April 2016Issue: 6

Spectrum of Events Glimpses of India Bon Voyage Graduation Day

Contents : Editorial Shades of joy Poem Articles Achievers

Praise be to God. It is the end of another academic year and God has been gracious to us in the way He has led us. Goals have been meet; Dreams have been realized; Talents have been nurtured. I am immensely glad with the way Hopscotch works. This being my �rst time, I am awestruck at the way children express their talents. Hopscotch is back with lot of creativity showcasing the talents of our students. I am also glad to be a part of the Hopscotch team which works with a sense of commitment and duty. Hopscotch works at making reading fun. It vividly captures the memories of Anita Methodist. I am sure you will have a fun �lled time, reading Hopscotch. Happy reading!

Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. It gives me immense joy to meet you all through Hopscotch magazine. It is amazing to witness children unleash their talents at school and I trust Anita Methodist works at illuminating the

potential of every student.

The year 2015-16 was a year of blessing to all of us. Amongst chaos we had, by the grace of God we were able to reach our goal. Hopscotch is information blended with fun. I congratulate the Hopscotch team for the tireless e�ort they have put in to enhance the young talents and widen their opportunities for lateral growth within the school. Hope you have a wonderful journey through Hopscotch.

Mrs. Anita JamesAcademic Supervisor (Higher Secondary)

MESSAGE

SPECIAL MESSAGE

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

Ms. A. Keerthana sheebaDepartment of English.

SHADES OF JOY

SubikSubhash VII D

Aswin Kumar VII D Ganesh Kumar X C

Christoper J VIII C

AishwaryaVII DYuvan Shankar VII D

Rohit VI A

VasimAkram VII D Sadhana S K II D

Rajendiran J III DJe�ronVasanth III B

MY BEAUTIFUL INDIAIt is here that you can see chilly mountains crowned with snow.

It is here that you can experience hot desert under the sun's full glow.It is here that you can �nd lush green forest with wildlife so rich.It is here that you can see a blue sea with a spectacular beach.

So rich and varied.My beautiful India.

I LOVE INDIA

India, the great land of diversity,India, the symbol of unity,India, the home of serenity,India where in every heart resides love and sympathy.I love my India!

MY INDIA

Love for my country I cannot hide. Burning within me, ruling inside. Brotherhood to all from childhood. Unity in diversity for good.To live in India I'm surely blessed. For no one here is ever stressed, Strangers come to be our guest. Friends they become with zest.

CHERKURI AKSHAY SUSWIN III D

YAZHINI R III C

YAZHINI R III C

POEM

Recipe Corner

Ingredients:

• White chole 400g• Onion 4• Tomatoes 4• Ginger a small piece• Garlic 5 pods• Coriander a small bunch• Chilly powder 2tbs• Black salt 1tbs• Maida ½ kg• Oil ½ kg• Egg 1• Curd 200g• Chat masala• Chole masala• White salt 1tbs

Methods:

• Soak Chole for 4-5 hours and boil them by adding water and salt.• Take ginger, garlic, onion, tomatoes, coriander leaves and make a ne paste.• Take a pan. Add 1tbs oil and heat. When the oil is hot add the above paste, chat masala, cholemasala, black salt, white salt and chilly powder. Then add 1 glass of water and allow to cool.• Add Chole into it and keep it for 10mins.• Add fresh curry and coriander leaves.• For Bhature- take Maida in a big plate, put one egg, salt and knead the our by adding curd. • Make poories and fry them in oil.

CHOLE –BHATURE

JILEBI

Ingredients:

· Maida - 200 g· Corn our - 60 g· Curd - 250g· Oil - ½ litre· Colour - 1 pinch· Sugar - ½ kg

Method:

· Take maida 200 g in a bowl and add curd

and corn our into it.

· Add colour and one tbs of hot oil and mix

it well.

· Allow this paste to remain for 24 hours.

· Then take a zip lock bag and cut it in one

corner.

