EVENTS OF THE MONTH - APRIL

THE FRANK ANTHONY MEMORIAL ALL INDIA INTER SCHOOL DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP 2011
   HOSTED BY: DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWTOWN/POOL A- 17
   CATEGORY 1, PRELIMINARY STAGE (Classes XI and XII)

A REPORT

TOPIC:             In Our Quest For Technological Perfection, We Are Losing The Human Element.

JUDGES:              Mr. Rajarshi Sengupta
                              Ms. Marina Gandhi
                              Ms. Dana Roy

MODERATOR :   Ms. Sharmila Majumdar

Delhi Public School Newtown was proud to host The Frank Anthony Memorial All India Inter School Debate Championship 2011 on 18th April 2011. The preliminary round of the Category I of the prestigious Inter School Debate Championship. The participating schools were St. Xaviers Collegiate School, St. francis Xavier School, St. Stephen’s School, Vivekananda Mission School, St Helen’s School and Modern English Academy.

Eminent personalities having good exposure to public speaking had been invited as judges. The moderator also has been involved in training students for debating in her school. The judges for the event was Mr. Rajarshi Sengupta, Ms. Marina Gandhi and Ms. Dana Roy. Classes X to XII of the host school formed an enthusiastic audience.

C. The topic for the event was “In our Quest for Technology Perfection, We are losing the Human Element”. After the topic was declared, the participants took the help of books from the Library and were also allowed to surf the internet, for planning and preparation.

After one hour of preparation time, the program started with a welcome note and a brief introduction of the judges by the Principal of the host school.
Individual performances and interactive rebuttal rounds made the program lively. While the tabulators worked, the motion was thrown open to the audience. Many students from the audience took the opportunity to express their views.

St. Xavier’s Collegiate School was declared the Best Team and Loreto House became the 1st Runner-Up Team. Rashmeka Banerjee of Loreto House bagged the Best Speaker award and Mayukh Bhadra Choudhury of St. Xavier’s Collegiate School became the 1st Runner-Up Speaker.
The winning teams and the best speakers were given the Certificates sent by the Council. The host school took special care to award Participation Certificates to all the contestants as a token of appreciation and encouragement.

The program ended with a vote of thanks by the Headmistress Sr. School & Offg. Vice Principal Ms. Anjana Saha.

On the whole this event has been an enriching experience for Delhi Public School Newtown. We will be looking forward for more such events in the future.


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ACTIVITY: RECITATION COMPETITION ( 29TH APRIL ) 2011 UKG

A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.
- ANNE STEVENSON

"Play is what we want to do. Work is what we have to do." said W. H. Auden. Poetry is both of those things. Robert Frost, in fact, defined poetry as "serious play." Poetry is the liveliest use of language, and nobody knows more instinctively how to take delight in that playfulness than children.

Children love rhymes, word games, and the magic effects of verse. Keeping this in mind a “Recitation Competition” was conducted in UKG on 29th April 2011.

Children were asked to recite any poem of their choice in English. All the children participated enthusiastically in this activity.
Poetry is a wonderful tool in the development of language, reading and writing. Such activities help children to see the relationship between oral and written language and assist in developing listening and concentration skills.

Baisali Phani - (Incharge ,UKG )


DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, NEWTOWN SESSION 2010-2012 LKG

ACTIVITY REPORT

EVENT -    RHYME COMPETITION
DATE -       29TH APRIL 2011
VENUE -    LKG CLASS ROOMS

Nursery rhymes continue to be a part of childhood - pre-school-education. It help to teach children musical and language awareness. Teaching of nursery rhymes not only help the kids to speak properly but it also helps them to express their feelings by making facial expressions and gestures. So this is the first step in which we teach our kids how to express their feelings without using formal ways of communication. So we can say that nursery rhymes are not just like a mere time pass but it is really very important for child's communication skills and developing his or her ways of expressing. More over teaching a child nursery rhymes and making him or her speak in front of the public can increase their confidence level.

In our school we made an endeavour to make learning more fun for the children, through a recitation competition. All the LKG children participated enthusiastically. Children were asked to come forward and recite any rhyme of their choice. Stars and smiles were given as an encouragement.