National Public School, Banashankari

CONTENTS Principal‟s Message Pg.1

Editor‟s Message Pg.1

Upcoming Events Pg.1

Kaleidoscope Pg. 2

Melange Pg.3

Accolades Pg.4

Free Thoughts Pg.5

Upcoming Events PTM

Independence Day

Flower Carpet

Competition

Group Dance

Competition

Field Trip- BIO Anthem

Romain Rolland French

Exams

Sanskrit Saptaah

Editorial Board Vidhya Sharma

Sunanda Dey

Rashmi L

Sreelata Sharma

Saroj Yadav

Babitha Rai

Jayalekha O V

Technical Coordinator C S Sowmya

Student Editor Akshay Anand X A

ISSUE 1 Vol 1 2018-19

CASCADE ISSUE 1 Vol-4

from the principal’s desk

from the editor’s desk

Importance of Teamwork

I‟m sure all of us saw the FIFA tournament that was held in Russia recently. We saw that to

win a football match, teamwork was especially important. It was not the team with the best

player that won, but the players with the best teamwork that did. I‟m sure all of us have

some or the other skill which we are extremely good at and may get even better at it, but the

most important thing is that these skills which we learn are supposed to be used to help

others and we should learn to work as a group using these skills. Like in sports, it is not the

person with the best skill who succeeds but the people with the best teamwork. We should

always learn to work with others and always work for the benefit of our team not for

personal benefits. Learning to work as a team and help and support each other is also a skill

which will take us far in life. I hope everyone will develop this skill and work together to

achieve success.

-Akshay Anand

X A

In our journey to excellence, our most powerful resource is our children. We aim at

providing wings and directions to their diverse imaginations and dreams and preparing

them to embrace the challenges instead of attempting to resist an experience for

growth. Dear children, be clear on what you want to accomplish in life and work on it.

Be thankful for all the support your parents, teachers and this wonderful school is

providing you. Feel blessed and try to give back in full measure what you get in

abundance. Everything will work out in your favour if you take just few steps forward,

confidently. Jayalekha O V

Success is no accident, it is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and

most of all, love of what you are doing. - Pele

The academic year 2018-19 is well under way now, and the school seems to have

settled into a healthy, happy rhythm. The students are busy, noisy and happy. School is

good!

Children are like wet clay. They can be moulded into any shape that we want to. So it

is the responsibility of the care givers to be very careful while performing their job.

The fact that children are quick to learn these days entails an extra responsibility on us

as to what they should be exposed to and what they should not, because they will

immediately pick up whatever they see. They need to be actively involved in a wide

range of activities which will help them develop important life skills. At National

Public School, Banashankari, we ensure that the students get ample opportunity to

participate in multi-faceted activities, both scholastic and co scholastic which will have

a lasting effect on their personality development. We encourage and nurture talent

among our students. Students of the higher grades need a lot of help in time

management, developing stamina to take the pressure of academics and to resolve inter

personal relationships with peers. As teachers and parents, let us be facilitators, in the

true sense of the word, in our children‟s progress.

The students’ editor

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MY ROLE MODEL – NEYMAR JR

‘Neymar isn’t a common name but it is becoming highly recognisable now.’

-Neymar Sr

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, commonly called Neymar Jr or simply Neymar, was

born on 5th February 1992 at 2:15 AM in Mogi das Cruzes which is situated in Sao

Paulo, Brazil. He is a very well- known football player who is famous for switching

teams from Barcelona to Paris Saint Germain last year. He is also referred to as the

most expensive football player in the whole wide world.

Neymar Jr didn‟t have an easy and playful childhood like normal kids. His Dad-

Neymar Santos Sr- was a football player too who played for Brazil but earned less

than £1000. Earlier, at that time, many Brazilian football players used to earn less

than £1000. Neymar Sr struggled to put food on the table for his family so he along

with his wife- Nadine Santos, daughter- Rafaella Breckran, and son – Neymar Jr,

moved into his parent‟s house in Sao Vicente which is a seaside town of Sao Paulo,

Brazil. When Neymar Jr was ten, a miracle took place. Rafaella and Neymar

received a scholarship from a very prestigious private school of Brazil! They sure

owe Christ a thing or two.

-Stuti Sengupta

IX A

Adithya Memon

I know all the colours

Abhay B K - X

Sumedh G - X A

Adithya Menon -

Pratham S

X B

Rishil G

X B

Risha Rajesh

X A

A VISIT TO SRI LANKA

During our visit to Sri Lanka, we went to a place called Nuwaraeliya.