· Put the paste in a zig lock bag and make

Jilabis and fry them in oil.

· The oil must neither be very hot nor luke

warm.

· Take ½ kg sugar in another pan and one

cup of water and make a one string syrup.

· Dip the fried Jilebis in the sugar syrup for

one minute and serve.

RIDDLES

1 What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs? 2 What is the easiest way to double your money? 3 What has a thumb and four �ngers but is not alive? 4 What has to be broken before you can use it? 5 What has a neck but no head? 6 What gets wetter as it dries? 7 What goes up and doesn�t come back down? 8 What belongs to you but is used more by others? 9 Everyone has it and no one can lose it, what is it? .10 It�s been around for millions of years, but it�s no more than a month old. What is it?

A clock!

Put it in front of the mirror of course!A glove

An egg.A bottle.

A towelYour age.

Your name

The moon

A shadow.

v Around a 100 million years ago, India was an island.

v India's name is derived from the �Indus� river.

v Indus Valley Civilisation is the world's oldest civilisation.

v India, hence, is the world's oldest, most advanced and continuous civilisation.

v India has been the largest troop contributor to the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions since its inception.

v India has the world's third largest active army, after China and USA.

v India has more mosques (300,000 mosques) than any other nation in the world. And the third largest Muslim population in the world.

v Takshila in India is said to be the �rst university in the world; it started around 700 BC.

Nandhini XIA

Sanjana IX A

ABOUT INDIA

THE CHENNAI FLOODS � CHAOS IN THE CITY

Chennai was o�cially declared a disaster area on the evening of

nd2 December. With a letup in rainfall, �ood waters gradually began to recede

thin Chennai on 4 December, though 40 percent of the city's districts remained submerged and safe food and drinking water remained in short supply.

Though relief e�orts were well underway across most of the area by rd3 December, the lack of any coordinated relief response in North Chennai

forced thousands of its residents to evacuate on their own. People from various districts attempted to �ee the stricken region by bus or train and travel to their family homes.

Chennai International Airport was thpartly reopened for cargo �ights on 5

December, with passenger �ights scheduled to resume from the following morning.

thBy 6 December, rescue e�orts had largely concluded and relief e�orts were intensifying, with the Chennai Corporation beginning to disburse relief packages.

Mobile, banking and power services were gradually being restored; fuel and food supplies were getting through, the airport had fully reopened and rail services were slowly resuming.

Many city neighbourhoods, however, remained �ooded for few more days with some lacking basic necessities. With the city slowly beginning to recover, state and national health o�cials remained watchful against disease outbreaks, warning that conditions were right for epidemics of water-borne illnesses to occur.

C h e n n a i C o r p o r a t i o n o�cials reported at least 57,000 homes in the city had su�ered structural damage, mostly those of working c l a s s p i n c o d e s . S t a t e housing boards said they w o u l d c o n d u c t s a f e t y inspections of both public and residential buildings. After being closed for the past month, schools and

thcolleges across the a�ected more than a month began to reopen from 14 December.

thRelief operations were largely wound up by 19 December.

The �oods caused havoc in our school. Apart from being closed for 33 days, we su�ered extensive losses as most of our ground �oor classrooms were under �ve feet water. However, thanks to the t i r e l e s s e � o r t o f t h e s u p p o r t s t a � a n d administrative sta�, the

thschool reopened on 14 December, 2016 to receive children.

INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONSPASTICHE-2015 - C.S.I.Ewart school

