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Newsletter June 2019

NEWS LETTER

JUNE 2019

National Public

School,

Koramangala

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Isn’t it nice to think that

tomorrow is a new day with

no mistakes in it yet?

Said Anne to her adoptive

guardian Marilla in L.M.

Montgomery's novel Anne of

Green Gables. Anne is

imaginative, headstrong and

temperamental but most of

all, she's hopeful. No matter

how many times Anne gets

into trouble, she's always

ready and willing to learn and

try again.

With this renewed spirit we

ring in another eventful and

exhilarating academic session.

The euphoria generated by the

brilliant Board results of our

10th and 12th graders has not

yet settled in and we are

already into the thick of

action in terms of multiple

achievements, Yoga Day,

Environment Day,

Orientations, Investiture and

Prize Day, and lots more……

Board Results

Grade 12 (AISSCE 2019)

School Toppers

First Position – Kaustubh

Roy with 98.2%

Second Position- Raghavan

Gopalan with 98%

Third Position- Aniket

Sanghi with 97.8%

Subject Toppers

English- Neha

Anna Mathew with

98 marks

Mathematics-

Kaustubh Roy,

Mukundh Balaji with 100 marks

Physics- Kaustubh

Roy, Raghavan

Gopalan, Aniket

Sanghi and Karthik

Subramaniam with

98 marks

Chemistry-

Kaustubh Roy,

Mukund Balaji and

Raghavan Gopalan

with 100 marks

Economics –

Ubaidullah Imtiaz

Ahmad Kazi with 96

marks

Comp. Science-

Bobba Aditya Naidu

with 99 marks Biology - Hanim

Omer, Neha Sharon

Jacob, Kurchi Mitra,

Drutil Yogish

Malliya and

Yohan Porus Irani

with 99 marks.

Grade 10-(AISSE 2019)

School Toppers

First Position – Sanat

Arora Kuruganti

with 99%

Second Position -

Preetha . D.

Saravanan with 98.

4%

Third Position – Ahanya Appaiah with 98%

Subject Toppers

English - Ahanya Appaiah with 99 marks

French - Ahanya

Appaiah, Anika.N.

Khandekar and Kathryn

P. George with 100 marks

Hindi- Katyayani

Pande with 99 marks

Sanskrit- A. P.

Vaideeswaran and

Vinayaka M with 100

marks

Mathematics- A. R.

Sudarshan, A.Vishwajeet,

Katyayani Pande, Jay

Mehta and Shreya Aiyer with 100 marks

Science- Preetha . D.

Saravanan and Sanat

Arora Kuruganti with 100

marks

Social Science - . Sanat

Arora Kuruganti and

Tanushi Lath with 100

marks

ALUMNI PLACEMENTS

Here is the list of students

attending Indian and

foreign universities (Class of

2019)

1. Kaustubh Roy-

Indian Institute of

Science , Bangalore

2. M. Dhruv- Indian

Institute of Science ,

Bangalore

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3. Nikhil Pinto- KREA

University

4. Ananya Raju- KREA

University

5. Aditya Misra- BITS

Pilani

6. Palak Pariawala-

BITS Pilani

7. Siddhant Sharma-

BITS Goa

8. Amogh Bharadwaj-

BITS- Pilani

9. Pooja Rajesh- R V

College of

Engineering

10. Shiv Nair- O. P Jindal

( B. A. LLB)

