CAS Field Trip to the Sinhagarh Fort

On 13th November, 2010, in the morning we the students of IBDP Year-1 and Year-2 along with our CAS co-ordinater and other teachers began our journey to the historical fort in pune, named Sinhagarh Fort with a motive of community service. We reached the fort at 11 a.m. and unloaded the stuff we bought with us which includes our lunch, some snacks, water and things required for cleaning the area.

We began our work as per the instructions of our teachers. We wore gloves and each were given one garbage bag so as to collect all the non-biodegradable waste from the whole area. We were divided into two groups, one group started from Kalyan gate and the other from Pune gate.

We worked continuously for several hours collecting all the waste in the garbage bag and till the lunch time each one of has returned to the place, where we meant to meet, with a bag full of garbage. There we washed our hands and prepare the salads. After that we had our lunch and a small talk with our teachers telling them about our experience. After this we went for a tour of the fort and saw several historical statues and the stones on which the history about the war was written which happened long back ago.

Finally we finished our tour in the evening and returned back to school with lots of enjoyment in the way as well. So in this way we collected 7 hours of service and more than that a great satisfaction.


Reported by,

Aakash Gupta,
IBDP Year-1

Annual Day celebrated at SPIS

On 27th and 28th of October, 2010, we the students of DYP SPIS celebrated our Annual Day. The major item to be presented in the Annual Day was "The Midsummer's Night Dream". The program began at 1 p.m. in the afternoon by lightning of the lamp followed by the introduction speech. The program started by the enthusiastic performance from the college band in which I was the lead guitarist. Then the play started followed by its introduction. In between the play there were several forms of dances performed. Some of them were: Hiphop, Salsa, Afro Jazz and Bollywood style. The characters played their roles very well and ended with a beautiful manner, therefore making the Annual Day 2010 a grand success. Finally the program ends with Head of School's speech in which she thanks our guests, parents, teachers and all the students for their extreme efforts in making this day an enjoyable one.

The most interesting part of this Annual Day was that all the students of the school participated in it. We started preparing for the Annual Day about a month before, practicing and rehearsing the full program. We would also like to thank our volunteer for their support behind the stage.

Reported by,

Aakash Gupta,
IBDP Year-1

Hindi Diwas Celebrations

Today an Inter School Hindi Debate and speech competition was organised in International School Aamby on the occasion of Hindi Diwas, celebrated on 14th September, 2010.

Five IB schools participated in the competition comprising of SPIS. Four students from each school had to participate, two for each (debate and speech). From SPIS three of my friends and me took part in that. We startes our journey to the Aamby Valley City at around 8:30 in the morning. The school was located on the hills and the surroundings were very pleasant and cold.

The competition started at 11:30 with Hindi Debate competition followed by speech competition. In between we have our lunch there. And as soon as the competition got over the photo session started and finally the results were announced. Our school really did a great job wining several positions.
Thus with this we went and reached back to our school at 7 p.m..

With this we celebrated Hindi Diwas.

Reported by,

Aakash Gupta,
IBDP Year 1.

Shiamak Davar Dance Classes

Yesterday we the students of IBDP Year 1 gathered in our auditorium for a Dance Session by the Shiamak Davar's dance trainers. The trainers showed us several forms of dance steps which they will tech us. The interested students had enrolled their names.

Thus from today we started our dance classes in the school itself, the duration of the dance sessions last for an hour which is included in our school timings. The different forms of dance include hip-hop, salsa and a certain style of jazz. It is a 114 days course for which we will be given CAS hours in the field of Action and Creativity. We'll also be awarded certificates for each form of dance after successfully completing the course.

The dance program has received a positive response from the students of SPIS and, many of us are looking forward to it.

Reported by,
Aakash Gupta
IBDP Year 1.
    

TeachForIndia Campaign

Yesterday we the students of grade 11 were gathered in our auditorium for the presentation by the representative of TeachForIndia Organisation.

The representative introduced, her organization and what is it about, to us. TeachForIndia is an organisation which aims for helping the needy by making them educated. This is a social serving organization which includes students, teachers or any person interested in social servicing by teaching the students, teachers or anyone who is willing to learn.

