Happy Guru Nanak Jayanti

 गुरु नानक देव जयंति कि हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं ।

सन 1469 ई में लाहौर के ननकाना साहिब (वर्तमान पाकिस्तान में) में गुरु नानक देव जी का प्रकाश हुआ । सिख-धर्म के संस्थापक श्री गुरु नानक देव जी के आगमन के समय देश जटिल समस्याओं से घिरा था। 

समाज में अंधविश्वासों, कर्मकांडों एवं बाह्य आडंबरों का बोलबाला था ।समय की आवश्यकता को भांप कर ही उन्होंने 15वीं शताब्दी उत्तरार्द्ध में सिख-धर्म की नींव डाली।

तत्कालीन समाज में व्याप्त हर अन्याय के खिलाफ वे डट कर खड़े रहे। न सिर्फ अपने संदेशों और सिद्धांतों को प्रतिपादित किया, बल्कि व्यावहारिक रूप में अपने उपदेशों पर चल कर लोगों को प्रेरित किया।

नानक नाम जहाज है, चढ़ै सो उतरे पार।

संसार के भवसागर में श्री गुरुनानक जी के उपदेश एक जहाज की तरह हैं, जो हमें डूबने से बचा सकते हैं।

तीन मुख्य सिद्धांत

गुरु जी के जीवन के तीन मुख्य सिद्धांत थे -

नाम जपना : सच्चे मन से ईश्वर की स्तुति करना ही नाम जपना कहलाता है।

किरत करना : मेहनत एवं ईमानदारी की कमाई करने को ही किरत करनी का दर्जा दिया गया है।

वंड छकना : दीन-दुखियों की सहायता करना, बांट कर खाना ही वंड छकना है।

World Kindness Day (13th November)

13th November is celebrated as the Kindness  Day all over the world. The purpose behind is to encourage and appreciate the acts of kindness of people to nurture the similar feelings in other people around. Let us all be kind to each other and live a blissful, peaceful life.

Diwali 2020

 Though not the happiest of all but surely the most unique Diwali, this year, given to all the virtual celebrations, we are actually reaching closer to the reason behind celebrating a festival and coming closer to our family and friends.

Wishing you all a very happy, safe, healthy Diwali :) 

Class 8 celebrated Diwali with the following activities:

1. Rangoli Competition on MS Paint

2. Food Fest: Cooking sweets and making jewelry/decorative items using edible products.

3. Group Dance.

Students thoroughly enjoyed all of it along with the teachers and made the most out of the virtual celebrations. They came up with astonishing creative ideas like making a hair band or the sweet  healthy laddoos or the necklaces and bracelets.

Teachers' Day 2020- In the wake of COVID19

Teachers' Day this year has been extra special, longer celebrations and a lot of love pouring in from all sides. Thanks to COVID19, there is this gap that has unfortunately come up but this gap has made us all realize the importance of each other. When on one side we all have come so close to our family and have started enjoying time spent together much more than earlier, on the other hand we all have also understood how essential is our formal space too. Not that any work stopped, but, I, being a teacher, now really miss being with my students, and I could feel it from all the vibes I got and as my students keep on saying, they miss the school, the classroom, the teachers, the friends, the lunch break, the library, the play ground, the canteen, the dance room, the labs, the bus line and just everything. 

These challenging times have made us all realize that we live in a world where we all are dependent on others around, dependent upon them to smile more, to share our lives and to feel loved, which is another basic requirement for healthy living. 

This time, the wishes were unique, because people could actually recognise the hardwork we do. From very old students to the old ones to the current ones, everyone could remember us. They could quote instances from our classroom and could giggle about them. They could recall their mistakes and could express how much they want to be corrected again.

This year, it was not about giving your teachers the best gifts or the prettiest cards or the loveliest flowers. This year, it was all about gratitude in the most basic sense of the term, it was about regards and about care.

How magically we turned away from the materialistic things to the realistic, the valued and loved feelings that were shouting out loud and telling us that we are loved by our students, and that yes, we are doing a good job. 

Thank you dear students, for making me realise all my efforts are worthwhile. May your achieve the best in your life, and may you continue to distinguish between the materialistic joys and the real ones. It will make life easier for you.

Native language theory

 Each one of us can come up with thousands of sentences in our native language. How is it so?

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Class 8 - Typhoon - English Week Activity

 It was a Group Activity in which a hidden table with different scores that were revealed only on the request of the participant team, after correctly performing the language related task assigned. Scores were randomly arranged with Ts and Ds in between for a twist. The tasks included composing sentences with specified grammar rules, sharing the format of certain writing skill topics, selecting the sentence with correct punctuation marks, speaking tongue twisters and dumb charade based on idioms and phrases. Team with the maximum score won.

Class 8 - Email Relay Race

It was a Group Activity in which students were given numbers. Each number was a part of the dictation which they mailed to the next number. Last number had a passage, which he/she had to complete correctly using the words of the dictation. This last passage was to be mailed to the teachers, with the entire thread. The group with maximum correct blanks and spellings, and sending it the earliest won.