11. Akif Iqbal- PES

University

12. Neha Sharon Jacob-

University of

California at Berkeley,

USA

13. Anvitaa

Anandkumar-

University of

California at Los

Angeles, USA

14. Himanshi Gupta-

University of

California San Diego,

USA

15. Rajdeep Nag-

University of

California San Diego,

USA

16. Neha Anna Mathew-

University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign,

USA

17. Vilina Gupta- Purdue

University, USA

18. Rahul Sudhakar-

University of

Wisconsin-Madison,

USA

19. Mukundh Balajee-

Carnegie Mellon

University, USA

20. Aman Singla- New

York University, USA

21. Aniket Sanghi-

University of Texas at

Austin, USA

22. Pavan Bykampadi-

North Carolina State

University, USA

23. Shirin Sharma-

Carleton University,

USA

24. Ayush Agarwal-

University of Oxford,

England

25. Kurchi Mitra-

Newcastle University,

England

26. Arun

Gopalakrishnan-

University of

Edinburgh, Scotland

27. Ram Nair-

University of

Edinburgh, Scotland

28. Yohan Irani- Royal

College of Surgeons,

Ireland

29. Dhruv Sharma-

University of

Melbourne, Australia

30. Tejasvi Anand-

University of Bristol,

England

31. Srujitha V Bade-

Oregon State

University, USA The above list will continue

in the July newsletter.

Achievements

Pranjal Srivastava

Grade10B has done us

proud yet again! It’s another

consecutive year when

Pranjal has been selected to

represent India in the 60th

International Mathematics

Olympiad to be held in UK in July 2019. In 2018 Pranjal

was the youngest ever global

participant to get a medal in

IMO. Pranjal has also been

invited to participate in the

final round of prestigious

Sharygin Geometry

Olympiad conducted by

Russia in August in honour

of the famous

Mathematician I F Sharygin.

Pranjal was also invited to

attend the International

Olympiad in Informatics

training camp at CMI in

Chennai. He could only

attend it partly because it

coincided with the

International Mathematics

Olympiad camp in Mumbai.

He was awarded a certificate

for Outstanding Performance

in the Indian National

Olympiad for Informatics!

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And this is not all! Pranjal

continues to amaze us.

Pranjal has received a gold

medal in APMO 2019 (Asia

and Pcific Math

Olympiad). He is the first to

receive it in our country,

ever since India’s formal

participation started in 2015.

Next comes ToT

(Tournament of Towns). Pranjal scored highest in this

competition in India and

received a diploma as an

acknowledgement of

outstanding achievement. He

is also among a select few

students across the world

who have been invited for a

10 day camp in Belgrade,

Serbia in August 2019.

Following up on his good

run in informatics Olympiad

at regional and national

levels, Pranjal is one of the

top 10 in the country in India

who have been recognized

by APIO 2019 (Asia and

Pacific Informatics

Olympiad). Pranjal received

an Honourable Mention for

his performance in the

competition.

It does appear that Pranjal

has done a clean sweep in all

the international level Math

Competitions that India can

participate in. Now after this

trail of unprecedented

success we wish him all the

very best in the upcoming

IMO 2019 in UK.

The Panini Linguistics

Olympiad is the program

through which school students

are chosen to represent India

at the International

Linguistics Olympiad. Every

year a four hour "PLO Round

1" exam is held across India

and the top 30 students are

chosen to attend the PLO

Training Camp at the IIIT

Hyderabad, which has a

renowned research centre in

computational linguistics.

Two students from NPS

Koramangala - Abhinav

Menon and Niveditha Iyer

Grade 12A - were selected

for the camp. Abhinav

Menon won a silver medal at

the maiden Asia Pacific

Linguistics Olympiad.

Niveditha Iyer placed fourth

overall in Round 2, winning a

silver medal. She has been

selected as a member of the

Indian team for the 2019

International Linguistics

Olympiad to be held in late

July in South Korea.

Sarang Srinivasan Grade 10

B successfully completed the

Code Chef Foundation level

certification which is a

competitive programming

involving knowledge of

programming, algorithmic

thinking and code speed.

Most of the participants in the

program are college students.

He plans to appear for the

intermediate and advanced

level exams later this year.

