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TRACES OF ALS Volume No:3 Issue No:1

2015-16 1st Quarter

Dear Readers,

It is with utmost pleasure that we are releasing our newsletter ‘ALS’s Dairy’2015.

It has been our continuous and sincere effort to see that this magazine speaks with

the voice of each one of us at The Ashok Leyland School. It is a concoction of

events, activities and one’s imagination put into words. We also take this

opportunity to appreciate the hard work put in by each and every member of the

magazine committee, which is highly commendable. We do hope we have been

able to leave imprints for future trails.

Editorial

The first meeting for teachers after the rejuvenating summer break

was held in school, with Principal Mrs. Uma Srinivasan on

28.05.2015. It was an enriching orientation programme. Through a

brain-storming session, the Principal culled out the noble qualities to

be built in every student, while passing through the tunnel of school

years. The various ‘challenges’ being faced by the students and the

teachers in 21st Century Skills process were also dealt wing- wise,

through an active interactive session. The entire programme was

throbbing with activities and was really an effective eye - opener

which helped teachers to see new horizons in imparting quality

education to children.

TEACHERS

Mr.Sudhakar

Ms.Manicka Valli

Mr.Venkat

Ms.Lakshmi

Mr.Periyanan

STUDENTS

XII std X std (10 CGPA)

Vimal Kumar-I Place Veera Nethaji N.T

Midun- II Place Shirisha S

Vishal- III Place Meena K

Priyadharshini A

Academic Enrichment

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2014-15

Academic Excellence Awards function was held on 20th June in our school, to recognize the

students who excelled in the recent board exams conducted by the CBSE. Shri T R

Ranganathan, Vice President (Operations H1 & Functional Excellence), Ashok Leyland,

Hosur was our Chief Guest. School toppers of the past three batches of class XII, the passed

out batch of class X and also subject toppers were rewarded with cash prizes. Students of

classes X and XII were presented with certificates in their field of excellence. Teachers

were also rewarded with cash prizes for their contribution.

List of awardees:-

PROFICIENCY TEST

Proficiency Test organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education was conducted in our

school between 20.4.2015 and 24.4.2015. Thirteen students participated in the same, covering-

English, Maths, Science and Social Science subjects. Proficiency tests help students to build

their practical and application skills.

Review Meeting of National

Accreditation Board on Education

& Teaching

Team headed by Mr.Arora, Chief Assessor

from QCI, visited our school between

24.06.2015and 25.06.2015 and gave

necessary feedback on quality standards, as

a part of this, the team met all the stake

holders of the school including parents.

CLASS

COMPETITIONS

June July August/September

I Rhymes Free hand Writing Story Telling(Tamil/Hindi)

II Recitation Free hand Drawing Patriotic Song(Tamil/Hindi)

III Story telling with Puppets (English) Drawing(Nature) Song(Tamil/Hindi)

IV Spell Bee Drawing(Shapes) Proverbs(Tamil/Hindi)

V Declamation (English) Drawing(Animals) Paragraph Writing(Tamil/Hindi)

VI Ad zap (English) Science Quiz Drawing

VII Speech (Tamil) Slogan Writing(English) Poster Making

VIII Fun with Math Yoga Activities Group song

IX Poster Making Pick and Speak(English) Wealth from Waste

X Oratory (English) E-Quizitive Collage

XI&XII Creative Writing (English) Debate(English) Fashion Designing

INTRA SCHOOL COMPETITIONS 2015-16

Intra school competitions for the months of 2015 – 16 of June were held for classes I to XII on 29th

and

30th

June. Many students of each class participated under various activities.

Competitions were open to all the students of the particular class. There were group and individual

competitions. Students took part in the events with a lot of enthusiasm and interest. Individual events had

first three prizes as winners and the group events had two prizes namely winners and runners.

Details are as follows:-

Merriments

OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

As per the directive of CBSE, International Yoga Day was observed on 21st June. A group of

25 students of class VII performed and showcased different styles of asanas and explained its

importance for maintaining physical and mental health. Ms Chithra and Ms Pradeepa, the

Yoga Instructors of our school emphasized the importance of yoga in everyday life. The

Significance behind June 21st

beingcelebrated as International Yoga Day is that it is the longest

day of the year, referred to as summer solstice, as assumed to be the formation of sun and the

constellations.

