Inside this issue:

Grandparents Day 2

My Angel 3

Right Choice 4

With Gratitude 4

River Rally 6

My first Flight 8

Dassarotsava 8

THE PREPRIMARY NEWSLETTER

November 2017

Volume 9 Issue 13

Poornaprajna Education Centre®

(Promoted & Managed by, Udupi Sri Admar Mutt Education Council)

No.4 Sadashivnagar, Bangalore, 5660080

Web: www.poornaprajnassnagar.org

Pioneer President: His Holiness Sri Vibudhesha Theertha Swamiji

President: AMEC: His Holiness Sri Vishwapriya Theertha Swamiji

Ensemble from Principal’s Desk This Enchanted Garden reopened on Monday, the 22nd of May 2017 after the Summer

vacations, with the reverberating sounds of chirping and chattering of the children, a

phenomena that‘s important in building healthy relation with the peer group and the

teachers. The teachers were all set to receive their new batch of children with warm Fun

Filled activities.

The activities of the year are designed to have a strong focus on literacy, numeracy,

building relationships and physical development. The little children visit the library, listen

and respond to stories, while the seniors see themselves as ―readers‖ and love to choose

books themselves. They also learn to paint, sing, draw, dress up and dance.

We at the Pre primary strongly believe, that Parental interaction with the child‘s learning

process goes a long way in their all round development. Hence activities are devised to aid

in this development.

Our faith lies in the belief that, ours is the most important job, that we are the ‗Keepers

of Tomorrow‘, as we hold and lead the smallest hand.

Indu Bhashyam

Celebrating Dassara—Festival of Dolls Email us at : arushippec@yahoo.com

Holidays are those special days that

every individual looks forward to,

very eagerly. Long weekends are bliss

in disguise. Our eyes widened up

looking at the extended weekend in

the month of August, last minute

packing set our focus to Shimoga.

This choice of ours to pack our

camping bags was seconded by a

thought of the recent learning's that

Shreekar had in the school –

Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores

animals; Animals and their homes.

5 hours of drive from Bangalore. Get,

Set, Zoom towards Sakrebyle Jungle

resort, 15 kms from Shimoga.

The resort is gracefully located

amidst dense forest. We had a guided

Nature walk tour, watching and

observing carefully to the various

trees, herbs and shrubs around us.

Our focus was diverted towards

something that caught our attention –

Shreekar.

He was extremely delighted to see

the plants and started telling how his

ma‘am in school was teaching about

plants, their importance and how they

grow.

The feast to eyes continued further.

The Ant hill. He watched really Big

Black ants parading towards a tiny

hole and started imagining how they

dwell there, and how snakes sneak in

and occupy them. He could also see

places were Rabbits gather together

on a small rock to drink water. Fire

fly was a treat to his eyes, could not

believe in what he was seeing!

As the night fell, chirping sounds of

cricket was something that made him

to slip into the bed quite soon,

followed by thoughts of Tigers and

The Lions. Animals and their homes

was lingering in his thoughts.

The dawn was much more promising

than the previous day. The Jungle

lodge stay included elephant bathing!

On the banks of river Tunga, just a

few meters from our cottage,

Shreekar was greeted by the

majesty, the pride walks of the

elephants, making their way to the

river, one after the other. Big ones to

the toddlers, Shreekar could not

believe the fact that a baby elephant,

taller and much stronger to him, was

just 10 months old.

The best treat came in when, we all

plunged into the water with a brush in

the hand, all set to bathe the biggest

animal ever seen, right in front of us.

As they lie flat in the water,

Shreekar took courage to touch the

elephants, bathe them and see at a

very close proximity, its huge ears,

gigantic body, and needle like hairs,

long tusks and big trunk. He was

fascinated to see the big and baby

elephants run, spraying water through

their trunks and hearing to their

trumpet. This is one of the best

moments we have ever had in the laps

of Mother Nature.

At the end, it was indeed a great

holiday and an educational trip where

Shreekar was able to connect every

teachings from his school to the life

outside.

