Vol. 11 No. 2Vol. 11 No. 2 January 2017January 2017 St. Stephen’s NewsletterSt. Stephen’s Newsletter

Stephania

Music is a world within itself; it is a language we all understand.Music is a world within itself; it is a language we all understand.~ Stevie Wonder~ Stevie Wonder

Where words fail, music speaks

After a relaxed and rejuvenating winter-term break, the Stephanians are back full swing to the hustle and bustle of life at school. While the focus on academics will continue, opportunities for our holistic development will keep coming our way.The world around us kept surprising us. The hope of a better tomorrow strengthened within each American heart as the

thUnited States of America elected its 45 President at the end of 2016. The whole world held its breath in anticipation of the upcoming transformations. In the streak of revolutionary decisions, the government's demonetization decision came as a thought-provoking step in the history of independent India.Changes are tough to accept and adapt to, but, life is all about changes and acceptance leads to a positive outcome. We Indians, known for our resoluteness will surely take this too in our stride and forge ahead.We, at St. Stephen's are eager to keep pursuing forthcoming opportunities for growth, face the challenges with determination and be proud of the choices we make. With this hope of a better tomorrow, we wish each one of you a Happy New Year 2017 and the very best for the forthcoming exams.

"Life is all about changes and acceptance"

Editor's CornerEditor's Corner

- The Editors

Editorial BoardStaff Editors:English:Ms. Judeline D'Souza, Ms. Nidhi Goyal, Ms. Priyanka Nelson

Graphics:Ms. Jayshree Dadlani

Hindi:Ms. Nandini Joshi, Ms. Neetu IndoraMs. Shilpi Shrivastava

Student Editors : Anushree Joshi (XI-Sc.), Sean Leo Noronha (X-B)Graphics:Gaurang Pant (XII-Sc.)Pranjal Taneja (XI-Sc.)

Published By:Ms. Bharti TolumbiaPrincipalSt. Stephen's Sr. Sec. School, Ajmer.Phone: (0145) 2640851, 2641851Email: contact@ststephensajmer.comPrinted at: Chris Computer & Print Point, Ajmer.

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School's Mission StatementSt. Stephen's is committed to M a k i n g Q u a l i t y Ed u cat i o n Accessible and building the character of its students by inculcating the values of Self Discipline, Integrity, Mutual Respect, Pursuit of Excellence, Learning for Life and Environment Management (SIMPLE). By 2022, the school will build language fluency and improve reading habits of the students and will also continue to introduce one educational innovation each year t o m a k e l e a r n i n g m o r e meaningful. The school will continue to be a model employer and invest in teacher training and development.

Attention: We invite self-composed poems, self-drawn

portraits and photographs clicked by students. All those interested

can give their entries to the Editorial Board. We also invite

suggestions for improvement to the forthcoming issues of

Stephania.

SPECTRUM

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Resting a While Photographed by : Pranita Jain (XII-Com. B)

Immaculate CloudsPhotographed by :Srishti Goyal (IX-E)

Expanse of Sublime PurityPhotographed by :Purvi Gandhi (XII-Com. B)

SilhouettePhotographed by :Devanshu Soni (XII-Arts)

CREATIVE CORNER Secondary

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Vanshika Asopa (VII-D) Richa Jain (VII-C)Ritika Dhalwal (VII-A)

Umang Chopra (VII-A) Gaurav Manghnani (X-D)Pragya Gaur (VII-C)

Anjali Dadhich (X-B)Adamya Sharma (VII-A)

CREATIVE CORNER Primary

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Arya Veer Singh (V-D) Chandra Prakash (V-D)

Sana Fatima (V-D) Soham Khinchi (V-A) Arpit Meena (IV-E)

Gautam Sahu (V-A) Siddharth Choudhary (IV-E) Divyanshi Bariya (V-A)

CAMPUS NEWS 4 October 2016 Hindi Choral Elocution (I to III)“Elocution is the art of learning how to speak correctly and emphasizes correct accent, tone and stress.” The Hindi Choral Elocution was conducted for the students of Classes I to III. The students recited poems with rhythm and expression.

