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Harishree VidyalayamTerm II Newsletter- Class VI Roja

“Do the hard jobs first. The easier jobs will take care of themselves.”- Dale Carnegie

Dhanur Vaibhav

Every year we celebrate a festival called Dhanur Vaibhav for 3 days. In that children of all ages are allowed to exhibit their talent through the different art forms. This year we celebrated Dhanur Vaibhav on 17th, 18th and 19thof December 2010. I went to the Dhanur Vaibhav on the first day of the festival. I also learnt that the Chief Guest for the show was Sri M.V. Narasimhachari and Srimathi M. Vasantha Lakshmi.

As part of the inaugural note, Sumathi acharya introduced the famous flautist Sri Shashank to all of us. He introduced his co- artists to us who played the mrudhangam and violin. He then asked us interesting questions about music, like, how many different ragas are there and what are the different kinds of talas? After that he started to play a soothing tune on his flute and ended by playing a short bhajan. I really enjoyed it a lot and I am looking forward to the next years Dhanur Vaibhav. By Shri Lakshmi

Class 6A

The ISA Project

Café Lingua

Hina Matsuri

Navaratri kolu

Sometime during Navratri, the students of class 6 were taken on a field trip to a non-descript little café in Besant Nagar. The venue was hosting a Japanese Doll Display- this display is an essential part of the tableau in the Japanese Girls’ Festival called . The festival itself is celebrated in the month of March....a sort of Spring Festival...then why was it being displayed in the month of October? Because of its resemblance to our very own

.This formed the basis of the case study for the second term.

It was amazing to see how the teachers incorporated this study into the lessons in all the various subjects....reports for language development, commentaries in Hindi, Venn Diagrams, Patterns and Symmetry to facilitate analysis in Math, doll making with waste materials for Environmental Studies and the study of the Living Heritage of the two countries namely Japan and India in History.

In the process, the students learned Japanese Hina Matsuri songs and penned their own songs in Tamil; they learned about Japanese cuisine and tried out a few traditional Navaratri recipes too.

“I’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”- W Somerset Maugham

Christmas Carnival

Nokia, Aircel, Naturals Spa&Salon, Naidu Hall and Cadbury’s

“...a little loving, a little giving..makes the world a better place”.

A new tradition was introduced into HSV this December- the CCC- Charity Christmas Carnival. This was held on 11th of December 2010 and was nothing less than a resounding success- initiated by the school administration, developed by the able parent body of HSV and enjoyed by the entire HSV family.

A minor delay in confirming the date of the event caused a major shock for the volunteers, but as the days crept by things took shape- Raffle prizes from

got the ball in motion. Parents volunteered to put up, as well as sponsor food and game stalls. Other interesting attractions like bal loon-shooting/sculpt ing, pottery etc. completed the Carnival atmosphere. Some enthusiastic parents put up hobby and gift stalls too. By far the best attraction especially for the very young ones was the Pony Ride.There was nothing else that one could ask for.

The proceeds from the carnival were donated to Avvai Home. HSV came together and proved once more that

6 A- Class Assembly

The Senior school has a tradition of allowing a particular class to make a group presentation on a given Friday. This is particularly to give the students an opportunity to showcase their talents including, selecting suitable themes and programs, organizing and collaborating and coming together to put up a show that both friends and teachers will be proud of.

Class 6 Roja rose to the occasion and came out with flying colours. They selected “Entertainment” as their theme - the entire program was based on popular TV shows. They included News, Songs, commercials, jokes and riddles. The parody of the “Blackberry Boys” commercial was a super hit and won applause from the audience. The concluding song “We shall overcome...” which was sung by the whole class displayed the class’s team-spirit.

Well Done Roja!

“High rise buildings”- A perspective drawing in pencil by Aditya Kidambi

STUMBLING STONE WORSHIPPED

There was a Tea shop in a small village called Murungapakkam at Pondicherry, and Murugan was

the Shopkeeper who was happily counting his cash everyday. His customers complained everyday

to him, not about the quality of Tea, but it was about a big stone in front of his shop entrance which

hurt almost everyone. Whenever the Customers complained Murugan would sit, upset atleast for

an hour.

One day a cyclist called Ram from the neighbouring village came to the Tea shop and enquired as to

why the Shopkeeper was looking so upset. Murugan said that the Stone in front of the Shop was

spoiling his business. Ram sat for a while and looked at the Stone and asked if the stone could be

loaded on his bicycle carrier. Ram went away with the stone on his bicycle.

Next day Ram came with a statue of Lord Ganesha on his bicycle carrier and crossed the tea shop.

Since the shopkeeper liked the statue at the first sight, he asked Ram if the statue was for sale. Ram

said that the cost of the statue costed Rs.100 and would give it to the Shopkeeper, if he was interested.

The shopkeeper bought the statue for Rs.100.

Ram went home happily and gave his mother Rs.100. Ram's mother enquired how did he got the

money. Ram said, he had taken a stone from the Tea shop and asked a sculptor to make a statue out of

it and paid him Rs.50. He then sold the same stone as a statue to the shopkeeper. Ram said that he

had made a profit of Rs.50 by just seeing shape of God instead of looking at the stone as a stumbling

block.

The Shopkeeper too was happy since the stone had been removed and he was happy offering prayers

to the new Statue of Ganesha.

Let's find out who is SKILLED & SMART, and WHO WAITS FOR PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED and

also think WHY we say so ?

-

V AROUL DJODY F/O. A. KIRANSHANTH, VI STD ROJA

A Reader's Review

The Book's name: The Blue umbrella Author: Ruskin Bond

This story is about Binya, a little girl who loves adventure. She is an ordinary village cowherd who lives on the mountains of Mussoorie. She has a small good luck pendant which is a tiger's claw. She wears it wherever she goes. One day, she is as usual herding the cows early in the morning, when a young woman who has come to tour Mussoorie along with her family suddenly sees the charm that Binya is wearing, and longs to make it her own. So she goes to Binya and asks her if she can have the pendant. Binya thinks and suddenly sees that the lady is holding a pretty blue umbrella. Binya points at the umbrella, gesturing that she is offering to trade her pendant for the umbrella. At this, the lady happily gives her umbrella and takes the charm. And thus begins the exciting adventures of Binya and her “Blue Umbrella”…..

I like this book because, the descriptive style that Ruskin Bond uses brings out life in the mountains. Detailed descriptions of the characters makes them lifelike. Anybody who likes stories with a tinge of Indian flavour will certainly enjoy this story!!!!!

By Sanjana Suresh Class 6 A

EDITOR’S NOTE

It was an interesting term that went by. Children’s Day came as a big surprise to the kids with almost all the teachers sharing stage space and putting up an entertainment program. Another edition of Dhanur Vaibhav in collaboration with students of Kalakshetra happened. It was nothing short of a celebration of the arts;.A friend said to me that being a teacher was not easy as students these days are very demanding- every class has to be planned with an introduction, a crescendo and a closing- nearly like a Broadway Production. Every class has to be inspiring lest the students get “bored”.Well the students of HSV need look no furthur for inspiration- they have such talented teachers to emulate. Kudos to all the teachers!!The X’mas Carnival was a nice initiative. The parents who helped organize the event had a whale of a time doing so. We are looking forward to putting our heads together for the Talent Day as well!!