BEGINNINGS - Wynberg Allen School · Balrammit Singh Bhullar Nikhil Gupta - Vice Captain [Boys] -Vice Captain [Boys] ... and Nikhil did a very good job, we lost to Foy but we tried

JUNE 2013

BEGINNINGS

P A G E 2 B E G I N N I N G S

In memory of

WYNBERG-ALLEN SCHOOL, MUSSOORIE.

Mr.L.O. Edwards

Former Principal of Wynberg—Allen School, Mussoorie.

MR.T.W.PHILLIPS

Former Principal and Chairman , Board of Management of Wynberg —Allen School, Mussoorie .

A WARM WELCOME Wynberg-Allen Junior School welcomes the juniors of class 1 with a warm hug to each of them. We also welcome the new students in the school, we hope that they will have a good time in the junior school. Our prefects and captains ensure that they are safe in school and are not being bullied by seniors. This year is a special year as it is the 125th year of Wynberg—Allen School. So there are a lot of activities to do in the junior and the senior school. All our teachers are working very hard. We thank them for contributing to the houses and working hard for them. Written and typed by-Arihant Singh (6B).

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JUNIOR SCHOOL REPORT On 16th April we had the Investiture Ceremony for Captains and Prefects. Before we mention the Captains and Prefects we have a question. What does a true leader mean? A true leader is one who has achieved good things in life and has not only given commands to people but one who has also co-operated with them and followed the right path.

The Captains and Prefects are as follows: Captains~ Priynandna Bisht [Girls] and Adil Khan [Boys] Vice Captains~ Honey Jain [Girls] Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja [Boys] Prefects [Girls]~ Sonia Singh, Merin Elsa Kurian, Ushoshi Majumdar, Xyla Nath and Malvika Kaur Sachdeva. Prefects [Boys]~ Balrammit Singh Bhullar, Kislay Krishnan and Kundan Mani Pradhan.

The House Captains are as follows: ALLEN HOUSE: CONDON HOUSE: Priynandna Bisht- Captain [Girls] Malvika Kaur Sachdeva- Captain [Girls] Honey Jain-Vice Captain [Girls] Diya Chaudhary-Vice Captains [Girls] Kislay Krishnan-Captain [Boys] Kundan Mani Pradhan-Captains [Boys] Balrammit Singh Bhullar Nikhil Gupta - Vice Captain [Boys] -Vice Captain [Boys] FOY HOUSE: POWELL HOUSE: Xyla Nath-Captain [Girls] Sonia Singh- Captain [Girls] Swasti Sarawagi- Vice Captain [Girls] Merin Elsa Kurian-Vice Captain [Girls] Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja- Captain [Boys] Kawish Raj-Captain [Boys] Adil Khan-Vice Captain [Boys] Divyang Trivedi- Vice Captain [Boys]

We had matches with St.George’s School in hockey and cricket. Our luck did not favour us and we lost, but what mattered was that we tried our best in both games. Contributed by Kislay Krishnan, Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja and Arihant Singh. Typed by Kislay Krishnan, Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja and Arihant Singh.


MYSELF My name is Aaryan. I study in class 2-A. I like to play cricket. My best friend is Paras. I like to play football also. I like reading books. I like red colour very much.

Contributed by Aaryan (2A) Typed by Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja.

TREASURE Does my treasure make you want to sing? Do you love gold more than anything? If then look around you carefully Nothing is as it seems you see Take a seat and look around What is that hiding underground? Once you find it you will see it My treasure is a home to the tree. Contributed by Arihant Singh (6B) Typed by Rashik Raj.

A D I H S O H S U B T U

Y I O D L I H B A A S O

U E A D F N F A N L X I

U C N D H O I E P R W P Q W E O I R T R O A F Q

V I K L H L S W E M E W

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D R E O I A K B V I E C

A N O E D A I I B T C V I H J N D M F N V L E F

N D U E A A G K O L Y T O K I S L A Y T Y S A I

S H T Y U N G V H B X M

A R T Y D N B V A Y K V

Q A K I V L A M L H Q Y

Y H H G G H O A T F B A

P R I Y N A N D N A K O

KNOW YOUR PREFECTS

Find the names of the following prefects in the crossword below: PREFECTS BOYS. 1. ADIL. 2. BHAVYADEEP. 3. KISLAY. 4. KUNDAN. 5. BALRAMMIT. PREFECTS GIRLS. 1. PRIYNANDNA. 2. HONEY. 3. USHOSHI. 4. MERIN. 5. XYLA. 6. SONIA. 7. MALVIKA.

