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Delhi Public School, Nashik
Junior Buzz DPS the place to Be!
CLASS : V A
EVENTS
Hasmeet Bhela
DPS honours each individual student as "Star of the week".
It's helping to build a Sense of community because students are celebrating each other
every week. Each day consists of a new exciting event or classroom activities that relate to
the“Star.”
1. Teachers day 5 Sept 2019
2. Egg Activity 6 Sept 2019
3. Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration 2nd -12th Sept 2019
4. Dharavi Rock Band Show 11 Sept 2019
5. Hindi Diwas 11 Sept 2019
EVENTS
Sept 2019
Mst. Kapish
STAR OF THE WEEK
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1. TEACHERS DAY CELEBRATION
The corridors of Delhi Public School Nashik were brimming with the fervor of Retro
theme. The students had invited their Principal and the teachers to be in the spirit
and came together to make the event a memorable one for them. A special assembly
was conducted where the students in the form of poetry, speech and skit showcased
their feelings with reverence.
The 12th graders took the festivities a step further and made their teachers play
games, performed and sang retro numbers for them. The teachers too dressed to
their best in keeping with the retro spirit.
The students showered their love to the teachers which they might not say it often
but have the highest form of respect for them.
Management of DPS wished all the teachers for their hard work and love towards
the children. Teachers who completed their five years with the organization and
with hundred percent attendances were felicitated by the Director Mr. Siddharth
Rajgarhia and Principal Dr. Pushpy Dutt.
Each year teachers look forward for this special day in their life and they hold
wonderful memories year by year.
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2.EGG ACTIVITY
EVERY YOUNG SCIENTIST NEEDS TO TRY!
Students of grades 3-5 demonstrated experiments with eggs and discovered
physical and chemical properties of eggs. They were excited to learn that
experiments can be done with EGGS too which seem like an ordinary part of our
world. The activity enhanced students' scientific temperament.
3. GANESH CHATURTHI CELEBRATION 2nd-12th SEPT
The 10 day Ganesh Chaturthi festival was celebrated with great zeal by the students. The
ceremonial installation of the Ganesha idol was done on the day of the festival itself.
The rituals of Ganeshotsav involved chanting hymns in praise of Lord Ganesha ,singing
Ganpati Arti, bringing and distributing Prasad for 10 days. Each class volunteered .
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A book is a gift, you can open again and again”. It is our
attempt to help our students enhance their reading skills.
Continued with the loud reading of the book “Taranauts:
The Race for the Glo Rubies” from the book set of Read
and Grow.
We at DPS, encourage our students to share and express their thoughts. One of the ways
through which they express is writing.
INTERESTING FACTS
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand.
Ant's take rest for around 8 Minutes in 12 hour period.
Chocolate can kill dogs, as it contains Theo bromine, which affects their heart and
nervous system.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
The sentence, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in
the English language.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
A snail can sleep for three years.
All polar bears are left handed.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
Vaishnavi Gangwar
VthD
BOOK BUZZ
SNIPPETS FROM STUDENTS
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DHARAVI ROCK BAND SHOW
Dharavi Rocks is a well-recognized group initiative of Acorn Foundation started by Vinod
Shetty which came into existence since 2008. The group has worked with many celebrities
and various international, famous musicians would do workshops with the kids. Acorn also
educates the kids in Dharavi rocks and supports them. On 11th Sept, 2019; Dharavi rocks
came to DPS Nashik for a musical extravaganza. Dharavi Rocks played on recycled
instruments by keeping the motive of 3 R’s (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle). Through their
performance they shared the message to segregate waste at home and also spread
awareness amongst the students about respecting waste collectors and reducing recycling
and reusing plastic on a daily basis. Students of Delhi Public School Nashik, had joined
ventures with the group of Dharavi Rocks and the school students developed good rapport
building session with the Dharavi drummers in various genres of drumming. They also
taught them stick twirling. The students of DPS performed the subtler nuances of this
activity. Especially all the girls from this group were taught how they can carve a niche for
themselves by playing carnatic rhythm. Students were able to identify the difference in
sound created by variety of waste material. The program concluded with an activity ‘Call
and Response’ Non Verbal communication.
