The School Weekly - 24th November 2014

ANNUAL DAY SPECIAL
Weather
Bali is getting colder by the day. Winter has stepped in. Students have begun to wear sweaters. Days are sunny with 28°C to 30°C temperature. Difference in day and night temperature is increasing with lowest falling to 8°C. During the week it was mostly clear. The School hygrometer showed humidity at 18%. Wind direction was from N to NE at 10 km/hr.

The School celebrated its 22nd Annual Day on Friday, 21st November. Congratulations to students and staff for putting up such a successful presentation both for the Exhibition 2014 and the cultural program.
Skills
Monday, 17th November to Wednesday, 19th November: Annual Day practices took place. Students were over occupied with putting up exhibitions of their respective departments.

Thursday, 20th November: Participants were called to school at 2:30 pm. Grand rehearsal took place from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM.

Friday, 21st November: School celebrated its 22nd Annual Day. The Board Members, Chief Guest and LMC members arrived at 4:00 pm for High Tea hosted by School, followed by the inauguration of the Annual Day Exhibitions by Ms Kanchan Khandke, Chief Guest.

In order to appreciate contributions of various people, who have quietly helped the school over the years, this Annual Day, the School decided to honour them by christening the existing blocks with their names on a wooden plaque at the entrance of the block:
Block Names:
BLOCK I: John L. Bissell Block
BLOCK II: Bimla N. Bissell Block
BLOCK III: Surana Block
BLOCK IV: Hendon Chubb Science Block
BLOCK V: Learning Resource Centre
BLOCK VI: Mathew Horvitz Block
BLOCK VII: Phyliss Nauts Block
ART SCHOOL (HUT): Monsoon Art School

Four Honour Boards have been installed to recognise the winners of the a annual Trophies of Excellence in Service, Skill, Sport and Study. These boards are displayed at the entrance of the John L. Bissell Block.
EXHIBITIONS:
BLOCK I housed Junior School and Art and Craft Exhibitions.
BLOCK II housed Photography Club and Social Studies Department.
BLOCK III housed Department of Languages and Math Department.
BLOCK IV housed Science Labs.
BLOCK V Learning Resource Centre housed Computer Department.
Chief Guest Ms. Kanchan Khandke, Principal Mayo College Girls’ School, went around the exhibition at great length, asking students innumerable questions related to their models, material used and information collected.

Mr. Samik Ghosh, Principal The Scindia School, presided over the Cultural Show, that included a musical, an English play and a Hindi play. In his speech Mr Ghosh elaborated upon ideas to spread the good work that the school is doing. He held the School Exhibitions in great esteem, keeping in mind the detailed models made by students.

A big thank you to Ms Khandke and Mr Ghosh for the great effort in coming all the way to Bali and joining us for our Annual Day!

Winners of the Annual Day Trophies for Excellence in all 4 Ss  (Service, Skill, Sport & Study)
  • Trophy for Excellence in Service: Hema Choudhary
  • Trophy of Excellence in Skill: Naushad Ali 
  • Trophy of Excellence in Sport: Shinu Philip
  • Trophy of Excellence in Study: Prachi Agarwal 
  • 1st Parineeta Ranpal English Prize: Shraddha Kansara
Congratulations to all the winners! Well done girls you are one up!!

Saturday, 22nd November: The School observed a holiday, the Staff returned to look after exhibitions. BAT Board Meeting was held in the Library from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. This was followed by lunch in the honour of the Board Members and guests, at the Principal’s Garden behind the school office.
Studies
Thursday, 20th November: Students of Class IX to XII appeared for the Problem Solving Assessment from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon.
Campus Development Update 
The old stage has been transformed into a new Open Air Theatre, the stage will be used by the students for the morning assembly,  all events and competitions will take place on this new stage,  it will also be used as a pavilion for the students when the Sports activities like the Cricket Matches, Football matches, etc, are organized. We keenly look forward to stage the Christmas Play at the OAT (Open Air Theatre).
                 
                           Old Stage
    Open Air Theatre
Some other highlights:
  • At the back of the Admin Block the area has been cleared and leveled; a new wall has come up beside the Book Store to bring privacy to the area behind Principal’s office. Staff will have their lunch in this area.
  • Maximum and Minimum Thermometers and Hydrometer have been mounted on the  office wall to measure temperature and humidity.
  • Twenty Nine new display boards have been hung in the classes, so that teachers can display the students work on the board and not on the walls.
  • Flag Stands have been made for the Investiture Ceremony.
  • The flower beds, the garden and the entire campus have been spruced up.
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Publisher: The Principal, The Fabindia School, Bali
Staff Editors: Ms Bharti Rao, Ms Deepika Bhatt, Mr. K.G. Dave, Mr. Dinesh Bharti, Ms Usha Pawar
Editor in Chief: Kushagra Singh, Santosh Paliwal
Senior Editor: Vaishali Rao, Aditya Kansara, Silvi Mehta
Art Editor: Kushagra Singh, Vaishali Rao
Correspondents: Kritika Mansion, Bhanupratap Singh,  Priyank Rathod, Adityapratap Singh, Jaswant Singh, Khushi Rao, Nikhil Soni
Photography: Bajrang Singh, Tanvi Parmar, Mr Kanik Goyal   
Web & Technical Support: Mr Sandeep Singh
Feedback: info@fabindiaschools.in 

