National Public School, Banashankari

CONTENTS Principal‟s Message Pg.1

Editor‟s Message Pg.1

Upcoming Events Pg.1

Lilliputians Pg.2

Montessori News Pg .2

Kindergarten News Pg .2

Kaleidoscope Pg. 3

Free Thoughts Pg. 4

Upcoming Events Under 16 KSCA Cricket

Tournament

PTM

CCA Group Dance

Inter-school DHiE

Competition

Teachers-in-charge Sreelakshmi S. Nair

Anupama Tiwari

Editorial Board Sunanda Dey

Kusuma M.

Smitha U

Editor Sandhya Mohan

Technical Coordinator Sangeetha P

Student Editors Shafeeq Ahmed X B

Akshay Anand IX A

Sankeerthana IX A

Anagha IX B

Suchitha Lathe IX B

ISSUE 1 Vol 4 2017-18

CASCADE ISSUE 1 Vol-4

from the principal’s desk

from the editor’s desk

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, or the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty, is

the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear

weapons, leading towards their total elimination was passed on 7 July 2017. It contains

prohibitions against the development, testing, production, stockpiling, transfer, use and

threat of use of nuclear weapons".

According to a mandate adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December

2016, negotiations on the treaty began in the United Nations in March 2017 and continued

from 15th

June to 7th

July 2017. In the vote on the treaty text, 122 were in favour. One voted

against Netherland, one abstained from Singapore, and 69 did not participate. None of the

nuclear weapon states, and NATO members, except the Netherlands participated.

Shafeeq Ahmed X B

Life is action

In our journey of learning, we at National Public School, Banashankari, are pleased to bring out the first edition of Cascade, our newsletter for 2017-2018. Our main aim is to open the windows for the students to the outside world and provide an environment to think creatively. We also try to equip students to respond to life’s challenges in this competitive world with confidence and a centered mind. Mental and emotional balance of a high degree has to be developed from a very young age. As every year goes by there is a greater zeal within us to keep up with the challenges in imparting quality education to the children who are under our care.

Let us enjoy reading this newsletter, brought out by the students of Grade X, XI and XII, which will take us all through the steps of beauty and inquisitiveness.

Sreelakshmi S. Nair

The new academic year has already begun. I hope you have started the year with renewed

vigour with the desire to outshine the past achievements.

A sea of change has been introduced by CBSE into the assessment pattern. Change causes

anxiety and discomfort. The reason for this is because we want to maintain our statusquo,

live in our comfort zone. But remember “Change is the rule of life”. It is the norm and not

the exception.

With good change management, planning and methodology, you students can achieve your

goals. So do not give excuses for under performance. Believe in yourself. Believe that you

are responsible for changing your attitude and behavior. Do not give in to the temptation of

procrastination. Change yourself and build a beautiful future that you and we will be proud

of.

The students’ editor

Skit – The Dear Departed

CASCADE LILIPUTIANS PAGE 2 OF 4

Playgroup The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”. A new journey has started at

National Public School, Banashankari as Toddlers have joined the kindergarten family.

Here they will grow to their full bloom with the care and nurturing of the teacher.

Prekg Just the colour “red” makes us smile

Children observed 04/07/17 day as „RED DAY‟ …. They were dressed in red and the

classrooms too were decorated in red.

KINDERGARTEN news

Achala B - X A

Page 2 of 3

LKG CONNECTING CHILDREN TO NATURE

The World Environment Day was celebrated earnestly by kindergarten children. This

awareness was emphasised among children to discourage cutting of trees and to save them.

They spread the message, “Join the race to make the earth a better place”.

UKG WORLD OF SHAPEs

Puppetry is a great way to capture the attention of the children and a great tool to trigger

the creativity of young minds. Pertaining to the theme- „Shapes‟, the children were involved

in making puppets from cut-outs of different shapes.

Montessori 1st year children started their first day on 05/06/17. They walked in with mixed

feelings, accompanied by their parents. They started working with the preliminary materials

and felt comfortable with the environment.