OBSERVANCE OF WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

World Environment Day was observed in our school on 5

th June. Various Eco-events were

organizedto create awareness among the children of our school. Students actively took part in

Slogan writing, Poster-making, elocution, essay writing, seminar and debate on various

concerns relating to the environment. Indeed this was an eye opener forthe children to realize

theimportance of conservingdifferent elements of natureand also preserving the planet Earth.

All these events were conducted for the students of classes II to XII.

ANTI TOBACCO DAY COMPETITION

Students of Classes VI to X participated in Anti Tobacco Day competitions organized by the

Central Board of Secondary Education. Students of class VI participated in Poster Making

Competition, Students of Classes VI to VIII participated in Jingles Competition, Students of

Class IX participated in Essay Competition and students of Class X participated in Skit

Competition during the month of June.

CHILD LABOR DAY

Students of Class X participated in Child Labour Awareness Program organized by the

Central Board of Secondary Education to create awareness on Child Labour. Students visited

Child Labour School in Hosur and conducted a survey to prepare a report. The report was

sent to the CBSE during the third of week June.

DIGITAL INDIA WEEK CELEBRATIONS

Students of classes VI to X participated in Digital India Week celebrated by

Government of India in association with Ministry of Electronics. Around 300

students participated in an online quiz and ten out of them were qualified for next

level, held during the first week of July.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

The 69th

Independence Day was celebrated in our School on 15.08.2015. Principal

Mrs Uma Srinivasan hoisted the tricolor. Surya, Teja Priya and the Chairperson

Surya Vijayan of class XI delivered a speech on Indian Independence movement.

The Sports Secretary Mahesh Kumar led the assembly.

KRISHNA

JAYANTHI

The little buds of the

kindergarten

celebrated Krishna

Jayanthi on 4th

September 2015 in

our school. The kids

were dressed as to

depict the characters

in the epic

“Mahabaratha”. .

“BUZZING CLASSROOMS”

In service training program on “Buzzing Classrooms” was held on 30 May 2015. The

workshop was conducted by The Teacher Foundation, Bangalore. Most of the language

teachers and other teachers participated in the program and got benefitted. The objective

of the workshop was to make the classrooms effective, vibrant and energetic.

Many activities were discussed under Beginning viz., ‘Word Connection’, ‘Dig It!’, ‘What

do you think the word mean?’ ‘And what the connection?’ For middles, activities like

‘Pass it on’, ‘Follow the Trail’ and ‘Making Flow Charts’ were discussed. Activities like

‘Story Ball’, ‘Articulate’, ‘Correct the Teacher’, ‘Order! Order!’ wasdiscussed under

Ends. It was a day long workshop with lot of activities and interactions.

Rap Session!!!!Rap Session!!!!Rap Session!!!!Rap Session!!!!

Workshop for teachers ..!

WORKSHOP ON SCHOOL 2.0 WEB ENABLED LEARNING

As a part of in-service training for the teachers, a workshop on school 2.0 web enabled

learning was held on 29.05.2015, it was conducted by the Teacher’s foundation,

Bangalore. This workshop taught teachers the use of twitter, Edmodo and creating blogs

as teaching tools. It was interactive and had a lot of hands on session. Teachers were

exposed to a variety of web tools. This training provided insight into engaging students

in an interesting way and promote communication skill.

A SESSION ON PHONICS INSTRUCTION

A session on Thinking Skills and Phonics Instruction was held on 29.05.2015

by MsGayathriElango of Vel’s Academy for the teachers of Kindergarten.

WORKSHOP ON CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT FOR TEACHERS

Workshop on Continual Improvement was organized for the teachers on

29.08.2015 in association with Quality Circle Forum of India, Hosur sub

Chapter. It was conducted by MrDevarajan. Teams were formed to identify some

of the basic problems/issues to be addressed in the school and to enhance quality

of work.

ASSESSMENT FOR SPEAKING AND LISTENING FOR ENGLISH

Our English Language Teacher Ms. Comadhi Devi participated in a training

workshop on Assessment for Speaking and Listening for English, organized

by the Central Board of Secondary Education in DAV Public School,

Chennai on 5.6.2015.

TEACHERS AS MENTORS

A training workshop on Teachers as Mentors was conducted for

the teachers on 29.07.2015 by Mr .BalaSubramaniam, Former

Director – Academics, CBSE.

DESIGN THINKING GUIDE PROGRAM

Design thinking guide orientation seminar was organized by Riverside School at Inventure

Academy in Bengaluru on 23.06.2015. Mr.M.Chandrachoodeshwaran and Ms.Renu Vaid

attended the same. Design Thinking Guide Program is being implemented for the students

of Class VIII from the current academic session.

