Tuesday, November 18, 2008

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.................

Jawaharlal Nehru , popularly known as Panditji among the elders and chachaji among the children ,was invited for a political discussion at the residents office in culcutta.  As you know the resident is the officer in charge of the administration of the province of Bengal. Neatly dressed nehruji reached  the gate of the palace at the right time.  When he was standing there he observed the arrival of horse cart from the opposite side  and an officer was trying to get down from the vehicle. He was a very fat man with a set of bulky boots. He insisted an Indian chaparasi, who was standing near the gate, to kneel down and to stay like an animal on the floor so that he can easily  step down. The fat officer jumped on the back of that poor Indian . He was suffering like anything and cried due to the heavy weight on his back. Surprised and shocked to see this nehruji called him and asked. The reply came like this in Hindi: babuji aap jaaanthe hei ki meim ek chaprasi hoon. So what…? An Indians back is not a football to a foreigner. An Indians back is not a ladder to a British, he remarked. This incident is explained  by panditji in one of writings where he underlines one particular point  that, the lack of confidence , self respect and self pride are the reasons for the backwardness of India. I think this  is relevant for us too.

Children you know that ours is nation with a greet past and culture. Ours is the only nation with a great continuity in its culture. But due to the lack of self pride and confidence we were easily defeated by many groups of foreigners in the ancient period like the hunas, the sakas, the kushans, afghans, Mongols, arabs, the turks  and in the medieval period by the Europeans like the Portuguese , the French , the Dutch,the britishers, and what not. 

But did you ever think of the reason for all that ? .In what way are we inferior to all these groups? In what way are we below all these groups. ?  we must be proud of culture and heritage. We must be proud of our great past and achievements. So we must try to inculcate these values like confidence, courage, self respect, self pride etc  in our life . Kindly think over it today and through out  your life and try to follow this.

Thank you.

ABDUL SHUMZ

class teacher  8c

rain water project

RAIN WATER, FOR STUDENTS

 THE ELIXIR OF  LIFE ……………… 

Ottapalam: 

The raindrops, which fall on the rooftop of Kendriya Vidyalaya, of Palappuram situated near Ottapalam in the Palakkad district, will never be wasted to the drainages. It will become the fundamental life water source for a student strength of 1600 and for a group of 70 staff members. 

A model rainwater preservation tank  with a radius of 6 meters and a depth of 2.5 meters has been constructed for this purpose. The rain that  falls on the roof top of the vidyalaya buildings with not less than 2000 squire feet coverage will be collected through the pipes attached and directed after necessary filtering to the tank kept below the soil level.

The tank,  constructed with Ferro cement technology, has the capacity of holding 60000 liters of water.  In case of overflow, arrangement is made for the excess water to be diverted to the well nearby. The construction of the tank is in such a way that the collected water can be persevered for months from pollution or any other type of problems related and can be distributed after necessary purification. It is estimated that it can be filled at least 10 times in a year according to the approximate availability of rainfall at Ottapalam. Eventhough arrangement is made on top of the tank for air passage, it is completed in such a way that  sunrays can hardly enter. 

The project was completed with the enthusiasm and special interest shown by the Chairman of the vidyalaya management committee and the district collector Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik IAS. Approximately a  sum of RS. 1 lakh was spent for its completion.

Being the first one of its kind in an educational institution in the district and perhaps in the state  of  Kerala, it is appreciated by everybody  as a different endeavor. 

A.    ABDUL SHUMZ            TGT SSt

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Palappuram PO

Ottapalam-     Kerala-pin-679 103


Action research project – Social Sciences

Study of preference for values

Dear student,

We are all concerned with certain values that we would like to imbibe in our life at different periods. We assign different degrees of importance to different values, which may vary from person to person.

I would like to know   the order of priority you would assign to the values listed below which I consider to be of interest to you. Read all the values given below and then write the priority number you would assign to a particular value in the box in front of it against each value.

 

 

  1. ABDUL SHUMZ

(In charge, action research)

 

                              

 

Allotment of priority numbers

 

 

No

Value

Choice no.

No.

Value

Choice no.  