Senior Boys & Girls - 1st place in DanceFarihah Khan R. Suganthi XI B - 2nd place in Cooking SWITCH- Scripture Union RallySenior Boys & Girls - 1st place in ChoreographyImmanuel S. XI D - 3rd place in Enacting Bible CharacterSt. John�s School, MandhaveliHarini V, I B - 1st place in PaintingECO VISION 2016 - SBOA Matric Higher Secondary SchoolYuvanshankar S, VII D - 2nd place in PaintingGokul B, VI DJanice V, VI A DivyaBharathy M, VI B - 1st place in DocumentationPushpamithra P, IX A Rohithan P, IX B - 2nd place in DocumentationMagimai Rufus J, IX D Vignesh G, IX B - 2nd place in PhotographySenior Girls - 2nd place in Road MapSenior Boys & Girls - 2nd place in Group SongHaritha Shree S, VI A - 3rd place in Power Point PresentationRSP - M.C.C. SchoolAngeline Shalu R, VI A - 3rd place in PaintingSt. Mary�s SchoolSneha Lydia,XI C - 3rd place in SpeechLOVE INDIA MELA - Hindustan Bible InstitutionSenior Boys & Girls - 1st place in DanceSenior Boys &Girls - 3rdplace in Singing

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CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME - Sathyam TV

GANESH KUMAR X D

BEST ENTRYBEST ENTRY

SPECTRUM

MISSION WEEK (5.10.2015 � 9.10.2015)The Mission festival was organized by the Scripture Union team headed by Mr. Albert. Classes I to IX and XI attended this event every day. Students were taught through songs, stories and messages.

Students' views about Mission Week:

We enjoyed doing the action songs. We learnt

about God and how to track our spiritual journey in a

joyful way.

It helped us relax from our hectic schedule.

It was a wonderful

experience. We learnt

new songs, it helped us

to evaluate our spiritual

journey with God.

Angeline Shalu VI A

SanjanaK IX A

Ahino XI A

STUDENTS EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 6.11.15

Four students from Greijdanus School, Netherlands arrived in India for three weeks Student's Exchange Programme. They were welcomed in our Indian style. These were the third batch of students visiting us. A detailed programme had been drawn to engage the students. Apart from regular classes with our students, they had art lessons, Indian history presentations, cooking lessons, training in singing tamil songs, and interactive sessions with our students. Apart from cricket lessons they watched a game of cricket at Chepauk stadium. Living in Indian households gave them a �ne taste of our hospitality. It was a moving moment when we bid farewell to them.

A warm and hearty welcome

Enjoyable moments with Pim, Wilbert, Tamera and Christel

INVESTITURE CEREMONY (7.1.16)

Investiture ceremony of the new School Senate was held on 7th January 2016 and Mr. Philip Sam our Alumnus graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The outgoing Senate formally handed over their responsibilities to the newly elected Senate members. Elected House Captains and Vice Captains received their badges from their House Teachers.

Newly elected School Pupil Leaders taking charge

Prayer Song

Captain of Jesudian House

Captain of Johnson House

Captain of Visvasam House

Captain of Baldwins House

GLIMPSES OF INDIACONGLOMERATION OF OUR LEADERS PAR EXCELLENCE

HISTORY OF OUR NATIONAL FLAG

The history of the Indian Flag dates back to the pre-independence era. The �rst Indian �ag came into being during 1904-1906. It was created by an Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda. It had the words 'BondeMatoram' written in Bengali on it. The �ag contained a Vajra (weapon of god Indra) and a white lotus in the middle. The 'Vajra' is a symbol of strength and lotus depicts purity.

Then came the Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama's �ag which was designed by Madam Bhikaji Cama. The �ag consisted of three colours � green, sa�ron and red.

In 1921 Gandhi wanted all the communities of India to be represented on the �ag of the nation. Therefore a new �ag was formed. It had three colours � white which represented the minor communities, red which represented the Hindu community and green was for the Muslims and Sikhs. The 'Charkha' was drawn to represent the uni�cation of all the communities.

In the year 1906, the second �ag was created. It had three equal strips of green, yellow and red. The red strip had two symbols � a sun, and a star o n a c r e s c e n t . T h e y e l l o w s t r i p h a d 'VandeMataram' written on it.

In 1917 The Home Rule League formed by BalaGangadharTilak created a new �ag with four blue strips and �ve red strips. It had seven stars on it. It also had a crescent moon and a star at the top �y end. This �ag did not gain popularity among the masses.

