HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2018

02.04.2018 The best way to find yourself is to loose yourself in the service of

others.”

Mahatma Gandhi.

At Delhi Public School Kolar Road, a morning assembly was conducted

by the students of class IX, on the theme „Respect the Elderly‟. The

assembly was informative and inspired the students to value their elders.

The Community Service club of Delhi

Public School Kolar Road organized a

prize distribution ceremony for

Helpage India. In the presence of Ms

Anuradha Mishra , Sr Executive

Helpage India and Ms Sanskriti Khare,

state head, Helpage India and in the able guidance of Madam Principal

Ms Vandana Dhupar, Madam Vice Principal, Dr. Anita Dwivedi.

Three students who collected highest amount in charity for Helpage

India and three class teachers for the highest collection were felicitated.

The officials from Helpage India honoured Madam Principal for the

support and efforts.

04.04.18 An assembly was conducted by the

students of Class II to make the

students aware about their body.

Different internal and external

organs of our body were introduced

to them and the harmonious working

of these different systems and organs

give us good health was explained.

05.04.18 Home is a man‟s paradise. Every

child has a dream house and to

enhance the imagination and

creativity clay house making

activity was conducted in class II,

where the students made beautiful

small clay houses and improved

their gross motor skills. They were

thrilled and exuberant in making their house and enjoyed this activity

whole heartily.

05.0418 “Actions speak louder than words”

body language is one of the

important ways of communication.

Class 1 conducted a very interesting

assembly on body language.

Children explained that body

language can be shown through

Postures, Facial expressions and

Eye contact. Assembly concluded

with a lovely song on body language which thrilled the students.

05.04.18 Family is like branches on a tree. We

may grow in different directions yet

our roots remain as one .A family tree

is a way to show relation between

members of the same family. To teach

values, respect and importance about

family DPS Kolar had conducted the

activity for the students of class 1

.Students were really excited and

happy to share their family tree with each other.

09.04.18 “The most treasured heirlooms are the sweet memories of family „‟

To treasure the sweet memories of

family and increase the love and

bonding between family members

„Cherished our memories‟ activity was

conducted for the students of Class- 1 of

DPS Kolar. Students took part

enthusiastically and showed their

creativity to the fullest.

09.04.18 A special assembly was organized by

DPS Kolar Road Bhopal for The

New session of class XI. The theme

of the assembly was „Well Begun Is

Half done‟ . Assembly started with a

prayer, followed by various events

such as special talk by a student, a

beautiful song „yeh hosla‟ was sung

by the students. Mrs Abhilasha Prashar talked on how to begin the

session with full enthusiasm? Madam Principal also addressed students

and guided them with her pearls of wisdom.

09.04.18 “Never Give Up On What You Want To Do. The Person With Big

Dreams Is

More Powerful Then One With All

The Facts”

This was the theme for the

morning assembly conducted by

the students of class VI.

Students discussed the qualities

like hard work, self-discipline, strength, self-control, concentration, faith

etc which help one to achieve their goal. A melodious song “We shall

overcome” was sung by the students to encourage children.

Class teacher Ms. Rishika Solanki presented a theme talk on the topic

“Nothing is impossible for willing heart” to motivate the students.

The program was graced by the presence of Madam Academic

Coordinator Ms. Prachi Verma.

11.04.2018 Life without science is way beyond

imagination. Again this was proved

today in the wonderful competition

conducted by the Science department.

Where all the four houses had put their

best foot forward. All the houses either

demonstrated or illustrated further with

model/props. Following are the positions backed by the houses.

1st position was bagged by Kachnar

House. Their topic was Global Warming.

2nd position was bagged by Amaltas

House. Their topic was Acids and bases

3rd position was bagged by Palash House.

Their topic was Work, force and energy.

11.04.18 Life is a wonderful fairy tale and no one is

too old for it . For kids fairy tales are the

fantasies. To make the students spin the

yarn of their imagination and learn

interesting

facts about

Japan,

story enactment of “A Japanese fairy tale

“ was done in the class assembly

conducted by the students of Class 2.

