From the Principal’s Desk

Along the road of life, you make many choices. The choices will range from the trivial to the

crucial. What you choose will determine the kind of person you will become later. Your choices will

shape your life. As you grow older, you will have the freedom to make choices about more important

matters such as how you will study, how honest you will be and what matters the most in your life. This

freedom to choose carries responsibility. So it is important to choose not only what is beneficial to you

but also what is advantageous to those around you. Choices require careful thought because they can

affect other people as well. Your choices also reflect your priorities and your value system. Like any

other skill in life, making wise choices requires practice. Everyone makes mistakes, but they become

better at picking the wiser options next time. It is good to take advice when in doubt and learn from past

mistakes. As years pass by and you slowly grow up, your canvas of life continues to expand and your

choices continue to grow as well; you prepare to fill your world with colours of your choice, colours

which eventually shape the pictures of your life. To put it simply your choices create circumstances

which shape the quality of your life. The quality of your life depends on how you deal with these difficult

situations: do you allow them to control you or do you choose to control them? If you allow them to

own you, it will be a tough task to find your true character but, if you take onus for your life situations,

then a challenge will become an adventure. Hence the need to discipline your mind, to set your own

boundaries, to be your own watchman.

Abraham Enoch.

Principal (WSJC)

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It is the innate nature of children to question. They are curious and want to know how the world works

around them. We as adults need to take this opportunity and convert it into a lesson on critical thinking

skills. Developing critical thinking skills in early age through questioning and counter questioning help

children find solutions to their everyday problems. As parents encourage children to analyze and

evaluate situations around them, the core of critical thinking is being responsive to information and not

just accepting it. Below are listed some tips which I picked up from an interesting article on thinking

skills:

Observe and draw conclusions.

WENDY TIMES

News Letter 4 November 2014

• When children begin to make detailed observations about objects or information, they are then able

to draw conclusions or make judgments based on those observations.

• When a child asks the question -Why?.... Respond with - Why do you think? To encourage the child to

draw his or her own conclusions.

• This is the beginning of scientific observation skills that will be useful and necessary throughout life.

Compare and contrast items and topics.

• This allows children to tell the ways things are similar and different and helps them analyze and

categorize information.

• A simple example of this activity is to have children compare and contrast an apple and an orange.

Allow them to describe all the ways they are similar and different.

• Comparing and contrasting stories is another way to encourage critical thinking. Children are analyzing

characters, settings, plot and other story elements when they list the way stories are the same and

different.

Discuss and analyze stories.

• Have children retell a story you have read in their own words. This encourages them to summarize the

main ideas of the story instead of just responding to specific questions with facts.

• Ask questions that do not have direct answers in the story. This makes the children infer and draw

their own conclusions based on their understanding of the story. Ask the children to analyze character

and setting elements in the story. This is a good opportunity to have the child compare and contrast

within the story and outside of the story.

• Have the children relate the story to their own lives or outside events. This is the beginning important

critical thinking skill called synthesizing, where children begin to use the information in new ways and

apply it to different ideas. Provide stories without conclusions.

• Telling a story without an ending and asking the children to finish the story is another way to

encourage critical thinking skills such as synthesis. The children must take the information from the story

and creatively compile it, draw conclusions and come up with their own ending.

• This can also be done by asking a child “What do you think happened next?” on a familiar story that

does have an ending, such as a fairy tale. Therefore, encouraging children to think critically will prepare

them to judge situations in life with a balanced approach, hence, enable them to think for themselves

and review circumstances correctly before taking any action.

- Jyotsana Angre

Principal (WNS)

Nov 1, 2014

Madhya Pradesh Founder’s Day

On November 1, 2014 MP founder’s Day was celebrated in Gwalior, Along with other schools our

students also participated in the event. Our students performed on a mime act on the quote”

Say no Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco. The Ministers and the Collector of the city admired the

performance.

Nov 3, 2014

Visit to Sun City (Class Play Group to Grade V)

Students from Class Play Group to Grade V along with their teachers visited Sun City

Amusement Park they enjoyed various ride and had yummy snacks to eat. It was a memorable

moment for them.

Nov 3, 2014

Visit to Orchha

Orchha is a town in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The town was

established by Maharaja Rudra Pratap Singh in 1501.Students from Grade VI to XII had gone

for an Educational trip. The trip was very educative and exciting one.

Nov 7, 2014

Bipin Chandra Pal Jayanti

On the occasion of Bipin Chandra Pal Jayanti a speech competition was arranged in the school

and the students from Grade II onwards expressed their views.

Grade Section Name of the Student II A Tanmaya Sharma ( I) Kamakhya Ahuja ( II) Divyanshu ( III) II B Nirupam Gurjar ( I) Antima Bansal (II) Harshita Nigam( III) III A Anuj Kirar (I) Koena Bhalla( II) Yashika Shivhare ( III) III B Ashmita Bansal ( I) Divyanshi Shrivastava( II) Achal Shrivastava ( III) IV B Mahim Agarwal ( I)

Jayati Singh ( II) Anshika( III) V A Aishwarya Sanghi ( I) Shreya Sinha ( II) Rishit Agrawal( III) V B Somya Agarwal( I) Riddhima Sharma ( II) Diva Sharma ( III) VI A Itisha Bansal ( I) Siddharth Deshpande ( II) Kaushiki Chourasia ( III) VI B Dev Chaudhary ( I) Aarushi Singh ( II) Himank Dhamania ( III) VII A Divyanshi Patil ( I) VII B Pushpanjali Amar Chourasia ( II) Devesh Bhargava ( II) Naman Shrivastava ( III) VIII A Vinayak Chhatrashali ( I) Manish Sharma ( II) Nandini Verma ( III) IX A Muskan Rajoria ( I) Avantika ( II) Tinkle Rajawat ( III) X A Sahil Reddy ( I) Anushka Agarwal ( II) Harsh Jain ( III) XII Aditya Sharma ( I)

Nov 7- Nov 15, 2014

Cancer Week.

