Monthly Newsletter August 2013 Volume 1, Issue 2 www.gopalanschool.com/national 1 Dear Parents, July has been a busy month at GNS. It began with preparations for the Felicitation Day – ICSE Batch 2013 . The line up of our cultural programme for the day, saw our students gear up to give their best stage performance. The programme went of as well as expected, thanks to the staff members, students and parents who ensured that the programme was a success. Our school cricket team took part in the Cottonian Shield cricket tournament while the tiny tots of GNS went out on their field trips to various places of interest within the city limits. First Unit test began on 18 July, 2013. Mrs. Sandhya Raman Principal Artificial grass football field beckoning @ GNS For private circulation only
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Monthly Newsletter
August 2013
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Dear Parents, July has been a busy month at GNS. It began with preparations for the Felicitation Day – ICSE Batch 2013 . The line up of our cultural programme for the day, saw our students gear up to give their best stage performance. The programme went of as well as expected, thanks to the staff members, students and parents who ensured that the programme was a success. Our school cricket team took part in the Cottonian Shield cricket tournament while the tiny tots of GNS went out on their field trips to various places of interest within the city limits. First Unit test began on 18 July, 2013. Mrs. Sandhya Raman Principal
Artificial grass football field beckoning @ GNS
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Other Developments
Parents are requested to come dressed in formals or semi-formals when coming into the school campus as we want the children to recognize and appreciate dressing code for various occasions.
Request’s
Student ID card As announced in our last newsletter, the ID cards for the students have already been issued. Kindly ensure that your child wears it to school everyday.
Initiatives
Felicitation ICSE Batch - 2013
July 13, 2013 was a milestone day in the annals of GNS. On this day the first batch of ICSE students to pass out of GNS were felicitated. Specially instituted trophies by our Chairman C Gopalan were awarded by our Director C Prabhakar to subject toppers and overall ICSE topper of the school . The programme included a beautiful cultural programme followed by a friendly maiden football match of past vs present students on the newly laid artificial grass field. The match was officially declared open by our Director C Prabhakar.
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Sports @ GNS Theatre @ GNS
High school students of GNS put up an excellent skit entitled “Refund” enlightening the passed out ICSE batch 2013 on good education. Mrs. Susan T, Mrs. Sonal M, Mrs. Nisha P, Mrs. Parvin A S, Mrs. Sairama and Mrs. Sakshi W put in a lot of effort to see the skit through. The students left no stone unturned to give the skit their best. The hard work paid of with the parents appreciation.
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GNS cricket team participated in the Cottonian Shield Cricket tournament hosted by Bishop Cottons School. They reached the semi-finals once again in second year into the tournament. The newly laid artificial grass field saw its maiden match being played on it by Past vs Present students of GNS. The past students won the match. In the 7-a-side football class matches Std. 8 vs Std. 9 saw the ninth standard winning over the eight. The winner then got to play the tenth standard. In the ensuing match tenth standard won. Practices are on for the forth coming Gopalan Shield Football tournament.
“Refund”
Cast :
Principal – Prathana P P Student – Shubhayu D
Maths teacher - Gudesha C Physics teacher – Harimadhav S
History teacher – Aniska V Geog. teacher – Eashita S
P T teacher – Ritvik U Counsellor – Akshaya B
Office boy – Rohan K Friend – Om Shreenidhi
Kannada teacher – Vishal A
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Music @ GNS
The school choir gave a splendid performance at the Felicitation programme of ICSE 2013 students. They sang two songs “Fireworks” and “Super Trooper” while Jaidev of Std. 10 sang a solo song “Imagine by Beetles”. Sneha of Std. 8 played a classical piece “ 1st Movement by Mozart “ on the keyboard.
Hindi solo singing competition was conducted for the primary school students to encourage them from a very young age to improve their fluency in our national language - Hindi
Academics @ GNS
The first unit test commenced on the 18th of July and completed on the 30th of July. The teachers put in a lot of effort preparing the students for their tests. Class 10 answered a complete 80 marks ICSE pattern question paper to get them accustomed to the board examination style.
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Parents @ GNS
HOW TO LEAD A SUCCESSFUL LIFE ?
How can we better ourselves to lead a successful life. ?
We always discuss ways and means to achieve growth , success
and happiness.
All such talks discussions and debates invariably touch upon
self-control etc. the pivot of all accomplishments is centred on
the ‘self’.
What do we actually mean by ‘self’?
What constitutes the ‘self’, and how significant is it to know our
own personal ‘self’. and the role it plays in determining the quality
of our life?
The ‘self’ is the root of ‘i’, ‘me’ and ‘mine’.
We could look at defining self as follows
S for Spirit E for Ego L for Love F for Fear
Spirit represents the soul, the energy human beings are made of.
Ego represents the worldly personality of the human being.
Spirit works with love
Ego works with fear
Our ego is the part of us that we have constructed and come to
believe as our ‘self’.
It is the story of our beliefs , limitations , achievements and what
we perceive as our value and worth.