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My Trip To The Jungle Shreekar Chakravarthy P II A

programme. Listing to my invitation

they were very happy and agreed to

come. The next moment Dad booked

t r a i n t i c k e t s I w a s

dancing to see my ajja, ajji as I love

them so much. They reached the day

before my programme and on that day

I performed in front of my ajja, ajji.

They played Housie game in my school

and they remembered their school

I would like to share my experience

of Grandparents day. Before that I

would l ike to tel l that my

grandparents don't stay with us ,but

in our native called Laxmeshwar .

When I heard about grandparents

day being celebrated in our school,

first I went home and I called my

Suresh ajja and Kalavati ajji to invite

them for our grandparents day

days. They were very happy that

their granddaughter is doing good in

all activities like

B h ag aw ad G i t a

Chanting, Dancing,

Anchoring, Colouring

and Academics. They

stayed with us for

next few days and

went back happily.

Grandparents Day At School Shree A Vastrad P II A

Fire truck, Fire truck,

I wish I could ride a fire truck, I wish I could wake up in the fire station, to the sound of the

fire bell.

I would slide down the fire pole and go Wheeee...., all the way down and hop onto the fire

truck,

When people see the truck come in,

they put their hands over their ears,

the siren is so loud.

I wish I could hook the hose up and shoot water out of the hose at the fire,

I wish I could climb the giant ladder, way up high and say "I am here to save the day"

When the fire is all out, everyone will scream and shout, "Oh what a great job Mr Fire man..!!

You‘ve helped put out the fire again",

and I'll say, "you are very welcome, I'm just doing my job"

Fire truck, Fire truck, I wish I could ride a fire truck.

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Uniforms To School! Parent of Abhinav Jois Prep II C

Fascination For Fire Trucks Vishnu S Prep II A

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One day while ironing

the school uniform

shirt, Abhinav asked

me a question – why

do we have to wear

uniform to school? I instantly

remarked ―so that everyone knows

which school you study in‖. After a

while I continued to ponder on the

need for uniforms in school and slowly

started to realize that uniform means

unchanging in form or character.

While it is a distinctive set of

clothing intended to identify the

members of a specific group/

organization/school, it also serves as

a unifying factor and conveys that every

student is treated the same in the

school irrespective of their caste,

creed or social status. Uniform means

students don't have to worry about

peer pressure when it comes to their

clothes.

When everyone is dressed the same,

worrying about what you look like is

not important. It is easy to decide on

what to wear to school each morning

without making any choice. School

uniform brings unity in diversity and

helps inculcate discipline in children.

The origin of Uniform was in the 16th

century in Latin. Some of the others

who wear a uniform are military

soldiers, professionals like doctors,

lawyers, police

etc.

T h i n k i n g

beyond the

looks, uniform

also reminds me

o f t h e

Bhagavad-Gita

Shloka (Chapter

2, Verse 38)

which translates to having a uniform

s t a t e o f m i n d d u r i n g -

happiness and distress, loss and gain,

victory and defeat in life.

सुखद:ुखे समे कृत्वा लाभालाभौ जयाजयौ

has indeed brought back my positive

energy and inspires me with infinite

enthusiasm and love of life.

She loves singing and dancing and

when she covers her face with

make-up and runs in and around the

house, it is a visual treat for all of

us. She recites Shlokas and loves

to listen stories from her

grandmother.

Kanishka is the

'light' of our life and

I'm not exaggerating

when I proclaim that

she is everything in

our life.

My sincere thanks to

everyone for giving

this golden opportunity to write

about my 'angel'.

On a bright sunny day an angel came

into my life. It was a festival day

and celebrations were going in our

family. My daughter Kanishkha.S in

Prep 1 “C” is blessed to be studying

in Poornapragna Education Centre.

She is the most beautiful and

precious gift god has given to me or

rather us. When I look at her, I see

my past, present and future. She

The Angel Parents of Kanishka S Prep I C

Eeshan is a shy, sensitive and bubbly

kid who loves to talk, talk and talk

forever………..