12.04.18 “Every child is an artist” To explore the

creative potentials in the young minds of our

class II students “Canvas of Expression”

competition was

conducted.

The theme of

the competition was love, care and share.

Students showcased their creative skills in

drawing and colouring, and came up with

amazing art work. This fun filled activity

witnessed an enthusiastic participation by all the students .Their

artistically coloured sheets were a treat to the eyes.

13.04.18 Enrichment of knowledge and helping

students to have a thorough insight of

the subject is the teaching trend of DPS

Kolar. Keeping this in mind the students

of class II were taken for an educational

excursion to a village where they saw

different kinds of houses and the

different kinds of material used to

construct a house.

16.04.2018 Smell the sea and feel the sky. Let your

soul and spirit fly.

Keeping this thought in mind, DPS Kolar

Road Bhopal celebrated the „Fun in Sun‟

n to enlighten our students with facts

about summer.

The day commenced with the auspicious

lamp lighting ceremony by Ms Remy Behl, Academic Coordinator, DPS

Kolar and all the class representatives. A

foot tapping number was presented by the

students of class Prep .A skit on Do‟s and

Don‟ts of summer was also presented by

the children of class I and II.

After the cultural programme children

enjoyed themselves thoroughly as they

experienced the joy of Rain dance and splashing in the pool.Back in the

classes, students were engaged in activities related to summer season.

18.04.18 Nothing can replace the memories embedded

in the four walls of a house". To help the

students understand and differentiate

between different

kinds of houses

and to give them

a lasting

knowledge about the various kinds of

material used in the construction of houses,

the students of class II conducted an

assembly on the their academic topic "kinds

of houses”.

18.04.2018 Delhi Public School, Kolar Road Bhopal celebrated „World Heritage

Day‟. The day was marked by various events organised by the

Department of Social Science.

The day started with the morning assembly wherein the students

highlighted the theme for the day „Heritage for Generations‟.

In order to take the children on

fantasy journey with their Grandma‟s

tales, „Cultural Fiesta‟ was taken up

by the students of Class III. Where in,

Inter Section Story Enactment

Competition was organised. The first

position was bagged by Class III-F, the

second position was bagged by Class III-

C and the third position was bagged by

Class III-E.

„Heritage Quiz‟ was organised for

the students of classes IX, X and

XI. The quiz was enjoyable and

the questions were very

interesting. The first position was

bagged by the Palash house,

second by the Gulmohar house

and third by the Kachnar house.

The occasion was graced by Madam Vice-Principal Anita Dwivedi,

Academic coordinator Mrs. Prachi Varma.

18.04.18 International convention on Inclusive Education - Bringing change in

the classroom

A three day convention(April 16

to April 18, 2018) was organized

for the Principals and School

Counselors of Delhi Public

Schools across the country. The

convention was organized by DPS

Gandhinagar under the aegis of

DPS society New Delhi.

Mrs Vandana Dhupar Principal DPS kolar and Mrs Anindita Roy

Ashdhir School counselor participated in the event. Eminent resource

person and well known names from across the globe addressed the

gathering and threw light on different

aspects of inclusive education. They

also sensitized the delegates on how to

effectively handle 'Special needs

children' in the classroom setup. The

primary objective of the convention

was to encourage team work across

the vertical and horizontal hierarchy

of the school and thus achieve inclusive education in its true spirit.

18.04.18 Literary Fest 'Biblio'....

Pari Singh Parihar VII and Vedant Singh

VI

bagged the second position in the Literary

Competition (Kaleidoscope, give life to a

fictional landscape) held at SPS Saket Nagar.

The theme was ' Honesty is the best Policy.'

18.04.18 Inter house girls basket ball competition

19.04.18 Oral Dental Workshop

A workshop on dental care was

organized in DPS ,Kolar Road ,Bhopal

for the students of Class III.

The highlights of the workshop were:

1. Dental Hygiene.

2. Healthy eating habits promotes

healthy teeth.

