DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL Hyderabad

DIPSCOOP November, 2016 Volume 7 Issue 6

Dear parents, The month of October flew with Diwali under its wing. This radiant festival was a cosy time of the year spent with loved ones. Homes are dotted by the soft luminance of diyas, their door steps blanketed by rangolis. With the infectious excitement and the simple and sweet desire for togetherness, the students of DPS Hyderabad created yet another memorable month. A series of Inter House Competitions coupled with this cheerful energy was the recipe for a treat. And truly, what a treat it was when students presented impressive dishes in cooking without fire. Several other events carved this October into a success that DPS Hyderabad can joyously look back on. Special Assembly - DIWALI The festival of Diwali was celebrated by Nursery B and D with great fervour and joy. The programme began with Ganesh Vandana followed by the invocation dance. The stage was decorated with colourful lanterns and the backdrop suited the occasion very well. The message of the skit was being eco-friendly this Diwali. The assembly concluded with the beautiful thought “Candles to enjoy life, Decorations to light Life, Sweets to sweeten success.”

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Students and of class III spoke on the significance of the festivals and the varied flavor it adds in

different parts of India. Students dressed as Ram, Lakshman, Sita, and Ravana showcased the rituals

and traditions through an enactment – “Ramlila”.

‘The festival of Lights’ had a different implication for the students of Class V. Attired in their finest, the

young scholars not only presented an incredible performance but also drove home the message that an

Eco friendly Diwali (Green Diwali) is the need of the hour. They also stressed on the necessity to assist

their mothers at home in a more responsible manner so that Diwali can be enjoyed by all.

Cultural Programme

GULDASTA – A bouquet of fables Guldasta was the Cultural Bonanza presented by the students of class IV, covering some stories from

different books. The programme was designed for four days with four different themes –

Class IV F and H put up a cultural programme on the topic The Journey of Akbar and Birbal. The

children showcased their talents through a Hindi skit.... a Royal Court scene of the Emperor Akbar.

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Class IV –A & E chose Gurusishya Parampara as their topic. It was a great opportunity to develop the script based on teacher- student relation and their influences on each other’s life. Several characters based on Indian epics and history were chosen for the portrayal of guru sishya relation at various instances in the programme. Welcoming the audience through the classical dance form has been a ritual in all the events at our campus. Students performed classical dance form with an odissi song on Guru.

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Class IV D & G : The students presented a dance drama based on a play ‘The Proud King’. The play

depicted the importance of inner beauty over the outer looks.

Class IV- B and IV-C :The story enacted was on, “The Gentle Giant and Annalisa”. This story conveyed

the message on friendship. The audience was a witness to an Invocation dance on Lord Shiva, a Skit,

and foot-tapping dances.

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INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS... where competitions make competitors grow Class Nursery Tear and Paste Activity Tear and paste is not just an art activity. It helps to build up a child’s artistic abilities which can be used in other activities. It develops their hand & finger movements. Children from all the Sections of Nursery participated in the contest. They were given an outline picture of the lotus flower and strips of paper and were asked to tear the strips and paste them in the picture. And the winners are : Nursery-A S.NO. NAME HOUSE POSITION

1 HRISHI NANDAN . V RUBY I 2 TARA DIYA . T EMERALD II 3 NAISHA RAGU SAPPHIRE III 4 VENU SWAROOP . E SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION 5 B . AARUSHI REDDY RUBY CONSOLATION

Nursery-B S.NO. NAME HOUSE POSITION

1 K . ESHAAN RUBY I 2 TRIPURANENI NAYANA EMERALD II 3 NILIMA SAHOO RUBY III 4 AVANI B.E SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION

Nursery-C S.NO. NAME HOUSE POSITION

1 MUSKAAN MANIHAR RUBY I 2 RYAN DESAI SAPPHIRE II 3 RAJEEV .M TOPAZ III 4 SAANVI KHARE EMERALD CONSOLATION 5 ANVITHA SINGH SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION

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Nursery-D S.NO. NAME HOUSE POSITION

1 ATHARV . K TOPAZ I 2 JOSHNIKA . U TOPAZ II 3 AVIRAL KOOMAR SAPPHIRE III 4 ADWITA SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION 5 SRIKRUTHI . M RUBY CONSOLATION

Nursery-E S.NO. NAME HOUSE POSITION

1 RHIDAM KUNJESH . S SAPPHIRE I 2 ANJANA UPADHYA SAPPHIRE II 3 M. NIRANJAN KULKARNI SAPPHIRE III 4 ABHILASHA . N TOPAZ CONSOLATION 5 SRIHAN REDDY RUBY CONSOLATION

Class Prep. Story telling Storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a

story while encouraging the listener's imagination. The children narrated stories with the help of props

like hand puppets, finger puppets, placards, soft toys, etc.