Taking a few steps back, during his

interview for school admission, his

attention was more on the chocolates

his Principal offered (in anticipation

of an answer) rather than identifying

the pictures of animals and fruits she

showed. As parents, we were worried

and had lost hope that he could make

it to Poornapragna. But, he was lucky!!!

Day 1 of his entry to PPEC…..We could

see lot of excitement in him and could

hear Eeshan shouting that he is going

to school to everyone at home and

neighbors as well... He was so

attracted to see so many kids at one

place during his initial visit that he

must have thought that going to

school is only for FUN. But, we were

not sure how would he co-operate

with teachers and get adjusted to

other kids.

We still remember those days when I

used to send him to a play home. His

cry used to peak out and could be

heard miles away….and that made me

worry. How will he adjust to the new

school PPEC (due to start in a month‘s

time)!? Everyone and everything would

be new to him and that thought would

scare us, as parents...

Post joining PPEC, days passed with

occasional ―cry‖, but unlike other kids

who don‘t want to go to school,

Eeshan‘s cry was more of a demand

that he wanted his mom to come along

with him to his class J J (Well, this

desire is still there in him even as of

this date….and we are curious to know

when that would get fulfilled J J).

Gone are those ―play home‖ days when

he used to cry, we could now see

Eeshan waking up on a Saturday/

Sunday morning and still say he wants

to go to school..

During the Introductory Parents &

Teachers meeting, I remember the

Principal saying that very soon, you

can listen to your child chanting

Shlokas / Prayers etc., and to my

surprise, Eeshan does that almost

every day and we wonder how could

this happen so fast.

―Down at the station, early in the

morning‖ happens to be one of his

favourite rhyme and he keeps

humming it a hundred times in a

day… .a long w ith Shlokas of

―Gajananam Bhoota Ganadhi Sevitam‖

and ―Tvameva Mata Cha Pita

Tvameva‖. Ask him who taught you

t h i s , c o m e s a r a p i d

response - ―Pushpa Ma‘am and

Nagashree Ma‘am. We always wonder

how could he be

taught so many

things in such a

short time????

We can see him

change so fast,

that as parents,

we are struggling

to make time out

f r o m o u r

day - to- day schedule to enjoy with

him, before he grows old enough to

and run out and play with his friends.

It‘s been more than 3 months now and

not even a single day have we heard

Eeshan saying that he doesn‘t want to

go to school. Even though he doesn‘t

utter a single word on what happened

in school, there is something that

attracts him and motivates him to go

there. He feels so proud to point a

finger at the school building and say

―Appa, this is my school‖.

From a kid who got a feedback in

3rd/4th week of his schooling saying

that he doesn‘t talk much, to getting

another feedback that he has become

talkative and naughty by the day,

Eeshan has been, least to say,

enjoying every minute of his stay in

Poornaprajna.

We are proud to be associated with

Poornaprajna.

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A Quick Recap With Gratitude Parents of Eeshan, Nursery B

important point considered by our

school is to retain the BIG play

ground which is a very important

thing as it influences kid‘s psychology

in developing interests and priorities.

It has been 4 months that our child

is attending school. We are really

h a p p y w i t h t h e s c h o o l s

emphasis on time, discipline, learning,

playing, and skilling the young minds.

Like all the ―first time parents‖, we

were all curious and scouting for a

place where the all round development

of the kid is the focus and not only

Academia. ―Poornapranjna‖ was our

first choice as, our circle of

references had reiterated the fact

that the school helps kids develop as

a smart, multi-dimensional, confident,

good conscious character. Another

What more a parent would expect if

the kid can exhibit better speaking

skills, being independent for their

needs and being joyous and happy.

When we sit back and think about our

decision, we end

up with a smile on

face thinking that

we have made the

Right Choice

Right Choice! Parent of Aditi Anand Nursery A

When we enter the School a very

meaningful message is conveyed to

the Parents of the PPEC, Children and

Students, ―Whatever You are In Life You Are only A Parent Here‖ , which

is as clear as a crystal about the

ideals inculcated and followed here

guided by His Holiness Sri Swamiji.

With the experience and interaction

we have had with the school Principal,

Staff, Teachers etc, we have

observed several noteworthy and

inspirational methods adopted by the

School in imparting education to the

children. We convey our sincere

thanks to the Management and Poojya

Swamiji in this regard.