Our spirit is not our history. It is whole and complete by itself and
has no wants.
As the ‘self is made up of two conflicting factors – the spirit and
ego , it struggles through life.
If we are to achieve success in life , we must suppress our ego
and firmly seat the spirit on top of it.
The success that we talk about here does not have materialistic
connotation.
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Success should be measured by your yardstick of happiness,
by your ability to remain in harmony with your surroundings .
Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth,
prestige and power.
For many of us , how others identify us is more important than how we
identify ourselves.
The conflict between ego and spirit is not something new .
It is as old as humanity.
Our spirit does not fight or create conflict , it is the ego that fights to
keep us unaware of the spirit.
Our spiritual nature can seem elusive because we spend most of our
day in a world that glorifies materialism and not the spirit.
Providing for material needs is part of the puzzle ,
but becoming aware of our own grandeur is what will give us fulfilment.
We are created as love . Our heart determines our capacity to love.
As a child we are wholehearted – we love and live fully and freely .
But we grow into adulthood with some degree of hurt , which leads to
cynicism ,defensiveness , fear bitterness and anger and end up living
a life of roles and appearances with little zest or passion.
We become victims of the ego and our spirit loses its importance.
So we have to work our way to re establish the spirit in our lives.
Focus all of your attention on developing your self and doing what is
right , allow what is happening to happen and you will find happiness
opening up within you.
Learn to trust your ‘self ‘ – your divine , inner , intuitive guidance.
The secrets to the most successful life are already within you. All you
have to do is go as deeply within your ‘self’ as you can, and learn how
to ask for what you want from the overflowing abundance of the
universe.
Find clarity in what you truly desire – know precisely what you want ,
why you want it , and how it would feel to have it.
Be It And Do It.
Mrs. Susan Thomas
The teachers of GNS have always been a constant motivation to the students of GNS. They have molded the insecure and diffident nature of each and every student into a self-reliant and confident personality. Anyone who enters into the “intellectually stimulating” campus of GNS feels the presence of a loving and caring aura overwhelming them. Every member of the faculty of GNS has showed their deepest concern towards the students. The infrastructure of the school has advanced greatly, providing the students with a very comfortable and pleasing experience. Reaching out to the teachers for any concern has been made very welcoming.
There are two gifts which GNS has given our children; one is roots, and the other is wings. The school has not only provided the children with outstanding education, but has also provided them a reason to represent the society as independent, self-confident and dignified citizens. I would like to thank the school management, the Principal and the faculty for their constant support throughout the journey, through the chambers of education at GNS.
Mr Armstrong F/O Raveen Armstrong, Ex-student 2005 to 2013, PU I Student
F/O Rithin Armstrong, VI ‘A’
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Moments @ GNS
Sir please
come fast the
ball is lost
Yes, the fees
has been paid
Yes maam! I
have done my
HW.
You are next.
Oh! It’s
going to land
on my head
I got it !!!! SMILE!
!!!
WOW!!
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A Tiger’s Life I was once a tiger cub born to a mother nice ; and passed my days through summers And winters cold as ice.
I used to play with my brothers few ; and with my mother’s milk I grew and grew
One day my mother came to me and smiled; and said that one day I will have to go and face the wild.
I was very scared but knew she was right; and that to live I will have to fight.
Then she came to me again, and kissed me on my forehead, and I started to listen as she calmly said :
Go to the wild; You will have to; And do not worry I know you’ll become a tiger true.
So, I started to live in the wild, and remained as good as gold. I also took care of myself, and my mother old.
By Meghna 5 C
The Morning Sun As the small rays of light Start to light the sky The darkness gone, becoming bright The sun starts its journey high
The sky changes colours from black to blue The air so fresh and nice The sky shows colours so true And starts the way of sunrise
The people get up ready for the day And the children stretch on bed Everyone’s happy with a smile on their face As the sun starts the day with a glow.
By Mythili Jaikrishnan
5 C
Recommendations @ GNS
Suggested good reads by our librarian Prep Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff
Grade 1 Young Cam Jansen and the Speedy Car by Adler, David A
Grade 2 Boo’s Dinosaur by Byars, Betsy
Grade 3 Charolette’s Web by White, E.B
Grade 4 Master Piece by Broach, Elise
Grade 5 Mission Unstoppable by Gutman, Dan
Grade 6 Powerless by Cody, Mathew
Grade 7 Look to the Stars by Aldin, Buzz
Grade 8 Can I see your ID? by Barton Chros
Grade 9 If stones could speak: Unlocking the secrets of Stonehenge
Grade 10 The Odyssey by Homer
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Established in the year 2008 by Mr. C. Gopalan with a vision to provide quality and affordable world class education to the families settled in an around Brookefield, Bangalore. Keeping in mind the contributions made by Bangaloreans in the global context Mr. C. Gopalan ensured that the facilities provided to the children studying at GNS would be world class with a pleasant and homely environment. At GNS knowledge is coupled with extracurricular activities to nurture each child into responsible and active citizen of India. Follow Us On:
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