIC MARVEL FILM
MOVIES
INCLUDE CHAPTERS ON CITIZENS' DUTIES IN SCHOOL BOOKS: CENTRE TO NCERT
TOWARDS MAKINGOUR CITIZENS
DUTIFUL
As public parti-cipation gainssignificance inthe fight
against coronavirus, theCentre has asked theNCERT and state gov-ernments to includechapters on citizens' du-ties in school books.Union secretary, depart-ment of justice, BarunMitra has said that thegovernment has pre-pared course modules oncitizens' duties as de-tailed in the Constitu-tion, after some states
Children are thefinest carriers ofsocial messages asseen in the SwachhBharat and 'No toPlastics' campaigns. The Centre has alsostarted engaging NRIson how they can per-form citizens' dutiesabroad, and help thecause of the country
HOW TO MAKE THEM EFFECTIVE
DUTIES THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDEDTO NOT TO INDULGE IN THE CIRCULATION OF FAKECONTENT: Since everyone is active on social media plat-forms, an awareness on not to spread fake content with-out verifying facts, should be included in our syllabus.Inayat Kapoor, class XII, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula
OFFER LESSONS ON HOW ETHICAL DECISIONSARE MADE: Set up situations in which studentscan apply these skills in solving the problems. Swagata Banerjee, teacher, BDM Intl, Kolkata
CREATE AN AWARENESS ON THE DUTIES:Encourage children by setting an example,and participating in various activities, likekeeping the surroundings clean. Support thestudents' for small role-plays and debates tocreate awareness about the rights and dutieson issues, like cybercrime, hygiene, etc Ritu Sharma, educator, St Kabir School, Ahmd
LEAD BY EXAMPLE: Teach-ers should set an exampleby practising what theyteach the students. It will encourage the stu-dents to follow them in letter and spirit. Suryakumari Dennison, teacher, AavishkarAcademy, Bengaluru
EXPLAIN THE NEED OF THE DUTIES: It isimperative for both the teachers and the eldersto explain the children on why a particular dutyhas been included in their curriculum. Mutualsharing of information between the kids andtheir parents, teachers and peers will go a longway in making them conscious citizens.GEETA SAINI, teacher, HAL School, Lucknow
HYGIENE CONSCIOUS: The spreadingof an infection can stop with basichygienic measures. It’s our duty todrive a campaign on the importance of hygiene.Jobel Jiji Joseph, class XI, RCJPS, Kakkanad, Ernakulam
TO STAY ALERT: As a responsible citizen, we should remainalert of the happenings in our surrounding, and not fall preyto rumours. We should inform our parents, elders or policeimmediately, if we come across any suspicious activities.Sanya Sinha, class XII, MRISchool, Faridabad
Chapter IV of the Indian Constitution comprises theFundamental Duties of citizens. Added to the Constitution by
the 42nd Amendment in 1976, the concept was taken from theUSSR Constitution. They are not justiciable, and are enshrined inthe Directive Principles of State Policies
1 Get to know your team mem-bers and their schedules.Getting a little personal with
each team member can make iteasier, when it comes to sacrificingtime to achieve a common learninggoal. Also, get to know your onlineinstructor and his or her teachingstrategies.
TIPS TO DEALWITH ONLINE
GROUP WORKKNOW YOUR TEAM ANDINSTRUCTOR
2 A team can’t function solelythrough email. A five-minutephone conversation often
gets a point across verbally that 10emails can’t. Plan phone meetingsat least once to keep everyone insync. The meetings can be short,but any more than a few days with-out contact can thwart efforts tostay on track.
FIND A SPECIFIC TIME TO MEET
3 Elect one person to be the“voice” for the final versionof the assignment. Once the
elected “voice” has edited togeth-er all the content, have them sub-mit it to the group for review.Group members can then makeedits or insert ideas to polish thefinal assignment.
FIND SOMEONE TO BE THE“VOICE” OF THE PROJECT
4 Today, many collaborativelearning options are avail-able— from text, voice or chat
via Gmail, to conference calling withSkype, TalkShoe, or document-sharingwith DropBox, collaborating online ismuch easier. Pick and agree on thecollaboration and tracking methodsbefore starting.