Abhishek Noronha- Trek to

the Everest Base Camp

Abhishek Noronha of Grade

9A trekked to the Mt. Everest

Base Camp (EBC) during the

dates of April 2 to April 16. A

14 day trek with freezing cold

weather and negligible

amount of oxygen could be

the definition of this

marvelous trek. He also met

the great Sir Edmund

Hillary’s son who encouraged

him to peak the 8848m

mountain (Mt. Everest). He

reached a maximum height of

5540m (EBC). The average

temperature in this area was

-16 degree Celsius and the

probability of finishing this

trek at 14 years is a mere 36.7

percent (Information provided

by locals in Nepal).

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Ruhaan Alva of Grade 8A

won the second round of the

X30 National Championship in the Junior Category on 16th

June. Inspite of being down

with fever until a day before

the event, Ruhaan focused

and did extremely well. He

also set the fastest lap of the

meet across all categories

including the Senior

Category. Results are-

Qualifying round- 1st, Race 1-

1st, Race 2 (Reverse Grid)-

5th, Race 3 and 4- 1st.

The All India Tennis

Association conducted a

National ranking U-16

Tournament in Bangalore

from the 3rd to 7th June.

Anupama Bagade of 10 A

was a finalist in the

tournament and is now

ranked the 4th position in the

State.

Anvay Varshney of Grade 3

C was awarded the Runner

up Trophy in the Krishnappa

Memorial State Open

Tournament held on the 22nd

May in Bangalore.

MAJOR EVENTS

Investiture and Prize Day

2019-20

A leader should lead by

example; should develop a

degree of equanimity and

should understand the

principle of mutual

interdependence- the three

most important qualities Lord

Krishna advised Arjuna to

possess in Bhagwat Gita.

With these thoughts Ms. Usha

Unnikrishnan steered the

course of Investiture

ceremony, now christened

Investiture and Prize Day

from the current year to

honour the academic

achievers of grade 12 and

grade 10, on 20th June 2019.

In her address the Director,

Dr. Bindu Hari exhorted the

students to break free from

self-imposed prejudices,

insecurities and live life to be

happy and to make others

happy. The auditorium

reverberated with thunderous

cheers as the names of 62

badge holders of new Student

Council Body were

announced. In her speech, Ms.

Satydadeep Shetty further

highlighted the merits of a

true leader by giving glorious

examples of our

contemporary leaders.

The badges for prestigious

clubs were announced and

bestowed by Dr. Bindu Hari

and the Principal, Mrs.

Jyotsna Nair to the proud

bearers of the new office.

Taking forward the revered

legacy of the institution, the

School flag, Sports flag and

the flags for the four houses

were handed over to the

respective leaders which

marked the beginning of the

responsibility that the young,

capable student leaders

proudly accepted. School

Prefect Niveditha S Iyer

delivered her maiden official

speech calling for collective

efforts to Reach Out, Reach

High, Reach Beyond.

Meenakshi Subramanium

Award given every year to

honour the academic

excellence was conferred to

Kaustubh Roy of Grade 12 for

his brilliant performance in

grade 12 boards.

An English song, ‘A Million

dreams’ by the students of

grade 6-8 and a splendid

Semi-classical dance

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depicting Draupadi

Vastraharan by students of

grade 8 were greatly admired.

The alumni turnout in a large

number gave a warm family

feel to the whole ceremony.

Alumni representative Neha

Sharon Jacob and Yohan Irani

presented the school with

Walkie -Talkie and

Badminton nets as a gesture

of gratitude to their alma

mater.

International Yoga and

World Music Day

The dulcet notes of Om

Sahanavavtu drifted,

encompassing, tranquilizing

the spirit and the mind; the

euphonious rhythmic

syllables of Tillana (a

rhythmic piece of Carnatic

music) by Sri Lalgudi

Jayaraman in raga

Sindhubhairavi transfused the

listeners with joy; the artwork

of yogic asanas on the canvas

of body, splashed with

colours of melody made an

immaculate blend on 5th

International Yoga Day and

World Music Day at NPS

Koramangala on 21st

June.The young lithe bodies

twisting, gyrating to the high

and lows of symphonies were

a flawless tribute to the divine

and our rich yogic and

musical heritage. Students of

grades 2 to 12 showcased and

inspired everyone through an

assortment of yoga moves in

sync with sweetness of music

transcending boundaries of

genres, religion and nations.