The school follows a comprehensive

method in educating the children

which is very creative and meaningful

which helps every child to grow,

develop in all aspects and help them

to have a very bright future.

Apart from formal education, today's

society is in need of human beings

who have moral values, respect

towards our ancient culture,

tradition, and ethics. The school has

been rendering exceptional service in

this regard.

Apart from providing formal

education, the school is imparting

cultural, traditional and ethical

education to the children and also is

concentrating on overall development

of the children. In this regard the

school has formulated systematic

programs which are very simple and

understandable to the Children and

Parents.

The Principal, teachers, staff

(including sub staff) are all very

cooperative and helpful, they interact

with the Children and Parents in a

very cordial and polite manner, which

is very helpful for the children to

develop self confidence.

We are very proud and happy that we

have got our child admitted to a

school like Poornaprajna, which

provides much needed full-fledged

education. We are sure that, by

studying in Poornaprajna, she will

d e f i n i t e l y b e c o m e a

‗POORNAPRAJNE‘

―Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.‖

― Martin Luther King Jr.

―Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at

all.‖ ― Aristotle

We sincerely convey our thanks to

Poojya Swamiji, Principal, all the

Teachers and Staff who are

rendering great service of imparting

education in such a meaningful

manner.

The day began with an excitement of

going to Lalbhag flower show, my

father promised to take all of us on

Sunday. I was excited about the glass

house which was in news a few days

ago. Around 11 am we started to the

Flower show. By the time we reached

it was noon. As we entered the

Lalbhag we could see beautiful

flowers decorated in various forms. I

remember the flower show arranged

in our school.

Our National bird Peacock was

decorated with red roses and many

more. As we entered the glass house

we could see our Rashtrakavi

Kevumpu‘s house made in red and

white roses with the statue placed in

front of the house. We even went to

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Meaning Of Education Parents of Dheeptha Prep II B

My Memories Of LalBhag Flower Show Mukund Poral Prep II C

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the gallery where books written by Kuvempu were displayed. We took several

photographs there. Then, we slowly moved towards the exit.

A little tired and hungry, we ate some fruit bowls, puffed rice and corn. Mom

had packed from home.

Later, we wandered around the park and saw a pond with ducks and tall

trees. By the

t i m e w e

reached home

it was late in

the evening. It

was a nice trip

f o r t h e

weekend. I

would like to

thank my

father for a

m e m o r a b l e

trip.

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We at the Poornaprajna Preprimary Section, Sadashivnagar, Bangalore pledge to stand by the drive “Rally For Rivers” by bringing awareness in the little children, about the cause and the need of the hour, help in not misusing water and saving water as it is a resource that is fast depleting and very much required for the future generation to which they belong.

Indu Bhashyam

Principal

Hello to school, Hi to my lovely class, table & Friends.

We learn Rhymes, Play games & go home by Van

Hip Hip Hurray!! We have large ground to play

Papa here see me.

See me skip, See me run

I am going to school like everyone.

They teach us Yoga, Serve us sweet ladoo

I eat as Chota Bheem and Fly around as butterfly

I love my school and it’s ...

My

Poorna

Prajna

School!

the slide and just before sliding down,

we shout the names of our friends -

Rambo! Blacky!!. All of a sudden you

see some strange noises from inside

the house and tapping of the window

doors. That's Rambo and Blacky's way

of asking their mistress, Byamma

Aunty, to open the window! Aunty will

then open the window and we feed

them biscuits. They eat them with

great joy. Even we feel very happy.

Now do you understand why the

'Byamma Park' is so special to us?

Yes, we love those dogs very much.

And there's an interesting story to

describe their intelligence and love.

