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PP-1
and 2 made a visit to the Nehru Zoological Park on 5 February
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Seetha
Kiran, the Principal and Regional Director of DAV Public School
visited our school on 4 February 2004, shared her wisdom with
the secondary teachers and conducted an interactive session
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The
Headmistress, Mrs C Adilakshmi attended a workshop from the
17 january to 19 january at Prem Tinsulanonda Centre for International
Education at Chiang Mai, Thailand. This workshop was conducted
by Mrs Justine Smith and Mrs Christine Gilliland regarding a
new Assessment programme. Over 10 schools in the Asia-pacific
region, following the IB curriculum participated. |
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Classes
VIII and IX along with Mr Johnson George, Ms Damayanti Mukherjee,
Ms Fatima Shikoh, and Ms Sucharita Ray went for a trip to Aashirwad
( A Residential Transit School for Child-Workers) at Kukatpally
on 20 February. Oakridge, as part of its broader community service
commitment, has been associated with this institution, it was
an opportunity for us to interact and empathise with children,
our age group, yet of a different social setting.
We
were timidly welcomed on arrival and clambered up the stairs
and seated ourselves on the floor along with the kids in blue.
All the chitchat among and between the Oakridgers and the kids
of Aashirwad ended when Mr Suman, the Principal of the school
spoke to us about the history and goal of Aashirwad. He told
us that they were providing children with the much needed education
that they had lost during their years as child labour. He emphasized
that the space and infrastructure they required was still not
adequate but the education was.
We
took an oath against child labour and then Aashirwad's Principal
invited some of our students to match talents with that of the
Aashirwad students. The star of the day was an Aashirwad student
named Srinivas who was well on hisway to becoming a professional
in dancing. Today, thanks to the efforts made by Aashirwad,
he goes to the Shiamak Davar Institute of Performing Arts and
his talent was evident.
Then
the budding cricketers of Oakridge as well as of Aashirwad went
to play a cricket match outside while the rest stayed inside
for an entharalling game of Antakshari. The match ended in a
draw. Though the Oakridgers looked like they would sweep away
another victory, the determined Aashirwad team didn't lose hope
and chased a hefty 27 runs off 30 deliveries.
While
the cricket match was going on, everyone was singing and dancing
on the first floor. Four teams had a tough but friendly contest
of Antakshari and then a round of dancing on great numbers with
Srinivas as the lead.
Unfortunately
time ran out and we had to leave. It was an educative and touching
experience and when the bus rolled school wards, it was not
pity but admiration that filled our hearts as we reflected upon
the grit of these children, who started out with so little from
life yet have the courage to challenge life and vow to 'drink
it to the less'.
Arjun
Natarajan (VIII B)
Akash Nayak (VIII A)
Raashi Pachisia (IX)
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The
Transit of Venus
On
the morning of March 26, Oakridgers of classes IV,V,VIII and IX
were taken to the multi-purpose hall to watch on interesting presentation
by Mr Y Ravi Kiron, Secretary of Association of Hyderabad Amateur
Astronomers (AHAA). We also did an interesting experiment on the
sun-dial.
Our
mission for the day was to find out the distance between the sun
and the earth, which is possible ONLY during the Transit of Venus.
The Transit of Venus is a once in a lifetime event during which
the silhouette of the planet Venus crosses the face of the sun as
seen from the earth. It occurs every 120 years.
You
can witness this rare occasion on the 8 June 2004.
The
experiment was conducted between 11:00 am and 02.30 pm. Mr.Ravi
Kiron told us a lot about our universe and included a Power Point
presentation. Though it was sweltering hot, we did enjoy it because
we felt it our duty to know about our own solar system. We started
out by determining the radius of the earth using the measures of
the shadows cast by the mini sun dials we had used earlier in the
day. In the middle we had a lunch break after which we did the calculations.
The Transit of Venus most of us think, will be an experience to
remember as there is no one alive on the face of the earth right
now who has witnesses this phenomenon ever before. So try your best
not to miss this opportunity on 8 June, 2004.
Aishwarya
Sivuni (VIII C)
Karishma Krishnan (VIII C)
Learning
out of This World
 Have
you ever woundered why the TV never fails to show a match
or why if  there
is a natural calmity we get information instantly. It is
due to the earth's artificial orbiters-satellites. These
issues greatly excited the minds of the young Oakridgers
of Class V as they studied the POI unit of 'Earth and Space'
and in relation to this made a field trip to National Remote
Sensing Agency (NRSA) at shadnagar on 11 February. Dr. Sudarshan,
Head, Programme, Planning and Evaluation (NRSA) and also
an Oakridge parent, not only helped us gain permission for
the visit but also prepared all the visitors through a Power
Point presentation a day earlier.