The School Weekly - 17th November 2014

Weather
Weather in Bali is increasingly getting cooler. Winter is slowly stepping in. Nights have become colder and days are cooler. During the week it was cloudy. Days were pleasant with sunshine. On Wednesday and Thursday it became misty too. Temperatures have begun to slide. Night temperatures have come down to 10°C. While day temperature stayed at 31°C. Humidity was at 35%. Wind direction was from N to NE at 8 km/hr.
Picture from the school archives
Service
Monday, 10th November to Saturday, 15th November: Annual Day practices are in full swing. The students have been busy in preparing for exhibitions. The campus is abuzz with hectic activity and cheer in preparation for school exhibitions. Thanks to those students who have made all the props for plays. Some volunteers were also seen painting the hut, trees and the well.
Skills
Friday, 14th November: Children’s Day was celebrated a Special Assembly where the Ms. Kavitha Deora shared the difference between International Children’s Day (1st June) and India Children’s Day (14th November). It was fun to hear all teachers pay compliments to their classes. They also gave a message to their respective classes, like you must study hard; you must not be naughty you ought to participate in all activities. Few teachers thanked them for the lessons that they have learnt while teaching them. All the students were looking beautiful and cute in their civilians. Refreshments were distributed to students. This made them as happy!

Photo courtesy Neha Parmar
Star
Oh star! You are always shining
And also very good in twinkling.
Oh star! I don’t know what you are
Because you are so far.

Oh star! Please shine again and again
When everyone sleep only you remain.
Oh star! You looks very beautiful
When sky is peaceful.

Oh star! You are so lovable
And your brothers are uncountable.
Oh star! Your family have many members
That are difficult to count in numbers.

Oh star! Always see me in night
With your eyes like bright light.
Oh star! I always send you a card of greeting
For your and my meeting.
Aditya Pratap Singh/IX
Sports
Friday, 14th November: On the occasion of Children’s Day a friendly cricket match was played between, teachers and students. Student won team. The student’s team gave a target of 97 runs to the teacher’s team and in return teacher’s team scored only 79 runs.
Studies
Monday, 10th November: Since Problem Solving Assessment (PSA) exams are to be held on Thursday 20th November, amid all hyper activity Class IX was coached by Mr. Ajay Vijaywargi throughout the week. School wishes its students All the Best!

Mrs Parineeta Ranpal third from left with the LMC
Condolence Meeting
The School observed 1 minute silence on Monday, 17th November to pay homage to the departed soul of Ms. Parineeta Ranpal (2006-2013). Head Girl Prachi Agarwal/XII and the Head Boy Naushad Ali Sayed/XII and staff poignantly narrated their experiences  with the Ex-Principal Ms. Parineeta Ranpal.  
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Publisher: The Principal, The Fabindia School, Bali
Staff Editors: Ms Bharti Rao, Ms Deepika Bhatt, Mr. K.G. Dave, Mr. Dinesh Bharti, Ms Usha Pawar
Editor in Chief: Kushagra Singh, Santosh Paliwal
Senior Editor: Vaishali Rao, Aditya Kansara, Silvi Mehta
Art Editor: Kushagra Singh, Vaishali Rao
Correspondents: Kritika Mansion, Bhanupratap Singh,  Priyank Rathod, Adityapratap Singh, Jaswant Singh, Khushi Rao, Nikhil Soni
Photography: Bajrang Singh, Tanvi Parmar, Mr Kanik Goyal   
Web & Technical Support: Mr Sandeep Singh
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Ex- Principal & Much Loved Parineeta Ranpal Will Always Be Here

We are saddened to announce the untimely demise of our beloved Ex-Principal of The Fabindia School, the much loved and honoured Ms. Parinita Ranpal. She will always live in the hearts of the people of Bali and will be remembered for her contribution in building the School.
Mrs Parineeta Ranpal addressing the audience at her last Annual Day Speech in 2013 at The Fabindia School
"Lost the legendary Ex-Principal of The #FabindiaSchool, Bali Mrs. Parinita Ranpal, she was suffering from lung disease and was in ICU for her last 2 days.
Your efforts for the development of the school would be remembered always, you took the school to a big leap ahead !! #RIP ma'am, #Respect from the bottom of heart !!" 