Montessori 2nd

and 3rd

year children came back to the school after their rejuvenating

vacation full of enthusiasm on 12th

of June 2017. They were delighted to see their friends,

and their teachers. They started the session with revision of the old portions and then

gradually worked with new materials and written work.

.

Abhay B K

Adithya Memon

Sumedh G

Towering High!!!

I know all the colours

Colouring is fun…

Montessori news

Learning to write…

Abhay B K - X B

Sumedh G - X A

Adithya Menon - X B

Colouring is fun…

Nidhi R Singh - XII

CASCADE Kaleidoscope PAGE 3 OF 4

teachers’ orientation Orientation for the new faculty began on Thursday, 18

th May, 2017. It started with a warm

welcome to all the new teachers, followed by games and self-introduction. Tiny drops of water

make a mighty ocean. We, the new faculty from different streams got an opportunity to work in

this mighty ocean of NPS. As part of teacher‟s orientation we learnt how to become a

successful role model at NPS. All the presentations by our esteemed Principal Madam Grace

C.D. helped us relive this profession with a bigger dimension. We hope that this academic

session, will be full of enriching experiences for the entire new faculty. The orientation came to

an end with a grand valedictory function held on Wednesday, 31.05.2017. The new teachers

exhibited their talents and promised to continue with their good show at NPS, Banashankari.

Investiture Ceremony The investiture ceremony for this academic year was held on June 30 at the school premises.

Mrs. Madhumathi Damodharan, Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya, M G Railway Colony, graced

the occasion as the Chief Guest. The Chief Guest and our Principal Grace C. D. decorated the

badge holders with sashes and flags. Mrs. Madhumathi Damodharan, in her speech, highlighted

the importance of leadership and discipline. She emphasized on keeping the school‟s flag flying

high through constant pursuit of excellence in all spheres of life. A novel introduction into the

Student Council, a brain child of our Principal Madam, was the enigmatic „Traffic Marshal‟ – a

need of the hour. They were also decorated with sashes. The Principal then administered the

oath of office to all the newly elected members of the School Council.

FOUNDATION DAY NPS Banashankari celebrated 28

th June, as Foundation Day. The programme started with the

Assembly, presented by the students of class IX A. After the welcome address, the programme

continued with a melodious invocation song, sung by the junior choir group. An eye catching

dance and a hilarious skit were performed by the students of Grade X. The highlight of the

programme was the release of “Illume”, the prestigious school magazine for the year, 2016. The

event ended with the vote of thanks.

Parent Orientation Our Principal Ms. Grace C.D. conducted an orientation programme for Grades 3 to 10 students

and parents. This was conducted to sensitize them about the revised mode of examination of

CBSE 2017 – 18. The Principal explained the new examination pattern. She motivated students

to study well, encouraged them to not only focus on their academics but also to take part in the

co-curricular activities. She told them how to balance academics without stopping their co-

curricular activities.

PTM PTM was held for Grade XII on 1

st July 2017 on 8

th July 2017 for Grades 1A, 1B, 1D, 1F. and

on 28th

July for Grades I C, I F, I G II C, E, F, III A, III D, III E, IX A, IX B, X A and X B,

Teachers discussed about the performance of the students with the parents.

Environment day Each year, World Environment Day is observed across the globe to raise awareness about the

importance of environment in our lives. It is a time to reflect on the initiatives taken to make the

world a better and safer place to live in.

Our school commemorated the special day with a special assembly programme, conducted by

the senior students to emphasize the importance of saving our environment. The senior choir

group sent across the message through a melodious song called „Mother Nature needs us‟.

Students of Grade XI and XII presented a humorous skit with an underlying strong message,

“avoid plastic bags and choose eco-friendly bags”.

Students of grades VIII to XI had the wonderful opportunity of listening to an eminent

environmental scientist Dr. Harish Bhat on the topic „Nurture Nature for the future‟.

