Mentor...A Matter of Principal

A lady of high moral values and principles, imbibed in her through her intensive schooling and education from the esteemed Lady Irwin College, New Delhi, Mrs. ANITA VERMA, Principal of Shanti Asiatic School, Ahmedabad has been into education for the last thirty years. “The infinite capacities of the human mind have always fascinated me. Recollections of my earliest memories go back to those childhood years. ‘Why’, ‘What’, ‘When’, ‘How’, ‘What if’ – these questions always provoked me into going deeper and deeper seeking probable answers to never ending questions” writes Mrs. Anita Verma to MENTOR …

 

My intensive schooling backed by a Masters course in Child Development and Family Relationships from the prestigious Lady Irwin College, New Delhi helped me construct upon my basic beliefs. At a time when research in child centeredness in education was just beginning to gain credence, I realised that a child’s innocent questions are actually the key to discovering her/his unique learning styles. Teaching therefore, has been a strong conscious choice for me and the three decades of my professional career have been devoted to continuous understanding and unravelling the threads of education at different levels.

Shanti Asiatic goes the Biscope Way!

Shanti Asiatic School is one of the leading progressive schools of Ahmedabad. With belief in active and hands-on learning, the school this year has engaged its grade VIII students into a programme called the CEE ka Bioscope,CKB programme. Offered by Centre for Environment Education, the programme is an ICT enabled practice-based learning module meant for students of grades VII-IX.

 

 

In July this year a CKB module for grade VIII students focussed on “Sustainable Agriculture’ and the module aims at  helping students understand the evolution and development of agriculture.  Students are also involved in exploring some close and critical connections that Agriculture has with the daily life of an urban Indian today. 

With a focus on enquiry-based approach, the CKB programme is reaching out to over 60 children of Grade VIII. The module involves interaction of students with maps, satellite imageries and several computer-enabled data interpretation applications, appropriately combined with several other teaching techniques including field visits, classroom sessions, games and activities.

We are sure that this “Real learning” will offer a new and wide   perspective to our students’ knowledge horizon

Janamashtami Celebration 2012

Krishna is called Yogeshwara,the Ishwar of Yog. Janmashtami commemorates the earthly appearance of Krishna, who is described in India’s sacred writings as God Himself. One of the biggest religious festivals in India was celebrated with great festivity at SAS. On August 9, 2012.

The pre-primary students were dressed as deities, Radha-Krishna. Children enjoyed dressing up as Radha, Krishna and their associates, and re-enacted Krishna’s pastimes. This helped to create a very festive mood. They wore extra special outfits to re-create the ambience of Krishna Lila, Mathura. The parents exercised their creativity and payed special attention in decorating them. The assembly plaza was recreated like the temple programme and devotional songs were sung for the Aarti. The pre-primary students tapped their feet on a wide variety of Radha-Krishna numbers. It was amazing to see the little ones recite Shlokas and Mahabharat lines confidently.

 

The Dahi Handi festivities mandate a skillful fine balance, as Krishna climbed a top of, a pyramid, taking necessary precautions. Special peda as prasad was distributed to the SAS family.

It was also time to bid adieu to our Director Mr.Ronak Chiripal,who left for the US.Smt and Shri Brijmohan Chiripal were the chief guest on the occasion.
Jai Shri Krishna.

Visit to Akshardham, an enlightening experience.

Visit to the Akshardham temple, which is located at Gandhinagar was a rewarding experience for children of classes IV and V who travelled on July 26, 2012.The field trip theme was based on Environment which was studied in the landscape, and surrounding of the magnificent temple of Shree Swaminarayan, the great sage .The temple was visited by the children who paid their immense devotion to the swami.

The beauty of the carvings on the temple walls, peace and serenity of the temple was also witnessed by the children. The children visited the entire temple which was a showcase of the life of the sage who left all worldly pleasures and travelled all over India .The things he used, his lifestyle and challenges faced by him environmentally was breathtaking.

The children went on a tour in the entire garden landscape of the temple which was a beautiful journey that unfolded the abundance of natural beauty. The children saw varied types of ornamental plants, shrubs, bushes, trees as they wound their trip back to SAS. 

The importance of maintaining harmony in the environment by having positive approach to life was also a salient feature of the trip.

Spell Bee……..Harshit Again!

Harshit Kumar of Class VII proved his prowess again. He brought laurels to SAS as he secured the 3rd position in Ahmedabad Inter School MaRRS  International Spelling Bee Competition, held at DPS.

 

 

He has been selected to participate in the State Championship. Harshit is a very industrious student. He proved his mettle last year by representing Gujarat at the International level at Abu Dhabi.

Monsoon at SAS!

While Gujarat is facing a dry spell, students of SAS decided to bring rain, rainbow and colour to the school campus.

Nature’s most marvelous way of exhibiting colours-the rainbow”
"A rainbow wouldn't be a rainbow if it was missing a single color.”

A VIBGYOR day was celebrated for pre-primary on July 27, 2012.The children learnt about the seven colors of the rainbow. They all came to school dressed in different colored, clothes reminiscent of the colors of the rainbow.For Sr.Kg. students various activities were organized and celebrated as “Monsoon Magic Day.” On the day ‘Make and Eat’ activity was organized. Children were taught to prepare lemonade. They also watched a PPT on water .It was to make them comprehend about the diverse uses of water, sources of water, water animals and rhymes on water. This was further followed by colouring event and the theme was “Monsoon”.

 
Children participated very enthusiastically and enjoyed to the fullest. It was a nice chirpy colourful day.

Sweet Corn Day!!

Sweet corn, sweet corn,

I'll sing a merry tune if I may eat you up.

Sweet corn, sweet corn,

I'll dance around the room and whistle through my cup. 

 

The Jr.kg section of pre-primary went crazy preparing corn chat, a group activity. It involved all the students with the guidance of the staff. The necessary ingredients added extra flavor and made it more sumptuous.