~ Nimendra Raj Singh (Ex-Student)

Nimendra Raj Singh Bali we do respect you for sharing this information and the School has decided to institute the Parineeta Ranpal English Prize at School in her honour, we value her great efforts and cherish the memory of her good work.

- Sandeep Dutt 
Chairman

The School Weekly - 10th November 2014

Weather
Weather in Bali is increasingly getting cooler. Days are still warm, while evenings are turning a little bit colder but there is no sign of winter arriving as yet! During the week scattered cumulus clouds could be seen but they did not bring the temperature down. Highest temperature recorded was 31°C and lowest temperature recorded was 18°C. Humidity was at 32%.The wind direction from N to NE at 10 km/hr.
Service
Saturday, 8th November: In the Social Service League Lakshit Mathur/XII, Manish Paliwal/VII, Maheep Ozja/IX, Ragvendra Singh/VII, Kushagra Singh/XI, Mohammed Taukeer/VIII, Ramlal Choudhary/VIII, Narendra Choudhary/VI, Virendrapal Singh/VIII, Akhayraj Singh/VIII, Mehul Sehua/IX and Jagdish Paliwal/VII filled flowerbeds with mud brought from the jungle. They will put winter flowers here next under the guidance of Mr. Surendra Singh and Mr. Dinesh Bharti. Thank You Students
Skills
Friday, 7th November: Annual Day practices are in full swing. After the lunch break all the participants go to their respective exhibitions to work with their teachers, while actors to their directors.

Saturday, 8th November: Due to Annual Day practices Saturday observed the school from 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Instead of regular activities school was abuzz with Annual Day practices.

Inter-House Skit and Dance Competition was organized.
Skits:
Red House: Eve-Teasing.
Green House: The first step of innocence (on ragging)
Blue House: The Precious Gift.
Yellow House: The evils of Society

The judges for the skit competition were Mr. Surendra Singh/PTI, Mr.Byju P. Joseph/AD and Mrs.Veena Solanki/parents and LMC Member.
Results:
Yellow House:    I
Green House:      II
Red House:         III

The Students of Class III to VI showed their talent in dancing. Their performance was really appreciable.
Results:
Green House:       I
Red House:          II
Yellow House:     III

The judges for the dance competition were Mrs. Veena Solank/LMC Member, Mrs. Bharti Rao/AC and Mr. Sandeep Singh/IT Incharge.

Oh God Corruption
In this time,
Let the Sun shine,
Because it's the only thing
Which reaches us on time
Without any fine,
Because in its way
No one is corrupted

In the world,
No one can be trusted
Because everyone is corrupted.
People do not get their pensions.
Officers show some tensions.

In the greed to get some ransom
Even the education system is corrupted,
Admissions without donations are unrestricted
First, money was the basic need
People now let the money talk
Instead of the talent to rock.

Oh, God corrupted
Please guide someone
To dust the corruption
Corruption is like the black
Dot on the moon
Which will soon
Cover the entire moon
Hema Choudhary/XII

जवान
हे जवान,
करता हूँ मैं तुझे सलाम।
तू है हमारा रक्षक,
तूने मिटाए कितने भक्षक।

माँ माना इस धरती को तूने,
दे दिया बलिदान।
गोली खाई सीने में ,
अपनाई देश भक्ति की राह।

हे जवान,
है तू बड़ा महान
फ़ौज में होते हो भर्ती छोड़कर मोह-माया,
तपते हो तुम धूप में देकर हमको छाया।
जहाँ तुम्हें याद करेगा,

करेगी ये जमीन।
तुम बॉर्डर पर मरते हो,
देकर हमें चैन की नींद।

हे जवान,
करता हूँ मैं तुझे सलाम।
Priyank Rathod/IX A
Studies
Sunday, 2nd November: Four students (Harshita Dalawat, Damini Chouhan, Silvi Mehta and Aditi Singh) of Class X appeared in NTSE Examination 2014, at Bangur School, Pali.

Thursday, 6th November: Though school was closed for Guru Nanak Jayanti but participants and staff came to practice and work for exhibition.

The construction of stage is in full swing. Actors can be seen eyeing the stage often because they will be the first one to inaugurate it!