Dr. Bindu Hari’s Address to

Staff

Dr. Bindu Hari, Director

NPS Group of Schools,

addressed the entire faculty

of NPS Koramangala, NPS

Indiranagar and NPS HSR

Layout on 1st June 2019, at

the beginning of the new

academic session 2019-20.

In an engaging talk Dr.

Bindu shared her

experiences on recently held

TED Talk where she was

enthralled to share the space

with a former NPSite and

other exciting presenters

doing immensely admirable

work for the society. Dr.

Bindu highlighted the

pivotal role teachers play in

shaping a generation,

shaping a nation. In order to

achieve the desired goal how

the teachers need to nurture

21st century skills in students

and hold idealism and

optimism aloft, was

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emphasized by the Director.

She enthused the faculty to

be lifelong learners to yield

growth, innovation and high

performance.

Elections to School

Student Council (2019-

20)

Elections for the office

bearers – School Prefect and

House Captains- were held at

National Public School,

Koramangala on 29th March

and 7th June 2019

respectively. These elections

provided an opportunity to the

students of grade 11 and 12 to

witness and exercise their

fundamental Right to Vote.

On 29th March, the nominees

for School Prefect –

Niveditha Iyer and Pranav

Parigi of grade 12 read out

their manifestoes trying to

woo the Electoral College in

an impassioned quest for

votes.

Elections were then

conducted in a free and fair

manner through a

computerized polling

software developed by our

very own student Romir

Kulshrestha of 12A.

On 7th June, the nominees for

the post of House Captains

appealed to their respective

housemates to vote them to

office, in keeping with the

motto of the respective

Houses.

The much anticipated results

were announced by the

Principal, Ms. Jyotsna Nair, to

the delight of the students.

While Niveditha Iyer of 12A

was elected the School

Prefect for 2019-20, Abhinav

Menon (12A) was elected the

House Captain of Challenger

House; Ananya George

(12B) the House Captain of

Explorer House; Advaith

Suresh (12A) the House

Captain of Pioneer House and

Raghav Rastogi (12B) the

House Captain of Voyager

House.

A round of congratulations

and best wishes to the elected

representatives marked the

end of Elections for the

academic year 2019-20.

CERN Visit 2019

The annual educational trip

to CERN, Geneva, in

association with Life Lab was

took place from 12 to 19 May

2019. The team comprised 16

grade 12 students along with

the science teacher Mrs Rema

Sathish Kumar.

The following were the

highlights of the trip -

viewing the first accelerator,

the Synchrocyclotron; walk

through the hallway where the

World Wide Web was

designed; the engaging and

thought provoking

presentations by eminent

scientists like Sir John Ellis(

leading Physicist studying

Super Symmetry), Mr Piotr

Traczyk (Experimental

Physicist of Compact Muon

Solenoid), Dr Manjit Dosanjh

(researching on application of

particle physics in the field of

Radiology and PES-Postron

Emission Topography) and

the affable Mick Storr the

scientist of CERN who

planned out the programme.

The visit to the underground

humungous CMS- Compact

Muon Solenoid experiment

was an eye opener. The mega

scale at which the experiment

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is conducted and the

amalgamation of dedicated

scientist from all over the

world to research, for the

benefit of mankind, was the

beauty in it. The Antimatter

factory and the Data Centre

were a few other attractions.

Dr Archana Sharma (scientist

-CERN and Life Lab)

inspired the students to work

in this prestigious research

centre.

A treasure hunt was organized

around the city of Geneva.

The students thoroughly

enjoyed this adventure as it

gave them a chance to explore

the beautiful city entirely on

their own. The trip was the

right mix of intelligent

discussions, scenic beauty and

adventure in the Switzerland.

It was a dream come true

experience.