1

Compassion

 

11

Patience

 

2

Courage

 

12

Purity

 

3

Co operation

 

13

Punctuality

 

4

Discipline

 

14

Self controle

 

5

Humanity

 

15

Service

 

6

Harmlessness

 

16

Sincerity

 

7

Honesty

 

17

Selflessness

 

8

Hard work

 

18

Tolerance

 

9

Manners

 

19

Truthfulness

 

10

Obedience

 

20

Understanding

 

 

Name of the student:                                           -

Sex                       :                                               -

Class                    :                                               -                       section:  -

Age                       :                                               -

Monthly income of both father and mother:      -

Size of family       :                                               -

Whether reservation category or not:                -

 

 

Signature of the student: -

Date:                                   -


Thursday, November 6, 2008



Report on the 
Co Curricular
Activities - 
external 2008.

The Department of CCA (external) of our vidyalaya offers ample opportunities to students for taking part in a variety of competitions and programmes ranging from scholarship examinations to seminars, every year. The last academic year witnessed mass participation of our students in various events and thus the flag of our vidyalaya stood high once again among the fellow schools. The notable events are:
1. In the Memory Contest organized by M/s. Reliance World, Varun S of class 5 A secured second prize in the junior category from the district and a cash award of Rs. 3000-00.
2. Three students – Sahana I, Haritha [class-XI] & Sarath Chandran KP [class-X] bagged cash award of Rs.1000-00 each along with certificates for their excellent essays written in connection with the 4 way test essay writing competition organized by Rotary International.
3. Linu. M of class 5 A got 2nd prize in the Rink II speed skating competition organized by the Roller Skating Association, Palakkad.
4. Two students successfully cleared the Preliminary level exam of NTSE conducted by NCERT.
5. The Vigilance Awareness Week was celebrated in a befitting way and a talk was given in the special assembly by Sri. M Radhakrishnan, Hon. Circle Inspector of Police, Vigilance, Palakkkd.
6. A special talk on ‘ Personality Development’ was given by Dr. Mohanan to the senior students.
7. A photo exhibition on Wild Life was conducted by the well known wild life photographer cum environmentalist Mr. K Ramachandran.
8. A special assembly talk for the full school was given by Dr. Gopalakrishnan from Trivandrum on the cultural heritage of India.
9. A philatelic display was conducted by the Dept. of Posts, Govt. of
India and a philatelic club was started in our school. Sri.Ganga Mohan, Dist. Officer, was the resource person.
10. A seminar was organized on ’ Water borne diseases and their prevention’ with the cooperation of Elappully Primary Health centre. Dr. Baburajan, DMO- Homeo conducted a session and exhibited posters.
11. A special class was arranged for the senior students on memory tips by Dr. Umapathy of Brahmakumaris Prajapathy Sangha.
12. A 2 day long workshop on Fevicol Hobby ideas with special emphasis on craft work, glass painting etc was organized.
13. The school level round of the India @ 60 Quiz was conducted with the cooperation of Malayala Manorama co. ltd.
14. A letter writing competition was conducted in association with the international letter writing programme by the Dept. of Post, Govt. of India.
15. The Geeta chanting competition was conducted with the help of Chinmaya Mission , Palakkad :5 students received prizes.
16. Essay writing competitions on various topics were conducted on different days by prestigious institutions like: Hindustan Petroleum Corp. ltd, Indian Space research organization, OISCA International, CBSE , Ministry Road and Surface Transportation, Ministry Forests And Environment and so on…
17. An essay writing competition was conducted by Sri Ramachandra mission in connection with the UN Youth Day 2008. 10students took part.
18. Vidyalaya was represented by 2 students in the Heritage India quiz organized by CBSE at Cochin.
19. Vidyalaya team consisting 2 students participated in the Junior Chamber Quiz “Chakde India”, organized on the republic day.
20. Vidyalaya team consisting 2 students participated in the dist. Quiz organized by MES Youth wing, Palakkad.
21. Our students participated in the music competition organized by Amritha Productions for Kairali TV entitled as “music music”
22. A seminar on the World Aids Day was organized in the multi purpose hall with the co operation of OISCA International, Palakkad. Prof. K Suresh Babu , General Secretary handled a session on Aids. It was followed by a tree plantation programme for developing a herbal garden in our school.
23. Top Teens Contest, a talent search was conducted by OISCA International for the high school students.
24. Abhijay S. of class 5 A from our school secured 6th rank & a cash award in the All India GK test organized by USO, New Delhi.
25. The school team also participated in the Indo Japanese online quiz by CSKMR, New Delhi.
26. Students participated in the painting competition initiated by SBI Life Insurance.
27. Students of the vidyalaya took part in the 17th International children’s painting competition on environment by UNEP.
28. Students of the vidyalaya participated in the UPU letter writing competition.
29. Our team took part in the Chinmaya “darsanam’ Sanskrit literary competitions.
30. Almost all students are enrolled in the Oracle Think. Com to encourage doing online projects.

