DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL GHAZIABAD

INTERNATIONAL

SEPTEMBER 2018

CLASS V LOTUS ASSEMBLY Students of class V Lotus conducted a special assembly on Janmashtami and Teacher’s Day which

started with "Sarv Dharam Prarthana and English prayer. They presented the thought of the day,

vocabulary word and current news followed by a short G.K Quiz. They also presented a melodious song

on Janmashtami and highlighted the importance of Teacher’s day through a speech on importance of teachers in our lives. The assembly concluded with the National Anthem.

ADJECTIVES

Students of grade 4 Lotus did an activity on ‘Adjectives’ in an effort to learn the effective use of Adjectives. They created a tree of adjectives and made a pictorial representation with adjectives. It was

an exciting experience for them.

SARVANAAMA Students of grade 4 lotus actively engaged in the learning of Sarvanaam. They worked in groups,

discussing the concept and also created various charts mentioning types and examples of pronoun. They

framed meaningful sentences using pronouns.

EXTEMPORE To imbibe a true spirit of learning in students and to enhance communication skills among students, an

Intra Class Extempore Competition was held for students of classes IV and V. The students picked up chits for their topics and spoke for one minute on it. They were judged on the basis of content, relevance,

confidence, clarity etc.

GRANDPARENTS’ DAY and JANAMASHTMI Students of class III put up a heart-warming presentation on the occasion of Grandparents’ Day to express their love for

them. The celebration began with the lighting of the lamp followed by the Sarv Dharma Prarthana followed by the welcome address by Principal Anita Sethi. The students presented a skit which aptly showed the unconditional love and

care the children get and how they also take care of their grandparents. This was followed by some fun games like ‘Couple

Dance’ and Run to Win’ for the guests. Starz and Class I also had their class presentation to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna on the occasion of Janamashtmi.

The tiny tots mesmerized the audience with phonics poetry and a skit on the childhood antics and incidents of Krishna with his friends. Krishna along with his friends also broke a matki of ‘maakhan’ amidst a shower of flowers.

HINDI WEEK To rekindle the love for Hindi among students, Hindi week was celebrated with great zeal. Day 1 was

celebrated with a Story telling session in STARZ, and classes 1-2 and 4-5, tried to get the Tongue Twisters right. Class 3 participated in a story telling competition where students narrated stories in

Hindi. They were judged on their expression and presentation skills as they recited Hindi stories with

actions and expressions.

On day 2 Nursery students participated ina Speaking Competition expressing their feelings for their

mothers and classes Prep to Class 3 took part in a Hindi Calligraphy Competition. Class 4 and 5 participated in Inter-house Quiz on Muhavras and pitted their skills against one another. On day 3 A

Show and Tell competition was held for STARZ students and classes 1 and 2 took part in Story Telling

competition. Class 3 recited tongue twisters and classes 4 and 5 were involved in Calligraphy

Competition. Day 4 started with Recitation Competition in STARZ and classes 1-3 were involved in a

Story session. Classes 4 and 5 were involved in Inter house Doha Vaachan competition where students recited spiritual and moral dohas of Kabir Das and Rahim.

STORY TELLING COMPETITION

1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

Class 1 Ranveer Bhanot Pavitr Garg Akaiyshaa Chaurasia

Manik Nischal

Class 2 Harnoor Singh Veer Pratap Singh Vanshika Garg

Aakhya

Class 3 Mudita Verma Tanishka Singhal Hifza

Saanvi Bathla Tejas Goel Kushagra Jain

INTER HOUSE DOHA VAACHAN COMPETITION

1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

Jia Sinha VL Ananya Garg VL Tavishi Singhal IVL Devyansh Singh VD Arnav Kedia IVL Adhyayan Aggarwal VL

Siddhant Goel IVL

Satlej house emerged as the overall winner.