We the students of SPIS are requested to join this campaign and to extend our maximum support. Anyone who is interested in this have to teach in schools for 3 hours in a week, which not only be helpful to other but also to ourselves in increasing our teaching abilities, getting experience, knowing others, and the most important, getting the satisfaction of making someone to stand on one's legs by making one literate.

Hopefully more of us should join this and be of some use to others as well.

Reported by:

Aakash Gupta,
Grade: 11 A   

Grade 11 Assembly

Today was our grade 11 assembly in which we the students have organized the whole assembly. It was a task given to us, so as to perform our skills in our fields, which comes under Action and Creativity section of CAS.

Initially we have decided "Independence Day" as a subject of our assembly. Then we choose students according to their skills to do specific tasks like anchoring, presentation, music, news reading etc. Accordingly, we practiced yesterday of all the programs which we did today.

At last the day arrived, we begun our assembly with our school anthem, proceeded by an introductory speech. After which the boys showed the presentation on Independence Day occasion and spoken quotes of each freedom fighter as displayed on the screen. Then I played a patriotic song "Sare Jaha Se Accha" on the guitar. Then the students updated the audience about international, national and sports news. I once again was called upon to perform a song Doori, which I played on my guitar as well as sang it. After my performance their was another musical performance by two students who presented their self-composed songs. Into the final stages of the assembly we sang the National Anthem and gave a successful end to our assembly by thanking everybody for their presence and co-operation.

It was in a way a good platform to display our talents, skills and creativity. Thanking all our teachers and supporters for making this event successful.


Reported by:

Aakash Gupta,
Grade: 11 A
      

Trees Plantation techniques taught at SPIS

Today we all gathered in one of our school ground where we were taught how to plant trees with proper techniques by one environment / landscape specialist.

We were showed how to dug a hole in a ground. The specialist explained us first to put a layer of healthy fertile soil, then black soil layer, then some insecticides and finally showed us how to plant the bamboo plant in the hole.

We have to plant the trees next week and hopefully we will complete the task successfully using all the techniques taught us today.


Reported by:

Aakash Gupta
Grade: 11 A

Short Film Making preparations begins

This week SPIS is again back with another exiting activity. This time we the students were given the task of making a short film making. We are divided into three groups: IBDP year 1 grade 11 A, IBDP year 1 grade 11 B, and IBDP year 2. Each group has to make one short film on any topic individually, from acting to editing, from composing lyrics to videography and from script writing to even directing, by own.

Regarding the task mentioned above yesterday we the students of IBDP year 1 and 2 gathered together so as to begin the preparations for Short Film Making. The session was addressed by Mr. Amit Rastogi, IBDP coordinator whereas Mr. Darshan Naik, CAS coordinator showed some award winning short films.

In this session we were shown Short Films like ek akash, a documentary film on World War and some Animation films. We were told the concepts hidden behind each film and the way how it is directed.

The aim of the session is to make us familiar with the techniques used in short film making and to much extent we acquired a lot of tips and ideas.

My group (grade 11 A) has decided to make a Documentary film on SPIS. We are going to attempt the task next week, so just hope for the best.


Reported by:

Aakash Gupta
Guinness record holder
Grade: 11 A

Trees plantation at SPIS (Van Mahotsava)

We the students of IBDP year 1 celebrated Van Mahotsava at our school (Sharad Pawar International School) on 4th and 5th August, 2010 by levelling and cleaning the ground surface for planting trees and making out campus greener and more beautiful. The major objectives behind this (tree plantation) was to keep our environment healthy and reduce pollution so as to extend the life of our earth.

We did this task under the guidance of  Mr. Amit Rastogi, our IBDP coordinator, Mr. Darshan Naik,  our CAS coordinator, and one environmental specialist. We all fully enjoyed the task and successfully completed it. 

This activity comes under the Action as well as Service section of CAS, which is an important part of IB Diploma Programme.

Reported by:

Aakash Gupta

Guinness Record Holder