Class Assembly

Grade 12 A

The class assemblies for the

academic year 2019-20

kicked off to a spectacular

start on 14thJune with 12 A’s

assembly. The topic was

Timeless - a collection of

ubiquitous yet immortal gems

of yore. The news and a

stimulating, well-thought-out

quiz, were first in line,

followed by a talented re-

enactment of a scene from the

Charlie Chaplin movie ‘City

Lights’, which left everyone

in splits. Next came a medley

of timeless dances, graceful

and yet amusing. The last, but

certainly not least, of the

ensemble was ‘refreshingly

close to home - a collection of

iconic filmy scenes’. Amjad

Khan’s ‘kitne aadmi the’ from

Sholay, Shashi Kapoor’s

‘mere paas maa hai’ from

Deewaar, and, of course,

Amrish Puri’s ‘jaa Simran

jaa’ from Dilwale Dulhania

Le Jayenge - with an

entertaining little detour. An

eloquent and expressive

speech, on ‘What Makes

Something Timeless?’,

followed by the song ‘Hey

Jude’, wrapped up what was

for many the last chance to

perform on NPS

Koramangala’s stage. So

ended the memorable class

assembly with a nostalgic

exhilaration.

Grade 12 B creatively

dishing out slices of their

school life, all the way from

1st to 11th Grade. Students

of Grade 12 B took a trip

down the memory lane in

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their class assembly

‘Nostalgia’ on 19th June.

Children attempting

challenging projects during

KHOJ in grade 1; singing

aloud together during

Preksha, (Annual Music

Day) and the famous Sports

Day dances four years ago,

elicited loud cheers and

applause from the audience.

Then arrived the startling

realities of Grade 11- the

difficulties faced by the

students, and the contrast

between those who have it

too easy and students who

struggle to cope with the

extraordinary jump in

complexity and vastness of

portions.

This all-too-relatable theme

was enacted through a series

of uproarious classroom

scenes, culminating in the

depiction of an exam.

However, a speech on

leaving school, coping with

stress and disappointment,

advice to hold on tight to

their memories of school life

and not to put undue

pressure on themselves, took

the edge off those precarious

situations.

The beautiful rendition of

songs and a unique quiz on

school and its history

strengthened the student-

school bond.

Grade 10 A

Failure is the opportunity to

begin again, only this time

more wisely - quote by Henry

Ford perfectly sums up the

message delivered by 10-A

through their class assembly,

titled Collapse, on the 29th

June, Friday.

The message was relayed

through a dance drama

revolving around the life of a

boy torn between two paths –

one that led to his dreams and

another that was easy and

safe, but gave him no joy.

With his focus divided

between all the factors in the

busy life of a teenager, his

condition kept worsening,

until he hit rock bottom.

The resolution through a

poem and a dance showed his

upliftment. The speech left

the audience with a strong

message: so long as you are

true to yourself, and you

throw your heart and soul into

achieving your goal, failure

becomes a lesson, and success

becomes a guarantee.

Guest Lecture - Mr Sanju

Soman from ATREE – CERC

On 7th June, the students of

10th grade had an interactive

session with Mr Sanju Soman,

a climate change activist and

sustainable studies expert

from ATREE – CERC,

Alapuzha, Kerala. Talking

mainly about sustainable

development and climate

change Mr Soman

emphasised the necessity for a

global movement and

dedication from everyone. He

rightfully stated that climate

change is actually a crisis and

not merely a geographical

phenomenon. He explained

how we must go beyond

creating awareness and

implement ideas that can have

maximum impact.

During the second half of the

session Mr Soman focused on

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sustainable development and

the aims the UN has set for

2030. He apprised the

students about the 17 global

Sustainable Development

Goals (SDG’s) and the sub

goals that the countries all

over the world have pledged

to work upon. Conveying his

thoughts passionately he

inspired the audience on how

they could bring about a

change and why it is

necessary for their voice to be

heard. Mr Soman’s valuable

advice and professional

experience will definitely be a

guiding hand in their Social

Science project this year.