AGREE ON THE TOOLS THATYOU’LL USE TO COLLABORATE
5 Assign one member to beready to step in and com-plete a crucial role, if anoth-
er team member cannot. Someemergency situation my crop up,so always have a back up
ASSIGN EVERY PERSON’SROLE ON THE PROJECT
5
CREDIT: BLOG FROM GETEDUCATED.COM
➤ The documents, such as AlternativeAcademic Calendar, PRAGYATAGuidelines, Digital Education-IndiaReport, NISHTHA-Online, etc, are someof the initiatives that have been under-taken to maintain continuity in schooleducation for children
➤ The NCERT has prepared Students'Learning Enhancement Guidelines forthe present situation, and also for thepost-pandemic situation
➤ The guidelines are suggested forthree types of situations—Firstly, inwhich the students do not have anydigital resources. Secondly, in whichthe students have limited digitalresources available. Lastly, in whichstudents have digital resources avail-able for the online education
There has been plenty of talkabout actor Sushant SinghRajput's controversialgratitude jour nal that
was posted online by his girl-friend Rhea Chakravarty.While the controversy overwho has actually written thejour nal continues, it hasbrought the focus on writ-ing gratitude jour nals.Here's more about this pop-ular concept.
WHAT IS IT?A concept widely used by psy-chologists across the world, agratitude journal is a medium,where you jot down all the thingsyou are grateful for. The idea is tomake the person maintaining the jour-
nal FOCUS ON THE POSITIVETHINGS IN LIFE. No wonder, it has
earned a place as a prominent ap-proach to positive psychology. The
maintenance of a gratitude jour-nal is also believed to help re-lieve symptoms of depressionand anxiety.
WHY IT WORKS...According to clinical psy-chologist, Dr Piya Nandi,journalling can help de-pressed or anxious patients
vent their bottled-up feelings,and also feel positive. “When
you are journalling yourthoughts, there is no one to ar-
gue with you or create a road-block. You have a free-flowing mind
to pen down your true feelings.”
DO YOU HAVE A GRATITUDE JOURNAL?THE ‘SILVER LININGS’
A reference to the concept of grati-tude journalling is made by AnupamKher’s character (a psychologist) inthe 2012 film, 'Silver LiningsPlaybook'. He advises his mentalhealth patient, Pat Solitano (BradleyCooper), to be grateful for life andattempt to see the good or silver lin-ings, in all that he experiences
How about writing agratitude journal andsharing with us [email protected]
Some books written byMalala Yousafzai,include 'I Am Malala','We Are Displaced' and'Malala's Magic Pencil'
Samsung officially launchesGalaxy Note 20 series globallySamsung has
launched its newflagship, phablet
globally as the South Ko-rean tech giant pinshopes on its latest de-vice to drive mobilebusiness amid the pan-
demic. The Galaxy Note20 series has hit shelvesin some 70 countries, in-cluding South Korea,the US, Britain andThailand, accord-ing to Samsung.The new mobile de-vices will be avail-able in 130 coun-tries by mid-Sep-tember.
UNVEILED
➤ The Galaxy Note 20 series comes in twomodels —the standard Note 20 and thehigh-end Note 20 Ultra➤ The 6.7-inch Galaxy Note20 was launched atthe original price of ` 77,999, while the 6.9-inchGalaxy Note20 Ultra 5G is available for ` 104,999
in the country
MATT REEVES SHARES FIRST LOOKOF 'THE BATMAN' LOGO
F ilmmaker Matt Reeves has unveiled thefirst look of the logo for his much-an-ticipated upcoming film, ‘The Batman’.
The 54-year-old directorshared the official logo of theflick on Twitter. The new Batman film starsPaul Dano, John Turturro, Andy Serkis, ColinFarrell and Zoe Kravitz.
SPACE
Called 'Fearless', it will fea-ture bold and inspiring women
writers, who portray theworld in a different per-spective. Each month,Malala will select a book,which she'll read and dis-cuss with her followers. The digital book club willbe hosted by Literati
MALALA TO START HER BOOK CLUBTHIS OCTOBER
➤ Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July22, 2019, and was inserted into the lunarorbit on August 20, 2019➤ Chandrayaan-2 mission was India'sfirst attempt to make a soft landing ofa rover on the unchartered South Poleof the lunar surface. However, the lan-der Vikram hard-landed in Septemberlast year➤ India's first mission to the Moon,Chandrayaan-1, launched in 2008, hadgiven clear evidence on the extensivepresence of surface water, and theindication for sub-surface polar water-ice deposits
A ctivist, Nobel Laureateand author MalalaYousafzai is all set to
start her digital book club in October 2020.
