Parent Orientation Program – Musical Expression by Students

Students of Junior school rocked with their performances with different music instruments during the Parent orientation programme.

 Niveda and Aadarsh from Grade 6 performed soothing sounds of few pieces on piano.

Krishna Bilwa from Grade 5 gave the audiences a joy of listening to the ‘Bals’ and ‘Khaidas’ on Tabla.

Sumanth from Grade 5 entertained the audience with his rocking beats of ‘Drums’.

Vansh Asthana of grade 5 strummed his guitar by playing interesting pieces which sent the listeners in raptures.

Parents appreciated the students’ talent and their presentation skills.

Classical Music Performance for Parent Orientation

                                                                      

A classical music presentation by the enthusiastic students for parent orientation was a great show and well appreciated. Children from different grade levels performed the compositions of Sri. Purandaradasa,  Annamacharya, Muttu Swami Dixitar. The program started with the soothing violin performance by Pooja 0f 6^th grade with “vatapi ganapatim” in Hamsadhwani raagam set to adi taalam. Different noteswaras of Muttu Swami Dixitar sung by  students of grades 4 and 5 were well received and loudly applauded.

Different vocal patterns and alankaras presented by the students gave good experience of following the talam and tabla together which is a little tricky one.   The bhajan  was well received and audience started clapping and sang along. Annamacharya keertana  “Brahma mokkate” in a fast tempo  on violin was an energizer and all the kids and audience sang to the tunes and clapped to the beats.  The program was a big success and a great experience for all. Participants were POOJA, MEDHINI, CHETAN SAI, RIDDHI REDDY, RIDDHI DUBE, SADHANA, and PRAMITHI.

IGCSE ICT Quiz Reflection

On Thursday, October 24, 2013, the ICT Quiz competition was conducted between 9^th and 10^th Grades of IGCSE. The students took part actively in it and enjoyed it a lot with tons of enthusiasm.

Five teams participated in this competition with five members each from 9^th and 10^th (IGCSE). There were four rounds that included multiple choice questions, visuals, identify slogans, and buzzer round. I got to learn about famous people who contributed to the development of technology, such as Steve Jobs and Charles Babbage. We were enlightened by wisdom. The overwhelming participation and enthusiasm of students was remarkable. At the end, there was a tie between Team B and Team D; with Team D winning the overall competition. These types of quizzes encourage students to showcase their knowledge.

-          Sneha Gadiraju X-G (Team D)

We recently had an ICT quiz along with the tenth graders. We were challenged with four mind-boggling rounds with questions ranging from all across the world of technology. It surely made all of us scratch our heads. There were five teams but the team"D"(tenth graders) won the quiz in a tie-braking round with team "B"(ninth graders). All the participants enjoyed it deeply and we would love to have more competitions as such. It taught all of us a lot more than what we already knew.

-          Shajan, IX J (Team C)

OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS A NEW LEARNING – STUDENT REFLECTION ON AUTUMN INTERNSHIP CBSE – SENIOR SECONDARY SEGMENT

Our internship from 12^th-15^th October was full of unique experiences. We gained knowledge about a large scale manufacturing unit and its departments. We chose Sri Nav Durga Textiles Pvt. Ltd as we knew that it would give us the right exposure of working in a large scale manufacturing unit. Management in a large scale industry is a very complex process at different levels but this internship helped us to simplify this learning and understanding the complex process more clearly. It was very interesting and fascinating to see a simple grey fabric turn into beautiful printed Sarees.

DAY 1: The moment we stepped into Sri Nav Durga Textiles Pvt. Ltd, our learning process began and we knew it was going to be a very meaningful one. To begin with, we were first introduced to the MD, Mr. Chandrakant Agrawal and then the heads of every department (designing, manufacturing, sales and finance). We were asked to observe the process of making of a saree for the first day. This would give us general information and outline of the firm. We made a note of the whole process from designing to the stage of final packing. 

At the end of the day, we were asked to explain what we learnt and were given a chance to clear our doubts. The first day itself was very informative and we knew that we would gain a lot out of this internship.

DAY 2: Now that we were thorough with the whole process, we were assigned the designing, manufacturing, selling and financing part of a saree. We were excited to take up this challenge and seized the opportunity. We started off with analyzing the old designs and researching about the preferred designs and colors of the customers. 

We began our project on designing with the help of the supportive designing head. Our design was very fresh and new which was appreciated by the designers but we were asked to make some changes for convenient printing. At the end of day 2, our final design was printed and ready for manufacturing. We ended the day, elated that we had achieved our target.

DAY 3: We worked in the most interesting unit of the firm. This is where designs we made were converted into beautiful sarees. This process starts with the counting and classifying the grey fabric which is sent from Surat. This fabric is then sent for dyeing and bleaching which is also known as the Scouring Process. Next the dyed and bleached cloth is sent for a check of its PH level and strengthening. After the fabric is strong enough, it is sent for conversion into rolls for the convenience of printing. 

For printing the desired design onto the fabric, it is first carved on a wooden tray and then this tray is put into the printing machine and then this wooden block imprints the design on the saree. This printed saree is sent for looping where the colours are enhanced and strengthened so that a rigorous wash doesn’t let the color fade off. The last step is to heat the cloth at 80 degrees and to check the PH level again. At the end, our saree was just a few steps away from sale.

DAY 4: Once we saw our beautiful saree ready, we were eager to send them to the wholesalers. The saree was first cut into 5.5 m each, folded and put into bundles of 20 each with blouse pieces. Meanwhile we analyzed and calculated the cost of production and adding the profit margin. As a result, we now knew how much profit the factory was going to make on that particular design. Later the sarees were put into plastic covers and were sent to the market.

The day ended on a very bittersweet note as we were leaving Sri Nav Durga Textiles Pvt.Ltd and were going to miss this internship a lot. But on the other hand, we were taking back a lot of knowledge and experience with us. This helped us understand the way a functional structure of a firm works. After this internship, we could now relate our experience to our business studies concepts. 

We thank Mr. Chandrakant Agrawal, MD Sri Nav Durga Textiles and his team for giving us the opportunity to intern with him. We would also like to thank our school Oakridge International and our teachers for supporting us throughout.

By:

Anaisha S. and Anushka . A

               XII E