Journeying Together July 2017 Vol. 13

In this Issue:

Investiture Ceremony The Vizha Sports Heats

Beyond the Classroom Daddy’s Day Out Guest Lectures

Special Assemblies Awards and Accolades Student’s Corner

Investiture Ceremony

The nail – biting elections are over. The new leaders have been chosen. Now what? It is time for

one of the most awaited moments of the year – The Investiture Ceremony. This is when the leaders

are formally entrusted with their duties. This year’s Investiture was indeed a grand and

extravagant affair. We were honoured to have with us Commodore Vijesh K Garg VSM, a naval

officer with over 1300 combat experiences. He spoke about leaders and leadership, laying

emphasis on the school’s role in fostering lifelong skills of responsibility, commitment and

dedication. The Principal also congratulated the office bearers and wished them a good and

successful year ahead.

- Rithvik Senthil, Grade X

For us, leadership is not just about the badge. It is a platform to make an impact, and inspire our

juniors. During the course of this one year, we hope to create a positive influence and spread the

passion we have into our work.

- Akhil Sunil Nair, Head Boy and Shreya Sandipta Khuntia, Head Girl

The Vizha

Chettinad Hari Shree Vidyalayam proudly hosted its fourth Annual Inter School Culturals, fully

planned, organized and executed by and for the students. Over 12 schools participated in various

events such as JAM, Block and Tackle, Gaming, Footloose, Band Wars, Fireless Cooking and

more. The chief guests, Mr. Ashok Selvan and Ms. Sakshi Agarwal, along with the Principal,

inaugurated the grand ceremony, which was also enlivened by fusion music and dance

performances by our very own students.

A live DJ and the many food courts added spark to the event. The students showcased their

multifarious talents to bag the trophies, certificates and vouchers. Cycles as prizes were given

away to participants who won the Winners Event. The overall championship was awarded to

PSBB KK Nagar.

The Vizha 2017 was an event to remember with all of us looking forward to The Vizha 2018.

- Press Coordinator and Assistant Press Coordinator

Daddy’s Day Out

Fathers took time to come to the school to give a unique experience to the students of grade II to IV

during ‘Story Time with Dad’. They narrated stories ranging from the Panchatantra, Akbar and Birbal

and Aesop’s fables to Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. This interesting platter of stories highlighted

the need to help the needy, the importance of saving the earth and also brought alive the superheroes

and characters from the Pokemon.

Inter House Events

The students from grades VI to XII had an opportunity to exhibit both their literary and cultural skills

during the inter house events. Grade VI to VIII presented a medley of western, classical and junk music.

The students of grade IX and X mimed their way in the dumb charade event, while the grade XI and XII

students quizzed on current affairs.

Junior Campus - Parent Programme

Yoga demonstration by the children and

Ms. Radhika Padmanabhan, our yoga instructor

Janaki Sabesh, media professional, actor and

story teller addressed the gathering on the

joys of storytelling.

Ms. Soundarya Ramprasad, nutritionist, shared her

valuable inputs on the importance of nutrition and

the need for a balanced diet in children

A song and poem session by Ms. Sujatha

Jaishankar, aimed at developing creative thinking

and communication skills among children

Ms. Mallika Ganapathy, special educator, held a

session on quality education

Theatre session with Mr.Karthik

Beyond the Classroom

Colours of Life

The students of Art Elective from grades X to XII and the CE students of grade VIII visited the

Korean Floral Art exhibition at InKo centre and the Art Houz Gallery.

Catch the Falling Stars

Children were transported to space during their visit to the Birla Planetarium. The planets,

stars, black holes, galaxies, space showers and meteorites gave them a hands on learning

experience. They were thrilled and excited to watch a 3D show, understand that ice rocks

were floating around Saturn and the earth is made up of gases.

Little Moments - Big Memories

At the Adyar Poonga, we saw herbs, shrubs, climbers, creepers and trees. We also saw fish, terrapin

and tortoise. We were excited to hold a terrapin and a tortoise. We saw a clipping on keeping the

earth clean. We saw so many flowers like lily, lotus, aloe vera, rose and hibiscus. We saw a honey

bee busily taking honey from the flower, going buzz buzz..... After that we played hide and seek with

our Acharyas and friends. We saw a fish jumping all around the water. We enjoyed the field trip.

Thank you Acharyas!

- S Mahilan and K Ilakkiya, Grade II

Special Assemblies

Say No to Bullying

The students of the Primary were made to

understand that bullying in any form is

wrong. The students presented plays and

ppts, besides displaying placards and

delivering a speech to convey the message.