➤The poster, designed by DC's chiefcreative officer, Jim Lee, depicts thebatsuit as worn by Robert Pattinson'sBruce Wayne in the film. ➤The upcoming superhero flick willresume shooting in early September.Filming for the comic book adventure filmwas halted due to the coron-avirus pandemic, when it wasroughly seven weeks intothe production
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sent their inputs on the subject. “Rights flowonly from the duties well performed. If eachone amongst us performs our duty, everybody'srights would be automatically protected,” hesaid. “Freedom without acceptance of re-sponsibility can destroy the edifice of free-dom itself. Rights and responsibilities mustbe balanced,” he added.
Photo: Getty images
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What was your initial reaction on hearing the news?I was extremely happy with the result, and was alsohappy that my efforts had paid off.
What do you attribute your success to?I attribute my success to the loving and supportivepeople who encouraged me throughout the years,which includes my teachers and family.
Your message to board year students?I believe its important to discover one's own learningstyle, as everyone has a unique way of learning. Havinga passion for one's subjects is the best way to enjoythe process of learning.
Your next step?I plan to pursue a career in medicine. I also want tocontinue to pursue my passion for the performing arts.
I congratulate Maya Devi Kocherlakota, the topper inclass XII Science stream with 94.8%, on her grand
achievement. Maya served the school as the Head Girl thisyear and was also the director of the Interact Club of theschool. She is smart, intelligent, hardworking and focused.She is a wonderful debater too. I wish her all thesuccess for her bright future and may she makethe school proud with many moresuccess stories like this.
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Vidyanjali Grammar Schoolcelebrated IndependenceDay virtually with a flag
hoisting ceremony by principalSunitha Paul followed by variouscultural programmes.
Founder Pooja Challa and di-rector Vijayalakshmi Challa ad-dressed the virtual crowd. Speak-ing about the importance of theday and relating it to the currentworld scenario, they said it is timeto get freedom from the problemsthat we are facing right now which
is the coronavirus. Being a re-sponsible citizen, one must alwaysremember to wear masks andgloves, they cautioned students.
Children enthusiastically par-ticipated in a fancy dress compe-tition held on the occasion.
Jhansi Lakshmi Bai's fierceoration, Vivekananda's motiva-tional speech, Mahatma Gandhi'snon-violent struggle against theBritish Raj and few other Indianfreedom fighter's speeches wererecreated by the students of pre-primary and primary wings.
The celebrations ended witha motivational speech by the prin-cipal.
Blossoms International School ofExcellence celebrated the 74th In-dependence Day with great joy and
enthusiasm online by going live on Face-book. Despite the current situation, thestudents, parents and teachers came to-gether to make it a great success on thevirtual platform. Dances, songs, speech-es, quiz by the students added to the pa-triotic fervour. The celebration startedwith a speech aimed at inculcating val-ues and culture to children by letting
them know the importance of the day.The day was chosen as the best oc-
casion to celebrate the investiture cere-mony. P Saithanvi of class V was swornin as the head girl and G Hanshini ofclass IV as the secretary to the StudentCouncil. The election process was heldrecently in which all the students, teach-ers and admin cast their vote to choosethe right candidate based on their nom-ination and campaigning.
Principal Suchitha Rao addressedthe gathering and urged students to in-culcate a positive mindset to face the cur-rent pandemic situation with couragejust as our great leaders faced all the ad-versities and brought freedom to ourcountry.
Blossoms International Schoolof Excellence
Chandanagar
Vidyanjali Grammar School
L B Nagar The celebrations of the74th Independence Dayat Pallavi International
School, Gandipet was held ona virtual platform to remem-ber with pride the commit-ment and contribution of thebrave individuals who sacri-ficed their lives for the causeof a free India.
The event started with thelighting of lamp symbolisingwisdom and knowledge fol-lowed by the Ganesh Vandanaand a presentation made bythe students of class IX. Mee-tali Archit, principal, wel-
comed the virtual gatheringto the celebrations and deliv-ered the welcome speech. Inher message she elaborated onthe importance of patriotismand asked everyone to re-member the sacrifices madeby the martyrs.
In his speech, chief guestM Komaraiah, chairman, re-minded the students andteachers of the sacrifices madeby the great freedom fightersand asked everyone to take apledge to serve the motherlandwith heart, body, and soul tobring glory and laurels to it.Guest of honour ColonelTarun Kumar shared his reallife experiences.
