Summer Vacation – Ms. Bilkis

Summer Vacation

I’ve waited all year
to hear that bell ring.
When I finally hear it,
You know I will sing…
HOORAY FOR VACATION
and GET READY FOR FUN! !
I want to do nothing
(but maybe lay in the sun.)
I want to hear crickets
and bees buzzing low.
Mi weed out my garden
and watch my plants grow.
If ever I’ve needed a summer to rest,
this would be the summer I needed it best.

Ms. Ashwini

Commitment – Ms. Priya Awal

Commitment is a vital quality for students to cultivate in order to achieve their goals and reach their full potential. It involves dedicating oneself to a task, responsibility, or goal, and persisting through challenges and obstacles. By committing to their studies, students demonstrate their dedication to learning and personal growth.
Commitment helps students develop a strong work ethic, discipline, and responsibility. It enables them to stay focused, motivated, and accountable for their progress. By committing to their goals, students build resilience, overcome procrastination, and develop a growth mindset.
Moreover, commitment fosters a sense of ownership and pride in one’s work. When students are fully committed to their studies, they are more likely to take risks, ask questions, and seek help when needed. This leads to deeper understanding, better retention, and improved academic performance.
In addition, commitment extends beyond academics. It applies to extracurricular activities, relationships, and personal development. By committing to their passions and interests, students discover their strengths, develop new skills, and build meaningful connections.
In conclusion, commitment is a powerful tool for students to achieve success and personal growth. By embracing commitment, students develop essential life skills, build character, and unlock their full potential.

“Remembering my childhood” – Ms. Parminder Pagare

I remember my childhood days,
Playing outside in happy ways.
No worries, just fun and play,
Friends together every single day.
Summer holidays, a joyful time,
Ice cream and treats, always on my mind.
Winter mornings, cozy and warm,
Hot chocolate and stories, a perfect form.
I laughed, I cried, I had so much fun,
Made memories, one by one.
My childhood home was happy and bright,
Filled with love and delight.
Though I’m grown up now and times have changed,
I still remember my childhood range.
It’s a special time, a happy place,
Remembering my childhood with a smile on my face.

Education 2.0 – Ms. Shabnam

For more than a decade, education has been undergoing tremendous  amount of transformation. It has been significant and ground-breaking as  we look back now, propelled by advancements in technology, capricious  societal values, and the need for development which is also sustainable.  Let us ponder over some key drifts which are shaping the educational  panorama today:  

– Remote and Hybrid Learning: The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated  the necessity and possibility to adopt the trend of online and blended  learning models, which have greater flexibility and access to education  worldwide.  

– Personalized Learning: The AI has facilitated a more customised and  tailored education which befits students’ needs, abilities, and learning  styles.  

– Skills Training: Besides providing a theoretical knowledge, the  education today inclines towards and emphasises skills like critical  thinking, creativity, and emotional intelligence to prepare students for a  metamorphosing world of workplace.  

– Environmental Education: Facilitators of education are prioritizing  literacy about environmental changes, accountability, and sustainability, to  enable the students to be aware and alert of the challenges and also  empower them to address the same.  

– Inclusive and Accessible Learning: Tremendous efforts have been  undertaken to make education innovative thereby promoting diversity,  equity, and inclusion. This will ensure that learning opportunities are  available to all.  

As education advances into a new era, let us embrace a fresh approach  that harnesses technology, prioritizes individualized learning, and focuses  on nurturing students’ physical, social, and emotional well-being.

Ms. Susanna

Through CREATIVE JOURNALLING, one can always work through problems, come up with new ideas or just relax and reflect on your day.  Through this medium, I am able destress my self and tickle my creative side to create artistic pieces. – Ms Susanna

         

Ms. Priya Awal
” Perseverance – The key to Success”.
Perseverance, often regarded as the key to success is the steadfast and unwavering commitment to achieving one’s goals despite challenges and setbacks. It is the ability to persist in the face of adversity, maintaining focus and determination.
Perseverance leads to success because: It helps you develop good habits, such as studying regularly or completing assignments on time. It gives you determination when faced with challenges or setbacks, like an unexpected test question or an illness that keeps you from going out with friends after school.Setting goals that are specific, measurable, and timely can help you to stay on track and to persist during the most challenging times. Talk about your goals with like-minded people (i.e. friends, family, success coaches, advisors, etc.).
One can improve Perseverance by –
1) Understanding and increasing “grit”.
2)Finding something you are passionate about and what motivates you.
3)To persevere through difficulty, resist the urge to engage in “grass is always greener” thinking.
4) Trying to promote a growth mindset for yourself, rather than a fixed mindset.
     Don’t quit when obstacles arise. Persist, trust yourself and your vision until it’s accomplished. These perseverance stories show that human beings are capable of anything with perseverance, hard work, and belief in themselves. Never give up on your dreams, keep going, keep striving, and keep persisting.