- Students of Grade V Malligai

Food Wastage

Do you know that a huge amount of food is wasted

everyday and a billion people don’t get even a single

meal a day? These are some of the facts we learnt while

working on our assembly on Food Wastage. Our class

wanted other children to realise how much effort goes

behind a farmer’s work. He sows seeds, grows fresh

crops and finally harvests before our parents can put

our favourite meal on the plate. We sang prayers on

food and performed skits and showed ppts on food

wastage. It was a learning experience which taught us

to respect food.

- Kanika Sriram, for Grade V Mullai

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect

for others guides our manners. If you want to be

respected by others, the great thing is to respect

yourself. Our topic for the assembly ‘RESPECT’

gave us an opportunity to showcase our talent by

presenting plays, singing songs and delivering

speeches on respecting our country, school and

family.

- Students of Grade V Thamarai

Respect

Guest Lectures

Mr. P. V. Subramanyam, financial expert,

spoke on the power of compounding and the

necessity for smart investments. The topics

ranged from household finances, accounting

and banking to real income, mutual funds

and insurance.

Dr. Phanimala, cosmetic dentist and dental

surgeon, spoke to the students of grade IV on

the importance of dental hygiene, besides

showing them a presentation and video on

the anatomy of the tooth.

Mr. S K Satish Kumar, Training Manager

at YRGCARE, spoke on how AIDS is not a

disease but a judgement we have brought

upon ourselves. He briefed the students on

the disease, its prevention and treatment.

Ms. Radha Varadarjan, our Sustainability

Education consultant, spoke to students of

grade V on crops and cultivation practices,

with special emphasis on paddy cultivation.

Awards and Accolades

MUN Awards June – July

MUN Awards and Accolades

Millennium MUN, ( PSBB Millennium

School, Gerugambakkam)

Special Mentions - Anivridh Haribabu of grade XI and Vinay

Madhav S and Abhirupan V K of grade IX

Primrose MUN (PRIMROSE School,

Injambakkam)

Best Delegates - Pranav Aditya Balaji and Raghav of grade IX

Special Mention - Saketh T G of grade VIII

APL MUN

Outstanding Delegate - Samyukt Vasu of grade XI

Best Delegate - Sidhant Navin Nichani of grade XI

Special Mention - Raghav of grade IX and Varsha Babu Vatul

of grade XI

CV MUN Special Mention - Anivridh Haribabu of grade XI

Celebrating 20 years of Harry Potter at the British Council

At the Harry Potter Fan-Fiction Story

Writing Event organized by the British

Council to commemorate 20 years of Harry

Potter, Riti Sivakumar and N Harshikkha

from grade VII won the 1st & 2nd place

respectively.

SOF – Zonal/International Rank Holders for 2016-17

National Cyber Olympiad Advaith Menon and Mugil Vignesh Shanmugam (Grade VII)

Mahendra Kurup (Grade VIII)

National Science Olympiad Yoogi Kovendhan (Grade VII)

International Math Olympiad Skandakumar Karttikeyan (Grade V), Krishna Karthikeyan and

Yoogi Kovendhan (Grade VII)

International English

Olympiad

Madhurima Sriram (Grade IV), Manasa B (Grade VI), Tejas

Nageshwaran (Grade VIII)

International Sports

Knowledge Olympiad P Kishore Kumar (Grade IX)

R Anirudh Subramanian of grade XII won the

1st place in Carnatic music

Inter School Events

NPS Impressionz’ 17

Sarika Kannan, Avantika Sivakumar and Ritu

Rajesh of grade XI won the 1st place in Murder

Mystery

Srinithi Natarajan & M G Madhusri of grade XII won

the 2nd place in Tamil Debate

Sweta Chakravarthi and

Aruna Srikamakshi R of grade XI

won the second place in

the Mindcraft event

Reflections – Vidya Mandir Culturals

St. John’s Science Olympiad

Category I (Grade IV and V) - Sanjana Sindiri and Skandakumar Karttikeyan won the 1st place while

Shashank S, Tamizhinian S and Ishaan Kumar G won the 2nd place.

Category II (Grades VI and VII) - Aditya B Prakash and Mahendra Kurup were awarded 1st place,

Shrawan Gopal, Tejas Nageshwaran, Saketh T G, Tarun Ramkumar Gargeya and Advaith Menon won

the 2nd place while Sricharan, Pranav Arcot, Yoogi Kovendhan and Anika Jahnavi Sridharan won the 3rd

place.