Nuwaraeliya is a picturesque Sri Lankan hill station known for its fine

quality tea Located in the midst of the hill station is

the Seetha Amman temple (the only Seetha temple in the world) This temple

is patterned in a traditional south Indian way and is set in a idyllic country

side beside a clear stream. This place is believed to be the site where Seetha

was held captive by King Ravana. It is said that she prayed daily here for

Lord Rama to come and rescue her in the Hindu epic Ramayana. On the rock

face, there are circular depressions, which are said to be the footprints on

Lord Hanuman himself. Adjacent to this temple is another temple dedicated

to Lord Hanuman, who according to mythology was instrumental in rescuing

Seetha from Lanka. Inside the temple premises, are idols of Lord Rama,

Lakshmana and Seetha. The Seetha temple looks like any other modern day

temple with a multi-coloured dome filled with mythological figures. On the

side closer to the river Bank is a small shrine with darkened idols which were

found about a century ago. Various versions of the Ramayana state that

Seetha's home in Lanka was inside a thick Ashoka forest. Three idols were

also discovered of which one was Seetha and these idols have been

worshipped at the same spot for many centuries. There is also a belief that

Ravana's palace was located somewhere in the vicinity. Overall this temple

is located in a very serene environment. it is a must see place for those who

are passionate about mythology!

Aarabhi Anand

IX C

Sahana Bhaskar

X B

CASCADE melange PAGE 3 OF 6

parent orientation

The Parent-Orientation Programme for the academic session 2018-19 was held on

26/05/2018. Parent orientation was conducted for the new students of Grades I – XI by

the faculty members Ms. Sangeetha P, Ms.Sreelata Sharma and Ms. Sandhya Mohan.

The mission, vision and motto of the school was conveyed and general rules,

regulations and code of conduct were stated explicitly by our esteemed Principal Ms.

Shyamashree Chatterjee.

Investiture Ceremony

NPS BSK celebrated the investiture ceremony of their school on 29th June 2018. Mr

Sharath, the managing director of the school headed the event as the chief guest. After

the salutations, the event commenced with the kindling of the lamp auspiciously

followed by the invocation song by the children. Ms Shyamashree Chatterjee, the

Principal of the institution, welcomed the parents and the dignitaries with her inspiring

speech.

The Investiture ceremony embarked officially and the badges, sashes and flags were

conferred to the Captains of elected cabinet, the school prefects of different genre by

the chief guest and the principal. NPS clan had four different houses with awe-

inspiring captains who were treated with badges, flags and sashes by their respective

house mistresses and the chief guest.

The school hymn instilled upon the children a sense of pride. The head boy and the

head girl delivered the „aspirations‟ which was phenomenal. Following the trail was

the release of the school magazine which was a combo of 2016-17 & 2017-18, an

encyclopedic gist of children‟s work of different genre.

The School Captain proposed vote of thanks and a scintillating dance was performed

by the children and left the applause reverberating till the crew dispersed.

Environment day

On 5th June 2018, the students of National Public School, Banashankari, celebrated

World Environment Day with fervour. The event began with a melodious rendition of

"Suma sundara taru lathaegala" by the school choir, followed by a speech about the

significance of World Environment Day. The students and faculty of the school stood

together and pledged to be responsible and sensitive towards the environment. The

students then went on to plant their saplings of flowering plants and experienced the

true spirit of Environment Day. School management gifted a take home planting kit to

every child. As a wise man once said, "We shouldn't just protect the environment - we

should create a world where the environment doesn't need protecting."

Towards Excellence

This year we have started with school sports coaching to hone the skills of students in

various sports activities. These coachings are available for Grades III – X in football,

basketball, badminton, cricket and table tennis. The students eagerly look forward for

these after school activities. They not only develop their physical fitness but also have

fun in learning.

CASCADE ACCOLADES PAGE 4 OF 6

M.S Pranav of Grade IX C participated in India v/s Srilanka International Roll Ball

Championship held at Colombo on 06.07.2018 and won a gold medal, representing

India in the junior‟s category.

Honoured Delegates

A 15 member delegation from NPS BSK participated in Model United Nations

Assembly held in Delhi Public School, Bangalore South from 4th to 6

th July, 2018. The

team took active part in various model committees of United Nations and showcased

their oratory skills, knowledge and depth of thought alongside the students from other

reputed schools of Bangalore. NPS BSK came out with flying colours winning three

awards: Meghana G of Grade X bagged the coveted „Honourable Reporter‟ award in

the Press category; Siddharth Menon of Grade IX won the „Commendable Delegate‟

award while his classmate Elvina Anup won the accolade as the „Special Speaker‟.

CRICKET

National Public School, Banashankari‟s cricket team participated in a match against

Kendra Vidyalaya, IISc in Karnataka State Cricket Association Cup, and came out with

flying colours. Our team opted to bat first and scored 108 runs. The opponent team was

all-out at the score of 68. K Pranav of Grade IX outshone everyone taking four wickets

and led the team to victory. Aryan and Skanda with two wickets each gave a stellar

performance. Aditya Iyer of Grade X also played extremely well scoring 36 valuable

runs for the team.

