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Volume 2, Issue 3 21st Nov 2 016

Light to Light -By Mrs. Soumyashree

“It’s an act of our will to choose to see people simply as wildly loved by God, to assume their beauty before guessing

their depravity.”

Content

Light to light 1

At Vidyanjali 2-4

Upcoming Events 2

A Motivational 5 Introspection

A Soldier was finally coming home after a war.

He called his parents from Siachen. “Mom and

Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I

have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.

“Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”

“There’s something you should know,” the son

continued, “he was hurt pretty badly in the

fighting. He stepped on a land mine and lost an

arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I

want him to come and live with us.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help

him find somewhere to live.”

“No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.

‘’Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what

you’re asking. Someone with such a handicap

would be a terrible burden on us. We have our

own lives to live, and we can’t let something like

this interfere with our lives. I think you should

just come home and forget about this guy. He’ll

find a way to live on his own.”

At that point, the son hung up the phone. The

parents heard nothing more from him. A few days

later, however, they received a call from the

Siachen police. Their son had died after falling

from a building, they were told. The police

believed it was suicide.

The grief-stricken parents flew to Siachen and

were taken to the city morgue to identify the body

of their son. They recognized him, but to their

horror they also discovered something they didn’t

know, their son had only one arm and one leg.

The parents in this story are like many of us. We

find it easy to love those who are good-looking or

fun to have around, but we don’t like people who

inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable.

We would rather stay away from people who

aren’t as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are.

Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us

that way. Someone who loves us with an

unconditional love that welcomes us into the

forever family, regardless of how messed up we

are.

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At Vidyanjali

UPCOMING EVENTS

Ganesha Chaturthi by Primary TEACHERS’ DAY

Montessori and CBSE I to III STD

Parent Teacher Conference

Diwali Celebration

Kannada Rajyotsava

Sports Day

Children’s Day Going Out Montessori Farmers’ Day

The students of Primary Montessori and CBSE I

to III Std celebrated Ganesha festival in a unique

way by bringing the natural idols of their

favorite god Ganesha into their environments.

All the teachers were present on the occasion

and performed the required rituals of the puja

followed by traditional lamp lighting with

aarthi. Some of the children came dressed in as

Ganesha and Parvati and other colorful outfits.

Teachers explained the significance of the

festival by narrating many stories and showing

videos related to birth of Ganesha and also

explained on how the festival can be celebrated

in an environment friendly way. Montessori kids

performed Shlokas, a skit narrating the origins

of 'Lord Shri Ganesh', followed by a dance

program. The children not only prayed to Lord

Ganesha but also enjoyed their meal together

with fellow mates in the Auditorium as mass

lunch is a part of the celebration. During the

mass lunch, older children with a lot of

enthusiasm served the younger children with

the authentic homemade dishes like Modakas,

Usli, Puliogare, Curd rice, Pappad and Pickle.

Children concluded the Ganesh Chaturthi

celebrations with the knowledge and hope that

next year’s Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations will

be back as ever!

KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI

Janmashtami festival was celebrated with great

zeal and pomp by the children of Primary

Montessori and CBSE I to III. Children of CBSE

had prepared beautiful and elegant crowns with

the help of their respective class teachers and

Art & Craft teacher. Children enjoyed the video

on birth of Lord Krishna. Parents felt really

excited when they saw those colorful crowns

prepared by the children. In Montessori

Environment children came dressed in, as

Krishna and Radha and other colorful outfits.

The students of class IX and X organized a special

program for their teachers. The program started

with an Invocation song followed by a floral tribute

to the greatest teacher that India has produced

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. Thereafter the

students presented different fun filled and frolic

activities like Dance, Magic show, Song and

Instrumental playing. They also presented a skit with

the theme as ‘’Respect for teachers.” All the programs

were highly appreciated by the teachers. The students

also, gifted Tomato seeds as return gift to their Gurus.

The day came to an end with a delicious food feast

organized by the school students for the teachers.

Vidyanjali had given a wonderful gift for its staff by

organizing a medical health checkup on this special day.

Teachers explained the significance of the festival,

Janmashtami celebration in different states, authentic

dishes which are prepared on the festival day, Story

behind the birth of Lord Krishna, Story of Krishna and

Sudhama. Children celebrated the occasion by singing

with great joy. Later they prepared and enjoyed some

fresh Panaka prepared with the help of teachers. This

festival taught them to be friendly and also the value of

sharing.

