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THE SYLVAN VOICE www.laidlaw.org OCT & NOV 2017

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THE EDITOR’S DESK

We are proud to release our newsletter for the month October & November

2017. This edition contains all the events from the inter house activities to the

inter school activities with each result, house points and records broken by the

students of Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College. This edition also

contains the 70th

Independence Day show with schedule and photos. We hope

you enjoy our 3rd Newsletter for the year 2017.

The editorial team:

Patron: Mr. Gary Dominic Everett

Editorial Head: Ms. Monica Jonquil Ruth

Editorial prefects : Nikash Jacob John, Soundharya Meenakshi, Rahul Rajesh, Shreepathy, Krithika P A, Krisshiya Nadessa


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Mumbai report

Day 1: (5:10:2017): We left school around 6:00am. We had our breakfast at Coimbatore and

left for Shornur. We reached the junction at 2:00pm and had our lunch. As the train was

delayed by 2 hours we killed time by playing cricket on the platform. We boarded the train

at 5:00pm. We received our dinner at Mangalore junction and then we had a good night’s

rest in the train.

Day 2: (6:10:2017): We got our breakfast at 8:30am and we spent our time on the train by

playing cards and at Thane junction we received our lunch. We finally reached Lokmanya

Tilak terminal at 5 and had a good time in the evening. From there we boarded a bus and

checked into our hotel and freshened up and then had dinner and a good night’s rest.

Day 3: (7:10:2017): We got up early in the morning and had our breakfast at the hotel and

left to Imagica theme park. We didn’t get a chance to go for the dry rides and go to the

snow park. However we had a great time as we enjoyed all the water rides in the theme

park. We reached our hotel at night.

Day 4: (8:10:2017) : The next morning we left to visit the Gateway of India and the Elephant

caves which also included a 2 hour boat ride after which we had our lunch and went back to

our hotel rooms to refresh ourselves after which we went out for shopping in the evening.

Day 5: (9:10:2017) : We got up excited early in the morning to visit Juhu beach where we

enjoyed playing football and we saw the magnificent sun rise we had our breakfast and left

for the Sidhi Vinayak temple after which we had our lunch and left for the Lokmanya Tilak

terminal. At around 4:00 pm we boarded our train.

Day 6: (10:10:2017): We had our breakfast at Manglore junction and our lunch at Calicut

junction. We spent our time on the train playing cards . We reached Shornur at 5:30pm and

from there boarded our bus back to school. We had our dinner at Coimbatore and reached

school at 2:00 am in the morning.


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Cochin trip

In the morning of 5th

October, we left the school by 5:00pm with great excitement.

On the way, we enjoyed ourselves by singing and dancing. We also saw a sunrise on the

way. At 8:30am we stopped at Hotel Annapoorna for breakfast. Then, continuing our

journey, we reached the Diwan Court Hotel at 3pm. Diwan Court is from the prestigious

group of hotels. It is a downtown business hotel offering the finest hospitality. We unloaded

our luggage and went straight for lunch. Then we checked in our rooms and left to see the

Chinese fishing nets. In india , the Chinese fishing nets ( cheena vala) are fixed land

instillations for fishing. After we saw the Chinese nets we headed for the cruise. We saw the

fort Cochin and the Cochin port and then we went to the DJ dance floor and we enjoyed

dancing for over two and a half hours. After that we returned tired to our hotel for dinner

and had a good night’s rest. We woke up the next day waiting to see the new adventure. We

went for breakfast and left for a back water cruise again in Allepy. We enjoyed the sights of

paddy fields, coconut lagoons and pied kingfishers hurtling down to catch the fish. We also

came across small islands; locals engaged in fishing. After that ride we did some roadside

shopping and we went to our hotel, had lunch, and then went to Lulu mall. We shopped for

4 hours and then went back to our hotel. On the third day we left to Mattancherry palace

which is now a museum. This palace is a Portuguese palace popularly known as the Dutch

Palace. It was built and gifted by the Portuguese to the king of Cochin in 1555 after they

plundered a temple nearby. Then we went to St. Francis church, the oldest church built in