18 October 2016 Annual Prize-Giving and Cultural DayThe theme for the Thirty-Second Annual Prize Giving Function was “Music: The Breath of Life”.Music is one of the fine arts. Like other forms of art, it requires creative and technical skill and the power of imagination. As dance is an artistic expression of movement and painting of colors, so music is of sounds. Music has unlimited powers. So, to showcase the importance of music, many dances and songs ranging from folk to classical and from classical to western were performed.

3 November 2016 The Vigilance Awareness Week is organized every year in the memory of Late Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The aim is to affirm the commitment of the public servants to bring about integrity and transparency in all spheres of their activity and to work tirelessly for eradication of corruption. In keeping with this, a pledge was administered to the students during the Morning Assembly by the Vice-Principal.

Vigilance Awareness Week

12 November 2016Children's Day CelebrationA Fete was organized to celebrate Children's Day at school. It is a much awaited event in the school calendar. The students look forward to this day with a lot of excitement. A variety of delicious snacks and thrilling games were set up for the enjoyment of the students. The hands of Time ran very quickly to the end of the day, even as the students continued to enjoy themselves at the Request Stall. They also savoured the sumptuous food and enjoyed the games.

Our Principal presented the School Annual Report through a power point presentation and briefed the audience about the various developments and the laurels won by the students in various events. The Chief Guest, Shri Ashok Shekhar, I.A.S., Chairman, Board of Revenue for Rajasthan, exhorted the parents to spend quality time with their children and most importantly to lead by example on values. The Vote of Thanks was presented by the Head Mistress of the Primary Section.

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17 to 19 November 2016 Story-Telling Activity (I to III)“Story telling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world.” The students of Classes I to III actively participated in the story-telling activity which also encouraged the active imagination of the listeners.

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was shown to the students of Classes I to V. A group activity based on comprehensive worksheet was conducted for Classes I to III and a Group Discussion on “The Importance of Rules and Regulations” was held for the students of Classes IV & V.In Classes VI to VIII, Acrostic poem, Quiz on Constitution, Poster- making and Comprehensive Worksheets on Constitution were organized.In Classes IX to XII, Fundamental Rights were read, followed by a speech by famous Indian Leaders (both in Hindi and English) and a written Quiz based on the Indian Constitution was conducted. Information related to the Constitution was displayed on the Notice Board.

18 November 2016 Inter-House Adver tisement Competition (IX to XII)An Inter-House Advertisement Competition was held for the students to present bi-lingual advertisements on the themes chosen by the Houses. The Green H o u s e s e c u r e d t h e f i r s t p o s i t i o n i n House-wise ranking.

2 December 2016Paper Folding (Origami) Activity (LKG to III)A Paper Folding activity was organized for the students of classes LKG to III in which the students showed their power of creativity and excellent ideas by making different objects from paper.

3 December 2016 Cross Country“Anyone can run a hundred meters; it's the next forty-two thousand and two hundred that count”.A much awaited event on the school calendar is the Cross Country. The students of Classes VI to XII participated in the event covering a distance of five Km. The Cross Country was organized in two groups: Juniors (VI to VIII) and Seniors (IX to XII).In the Junior group, Himank Sharma (VIII-E) and Jigyasa Menghani (VIII-C) secured the first position and Gaurav Vaishnav (X-D) and Avantika Rathore (XI-Sc.) stood first in the Senior category.

22 November 2016 Hindi Extempore (VI to VIII)An Inter-House Hindi Extempore Competition was held for the students to express their thoughts and views on various Hindi idioms and phrases. Riddhima Vijayvargia (VII-E) brought laurels to the Gold House by winning the first position, followed by Aditya Pratap Singh (VIII-D) of Blue House bagging the second position and Naman Goyal (VIII-D) of Blue House securing the third position.