Contributed and typed by -Pranav Chandra, Gaurav Sethia and Rashik Raj.

P A G E 5

MY MOTHER My mother’s name is Kalsang. My mother cooks tasty food. I miss my mother. My mother is good in studies. My mother is a housewife. My mother loves to sing. My mother goes for shopping . My mother is beautiful. Contributed by Tenzin Kunsang Ratutsang (2A) Typed by Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja.

B E G I N N I N G S FOR MOTHERS.

MY MOTHER My mother is a good cook. My mother loves me. My mother is thin. My mother is beautiful. My mother’s favourite colour is white. My mother is a good mother. My mother’s favourite fruit is apple. Contributed by Kashvi Gupta (2A) Typed by Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja.

MY MUM Oh! my Mum, you are the best, When I was small, you swung me in your arms, When I fell down, you picked me up and gave me a kiss. Oh! My Mum, you are the best, When I make a mistake, you forgive me, When Papa scolds me, you hide me in your arms, Oh! My Mum, you are the best. Contributed by Garvit Garg (6B). Typed by Gaurav Sethia.

MOTHERS

How did God make mothers? He made them by mixing love ,care, beauty and all other things that a mother has. Mothers give birth to people like us in the form of little babies. A mother is a student, a sister , a friend , a wife and a girl. I love you Mum. Contributed by- Khushi Aggarwal (6A). Typed by Pranav Chandra.

HOLIDAY There are many days but nothing better than holiday. A holiday is the best day in my life. Whenever I am in school I always used to think about my holidays. On holidays I used to go to my friends, play, watch television and go to the market. In India we have holidays on Sunday and in Nepal it is on Saturday. We used to have fun on Saturday and Sunday. Contributed by Diya Giri (4A). Typed by Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja and Hitesh Sharma.

MYSELF I am nine years old. My favourite food is Maggi. My favourite game is football. My favourite place for a holiday is Goa. My favourite colour is red. My best friend is Harsh Raj. Contributed by Krish Rastogi (2A). Typed by Gaurav Sethia.

MY MOTHER My mother cooks very tasty dishes. She loves me. My mother is very beautiful and she cares for me. My mother’s name is Priya. She likes to sing. My mother likes to go to Singapore for holidays. Contributed by Hitansh Gupta (2A). Typed by Gaurav Sethia.

ALLEN HOUSE REPORT In the beginning of the year, Allen House thought that they would have a tough time

but as our motto says ‘’Never Despair’’ we forgot that we would have tough times and looked forward to working hard in everything we were going to face. Though we came last in the debate we showed our team work in sports like hockey, basketball and cricket. We obtained the 2nd position in basketball because we lost against Foy House due to our ill luck. We did not lose courage and claimed the 1st position in hockey. Though we lost the cricket match against Condon House, we still worked hard and finished in the 1st position with Foy. Our score sheet reads the following-: We beat Condon by 37 to 17 in basketball. We beat Powell House too. They lost to us by 22 points and the score was 28 to 6.We lost to Foy House by 18 to 12. We did not lose courage and beat Foy House in hockey by 4-1.We beat Condon House too, by 5-0 and Powell House lost to us by 1-0 and so we claimed the 1st position. We lost the cricket match against Condon House but we beat Foy House and Powell House. Special thanks to our house teachers Mrs. C.Teron, Mrs. R.Sharma, Mrs. U.Bhatt, Mrs.Wylie and Mr D.Tamang for encouraging, cheering and always being with us in our times of need. Written and typed by-Kislay Krishnan (6A)

Assisted by Balrammit Singh Bhullar (6A)

CONDON HOUSE REPORT -2013 When we came to our school in the year 2013, our House thought that we would have a very tough time but when we started our games, we understood that if we use teamwork, we can beat any house. We tried hard but we lost to Allen House by 37 to 17. Kislay Krishnan of Allen House shot most of the baskets for Allen House. With Powell House, it was a tough fight but they won by 18 to 16. We tried our best to beat Foy House in basketball but they beat us! In cricket we beat Allen House by 4 runs. Our bowlers Gurkaran, Hitesh and Nikhil did a very good job, we lost to Foy but we tried hard and we won the match against Powell House by 4 wickets. Thanks to Nirmit Garg and Malvika Kaur for taking us to the 3rd position in the English Debate. Special thanks to Mrs. C.Birch, Mrs. D.Nath, Mrs. A. Massey and Mr. A. Wright and Mrs. A. Dias for giving us all the moral support. Written and typed by Hitesh Sharma. (6B) Assisted by Kundan Mani Pradhan. (6A)