1503.Vasco da Gama’s gravestone can still be seen there. We went back to our hotel to have

lunch and then left to Lulu mall. After spending time for few hours in the mall we went back

to our hotel and had dinner. On the 4th

day we were excited to go to Wonderla, the loudest,

craziest and the most amazing part of the town. We enjoyed the land rides, 5D movie and a

lot of thrilling rides after which we went for lunch.We went for more rides and enjoyed

ourselves. We went back to our hotel for dinner and then slept. That day was one of the

best days of our lives. Then the next day we all got up sad as we had to leave for school. We

had an amazing time and an epic adventure with a lot of learning


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Goa trip

Day 1: (5:10:2017) : We left school at 5:00 in the morning. We were travelling to Cochin by

bus from where we would board our train to Goa. We had our lunch at the railway station

and boarded our train at 5:00pm in the evening. We had our dinner on the train and we

reached Goa early next morning.

Day 2: (6:10:17) : On arriving at Goa we checked into our hotel at 8:00 in the morning

after which we got ready and left for the beach . We had our lunch at the beach after that

we returned to our hotel .


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Day 3: (7:10:2017) :We visited the Aguada fort after which we visited the beautiful

Calangute beach . We did some road side shopping and then returned back to our hotel.

Later that evening we got dressed up for the cruise. It was amazing and we had fun.The

view was amazing. We also danced for sometime.


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Day 4: (8:10:2017) : We visited the well know St. Francis Xavier church. We learnt a lot of

things there . We went back to Anjuna beach after lunch. We saw a lot of crabs and took

many pictures.

Day 5: (9:10:2017) : We got up late And enjoyed our leisure time at the hotel till lunch. After that we checked out and headed for the Mall de Goa . We spent approximately 4 hours

there and then we returned to the railway station for our journey back to school.

Day 6: (10:10:2017) : We reached school at around 10:00pm .


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Hyderabad Trip :

On 4- 10-2017 We were very excited to go for the trip to Hyderbad . After dinner Mr. Vasu

distributed our money, id cards and bags . Everyone were gicen 2000 rs each for the journey. We

were very excited because it was our first trip in an arranged coach. At 10:00pm our van arrived in

front of our cottage. We got into our van and left for Coimbatore at 11:00pm. We kept ourselves

entertained by listening to songs on the way to Coimbatore. We reached Coimbatore railway station

at 2:00am. We were waiting for the train for about two hours on the platform. At 4:00am our train.

The coaches allotted for us were A1 B1 & B2. We got into our coaches within 5 minutes as the train

stood only for 5 minutes in the junction we 9th

std occupied the B1. As it was already morning we

did not sleep and we were talking till sun rise. We enjoyed our travel. We reached Kacheguda

station, Hyderabad 6th

morning at 3:30am we boarded the coach to transfer to the Amritha Castle

hotel to check in since our check in time was 12 noon we couldn’t get our rooms. Our staff asked for

atleast five rooms to refresh. Then we had our breakfast then we left to Mecca Masjid. From there

we walked to Charminar and from Charminar we went to the Sudha car museum the first and only

hand made car museum in the world. Then we had our lunch and then left to Golconda Fort. Then

we left back to our hotel and had our dinner there.

The next day we visited Ramoji Flim industry.We left the film industry in the evening and went back to the hotel where we had our dinner.

The next morning after breakfast we left for Salarjung museum. After this we went to the Hussain

Sagar lake. After that we went to the MPM mall to do some shopping. We went around the mall and

found nothing good or interesting there at 7:30 we left back to the hotel.

The next day we boarded our train back to school and we reached Coimbatore at 7:00am and we reached school at 1:30pm for our lunch.


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Inter-school debate:

The inter-school debate for the year 2017 was held at The laidlaw Memorial school an d junior

college on 27th

October. The judges were Dr senthilnathan, Sangeeta Ray and Anandi.