26 November 2016 Constitution Day To promote Constitutional Values amongst citizens, our school celebrated Constitution Day on 26 November 2016. A number of activities were conducted to mark the day. The Morning Assembly started with the reading of the Preamble. A short documentary film on the life of

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5 December 2016 Inter-House Salad Dressing and Flower Arrangement (IX to XII)An Inter-House Salad Dressing and Flower Arrangement competition was held to showcase the creativity and artistic skills of the students. Red House secured the first position in the Salad Making and Presentation. In the Flower Arrangement, Gold House bagged the first position.

8 December 2016 Painting Competition (III to V);Inter-Class Kite Making Competition (VI to VIII) MY FM ke RANGREZZ SEASON III organized a painting competition in our school for the students of Classes III to V. The topic of the competition was “Go Green Save Earth” in which the students participated with great enthusiasm and took a pledge that they shall opt for greener and environmental friendly ways of doing things.Beautiful hues strewn the sky when kites of myriad colours and shapes flutter in the azure heavens.An Inter-Class Kite Making Competition was organized for Classes VI to VIII where Classes VI-F, VII-F and VIII-C stood first, and Classes VI-C, VII-C and VIII-B secured the second position.

10 December 2016 Career Counseling Session (XII)The students of Class XII accompanied by Mr. Harish Sewani and Ms. Manisha Chauhan attended the Ajmer Education Fair at Hotel Cross Lane which was organized by Mr. Sagar Kukreti.

14 December 2016Group Discussion (IV & V)A group discussion activity was organized for the students of Classes IV and V on the topic “Effects of Demonetization on the life of people”. The students participated with enthusiasm and enhanced their speaking and listening skills.

13 to 18 December 2016 DST Inspire Camp at Central University, KishangarhSeven students of Class XI accompanied by Mr. Manash Kumar attended the First DST Inspire Camp conducted at Central University, Bandarsindri, near Kishangarh.

17 & 18 December 2016 Android Application WorkshopThree students of Class XI attended an Android Application Workshop in association with E-Cell, IIT-Mumbai and ROBOKART at Shri Ratanlal Kanwarlal Patni Girls' College, Kishangarh.

17 December 2016 Orientation Session (X)An orientation session was organized for the students of Class X and their parents. Mr. Amar Pal Singh Shekhawat, founder of Aryan College was the resource person. The session was a very enlightening one where in he spoke about focusing on one's Goal and Interests v/s Talent of a person when choosing a subject. He also stressed that competency is of prime

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importance than just learning for passing the class and there is no substitute for hard work where each student is the “limit” and needs to set levels of progress in life. He also addressed the parents asking them to be role models and a constant support for their children.

St. Stephen's Sr. Sec. School was privileged to have Shri Ripudaman Singh, the First Dronacharya

ndAwardee, as the Chief Guest for the 32 Annual Sports Day 2016.In an interview conducted by Student Editors Anushree Joshi (XI-Sc.) and Sean Leo Noronha (X-B), he mentioned that in India, the best thing about sports is that it nurtures the growth of individuality in its sportsmen. But currently, team effort lacks motivation and spirit of the game is lost in today's scenario. When asked who his role model was, he simply stated that his role models were his teachers, like his guru Bhagwan Singh at Government College, Ajmer. He believed that each and every sportsman should play for the nation and not for any personal desire, for that desire diverts his or her focus while playing.When asked how he motivates physically handicapped athletes, he replied that he has lived his life as a coach with a strong belief that good coaching provides much required encouragement for the athletes who are differently abled. The thought behind this great sportsman and coach's initiative to build a haven of opportunities for the physically challenged is to present such individuals with the chance to excel in the field of sports.Shri Singh, is a man who pursued core academic subjects for a long time and entered the field of sports with the sole purpose of beating this perception that good athletes lag behind in academics. His message to all parents was to let their children pursue their dream in the field of sport.

23 December 2016 Annual Sports Day

ndThe 32 Annual Sports Day is a red letter day and an event much looked forward to at St. Stephen's. The event brought to fore the sportsmanship spirit of the athletes of the four houses as they participated in various athletic events. Shri. Ripudaman Singh, First Dronacharya Awardee for Paralympic Games and Director Physical Education, Government N. M. College, Hanumangarh, was the Chief Guest. In his address to the school he encouraged the students to pursue their dreams in the field of sports. The marching contingent of the four houses moving to rhythm of the school's brass band, Zumba Fitness Workout, Taekwondo, Gymnastics, Tug-of-war and Relay between the old students and present were the events that enthralled the audience. The Running Shields for the Overall Best House on the Annual Sports Day as well as the Cup for the Best House in Games and Sports was awarded to Red House. Bharat Maheshwari (XII-Com. B) was declared the Best Athlete for the session 2016-17.

Interview with Shri Ripudaman Singh

First Dhronacharya Awardee for Paralympic Games

Director, Physical Education, Government N. M. College, Hanumamgarh

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In the Inter-School events organized by Sanskrit Bharti (Sanskrit Week) the following students bagged the first position in the Choral Elocution (Junior category):

FLASH

S. No. Names Class1. Lipsa Khemnani VIII-C2.

Meenakshi Verma VIII-C

3. Poorvanshi Chaudhary VIII-E4. Chamin Gupta VII-F5. Sanskar Joshi VII-B

In the Inter-School English Debate held at St. Anselm's Sr. Sec. School, Ajmer, our school team comprising Gaurang Pant (XII-Sc.) and Prerna Sharma (XII-Sc.) won the trophy

The District Level Competition under 'Khelo India' for the year 2016-17 was organised by the State Sports Council. The event was held at Patel Stadium, Ajmer. The team was declared the Runners-up and the team members were awarded silver medals.The team was as follows:

S. No. Names Class

Harshwardhan Singh Rathore VIII-F

Rishit

Mathur

IV-B

Gantavya Jain

VII-D

Ayush Vajpayee

VI-E

Aditya

Pratap Singh Chundawat VIII-D

Karan Narania

VIII-DGarish Pal Singh VII -DBhumik Parwani VII-DMayank Khinchi VIII-BUtsav Jain VII-DRohit Singhal VI-FJatin Nainani VII-D

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.

Jai Prakash Apoorva (VIII-B) and Suman Jangid (VIII-B) secured the first position in the Face Painting Competition in the Inter-School Fest organized by M.S.S. Public School, Kishangarh

Three cheers!

HALL OF FAME

Vaibhav Jain (XI-Com. A) and Pratishtha Tolwani (XI-Com. A) secured the second position in the Documentary Making Competition in the Inter-School Fest o r g a n i z e d b y M . S . S . P u b l i c School, Kishangarh

Gaurang Pant (XII-Sc.) won the second best debater in the Inter-School English Debate held at St. Anselm's Sr. Sec. School, Ajmer

Gaurang Pant (XII-Sc.) attended a four-day workshop at IIT-Delhi on Ethical Hacking and another on Android Apps Development organised by Robosapiens Technologies Pvt. Ltd. in association with Rendezvous-2016, an Annual Cultural Festival of IIT, Delhi

RishabhVerma (IX-C) participated in the Finding Kalam, a Mega Reality Show organised by Extra Marks

Vedant Sharma (XII-Com. A), Prashant Sharma (XI-Sc.), Kuldeep Bera (XI-Arts) and Mantavya Sharma (XI-Sc.) secured the third position in the team event at the CBSE West Zone Badminton Championship (Under-19) held at The Alwar School, Alwar

Anushree Joshi (XI-Sc.) and Charchit Garg (XII-Com. A) won the first position in the Inter-School Hindi Debate held at East Point Sr. Sec. School, Ajmer and won the trophy

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Various events were held in the First Ajaymeru Science Festival organized by Vigyan Bharti. The following students participated and secured positions:Akshat Chaturvedi (X-A) and Mayank Agarwal (X-C) secured the second position in the Working Model categoryDeepali Dhanwani (X-C) secured the third position in the Poster Making Competition

In the Science Fest 'Perk 2016' organized by Dayanand College, Ajmer, the following students took part and secured positions:Akshat Chaturvedi (X-A) and Mayank Agarwal (X-C) secured the first position and won the Junior Scientist Running Trophy in the Working Model CategorySakshi Jain (X-A) won the third prize in the Poster Making Competition

In the Art Carnival organized by Dayanand College, Ajmer, the following students participated and secured positions:Rahul Chaudhary (IX-D) secured the first position in Installation ArtPrabha Makkad (XI-Arts) secured the first position in Rangoli MakingBhumika Khatwani (XI- Arts) bagged the first position in the Card Making CompetitionParimeeta Sharma (IX-C) won the second prize in the Portrait Making Competition

Kalyan Gianchandani (XII-Sc.) and Manoj Choudhary (XII-Sc.) for being declared the first Runners-up in the Ninth T.N. Mishra Memorial Quiz organized by Central Academy, Ajmer

Rochak Jain (IX-C) bagged the first position and Kalyan Gianchandani (XII-Sc.) the second position in the English Debate held at East Point Sr. Sec. School, Ajmer

LEARNING ENGLISH THE FUN WAYFun with Vocabulary

Ways to Avoid Using the Word 'Very”Avoid saying Very …: Rather say: Avoid saying Very …: Rather say:Angry Furious Beautiful ExquisiteClever Brilliant Conventional ConservativeDry Parched Fierce FerociousLarge Colossal Neat ImmaculateRoomy Spacious Thin GauntTired Exhausted Ugly HideousWeak Feeble Wise SagaciousWorried Anxious Afraid Terrified

WORD ORIGINCIRCUS: merely a circleWhen you speak of a three-ring circus you are repeating yourself because the original Greek word kirkos meant a “ring” or “circle”. This entered Latin as circus and gave us the word for our great tent exhibition.PIANO: soft to loudThis term is a shortened form of pianoforte. When Christofori invented the piano in 1711, he thought its characteristic feature was that it could be played soft and loud. Piano e forte (Italian “soft and loud”) was the way he described the instrument. The term piano was kept.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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CONGRATULATIONS

The following students were awarded medals and participation certificates for securing school ranks for the session 2016-17:

stThe 1 SOF-IST International Company Secretaries Olympiad

Class XII

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S. No. Names Class School Rank Medal 1. Shubhit Gaur XI-Com. B 1 Gold 2. Saloni Jain XI-Com. B 2 Silver 3. Siddharth Agarwal XI-Com. A 3 Bronze

Class XI

stThe 1 SOF International Sports Knowledge Olympiad stThe following students were awarded Gold Medals of Excellence for clearing Level 1 of the 1 SOF International

Sports Knowledge Olympiad for the session 2016-17 :

S. No. Names Class Zonal Rank1.

Swapnil Goyal

5 2.

Lakshya Sajnani

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3.

Yukta Uriyaat

8

4. Hardik Jain 145. Hitesh Kashyap

II -A

VI-E

VI -EVIII -BVIII -B 25

stAbhishek Garg (VIII-B) received the Silver Zonal Topper Medal for securing Zonal Rank 2 in Level 1 of the 1 SOF International Sports Knowledge Olympiad for the session 2016-17

stThe following students won the School Topper Medal for clearing Level 1 of the 1 SOF International Sports Knowledge Olympiad for the session 2016-17 :

S. No. Names Class School Rank Medal 1. Pranita Jain XII-Com. B 2 Gold 2. Simran Gangwani XII-Com. A 3 Silver 3. Bharat Maheshwari XII-Com. B 4 Bronze

Manu Sharma (XII-Com. A) Zonal Rank 21 received a medal of excellence, certificate of excellence and merit certificate

S.No. Names Class Medal1.

Swasti

Pareek

I-B

Gold

2.

Mohak

Verma

III -A

Gold3.

Arnav Choudhary

IV-A

Gold

4.

Keshav Sharma

IV-B

Silver5.

Tanmay Kachhawa

IV-B

Bronze6.

Toshik Jain

V-B

Silver7.

Yash Khandelwal

V-E

Bronze8.

Yash Narayan

V-F

Gold9. Talin Saini VI-A Gold10. Kirti Narayan VI -C Bronze11. Harshvardhan Sankhla VI -E Silver

12. Bhanu Pratap Singh VII-A Bronze 13. Lakshya Sajnani VII-C Gold

14.

Saksham Paliwal

VII-F

Silver15.

Tanmay Mathur

VIII-B

Bronze16.

Nirmal Meena

VIII-C

Silver17.

Harsh Loomba

VIII-E

Gold18.

Devansh Satrawla

IX-A

Silver19. Aditya Mathur IX-A Gold20. Prakhar Mohnani IX-C Bronze21. Deepak Ramnani X-A Gold22. Harsh Dubey VII -D Bronze23. Aman Jain X -B Silver

thThe 12 District Taekwondo Championship 2016 was organized by the Ajmer Taekwondo Association at Government College, Ajmer. Our school team bagged the trophy for winning the highest number of gold medals (fifteen). The winners of this Championship under the various categories are:

S.No. Names Class Medal1.

Mridul Sharma

IX-D Gold

2.

Syed Mohd. Taha Chishty

IX-F Gold

3.

Shoaib Chishty

VIII-D Gold4. Pushpendra Binchar IX-C Gold5. Sahil Khan IX-D Silver

Under – 17 Category:

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S. No.

Names

Class Medal1.

Syed Daud Jamali

V-E Gold

2.

Keshav Sharma

IV-B Gold3.

Priyanka Dhanwani

V-A Gold4.

Nakshatra Apoorba

IV-B Silver5.

Akshat Sharma

IV-E Silver6.

Anant Verma

IV-B Silver7.

Abhimanyu Gupta

V-B Silver8.

Simarjot Singh

IV-E Bronze9. Andhyan Barotia IV-E Bronze10. Siddharth Bansal IV-D Bronze11. Saksham Jain IV-D Bronze12. Naman Chopra IV-A Bronze13. Akshat Pareek V-F Bronze

Under – 10 Category:

Under – 14 Category:

S.No Names Class Medal1.

Lakshya Dhabhai

VI-D Gold

2.

Hitendra Singh

VII-C Gold 3.

Syed Umair Niazi

VIII-C Gold 4.

Krishna Dhabhai

VIII-C Gold 5.

Syed Shoail Chishty

VIII-E Gold 6.

Adavry Sharma

VII-A Gold 7.

Krishna Sharma

VI-C Gold 8.

Archita Ojha

VI-C Gold 9.

Saif Siddiqui

VI-F Silver10.

Rituraj

VIII-C Silver11.

Priyanshu Naval

VIII-A Silver12.

Mridul

Bhardwaj

VIII-C Silver13.

Aaradhya Sharma

VI-D Silver14.

Drishtant Sharma

VI-D Bronze15. Prashant Seernani VIII-A Bronz e16. Rishabh Vaishnav VIII-F Bronze17. Ayush Vajpayee VI-E Bronze18. Rohit Nayak VIII-E Bronze19. Divyansh Garg VI-E Bronze20. Arjun Singh Rathore VII-B Bronze21. Rajdeep Singh VIII-C Bronze22. Mohd. Arman VI-E Bronze

STAFF TRAINING UPDATEMs. Deepa Thadani (Vice-Principal) completed a fifteen-day (31 October to 13 November 2016) Professional Development Programme on 'The Opportunity of Bilingualism' conducted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Mr. Harish Sewani (PGT-Math) completed a fifteen-day (31 October to 13 November 2016) Professional Development Programme on 'Improving Math Instruction Through Feedback' conducted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Ms. Anshuma Tak (TGT) and Dr. Anukriti Pareek (PGT-History) attended a two day (17 to 18 November 2016) Training Programme for “Prospective Resource Persons' in Social Science-Class X” at Rashtriya Military School, Ajmer.

Ms. Nandini Joshi (TGT) attended a day’s (19 November 2016) seminar on “Autonomy in Education” held at Government Girls College, Ajmer.

