Bi-Annual Report- I (April- September, 2012)

Dear ParentsIt is my privilege and pleasure to update you with the developments and happenings in our school. I take thisopportunity to thank each one of you for your whole hearted support during the last academic year. Last academicyear was the year of many fold blessings.

It is the reflection of our activities, growth and achievements in the academics, cultural and co-curricular activitiesof our first term. I quote ‘We would live to study, and not study to live’. Francis Bacon. New dimensions areadded to education owing to the advent of new social order that attributed to globalisation. The ever advancingcomputer technology to Robotics and changing values in every sphere of life. The stress is shifted from teaching tolearning.The teacher’s role is rather widened from ‘teacher to facilitator; from being head of wisdom to moderator. With thisthought the school agenda should facilitate the new emerging alternatives placing atop human excellence withvalues as key to objectives. The student is no more a ‘taught’ but a learner who ought to learn more from differentsources and experiences other than from his teacher. It is the new challenge to the teachers. This challenge is tohelp students to be leaders and entrepreneurs, innovators, information workers, logical thinkers withcommunication skills.

The NCERT, CBSE and other National Agencies of Education with the involvement of Educationalists promptlydebated for a suitable measures and to reform the present examination system i.e CCE(Continuous ComprehensiveEvaluation), assessment and evaluation methodology and syllabi only to draw positive conclusion from theperformance of students without surrogating a few with a brand of ‘incapable’ and ‘lifetime unproductives’. Withthe changing scenario, we have designed the new academic year. Different opportunities are created for thestudents to bring out their talents in literary, cultural, sports and games.“The end of all knowledge should be virtuous action”

CBSE Board ResultsAcademics is our prime concern. Various measures like remedial teaching, continuous follow up with various testsand examinations yielded a very good result in both Xth and XIIth Std. The summary is given below:PARTICULARS X XIIResult 100% 100%Highest percentage (individual) 95 % 92.2 %Students Appeared 79 18Percentage of students securing distinction 49.36 % 22.2 %Percentage of students securing first division 43.04 % 44 %Percentage of students securing second division 7.53 % 28 %

Infrastructural DevelopmentA new wing consists of eight classrooms was added to our school. Itwas inaugurated by our School Chairman Shri S.K Gupta in thepresence of Mr. Anil Tiple, the School Secretary. AV Room isrenovated with air conditioners and new flooring. A Dance room wascreated as regular dance classes started for students right from I std toX std. A new lawn was developed for the inter house activities. TheKG Section courtyard was renovated with cement tiles. A newcemented assembly area was developed to conduct the school assemblyin all season in a better way.

New Academic Session:First time new academic session started in the month of April as per the CBSE. Now the two terms are equallydivided. Text Books and Note books were distributed in the beginning of the academic year. The school Almanacwas distributed to all the staff members and students. It contains detailed information of all rules and regulations,calendar with details of all examination, curricular and co-curricular activities.

House T-Shirt:House T-shirts have been introduced for the first time to create a competitive spirit and oneness among the studentstowards their houses.Examination System: The conduct of examination was revamped in this academic year as per the CBSEguidelines. CCE (Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation), was implemented from I to X Std. More emphasis isbeing given to the holistic development of the students. Activities and projects have been made the integral part ofthe curriculam.

Identity Card: We have introduced the ID cards for all the students and staff members.

RTE (Right To Education):25% of the students have been admitted to LKG under the Right to Education Actof the Government. These students are given free education.

Robotics and Abacus:

The Investiture Ceremony:

Achievements and Laurels :

President’s Award Governor’s AwardNikhil Wangre of class XII has been qualified for thePresident award. He will receive his medal from thePresident of India in New Delhi. This is the first timethat a student from The Aditya Birla Public School,Gulbarga has been honoured with this award.

12 students of our school attended the RajyapuraskarAward Examination held at Kondojji of “The BharatScouts and Guides” in Karnataka State. Out of 34qualified students from Gulbarga Dist. 11 students arefrom our school. These 11 students will be awarded theRajyapuraskar Award by the Governor of Karnataka.

Outside Examinations and Olympiads - International Olympiad of Science :

Miss.Gautami Rao of VIII C was awarded a trophy for being the State Topper in the InternationalOlympiad of Science-2011, organized by Society of Science Education, New Delhi.

Robotics and Abacus are the new initiative started bythe school this year. Abacus is for the students of I stdto VII std .Robotics is for the students of IV to VIIIStd. Five teachers were trained by the Think Lab,Mumbai. Mr.Anil Tiple, School Secretary attended theclosing ceremony and appreciated the initiative.

In order to select the potential leaders of the future, the studentsprefectorial board was selected. They were conferred with thestudents councillors badge. The Principal congratulated thebadge holders and encouraged them to shoulder their dutieswith loyalty, truth and honour. He enthused the young leaders touphold the values of the school and keep the ABPS flag flyinghigh.

International Life Skill, School Health and Wellbeing Summit 2012, New Delhi:

CBSE Regional Level Science Exhibition 2012, Mumbai:

75 schools participated in the CBSE regional level science exhibition at Mumbai on31st August and 1st Sept. 2012. Three students and two teachers represented ourschool. Our exhibits were on – ‘Agriculture & Food Security’.

Taluka and District Level Athletic Meet 2012 :112 students participated in the Taluka and District Level Athletic meet. 13 students (6 boys and 7 girls) have beenselected for State Level Meet. Medal tally is as follows:

Celebrations:World Environment Day:

Independence Day:

66th Independence Day with unfurling of the National Flag by our Chairman Shri. S.K Gupta ,the Chief Guest. Heinspected the parade and received the salute. He addressed the gathering. Our students presented a culturalprogramme which was appreciated by all.