1Million1Billion Orientation

On 3rd June students of Grade

9 were introduced to 1M1B,

the Future Leaders Program

through an orientation

conducted by the Founder

member Mr. Manav Subodh

and his associates. The

program aims to discover and

nurture world’s most

promising youth leaders. The

programme has a well-

designed framework to help

students develop their

leadership and 4th Industrial

Revolution skills.

The three level programme is

integrated with the school

curriculum. At the foundation

level students explore their

area of interest in solving a

problem that makes an impact

in the lives of people around

them.

At the second level they

develop an actionable project

aligned with the United

Nations Sustainable

Development Goals and

finally it culminates in their

going to UN to present their

idea.

Orientation

Grade 9 and 11

Orientation for students and

parents of grade 9 and 11

was held on 8th June where

they were well acquainted

with the remodeled

assessment structure

introduced by CBSE.

Scholastic (especially the

newly introduced internal

assessment pattern for grade

9), co-scholastic areas along

with discipline were

explained in great details.

For grade 11 the objective

was to orient the students

and the parents to

successfully cruise through

the substantial leap the grade

takes in terms of course

content and requisite

diligence on part of the

pupils. The academic

calendar, schedule of

assessments and pattern of

examinations were shared.

The faculty and the Principal

also shared invaluable

pointers regarding pertinent

issues viz. handling

manifold pressures, finding

balance between technology

and real work, nurturing

good health and much more.

NPS KRM’s commitment in

providing an extremely

supportive and holistic

environment to its scholars

was reiterated.

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Grade 6

Orientation for the students

and parents of grade 6 on

29rd June covered the three

main areas of assessments-

Scholastic, Co scholastic

and Discipline.

Some important points on

Notebook maintenance,

planned schedule, personal

grooming etc. were also

discussed. Principal, Ms.

Jyotsna Nair, took up the

Q&A session. She stressed

that the students must

abstain from their

overdependence on gadgets

as the present grade is a

crucial transitional period in

their life.

She also advised the parents

to enhance quality family

bonding time without

overindulging the children.

Grade 1

An orientation programme for

grade 1 was held on 21st June

2019. The session highlighted

the various aspects of day to

day functioning of the school,

events, rules regulations,

safety measures, assessments,

and matters related to health

and hygiene. The parents

were made aware of these

aspects. Their queries were

answered to in a Q & A

session.

MONTESSORI

The month of June began with

the Freshers, starting their

academic journey on 7th June

and the Juniors and Seniors

on 19th June. The first day

saw the Freshers get

comfortable in the new

environment with their

parents by their sides.

Fresher Orientation scheduled

on 8th June gave the parents

an in depth understanding of

the functioning of the School

in general and the Montessori

system in particular.

This year the speakers

included, Mrs Sinu Jacob

(mother of Neha Sharon

Jacob, who was a Montessori

child 15 years ago).

Mrs Jacob’s talk was well

received. She provided

valuable and practical tips to

the parents and stressed on the

importance of creating

routines and active parental

involvement in the early

years.

The Junior orientation held

on 22nd June gave parents of

Montessori Juniors an

opportunity to step into their

child’s shoes and experience

working style in a Montessori

environment. It was a joyful

learning experience for the

parents.

On 21st June the Montessori

children celebrated the

International Yoga Day by

doing some of the child

friendly asanas. They seemed

to enjoy the whole process of

exercising and keeping

oneself fit.

KG1 and KG2 -

An orientation program was

arranged for the parents of

KG1 and KG2 on 12th June

and 18th June respectively, to

familiarise the parents to the

teaching – learning

methodology implemented in

the school.

The KG1 teachers presented

an amplified view of the

objectives of the Pre-Primary

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curriculum and integrated

approach which gave a clear

understanding to the

parents. The session also

included safety and security

arrangements in school,

events held in school, leave

policy, rules-regulations and

parenting tips to inculcate

healthy eating habits.