School wishes Mr. Atul Bhatt (Manager Finance and Admin) a very speedy recovery and get well soon wishes after his operation of kidney removal.
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Publisher: The Principal, The Fabindia School, Bali
Staff Editors: Ms Bharti Rao, Ms Deepika Bhatt, Mr. K.G. Dave, Mr. Dinesh Bharti, Ms Usha Pawar
Editor in Chief: Kushagra Singh, Santosh Paliwal
Senior Editor: Vaishali Rao, Aditya Kansara, Silvi Mehta
Art Editor: Kushagra Singh, Vaishali Rao
Correspondents: Kritika Mansion, Bhanupratap Singh,  Priyank Rathod, Adityapratap Singh, Jaswant Singh, Khushi Rao, Nikhil Soni
Photography: Bajrang Singh, Tanvi Parmar, Mr Kanik Goyal   
Web & Technical Support: Mr Sandeep Singh
Feedback: info@fabindiaschools.in 

The School Weekly - 3rd November 2014

Weather
Bali is experiencing pleasant to moderate weather with pleasanter mornings than before. Highest temperature recorded was at 35°C and lowest at 18°C. Humidity was 41%. The direction of the wind was NE at 6 MPH.
Due to Cyclone Nilopher, the sky was over crowded with cumulus clouds. Throughout the week, students hoped for rains but it did drizzled.

Tuesday, 28th October: School observed half day due to teachers’ training on CCE from CBSE empanelled person Mr. Bappa Ranjan from S. Chand Publishers. Teachers from St Paul’s School, Shri Sela also  participated.
Service
Thursday, 30th October: Social Service League organized cleanliness drive where Class VI and VII picked up rags and pulled out weeds. Thank you students!
Saturday, 1st November: On Saturday too Class VII B did a wonderful job. They filled sand in the flower beds that they had dug previous week The students who did this great work were Meet Soni/VII B, Ankit Kumar/VII B, Chandra Shekhar Soni/VII B, Dinesh Choudhary/VII B, Sonaram/VII B, Narayan Devasi/VII B, Gaurav Rajpurohit/VII B and Shubhash Suthar/VII B. Thank you students!
Skills
Book
A book is a friend
A book has no end

A book is a tale
Which does not let you fail

Its pages have got
A number of thoughts

That does not use knife
But deals with life

It is a book
Who by its recipes makes you cook

It is like a big rocket
That fits in your pocket
Priyank Rathod/IX A

The Exchange
This trip to Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls School Jaipur was a very enriching experience for me and for my friends. From this school we came to know what life is once you live away from home. How one has to make decisions all alone- without help of parents. We observed many new things about science and technology. We also learnt about astronomy. We also adopted many kinds of good habits like waking up early morning and having our food with discipline. We learnt the value of music in our life from Mr. Vishal Bhatt. The students of MGD school were friendly by nature, so we easily connected with them. There were about 4000 students and about 150 teachers. The best thing that I like was that the whole school live like a joint family. Thus it was a lifetime experience and we will never forget this trip.
Krithika Mansion/IX A

Exchange Program at Maharani Gayatri Devi School, Jaipur (October 12 to October 18, 2014)
Schools are an amazing place to learn. However old one turns, one can never stop learning. This is how I felt when I escorted 7 girls on an Exchange Programme to MGD.

We stayed at one of the oldest and finest school established by Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, Maharani Gayatri Devi School.

The seven day program was full of enthusiasm, discoveries, experiences, fun and frolic. It was a great learning experience for both the Escort Teacher and students.

They were made to stay in the hostel of the school to know better about the hostel life of girls. They visited entire school campus and saw different rooms for every activity like music room, art and craft room, astronomy room etc. They were also allocated the evening time to play sports with the hostellers. The MGD school provides its students with 12 varieties of sports like swimming, cricket, karate, basketball etc. Every girl from The Fabindia School was given an opportunity to select a game of her choice and play with their buddies. They had a fixed routine for everyday. Right from Assembly, which was a fun exercise, where students prayed to God along with getting updated with the latest happenings around the globe.

Our girls also had an opportunity to study and attend classes and experience audio-visual lectures, to which they were quite new. They attended various in-school activities. First, they learnt how to design their own constellation out of their name. Girls also attended the craft workshop where they made articles out of clay. They learnt to make some beautiful decorative items out of clay. They attended cookery classes conducted by their buddies, where they learnt to cook some healthy food items like baked vegetables, fruit items along with understanding the basics of cooking.

The seven day program was so designed to enable our girls to experience hostel life as well as life in a big city like Jaipur and the study pattern at a world class school. Their efforts were applauded and appreciated. They also got a chance to meet Maharani Vidya Devi and go for sight- seeing in Jaipur to witness some of the historical and beautiful tourist spots. Overall, it ended to be one of the greatest learning experience for all.
Mrs. Sharmila Vijayvargi
Sports
Saturday, 1st November: A friendly cricket match was organized for the students of Class VIII to XII. They played with great passion and interest. The audience enjoyed a lot. Students of Class I to V saw a regular activity day. