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January 2017

WHERE LEARNING IS FOR LIFE

Trins Annual Art Exhibition

The Annual Art Exhibition was conducted on the 7th of January, 2017

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Some of the art work on display

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DANISH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

Trivandrum International School played host to 20

students and 3 teachers from Eisbjerghus

Internationale Efterskole, Denmark. The team

arrived on 18th January and returned on 27th of

January.They were welcomed with a special

assembly and the Danish students stayed at their

partners’ homes during the weekend.

An artist’s depiction of the programme by Aparna Nair

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HOOPATHON

To Commemorate 125 years of

basketball, The Kerala Basketball

Association is conducting the Mega

Kerala Hoopathon in all the districts

of Kerala. TRINS has joined this

endeavour and many of our students

participated in the Hoopathon at

school on Friday, January 20th.

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ROUND SQUARE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

As a part of Round Square activities , 6 students participated in the RS Virtual conference

hosted by Chittagong Grammar School , Bangladesh . The topic for the conference was “LESS

ME MORE WE”. 22 RS Schools participated in this virtual conference which extended for two

days.

GLOBAL ROUND SQUARE CONFERENCE

5 students from grades 6 & 7 attended the

Global Round Square Conference held at Mayo

College,Ajmer.The theme of the conference was

“Making every drop count”, focusing on

innovative solutions for efficient use of water.

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TRINS ALUMNI MEET 2016

It was an evening of excitement and nostalgia when our alumni from various years came back to the campus

on the 23rd of December. The meeting was presided by our Executive Director, Ms Sapnu and our Honorary

Director,Mr G Vijayaraghavan.

Karthik Nair of grade 8 represented Kerala state in the 4th Inter-State

South zone Cricket tournament organized by the Goa Cricket Association.

LUMINARY SPEAKERS Students of Grades 9 to12 had an enriching talk with Mr Venugopalan Nair, a qualified legal professional with more than twenty years of experience on legal matters pertaining to cyber law. Students from grades 5 - 8 had an interaction with a young scientist, Masha Nazeem, on Friday, Jan 6th. Two of her innovations were successfully tested by the Government - the Hitech Train Toilet by the Indian Railways and the Flameless seal maker in 2 polling stations by the Election Commission of India. As a part of promoting science, she has started an innovation centre in Nagarcoil for inculcating inventiveness and creativity among school students.

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EARLY YEARS SPORTS & SWIMMING MEET

The Early Years Sports & Swimming Meet was held on January 13th under the umbrella theme

of “Green World,Clean World”.

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FLOW LEADERSHIP CAMP

A three days long leadership camp was conducted in the campus for PYP students before we

closed for the Christmas break.

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The KG1 class room was converted to a mock

aircraft on Thursday. Students were dressed as

crew and passengers for a real travel experience.

They also visited the traffic park at

Shanghumugham on Friday to learn the

importance of following traffic regulations.

Grade 1 celebrated Pongal on Monday,

16th January, in connection to the unit

about cultures and traditions around the

world. Students saw pongala being made

and drew floor designs. Thanks to Ms

Janaki,Ms Kumari ,Ms Rajitha and Mr

Vijayaraghavan.

The Early Years visited the Grama Jyothi, a school for the specially abled on 15th December to spread the Christmas spirit of sharing and giving. We thank all the teachers of the Early Years of main school and City KG for planning this event.

WEEKEND FUN @ HOSTEL – A day out at Raviz ,Kollam along with formal lunch

and boat cruise.

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Feb 14th - Math Day – PYP & Middle School

Mar 9th – KG2 Graduation