POWELL HOUSE REPORT At the beginning of the year we, the children of Powell House, thought that we were going to lose the matches but as our motto says “Work Conquers All” we practiced and tried very hard to come 3rd in basketball by beating Condon House. We came 3rd in hockey also by beating Condon House by 1-0.We did our best to get a good rank in cricket but lost all the matches. Many thanks to our debate team - Raiyan Arshad and Merin Elsa Kurian. Without them we could not have come 2nd in the English Debate proving that “Work Conquers All”. Special thanks to Ms.Tripathi ,Mr.Greene and Mr.Spence for being there for us in our times of need, giving our confidence in ourselves a boost and cheering us.

Written and typed by Pranav Chandra (6B) Assisted by Gaurav Sethia (6A) and Kawish Raj (6A)

FOY HOUSE REPORT In the beginning of the year, Foy House thought they would have a tough time with the other houses, but as the time came to compete with the other houses, we saw that Foy House came first in basketball by beating every house. In hockey we tried our best to come first but we lost to Allen House and came second. In cricket we had a tough time with Allen House and the ultimate result was that we had a draw with Allen House. Foy House was very happy with the results. The children who were in the English Debate tried their best as our motto says "Seek and Ye Shall Find". We came first in that debate. We would especially like to thank Ma'am Tindale, Ma’am Lucas and Ma'am Maitra for

cheering and encouraging us. Written and typed by Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja (6B)


My Dream After coming back home, I changed out of my uniform. I then went to sleep. In my dream it was 11p.m.Someone knocked at the front door , I asked’, “Who is there?’’ No one answered. I felt afraid. Nobody was at home. The lights were off. I saw a figure in white and I shout-ed for help. I got up and realized, it was only a dream. I saw something coming near me, it was wearing a white sari. When I looked properly, it was my mom. I told my mom about my dream and she had a laugh. Contributed by Tenzin Wangmo (4A) Typed by Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja and Kundan Mani Pradhan.

My Town Mussoorie I live in the town of Mussoorie. It is called “The Queen of the Hills”. There are many places to visit in Mussoorie such as Kempty Falls, Company Garden, Buddha

Monastery, Lal Tibba, Mall Road and Gun Hill. The neighbouring places are Dhanaulti and Dehradun. At Mall Road there are many restaurants , gaming points, scary house, book stores, offices, banks, shops that sell clothes and various other goods, banquet halls, Tibetan Markets, aquariums, hotels, temples, churches, gurudwaras. There are many nice schools in Mussoorie. The most famous hospital is Landour Community Hospital. Landour is the most famous area in Mussoorie . The famous cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, actor and singer Chang and many other important people came to Mussoorie. In winter it snows in Mussoorie and more heavily in Lal Tibba and in some other places. The Lal Bahadur National Academy of Administration is in Mussoorie .I love my town Mussoorie. Written by-Unknown. Typed by-Pranav Chandra.


FOR CLASS 1 AND 2. Find the following words in the crossword and report to BHAVYADEEP SINGH KHANUJA.

1.LION 2.GOAT 3.CAMEL 4.MONKEY 5.DEER

6.GIRAFFE 7.ANT 8.PENGUIN 9.TIGER 10.TOAD Contributed by Sonia Singh (6B).Typed by Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja.

A B W O P T Z M V T O A D A I M O F C L I O N G G N K L D G D T E E K I M O C I C R L E J V W R A R B A Y H D W Z C M A X Y W E Q P U T E F E U E Y E X S D L F G R P E N G U I N E

A B W O P T Z M V T O A D A I M O F C L I O N G G N K L D G D T E E K I M O C I C R L E J V W R A R B A Y H D W Z C M A X Y W E Q P U T E F E U E Y E X S D L F G R P E N G U I N E

A Nature Walk On Saturday, the 23rd of March, we went for a nature walk. We took our bags and left. We went to Allen. There we found a very pretty flower growing on a tree. After a while, we stopped at the side of the road to eat our snacks. Then we packed up and set off .We found some white flowers called violets. Soon we had to go back to school. Many of us got tired while climbing up the hill. When we got back we were tired but we were happy. It had been a nice trip for all of us. Written by Nikita Arya (4A). Typed by Kawish Raj.