The most promising aspect of this workshop was that DPS Nashik students were extremely
enthusiastic and keen on mentoring as well as attending the program.
BEYOND CLASSROOM
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TINKERING LAB ACTIVITY
Theme: Hydraulic Arm
Students tried their engineering hands on ice-cream sticks and some waste syringes and
made a moving arm operated with hydraulic power. Students learnt to work in a team with
co-ordination and peer understanding.
A high quality School Assembly is one of the most important aspects of school’s
curriculum.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES on Tuesdays are conducted in DPS to
encourage community feeling
spread awareness on important days and celebrations
learn word of the day
thought of the day
Know what's happening around the world.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY
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GANESH CHATURTHI CELEBRATION in assembly:
Festivals build group cohesiveness. Festivals inform, educate, bring people together, break
the monotony of routine and give us a change to reenergize our body, mind and spirit. The
assembly on Ganesh Chaturthi was conducted by class VIII A students with great pomp
and gaiety. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the son of
Lord Shiv and Parvati. The festival is also known as Vinayak Chaturthi or Ganeshotsav. The
Session started with traditional lamp lighting and aarti. Children showcased dance, skit and
information on Ashtvinayak.
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HINDI DIWAS CELEBRATION
On account of Hindi Diwas, Delhi Public School celebrated ‘Hindi Pakhwada’ enthusiastically. The students put up a splendid show presenting the importance of the
language and the contribution of various poets, novelists and writers in the field of
literature like Sant Kabir, Mirabai, Kaka Hathrasi and Premchand.
‘Hasya Kavi Sammelan’ was showcased by students of grade VIII to X. Proverbs and their
meanings were presented by students of grade III to V. ‘ Nukkad Natak was presented by
students of grade III to VIII. A special assembly was organized for this event. Many
activities were conducted during the ‘Hindi Pakhwada’- like slogan writing, elocution
competition, advertisement making, poem recitation etc. The students and teachers
enjoyed the program .
Vocabulary instruction using a word wall focuses on a
small number of targeted vocabulary words that are key
to student success. They provide subtle reminders of
new and important words. A few words selected for the
word wall include:
English: Witty, gauzy, flattering, counsellor, dismal.
Mathematics: Reciprocal, simplify, multiplicative
inverse, Denominator.
EVS: Germination, Cotyledons, endangered animals,
Sanctuaries’, decomposers, communication.
WORD WALL
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1ST RANK FOR DPS – YET ANOTHER FEATHER IN THE CAP
Delhi Public School Nashik has been ranked 1st in Nashik and 7th in Maharashtra state in
CBSE school category. The school has been awarded under 10 parameters i.e. academic
reputation, individual attention, value for money, holistic development, leadership and
management quality, sports education, infrastructure provision, innovative teaching, safety
and hygiene and co – curricular activities. Maharashtra school merit awards are based on
Jury rating, Parents votes (46000+) & EDUCATION TODAY.co’s team analysis.
Principal Dr. Pushpy Dutt received this prestigious award which was held in Mumbai on 14
September 2019. The award reflects the dedication and hard work of all the stake holders.
SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT
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GALLERY
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PRACTICE, DON'T PREACH!!
“No man is an island entire of himself... every man is
a part of it” ; our social system is a part of every
man and our value system a part of this intricate
social system.
History is witness that civilizations that lost out on
their moral values decayed and vanished into oblivion.
It is only by virtue of our lasting moral values that
Indian ethos has retained its originality and survived as a tolerant and vibrant society for
many millenia. Sadly, it is now at a brink, threatened by the imposing influence of the
western culture and we are on the edge of a likely major cultural transition that would take
away our traditional moral values and would imbibe in our minds forever a nucleal affiliation,
that cares only for self-survival and survival and priority of only the very close and dear
ones, even it be at cost of some others.