WORKSHOP ON GENDER SENSITIVITY

A full day workshop on Gender Sensitivity was held on 29.08.2015 for primary

teachers and teachers handling Co Scholastic subjects. It was conducted by

MsJayashree of E.Z Vidhya.

PracticumPracticumPracticumPracticum

AUTISM AWARNESS As part of our Community Service Project, Autism Awareness Program was

conducted for the students of Class VI and VII in the AV Room. The session

was conducted by the Special Educator of our school Ms Smitha on

22.06.2015.

SESSION ON GENDER SENSITIVITY

Session on Gender Sensitivity was held on 19.08.2015 for the students of classes VI to X. The

session was conducted by Ms Chithra Babu, Clinical Psychologist from Salem. Sessions were

conducted for boys and girls.

ARDUBOTICS WORKSHOP

Robotics Workshop was conducted by Prateek Gupta of

Innovians Technologies, between 4.08.2015 and

7.08.2015 for the students of classes V and VI in our

school. It was helpful for the students to enhance their

scientific skills.

STUDENTS ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

A session on Goal Setting was conducted for the students of

Classes IX to XII on 25.07.2015 by Ms Hema Rajesh.

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS DEMO

On 28.08.2015 there was a demonstration by Mr.Raju, Classic Fire, Bangalore within

the school premises. Students from classes VI – XII witnessed it. The demonstration

was indeed very useful.

INDUSTRIAL VISIT

Students of Class XI & XII visited Ashok Leyland factory on 22.07.2015 to know about

the functions and structure of an organization.

ExcursionExcursionExcursionExcursion

VISIT TO EXCEL SOFT TECHNOLOGIES

Students of Class XI and XII visited Excel Soft Technologies, Mysuru

to celebrate International year of Light and commemoration of 100

years of invention of Light, on 24.08.2015 in Mysuru.

Beyond BoundariesBeyond BoundariesBeyond BoundariesBeyond Boundaries

TEACHERS OF GLOBAL CLASSROOMS

Ms Sharon Subreenduth, Professor in Education and Human Development

and Mr Raveen Subreenduth, Special Educator and Physical Director of

TGC from BGSU, Ohio, USA visited our school between 4.08.2015 and

6.08.2015 and shared their knowledge with our students and teachers.

Workshops on Differentiated Instruction and Special Education were

organized for our teachers during their visit.

ONE MORE FEATHER!!!!!!

Two educationalists, Ms Melisa Nadeau – Department Head of STEM and Science &

Mathematics and Ms Cynthia Tormohlean, Chairperson of Mathematical Department

from USA visited our school between 13th June and 20

th June representing Teacher

Global Classrooms. This was part of cultural and academic exchange, both of them

exchanged their ideas with our teachers and students, they observed our regular classes

and curriculum. They also taught along with our teachers. They met our parents and

shared their project ideas with them. They were taken to many places of tourism

importance and cultural significance like Mysuru Palace, Mysuru Zoo etc. They also paid

visit to the nearest Public School - PUM School (Tamil Medium), Hosur to know about

public instruction system in Tamil Nadu. This exchange program added value to our

teachers and helped students to understand global perspective of education; they were

accompanied by Mr. Micheal Dyer, Project Leader of IREX.

CULTURAL PROGRAM

The school hosted a SPIC

MACAY program for about an

hour on OTTAN THULLALone

of the oldest and richest cultural

dance forms of Kerala by Shri

Kalanidhi kalamandalam

Geethanandam, HOD of dance,

Kerala Kala Mandalam (Deemed

to be University) and his team

associated with SPICMACAY.

On 20.07.2015 Shri

Geethanandan portrayed a story

from the Mahabaratha, Beehma

bringing Kalyana Saughandhika

flower to his spouse Panchali. The

fabulous presentation was

witnessed by the students of

classes V to XII and teachers.

FiestaFiestaFiestaFiesta

BHAJAN

PROGRAM Our students

participated and exhibited

their talents in Bhajans

Organised by Radhe

Krishna Kalyana

Mahostavam in Hosur

on 25.04.2015.

CULTURAL FEST 2015

Cultural Fest 2015 was held on 15.08.2015 in our school. Students of classes

VI to XII took part in the fest. Children exhibited their talents through Songs,

Dance and Drama. Parents and alumni of our school graced the occasion.

