DECEMBER 2014 Message from the Headmistress School Of India celebrated the Annual Sports Meet on 18th December 2014 with lot of zest and vigour. Our students put up a brilliant show! My heartfelt gratitude to the parents who graced the occasion and encouraged us immensely. As a school, our founding vision emphasises holistic development of each child. Sports play an integral role in the curriculum. We firmly believe that sports provide scope for democratic living, develops social skills, a sense of co-operation, team spirit and self discipline. It caters to the development of a child’s entire personality, supplies them the power of independent judgement and the confidence to face undaunted the turbulent world in future. The sports field is best place to learn to accept failure yet not be defeated. Our Management has promised us a state of the art sports arena with world class facilities for cricket, football, badminton, swimming pool, to mention a few. We are extremely proud to inform that the inauguration of the Math Lab of School Of India on 23 rd December was done by India’s pride Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand! We have among our students brilliant chess players who aspire to make India proud in future. On behalf of the management, I promise that, students with extra ordinary sporting abilities will be nurtured and groomed as perfectly as their academically oriented counterparts. Kindly follow us on the SCHOOL OF INDIA page on FACEBOOK. Regards Shyamashree Chatterjee (Headmistress) Highlights of the Month Pink Day celebration by pre-primary. Annual Sports Day Meet. Inauguration of Math lab by Viswanathan Anand Christmas Celebrations. “If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.”
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DECEMBER 2014
Message from the Headmistress
School Of India celebrated the Annual Sports Meet on 18th
December 2014 with lot of zest and vigour. Our students put up a
brilliant show! My heartfelt gratitude to the parents who graced
the occasion and encouraged us immensely.
As a school, our founding vision emphasises holistic development
of each child. Sports play an integral role in the curriculum. We
firmly believe that sports provide scope for democratic living,
develops social skills, a sense of co-operation, team spirit and self
discipline. It caters to the development of a child’s entire
personality, supplies them the power of independent judgement
and the confidence to face undaunted the turbulent world in
future. The sports field is best place to learn to accept failure yet
not be defeated.
Our Management has promised us a state of the art sports arena
with world class facilities for cricket, football, badminton,
swimming pool, to mention a few.
We are extremely proud to inform that the inauguration of the
Math Lab of School Of India on 23rd
December was done by
India’s pride Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand! We have among
our students brilliant chess players who aspire to make India
proud in future. On behalf of the management, I promise that,
students with extra ordinary sporting abilities will be nurtured and
groomed as perfectly as their academically oriented counterparts.
Kindly follow us on the SCHOOL OF INDIA page on
FACEBOOK.
Regards
Shyamashree Chatterjee (Headmistress)
Highlights of the Month
Pink Day celebration by
pre-primary.
Annual Sports Day Meet.
Inauguration of Math lab
by Viswanathan Anand
Christmas Celebrations.
“If people are not
laughing at your goals,
your goals are too
small.”
DECEMBER 2014
Viswanathan Anand, popularly known as 'Vishy, the Tiger from Madras' is the first
Asian to win the World Chess Championship title.
-He play games at blitz speed, earning him the nickname "Lightning Kid"
-Anand won three consecutive Advanced Chess tournaments widely recognized as the
world's best Advanced Chess player.
- Won the World Chess Championship five times(2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
-Anand has won the Chess Oscar 6 times, in 1997, 1998, 2003, and 2004,2007 & 2008
-He is one of only four players in history to break the 2800 mark on the FIDE rating list.
-Anand is the youngest Indian to be awarded the prestigious Padma Shri in 1988 at the
age of 18.
-first sportsperson to receive Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian award in
Indian history.
- The first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1991-92, India's highest
sporting honour
- He wrote a book 'My Best Games of Chess' for which he got the British Chess
Federation 'Book of the Year' Award in 1998.
-He knows 3 foreign languages:French, German and Spanish besides Tamil
and English.
DECEMBER 2014
Children celebrating – Pink Day
What a wonderful way to learn the colours through hands on activities
DECEMBER 2014
This year sports day witnessed the enthralling
performances and hard work put up by all our students.
Hours of training and strenuous effort taken by our
students and teachers made this day a memorable one.
This day will be inscribed in the history of SOI as the
First Annual Sports Meet
18th December, 2014
DECEMBER 2014
Tae Kwon Do is the Korean art for self-
defense and physical fitness, It is
considered the most modern of existing self-
defense arts. In addition to being a martial
art, Tae Kwon Do is also recognized as one
of the most effective methods for improving
health, physical fitness, weight control,
flexibility, balance, agility and poise.
DECEMBER 2014
The Proud Winners
DECEMBER 2014
DECEMBER 2014
Overall Champions
March Past- Vayu House
Winners – Prithvi House
Runners up- Vayu House.
Team SOI thank you all for your relentless support