DEBATTLE

“Debate and divergence of views enrich our history and culture”. To encourage and recognize young talent, National Public School, Yeshwantpur

organized an inter school debate competition DEBATTLE 2018 on 26 July 2018.

Rishil Ghurki of Grade X and Ryan Pandit of Grade IX represented National Public

School Banashankari. The participants, armed with statistics and data validated and

made their arguments emphatic with right facial expressions, body movements and

gestures. It was indeed a commendable performance and the two confident gems of

NPS BSK bagged first prize in the event. Rishil Ghurki of Grade X even received the

best speaker award among the 30 contestants.

SCI - QUEST

National Public School, Banashankari, organised Sci- Quest on 28.07.18 an annual

Science fest to develop a deeper knowledge and appreciation for science among school

students. New elements were added to Sci-Quest 2018;„Spectra‟(model making) and

„Quizathon‟ (science quiz) were the new competitions along with the science speech

contest -„Sci-Talk‟.

The Saturday morning programme began with a prayer song followed by the lighting

of the lamp. The Principal Madam Shymashree Chatterjee in her welcome address said

that science is a way of life. The more scientific is our approach towards life; the better

will be the quality of life.

12 enthusiastic schools with 80 bright minds participated in different events. The

judges were renowned scholars and associate professors from PES University each of

them a stalwart in the field of education and research.

The rolling trophy was clinched by BGS NPS for the second time.

CASCADE Free thoughts PAGE 5 OF 6

Beauty of snow

It flickered down slowly as if it was lost

Smothering the land with ice and frost

It covered the world in a blanket of

white

Blinding countless people of their sight

Sometimes it brings us the greatest joy

Allowing us to play with it as if it were

a toy

We play and play with it day and night

All children and adults alike

When we trip, it cushions our fall

There are so many names by which we

call

But most of all it makes us smile

When we haven‟t in a while

It dances in the breeze as if it were

going to leave on the morrow

Taking away all our worries and sorrow

It covers up all the world has to show

Oh, such a beautiful thing it is snow

-Anisha Mehta

X A

AB de Villiers

On May 23

rd, the news of AB de

Villiers‟ retirement disappointed all

cricket loves. The South African

batsman known as Mr.360, famous for

his unorthodox strokes was thought to

bring out a revolution to modern cricket.

The statistics barely tells us half the

story but, so far, AB has scored over

14,000 runs in 98 tests, more than 8000

runs in 190 one-day internationals for

South Africa, more than 40,000 runs in

professional career. He holds the record

for fastest ODI 50, 100, 150 runs.

Through all the pyrotechnics and

consistency, AB has remained a true

sportsman and a huge inspiration to

others.

-Achala B

XI

Truth beyond the Eyes

Do not look in that mirror

Where the reflection tells lies,

Do not make the error

And succumb to stereotypes.

You are strong, you are smart

Being a queen is a diva's goal,

Any doubts in you, rip them apart.

Do not let shallow minds swallow you

whole.

Some patriarchs may not let you perform

But let them know it's the quiet before the

storm,

O heavy lightness! Perfection is a disease

and a bluff

But you're a lady, and that's good enough.

Sahana Sadanand, XI

Interesting Facts of History

In ancient Egypt, servants

were smeared with honey to

attract flies away from the

pharaoh.

Roman Catholics in Bavaria

founded a secret society in

1740 called the Order of the

Pug. New members had to

wear dog collars and scratch

at the door to get in.

Henry VIII of England had

people who were called

“Grooms of Stool” whose job

it was to wipe his bottom.

During his reign, he had four

such people, all of whom

were knighted.

Before Abraham Lincoln

became a politician, he was a

champion wrestler.

All British tanks since 1945

have included equipment to

make tea.

At the height of his

popularity, Charlie Chaplin

entered a Charlie Chaplin

look-a-like contest in San

Francisco. He came in 20th

place.

History‟s shortest war was

between England and

Zanzibar. It lasted only 38

minutes.

Between 1900 and 1920, Tug

of War was an Olympic

event.

In 1929, researchers at

Princeton University turned a

living cat into a telephone.

The current 50 star U.S. flag

was designed by 17-year old

Robert Heft for a school

project. He received a B-.

-- Pratham.A.K

IX A

Self-Confidence

“Confidence is the key to success.” We

all have heard this saying. When faced

with a bigger challenge where failure

seems to lurk at every corner, we are

always told to be confident. But, what is

confidence? Confidence is the belief in

your own ability when doing anything

and viewing yourself and your

environment positively and

optimistically. In every stage of life,

confidence is needed to effectively

overcome obstacles and other challenges

we may face, and to accomplish our

goals. Self-confidence plays a major role

in everybody‟s life.