Did You Know? 1. Saturn is made up mostly of gases ~ like helium that is put in balloons. 2. The giraffe has the longest neck in the world. 3. Watermelons are grown square in Japan, so that they take up less space and are easier to stack. 4. A butterfly has more than 12,000 lenses in each eye. Contributed by Aryan Dugar (5B). Typed by Gaurav Sethia.

AMAZING FACTS 1. A rat can stay longer without water than a camel. 2. Starfish do not have brains. 3. Even though the elephant is the largest animal on land, it is much smaller than the blue whale. 4. The lifespan of an ostrich is about 75 years and it can reproduce for 50 years. 5. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 6. India has never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history. 7. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software. 8. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. 9. Chess was invented in India. 10. Cockroaches have 13 chambered hearts, whereas humans have 4 chambered hearts. Contributed by Shubh Bishnoi (5A). Typed by Kundan Mani Pradhan.


AMAZING FACTS 1. The International Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, formerly known as International Red Cross is a humanitarian agency with national affiliates in almost every country in the world. 2. The Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, and Fortius. It means ‘’Faster, Higher, Stronger’’ in Latin. 3. Watching the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics is a good way of knowing the traditional costumes of different countries. 4. The real name of the fairy tale character Sleeping Beauty is Princess Aurora. By-Aaryaman Goyal (4A). Typed by Kislay Krishnan.

MY PARROT One day, I was out in the garden in the sun. I suddenly heard a noise coming from

the field nearby. It was parrots. One boy tried to catch one of them. He caught three of them. I too tried to catch one but it bit my finger. My father came out. He saw a parrot stuck on the fence. He carefully released her . We thought we should take care of her . We named her Susan. We did not have a bird cage so we let her fly around the house. One day she saw a window open in my room. So she flew away. When I heard the news I was very sad indeed but I always thought that we should keep all the birds free. We should let them fly in and out of the house but we shouldn’t keep them in cages. Contributed by Abigail Tete (5A). Typed by Bhavyadeep Singh Khanuja.

P A G E 1 0 B E G I N N I N G S

Riddles Q1. Why is "H" the most popular letter of the Alphabet? A: It is the start of every holiday. Q2. Why it is so hard to do nothing all summer? A: Because you can’t stop to rest. Q3. Where does a Brontosaurus go for vacation? A: To the dino- shore. Q4: When are you most likely to dream about going away for the summer? A: When you are asleep. Contributed by Retik Singh(4A). Typed by Hitesh Sharma.

Riddles 1. It's greater than God. More evil than a devil. The poor have it. The rich need it and if you eat it you will die. 2. At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost, without being stolen. What are they? 3. The more you have of it. The less you see. 4.What has a head, a tail but no legs? 5.Feed me and I will live. If you give me water I will die. 6. Take my name and I disappear. 7. What starts with a T and ends with a T and has tea it. 8. Two brothers who cannot stay together. 9. You can write on me, you can read me, you can also gain knowledge from me. 10. Two friends are useless if they are not together.

1. Nothing 2. Stars 3. Darkness 4. A Coin 5. Fire 6. Silence 7. Teapot 8. Sun and Moon 9. Paper 10. A Needle and thread.

Answers

Contributed by Yashshavi (4A). Typed by Kawish Raj.

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SUPER-HERO CROSSWORD B E G I N N I N G S