             

Mrs. Diviny Antony

The importance of Prayer.
Since ages prayer has been central in the life of every family irrespective of any religion.. The value and importance of family prayer is instilled right from the early days of our childhood.
2 Chronicles 7:14 recalls the importance of prayer. ‘If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.’
Prayer holds a very high priority and a lofty share in our lives. However, prayer and praying is the biggest challenge these days amidst a busy pace.
The question raised today is why to pray? We are losing our tradition to pray amidst our modern lifestyle. Prayer & praying is a task of boredom today.
We at times forget to realize prayer is not just asking, it’s rather an act of gratitude for all it has been. Prayer is simply a surrendering to the might power to lead & guide.
Instilling prayer will not become a tough job if it becomes a habit .Though tough at times, prayer continues to be a weapon to guard, to put off temptations, to experience God, to unfold minds to tread on God’s plans and path.
Colossians 4:2 reminds us ‘Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.’
Swami Kriyananda explains that prayer is important, not because of God but because of what it does for each one of us. It is about our relationship to the divine. When we pray in the right way, we make it easier for God to come in and help us.

 

Promoting Growth Mindset over Fixed Mindset

 

  • By Deepa Banerjee

 

According to Carol Dweck (2006) there are two types of Mindsets – 

  • Fixed mindset 
  •  Growth mindset.  

A student having a Growth Mindset has the understanding that abilities and understanding can be developed. The students with a Growth Mindset believe that they can get smarter, more intelligent, and more talented through putting in time and effort. 

In contrast, a student having a Fixed Mindset is one that assumes abilities and understanding are relatively fixed. The students with a Fixed Mindset may not believe that intelligence can be enhanced, or that either have it or don’t when it comes to abilities and talents. 

It is proven that students with a growth mindset view intelligence, abilities, and talents as learnable and capable of improvement through effort. On the other hand, students with a fixed mindset view those same traits as inherently stable and unchangeable over time.

 When students are taught a growth mindset, they take advantage of opportunities for self-development. A growth mindset rewards striving and struggle, seeing failure as an integral part of the process toward growth. A perspective that sees change and growth as possible facilitates collaboration and negotiation even when there is disagreement and conflict. This would lead to positive self-image and increased Motivation in learners.

Thus, changing  beliefs is essential to achieve a powerful impact. The growth mindset creates a powerful passion for learning. According to Carol Dweck. “Why waste time proving over and over how great you are,when you could be getting better?”

 Students and their parents in today’s world have become obsessed with getting A’s. They dream of the next test to prove themselves by only being grade centric instead of dreaming big. A by-product of this is that as a part of society we are making them dependent on the validation of others instead of believing in themselves.

 

 

IN CONVERSATION WITH THE RAIN

My Dear Rain,

How are you?

More importantly.. What are you?

God’s love

From above,

Or mere completion of the Water cycle..

A shower from the sky,

The answer to Cuckoo’s cry,

Or just another Calendar season..

We welcome you as a friend,

How eagerly we wait

The news of your arrival, 

The Earth celebrates.

The world gets rejuvenated

You really beat the heat.

The bright green flush you bring

Is definitely a treat

In different ways one perceives you, 

In different colours one receives you,

Some are excited, ready for a rain dance-

Others worried- At leaking roofs they glance.

But you lose your purpose

Sooner than you know..

Everyone who greeted you,

Prays to God – YOU GO.

You know you are Powerful

You must learn to control 

How you trouble God’s beings

Without remorse or console.

When you down-pour with all your might,

It’s water – water, where goes the sight

Why do you cause destruction and flood

The tragedy, the shedding of innocent blood.

So DARLING RAIN.. THERE’S AN ADVICE..

ONLY IF YOU DON’T MIND..

THE MIGHT AND POWER IS LONG OUTDATED 

IT’S IN NOW… TO BE KIND.

Why cause pandemonium

When gently work is done..

Let there be smiles around..

Because ... Rain has begun… 

NIDHI AKASH ????

