Journeying Together September 2016 Vol. 4

In this Issue:

Teachers’ Day Onam Celebrations National Award Winner

Beyond the Classroom Annual Sports Day International Peace Day

Social Studies Display Resource Speakers Empowering the Educator

Celebrations and Festivities

Ganesh Chathurthi

Onam Celebrations

Colourful Pookolams welcomed the festival of Onam into Hari Shree. Students dressed in traditional

attire sang and danced to celebrate the spirit of Kerala.

Ganesha visits our classrooms

Teachers’ Day

Teachers’ Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm across the Junior and Senior School. Students put

up energetic performances to entertain the teachers. Various games were also organized for the teachers

which time travelled them to their school days.

Time Travel - Yesterday once more

Teachers got an opportunity to relive their school days.

Smiling faces celebrate their teachers A day in the staffroom - Skit by grade VIII

Awards and Accolades

After winning the regional round held at Primrose School,

Chennai, Nithya Sudhakar of grade X entered the finals of

the ASISC National Declamation Competition held in

Kolkata on September 19, 2016. She won the First place in

the National Competition making the CHSV family proud.

Congratulations Ms. Nithya!

Lions Club Best Teacher Award

for Ms. Sowmya

D. Sumedha of grade XII won the Third place in the Albert

Barrow Creative Writing Competition held by the Council in

the month of July 2016. The results for the competition were

declared in the first week of September.

Congratulations Ms. Sumedha!

Beyond the Classroom

Outbound Trip to Wayanad – Grade XI and XII

The students enjoyed mountaineering, camp stay, visit to cave and water fall.

Share and Care - Grade VIII at Srihari Vikasam School

The students shared stories, played games, made and shared sandwiches with the Srihari

Vikasam students and also danced and sang with them.

Our Annual Sports Day

witnessed a spirited

inter house competition

without losing sight of the

spirit of the game and fair

play.

Sports Day

The flame of Sportsmanship

Serenity, peace and flexibility - Grade VI yoga demonstration

Finishing line, here we come ... Obstacles are no barriers for us

A leap of faith

Sporting events like track

and field, shot put, long

jump and relay saw the

students push their limits

and give it their all.

Winners take it all!

The sports day at Nehru Stadium saw the parents of our students

enthusiastically participating in a few sporting events.

‘Challenges of running a business’ - Mrs. & Mr. Chandrasekar interacted with the students of grade VIII

as part of Education for Sustainability.

Resource Speech

A note of gratitude to our resource speakers, for graciously sharing their expertise...

Resource Speech

A mohiniattam demonstration and interactive

session by Ms.Deepa Chakravarthy,

who is actively involved in popularizing and

promoting traditional dances of India.

As part of the Sharing and Caring week,

Ms. Anuradha addressed the students on the con-

cept of World Peace. Her approach to world

peace is ‘Start with yourself’

Dr. N. Chandrasekar conducted a therapeutic yoga session for grades X & XII focusing on

effectively handling exam related anxiety, relaxation techniques, healthy eating habits

and correct posture.

International Peace Day

International Peace Day was celebrated across grade levels in the form of speeches, plays, songs and a

video presentation. The students highlighted the importance of peace. The first step to establishing peace

is to understand and believe in the possibility of peace.

Shanthi Nilava Veendum... Let there be peace everywhere

Share whatever you have with those in need…

Make others happy... Show gratitude ...

You don’t have to do anything grand,

Just be nice! Lend a helping hand!

Don’t be selfish! Be the one to Care...

Be a good person... It’s not bad to share!

Sharing & Caring is done with pleasure!

Be generous... Do it without measure!!!

- Nethra Prabhu, Grade VII

Sharing is Caring …….

Social Studies Holiday Project Display

Grades III to VI

As part of their holiday project for the first term, students made models on the ancient civilization,

physical features, monuments and heritage of India. These models were exhibited on the map of

India. It was a hands-on experience for the students to learn beyond the classroom.

Going for the national level ASISC Declamation competition was simply a surreal experience. The

speech I rendered was about Vegetarianism, a topic I truly feel about and relate to. On stage, my goal

was to make everyone understand the torment and pain an animal undergoes only to provide your

plate of food. I suppose it worked! The trip to Kolkata with the other finalists was an amazing

experience as well.

I am extremely grateful to my parents, Acharyas, especially Hemamalini Acharya and Dushyanth Sir

for the opportunity and for training me for the competition. I feel honoured to have represented the

school.

- Nithya Sudhakar, Grade X

An experience to cherish

Workshop on Group Activities by

The Teacher Foundation

Empowering the Educator

Story characters come alive -

renowned Storyteller, Ms. Jeeva

Raghunathan conducted a

workshop on story telling in the

Junior Campus

Mr. Raja Krishnamurthy, noted actor, writer, HR trainer and motivational speaker conducted a

'Vision to Action' workshop for the staff. The session was a value-building workshop to enable

teachers to create a generation of responsible global citizens.

In October…

October 04 – Navarathri Celebrations and Parents Visit

(PP1 to Grade I)

October 06 – General Exhibition (PPI to Grade XII)

October 07-11 – Pooja Holidays

October 13 – National Cyber Olympiad (Classes III to X)

October 21 – Grade IV Field Trip

October 31 – Diwali Celebrations

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

Teacher Editors

Dr. Sarayu Ganesan

Ms. Hemamalini Sivakumar

Ms. Yoshida Menon

Student Editors

Ms. Samyuktha Sreekanth

Ms. Krithy Kumar

Design and Technical Support

Ms. Priya T

Learning and Experiencing…. Preparing for the General Exhibition