Parents were urged to get

involved in their child’s

education and collaborate

with the school to enrich their

young ones’ kindergarten

experience.

Inter-school Events

AMAATRA MUN

In the Model United Nations

conference held on the 14th,,

15th and 16th of June at the

Amaatra Academy, the

delegates of our school once

again did us proud. Rysha. S

of 10B along with Dhruv N

of 12B emerged victorious as

Best Delegates in their

committee. Shreya D of 10C

was awarded the position of

Commendable Delegate in her

committee.

TRANSCENDENCE

St.Joseph`s Boys High School

held the 3rd edition of their

science fest ‘Transcendence’

on the 21st and 22nd June.

The representatives of our

school won the overall

runners up trophy.

Arjun D and Prahlad

A of Grade 12,

secured the 1st place in

the event ‘221B’.

In ‘Zenith’, Pranav P

and Akshath V of

Grade 12 bagged the

first place.

Ann K, Advaith M,

Rohith P of Grade 12

bagged the second

place in the event

‘Square Up’.

Koka S and Dhruv J of Grades 11 and 12

placed 2nd and 3rd

respectively in the

event ‘Brain Candy’.

In ‘Code

Blooded’,Romir K of

Grade 12 and

Shreyas P of Grade

11 secured the 2nd

place.

Sankalp K and

Shivansh S of Grade

12 placed 3rd in the

event ‘Bench’.

CAMBRIDGE MUN

In the Cambridge MUN held

on 22nd and 23rd, our first

timers from middle school

exceeded expectations.

Rishi R of 7A, won the

coveted Outstanding Delegate

position in his committee.

Tanvi R of 8A was also

awarded Outstanding

Delegate. Debayan G of 8B

was given a special mention.

We congratulate all the

winners!

Inter- House

Competitions

Middle School

Ikebana - The first event

for the Inter-House

competitions was the

Japanese Art of Flower

arrangement- Ikebana, held

on 27th June.

The auditorium radiated with

vibrant colours of the flower

arrangement and each student

did his/her best to score

brownie points for their

respective houses. The

students’ ingenuity was at its

best.

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Senior School

Students expressed

themselves in the form of

prose and poetry in the

Creative Writing Competition

on 28th June. The contest was

based on student’s

observations of the Art room

in the school and connecting

it to Music or Yoga room, the

auditorium or any of the staff

rooms. Students participated

enthusiastically. The result is

awaited.

Interest Clubs

We learn most when we

exchange ideas and

information with those having

the same passion that we do.

Getting inspiration from Nick

Fury’s words, special people,

when brought together, can

become something more,

students of grade 12 have

formed eight clubs for the

senior students to enrich their

talent in various areas. These

clubs are– Debate, Western

Music, Acapella, Indian

Music, Dramatics, Dance,

MUN and Competitive

Coding. It has now further

expanded to Chess,

Linguistics and Motorsports

and more are on the drawing

board. As a forum to pursue

their interests and learn new

skills, for two periods every

Friday, students from grades

10 to 12 engage in activities

planned by them.

WORKSHOPS

Training in Experiential

Learning

Mrs. Pramila Menon attended a two-day CBSE

workshop on 10th and 11th

June. Conducted by an

eminent educationist, Dr.

Vasanthi Thiagarajan and Mr.

Arindam Roy Choudhury the

workshop touched upon the

need to differentiate between

experience and experiential

learning. It focused on the

fact that activities become

experiential when they are not

just ‘hands on but minds on’.

Through various real

classroom situations and

topics, the participants learnt

to derive the maximum

learning for the students from

their experiences in the

classroom and other

environments.

Workshop on Artificial

Intelligence and Python

programming

A two-day workshop was

conducted by Amrita School

of Engineering, Department

of Computer Science in

association with Bangalore

Sahodaya on 24th and 25th of

May 2019.

The topics on the first day

were AI workflow, Machine

learning, decision tree, deep

learning, neural networks and

application domain of AI. The

second day dealt with

programming in python,

database design, Mongo DB,

NoSQL.