Teacher – Secondary section 

बचपन की यादें

 

यादों का वह एक पिटारा , 

कुछ अधूरा सा तो कुछ पूरा l

सँजोए रखा हैं यादों में बचपन ,

खुले तो महकता सा उपवन l

 

खिलखिलाकर हँसना ,

अब बात है पुरानी l 

मुस्कराहट ही रह गयी 

कुछ सच्ची तो कुछ मुखौटे वाली l 

 

दोस्तों का वह मेला , 

जिसमें ना था कोई अकेला l 

रह गया आज हर कोई तन्हाँ ,

ज़िंदगी की दौड़ में कुछ सिमटा कुछ सहमा l 

 

भिन्न- भिन्न खेलों का खज़ाना,

मानों कहीं छिप गया है वो ज़माना l 

केवल बटनों से होता है अब मनोरंजन ,

लुप्त हो गया विचारों का मंथन l 

 

सफ़र की यादें अभी भी हैं ताज़ा ,

माना सबने संग चलने में ही है मज़ा l 

मंजिलें ही नहीं रिश्ते भी बदल गए ,

सफ़र और समय दोनों ही सिमट गए l 

 

छूटा बचपन का वो गलियारा ,

बदलते वक्त का चक्र हमनें स्वीकारा l 

यादों का वह एक पिटारा ,

कुछ अधूरा सा तो कुछ पूराl 

 

By – Mrs Durga Singh

Teacher

 

तुम सूरज हो

 

तुम ज्योति नही ,

तुम सूरज हो,

अपनी किरणों को फैलाओ तुम,

कण-कण को रौशन कर दो तुम । 

जब किरणें तुम्हारी फैलेंगी, 

सारे जग को उज्ज्वल कर देगी,

कुछ चंदा को चमकाएंगी ,

कुछ वसुधा को नहलाएंगी ।

उदय होकर पुनः अस्त होना, 

यह है संसार का कटु सत्य ,

इनसे तुमको ना डरना है,

बस आगे-आगे बढ़ना है ।

तुम रुको नहीं,

तुम थको नहीं ,

तुम बुझो नहीं ,

तुम झुको नहीं ,

अपना करतब दिखलाओ तुम ,

हर मुश्किल को अपनाओ तुम  ,

पूरी कर लो प्रत्येक आस ,

निरंतर करते रहो प्रयास ।

तम  सदैव तुम्हें डराएगा ,

प्रतिपल ग्रहण लगाएगा ,

ग्रहणों के डर से डरो नहीं ,

तुमसे तम जीत ना पाएगा ,

अपनी मुँह की खा जाएगा ।

तुम्हें सूरज सा चमकना है,

हीरे सा दमकना है। 

फूलों सा महकना है,

अग्नि सा दहकना है,

खुद का व्यक्तित्व दिखाना है ,

बस आगे बढ़ते जाना है ।

बस आगे बढ़ते जाना है।

Asst.Teacher – Ms. Pooja Dubey 

(Hindi Dipartment)

 

 

 

 

Falling

Why is everyone frantic about falling?
But why do we expect the rain to fall ?
If the rain isn’t afraid of falling down to refresh our mood why
can’t we.
Fall doesn’t only mean failure.
There is a beauty in falling.
The most admirable season is fall.
The fall season gives us unforgettable memories and leaves
many lessons.
Same when you fall you learn.
If jumping is your happiness then falling should be joy as well.
Who knows when you fall you might be a falling rain or the fall
that everyone enjoys in someone’s life.
If you will, falling won’t be a failure but a triumph.

Write up by –

Ms. Melba

 

More Like You

Oh! I have times lost the fight

Do my best but still can’t figure it right

Will I be able to talk the talk

And walk the walk

 

Somebody who I would have helped

Someone who I could have held

When I just can’t look past myself

Oh dear, Lord, Its me who really needs help

 

A little more mercy

A little grace

Until Lord, I see your face

A little more patience

A little more peace

 

Lord a little more like you

Lord until no more I’ll be myself

 

Write up by –

Ms. Susanna Rolston

DECEMBER 2022.

Promises

It’s okay to be not okay
Not everything works our way
Just dont let the bad times sway
Negativity, just throw it away

Be your own little light
Cheer yourself to be bright
Be brave to do what is right
Success comes with a fight

Accept all your flaws
Don’t follow this world’s laws
If its hard just take a pause
Wait not for people’s applause

Trust in your own self
There’s no one like thyself
Endlessly love yourself
Promises from me to myself.

Article by-
A Teacher
Ms.Meegal Esaibalan

आभाळच जेव्हा छत्र हरवून जातं !

मी पाहिलेलं गिरीजा वृद्धाश्रम  येथील एक विदारक दृश्य ….मी पाहिले आणि
मी विचार केला की ,

ज्यांनी आपल्याला मायेचं आभाळ दिलेलं असतं , ज्यांनी आयुष्यभर प्रेमाची
सावली धरलेली असते , हे दुसरे – तिसरे कोणी नसतात तर कोणाचे तरी आई –
वडील , तर कधी कुणाचे आजी – आजोबा  असतात .