- Ishan Bhat

IX B

What is Beautiful? Beautiful is the happiness which cannot

be seen through two eyes,

Because it is very nice

It is the love between a mother and child,

on the world where loneliness is mild.

It is the graceful dance of the tree,

with the sweet song of a bird when it is

free.

It is the happiness on the small child‟s

face,

when it wins its first race.

It is the twinkling stars which are high

above the sky,

this beautiful thing is far away from us,

we don‟t know why.

It is the lotus which grows in dirty water,

to show, good people can also be found

in a plotter.

It is the glow of the stars at a dark night,

which gives hope that light can be found

at times of dark.

So it is not easy to define beautiful,

because it has many meanings which are

graceful.

-Aditi Shetty

IX A

DREAMS

Dreams are the fuel to

the soul,

They gift a pleasure

deep and known.

Picks you up and lets

you fight,

Doesn‟t let you sleep

at night.

Dreams of somewhere

far away,

Where a golden future

paints the rain.

Dreams of a day when

smiles and pain,

Presses adventure into

life‟s game.

A distant, graceful

work of art,

That paves its way

into your heart.

At most dreaded

times, gives you hope,

Shows you impossible

can be so close.

Dream is the fire in

your bone,

It‟s the spark you call

your very own.

They‟re the ones you

love and the life you

live,

Every fear you beat is

a dream fulfilled.

Because maybe

dreams do come true,

They can tear you

apart but maybe you

grew.

And maybe you

weren‟t sure of it too,

But dreams make us

heroes, so did it to

you.

--- Shreya Chakrabarti

IX - C

CASCADE Free thoughts PAGE 6 OF 6

जब बी हम किसी बी बायतीम मा बायतीम वऻैाननि िे फाये भें सोचत ेहैं ,तब िराभ

िा चेहया हभाये मन भें सववप्रथभ आता हैl.अब्दरु िराभ ने अऩना ऩयूा जीवन बायत

िो सभर्ऩवत कर ददमा l उन्होंने अऩने र्वद्मा िे बल पर र्वश्व िो ददखा ददमा कि

दहिंदसु्तानी किसी से कम नह िंl िराभ बचपन से ह ऩढाई भें फहुत अच्छे थे ,खासिय

र्वऻान भें l ऩयिंत ुउनिे शहर भें ऩढाई ससपव ऩािंचवी िऺा तक ह सीसभत थी इससरए

िराभ िो ऩािंचवी से आग ेऩढने िे सरए दसूये शहर जाना ऩडा l िराभ अऩनी भेहनत

िे बल पर आग ेफढत ेगए और सपरताओिं िो प्राप्त किमा l उन्होंने जीवन भर याष्ट्र

िी सेवा िी l उनिे जीवन िे अच्छे िामों और ननर्वमों ने उन्हें सवोत्तभ फना ददमा l एक ददन उन्हें नासा सिंमकु्त याष्ट्र अभेरयिा से िाभ ियने िा ननभिंत्रर् आमा और इत्तपेाि से उसी ददन उन्हें इसयो से बी िाभ ियने िा ननभिंत्रर् सभरा l अब्दरु िराभ

ने देश िी सेवा िे सरए सखुों िा त्माग कर ददमा और इसयो िा एक भहत्वऩरू्व बाग

फने l इन्होंने बायत सभशन 2020 िा ख्वाफ देखा l उन्होंने बायत िो आधुननिता प्रदान िी l 25 जुराई 2015 िो जब िराभ जी सशरािंग भें बाषर् दे यहे थे तबी अचानि उन्हें ददर िा दौया ऩडा और उनिा देहािंत हो गमा l र्वऻान तथा अन्म ऺेत्रों भें ददए गए उनिे मोगदान िो देश िबी नह िं बरू सिता l Yash Shukla IX B Achievement Against the Odds- A Tribute to the Late Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died, and died exactly 139 years after Einstein was born. Tragedy struck him when he was only 22- at a time when most of us are in the prime of our lives. He was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, and was given only two years to live. Even mere survival would have been a medical marvel, but he did more than just survive. He emblazoned his name as one of the greatest scientists in human history, and touched the hearts of many. Humility rarely coexists with genius, but Hawking epitomised both. In the words of Neil de Grasse Tyson, "His passing left an intellectual vacuum in his wake. But it's not empty. It's a kind of energy permeating the fabric of space time that defies measure." Anushka Subramanian XII

Amazing facts

Only one letter doesn‟t appear in the periodic table: „J‟.

It‟s impossible to hum while holding your nose.

When you eat a pineapple, it eats you back.

Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.

Shreya Chakrabarti

IX C