Overt 100 teachers from all

over Bangalore schools

participated in this session.

The session ended with

distribution of certificates.

Ms. Anupama Rao

represented NPS

Koramangala..

RSC workshop for science

teachers

A two days’ workshop was

conducted on 30th and 31st

May 2019 at National Public

School, Koramangala for the

Science Teachers of NPS

Group of schools by Ms.

Jaya Swaminathan of Royal

Society of Chemistry. The

workshop, designed as three

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modules, covered the Yusuf

Hamied Inspirational

Chemistry Programme, which

was extended for the other

science teachers as well. The

35 teachers who attended the

workshop were enriched with

ideas on how to get students

more engaged and interested

in Science classes.

Demonstrating reactions in

micro quantities, converting

popular games like Jigsaw,

Dominoes etc into teaching

techniques, role of DART,

concept maps, Tarsia grids,

show–me board in learning

process were some of the

innovative ideas which

teachers loved in the

workshop.

Workshop on Inclusive

Education

A workshop on Capacity

Building Programme for

Teachers on Inclusive

Education was conducted by

Ms. P. Sree Vidhya as a

resource person under CBSE

Chennai Region. This was

conducted on 10TH and

11TH of May 2019 at

Chrysalis High School, New

Yelahanka Town,

Bangalore.The session

focused on creating an

awareness among the teaching

fraternity towards the need for

Inclusive Education in

schools, various aspects of

managing the Children with

Special Needs and the Right

of Persons With Disabilities

(RPWD) Act 2016.

CBSE workshop on

Strengthening Assessment

& Evaluation Practices for

Secondary Classes held on

28th-29th June at DPS South

Bangalore was attended by

Ms. Sujata Mishra and Ms.

Geeta Kathait. The objective

of the workshop was to

acquaint the participants with

the remodeled structure of

assessment for class IX and

X; to sensitize them with the

relevance of class X Board

Examinations; to acquaint

them with the different

components of the Internal

Assessment and also to keep

them abreast with the syllabus

pattern with effect from

academic session 2019-20.

CBSE workshop on

Prospective Resource

Person Capacity Building

Programme for Grade 10

Science was held on 26th and

27th June at Whitefield Global

School. Ms. Satyadeep Shetty

and Ms.Vipina Karthic

attended the workshop. The

two days’ workshop covered

the significance of Bloom’s

Taxonomy, writing an

effective Lesson plan,

methods of teaching Science,

and new assessment pattern

for the year 2019-20.

Year of the Periodic table

2019 has been declared as the

International Year of the

Periodic table of Chemical

elements by UN and accepted

by UNESCO, as it marks the

150th Anniversary of

Mendeleev’s Periodic Table.

As part of celebrating the

same, the University of

Waterloo came up with a

unique idea of making a

Timeline of Elements Poster

wherein, each element was

assigned to a school or

college across the globe. The

school had to design a tile

containing most relevant

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information about the element

in an artistic manner.

NPS KRM got element

Coppernitium (Atomic

number 112) and Anvitaa

Aanandkumar and Palak

Pariawala came up with an excellent tile and

submitted their work in March 2019.

University of Waterloo compiled all the tiles and

published their Timeline of Elements Poster in

June 2019.

To spread the awareness about the Year of

Periodic Table among students, Chemistry

Department and Grade 9 students of NPS KRM

started a new session in the morning assembly –

Element of the Day.

Each student from grade 9 will speak about an

element and will also make a small post card

about the same which will be displayed in the

ground floor bulletin board. Folks! It’s time to

say goodbye for now from the News desk

NPSKRM.

As we end this edition, we would like to reiterate

our values for this month - Kindness,

Compassion and Empathy. With this in mind,

we hold the thought that,

“Our mission is not to merely survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some

compassion, some humor, and some style.”

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Compiled by Ms Geeta Kathait & Ms Prathima with inputs from students & teachers; designed by Ms Jijy George and Ms Anupama Rao