Prabhat…The Celebration of Learning

Prabhat-“The morning light”. The platform for the budding scientist, poets and writers.Time for the Shanti Asiatic Students, Ahmedabad to showcase their talents in the field of education. The various faculties display their projects in the form of interesting exhibits a. It provides a horizon for the origin of new ideas taking shape in the minds of our students. This is an opportunity to present their learning experiences in the most practical presentable and creative manner.

The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr.Animesh Chokshi Joint Director of Krishna Heart and Super Specialty Institute and Dr.Shailendra Gupta,Registrar , Calorx Teachers University.

It was like entering a mini Science Centre, at SAS school building with a vast display of exhibits like Hall of Space, Oil Refinery, Future source of Energy, Production of Hydrogen, Fire Sprinkler System, Roof top Rain Water Harvest, Silver Mirror Hydroelectric Generator, Biogas Plant etc. The Computer department showed the skills in the field of Photo shop, Dotnet Programming, Pivot animations, PPT, Videos in Moviemakers, etc. Social Science Dept displayed Mind mapping, Crossword puzzles, teaching learning through newspaper, Highlight being “My experiments with Truth…Section on Mahatma Gandhi. English Language Lab-Phonetics was an eye catcher for both the young and the old. Scientific advancements have produced a number of innovative products to assist the learning process of pronunciation. Biographies, projects, mind mapping activities were displayed. Fractions, pi charts, biographies, Chinese and finger multiplication entertained the young and old from the math department. Classroom metamorphosed into Gurukul, was the theme of Hindi dept.

A large number of parents and guests spared their valuable time to encourage, motivate and quiz the students. Hard work displayed by the students was appreciated.

Valuable Feedback from Parents.

“This type of presentation is very good and gives exposure to the students to be very practical. This also helps them to be confident and learn the actual thing rather than being theoretical. Good effort.”-Mr Alok Jain

“This is a great activity to learning science practically. Develops confidence. Good effort.”-Mr Jaydip Patel.

“The little ones were confident. Could explain the concept clearly. Good job.”-Ms Poonam Sharma

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Pat a cake…Baker’s Man

MMMM......Cake
Gonna bake a cake
Make it nice and chocolatee
Put my taste buds to the test
Add all the ingredients of my soul
Mix it with love and passion
Till its blended whole
Enjoy the scent of its sweet fragrance
Gotta taste that delightful essence
Make sure its right for the baking
Heat up the oven……

Trip to Kabhi B Bakery by classes 1to 5was enjoyable and exciting.
The bus ride was the time to recollect the nursery rhymes and mothers’
baking skills.

Each class was divided into three groups led by SAS staff member and an employee of the bakery. The bakery is divided into three sections-The Hot, Cold and Bread section. The Hot section is the main kitchen area where cakes stuffing for the sandwiches, burgers,dabeli pavetc are done. In the Bread section, different varieties of mouth watering breads, pizzas bases are prepared. The students went into the nitty grity of baking, selecting and measuring the right ingredients, process of baking. The Cold sections were a treat to the little SAS students as they saw the cakes being decorated. Students picked up some icing tips. They were then taken to the chocolate sections where they saw the chocolate moulds….a beautiful morning was like visiting Alice in Wonderland.

63rd Republic Day at SAS

India is my country
We live here in peace
Unity is important for us each

Festivity and enthusiasm marked the 63rd Republic Day celebrations on the campus. The students and staff of SAS Bopal, SBS, SAS Kheda were present in full strength. The spectators included our very enthusiastic parents.

The students showcased their strength with an impressive display of the march-past, swinging their arms and moving forward gallantly.

The school choir group filled the atmosphere with patriotism when they sang ‘SARE JAHAN SE ACCHA. The SAS students also performed a group dance on “Jai Ho.”Saffron,w hite and green was the colour of the day. Badges of the national flag and wrist bands of the tricolor adorned the wrists of all the students.

The chief guest for the day, Shri Ved Prakashji, Chairman Chiripal Group of Industries, enlightened the audience with his words of wisdom. He stressed on imparting education and moulding the future of the youth of India in the right direction. Dr.Allen Dsouza, Dean SBS, the guest of honour also spoke about the youth power and their strength. Emotions soared high when Ved Prakashji unfurled the national tricolor and the national anthem was sung, with passion. One and all displayed their sentiments of devotion and respect by saluting the national flag.

After the formal function, jubilation gave way to fun and excitement, as cross country race was organized for the various categories of the student. This was followed by the vote of thanks from the Principal, Mrs. Anita Verma.

Accolades for SAS at Calorx Foundation

G-One RadioMirchi and Calrox Foundation organized Reading competition and Innovate-2012. “An Innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.”-Dean Kam

SAS students, Sahil Shah,Chiranjeev Joshi,Arjun Shah and Parinika Krishnan were placed second amongst 17 schools at INNOVATE 2012.The competition involved innovating,creating,brainstorming.

The group was evaluated on group dynamics, creativity and presentation skills. The competition involved thinking, innovating, creating and final presentation.
Kudos! To SAS.

From the students desk.

We, the students of SAS had gone to Calorx school for an”Innovation Competition.”As we reached there we were escorted by a prefect of the school. We were given a photograph of a table and were asked to redesign it and create a whole new table on a chart paper. We had to make a table for the future. This may sound easy but believe me, it wasn’t. We had got only an hour and a half. It took us 45mins to decide what to make. The other schools were also much engrossed in their work. We made a sort of a “Flipping Concept.”In that you just have to flip the notebook and you’ll get the computer screen(all on the chart paper).We had made many things like that. The experience was awfully good but at the same time it was mind churning!