3. Ways to avoid formation of plaque were discussed.

4. Proper process of brushing teeth was also taught in the workshop.

19.04.18 A healthy man can enjoy life in

every way. Personal hygiene is

important in every stage of life, but

good cleanliness habit starts in

childhood. Kids who learn what it is

and how to follow proper hygiene

practices will usually carry that into

adulthood

To educate the students of class 1,

an assembly was conducted on “Health and Hygiene” by the students of

class 1 D. The students explained well about the personal hygiene and

good eating habits, for good health. Students also enjoyed a song on

health and hygiene. They learnt that “A Regulated Life is very helpful

to a sound health”.

19.04.18 To explore the innovative instinct and

creativity of the students „Wall Hanging

Activity‟ was conducted for the students of

class II .They showed their talent and

imagination to make beautiful wall hangings

and enjoyed this activity fully

20.04.18 The department of Music and

Dance organised an Inter

House group dance

competition for Classes IV &

V. The theme for the dance

competition was “Asian

Groove Theory”. All four

houses actively participated.

Traditional folk dances from

neighbouring countries were

selected for each house. Palash

represented Chinese folk

dance, Gulmohar-Nepali,

Kachnar showcased

Bangladesh and Amaltas

represented Maldives.

Amaltas house was the winner

and Gulmohar house was the Runner up team. The competition was

judged by Rakhi Paliwal, a Kathak dance teacher and Sanghratna

Banker, a dancer and theater artist.

The competition was witnessed by Principal, Ms. Vandana Dhupar and

the staff members.

20.04.18 A fire fighting drill was organised by the Fire Department, Kolar Road

for students of Delhi Public School, Kolar Road .Different kinds of fire

were explained and demonstrated by Mr. Pankaj Khare and his team.

The methods of putting off fire

were shown. A fire brigade

was also brought to the school

and a mock drill was

conducted. The entire drill was

extremely informative and

interesting .It gave students

many useful tips for

emergency situations. The

school staff, bus drivers , conductors and lady guards also attended this

drill.

20.4.18 Aryan Tripathi of classs 8 A won 1

Gold medal in Individual Kumite &

one Silver medal in Individual Kata

Event in 8th

Renchi National Karate

Championship held at Panchmari

Madhya Pradesh.

22.04.18 Dipsites bring laurels to the

school again, two students of

our school:- Aradhya

Purohit and Aditya

Hargunani participated in

All India Tabla competition

held at Dev Samaj Modern

School, New Delhi in two

categories:- solo and duet, there were 53 participants in the solo

category and they received many blessings from the veterans in the field

and won the third position in the duet category.

23.04.18 “Life Begins at the end of your comfort zone” - A theme based morning

assembly was organised by the students of Class 9 with a motive to

reinforce the message that

regardless of how inconvenient it

may seem,change has the

potential to result in something

truly beautiful.

The students tried to bring out

the message of how small efforts

on one‟s behalf can actually

bring desired positive change in

a person by stepping out of one‟s comfort zone. “Talent wins games but

teamwork and intelligence wins championship.” The champions of

IGKO, IEO, IMO, NSO, NCO and

French Olympiad were felicitated.

Madam

Vice Principal Dr. Anita Dwivedi

graced the occasion with her

pearls of wisdom and guided the

students to reach the ladder of

success by stepping out of comfort

zone.

23.04.18 A workshop was conducted by an

organisation known as Special

Olympic Bharat, Madhya

Pradesh at BHEL Ground for the

students of Class XII (Physical

Education), DPS, Kolar Road, on

23rd

April 2018. The resource

person was Mr. Rajendra

Bharaskar. The students of DPS

Kolar Road interacted with the sports person who were differently

abled. The resource person conducted a workshop for our students so

as to make them aware about the disabilities of these special children. It

was demonstrated how disability can be overcome in sports by giving

them special training in their respective sports by special trainers. Our

students were thrilled and excited to watch their special game „Bucchi‟.

24.04.18 Inter House Basket Ball competition was organized for boys from

classes IX to XI . After an interesting tournament between the different

houses Gulmohar bagged the first position, Kachnar House bagged

second position and Palash House bagged third position.