Subsidiary Subsidiary Subsidiary Subsidiary EventsEventsEventsEvents

EYE CHECKUP

Eye checkup camp was conducted in our school on 27.7.2015 in association with Sabari

Hospital, Hosur. Students of IV to XII were benefitted from this camp.

EFFECTIVE

PARENTING

A session on Effective

Parenting for the parents of

class III and IV was held

on 25.07.2015 in our

school. The session was

conducted by Dr Babu

Rangarajan, Wellness

Counselor of our school.

BOOK EXHIBITION

Students of class VIII had an interactive session with Nandhini Bahajpai, an author from

Scholastic publications, on 22.07.2015. It was very useful for the students to enhance their

writing and reading skills. Children posed a number of question to her on how to develop

writing skills, what kind of books to read, how to write a book and get it published. There was

a book exhibition cum sale for around 3 days (22.07.2015-25.07.2015) within the school

premises that gave an opportunity to the students and parents to buy books and sustain their

reading habits.

CONTRIBUTION TO ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND IN MADURAI

Students of our school donated Rs. 16,725 to Association for the Blind in Madurai to

celebrate International White cane day and to educate the students during August.

SWEARING INSWEARING INSWEARING INSWEARING IN

CMCA CLUB LAUNCH

Civic Club of Children

Movement for Civic Awareness

(CMCA) - Club Launch was

held on 07.08.2015 in our

school. Students of Class VIII

took oath as a CMCA member

and were presented with

CMCA badges by our Principal

Mrs Uma Srinivasan. Mr.

Krishna and Mr. Bala of

CMCA graced the occasion.

ROTARY CLUB We purchased 15 computers

for our school through

Rotary Club of Hosur Mid

Town as a part of their

community service project.

The objective is to share this

facility with the nearby

Government School

children.

AN OPENING TO E- WORLD

As a part of implementing 21st century skills in our school, we started the use of

“Apple iPads” in Education, which was inaugurated by Mr. Subramanya, Chief

technology officer, Hindhuja Global Solutions. Donated 22 iPads and 8 TVs towards

enhancing TEL.

STUDENTS COUNCIL AND SPORTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS

2015 – 2016

Elections for Students Council and Sports Council were held on 24th June.

Students of classes VII to XII and teachers cast their vote in computerized voting

system, to elect various office bearers for both the councils. Chairperson of the

School Council Master.Surya Vijayan of Class XI and the Sports Secretary Master.

Mahesh Kumar of Class XI along with other office bearer took oath on their duties

on 1st July in a brief ceremony held in school. Principal Mrs. Uma Srinivasan

administered oath of office to the members of the councils.

ABACUS

A. Nakshathira, Student of Class IV of our school participated in International

Abacus competition held in Hotel Le Meridien, Chennai and stood second place.

Students of seven different countries participated in the same. She is going to be

recognized by the Governor of Tamil Nadu His Excellency Rosaih for her

exemplary achievement

ACHIEVEMENTS

YOUNG WORLD

Remisha of Class IV has written an article on Dreaming of Spoche and the same was

published in Young World Magazine of The Hindu. (Page No. 5 , 28.8.2015).

MIND SPARK

Mind spark online math program for the students of classes VI to X was initiated for the

second consecutive year. Abithsha M and Vishwa .E of VII was the National level Sparkie

champs for the month of June and August respectively.

ACKNACKNACKNACKNOWLEDGEMENTOWLEDGEMENTOWLEDGEMENTOWLEDGEMENT

ALS school newsletter is circulated electronically for the year 2015-

2016. It includes information about teaching learning activities and

happenings in the school. Please take time to read the newsletter with

your children as they contain important events and details of school

programs, most importantly acknowledgement of the students’ fabulous

achievements and laurels.

It is our humble privilege to record those names that helped us in the

completion of the ALS Newsletter.

‘Where there is a will there is a way’ and the inspiration to produce this

Newsletter has been derived under the special guidance from our

Principal.

We thank our Principal Mrs. Uma Srinivasan for supporting us in all

our endeavors.

We thank all the teaching, non-teaching, supporting staff and students

who helped us complete the Newsletter. Without their continued efforts,

cooperation and support, we would have not been able to bring the

“ALS’s NEWSLETTER” to a successful completion.

Editorial Committee:

Ms. J.Nithya(Computer Science Teacher)

S.Mahesh Kumar(XI)

M.Yashasvi(XI)

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