Arjun Shah
Class VII

We the students of Shanti Asiatic School went to the “Innovation Competition” where we stood 2nd out of 17 schools. Its not winning or losing, it is what we are learning from it.We were given a drawing of a table and we were asked to innovate it in such a way that we can use it even after 5yrs.So, we made a flipping concept. We learnt the “Innovation is not what’s in your mind, its what comes out from your mind.”

We just have to think and ink it. We came to know the level of our creativity from this competition and many more things. It was a wonderful experience.

Chiranjeev Joshi
Class VIII

Kite Festival At SAS

How bright on the blue
Is a kite when it's new!

With a dive and a dip
It snaps its tail
Then soars like a ship
With only a sail

As over tides
Of wind it rides,

Climbs to the crest
Of a gust and pulls,
Then seems to rest
As wind falls.

When string goes slack
You wind it back

Uttarayan was celebrated with great festivity on SAS campus. It was a bright, sunny, breezy morning. The SAS kites, gifted to the students soared high. The students rolled the spool, competing with their friends. Traditional sweets the”Chikki” was also distributed. PPT presentation was given to the students on “Safety to be observed while flying kites.”There was a ban on the usage of manja thread. Helpline numbers of ASHA Foundation,CHETNA Kendra and SHANTIDOOT was given to SAS fraternity,for the injured birds and animals.

An extraordinary day for the students. Children of all ages flew kites and rejoiced in the spirit of the day. The open blue sky was enlivened with the designer SAS kites.
The flying kites soared the spirit of “Uttarayan” higher.

Knowledge Carnival 2011

Shanti Asiatic School, Ahmadabad celebrated its second Knowledge Carnival on its campus. Dr P Babu, Chief Commissioner Central Excise and Mrs Shobha Babu were the Chief Guest for the Carnival.SAS was also honoured to have Mr Ajay Tomar, Joint Commissioner of Police,IPS as the guest of honour.

This amazing carnival comprising of 35 stalls was managed by the students with much enthusiasm. The Carnival was a blend of fun and knowledge had something for everyone. Through this event the students displayed their multiple life skills and every stall was bursting with games and thinning out knowledge. The stalls included, Bioscope, Web Design, Art Creek, Craft Bazaar, Mathemagics, Language Games, Interactive Science with RA-ONE’s heart, IT meets creativity, Innovative Jewellery, and Tattoo Making stalls.

The main attractions of the evening were Knowledge Housie enjoyed by each one, the traditional dance by the students and the choir that had everyone swaying to the beats of songs .Some familiar cartoon characters who mingled with the crowd gave a fillip to the whole Carnival . There were rides for children, and a number of food stalls serving delicious and mouth-watering food. The carnival was a huge success and this unforgettable evening came to an end with lot of smiles signifying joy.

The festive season before Christmas and New Year was the time to showcase the talents of the students. Carnival involves public celebration and the parents graced the occasion in large number. More than 2000 guests were present. Students were dressed up and masqueraded during the celebration. It was an overturning of daily life, a wonderful break from monotony and time to gear up for festivity.

Shanti Asiatic Inter School Chess Tournament 2011-12

Shanti Asiatic School and Gujarat State Chess Association jointly organized the First Shanti Asiatic Inter school Chess Tournament in the school campus of Shanti Asiatic School, Bopal. 412 participants from 55 schools of Ahmedabad, Anand and Baroda participated in this tournament.

The tournament was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr. Vishal Chiripal, Director of Chiripal Group. Mr. Kartikey Shukla, Vice President – GSCA and Mr. Bharat Patel witnessed the inauguration of the programme as a Special Guest. Master Fenil Shah, Ms. Dhyani Dave and Master Hetul Shah, who have represented India at various International Chess Tournaments and grabbed medals were inspiring role models, also present during the ceremony. The Chief Arbiter of the Tournament was Mr. Vimal Srivastava. All the state functionaries of the GSCA ,notably graced the occasion.

The Tournament was categorized in 5 different groups, Under 7, Under 9, Under 11, Under 13 and Under 15. In each group 5 winners were awarded the trophy. The results of the tournament are as follows:

Under 7 : Jainam Shah (Udgam School) – First, Abhay Nistala (St. Xavier’s) – Second, Khush Jain (Baroda) – Third, Sahil Samdhani (Nirman School) – Fourth and Akshat Shah – FifthUnder 9 : Ansh Shah (Baroda) – First, Naitik Mehta (K. N. School) – Second, Rutvi Shah (Udgam School) – Third, Yashit Agrawal (AIS) – Fourth, and Vansh Shah (AIS ) – Fifth.

Under 11 : Dhruv Anjaria (H.B.K.) – First, Harsh Bhatt (Nirma) – Second, Hetvi – Third, Malay Damani – Fourth and Ishdeep Singh Chhabda (Anand) – Fifth.
Under 13 : Jwalin Mehta (C. N. Vidyalaya) – First, Harsh Srivastav (DAV) – Second, Tigmanshu Dave (Sharda) – Third, Chirag Gupta (K.V.) – Fourth and Shivam Shukla (Tripada) – Fifth
Under 15 : Vishal Diduvania (SGVP) – First, Shravan Modi (Nirman) – Second, Vedant Agrawal (Eklavya) – Third, Saurabh Desai (Baroda) – Fourth and Shashin Barot (J.G. International) – Fifth.

In the closing ceremony, the Chief Guest Mr. Jyoti Prasad Chiripal, Director, Chiripal Group, Mr. Ronak Chiripal of Chiripal Group and Mr. Manek Arya, Director, All India Radio, Jaipur – Udaipur gave away the prizes to the winners of all the groups.