HINDI CALLIGRAPHY COMPETITION 1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

Class 1 Anya Aggarwal Arsh Saifi Alisha Lijo

Class 2 Manan Srivastava Vanshika Garg Aakhya Agarwal

Aditya Kumar Class 3 Tanishka Singhal Saanvi Bathla Swastik Tyagi

Prakhar Singh Visen

Class 4 D Harshit Yadav Pawan Krishna Shraddha Sharma

Muskan Verma Naman Singhal

Class 4 L Abik Dhruv Kaushik Nikunj Agarwal Aditi Singh

Class 5 D Gurleen Kaur Lavanya Goel Pravika Jain

Class 5 L Jia Sinha Vaibhavi Shristava Adhyayan Aggarwal

Nityam Teotia

Students of class IV Daisy presented a class assembly which started with a prayer to the Almighty followed by the गायत्री

महामंत्र. followed by the word of the day, thought for the day and news headlines. A quiz on Muhavaras , doha vachan

and story- telling were also presented.

LOVE FOR MATHS

Students of class 5 Lotus engaged in various class activities to strengthen their concepts of Mathematics

and develop a better clarity regarding the factors and multiples of numbers. They also created a Venn

diagrams to understand more about common factors. They tried different numbers to identify common

factors and were able to recognize the highest common factor i.e., HCF.

MARVELLOUS MACHINES Students of Class 5 Daisy organized a Gallery walk on working models of simple machines wherein they

prepared the model of a simple machine of their choice. They presented their model and how these

machines make our day to day activities much easier and simpler!

An exhibition of simple machines was also held wherein the students looked at the amazing displayed

machines which made their concepts clearer.

PLAYING WITH NOUN

“Once the grammar has been learned, writing is simply talking on paper.”

Students of class 1 were involved in an activity to revise their concepts of Countable-

Uncountable and Singular-Plural noun. PEC activities and group work helped them to

learn from each other and also develop their collaborative skills.

QUIZ TIME An Inter House General Knowledge Quiz was organized for grade I-III. The quiz was conducted in four

rounds namely visual round, buzzer round, One-minute round and the final timer round. The students

pitted their skills against won another and learnt from each other.

TEACHERS DAY AND HANDWASH DAY WEEK STARZ

Teachers’ day and Swachta Pakhwada was celebrated for Starz students with different activities. The

tiny tots celebrated Teachers day by making beautiful cards for their teachers. They also celebrated

handwash day as a part of SWACHTA PAKWADA. An audio-visual program was undertaken to

motivate the tiny tots to maintain the cleanliness and to avoid contact with germs.

INTER CLASS YOGA STARZ

Yoga forms an integral part of our school curriculum and an Inter Class Yoga Competition was held in

Starz to develop their Gross motor skills

The students performed various Asanas like Suryanamskar, Ushtrasana, Padmasana, Tadasana and

Vijrasana with ease and perfection.

1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

Nursery Urvi Singh Anant Agarwal

Salin Hussain Prep Samarth Agarwal Sanchi Raagavi

Anusha Dixit Aadhya

EDUCATIONAL VISIT TO OPULENT MALL To give an exposure to real life usage of money and budgeting, students of class IV visited the ‘Opulent

Mall- Ghaziabad’. The visit played an important role in educating our learners in a practical and

interesting manner. Students were divided into groups to buy things and were able to utilize money very

well. This visit provided each student with a new experience outside their everyday activities.

ROLE PLAY

Students of class III participated in a Role play on the Solar System. Students conducted their research

work on astronauts, constellation and zodiac signs. They collected data by recording the changing phase of the moon and understood the concepts of new moon, crescent and full moon. They also demonstrated

rotation and revolution after which a quiz was conducted to assess their knowledge.

INTRODUCING LETTERS Students of class 2 learnt the process of sending messages via letters under the theme ‘HOW WE

EXPRESS OURSELVES’. They watched a video to learn about the duties of a postman and how letters

travel. They also learnt to make envelopes and address them with pin code etc.

ENJOYING MATHS

“The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.” Said by Paul Halmos.

Keeping this objective in mind, an activity on Numbers was conducted in Grade 1 where students

presented different concepts of Numbers like number names, less than, more than, place value and skip

counting through flowers. They also made an abacus to show their understanding of place value with ice

cream sticks and bindis.

