Sheth Karamshi Kanji

English School

Shri Ramniklal Z. Shah Secondary Section Managed by

SMPR Shala Trust

News Letter 2013-14

Volume 2

The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read.

It will be the person who does not know how to learn.

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Alvin Toffler

Sheth Karamshi Kanji English School

(Secondary Section) From the desk of Principal

“”Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

The school reopened after the Diwali Vacation on 18th November 2013. Children came back refreshed after the short break and a satisfaction that arises from celebrating festivals with family and friends. It is important for our children to get accustomed with values, traditions and customs of our families.

Dandiya Raas “Celebration is an act of impressing sadistic someone residing in you.”

The school organized Dandiya Raas on the Occasion of Navratri on 5th October 2013. Students came decked in beautiful traditional dresses and danced with great fervour. The Students, Teachers and even the Peons danced with great vigour and enthusiasim.

Joy of Giving Week “A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy

crazier.” Joy of Giving Week was celebrated from 2nd October to 8th October 2013, wherein children were encouraged to bring old newspapers and magazines. The money collected thereby was given to the peons. Nonetheless, teachers also gave their contributions towards this nobel cause.

Seminar for Students of class 5 to 8 Tata Power Club organized a Seminar for students on Sustainable use of Electricity.

ASL Workshop A Cascade training on Assessment in Speaking and Listening was held in Goa from 25th November to 27th November 2013. This training was attended by two English Teachers:

Mrs Kavita Iyer

Mrs Marilyn Koshy

TWO DAY CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAME ON CCE Shriram New Horizon School, Delhi empanelled by CBSE Board conducted a two day workshop for Secondary Teachers. Twenty Teachers attended the same on 25th and 26th October 2013. Mrs Rashmi Sharma was the resource person.

Fun Trip “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters,

in the end.” One day fun trip was organized for students of standard V to X on 29th November 2013. Standard V to VII went to Shangrila Resort and VIII to X went to Imagica. It was a welcome change from their daily routine. The children enjoyed to their fullest and came back home with wonderful memories!

Nature Club “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

Members of Nature Club visited Mangroves of Bhandup on 7th Deccember 2013. The students participated in Mangroves plantation drive, Nature walk and bird watching. Daisy Miss and Vaishali Miss accompanied the Nature Club Students. Mr. Stalin Dayanand (Vanshakti-NGO) one of the Mumbai Mirror Heroes of 2013 had addressed our students about the importance of Mangroves. Documentary on importance of Ozone layer and Powerpoint Presentation on state bird, state animal and state flower of all the states of India were presented. Their importance was also shown and discussed by Ms. Rituja(Vanshakti, NGO) in the month of January.

Annual Sports “Winners don't wait for chances, they take them”

Exposure to events happening around us gives our students an idea of their capabilities

and weaknesses.

Our Annual Sports was held in grandeur from 21st December to 23rd December 2013.

The day began with a grand Opening Ceremony followed by a Display by students of

Class V-VII and Marching by students of class VIII-X. Different events were also

conducted for Parents and Teachers.

The School Magazine “SPECTRUM” was also released on 21st December 2013.

HAPPY NEW YEAR – 2014 “Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom

that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us

to get it right.” Oprah Winfrey

Achievements in Co-curricular activities/Inter School

Competitions

Mukund Murlidharan (VIII-C) Distinction in practical and theory of Ist Grade in Keyboard – 2013 Honours in IInd Grade 2014 conducted by Trinity College of London.

Inter School Acting Competition Conducted by Kutch Shakti National Award in Gujarat: Mst. Jay Thakkar of IX-B

got the I Prize.

Conducted by Golden Petals Award, he got the best award for Acting. He also got an award by Lohana Samaj and Rotary Club of Mulund.

Anushree Somnathan (VI-D) Won a gold medal in Badminton conducted by Lions Club Mumbai Tournament.

Aditya Narayan(IX-C) He secured the II Prize in Sanskrit Elocution conducted by Rotary Club – South Mumbai in November 2013.

Master Mind Exam An inter school examination in Geography was held in which 26 students from class V-VIII are qualified for the state level examination going to be held on 20th April 2014.