The celebrations included
a list of performances by thestudents. As the theme of thevirtual event was ‘Vijayi HoTiranga Hamara’, studentsfrom different classes partici-pated actively and gave won-derful performances that in-cluded songs, dances and skitson the I Day theme.
The PTA members, Siree-sha, Anusha and Md Maq-doom, also shared valuablemessages with the students.The prize distribution for var-ious activities conductedthroughout the celebrationsalso took place.
The programme conclud-ed with the vote of thanks andthe rendition of national an-them.
Students of Pallavi ModelSchool, Bowenpally, cele-brated the 74th Indepen-
dence Day online with the spir-it of patriotism flying high. Stu-
dents of class X proudly spokeon ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ andthe vision of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi to make Indiaa self-reliant nation. EducativePowerPoints and patrioticspeeches by the studentsbrought home the significanceof the day.
The school managementand staff of Little Schol-ar School gathered to re-
member the sacrifices made byour freedom fighters, to pay trib-ute to their commitment anddedication which has gifted usthe freedom - the freedom to ruleourselves and become an inde-pendent democratic nation.
On the school premises thenational flag was hoisted by sec-retary and correspondent pro-fessor P Purushotham Rao in thepresence of principal S GSunitha, coordinators and officestaff, maintaining the sanctityand dignity of the national eventensuring the precautions relat-ing to the pandemic.
The services rendered bymedical department, profes-sionals and staff were well ap-preciated. Such gestures incul-cate compassion among the stu-dents towards the fellow citizens.The programme was livestreamed to the staff who in turnshared it with the students, aswe transit from offline to online.
Pallavi Model School
Bowenpally
Pallavi International School
Gandipet
LittleScholarSchool
Hyderabad
The Independence DayCup, an inter-schoolonline chess tourna-
ment, was inaugurated byD Narasaiah, OSD Telan-gana State Sports Schooland advisor SATS, HarshaBharathkoti, Grandmas-ter, Sree Krishna, ChessArbitrator, Malka Ko-maraiah, chairman, andJyothi Turaga, principal,Delhi Public SchoolNadergul. The two-daytournament was organ-ised in association withRanga Reddy districtChess Association.
Komariah made thefirst move on the virtualchess board against Har-sha Bharathkoti, Grandmaster. Speakingon the occasion, the chairman said thatchess makes a person mentally strong andstable. It is important to be emotionallystrong in order to excel in chess.
As many as 508 students from 74 schoolshad registered for the tournament underthree categories, Primary Class (classes I-V), High School (classes VI-VIII) & SeniorSecondary (classes IX-XII).
MAKING THE RIGHT MOVEShowering love on Lord Krishna
Krishna Jan-mashtami isc e l e b r a t e d
with great devotionand enthusiasmacross India. Thisyear Rainbow Groupof Schools celebratedit on a virtual plat-form where the men-tors hosted the spe-cial event for pre-pri-mary & primarywings with activitieslike dance, songs, sto-ry of Lord Krishnaand pot decoration.
Students attend-ed the virtual event
and donned the char-acters of Radha, Kr-ishna and Sudamaand participated inthe Dahi Handi ac-tivity. A special as-sembly was held forthe students from
classes VI to X wherethey came dressed intheir traditional at-tires. The virtual as-sembly started with aprayer song followedby the national song,news, thought for the
day and speechesmarking the impor-tance of the festivalby the students. In theteacher talk session,high school mentorSujatha elaborated onthe importance of theBhagavad Gita slokasalong with the signif-icance behind the rit-ual of breaking thepot.
Students chantedslokas and offeredprayers to Lord Kr-ishna wishing for theeradication of Covid-19 and normal life toreturn. The virtualevent spread aware-ness about Indian tra-dition, custom andculture and conveyedthe strong message ofthe 'victory of goodover evil.'
Gi t a n j a l iDevashray cel-ebrated Jan-
mashtami, the birth ofLord Krishna, withmuch passion and zeal.To make it more fun, acompetition for themothers of the stu-dents from classes I toIII was organised. Themothers were asked tosend a picture of anycreative activity thatthey had done whichwas inspired by thisfestival. They instilledmagic into their ideasand participated en-thusiastically in thisevent.
It bought more joyas children got to seean absolute differentside of their moms andrealised there is a childin all of us.
Gitanjali Devashray
HyderabadShilpika, Principal,Rainbow Group ofSchools
Hyderabad
Delhi Public School
Nadergul
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