ORANGE DAY WEEK STARZ

Colours are the smiles of the nature, so is the colour ORANGE. Starz students participated in different activities designed to challenge their thinking and develop their

understanding of the Orange colour. On day1 the tiny tots learnt the spelling of Orange and a rhyme on

it. On day 2 Children watched the movie of THE STORY OF TIBETAN. On day 3 Children participated

in a kitchen activity in which they made orange tang and got the take away of orange colour carrots. On

day 4 Our little ones came dressed up in vibrant shades orange and learnt the health benefits of the fruit.

GEOMETRY

“Mathematics is not only about numbers, equations, computation , or algorithms ; it is also about

Understanding.” said by William Paul Thurston.

Keeping this objective in mind an activity on Geometry was conducted in Grade 5 where the students

presented different concepts of Geometry like lines , angles, circle and its parts through role play. They

presented these concepts through body, charts, songs and by taking the role of a facilitator.

SPECIAL HOUSES “House is built with bricks and beams, home is built with love and dreams.”

Class 1 explored the idea of houses in their theme – Where We Are in Place and Time. After learning

about Kutcha and Pucca houses, they went on to learn about Special Houses such as Tent, Igloo, Tree

house, House boat etc. They watched videos and PPT and later presented their special houses using models and pictures. They highlighted where the houses are found, what they are made up of and other

special features.

HINDI WEEK - STARZ Hindi Week was celebrated in STARZ to highlight the importance of Hindi. An array of events were conducted with the motive to enhance the language skills and make learning more enjoyable. On day 1

the tiny tots had story telling session after which they were given a beautiful angel and axe as a take

away. On day 2 they had a Hindi speaking competition on My Mother where they spoke few lines on

their mother and also had a Calligraphy Competition.

On day 3 Our tiny tots had a Show and Tell activity in which they were given some objects to describe. On day 4 they had Hindi Rhyme Recitation Competition where our tiny tots recited very beautiful

rhymes with props. On day 5 Our tiny tots enjoyed speaking Tongue Twisters.

HINDI SPEAKING COMPETITION

1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position Nursery Rudraksh Narwal Anant Agarwal Salim Hussain

Prep Anusha Dixit Ayaan Srivastav Sanchi Chaudhary

RHYME RECITATION COMPETITION

1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

Nursery Rudraksh Narwal Anant Agarwal Prep Raagavi Chauhan Anusha Dixit Aadhya

Samarth Agarwal

GANESH CHATURTI

The significance of Ganesh Chaturthi was shared with our tiny tots and they made very beautiful idols

of Ganesh ji with thermocole and glass.

EXPLORE SPACE

Students of class 3 learnt how technology has changed to understand the solar system. They made paper

rockets, satellites, telescopes and periscopes and shared the hands on experience of teacher through an album of Kennedy Space Centre. At the end of the theme they reflected on their learning and a Quiz

was also conducted to check their knowledge.

WHITE COLOUR WEEK - STARZ.

White colour indicates peace and symbolizes purity. Starz students participated in different activities to

identify and understand the importance of White colour. On day 1 Tiny tots had Rhyme Time in which

they recited the rhyme of white colour. They also learnt the spelling of white. On day 2 they had a story

session where they enjoyed the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. On day 3 in the kitchen

activity they learnt how to make coconut laddus and on

day 4 they participated in a cotton pasting activity. On day 5 Our tiny tots came in beautiful white

outfits and made White Dogs with thermocol glass.

CLUBS – JOY OF LEARNING

The school believes in overall development of the kids and therefore gives them a range of Club options

to choose from – Dramatics, Music, Community Connect, STEM, Zumba, Western Dance, Indian Dance,

Debate, Sculpture, Flameless Cooking, Best Out of Waste etc. In Dramatics club, students learnt to act

like their favourite cartoon character, in music they learnt various cords on guitar. Making environment

friendly paper bags and Each one-Teach one was the task undertaken by Community Connect Club.

The students in STEM learnt about Magnetic separations and they developed clarity on shapes through

a field trip. In Western dance and Indian dance, students learnt various steps and expressions while

through Zumba, students enjoy exercises in the form of dance with music. Debate Club organized a

debate competition for the students for classes IV and V on Should cell phones be allowed in school’ .

