Journeying Together February 2018 Vol. 20

In this Issue:

Funfest Beyond the Classroom Global Citizenship

Special Assemblies Project Based Learning Guest Lectures

Junior Campus Events Awards and Accolades Students’ Corner

Funfest was an amazing event and we were all very excited about it. We enjoyed the comedy shows

and fun filled music, especially the energy packed traditional drum performances. The interesting

games, fortune telling and hair colouring were a lot of fun. I am eagerly awaiting the next Funfest!

- Tamizhinian S, Grade V

The CHSV Funfest was an eco-friendly fund raising carnival with games, food and plenty of

enthusiasm. Games like Mad Bull and Laser Tag and the Scary House attracted many children.

The aroma of food wafting through the air tempted one and all. A talent show where the students

could overcome their inhibitions and exhibit their talent attracted enthusiastic participation.

All efforts were made to keep the event ‘Zero Waste’ with cloth bags replacing plastic bags and

waste segregation done at source.

- Rohit M, Grade VII

CHSV Funfest - Making a Difference

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - The GC Stall

As part of the grade VII Biology internals, we had to make a dish that was healthy, tasty and

involved fireless cooking. The objective of the project was to ‘Eat Healthy and Say No to Junk

Food’. We worked in groups and made delicious food with different ingredients. We worked

together as a team and learnt that healthy options can be really delicious. This internals was

very informative and made learning fun.

- J Chandana and Juhusree P, Grade VII

Project Based Learning

Cooking for Health

The Global Citizenship stall during Funfest sold products made by the students during their

project sessions. It included mats woven from old sarees, baskets from used paper, hand-made

note books, composting brochures, compost in paper bags, student designed health and fitness

interactive calendars and muffins with a message. There were also campaigns, street plays and

flash mobs by the students to promote their message. The water conservation team ‘Project

Elixir, performed a mime show, a song and a dance to create awareness on planting trees and

conserving water. They also distributed neem seed balls made by them.

- Rakshana M, Grade VII

Simple and Effective

For our Science experiment on simple/complex machines, each one of us had to bring a

working model of a simple machine. We used creative and innovative ideas and made a simple

machine using waste materials. We then presented it before the class. We were curious about

the topic and got to know a lot of interesting facts on how machines work.

- Arnav B Prakash, Grade V

Beyond the Classroom

Poetry in Stone

Our trip to Mahabalipuram was fun. We saw stone sculptures on the walls and tried pushing the

‘Butterball Rock’, a huge rock which hasn’t moved for many years even after natural disasters. We

visited the Durga Temple and a well, which are almost 1400 years old. The beautiful Seashore

Temple was awesome. It was fun putting our hand inside the Narasimha sculpture to test if we

were good. If not, it would bite us ! We returned home after an enjoyable day with our friends.

- Hebe Haashana Senthil and Himani Jain K, Grade V

Our trip to Vandalur Zoo started with the journey in a big bus, eating snacks along the way.

We walked through the zoo and saw many fascinating animals like the white tiger, otters,

lions, turtles, monkeys, deer and elephants. My favourites were the peacock and the giraffe.

I also enjoyed watching the funny manner in which the chimpanzee walked. After a delicious

meal, we returned home. I loved this field trip, it was the best!

- Janisha Vignesh Kumar, Grade IV

A Day at the Zoo

A Peek into Rural Life

Our trip to Chokhi Dhani started with a bus ride where we danced and sang. There we saw folk

dances and a magic show. We also went on bullock cart rides, camel rides and horse rides. We were

surprised to see a man walking on a tight rope. After a delicious lunch, we came back to school.

I love going to trips like these with my friends.

- Pavan Sethu Raman, Grade III

Hurry Up! Hurry Up!

We have to catch the train!

Hurry Up! Hurry Up!

Before it rains.

We have to board the train,

Hand me the ticket,

Don’t watch the phone!

I’ll tell you the wicket!

- N Vidur, Grade III

Catching the Train

Global Citizenship

The Namma Ooru Foundation conducted a session for us on how to make the Fun Fest event ‘Zero

Waste’. All the waste was going to be segregated into ‘recyclable’ and ‘compost’ waste. That which

could be composted will go to a center where it would be turned into manure. Those of us who had

volunteered to be a part of this group designed badges to wear while we campaigned for

‘Zero Waste’. We also made placards with motivational slogans about protecting

the environment.

- Samhita Aravind Sridharan, Grade VI

Cleaning Up the Coast

The students of VII Vairam and VI Samandhi have been working on waste segregation and plastic

pollution respectively as part of their global citizenship projects. We got an opportunity to put our

words into action by being a part of the Beach Clean Up drive to restore the beach in time for the

‘Urur Olcott Kuppam Vizha’ and the Olive Ridley nesting season. On reaching the beach

at 6.30 am, we were provided with gloves, gunny bags and instructions on how to

collect plastic waste from the beach at the old fishing hamlet. It was fulfilling for us to

participate and contribute to this wonderful initiative.

- Advaith Menon, Grade VII

Zero Waste Squad

As part of their global citizenship project, the students of grade IX Neidhal campaigned against

food wastage through a dance and a street play. The dialogues of the play were hard hitting and

powerful. The team also got an opportunity to perform at the Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya School.