In 1931, people were still not satis�ed with the �ag and their communal representation. Hence a new �ag of three colours was designed � sa�ron, white and green with the Charkha in the middle.

In 1947 when India got independence, a committee headed by Rajendra Prasad was formed to discuss the National Flag of India and they decided to adopt the �ag of Indian National Congress, with suitable modi�cations, as the �ag of India. As a result, the �ag of 1931 was adopted as Indian �ag but 'Charkha' in the middle was replaced by 'Chakra' (wheel) and hence our National Flag came into being.

Esther Rachel VIII B

Janaganamana-adhin�yakajaya he Bh�ratabh�gyavidh�t�Pañj�baSindhuGujar�ṭaMar�ṭh�Dr�viḍaUtkalaBaṅgaVindhya Him�chalaYamun�Gang�UcchalajaladhitarangaTava�ubhan�mej�ge, Tava�ubha��isam�ge,G�hetavajayag�th�Janaganamangalad�yakajaya he Bh�ratabh�gyavidh�taJaya he, Jaya he, Jaya he, Jaya JayaJayaJaya he.

You are the ruler of the minds of all people,Dispenser of India's destiny.Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh,Gujarat and Maratha,Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,mingles in the music of Yamuna and Ganges and ischanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.The saving of all people waits in thy hand,Thou dispenser of India's destiny. victory forever.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM

Harshini VIII B

MONUMENTS OF INDIA

Red Fort - Delhi

Taj Mahal � Agra

Mahabalipuram - Chennai

Amritsar � Punjab

Sanchi Stupa � Sanchi Town

Velankannai Church � Nagapattinam

Bon Voyage

I thank God for giving me this wonderful opportunity of being part of the �rst teachers exchange program to Greijdanus in the Netherlands. I owe my thanks to the Management Of Anita Methodist school and Mr.Martin Jan de Jang, Director of Greijdanus for the chance given to me.

It was a thrilling experience to travel by �ight for the �rst time. During the travel I praised God seeing His glory revealed through nature at such altitude. 11th January was our �rst day to Greijdanus and the Indian �ag was hoisted in their campus. We felt it was an honour not only to represent our school but our country also.

We had presentations on India and the Aid Project. We visited di�erent departments during our stay of two weeks at school. We engaged in discussions on areas of mutual interest like Administration, Christian Identity, Mentorship, Religious Studies, Academics and Care Department. We were impressed by the dedication of teachers who facilitate the children to think and explore. They also inculcate ownership of learning in students consciously.

'Night of Signi�cance' was a remarkable night where children of Greijdanus spent the whole night in school to raise money to support the underprivileged children in Anita Methodist school. I'm sure this will bring a di�erence in the lives of a hundred children who will be bene�ted through the Care Project.

I will ever cherish the stay with the host families (Mr.Martin Jan De Jang and Mr.Yohan). I felt at home as they saw that I was comfortable during the stay. The stay in Hannie's place was also a memorable one. We really enjoyed the �rst experience of snow and learnt to cook some Dutch food.

We visited many places including Amsterdam. We had an experience of going through the canal in a boat and marveled at the architecture of the buildings. We attended a church service at Hattem where we had a warm and a special prayer for Anita Methodist School. After my visit to the Netherlands I feel responsible to contribute more intensively for the progress of the school.

It was a life changing experience and an exposure to a di�erent educational system. As Psalm 126:3 says, 'The Lord has done great things for us, whereof we are glad'.