Science Olympiad

Kashish Gala V-D - IInd Prize

Kaushik Shivkumar VI-D – Gold Medal

Savla Manan VII-A – Gold Medal

Savla Neer VII-C – Silver Medal

Mhadeshwar Mrunmayee VII-A - Bronze Medal

Parekh Saurabh IX-D – Ist Prize

International Maths Olympiad

Visariya Darshit Vinod V-B – Gold Medal

Shrushti Daiya VI-C – Gold Medal

Savla Manan Vimal VII-A – Gold Medal

Kothari Muskaan Rajesh VI-B – Silver Medal

Warior Ananya Salil VI-A – Bronze Medal

Pradnya Pravinya Exam Two students are qualified for Pravinya Exam:

Upasani Prathamesh Jaideo – V-D

Prajapati Sakshi Sanjay – VIII-C

Silverzone Computer Olympiad(IIO) Upasani Prathamesh Jaideo – V-D – Gold Medal

Savla Manan Vimal – VII-A – Gold Medal

Mukund Muralidharan – VIII-C – Gold Medal

Doshi Abhinav Shetty – V-A – Silver Medal

Mehta Harsh Mahesh – VII-A – Silver Medal

Shah Harshil Manoj – VII-D – Bronze Medal

Mstr. Savla Manan Shah and Mstr. Mehta Harsh Mahesh are qualified for the Level -2

The following students won the scholaships in the IPM Examination 2013-14

Ms. Daiya Shrushti Bipin std. VI

Ms. Kothari Muskan Rajesh std. VI

Mst. Gala Rishit Bipin std VI

Ms. Mehta Darshini D std VI

Ms. Warior Ananya Salil std VI

Mst. Savla Manan Vimal std VII

Ms. Prajapati Sakshi Sanjay std VII

Mst Pavani Jeet Jignesh std X

Mst. Shah Nishant Nimish std X

Mst Sheth Ketul Nikunj std X

Ms. Ananya Salil Warior of std VI- A received prize money for excelling in Maths Talent Search Examination 2013. She also received a consolation prize for reaching the II level in JMO Examination held in February 2014.

Inter School Sanskrit Vadatu Competition Mst. Manan Savla VII-A bagged the I Prize in the Sanskrit Vadatu Competition.

SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS IN VAZE SCHOOL An Inter School Science Quiz Competition was held in Vaze School. The competition was held for Junior and Senior Level.

Among the Juniors: Miss Pearl Sanghavi V-B Miss Ananya Warior VI-A I Prize Mst. Manan Savla VII-A

Among the Seniors: Mst. Ketul Sheth X-D Mst. Mukund M. VIII-C II Prize Karan Shah IX-D

Late Dina Bama Patil Pratishthan Kala Krida & Culture Mahotsav

Karate:- Singh Ashutosh Rajesh VII-B Gold Medal

Parekh Krina Chetan VII-D Gold Medal

Kothari Het Ashwin VIII-C Gold Medal

Kothari Het Ashwin VIII-C Silver Medal

Upadhyay Vrushi Pankaj VI-B Silver Medal

Bhanushali Devanshi Jayesh VII-D Silver Medal

Jasani Drashti Narendra VII-A Bronze Medal

Dagli Manan Chetan VII-A Bronze Medal

Skating Mehta Dhruvil Nilesh VI-B Gold Medal

Parekh Krina Chetan VII-D Gold Medal

Parekh Khushboo Chetan IX-D Gold Medal

Upadhyay Vrushti Pankaj VI-B Silver Medal

Gosar Devanshi Jatin VI-D Silver Medal

Gala Bhodrik Vipul VI-A Silver Medal

Biyani Avijita Naresh VI-B Bronze Medal

Vira Jainam Jayesh VI-D Bronze Medal

Lodaya Smit Kirti VI-D Bronze Medal

Parekh Khushboo Chetan IX- D and Parekh Krina Chetan VII - D got the Ist prize and IInd prize respectively in Skating Competition organised by Charan Singh Sapra in Yogi Hills.

Chess

Saijal Vats IX-A Gold Medal

Parekh Saurabh Jayesh IX-D Gold Medal

Rukhana Dhaval Chetan IX-D Silver Medal

Shah Bhavrath Nikhil IX-C Bronze Medal

Gujarat Championship Chess Competition (U-16) Mstr. Dhaval Rukhana of IX-D was the runner up.

Athletics Jain Kusheeta Lalit IX-A Gold Medal (200 Runing Race)

Batwal Neha Ramesh VII-A Bronze Medal (4x100 Relay)

Shah Stuti Ashit VII-A Bronze Medal (4x100 Relay)

Jain Moksha Narendra VII-A Bronze Medal (4x100 Relay)

Chheda Hiral Nilesh IX-B Bronze Medal (Shotput)

Kho-Kho Dedhia Dhruvin Dinesh IX-C Senior Boys Captain(Ist Place)

Bid Meetakshi Bijesh IX-B Senior Girls Captain (Ist Place)

Shah Khushi Atul VII-A Junior Girls Captain (Ist Place)

Chheda Aayush Biren VIII-C Junior Boys Captain (IInd Place)

In Maharashtra State Level Karate Championship orangised by World Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Organisation.

Parekh Krina Chetan of VII-D has got Silver Medal in KATA.

Bhanushali Devanshi Jayesh of VII-D has got bronze medal in KATA.