पण मायेचं छत्र धरणाऱ्या या माणसांचेच छत्र जेव्हा आपण हिरावून घेतो
,तेव्हा …..? हो , आपणच हिरावून घेतो …ज्या आई -वडिलांचे बोट धरून
आपण चालायला शिकतो त्याच चालीने आपण त्यांना वृद्धाश्रमाचा रस्ता चालायला
लावतो .जे आई -वडील  वेळोवेळी आपल्या पाठीवर कौतुकाची थाप टाकतात ,त्याच
आई -वडिलांच्या पाठीत आपणच खंजीर खुपसतो .जे आजी – आजोबा प्रार्थना
करायला शिकवतात , मंदिरात घेऊन जातात त्यांना मात्र त्यांच्या म्हातारपणी
आपण त्याच मंदिराच्या पायरीवर बेवारश्यासारखे सोडून येतो .

मग प्रश्न पडतो .. असं का ?

आपण इतके संवेदनहीन झालो का ?  आपल्या भावना इतक्या बोथट झाल्या का …की
आपल्या आई – वडिलांचे दु:ख आपल्याला दिसू नये ? त्यांच्या म्हातारपणात
आपण नाही का त्यांना आधार देऊ शकत ? प्रत्येक व्यक्तीचे म्हातारपण म्हणजे
त्याचे दुसरे बालपण असते मग ज्या आई -वडीलांनी आपले बालपण सुखरूप केले
त्यांचे दुसरे बालपण आपण नाही का सुखद करू शकत ?

कोणी , आई -वडील आजारी आहेत, त्याचं  आता कोण करणार ? म्हणून त्यांना
वृद्धाश्रमात सोडतं , तर कोणी आई – वडील आता काय कामाचे ? त्यांचा आता
काय उपयोग ? म्हणून वृद्धाश्रमात सोडतात .

ज्यांना आई – वडील नाहीत त्यांना विचारा … आईचं असणं आणि बाबांचं
वावरणं काय असतं ?

आत्ताच खरी वेळ आहे , चला तर मग  अश्या अनमोल रत्नांना जपूया  , त्यांना
पुन्हा मायेचं कोंदण देऊया ज्यांनी आपल्यावर आभाळासारखं मायेचं छत्र धरलं
अश्या प्रत्येक आई – वडिलांना  आणि प्रत्येक आजी – आजोबांना आपल्या
सहवासाची अनमोल भेट देऊन त्याचं आणि पर्यायाने आपल्या जीवनाचे नंदनवन
करूया .

अश्विनी पाटील

सी .जे.एम इंटरनॅशनल स्कूल ,

खारघर.

And so He called me!

God gave me everything,
but I failed to praise Him.
God gave me wisdom ,
but I failed to apply it.
God gave me comfort  ,
but I failed to help the needy.
God gave me brain,
but I failed to think of Him.
God gave me heart,
but I failed to love Him.
God gave me flowers ,
but I just saw the thorns of it .
And, so He called me-‘MAN’
the one who forgets to see the goodness of life!

-Ms.Diviny

The Culturally enhanced Resilient India of Future!

In my words:
The culture has been the foundation stone
Of all the civilizations to us known
Let us all take the legacy forward
Among all the existing virtues, may culture take the throne

“Unity in diversity, that is India’s specialty” Very true! India is a nation of multiple languages, religions, dance, music, food and customs. Indian culture, frequently termed as a combination of multiple cultures, has been influenced by a history that is several millennia old, beginning with the Indus Valley Civilization and other early cultural areas. Several factors of Indian culture, like Philosophy, Languages, Mathematics, Dance and Music, architecture have had a profound impact across the world.

The fun and fervor which Indians have been enjoying since time immemorial has been a part that cannot be extracted from the memories. The nostalgia becomes stronger when the older generation revisits their past. With every coming generation, the technology advances but the legacy to carry on the festivals, its rituals, its norms are followed and taken ahead. In the earlier times with the less population, we had multiple celebrations with people gathering and many of the festivals developed in order to have people coming together and celebrating, barring the cast creed and the economic level. India has always been multicultural and multi ethnic and has been celebrating the festivals of various religions. The Independence Day, the Republic Day and the Gandhi Jayanti been three national holidays in addition to many other state-wise and region wise local festival have been popular not only with the natives but also among the other nations of the world. Festival is a very important part of our integration.

Clothing, cuisine, literature, language, architecture and festivals have been part of the cultural development. Music and dance, as well as all the performing arts have been playing an influential role in the development of culture and all these factors become part of bringing several nations together bringing in the harmony among the population of the world.