We
were visibly animated as we boarded the bus on that chilly
February morning with out Headmistress, Mrs C Adilakshmi
and our teachers Ms Ratna Bhowmick, Mrs. Y Padmasree, Mrs
V Prasuna and Mr Sreedhar. After a journey of an hour and
a half the disc like structures in the distance announced
the approach of our destinatiion. NRSA is a branch of the
Department; of Space devoted to acquisition, processing
and dissemination o remote sensing data. Our guide, a scientist
himself, showed as different computers processing various
data downloaded primarily from Indian satellites IRS-1A
and 1B as well as from Landsat(USA). The data collated by
NRSA is used by various government agencies for the purposes
of ground water targeting, flood mapping and damage assessment,
soil mapping, crop estimation, watershed management, ocean
studies amongst others. As we toured, we observed the advanced
computers indicating positions of satellites and their movement
paths, charts showing various cameras fitted in the satellites
and the live pictures of earth transmitted by a satellite.
We comprehended first hand how weather forecasts are updated
and maps are graphed. Our questing minds thirsted for information
that our guide tirelessly and graciously provided us with.
It
was an opportunity of a lifetime that we, the 'Inquires'
of Oakridge will treasure in our hearts.
Sumeet
Raj Thakkar (VA),
Rahul Hari Krishnan (VB),
C. Sahiti(VA)
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Paint
Your Vision is the inter school poster making competition
held by Oakridge International School every year.
This
competition aims at bringing out a child's creativity, imagination,
innovativeness and overall talent in art. This year it was
hel during the month of February.
There
were two groups:
Group
A(classes III to V) had to base their posters on:
Clean and Green Environment
Stop Child Labour
My Book, My Friend
Each One Teach One
After
a lot of brainstorming, the finy tats ended up creating amazingly
brilliant posters. Though most of the posters were appealing
the three prizewinners adjudged by Mrs. Gasain, the Principal
of St.Martins School, Miyapur were Anusha Vallal of Pallavi
Model School, who bagged the first prize, B.H.Madhukika of
Obul Reddy Public School, who came a close second, and Honey
Kiran of Roots Public School, who was awarded the third prize.
Next
were the seniors of classes VI to IX in Group B. They had
to paint their views on:
Discover Hyderabad
Science For Progress
War-Crime Against Humanity
A New Space Mission
Oakridge
wept the awards with Nayanika Reddy winning the first prize,
Raashi Pachisia the second prize and Pooja Thakur of Oakridge
and S. Ashrita of Delhi Public School sharing the third position.
This group's winners were also judged by Mrs. Gosain.
The
judgement criteria for the competition were appropriate interpretation
and visualization of the theme, effective blending of the
caption, overall visual appeal and colour balance.
Oakridge
feels that there has to be regular and meaningful interaction
amongst the students and staff of various schools of Hyderabad
in order to create an atmosphere of mutual respect. We feel
that inter-school activities that challenge the children's
creativity engender a spirit of healthy competition and contribute
substantially towards real progress.
The
teacher in charge was Mrs. Meenakshi Joshi.
Vinayendra
P(X)
Raashi P(X)
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February was a colourful afternoon at Oakridge as the students
of classes VI to IX had a poster making competition and the
topic for the day was a jumble mix of ideas on the various
topics announced.
The
topics given to the Junior Category were related to social
issues and were:
Clean
and Green City
My Book, My Friend
Each One Teach One
Stop Child Labour!
The
topics given to the Senior Category were such that tested
the artistic skills of each child :
Discover
Hyderabad
Science for Progress
War - A Crime Against Humanity
A New Space Mission
Every
child had his own idea and all the imaginative artistic and
colourful minds of the Oakridgers were at work! The results
for this competition were announced on 23 February.
In
the junior category the first prize was taken away by Megha
C (V B) and the second bye Nitin Pai (V A). Navya B(IV B)
received the third prize. All of them proved in unison that
they know their environment very well indeed. The judge for
this segment was Mrs Girija.
Nayanika
Reddy (IX) who had painted her views of war bagged the first
prize in the senior category. She was followed by Raashi Pachisia
(IX) who took away the second position and Pooja Thakur (IX)
who came a close third. IT was a visual extravaganza that
graphically represented the issues that are close to our children's
heart today. This segment was judged by Mrs Ketaki Roy Chowdary.
The
teacher in charge was Mrs Sucharita Roy
Nidhi
B (VIII B), Raashi Pachisia (IX)
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Meridian
School held an interschool event on 21 February 2004,
on the theme ' Kids for Tigers'. Oakridge participated
in various programme categories like Music, Fancy Dress,
Art and Creative Writing. The participants in the fancy
dress competition were Aditi Agarwal(IV), Shilpa Reddy
(VIIA) and S.S.Karthikeya while Mounika (VIIA) and Sai
Manasa (IX) went for the solo singing competition. Nayanika
Reddy (IX), Madhurya M (VI) and Sneha Reddy (VI) took
part in the Painting competition and Anirudh Jaisimha
(IX). Nikita T(VIA) and Anne Charles (VIIB) participated
in creative writing. The third position was bagged by
Oakridge in the fancy dress competition with a tie between
Aditi Agarwal, Shilpa Reddy and S.S.Karthikeya. The teacher
in charge was Ms. Mondira Jaisimha. |
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 Kuhuk
Shroff (I A) secured first division in the Music Examination
conducted by Akhila Bharathiya Gandhava Mahavidyalaya
Mandal Mumbai. She was the youngest student to receive
such an honour. |
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The
Pen-A-Verse Contest,
Receives poems at their very best.