And the winners are:

PREP-A

SLNO NAME OF THE CHILD HOUSE POSITION 1 VEDA CHAGANTI EMERALD I 2 AASHI JOHRI EMERALD II 3 CHAITRA KILLI EMERALD II 4 AAKRITI SATPATHI TOPAZ II 5 DIVYA SPHOORTHI.P EMERALD III 6 BHAVANI VENKATA Y SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION

PREP-B

SLNO NAME OF THE CHILD HOUSE POSITION 1 PRISHA SWAIN TOPAZ I 2 ADEEB ALI KHAN EMERALD II 3 ANVITA ANAND EMERALD II 4 NAVYA GOEL SAPPHIRE II 5 KASHVI NANGALIA EMERALD III 6 AARNA BHARADWAJ TOPAZ CONSOLATION

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PREP –C

SLNO NAME OF THE CHILD HOUSE POSITION 1 TRISHA RAWAT SAPPHIRE I 2 AARAV GUPTA EMERALD II 3 HARSHIT SAXENA EMERALD III 4 SAI MOKSH RUBY CONSOLATION 5 DIYA THUMMALA SAPPHIRE CONSOLATION

PREP –D

SLNO NAME OF THE CHILD HOUSE POSITION 1 NAGA LIPIKA Y EMERALD I 2 Y G AARADHAYA REDDY SAPPHIRE I 3 AASHI KUMAR RUBY II 4 KARTHIKEYA BHARADWAJ SAPPHIRE III 5 SHERYA SARKAR RUBY CONSOLATION

PREP – E

SLNO NAME OF THE CHILD HOUSE POSITION

1. ANAGH PANI RUBY I 2. ARUNIKKA EMERALD II 3. VIBHA C.T SAPPHIRE III 4. ADHYAA EMERALD CONSOLATION

PREP – F

SLNO NAME OF THE CHILD HOUSE POSITION 1 SHRESHTA R TOPAZ I 2 HARIVANSHA SINGH RUBY I 3 MANHA HUSSAINI EMERALD II 4 MANVI DEEKSHA KASU RUBY II 5 RIKHIL SINGH SAPPHIRE III 6 MANAL ARORA TOPAZ CONSOLATION

Class I Creative Wall Art “Art speaks where words are unable to explain”. Students of Class 1 created beautiful wall art. A healthy competition was organized to boost up their

creative exercise to identify their expression and elicit in them a sense of responsibility.

The contest saw an amazing display of children’s imagination and hidden skills to exhibit their class

extraordinarily.

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And the winners are :

Class / sec

Name Position House

1A REYA JAIN I EMERALD 1A RITSIKA BATTA II SAPPHIRE 1A ISHIKA PONNAM III SAPPHIRE 1A LEESAL ASHISH PATIL CONSOLATION EMERALD 1B THANYA SATYAN I RUBY 1B SADIL SAI CHALLA II EMERALD 1B ADRIJA BHATTACHARYA III RUBY 1B NISHITH PRADHAN CONSOLATION RUBY 1B TANISHKA SHARMA CONSOLATION TOPAZ 1C NISHITHA YARRAMREDDY I RUBY 1C KRITHARTH KATARY II TOPAZ 1C KRUTIKA RAMESH III SAPPHIRE 1C NIYATI SANGAL CONSOLATION RUBY 1D PRISHA CHAWLA I SAPPHIRE 1D TANVEE PARIDA II TOPAZ 1D MANHA FATIMA III SAPPHIRE 1D SAI TANVI .R CONSOLATION RUBY 1F ARNA RAO I SAPPHIRE 1F RAGHAV JAIN II TOPAZ 1F ARUNAV SHARMA III RUBY 1F PRATYUSH AGARWAL CONSOLATION 1G ABHNEET NANDI I RUBY 1G KAVYA SRIVASTAVA II TOPAZ 1G ISHAAN KANDA III EMERALD 1G ANANYA .S. KRISHNA CONSOLATION EMERALD 1H SAKETH DAMARAJU I TOPAZ 1H ASNAV THOOTA II TOPAZ 1H KOJAGARI DEY III RUBY 1H REYANSH SINGH CONSOLATION SAPPHIRE