The future must come in the form of technically developed India along with the flourishing, happy and healthy society. We look forward to the humans controlling the machines and not the vice versa. The various forms of clothing being part of different states should be giving way to more employment and may we see more looms coming up, to settle the small-scale industries for the benefit of this voluptuous population. Along with the improvement in the financial status, there would be revival of the traditional clothing and cloth materials. Engagement of families that knows how to create, would be a boon to the growth. Architectural monuments may become a part of national and international tourism bringing with it the primary concern of maintenance to preserve them well. Accountability leads to profitability and we can ensure with it the very essence of the survival of monuments, sculptures, employment, state wise revenue inflow along with the cherry on cake, the culture.

The harmony and Bon hominess is integral to any society and for that purpose, I see there would be a drastic shift from the nuclear to the bigger families; from celebrating in solitude to celebration of community; from ‘me’ to ‘us’ and that would be the flavor of the festivals. Future would be richly enhanced with ‘We shall overcome with walking hand in hand’ mindset. My futuristic vision of India is indeed a very positive one with the learnings from the past. The wars and conflicts have already devoid people of the resources and have given them the lesson for the future. We being resilient in nature, has helped tremendously in bringing us back to normal. The cultural rainbow of India would surely be more colorful with its set of colors to make nation shine and we would be seeing the nation that becomes exemplary. The cultural diversification would become profound factor for the financial, physical, emotional and psychological development. Good Health is a state of the mind which is being socially, physically and mentally happy and that would be with the entire nation as I envision India to be moving progressively. The nation would flourish under the wings of liberal attitude and broader views on religion, language and literature. The literature has proven to be a very good resource of bringing changes to the society. The better infrastructure, the availability of multiple streams would be bringing to us many more noble laureates of literature. The society gets impacted with word-crafters way of influential articles and speeches. I see the year ahead with many more commanding orators, confidents speakers and prominent leaders. My idea of my nation with respect to cultural enhancement is to see my nation getting applause from the other nations for being right and just; for being the nation that utilizes its population as human resource in a constructive manner and the cuisine, sports, languages, sculptures and philosophy etc. bring a wider horizon to it.

Developed nations have higher happiness quotient and that comes with the appropriate revenues and resources. Let us all make sure that we bring the reformation for the upliftment of society, for all the states and the regions. We are Indians and we shall follow the culture of humanity. Let the light be kindled and may the shine spread all over. Let us all take the nation towards a greater goal of We All Shall Grow. Once again, few lines penned by me-

I dream of India that is ours
None of the mind is behind bars
We feel liberated with the onset of Light
The light of wisdom that is culturally bright
I envision 2047 to be an exemplary year
Where the head is held high and without fear
The culture will integrate growth with the population
That is when we will see the rising nation
Traditions shall be seeing the revival
The nation will see the growth’s arrival
Harmony and peace would be acknowledged with zeal
Humanity will prevail with its utmost feel
May we all pledge to see language and literature further!
May we celebrate the festivals of freedom with fervour!
India in 2047 shall be an enlightened nation
that would be a promise of resource conservation.
For the nation to survive for millions of years
without the agonies, pain and tears.

The India that we want to see on the platform of the world with a vision of “United we stand, divided we fall” encompassing all the cultures with their variations. The ‘kose kose par badle paani, chaar kose par vaani’ idiom has been existing since the time immemorial, yet keeping the population integrated as one Bhartiya and that is the jewel in the crown. We need to see to it that we propagate with the thought of keeping Culture intact along with the development in the arenas of Science, Technology, Politics and Sports.

Article by-
Ms.Radhika Bhandari
( Teacher- Secondary Section

 

युवावस्था – एक् तपस्या

जीवन में इक रसधार लिए

तुम‌ नित सपने बुनते जाना

संघर्षों को पतवार बना

तुम नैया को खेते जाना।

है पथिक कई जीवन पथ पर

पर तुम्हें समझकर बढ़ना है

हर राह को निरख परख कर ही

गंतव्य मार्ग से जुड़ना है।

शूल मिलेंगे और पुष्प भी

जीवन मिश्रित भावों का कुंज

ध्येय सुनिश्चित जो कर लेते

राह बनता स्वयं ज्योतिपुंज।

पीड़ाओं को परे हटा कर

अब तुम गर्जित ललकार करो

दीप्तिमान बन अखंड अटल तुम

यौवन की जय जय कार करो।

तुम से ही है नींव राष्ट्र की

स्वशक्ति का मनन करो

विश्व विजयि बनोगे तुम ही

कर्तव्यनिष्ठ वन सृजन करो।

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