In addition to the street play and dance, the programmes included a presentation by Adithya and

Kayal of grade VI and a pledge against food wastage.

Help Fight Food Waste

Activities and Presentations on ‘Shapes’

Junior Campus Events

The little ones during a ‘Show

and Tell’ on Community

Helpers.

Fun All Day

The students of the Junior Campus enjoyed a day of fun filled activities and games

Guest Lectures

Mr. Ram Prasad gave us a guest lecture on agriculture, soil and natural resources. He spoke about

his farm, the crops he grew and the traditional and modern farming methods. We saw the five

different types of soil and learnt about food crops and cash crops. We were surprised to

know how much water is needed for crops to grow. We realized that we should not waste

food since this also means that we waste water.

- Pradhyutha Prasanna, Shraddha Padmanabhan,

Shalini Aravindan, Grade IV

Dr. Karpagambal Sairam gave us an

out-of-text book session with her engaging

lecture on various aspects of Health and

Hygiene. She told us about the importance of

following a balanced diet and keeping

ourselves clean and healthy.

- R Ria, Grade VI

During his guest lecture on ‘Judiciary in India’,

Advocate S Muthukumar used realistic and

relatable situations to explain how each court

works. The mock court he used to demonstrate the

process made it a very interesting experience.

This helped us understand the role and

importance of the Judiciary in India.

- Divya Chidambaram, Grade VII

Padmaja Acharya conducted an interactive and

lively session for the students of grade VI on ‘Our

Environment’. We learned a lot about biotic and

abiotic components and saving the earth’s

resources. Some of us volunteered to be a part

of a play to initiate a discussion on the rotation

and revolution of the earth.

- Sririsha B, Grade VI

Dr. Swaminathan Krishna conducted a session on

‘ Climate and Natural Vegetation’ as part of a

Geography Guest Lecture for the

students of grade VIII

Special Assemblies

In order to promote the idea of composting, we

wrote our own lyrics to a popular English song and

performed it as a ‘Cup Song’ with catchy beats.

An original skit was staged and we showed an

informative video on ‘How to Compost’. We hope

our assembly inspires other students to begin

composting.

- Bhavna Badrinarayanan, and Ananya, VI

Sembaruthi

During our class assembly, we spread

awareness on the consequences of food wastage

through a role play and a presentation. We also

led the assembly in taking an oath to prevent

food wastage.

- R Ria , VI Roja

The theme of our class assembly was

‘Reduce the Usage of Plastic’. Our skit

highlighted the consequences of burning

plastic and our presentation brought out its

harmful effects and offered alternate

solutions. A video on the ‘Great Pacific

Garbage Patch’ was shown.

- Sahana Thiaga Rajan, VI Samandhi

The students of VII Maragatham and

Vaiduryam presented an assembly on the

usage and impact of foul language.

They conveyed their message through

a skit and a song.

- Anika Jahnvi Sridharan, VII

Maragatham

For our assembly on ‘Shivarathri’, we spoke

about the significance of the festival, the five

elements of Shiva and the food traditionally

eaten on Shivarathri. A humorous play with a

modern interpretation of the festival was also

staged.

- Siddhant Tewary, Aadhav S Bharadwaj and

Vaghul Kumar, VII Vairam

The students of the Junior Campus participated in a Gita Chanting event where they recited

slokas from the Bhagavad Gita. Students from middle school had an inter house event where

they recited verses 1-15 from Chapter 17.

Our Under-12 Boys Football team won the inter school football tournament conducted by

Primrose School. Pradhyum from grade VI was awarded the Best Player of the tournament.

Awards and Accolades

Gita Chanting

Football Champs

Harini, Sanjay and Siva Visagan of grade IX

came 3rd in an inter-school Road Safety Quiz

conducted by the police department as part of

Hyundai's CSR.

Grade III - Ashwath Kumar, Roshan M Lakshman, Jaladanki Venkata Sri Haren,

Arjun Pandian

Grade IV - Sebastian Xavier, D Vaathsalya, Srinjay Shrinivas

Grade V - Tamizhinian S, Sheetal N, Skandakumar Karttikeyan

Grade VI - Lohith Ramachandran, Divyansh Maheshwari, Nishanthanan K S

Grade VII - Yoogi Kovendhan, Mugil Vignesh Shanmugam, Iniya P

Grade VIII - Aditya B Prakash, Tejas Nageshwaran, Mahendra Kurup

Grade IX - P Kishore Kumar, Naren Srinivasan, Abhiram Gopala Dasika

Grade X - Bharadwaj Sudarsan

Grade XI - Sweta Chakravarthi

School Level Science Olympiad Winners

Road Safety Quiz

In this quiz, organized by the Royal Australian

Chemical Institute, the following students won awards:

Grade VII – Advaith Menon, Krishna Karthikeyan,

K Nithin , Yoogi Kovendhan, Mugil Vignesh

Shanmugam

Grade VIII – Aditya B Prakash, Mahendra Kurup,

Tejas Nageshwaran

Grade IX – Trisha Balakrishnan, Abhiram Gopala

Dasika

Grade X – Karthik Eswar

Mahendra Kurup of grade VIII got a perfect score of

30/30 and featured as a stellar performer in the

Advaith S J of grade V, won the Sub

Juniors title of the Republic Day Cup

Inter-School Table Tennis tournament.