Students trying their hand in sculpture learnt to create relief work using frames and create moulds and

patterns. Students learnt to make creative pots, flowers, beautifying dustbins, pen holders and paintings

using glue and foil paper in the Best Out of Waste Club. Students also learnt various recipes and made

yummy dishes like sandwiches, pasta salad, bhelpuri and sprouts in the Flameless Cooking club. This can

prove to be a platform for them later in life to explore career possibilities.

ALL INDIA ASTEROID SEARCH CAMPAIGN

Our students Yashwin Pant and Jai Khurana of class X participated in ALL INDIA ASTEROID SEARCH CAMPAIGN

(AIASC), one of the most prominent programs conducted by SPACE India in collaboration with International

Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC, Hardin-Simmons University, Texas, USA). They made twelve provisional

discoveries of asteroids and were awarded certificates in recognition of their discoveries.

BEYOND HORIZONS – A CLASS IX PRESENTATION

DPSG International once again highlighted the social issues of gender bias and equality of opportunity through the Class

IX Annual presentation. They presented a skit highlighting the biased attitude of society towards girls and the need to

change our perspective. The lighting of the lamp was followed by an inspirational song by the students. Scholar badges

for session 2017-18 were also presented to meritorious students in the presence of their parents. Speaking on the occasion

principal Anita Sethi congratulated the scholars and urged the other students to put in more efforts.

The vote of thanks was proposed by secondary wing coordinator Rekha Guleria.

HINDI WEEK

The Hindi week was celebrated to encourage students to respect and love their mother tongue.

The week commenced with an Inter Class Slogan Writing Competition for classes VI –IX.

A ‘Hindi Kavita Vachan’ Competition for classes VI-VIII was also held along with a debate for class IX-XII on Caste based

Reservation prevalent in our country. The culmination of the week was an Inter House Skit Competition where students

showed their acting skills by presenting eye opening skits on ‘Swachchhata Abhiyan’ & ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’.

INTER CLASS SLOGAN WRITING 1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position Class VI Aditi Shreya Yadav Riya

Nishty Agarwal Class VII Maanvi Chauhan Diya Raghav Anushka Upparwal

Saanvi Niyati Mittal

Vardan Chauhan Class VIII Ayana Gupta Ananya Saxena Ishi Verma

Anwesha Jain Class IX Deepal Kalsi Aditi Awasthi Priyanshi Vats

Anandita Bhartiya

INTER HOUSE KAVITA VACHAN 1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

Mohit Tiwari Aditri Narula Divya Sharma (Cauvery House) Soumika Agarwal (Yamuna House)

(Satlej House) Anandita Bhartiya (Ganga House)

INTER HOUSE DEBATE 1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position Jeevanshi Tyagi Alishba Anis Varan Agarwal

(Ganga House) (Satlej House)

Aditi Bindal Khushbu Chaudhary (Satlej House) (Cauvery House)

INTER HOUSE SKIT COMPETITION 1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position

Satlej House Yamuna House Ganga House Cauvery House

MATHEMATICS WORKSHOP

“Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things “Henry Poincare”

The school in association with the Russian Embassy organized a workshop on International On-Line Mathematics exams

which would encourage the students to learn at their own pace, based on their level of knowledge both in school and at

home. The fun and interactive tasks of the exam are designed in a child-friendly game form which allow the students to

think out of the box.

Over 1 million students of the primary schools of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and India will participate in the

competitions which was officially launched on July 25, 2018 with the support of the Embassy of Russia and the Russian

Centre of Science and Culture. The purpose of the BRICSMATH.COM competition is to unite children of the BRICS

countries in a Mathematical contest, and develop logical thinking and increase interest in the exact sciences.

TEACHERS’ DAY CELEBRATIONS

Citations, games, dances and fun marked the Teachers’ Day celebrations at DPSG International. The students presented

songs, dances, a skit and a heart touching speech to honour their mentors and teachers. On a lighter note, students also

organized some fun games for the teachers. Principal Anita Sethi wished all the teachers on the occasion and blessed the

students for the efforts they put in to make the day special for the teachers.