Le Musée de Louvre

Le Louvre est un musée à Paris et il est le

plus grand musée dans le monde. Il attire

beaucoup de visiteurs chaque année. Dans

l'année 2016, I'll y avait 7.4 million des

visiteurs. Il est bien connu pour sa

collection des objects d'art. La peinture plus

connu dans le musée est la Jaconde ("The

Mona Lisa" en anglais) par Léonardo da

Vinci. Il y a nombreux des statues dans le

Louvre. M. Phillipe II construit un château

où le musée est se situé. Puis, le roi Charles

V a converte ce château comme son palais.

Le roi Henry IV a construit la Grande

Galerie, près du Louvre. Il est construit au

burd de la Seine. Ce musée est très

interessant et l'histoire du musée aussi.

Ashish Kulkarni, X A

CASCADE Free thoughts PAGE 4 OF 4

COSMOLOGY – THE BEAUTY OF UNIVERSE

Cosmology is the very study of universe.

It deals with the existence, expansion and

the creation of the universe. The Big Bang

Theory is known as a major factor for the

formation of the universe.

Humanity‟s understanding of the universe

has evolved through the ages. First, people

regarded Earth as a dominant planet

assuming all the other planets revolved

around it, but then came along Nicolaus

Copernicus who suggested that the Sun was

in the centre and all the other planets

revolved around it. Then Issac Newton

introduced the world to gravity suggesting

that it is a binding covenant that held the

planets together. Later on, Albert Einstein

proposed his idea of uniting the space and

time as one and calling, the “Space Time

Continuum “. While the scientists debated

whether our galaxy was the only galaxy

Edwin Hubble discovered the existence of

multiple galaxies by discovering a nebula

that was outside the Milky Way.

In the recent times a famous cosmologist

Stephen Hawking has reached the

conclusion that the universe is not infinite.

It in fact has a definite shape. However, we

would not find any boundary. This is

similar to Earth, though it has a definite

shape, we would never reach an end point,

and rather we would be circling. Stephen

Hawking also concluded that the universe

would not continue forever and will

eventually reach its end.

Sanjana B X A

Truth beyond the Eyes

Do not look in that mirror

Where the reflection tells lies,

Do not make the error

And succumb to stereotypes.

You are strong, you are smart

Being a queen is a diva's goal,

Any doubts in you, rip them apart.

Do not let shallow minds swallow you

whole.

Some patriarchs may not let you perform

But let them know it's the quiet before the

storm,

O heavy lightness! Perfection is a disease

and a bluff

But you're a lady, and that's good enough.

Sahana Sadanand, XI

Math facts The spiral shape of a

sunflower follows the

Fibonacci sequence.

The most popular number is 7.

Any two opposite sides of a

dice when added is 7.

A pizza with radius “z” and

height “a” has volume Pi

*z*z*a

Magic number 9: Multiply any

number with nine then the

sum of all the digits = 9 or its

multiple.

Four is the only number which

has the same number of letters

as the number.

Aishwarya Sadanandan XI

Amazing Sports Facts.. Boxing legend Rocky

Marciano invented the fax

machine.

It is customary for jockeys to

be paid in coins, no matter

how large their winnings.

If Michael Phelps were a

country, he‟d rank # 35 on the

all-time Olympic gold medal

list, ahead of 97 nations.

Early basketball games used

soccer balls (1891–1950s).

Players would rub coal dust

on their hands to grip the ball

better.

A warm basketball is

bouncier than a cold one

because the molecules in the

warm ball hit its inside

surface at a higher speed.

The longest game in NBA

history occurred on 6th Jan,

1951. The Indianapolis

Olympians beat the Rochester

Royals 75–73 in six

overtimes. Rubian Christadas, X B

पययावरणम

ऄसमयत पररतः ययनन पञचमहयभतयनन सनतत तषयम

समवययः एव पररसरः ऄथवय पययावरणम आनत

पदन वयवनियत। आतयकत मनषयो यतर ननवसनत,

यत खयदनत, यत वसतर धयरयनत, यजजल नपबनत

यसय पवनसय सवन करोनत ततसव पययावरणम

आनत शबदनयनभधीयत। ऄधनय पययावरणसय

समसयय न कवल भयरतसय ऄनपत समसतनवशवसय

समसयय वतात। यजजल यञच वययः ऄदय उपलभयत,

ततसव मनलन दनषत च दषयत ऄथवय भयरतसय

रयजधयनी ऄनसत। पययावरणम पशयतत। भयरतसय

रयजयष ऄतयतमम ऄनसत।

ऄतः परदषण ननवयया पययावरणसय रकषणमव

ऄसमयक अदय कतावयम।

पयरल. नप, X B

“ಪರಸರ ಸಂರಕಷಣ ನಮಮಲಲರ ಹೊಣ”