C K D D R X A V I E R A B Z Y E C L Q R P M A A M B D C H F G H U D A C E S I K M X Y E R B P P R E D H U L K S O S U S G K N T S O U F K T L O O T R U L D E F G C X Q A Q R S U U R L A W A K U W D K K E L N T O M S M K J C O E M L I G B O U I A H U K B C R T M X U O P R E Z N X M T O X U P O L N O E K B T D M K D Y Z Y A O L K I E O F B F N P F H F K S F E F F D X M T Z B A R S I U A U O O K A T R U R N E E M E Y X R A K O I M S T M N O P W Q R M K M N N R L M B R N M R N T U M C D I P K L I M P N K L A G K N E E O L C K P A U O U O E P R E R N C I K L O D O N N T U A U N I J J R Y S T R S A H I U I Y O M S I E N K T Y S T R S E S K S Z X D P O P K A I K L O S V C T U A B D C K T V C S V C T I N V W X Y I T R O P U K P L M R V N O P Q R T U X Y Z N T R E E R C R C C C M D I D O T K L M O Z E Y X B R I S O S I T U N L O C I K I D R X S A V I R U K H R T P I S K M D K F N E P S I S K I S P O T L I C C O M T R O U K O M D O A P C D A N S I O H O R O H O L Z X Y S R P H O R I S T U P H A B D C P D D

Find the super-heroes in the above crossword: HULK CAPTAIN AMERICA X-MEN SPIDERMAN BANE LOKI DOCTOR OCTUPUS MR.FREEZE SCOTT SUMMERS THOR DR.XAVIER POISEN IVY BATMAN IRON MAN-HAWK EYE VICTOR Contributed and typed by Pranav Chandra and Rashik Raj (6B) Assisted by Kislay Krishnan.

LEAVES

Whenever the winds blow, leaves fly in all directions, Everybody thinks they have come from near-by, But they do not know that they have travelled far and wide, All around the world they fly. One leaf might land on your head, Others on your pant, Some others might land on your plum pudding or stew, When the slightest gust of wind blows, they are off again. Oh, if only a leaf could talk, it would tell you about it’s journey to Hong Kong, England and Ja-pan, But leaves have promised each other that it would not be known, to any human or animal of any clan. Once I found an unusual leaf, My friend said it must have come from near-by, But only I knew it did not! For a leaf once whispered to me about its travels, But now I thought that I must send it to you, and if you ever meet a leaf, find out its secret. Aranyani Swami (5A). Typed by Pranav Chan-dra.


The Effect Of Colours On Human Minds 1. Light blue has a soothing effect on humans. 2. The colour green improves vision. 3. Royal Blue makes heavy things look lighter which is one of the reasons why weight lift-ers find it easier to lift weights painted royal blue. Written by Shreya Rana (4A). Typed by Kawish Raj.

Find the names from the Old Testament below:

Contributed by Samanvay Jain (6B)


Riddles 1. If you drop a blue hat into the Red Sea what does it become? A: wet 2. What is the largest ant in the world? A: Antarctica 3. What city has no people? A: Electricity 4. What is round but never has an end? A: Ring 5. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a wolf? A: Frostbite 6. What bet can never be won? A: Alphabet 7. What building has the most stories? A: Library Contributed by Malvika Kaur Sachdeva (6B) Typed by Kundan Mani Pradhan.

By Xyla Nath (6A)

Amazing Facts 1. Venus flytraps sometime catch small frogs and the Rajah Pitcher is said to eat mice. 2. To take 0.5kg (500g) of honey, bees has to fly 88,000 km and visit 2 million flowers (2,000,000). 3. Chameleons are so deaf that shouting to a sleeping chameleon will not wake it up. 4. The male Darwin frog swallows the eggs and keeps them in his throat until they hatch. 5. A whale's blood vessels are so huge that a child can walk while an adult can crawl in them. Written by Nathan Sakchinaphong (4A). Typed by Kundan Mani Pradhan.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A big “Thank you” to all who have contributed. A Heartfelt thanks to Ma’am Nath for proofreading and Mr. T. A. Greene for all the technical support. A special word of thanks to the boys in the photograph below. Without your offering to help, this issue of the Beginnings would not have been brought out. The cover page was designed by Pranav Chandra, Rashik Raj and Kislay Krishnan. Due to a constraint of space, many articles could not be printed. The same shall be incorporated in successive issues of the Beginnings.

The “Editorial Team” at their work station ~ the Computer Laboratory.

KISLAY KRISHNAN

KAWISH RAJ

GAURAV SETHIA ARIHANT SINGH

HITESH SHARMA

PRANAV CHANDRA

BHAVYADEEP SINGH KHANUJA

RASHIK RAJ

KUNDAN MANI PRADHAN

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BEGINNINGS - Wynberg Allen School · Balrammit Singh Bhullar Nikhil Gupta - Vice Captain [Boys] -Vice Captain [Boys] ... and Nikhil did a very good job, we lost to Foy but we tried