31. In the school an international creative craft contest 2007 was conducted.
32. Our team participated in the dist. Level quiz organized by Kudumbamithra charitable society Palakkad.
33. Ten students participated in the Swadeshi Sasthra Prathibha Malsaram 2007 organised by Swadeshi Science Movement. 4 were selected for the second round & 2 students for the final .
34. A ‘design a stamp’ contest was conducted in our school by the Dept. Of Posts, Govt. of India.
35. Two girls represented the school for the Inter school multi media quiz organized by All India Women’s Conference.
36. In the Dist. level drawing & painting competition conducted by SPCA, a good number of students participated.
37. School team participated in the World Space Week celebrations initiated by VSSC, Trivandrum.
38. Vidyalaya team participated in the Puranic quiz organized by ISKCON.
39. A painting competition was organized by Kalabharathi Child Art Development Institute, Pune.
40. Our team took part in the various events organized by Hindi Sahithya Sangam Palakkad, in connection with the Hindi week celebrations & won 1 first prize (Abhijay.S in recitation) and 2 second prizes.

SCHOLORSHIPS
41. The Balarama Digest Scholarship examination was conducted by the research wing of Balarama of Malayala Manorama in which 316 students took part in the school level from which a group was selected for the state level exam. 20 students secured certificates, medals and cash award worth Rs. 100/- each.
42. Nine students secured medals, certificates and cash awards worth Rs. 125-00 each in the state level PCM Scholarship Examination, organized by PCM Council, Kochi.
43. Nine students out of 63 secured medals, certificates and cash awards worth Rs. 150-00 each in the state level Edulight Scholarship Examination, organized by New Wave Education Society, Pathanamthitta.
44. Eight students out of 27 secured medals and certificates in the 7th National Cyber Olympiad Competition, organized by Science Olympiad Foundation, New Delhi.
45. Three students out of 45 secured medals, certificates and cash awards in the state level Brilliant Scholarship Examination, organized by Brilliant Scholarship Council, Thrissur.
46. From different classes a total of 17 students took part in the National Science Talent Search Exam by UNIFIED Council, Hyderabad.
47. 35 students participated in the nation wide Interactive Science Olympiad 2007 by Edu Heal Foundation.
48. 9 students out of 30 secured medals and certificates in the National Science Olympiad Competition, organized by Science Olympiad Foundation, New Delhi.
49. The Science Aptitude Test was conducted by Council for Educational Development & Technology.

NEW ADDITIONS IN OUR TROPHY GALLERY:

* The school secured a special trophy for the very effective implementation of World Space Week Celebrations from M/s. VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram and was declared as one among top Best 10 schools of Kerala.
* The Vidyalaya was honored with a special shield for the maximum participation in the Balarama Digest Scholarship Examination in the district by the research division of Balarama of Malayala Manorama company ltd.
*The Vidyalaya was provided with a special trophy for maximum participation in the ‘Twinkling Stars’ by the Palakkad Ladies Circle.

NEW CLUB:

· A chapter of the INTERACT Club [International Action club] of Rotary international was inaugurated by RTN. KV Mathews, Rotary Dist. Asst. Governor.

The unlimited support and encouragement given by the parent community, staff members and principal for giving maximum opportunities to students has only helped us to organize all these in our vidyalaya, last year. Hence I express our sincere gratitude to one and all.


A. ABDUL SHUMZ
IN CHARGE, CCA EXTERNAL