For poets, it is a fest,
The
Pen-A-Verse Contest.
"Pen-A-Verse"
is the inter-school poetry writing competition held annually
by Oakridge International. This year, it was held on 6
December 2003. The competition was divided into three
categories: sub-juniors, juniors and seniors.
Each
category was divided as follows:
The Sub-junior category consisting of classes IV and V
allotted the topic Seasons.'
The Junior category consisting of classes VI and VII had
to express their views on Outer Space.'
Classes VIII and IX farming the Senior category wrote
about "themselves".
The
judge for this event was Mrs. Shubha Kakade. She has been
a high school teacher for several years and was the former
Principal of Bhavans College, Sainikpuri. After retirement
she is now a free lane educational consultant in several
schools and colleges in the twin cities.
The
poems were judged upon the clarity of thought, depth of
emotion, relevance to theme, technique and most importantly
creativity.
The
results were annnounced on 28 February 2004. They were
as follows:
Sub-junior
Category:
1st
Prize: Rahul Harikrishnan - Oakridge International School
2nd Prize: Nikhil venkatesa - Oakridge International School
3rd Prize: Navya Ballu - Oakridge International School
Junior
Category:
1st
Prize: Aishwarya Sivuni - Oakridge International School
2nd Prize: A.Sneha- P.Obul Reddy Public School
3rd Prize: Nitya Srinivas- Chirec Public School
Senior
Category:
1st
Prize: Mark G.A.- Niraj Public School
2nd Prize: Dishaa Singh- Oakridge International School
3rd Prize: Anvita Sudarshan- Oakridge International School
The
teachers incharge were Mrs C Hema and Mrs Mandira Jaisimha
Ridhima
Parvathaneni(VIII B)
Kavya.A(VIIIB)
Anne Charles(VIIIB)
Working
with Puppets
On
the 13th of February, the children of Class IV had a workshop
in store for them. It was held in our school by Ms. Ratnamala
Nari. She taught us about the different types of puppets,
how to make puppets and how to use puppets. It was a fun
activity. The children were divided into groups and they
started working. Some of the children made mice, some
made cats and some made water animals. Then they had to
present a story with these puppets. The story was an Sharing
the Planet. It was a very good story.
For
the primary children, with regard to our their PYP (Primary
Years Programme), a person named Mr. Ron Aucld and from
Canada was going to come to our school. The children of
Class IV thought it would be a good idea to show Mr. Ran
their puppet show. And so they did. On the 18th of February
they started practicing. This time they used the best
puppets made by children. The narrator needed to change
his voice to that of a bear and so the other children
needed to change their voices to match different animals.
Then the big day came. Everyone was nervous. No one wanted
to think of the mistakes they would make in the play.
First ;the children had their practice. At approximately
9:00 am Mr. Ron Aucldand came. We started the play. Things
were going like they were planned to be. At the end of
the play we had a picture with Mr. Ron. The children gasped
for breath and got the nervousness out of them while the
teachers wiped their foreheads. This was really an impressive
teamwork
Nikhil
Venkatesa (IVA)
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Get
Writing
The
individual poetry writing competition was held during February
2004. The contest attempted to harness the creative imagination
of children. Heads were swarming with ideas; thoughts were
overflowing and were resulting in great poems. The competition
was divided into three categories; Sub Junior, Junior and
Senior. The rsults were as follows :
The
Sub Junior category consisted of classes IV and V. The first
prize was given to Rahul Harikrishnan (VB) while Nikhil Venkatesa
(IVA) received the second prize and Navya Bollu (IV B) the
third. The topic given to them was Seasons.
The
Junior Category included classes VI and VII. Ridhima Parvathaneni
(VIIB) bagged the first position, Aishwarya Sivuni (VIIC)
got the second place and Sneha Reddy (VIB) received the third
prize. Their ideas on outer Space were marvelous.
The
Senior Category consisted of classes VIII and IX. Dishaa Singh
(IX) was awarded with the first position; Nayanika Reddy (IX)
came a close second while Anvita Sudarshan (VIII A) took the
third place. Their poems on Me, Myself were quite imaginative
and spectacular.
The
winners of this event participated in the Pen-AVerse, an inter-school
poetry writing competition, hosted by Oakridge International
School.
The
contest was judged by Mrs Shubha Kakade. The teachers incharge
were Mrs C Hema and Mrs Mondira Jaisimha.
Dishaa
Singh (IX),
Raashi Pochisia (IX)
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