MRS.LILLY PRIYA WILLIAM

Great things the Lord did

Have you ever wondered what is to a take break from your monotonous life and doing something that you love, in a foreign land? That was what Anita Methodist gifted me on this new year.As Romans 8:28 says, 'And we know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose'. Truly God worked something good for me as I am called according to His purpose to serve in this school .The Netherlands � A land basically built on water with 17 billion inhabitants is famous for many things beyond their brilliant engineering. The windmill, tulips, dykes and snow does not stop them from being pretty. The Dutch fancy bikes, make their body �t and keep the environment pollution free. Their major food is potato and they can live on co�ee.The Night for India as they call it was truly a night of signi�cance. The kids from Greijdanus came forward to help us raise money for the students of Anita Methodist. We were taken care by our exchange students. It was a great pleasure to stay with my host family. Yes, the Dutch are de�nitely warm people living in a cold land.I had many opportunities to observe the teaching methods practiced there. The streaming of students amazed me. Here the students were grouped into three di�erent streams based on their IQ level . Students have more hands on experience in the di�erent well equipped laboratories. More than 100 well trained sta�, most of them part time teachers facilitate the children to excel in their learning.Cubic Mile is a students collaborative project, which we have been engaging for past one year with Greijdanus. As a part of this project the students of Anita Methodist and Greijdanus learn about the various aspects of one Cubic mile space around their schools and exchange their learnings.In this coming year we have planned to introduce Cubic Miles project as an evening club .To enrich my expertise to run this club I participate in a workshop on Cubic Miles by Mr.Eric while I was in Netherlands .This project sensitises students to respect their environment. The Teachers Exchange Programme-2016 inspired me to become a better teacher and it was undoubtedly a life changing experience.

MRS. MARY SHALINI

Psalm 113:7, 8 says, 'He raises the poor from the dust�.and seats them with princes'. In that way I'm blessed and privileged to visit a country miles away � a land, I never dreamt of stepping into. Truly God has placed me among princes. It was a great learning experience, an eye opener to my way of thinking and reasoning. I was really impressed about the social behavior of people in the Netherlands. When they meet each other, they greet warmly, even the strangers with a happy smile. Everybody obeys the tra�c rules and share the responsibility for maintaining the cleanliness of the city. They are conscious about their food habits and lead a healthy life style. The most exciting thing in the Netherlands is their climate. They get snowfall, rain, mist, fog and sun all in a day. They are blessed with beautiful nature and bountiful resources. This trip has impacted my life in many ways. I've learnt to plan my work and manage time more e�ciently. I'm inspired to teach my subject in a more engaging manner keeping in mind, the importance of activities in class room to develop thinking and reasoning skills. I have also become more conscious of the type of food that we need to choose for a healthy life style. I am amazed to see that they love themselves and that made me realize that I have to spend more time for myself and rework my hobbies. Anita Methodist School has always believed in discovering innate potentials and grooming them. This school has also identi�ed my potential and trusted me with a great responsibility. I hope at Anita Methodist School, I will put to use the learning I gained from Greijdanus School and share in the responsibility of child centered education.I thank the Lord and the Management for this great opportunity which I will cherish all my life.

PLACED ME AMONG PRINCES

MISS.SUSAN GRACE

On the Night of Signi�cance

Interactions with students

Presentation about India

Pattu saree and beige coloured uniforms

Craft work during the Night of Signi�cance

At Amsterdam

GRADUATION DAY

Graduation Day is a milestone in the life of our Kindergarten children who step into the primary level. The program was held on 11th March 2016. Our nursery kids took a proud walk down the aisle along with their class teachers. Mrs. MaliniLamech, retired teacher of C.S.I. Bain school was the Chief Guest. The kids of the lower Kindergarten enacted a play titled 'Ordinary becomes Extra-ordinary'. Parents of our U.K.G. students who shared their views about the school made a special mention of the Christian ethos of the school and the friendly nature of the teachers. The program ended on a happy note with the distribution of graduation certi�cates.

FAREWELL

After years of spending most of their waking hours in the campus, class XII students prepared to �y from their nests on their farewell function. The school bid a nostalgic adieu to its senior class in a solemn service. (As the teachers stood around the students and sang 'God be with you till we meet again' both the taught and the teachers had moist eyes). The Chief guest for the evening Mrs.Pearl Vincent spoke to the students about following their heart and putting their best into that chase with help from God.

To Every Beginning there is an End

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