Students from Class Play Group to Grade XII including the Principal and the teachers

contributed for the Cancer patients. It was very moving sight to see small hands dropping in the

charity box their contribution for the ailing people on this ailing planet.

Nov 11, 2014

Appreciation Award Ceremony.

On November 11, 2014 some students at Wendy were appreciated by the Chairman for bagging

laurels for the school not only in city but also in the state. The Chairman of the school honoured

the student and hoped that they will be an inspiring soul for their seniors as well as the juniors.

Devesh Parashar for Skating, Pushpag Shah Johari for Taekwondo and Interschool Earthquake

Winners- Abhishek Gupta, Utkarsh Shukla and Harsh Jain all were given Appreciation Award

by our Hon’ Chairman Sir, Mr. Vijay Beri.

Nov 12, 2014

Dental Medical Check up

On Nov 12, 2014 a group of 4 doctors came in the campus and did thorough dental and physical

check up of the students age group 2.5 years to 7 years. The doctors briefed the kids about

proper dental care and the eatables which should be eaten or should be avoided.

Nov 13, 2014- Visit to Roshini

Students of Grade VIII had gone to visit to an institute called Roshini which takes care of people

suffering from Oddism, Cerebral Palasy, Multiple disability and Mentally retarded whether

children or adult .

Nov 14, 2014

Children’s Day

On the occasion of Children’s Day students from all the classes came forward and exhibited their

Talent in “Talent Show”. They exhibited an astonishing talent which was praised by the

Principal and other staff members.

Nov 20, 2014

Science & Art Exhibition.

A Science Cum Art Exhibition was organised in the campus on Nov 20, 2014. More than 300

students participated in the exhibition and showed their talent in Science, Art, History,

Language, Maths sections. Dr. Tiwari HOD Physics department of Jiwaji University was the

Chief Guest of the Exhibition .The Chief Guest and the parents admired the talent of the

students.

Nov 21, 2014

World Television Day

1. Performance in Doordarshan.

On Nov 21, 2014 World Television Day was celebrated by the students of Wendy. 2

Dance Group, 1 Song Group and 1 Mime Act performance was done in Gwalior

Doordarshan in a program called ‘UMANG’.

2. Debate Competition ( Class VI- X)

A debate competition on the topic “Impact of Television on Human Life”. Students from

Grade VI onwards participated in the event and expressed their opinion ‘for’ and

‘against’ the statement.

Grade Section Name of the Student VI A Siddharth Deshpande ( I) Nirjar Jain ( II) Utkrisht (III) VI B Himank Dhamania ( I) Vaishnavi Shivhare ( II) Shaurya Saxena ( III) VII A Divyanshi Patil (I ) Shubhi Pandey ( II) Vaishali ( III) VII B Ansh Rathore ( I) Sona Katyal (II) Pushpanjali Chourasia( III) VIII A Vedika Singh( I) Srijal Lahariya( II) Manish Sharma( III) Sakshi Goyal( III) IX A Harshil Gupta( I) Prajwal Singh(II) Shubhangi Batra( III) Twinkle Rajawat( III) IX B Amit Kushwah( I) Aditya Goyal ( II) Muskan Sharma ( III) X A Anushka Agarwal( I) Adhiraj Sharma ( II) Ajeet Narwaria( III)

Nov 26, 2014

Student Parliament

A student parliament was organized on this occasion and it was tried to highlight the working of

Parliament. Students acted as Speaker, Prime minister, Defence minister, Finance minister,

Railway minister, H.R.D minister, External minister etc. Mr. Mukesh Gupta, renowned Criminal

Lawyer told the students the importance of constitution.

Speech Competition (Class II – Class IX)

Class Section Name of the Student II B Nirupam Gurjar ( I) Anshuman Sharma ( II) Dev Rawat ( III) III A Anuj Kirar (I) Yashika Shivhare ( II) Koena Bhalla( III) III B Anshika( I) Siddhi & Jasmine (II) Ashmita, Bhavya, Vansh, Shrey( III) IV A Yash Kamthan( I) Aditya (II) P.R.Yashvardhan( III) IV B Mahim Agarwal( I) Jayati ( II) Anshika( III) V A Manasvi ( I) Akshat ( II) Rishit Agarwal ( III) V B Niharika( I) Aroosh( II) Vedant ( III) VI A Nirjar Jain( I)

Kashish Saxena (II) Sanya Pandey (III) VI B Vaishnavi Shivhare ( I) Paresh Bhadoria ( II) Utkarsh Singh ( III) VII A Divyanshi Patil ( I) Dhruv ( II) Shubhi Pandey ( III) VII B Ansh Rathore ( I) Dewansh (II) Abhi Pandey( III) VIII A Vinayak Chhatrashali( I) Harshita ( II) Manish( III) IX A Twinkle Rajawat( I) Yashul Gupta(II) IX B Ayush ( I) Ruchir ( II) Vikas Katroliya( III)