I still remember as a child when our parents taught us ethics by personal example, they set
us examples of virtuosity that we followed, and we listened to what they said! They taught
us to read right from wrong and inculcated in us a feeling of mutual dependence and as a
consequence, of mutual respect and concern for the larger family, including to the extent
of even considering the whole world as a family – the concept of “Vasudaiv Kutumbakam”. It
was this tolerance indeed that made India a receptacle of many civilizations and that India
was not a sovereign country, but rather a diverse yet unified conglomeration of regional
powers, bound together by a common value system. Invaders came and merged into this
huge melting pot of civilizations, blending and imparting some of their own wisdom and
becoming a part of this great nation.
However, as we socially move towards a nuclear family society, we drift away from our own
parents, in effect, taking our own children away from ourselves, by teaching them to be not
self-reliant but merely self-concerned. In our race to become better than the Joneses, we
are forgetting what we were or who we were. We are unable to imbibe in our children the
same social values and ethics today not because they do not listen, but because we have
nothing to impart. Whereas we as children learnt to respect our elders and always placed
them at a venerable position merely by their elderly status, today, there are other factors
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that decide the social hierarchy. Gone are the days when a child will accept a father's
word on face value; today, they will weigh it in their own eyes and accept it probably if it
suits them, or else they will question it, and more often than not, reject it outright!!!! And
it is not merely that the parents are at the receiving end. The same applies to all elders in
the society whether they be teachers, or elderly neighbours. Well, times do change and
one can hardly pass judgement on the changing values that must change with time,
hopefully for the better.
We cry hoarse about failing social values but we ourselves contribute little towards
creating a value-rich environment in our own homes. The problem is not with the younger
generation or our children. The problem lies in our own minds. We ourselves have
somewhere lost our value system, giving in to what appears as profits from accepting
changed values. We cry about corruption, but we would be the first ones to pay when it
concerns our own work, or even accept bribes if it relates to our duties!! It is merely a
matter of opportunity, or lack of it, and not ethical attitude that some people are not
corrupt. Today's generation takes corrupt practices for granted and unfortunately accepts
it as normal behaviour. These are disturbing trends as morality becomes decadent when
falsehoods are taken to be the norm rather than the exception.
We fear the worst for the generations to come and feel that they are not responsible
enough to care for genuine moral values. But then do we have our children to blame!! Are we
not to introspect and find that it is our own lack of time and concern for them that has led
us to this brink. We do provide for our children, Yes!! but is it enough to provide for
material comforts for our family. Is that all!! Don't you think they also need personal
attention and they need to be listened to and they need to see examples of personal
integrity and manners!! If we make light of a decent person, making him out to be a
fool...would our children consider us differently if we ask them to be decent and just!!! If
we show them means of making the best of a situation by paying a small bribe, would they
not be tempted to exploit a situation themselves?
What value system our parents and teachers imbibed in us, I sadly regret, we have failed
to hand over to our next generations merely because we never had time for them. Not only
that, we ourselves failed to practice our own value system over a period of time, and we
have come so far that we find moral and social values text-bookish! We have always had
the money to spare for our children, we get them the best that they need to get ahead in
life, what we unfortunately do not give them is our time, our company and our examples!
It is not my purpose to preach or sermonise, but merely to warn ourselves and advise to try
and look within if we are doing justice to ourselves and to our children and if we are giving
them the best of value system, for degeneration is an easy process that comes naturally to
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any system and we have barely any time at hand now, if the trends of today are an
indication of the shape of things to come.
There is no single fix-it-all solution here. We all have to improvise for ourselves based on
our life experiences and our introspection. And no amount of external motivation will help
unless there is an internal desire to cleanse ourselves. Our only salvation lies in being
with our families more often, listening to and talking to our children and our parents, and
in spending quality time together, doing introspection on our deeds each day, sharing
good feelings and enriching the lives of our children so that they imbibe good social
values from us, not by our preaching, but by demonstrating our personal examples.
Buzz You Next Month
Sept 2019