ಭೂಮಯ ಮೇಲ ಹಷಮಹಡುತತರು ನಮಗ ಷುತಲು ಇರು ನೇರನ ತಹಣಗಳು .ಪವು ,ಪಕಷ ,ಕರರಮ ,

ಕರೇಟಗಳು .ಗಹಳ ,ಆಕಹವ ಮುುಂತಹದ ಪರಷರ . ಮನುಶಯ ಸಹಾರಥಕಹಾಗ ,ತನನ ಷುಖಕಹಾಗ ತಹನು ಮಹಡು ಕಹಯಥಗಳುಂದ ಪರಷರ ನಹವಹಗುತತದ .

ಅದರ ಪರಣಹಮ ಮಹನ ಹಹಗೂ ಇತರ ಜೇವಗಳ ಮೇಲ ಆಗುತತದ .ಹೇಗಹಗ ಪರಷರನುನ

ಷುಂರಕಷಷುುದು ಬಸಳ ಮುಖಯ .ಜೇವಗಳಗ ಅತಯಗತಯಹದುದು ನೇರು .ವುದಧಹದ ನೇರು

ಕಲುಷತಹಗುತತದ .ಕಹರಹಥನಗಳುಂದ ಕುಲಷತಹದ ನೇರು ನದಗಳಗ ಸೇರದುಂತ ಮಹಡಬೇಕು .ನೇರನನ ುು

ವುದಧೇಕರಷಬೇಕು .ಇುಂಗುದಹಣಗಳನುನ ನಮಥಸ ಅುಂತರಥಲ ಹಚಚಷಬೇಕು .ಹಯುಮಹಲನಯಕಾ ಕಹರಣಹಗು ಕಹರಹಥನಗಳ ಹೂಗಯನುನ ರಹಸಹಯನಕ ಮುಕಹಗಷಬೇಕು .ಕಕಥವಹದ ಸುಹರನ ,ಸಡಮದುು ,ಯುಂತರಗಳ ಷದುು ,

ಕಹರಹಥನಗಲ ಸೈರನ ,ಹಸನಗಳ ವಬುಗಳನುನ ಕಡಮ ಮಹಡುುದರುಂದ ವಬುಮಹಲನಯನುನ ತಡಗಟಟಬಸುದು .

ಭೂಮಹಲನಯನುನ ತಡಗಟಟಲು ಮೂಲಹಗ ಪಹಾಸಟಕರನ ಬಳಕಯನುನ ಪೂಣಥಹಗ ನಲಾಷಬೇಕು .ಕಷಗಳನುನ

ಷುಂಷಾರಷಬೇಕು .ಮರಗಡಗಳನುನ ವವೇಶಹಗ ಬಳಸ ಷುಂರಕಷಷಬುೇಕು .ನಮಮ ಪರಷರನುನ ರಕಷಷುುದರ

ಜೂತಗ ಪಹರಣ ಪಕಷಗಳನೂನ ಕಹಪಹಡಬೇಕು .ಪರಷರ ರಕಷಣಯೇ ಜೇವಗಳ ರಕಷಣ .ಪರಷರ ಮಹಲನಯ

ವವಾನಹವದ ಮೂಲ .ಜೇವಗಳ ಅಳು ಅರ ಉಳು ಇದರ ಆಯಾ ನಮಮ ಮುುಂದದ.

ದಯಹುಂತ, 9 ನೇ ತರಗತತ‘ ,ಬ ’ವಭಹಗ

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