The participating schools:

1. Laidlaw Memorial School 2. Stanes Higher Secondary School 3. Riverside Public School 4. International Community School 5. Holy Innocents School 6. Wood Side Public School 7. St.Hildas School

The topic for the debate was “Technology destroys the quality of human interaction.” Each

school came up with two speakers, one speaking for the topic and the other speaking

against the same.

Results:

The Ladilaw Memorial School won the overall competition and also the best speaker award which was won by Adithya Prasad.


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Inter- school Quiz:


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The inter- school quiz for the year 2017 was held at Laidlaw Memorial school on the

27th

of October. Six schools qualified for the main round of the quiz.


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The participating schools:

1. St.Hildas School 2. St.Josephs College 3. Holy Innocents School 4. Stanes Higher Secondary School 5. Woodside School 6. International Community School

The quiz comprised of 10 rounds where each correct answer was awarded 10 points and

no pass questions. There was a picture question which was open to all participating teams

for which if answered correctly 10 bonus points were awarded.

Results:

Holy Innocent School placed first followed by St.Josephs College.


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INTER-SCHOOL HOCKEY

UNDER 19

LMS WON WITH ST.Anthony’s School

LMS WON WITH BPS

LMS LOST TO CSPS

LMS LOST TO HEBRON 4-3

UNDER 17

LMS LOST TO GSIS

LMS LOST TO LAWLENCE

LMS WON WITH BPS

LMS WON WITH Ubbadhalai

UNDER 15

LMS LOST TO HEBRON

LMS DREW WITH GSIS

LMS DREW WITH RSPS


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INTERACT CLUB EYE FOUNDATION CAMPAIGNE

The Interact Club had organised an eye check up for all the students and staff and their

family members on 25th

October. We joined hands with the Eye Foundation Ooty and our

eyes were checked by specialized ophthalmologists. The students who required eye care were given a prescription for a free medical check up in Ooty.

The eye check up was not only for the students but also for the staff and the sub staff of the

school. The Eye Foundation has given a clear vision to the Georgians under the able

guidance of the Interact Club members. It was a grand success.


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INTER-SCHOOL QUIZ

The Inter-school quiz was held by Pasteur Institute Coonoor. The students of

the Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College came 2nd

overall. The students who took part were Keerthana.M & Muaz Mohammad.

INTER-SCHOOL SINGING

The students of The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior college took part in the Inter-

school singing competition which was held in KPS. They secured the first place for best

individual singer who was Nikita Kay Santy.

INTER-SCHOOL DRAMATICS

The Inter-school dramatics that was held in St.Hildas

School Ooty on 31st

of October. The students of The

Laidlaw Memorial School took part with their own

play written by Andrew Roland Francis called ‘Topsy

Turvy : a Wedding Story’ and stood second out of the

10 schools that had participated, our school has also

got the best supporting & best actor awards both won

by Nazneen Sameer & Andrew Roland Francis

respectively.

INTER-SCHOOL KARATE

THE 21ST

Nilgiris district karate tournament was held on 25th

and 26th

of NOV a BPS,

Wellington. The students of The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College won gold and silver.

INTER-SCHOOL TENNIS

The inter-school tennis was held in Lawrence Lovedale. The Laidlaw Memorial School and

Junior College won the Under-19 category and also won the best player award awarded to

Armaan Mathews.

LMS Won against KIS 2-1

LMS won against HIJS 2-1

LMS won against HEBRRON 2-1

LMS won against LAWRENCE 2-1


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INTER-HOUSE EVENTS

Hindi debate:

1. COCKBURN

2. PLUMMER

3. LAIDLAW

4. HAMILTON

Tamil debate:

1. PLUMMER

2. HAMILTON

3. COCKBURN

4. LAIDLAW

Hindi elocution:

1. HAMILTON 2. PLUMMER 3. LAIDLAW 4. COCKBURN

Tamil elocution:

1. HAMILTON 2. PLUMMER 3. COCKBURN 4. LAIDLAW

Rifle:

1. PLUMMER 2. HAMILTON 3. COCKBURN 4. LAIDLAW


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KEEP CALM AND BE A

GEORGIAN


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