Love and Compassion

Love and compassion are two wonderful aspects of life which according to me are inseparable,

but taking a deeper look into it we realise maybe it is not. Love is defined as a feeling of strong

affection towards a person and compassion is a sympathetic pity for a person’s suffering or

misfortune. Love is unconditional and does not have any reasoning but being compassionate

always has a base or a reason. That is why love is said to be ‘blind’ but compassion is not. But in

my opinion, love is a base for being compassionate, whereas compassion is never accepted

to be love. But surely no human can live without either of this.

- Chenchulaxmi S Suresh , Grade VI

Students’ Corner

Australian National Chemistry Quiz

Table Tennis Star

Sharing is so much fun,

Even if it is a little bun,

Though you may not have something new,

Don’t feel very blue.

Giving is the key,

It brings everyone glee!

I have a feeling inside me,

Sharing and caring is the best way to be.

Open your mind and open your heart,

Life will give you a big tart!

Sharing is where we make a start,

And it would be your life’s best part.

- Zakya K Palicha, Grade III

Joy of Giving

Good Day! Bonjour! Gutar Morgen! Konichiva!

Learning languages may not be easy but it sure is fun! It also helps us in many ways. Of course,

learning languages increases your memory; helps you connect with people of different states,

countries and even continents! Being a student you may think that it is not possible. You sure are

wrong because there are ways to do so! Websites such as Tandem enable you to read in different

languages and understand the world more.

Next comes visualization. Understanding what one says is vital but relating to it is equally

important. The way each language is created is different. It depends on their culture and beliefs. For

example, feelings that cannot be expressed in words in English can be expressed in French. That is

because English was created in the North Sea Germanic dialects and their way of life was different

from that of the French. So French may have words English does not and vice versa, depending on

the culture, people and even the climate!

Then comes looking from “THEIR” point of view. Every language has words which reveal their way

of thinking. It helps you to understand the country or state in which the language was created,

helping you understand the world and even your culture from another’s point of view. But most

importantly it helps you understand yourself, where you come from and your mode or way of

thinking.

So let’s learn languages and acknowledge their importance. Imagine life without the everyday

Namaste, Hello or Goodnight. Hope you understand how a word or language can change anything

and everything and how small the world would be if we knew many languages. Every place would

then feel like home.

- Nandita Lakshmankumar, Grade VII

Benefits of Learning Different Languages

English can be retraced back to the Romans,

Who fought the war against the Anglos and Saxons-the Germans,

And came up with a language so simple and plain,

Who knew it would be a part of our textbooks – A subject so main.

And then came the Vikings who split territories,

And then the language carries,

As it mixed with Norse, new and bold,

English was now the language everyone told.

It mixed with French and Latin,

And earned its sophistication like gold and platinum,

And then came in Shakespeare with loads of literature

Wrote books on Macbeth and other creatures.

This revolutionised Science

And those intelligent minds

By becoming a global language

And gave the world such a great advantage.

- Aditya B Prakash, Grade VIII

History of Language

To know more about why this day is so significant, turn the clock back to February 28, 1928 when the

renowned physicist C.V.Raman made a ground breaking discovery - the scattering of light - a

phenomenon that later came to be called the Raman Effect, after him. This day is not only about

honouring a great physicist, but also for each and every one of us. It is a day for thought and inquisition

into scientific fields.

On this day, the role of Science in human welfare concerning various areas like disease eradication,

energy production, space exploration, environmental issues, information technology etc. are emphasized

on. The impact and influence of biotechnology in various fields like agriculture, health, environment,

industry and pharmaceuticals is highly significant. Science has done wonders in communication as well.

This day motivates to inculcate scientific passion among the school children. Although Science can be

scary (Chemistry students know this better than most!!), it still has a certain beauty to it. If someone says

they hate Science, they are lying. They may hate the subject matter of Science taught to them, but it is

impossible to not be fascinated by Science.

We celebrate National Science Day to explore new horizons and push scientific frontiers further. It is

vital that we develop a temper for Science. It is with this aim that the government, through the

Department of Science and Technology, organizes events such as Science Week which culminates in

the National Science Day - a day to honour our ancestors' developments, respect what has helped us

evolve this far and to appreciate the beauty that Science has created around us.

- Samyukt Vasu, Grade XI

National Science Day

Teacher Editors - Dr. Sarayu Ganesan, Ms. Yoshida Menon and Ms. Anuradha Babu

Student Editors - Ms. Samyuktha Sreekanth and Mr. Rithvik Senthil

Design and Technical Support - Ms. Preethi E

Photography - Mr. Ganesan and Mr. Sugumar

In March …

Grade X and Grade XII Board Examinations

CA/SA– Please refer to our website for dates of examinations.

Best Wishes to our Grade X and XII Board Exam Students