Class II Show and tell Show and tell is an important part of a child's learning development, as it helps the learners to organize information and builds their confidence. A generic topic was given to the class and the child was free to choose a topic of his/her choice to speak . The response was exemplary. WINNERS LIST

Sl.No NAME POSITION HOUSE 1 VIBHUSHITA SHARMA FIRST EMERALD 2 G. G. LAKSHANA SECOND EMERALD 3 KAVYA RATH SECOND RUBY 4 ABHINAV CHANDRA .J THIRD EMERALD 5 NAMISHA MEDASANI THIRD RUBY 6 MEGHNA MATCHA CONSOLATION SAPPHIRE 7 MUNTASIR RAHAMAN CONSOLATION EMERALD

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Class III Cooking without Fire Competition A culinary adventure was organized by Ruby House for the students of Class III on 28th October 2016. Dipsites got a golden opportunity to bring out the chef in them.. The precocious kids participated with full zeal and enthusiasm and surprised everyone with their culinary talents by preparing dishes like fruit salad, Mexican salads, sweets, snacks, sandwiches.

Class IV Painting without brush Students of Standard IV were all set for ‘’Painting without brush’’. The competition was a witness to hundred per cent participation. Students used their fingers, ear buds, flowers, leaves, vegetables, sponge etc to depict festivities in vivid and vibrant colours. Celebration was evident in their paintings with undertones of concern for safety, environment and health. And the winners are :

S.No Section Position Name House 1 A 1 Suhena Dhara Topaz 2 A 2 Arusha A.Bhatt Topaz 3 A 3 Bugata Vaishnavi Emerald 4 A Consolation Katakam Akhil Sapphire 5 B 1 Arushhi Mitra Sapphire 6 B 2 Trishanu Mazumdar Emerald 7 B 3 Haasini Kothwal Ruby 8 B Consolation Barisha Dureja Emerald 9 C 1 Jathin Sai Tummala Ruby

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10 C 2 Hardik Agarwal Ruby 11 C 3 Shoham Mukherjee Emerald 12 C Consolation Avantika Das Ruby 13 D 1 Abinav Srinivas Reddy Topaz 14 D 2 Thwisha Munjanpally Sapphire 15 D 3 Sivaiahgarh Sri Avani Sapphire 16 D Consolation Alakananda Sapphire 17 E 1 Sumedha Das Sapphire 18 E 2 Mokshit Rayudu Ruby 19 E 3 Pendyala Pallavi Topaz 20 E Consolation Stuti Tripathy Topaz 21 F 1 Dhruvadeeepa Sri Sai Topaz 22 F 2 Tanisha Sharma Sapphire 23 F 3 Omkaar Sandhibigraha Ruby 24 F Consolation Sai Anusha Sarva Ruby 25 G 1 Aadya Putha Topaz 26 G 2 Aarush Jain Sapphire 27 G 3 Anoushka Satpathi Ruby 28 G Consolation S. Kavya Sri Topaz 29 H 1 Chaitanya Kumar Sapphire 30 H 2 Shriya Banerjee Emerald 31 H 3 Inas Fatima Ruby 32 H Consolation Sahiti Oruganti Ruby

Class V Spell Bee Contest The students of Class V proved their prowess in the field of spelling and vocabulary in a competition aptly named Spell- Bee competition. The competition was open to all students of class V and they were asked to write the spellings of about 25 words. The three highest scorers of every Section moved on to the final round where the selected students faced a tough challenge and fought tooth and nail to win the contest. And the winners are:

Position Complete Name of the winner Class House

1st

SRUTI BOYAPATI V E TOPAZ POONDLA AAHNA REDDY V E TOPAZ HARRIS MOHAMMED IQBAL V F RUBY PRATIKSHA WADMARE V F TOPAZ

2nd

SANVI GUPTA V C SAPPHIRE B. REYAN V C RUBY DARSHIKA SANWARIA V D EMERALD K.HANSIKA REDDY V D RUBY

3rd

ARUSHI LAKHERA V G SAPPHIRE PRANAV CHERUKURI V G EMERALD SATWIK SAMRIDI V H EMERALD DHAIRYA TIWARI V H TOPAZ

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Class VI Collage making competition Students were grouped House-wise with each group having maximum 4 members. Topics ranged from

India in 2030 to my dream land. Each section was given a different topic.