When, my brother was a very small

kid, my mother used to occasionally

take him to Byamma's house, for a

change. During those times my

brother used to pull the tails of

Rambo and Blacky and push them

around. For some reason, they did not

harm my brother but instead

patiently bore his pranks. They never

forgot my brother even when my

parents changed their house and not

visit them for many years. When I

Me and my brother go to a particular

park almost every alternate day. We

like to visit that park for reasons

more than just playing. For everyone

else the park is named the "Gayatri

Devi Park", but for us it is the

"Byamma" park! As one of our

previous neighbor and a caring lady,

Mrs. Byamma, stays in the

government quarters that's inside the

park. Like other parks this park too

has swings, slides, spider-web, ducks

and so on. But there is one unique

thing in this park that we never find

in other parks. And that is our dear

Rambo and Blacky. Let me explain

that!

Usually around 4.30 PM we go to the

park. My mom doesn't forget to carry

a pack of biscuits, when we go, and

even if she forgets, my brother and I

remind her to take . When we reach

the park, we first rush to the play

area, holding each others' hands.

With a lot of excitement, we finish

our regular games. We keep our

favorite game, the curved slide, to

the very last. We climb the steps of

was just over an year old, my mom

again took us to that park. My

brother was shouting and playing in

the park. Inside the house,

apparently, the dogs started pushing

Byamma Aunty and jumping on the

windows. Reluctantly, aunty opened

the door and was surprised to see us

in the park. Then she called my

mamma and narrated the entire

happenings. My mother was so happy

to see their innocent love and sharp

memory. From that day onward, we

have not gone to the park empty

handed. We take some eatables for

Rambo and Blacky. This is just a token

of our thankfulness for loving us. All

of us children can learn from these

how to love others selflessly and

sincerely.

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Our Biscuit Friends At The Park Jaythree Hegde P I C

Fun Day Kalpak P I A

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My School! Shereya Prabhu II A

Celebrations — Inculcating Tradition and Culture, 18th September 2017

When I was a small

girl, I was wondering

how the birds fly, and

would watch them for

hours till my mom said

―STOP‖! I wanted to fly like them too.

My next wonder was about man-made

b i r d , A e r o p l a n e . I w a s

surprised as to how such a big thing

was able to fly in the air. I wanted to

fly in an Aeroplane, but was afraid. I

used to question my grandfather

about aeroplanes very often. My

grandfather said that Aeroplanes are

like birds in shape; its wings are made

similar to how bird wings are and also

fold their legs while flying as the

birds do.

During my vacation, my

parents had planned to visit my

granny in New Delhi. I was very much

excited when I got to know that we

would be travelling by Air! Oh,

Bangalore Airport was so big and nice.

As we entered the Airport, we

checked in and our baggage went

through an x-ray machine. We were

asked to take with us only small bags.

Bigger and heavier baggage's were

taken by them to keep them in the

luggage compartment of the

Aeroplane. It was time now to board

our Aeroplane. Ah! In the Aeroplane,

seats were very good and colorful. We

were greeted by Four good looking

Air Hostess, who also smartly helped

all of us in getting to our seats. They

gave me chocolates, a small toy, food

and water too. Later, we were asked

to wear our seat belts when our

Aeroplane took off. Looking at them,

I also wanted to become an Air

Hostess when I grew up.

Our Aeroplane went very fast

on Runway and took off. As we went

up and up the ground and buildings

went down and down. Pilot who drives

the Aeroplane said on speaker that

we were flying at 37,000 feet above

the ground. It was amazing to see

clouds look like cotton spread across

everywhere below us. After 3 hours

of flying, pilot said that we had

almost reached Delhi. As were

reaching Delhi Airport, buildings and

ground slowly became bigger and

bigger. After touching the ground,

our aircraft took almost 1km to stop.

As we were getting down, I saw our

two Pilots and was very happy of their

nice Aeroplane flying skills. Now on

seeing them, I wanted to become a

Pilot when I grew up!

We had to wait some time to

collect our luggage. On a moving belt

lots of luggage's were coming. We

spotted and picked our two bags and

then left for my grandma‘s house

there. After spending some days

there, we returned to Bangalore again

by Aeroplane.

I t w a s a w o n d e r f u l

experience that I remember for some

time now. Eagerly waiting for next

opportunity to travel by a ―man made

bird‖ – The Aeroplane.

My First Flight Aadya Shrivatsa P II A