Upadhaya Vrushti Pankaj of VI-B has got a bronze medal in KATA.

Singh Ashutosh Rajesh of VII-B has got bronze medal in KATA.

Mehta Harsh Mahesh of VII-A has got bronze medal in KATA.

WFSKO - Karate Competition: Devanshi Bhanushali VII-D Gold Medal

Henil Vora VI-B Gold Medal in Kumite and Silver Medal in KATA

Divesh Thakkar VII-B Gold Medal in Team KATA Bronze in Kumite

Vanshita Chandiramani V-B Gold Medal in KATA

Om Thakkar V-C Silver Medal at the International Level

Kshitiz Uppal V-B Bronze Medal

Srushti Savla VII-B Bronze Medal

Srushti Gowalkar VIII-C Bronze Medal

Harsh Mehta VII-B Bronze Medal

Raj Shah VII-B Bronze Medal in KATA and KUMITE

Vrushti Upadhyay VI-B Gold Medal at International Level, Silver Medal at the Distrtict Level and Bronze Medal at the State Level

Republic Day Celebrations The programme commenced with the flag hoisting followed by cultural programmes by the students of Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary Students of SKKES and Gujrati Medium students of SMPR.

Annual Exhibition “Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those

who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or

creativity” The grand Annual Exhibition was held on 1st February 2014. The students of a Secondary Section had put up a galore of Maths, Science, Social Science, IT and Arts exhibits. Different models like Mangalyaan, Formation of Tornado, Air Pressure Gun, Continets, Deltas, Islands, Solid Shapes, Madhubani Paintings and many more displayed the integration of education with real life.

Teacher’s Workshop and Seminars Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

Maths: Madhuban Publication had conducted a Seminar of Maths Orientation Programme in the month of October for which the following Teachers attended.

Mrs. Preeti Apage

Mrs. Sayee Pawar

Maths and Eglish Macmillan Publication had conducted a Seminar on English and Maths based on different Teaching methodologies. The following teachers attended the same:

Ms. Andrea Mal

Ms. Shakuntala Nadar

Ms. Pradnya Tuplondhe

English Karadi Path had conducted a workshop in the month of January for enhacning the speaking skills of the students. This was attended by Miss Andrea Mal.

Hindi i) Sanklap Publication had conducted a workshop on effective teaching of

grammar for which the following teachers attended: a. Mrs. Neetu Awasthi b. Miss Neetu Sharma

ii) Ankur Hindi Publication conducted a seminar on grammar for which Mrs. Sumedha Karnataki, Mrs. Neetu Awasthi and Miss Neetu Sharma attended the same.

A Journey to the Film World: The Students of std V-VIII got a wonderful oppurtunity to see and attend a live film shoot at Victor House, Nahur Organized by “Wayam Magazine”. The Children were introduced to the director Santosh Manjrekar and writer Vinayak Prabhu. They also got an opportunity to meet the famous actor Vaibhav Tattvawadhi.

Farewell to std. X “Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet

again” A grand farewell party was organized for std. X by the students of std.IX. The function began with the Lighting of the lamp by the Trustee members followed by vibrant dances. The students of std.IX gave a scintillating performance followed by the formal awards.

Sad Demise “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, HARSHIL leaves a memory no one can

steal” It is indeed on irony that a child full of life, creativity and zest has lost the battle with life. It is with profound grief announced that our very own child Mst. Harshil Chande studying in std.X-C passed away due to Cancer on 9th February 2014. May his soul rest in peace.

Seminar on Exam Aniexty “EXAM ANXIETY” Seminar for std X students was organised by the members of Swaminarayan Yogi Divine Society (Atmiya Youth Group) on 17th February 2014, Tuesday: The following were the topics covered:

a) Tips for writing the paper b) Tips for last minute revision c) To understand the psychology of the examiner d) Time Management e) Inner Motivation

A Motivational seminar – „Why Not Myself‟ for Std.IX…….

On 26th February 2014 Importance of Prayer in day to day life was told to the students. Importance of Teachers and Mentors on student‟s life was also stressed. Realisation of selfabilities thru spiritual way was also imbibed in their minds.

Board Examination “Knowing is not enough; we must apply

Willing is not enough; we must do” Like every year all the students have opted for Board Exams. The first Pre-board exam

was conducted in the month of January 2014 followed by the Second Pre-board exam

which was conducted in the month of February 2014. Special efforts were put in by the

teachers to improve the weak students.

The board exams commenced from 3rd March and ended on 15th March 2014.

Long Tour A long tour has been arranged for the students of Std V – X to Khanvel Resort Silvasa from 28th March to 30th March 2014.

“Looking forward to meeting you all in the new Academic

Session 2014-15. Hope all of you come back fully energized and refreshed after a break and ready to face the challenges”.