Position Class / Section House Participants Name

First VI F Topaz

Ishani Singh

E. Eesha Reddy

G. Krithika Reddy

MohitaSinha

Second VI B Topaz

Mansvi

Disha

Sreeja

Gayatri

Third VI G Topaz

Rithika M

Shreyas V

Jessica B

Pranav B

Consolation VI C Emerald

SiyaRath

Asmita J

MugilRadhan T

TanviKomaravelli

G. MugdhaPriya

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Class VII Quiz

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice” ― Chekhov

Keeping this adage in mind and with the objective of improving general knowledge of students, an Inter House Quiz Contest for class VII was conducted. The contest was held in two rounds. The preliminary round was conducted in individual classes and all the students appeared for the same. The final round was a more exhilarating round where each Team gave its best effort to be number 1.

And the winners are

POSITION TEAM HOUSE STUDENT’S NAME

I BRAHMOS TOPAZ

N.SIDDHARTH A. LASYA R. MANAS VEKATA SAI NIDHI KOLACHANA

II PRITHVI RUBY

CHANDRA CHEKITHA P.ANANYA ADITHI M. ANSHUL SACHAN

III AMOGHA EMERALD

SUNKARA KARTIKEYA ANUJ KULKARNI KASHVI TALLA NAINA BANDLAMUDI

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Class VIII Choir

Music binds soul, hearts and emotions. In its effort to spread the importance of music, Class VIII organized its choir competition. The songs selected for this competition comprised of motivational/inspirational theme. All the Houses were eager to emerge victorious, but it was Ruby House which bagged the first position in all 16 groups followed by Topaz and Emerald House.

The detailed results are as follows –

S.No POSITION GRP NO. STUDENT’S NAME CLASS/SEC HOUSE

1

I 6

Anusha Jain

VIII C

RUBY

2 Boinapally Lasya 3 Geedi Supriya 4 Khushboo Agarwal 5 Lakshmi Ramya Punukollu 6 Allu Dheeraj 7 Harsh Sonthalia 8 J. Viniith 9 Aziz Rehman

10 R.N.V BhavyaSanjana

VIII D

11 Nikhita Sarva 12 Santoshi Subramanian 13 Katamneni Rishi 14 Akilesh Gaganam 15 Hafsa Fatima 16 Sanyam Jain 17

II 8

K. Maanasa

VIII C

TOPAZ

18 A. Rohan 19 Piyush Agarwal 20 Shubham Bajaj 21 Sreeram Hrisheekraj 22 Jairam Kaushik 23 Tanay Lanka 24 K. Srihitha 25 Apurva Agarwal

VIII D 26 Hansa Pandey 27 Sanjana N. 28 T. Sai Ananya 29

III 4

Akshita K.

VIII A

TOPAZ

30 Anoushka Saldanha 31 Sweta Chunduri 32 T. Poorna.Ishitha 33 DhruvVelichala 34 Moksh Jain 35 Namit Arjaria 36 P.Vivek Reddy 37 D. Sindhu

VIII B

38 Divya Kummari 39 M. Yukthi 40 Sri Divya M. 41 M.Rajshree 42 P.S.Sathvik Reddy 43 Sahil Agarwal

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44

III 13

Anushka Golas

VIII G

EMERALD

45 Ishani Chakraborty 46 Kashika Nagpal 47 Toshani Priyadarshini 48 Vani Agarwal 49 Sai Sameer 50 Sai Nitin 51 Siddharth Peddireddy 52 J. Trishali

VIII H 53 M. Ramyasree 54 Rashi Singh 55 Ravi Mahitha 56 Gowresh Gupta

Class IX & X- Harmony of Expression which included Rangoli making, flower arrangement and food without fire. The competitions were conducted with a view to create awareness about the cultures and customs apart from allowing them to introduce their creativity. As many as 540 students participated with great enthusiasm. The spread ranged from starters , vegetable carving/salad and dessert . A treat indeed!