Volume 2 issue 3 Vidyanjali Bugle Page 3 Parents Empowerment Day Parents Empowerment Day was

conducted by Pre-Primary

Montessori and Preparatory I and

II on 28-7-2016 honoring Maria

Montessori’s birthday. The focus of

the event was to educate parents on

Independence of child ‘Help me do

it myself’. Mrs. Geetha S

Nithyanandhya, consultant and

Director, Board of studies, Indian

Montessori Centre was the chief

guest of the event. Parents were

happy and expressed their view

to have such meetings frequently.

Primary Montessori and I, II, and III of the

C.B.S.E wing conducted Parents Empowerment

Day on 27-8-2016:Mrs.Heera Arvind

Psychological Counselor from Jain University

was the chief guest of the programme. She

spoke on Parenting. Several questions were

raised by parents like: What directional support

can be given to the child? What if a child is

bullied by another child? When should the

parent interfere? When children refuse to do

their work should we force them to do it? etc.

Parents also got inputs regarding the

upbringing of the children.

Parents Empowerment Day was conducted by

the Middle School on 26.08.2016. Ashwini N.V a

faculty member in the Post Graduate

Department of Psychology at Jain University and

a secretary of ‘Indian Association of Life Skills

Education’ – Karnataka was the Chief Guest of

the event. It was an Interactive Session on

‘Perfecting Parenthood’. For the parents of IV to

VI STD Students, Parents Empowerment Day

was conducted by the High School (7th to 10th)

On 26-08-2016. Dr. Shubha Madhusudhan, a

renowned Clinical Psychologist from Bangalore,

practicing at Fortis.

Director at Manasvi Dynamics Private Limited, was the

Chief Guest of the event It was an Interactive Session on

‘Harmonizing-The School, Parent, and Student Triangle

for the parents of VII to X Std Students.

Visit to Butterfly Park – Going out Montessori I II and III

In order to gain Factual knowledge and Visual experience of the life cycle of butterfly Primary Montessori children were taken to the Bannerghatta

Butterfly Park. On 31-8-2016 all the teachers along with the respective environment children and attenders boarded the bus by 8:45 am. We

reached the destined place by 11:05 am. As the children were exhausted due to the long journey they had snacks and relaxed for a while and

then marched to the butterfly park. Children enjoyed seeing the butterflies and for a minute we were able to listen only the “wow!!” sounds of the

children. They were excited to see the pots hung on the ceilings for the resting of the butterflies. They were stunned to see the similar kind of

butterflies flying around the respective butterfly name boards. Then we marched to the Museum of butterflies which is adjacent to the park

where we could see the specimens of threatened species of butterflies which were neatly framed and exhibited on the walls of the museum. On

separate display board, they saw and learnt the name of the butterfly in different world languages. We moved on to the next room that is the

theatre where a short movie of 30 minutes on the life cycle of butterfly was shown. Children enjoyed the movie which was witnessed by

complete silence. As it was 1:00 pm, we marched to the parking place, had our lunch and reached the school by 3:40 pm.

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Gandhi Jayanthi

Gandhi Jayanthi was celebrated in Vidyanjali on the 1st of October by Pre-Primary Montessori, Prep-1, Prep-2 and Primary Montessori, at the

auditorium. We were greatly honored by the esteemed presence of Appaji Master who was the chief guest of the event. The Children participated

with great flair and enthusiasm. The programme featuring “Glimpses of Gandhi’s Life” by Primary Montessori stood out for its realistic portrayal

of the major events in his life. Everybody was full of praise for the charming rendition of “One day in Sabarmati Ashram” by tiny tots of

Pre-Primary, which was the highlight of the day. Parents were also invited and they thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the event. On October

1st and 2nd as a part of Swachh bharath and NDTV Cleanathon the high school students of Vidyanjali with the support of Ugly Indians, an NGO, painted

the pillars of Hebbal Flyover. Students along with their teachers went to paint the flyover as a part of

UFO project of Ugly Indians. Students performed a skit about Swachh Bharath to spread awareness and

interacted with anchor from NDTV. This was live telecasted and Mr. Amitabh Bachhan appreciated

the painting, interaction and skit presented by our students to bring awareness among the people. On

the whole, students, teachers and Staff of the Vidyanjali Academy for Learning helped in

beautifying “Namma Bengaluru.”