25.04.18 Inter House Art Installation competition was

conducted for classes IX & X. The theme for

the competition was "My Dream". Students

from each house participated enthusiastically.

Amaltas and Palash house stood first and

Gulmohar house bagged second position

26.04.18 Robots are usually machines,

controlled by a computer

program or electronic circuitry

.We, at DPS Kolar Road Bhopal,

are conducting the Robology

classes for the students of classes

IV to VIII. In class IV students

learn constructing the basic

modal structures like Catapult,

Toy car, Hand trolley. Moving

towards to class V, they assemble some more complex modals like Rope

way, tricycle etc.

The students from classes VI to VIII enjoyed learning through advanced

modals – Running vehicle , Watering Plants, Sorting Things and many

more. These were all remote modals. Students loved to learn assembling

robotics modals.

26.04.18 Golden Words open doors to smiles on faces. “ Sorry “, “ Please “, “

Thank you “ are magical words that

make a person feel important, pacify

tempers, strengthen bonds and at

times mend strained relationships.

This message was effectively

elaborated by the students of class I

E through an assembly on the topic “

Golden Words “. Children gave tips

to use the magic words in their day to day conversations. They also came

up with poems on Golden Words. A soul stirring melodious song was

also sung by all the students of the class. Children learned the

importance of using the magic words everytime and for everything.

27.04.18 Interhouse „ COSTUME DESIGNING‟ competition was organised by

Art & Craft Department for the students of class XI.

The competition was unique in

itself as old newspapers were used

to design the costumes. The

criteria for judgement was

Creativity, Neatness and

Originality. Each house had a

team of 5 young designers

including the model. The talented

young designers presented their

well designed, mindblowing

creations. Each design was exclusive in itself, even the jewelry was

designed using newspaper.The competition was the indicator of quality

and perfection. Amaltas house was the winner, Palash house and

Gulmohar house bagged the second position

28. 04.18 To commemorate the International Dance Day, the Department of

Music and Dance organized an Inter House Solo and Group Dance

Competition for classes VI – XI. All the houses participated actively in

the competition.

The theme for the solo dance competition was „Indian Classical Dance

Forms‟ wherein students presented Kathak and Bharatnatyam dance

forms.

Nupur Bhatt of class XI from Kachnar house bagged first position and

Ishi Bharadwaj of class X, Amaltas

House stood second in Solo Dance

Competition.

The theme for the group dance

competition was „Spirit in Motion‟

wherein western dance forms were

presented. Palash House

represented Contemporary Dance,

Kachnar House, Hip-hop, Gulmohar House – Urban and Amaltas

showcased Michael Jackson styles.

Gulmohar house was the winner and Amaltas house was the runner-up

in this category.

The competition was judged by

Mr. Yuvraj Mandole, Western

Dance teacher and Mrs. Sneha

Ashutosh Singh Bhadoria, a

Kathak Dance teacher and

performer.

The event was presided over by

the Vice Principal, the

Headmistress and all the Academic Heads of the school

29.04.18 The Geography Olympiad is intended to supplement the knowledge of

geography and help the students in preparing for higher competitive

exams at National and

International level.

The 8th National Geography

Olympiad completed

successfully on 29th April 2018

(at Shri Balaji International

School Mumbai) with children

competing and winning the

National Finalist competition

trophies, certificates and prizes. 50 students from each category across

India were shortlisted for this competition and they participated with

great spirit, enthusiasm and hard work.

In the Geography Olympiad National Championship Finals 2017-18.

Four students of Delhi Public School Kolar Road Bhopal had qualified

for the final 2 round.

Dhairya Garg of class V (2017-18) bagged AIR-3 in the junior category

and Srija Sarkar of class III (2017-18) bagged AIR-5 in the sub-junior

category.

Rishabh Kothari of class VII (2017-18) bagged AIR-11 in the Junior

category.

10,000 students from 123 schools across all states in India participated in

the Phase-I written exam conducted in their respective schools on 8th

Dec 2017.