School Exhibition and Fun Fair - on 19th August 2012:

Students showcased their talents in bringing out their creativity and skills. They made working models and charts.Students were given opportunity to work in groups. They were different groups exhibiting Science, Social Science,Languages and Literature, Art and Craft. Fun fair was enjoyed by students as well as the parents. Everybody had aday out with lot of fun playing games and eating delicious snacks. The effort made by the students was appreciatedby everybody.

Level Gold Silver BronzeTaluka 41 24 12District 52 13 09

CBSE has organized an International Life Skill, SchoolHealth and Wellbeing Summit 2012 for schools affiliated toCBSE from 19th to 21st April 2012. For the first time fourstudents of class X and two teachers of our school haveattended this 2 day summit held at New Delhi.

World environment was observed with various activities like saplingplantation, cleaning the school campus and speeches by students on theimportance of tress. Mr. S.K Gupta, the School Chairman and Mr. AnilTiple, the School Secretary took part in the campaign.

Inter School Competitions:

Teacher’s Day:

“A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart”. Teachers were honoured at a function organizedat the Staff Club Auditorium. The senior students put up a cultural programme. The school Chairman, Shri S.KGupta and other members of School Managing Committee presented mementoes to the teachers. This was the firsttime that teachers were honoured with token of respect. A Luncheon was arranged in honour of teachers.

Sports Day-(KG Section):

KG Students celebrated the Sports Day on 25th September 2012. School Managing committee member, Mrs.Poonam Gupta was the chief quest and Mrs. Sangita Tiple, the guest of honour for the day.

Teacher Development Programme:

Keeping in view, the modern trends in various fields pertaining to Education, the Teacher orientation programmehas been brought into vogue in our institution.

Computer application:Training in computer application was organized by ABPS, Harihar from 29th to 30th May,2012 by a faculty member from NIIT, Bangalore. Computer Teachers, Mr. Mujeeb andMrs. Laisa attended the training.

In order to develop the rapport with neighbouring schools, this year we conducted Inter-School competitionsin Debate, Quiz, Collage painting and group dance. Nine schools from Gulbarga District participated in it.Our school received the overall championship. The School Chairman Mr. S.K Gupta and the SchoolSecretary, Mr. Anil Tiple distributed the prizes to the winners.

School has conducted a two days workshop for pre-primary and primary teachers in school with the helpof Oxford University Press. The resource person Dr.Virender Sharma conducted sessions on creativity inteaching and helped teachers by providing effectiveteaching aids. The teachers found the workshop veryfruitful.

Hindi Language and Grammar and Effective English teaching Workshop:

Classroom Management :

ISO AUDIT:The periodic Audit ISO:9001:2008 by DNV Hyderabad was conducted on 17th August 2012 by the Lead AuditorMr.Vijay Kumar Yadav. He recommended for the continuation of the certificate and expressed his happiness overthe way the school is progressing.

Parent Teacher Meeting:After the formative Assessments (FA1 & FA2), the parents had the opportunity to meet the teachers and find outtheir ward’s progress. They collected their ward’s FA1 and FA2 Results.

Parent’s Interaction with Principal :

Principal conducted an Orientation for the parents of class IX & X students on the topic ‘CCE’ (ContinuousComprehensive Evaluation). He explained to the parents the way CCE is done, what is Formative Assessment(FA)& Summative Assessment(SA).Principal and Vice Principal met the parents from Class I to XII and updated them with first term activities andprogress and took the feedback. He also spoke to them on future plans and queries were answered.

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Workshop on Classroom Management on 27th September2012: A one day interactive workshop was organized bythe school on “Classroom management” for the staff withthe help of Oxford University Press. Mr. Chandrashekarwas the resource person. Teachers appreciated theworkshop and benefited from it.

Mrs. Ratan Shah along withMrs.Poonam Gupta visited theschool, interacted with Principaland Vice Principal and wasimpressed with school’sactivities.

Workshop on Hindi Language and Grammar - 28th and 29th July2012 : Two teachers, Mr. Jayshankar Shukla and Mrs. Rekha Singhattended a 2 day workshop at Mathura on Language teaching andgrammar.Workshop on Effective English teaching – 25th and 26th August2012 : The workshop concentrated on effective classroom teaching.The focus was on English assessment and all the skilldevolopments. Mr. Riyaz Rahaman and Ms. Uma Devi attendedthis workshop at Mathura.

Inter House Competitions:

Literary and cultural :

Various competitions were conducted to foster the literary and cultural talents of the students. Students werecategorised into four groups namely KG, Group A (Classes I to IV), Group B (Classes V to VIII) and Group C(Classes IX to XII) in order to give more opportunities. Debates, Elocutions, Extempore, Wall Magazines, Poetryrecitation, Spell Bee, News Reading , Poster Making, Art Making, Essay writing, Calligraphy etc, both in Englishand Hindi were conducted.

Best of Waste on 25th August 2012:

Indoor and Outdoor Games:

We give due importance to Sports and games too. Various indoor (chess, caroms, Table Tennis and Badminton)and outdoor games (Kho-kho, dodge ball, hand ball etc.) were conducted.

Learn through Fun for KG:

“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he willcontinue the learning process as long as he lives.” Various activities like rain dance, colours day, cereals day,fruit & vegetable day were organised in order to create interest and creativity in the Tiny Tots.

“Do not train children to learn by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, sothat you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each”. With thisthought, let me appeal to you for your earnest interest in your ward’s development and growth. Let us worktogether to bring about positive changes and inculcate good values and habits in our young minds. I look forwardfor your creative criticism and co-operation.

PrincipalDr.Manoj Kumar Gupta