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Delhi Public School, Nashik October 2019

DPSN…the Place to Be!

REFLECTION SENIOR BUZZ –Grade IX_B__

From the Principal’’s Desk

Greetings of the Season!!!

India is a land of cultural diversity. We thrive and celebrate every event as a festival holding

a very significant story behind each one of them. Festivals are a time to meet and greet

our near and dear ones and share our joys with them. It’s a time for sharing and giving.

Through these festivals we inculcate the values of harmony, respect and develop our

cultural ethos which is taking a back seat in our evolving western culture. This Diwali as

we celebrate let us impart the meaning of every mantra chanted during the puja, every

ritual has a significance impart that information to the child. The essence of a folded hand

Namaste or Pranam, applying of the Tilak and bowing in salutation to our elders for

Ashirvad must be explained to our children.

Every religion has certain rituals to follow which makes us better human beings and the

same must be imparted to the children. Students must be exposed to extended families

which will imbibe collaboration and acceptance in our ever shrinking nuclear families.

Mingling with the elders, friends and cousins broaden the child’s perspective of a larger

family and the accommodations required to adjust which is dwindling away in the so called

“short and sweet family”. We are a nation whose ideology “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam -The

World is my Famliy”. The phrase is taken from Maha Upnishad of chapter 6 अयं बनु्धरयं नेति

गणना लघुचेिसाम् । उदारचररिानां िु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ॥ भावाभावतवतनमुुकं्त जरामरणवतजुिम् ।

प्रशान्तकलनारभं्य नीरागं पदमाश्रय ॥ एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितििः स्वच्छा तनष्कामा तवगिामया । आदाय तवहरने्नवं सङ्कटेषु

न मुह्यति ॥

Let us exalt in the celebrations and include the needy, poor and destitute that need our

love, affection, acceptance and care.

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Space and Technology “My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, courage to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and

to conquer the problems and succeed!"

- DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM

The students of class 8D celebrated the birth anniversary of Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam which

was based on space & technology

Academic Syllabus- October

Subject Syllabus Covered in October 2019

Marathi १] उजाड उघडे माळरानही

2]आभाळािल्या पाऊलवाटा

3]सवांद लेखन

French La Mode

Sanskrit Sikatasetuhu

English Literature:

My Childhood

No Men are Foreign Grammar :

Direct Indirect Speech

Hindi Hamid Khan, Agnipath ,Keechad ka kavy , Nae Ilake mein , Aupcharik patr

Mathematics Circles

Constructions

Science Chemistry: Atoms and Molecules Physics : Gravitation

(Law of Gravitation, freefall)

Social Science Economics: Poverty as Challenge History- 4. Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Geography-4. Climate

Computer Scratch and Cyber Safety

Theme based Special Assemblies

A Sneak Peek into the Academic Area

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Academic Activities: Peer Teaching

Heritage Club

Creative Corner

Peer Teaching

Peer learning in a school is a two-way process whereby students learn from each other

by sharing ideas, knowledge and experience. Peer to peer learning has been described

as ’… a way of moving beyond independent to interdependent or mutual learning. This

method was adopted to understand a grammar topic ‘ Direct Indirect Speech’. Here the students solved the exercises on blackboard as well solved the queries of their friends. It

also boosted their confidence of applying acquired knowledge and facing the mass.

Rocks have always been a source of art since the Stone Age. At Heritage Club, students

tried to create the variety of art. All students showed their creativity on tiny pieces of

rocks and inscribed the warli art and ancient lifestyle. It was real fun for students.

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Book Review

I recently picked up ‘Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul’ by Jack Canfield , Mark Victor

Hansen, Jennifer Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff. The book narrates incidents that are truly

breathtaking. I was overwhelmed reading the story of a lady diagnosed with cancer. The

way she got the support of her life partner really made me believe marriages are made in

heaven. So many intriguing stories of daughters, wives, mothers who sacrifice their

desire for the wellbeing of their family. I also deeply touched by the story of a mother,

who, as long as her kids were not independent, could not have sound sleep. To read

more such stories do pick up and engross yourself in the anecdotes.

Anuskha Dasgupta IX C

PE & Sports Updates

Sports Drill

Book Buzz

Students practicing

table tennis

Students studying the

nuances of fencing

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Gandhi –Ek Vichar

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow; learn as if you were to live forever." -Mahatma Gandhi

‘Gandhi Ek Vichar’ on this note Delhi Public School Nashik celebrated Gandhi Jayanti –

celebrating 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi. The students through a mime and actions depicted the life of Mahatma Gandhi

showcasing his birth, schooling, stay at South Africa, early satyagrahas and Dandi

march.

Celebrations

Achievements

Gandhi Jayanti

150th Years of Celebrating the Mahatma

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Amazing Vistas

Visit to Sarkarwada - A Heritage site and Museum by Heritage Club students

A well preserved building which has the age of more than 300 years was visited by the

Dipsites Heritage Club students. They explored the majestic creativity preserved from 1

st Cent. B.C. to late 19th century.

Every single artifact seen in the History textbook was explored by the students. Coins

from Satwahna Dynasty to the latest guns, Jain Tirthankara, stone carvings,

excavations, different swords were found under one roof and studied by students. It is a Heritage site and Government Museum and pride of Nashik that was inherited by the

Peshwas and by the British Colonial.

DPS Nashik Girls Command a Winning Stroke!

The girls' team from Delhi Public School, Nashik comprising Aarti Prabhu, Rishika

Dollin, Saumyaa Gupta, Rujula Kulkarni, Anushka Dahale and Aarya Bodke have made it

to the State Level DSO Swimming Championship. A stellar performance was displayed by

the U-14 girls team at the 4X100 Free Style Relay and the 4X100 Medley Relay events in

the DSO Zonals, leading to an impressive haul of medals and well-deserved selection at

the State Level!

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Achievements

Initiating The InfoQuest !

One of the basis of 21st century skills is ‘Information’. Information is supposedly one of

the key aspects to the acquisition of power. The understanding of what lies behind a child’s interest and passion extends much beyond the classroom. The initiation

of InfoQuest aided in presenting this aspect of learning, to the parent body.

InfoQuest was a display of the nonacademic areas in the student routine at DPS Nashik.

It was entirely a student led initiative in which student volunteers across grades 6-8

presented information and details of skills acquired by them in various sporting activities, fine/performing arts, STEM learning and Entrepreneurship. Parents danced to the tune

of the student choreographers, participated in the STEM Learning and Math/Science

enrichment sessions, hosted by the student body. The Drum Circle, Instrumental Fusion and the Contemporary Shloka Recitation, led by the Dipsites, infused energy and zest in

the participating audience.

Students turned investors and led the Entrepreneurship Initiative by opening up their

own sales counter, not just for sales, but also production. It was a platform, where the

facilitators took pride in their students’ enterprising skills.

The InfoQuest is one of the many opportunities presented to students at DPS Nashik to

recognize their potential, take up challenges, build skill sets and emerge as winners!

Parent connect

Wish you a Happy Green Diwali!

BUZZZ…… YOU NEXT MONTH!!