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S T T I

"Corruption is a Social Evil"- "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Student Think Tank of India conducted a session on Tuesday, 18th October for the students of Class

IX - X on the topic 'Corruption'. Corruption in India is one of the most menacing threats that our

economy has been battling with ever since the independence. With such an interesting topic at hand it

was no wonder that the students were able to discuss and understand the topic in great detail. The

session was headed by Varun Kandukuri who made the session enjoyable and enlightening at the

same time using a few remarkable tools such as an equation denoting Corruption = Monopoly +

Discretion-Accountability.

Sports Round up

T. Tanvi Reddy of class 5 A ( Topaz House ) won 2 Bronze medals in SGFI District level

Skating Championship 2016, it was organized by R .R. Dist., Skating Association on 23rd & 24th October 2016.

SRIHITHA MANDAVA of class 3 C won 1st position in E category & 2nd position in D category of South Zone Junior Golf Tournament held in Hyderabad in the month October 2016.

CBSE INTER SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM – BOYS (Under 18) Tournament was held on 14th to 16th October 2016 at DPS Nacharam. DPS Hyderabad team secured 3rd Position position.

S.No Students Name Class Sec House 1 SAI ANIRUDH ANNEY 12 A sapphire

2 AYUSH SANDEEP AMBERSHETH 12 A sapphire

3 SINGAREDDY ROHAN NAGI REDDY 12 B sapphire

4 SHIVA RAMA KRISHNA P X Ruby 5 AKSHAANSH CHILKAPATI X Emerald 6 CHAITANYA R TUMULURI 12 A Topaz 7 SANJAY NALLURI 12 A Ruby 8 JEEVAN BABYLONI 12 A Emerald 9 U SHUBHAM RAAJ SINGGH BAAYAS 12 A Ruby

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10 D GUNAVANTH MAHENDRA 11 A Ruby 11 DHAIRYA GOEL 11 B Emerald 12 DANIEL JECINTH K 11 D Sapphire 13 MITESH SAU 10 A Topaz 14 MATTAM ATHARVA 10 F Emerald 15 SRIAMSH REDDY CHALLURI 10 G Topaz

From right: SRIAMSH, SHIVA, AKSHAANSH, SHUBHAM, MITESH, ATHARVA, AYUSH, GUNAVANTH, ANNEY, DANIEL, JEEVAN, CHAITANYA, ROHAN, DHAIRYA, SANJAY.

CBSE Inter School Table Tennis – Boys (Under 17) Tournament held on 13th to 15th October 2016

at SRI PRAKASH SYNERGY SCHOOL, East Godavari. DPS Hyderabad team secured third position.

S.No Students Name Class Sec Houses Points 1 ARYA BHATT IX A Ruby 10

2 ROHAN DESAI X F Emerald 10

3 NEEL M DOSHI X E Emerald 10

4 RAGHAV RATHI IX E Topaz 10

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Sports Prodigies

GOLI JAHNAVI of class IX F won 1 Gold and 2 Silver

medals in CBSE South Zone Swimming Championship 2016,

it was organised by Edify World School, Balapur, Hyderabad.

In the competition around 300 Swimmers from 6 states

participated .

She was also selected for CBSE National.

KARTHIK KUMAR PRADEEP won the Bronze Medal in the

62nd SGFI National Chess Championship 2016. He was the

proud Captain of the Telangana State SGFI chess team, and

playing on the Top board for Telangana Team. He made

excellent contribution to the team in securing the 3rd position

by scoring 4 wins and 2 draws and remained unbeaten in

the tournament.

In this session Karthik is also the proud recipient of individual Silver and individual Gold in R.R.

District and Telangana State SGFI Chess Championship - 2016 respectively.

The magical fireworks in the night sky are like a metaphoric message to lead a more enriching life.

We encourage you to allow your thoughts to swim in optimism. Why not replace those restless ‘what

if’ thoughts with its positive twin and ponder on a sunnier out-come instead? What if everything you

have ever dreamed of manifests itself to the realms of reality? Have faith, for it is a refreshing feeling

that fuels one to move forward with bravery in their steps.

And thus ends an eventful month. We will back with many more stories of our events … just four weeks from now!