Onam Celebration

Preprimary Montessori and Preparatory celebrated the festival of

Onam with great enthusiasm on 13-9-2016. The very thought of Onam

brings to the fore images of Pookalam, traditional outfits and the

varieties of tasty Kerala dishes. Onam celebration here in Vidyanjali

was no different. The stage beautifully decorated with bright colorful

flowers and a lamp. Children were dressed in traditional Kerala attire.

Lunch was served with a variety of Kerala dishes like avial, sambar,

payasam etc. which was sent by parents. Children were appraised

about the story behind the celebration of the Onam festival.

Grameen camp Trip (I to VII) Students from I to VII enthusiastically joined this educational

Grameen trip. They got an insight about the age old village

games and indoor games They played many countryside games like

lagori, marbles etc. Food served in the camp was good and

hygienically prepared. Students were very excited. They were

educated about medicinal plants and pot making. They also

experienced the village life. They enjoyed making wooden

toys of Chennapatna. Students had a unique experience.

Parents appreciated it a lot.

Educational field trip for IX and X Standard

The world is a classroom. Learning can happen everywhere. Field trips

have been a part of education for thousands of years. Imbibing valuable

learning experiences outside the classroom requires a lot of planning.

In spite of all the odds, the school management, and teachers

of class-IX and X had planned for Hampi & Badami trip for the students of

grade IX and X on 21st, 22nd and 23rd August 2016. It was a memorable trip.

Excitement was filled in the air. Hampi, the then capital of Vijayanagara

Empire spoke of its rich and cultural heritage. The beautifully sculptured

architecture was discernible in Virupaksha and Balakrishna temples which

were constructed in Nagara style. The open market system spoke of the

abundance of gold, silver and diamond. The visit to Aihole, Pattadakal

and Badami gave an opportunity for the students to witness the Nagara,

Dravidian and Vesara style of architecture. The rule of Chalukya

enriched the places at that period. Badami caves enthralled everyone.

The carvings of Vishnu, Mahavira, Buddha, Lord Shiva and Nataraj made

everyone enchanted. The visit to the Tungabhadra Dam gave the

Students a vivid description of how hydroelectricity is produced in

dams. The musical fountain show attracted the attention of every

child. This trip gave the children an immense scope of learning while

travelling.

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A Motivational Introspection

-By Mrs. Geetha Raj

Being rich is not how much you have, but how much you can give

Cholanayakanahalli,

R. T. Nagar

Bangalore- 560 032

Phone: 080 23544891

Mobile: 9008202222

E-mail: info@vidyanjali.in

S Murugan now 32 years of age was born, in Kerala to

a mother, who worked as a plantation laborer and a

father an alcoholic. He had no food and clothing

during his formative years. His family shifted to port

Kochi to find a new beginning. He collected discarded

and soiled vegetables to satisfy his hunger and killed

rats for shop owners to earn money. The cruelty of

life was a gross understatement compared to what

went along in Murugan’s life. But he never lost hope.

His friends became gangsters and landed themselves

in jail. He moved to an ashram at Pulluthurthy,

worked as a mason, sold newspapers. He also started

to work with children as a volunteer.

He was saddened by the pitiable states of children

and elderly living on the Streets who were holding on

to their dear life He worked hard, gradually saved

enough money to buy an auto rickshaw. He became a

social worker and wanted to bring about a change in

the life of the deprived. But saving life was not an easy

task. Once in a market area a group of people brought

a little lad to beg, pouring some liquid into the child’s

eyes, that made the child blind. Murugan sped in his

auto to rescue the child. On his way, back he was

attacked by the same gang who attempted to destroy

his auto. After judicial focus, he won violence through

love. It is with this selfless motive that Murugan

started “Theruvorum’ initially facing Hiccups, he with

the help of his wife accommodated 20 deprived souls

in Theruvorum.

Book Review

- By Mrs. Swapna Tanner

He is now actively working in 17 districts of

Kerala, till date “Theruvorum” has rescued

more than 9000 children. In his words the only

vision I have is “A society where people live for

others. This world is not my home, I am just

passing through, and I won’t take anything

with me, so why not help others rather than

asking for material things.” Awards and

recognition do not matter, what you do for

others does. I try my level best with what I

can. I am just an Auto driver who once lived

on the street.

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