Mr. Manash Kumar (PGT-Physics) and Dr. Charu Jain (PGT-English) attended a two-day (25 to 26 November 2016) Capacity Building Programme on “Classroom Management” at Lawrence and Mayo Public School, Kota.

Ms. Krishna Paulus (TGT) and Ms. Shivani Maheshwari (TGT) attended a four-day (23 to 26 November 2016) workshop on “Middle School Mathematics” organized by Jodo Gyan Resource Centre, Delhi.

Ms. Bhawana Bhargava (TGT) and Ms. Khyati Padiyar (TGT) attended a two-day (29 to 30 November 2016) orientation/training programme for “Prospective Resource Persons in Mathematics-Class X” at SBIOA Public School, Jaipur.

Ms. Mridula Mathur (PRT), Ms. Priyanka Nelson (PRT) and Ms. Vibha Rathore (TGT) stattended a one-day (3 December 2016) interactive session on “Empowering Teachers with 21

Century Skills”, organized by Orient Blackswan at Mewara Estate, Ajmer.

Ms. Baljeet Kaur Virdi (TGT) and Ms. Anupuma Chaurasia (PGT-Biology) attended a one-day (17 December 2016) Capacity Building Programme on “Gender Sensitivity” at Lawrence and Mayo Public School, Ajmer.Ms. Shilpa Harsha, Ms. Limsy Jaisinghani (TGT) and Supreet Kaur (PRT) attended a one-day (17 December 2016) workshop on Life Skills organized by Macmillan Education at Hotel Grand Xenia, Ajmer.

Ms. Deepika Sharma (TGT), Ms. Poonam Shrivastava (PRT) and Ms. Harpreet Kaur Joshi (TGT) attended a one-day (18 December 2016) interactive workshop on 'Latest Methodologies for Teaching' organized by Oxford University Press at Sophia Sr. Sec. School, Ajmer.

YOUNG WRITERSCinquain Poems

(It is a verse of five lines that do not rhyme. It was created by Adelaide Crapsey)

Teacher Nice, coolWriting, teaching, explainingFantastic, good, sweet, caringHappy

Paawani Sharma (IV-E)

RabbitCute, FluffyRuns, Fast, SweetIt is so softWhite

Nakshatra Goyal(IV-E)

ElephantLong TrunkWild, Big, BraveIt is a strong animalGanesha

Yashika Soni(V-E)

DreamsGood, beautiful, Happy, amazing, fantasyAchieve our goals, aimsImaginary

Rupal Bothra(V-E)

TreeGreen, thickFruits, shadow, cool airIt is a useful thingShrub

Ishika Sharma(V-E)

ChocolateColourful, tastyCool, creamy, crunchyIt gives me energyDelightful

Vranda Tyagi(V-E)

MoonLight, shineBeautiful, night, whiteThe moon is beautifulWhite

Gunika Sethi(V-E)

ParentsHelpful, kindHardworking and honestThey always motivate meFriends

Akshay Dahiya(V-E)

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My ParrotI have a little parrot,Who loves to eat carrots.He has a red beak,Which helps himTo tweetHe has green feathersAnd brown eyesWhich always shine.He calls in the morningTo wish me “Good Morning”But unfortunately one dayHe flew into the sky,After saying “Good Bye”!

Heyanshe Pant(V-C)

My New CycleI have a new cycle,A red new cycle,A brand new cycle,A new shinning cycle.

Juhi Hatuka(V-D)

I ride my cycle,Just like a cyclist rides,A trained cyclist rides,Away, away down the lane.I do not hit anyone-The people in the lane,No cyclist hits anyone,I then turn and ride home again.

The Sea, The Sky, The Moon And The StarsI got up this morning the sea was still there,So was the sky, the sea-the sky, the sea.I got up the next morning the sea was not there,But there was the moon, The moon, the starsthe moon, the stars.

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TreeIf you plant the treesYou get air and oxygen freeThe colour of the treeIs greenThey keep the city cleanThe birds make their nests on the treeAnd the comb of the honey beeMakes me feel happy.

Bhumika Methani(V-F)

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KALEIDOSCOPEGlimpses from the Exhibition 2016