Empowering the Educator

Dr. Gayathri, our School Advisor, addressed the staff on the

universality of consciousness which allows one to internalize

in order to give a free rein to ones’ intrinsic capabilities.

Student’s Corner

Flower! Flower! Flower!

You are beautiful

And you make the garden full,

I need you in front of me

When I have a cup of tea,

Whenever I feel bored

I go and open the door,

When I see you five growing in a row

One of you say,

I am yellow, do you know?

Then out comes the sun big and bright

And all of you smile with delight!

Namisha Mootha, Grade V

Flowers

Celebrating Justice

On the 17th of July, 1999, an international treaty, with the sole aim of establishing order and providing

justice to all the elements of society, was brought into force. This treaty, known as the ‘Rome Statute’,

was instrumental in the creation of the International Criminal Court. And thus, considering the

immense assistance that the ICC has given to the world in its war against crime, it was decided that

this day would be observed as the World Day for International Justice.

Justice is based on the fact that every human is born with rights and corresponding duties to fellow

humans, the Government and the nation. It must be provided equally to all those who are deserving,

without any bias or discrimination. The Lady of Justice, a prominent figure in all the scriptures and

carvings of all the empires and civilizations of the world, is an embodiment or a personification of the

novel idea of justice, the blindfolded eyes representing impartiality, the scales representing equality

and the sword representing authority.

Justice acts as a lamp and is the reason for the world to progress and achieve. The reason for the very

existence of mankind is this egalitarian concept. Thus, we must learn to respect that harbinger of

happiness and peace.

- Vishva Shanmugam M V, Grade XII

PROTECT THE TIGERS

Once or twice

I used my eyes,

to spot a tiger.

My eyes opened wider.

Unfortunately,

I looked around sadly,

None to be found,

Not even a sound.

All because of those hunters,

Some useless poachers

So please stop them,

Stop them now,

Just make a vow.

To save the tigers,

from those marauders.

- Ahalya Chandrashekar, Grade IV

International Tigers Day

The tiger is the largest of the world’s big cats with its distinctive orange and black stripes and

beautifully marked face. The Tiger was chosen as the National Animal of India by the Indian Board

of Wildlife in 1972, as it symbolizes power, strength, elegance, alertness, intelligence and

endurance. Tigers are found in nearly 16 states except for the north-western region, inhabiting dry

open jungles, humid ever-green forests and mangrove swamps. The ‘Project Tiger’ program,

flagged by the Government of India, is a massive effort to preserve the tiger population, which is on

the brink of extinction. Many tiger reserves have been set up to protect them from habitat loss,

hunting, poaching and climate change.

Global Tiger Day, observed on 29th July, attempts to raise awareness regarding tiger conservation.

It aims to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and to raise public

sensitivity and support for tiger conservation issues.

- Ihita Krishnan, Grade IV

Facts on Tigers

Tigers are single hunters

No 2 tigers have the same stripes

Their roar can be heard 3 km away

Average tiger weighs 270 kg

It can run at a speed of 65 km/hr

- Shraddha Padmanabhan , Grade IV

Rain water is a divine gift for the

people of the world. Team Hari

Shree has started the rain

harvesting process inside its

premises with the support of

the school management.

This is our baby step towards

global sustenance.

Pearls from the sky

Saluting the Doctors!

Life giver – a term associated with God.

Something that a true doctor does every single day.

Be it the MBBS at the clinic,

Or the tireless doctor in the war,

The physician of the athlete,

Or your home-remedy grandmother,

They all do it, in their little way.

It is not the sterile white coat that makes a doctor.

Not the squiggly handwritings, or the unpronounceable medicines.

Not the hi-fi equipment, or the grand titles, but

The ability to give a patient warmth and comfort,

The ability to help the patient rise above the illness and remain happy,

The ability to give hope, faith and belief where it may no longer exist,

The ability to give the ailing a new beginning,

The ability to keep the patient alive, not living.

Let’s celebrate these wonderful men and women, on this World Doctor’s Day.

- Tejas Nageshwaran, Grade VIII

Teacher Editors - Dr. Sarayu Ganesan, Ms. Yoshida Menon and Ms. Anuradha Babu

Student Editors - Ms. Samyuktha Sreekanth and Mr. Rithvik Senthil

Design and Technical Support - Ms. Priya T

Photography - Mr. Ganesan and Mr. Sugumar

Investiture 2017

In August…

August 03 & 05 - Tamizh Day August 08 - Sports Day

August 15 - Independence Day August 17 - Krishna Jayanthi Celebrations

August 19 & 20 - CHSV MUN

CA/SA– Please refer to our website for dates of examinations.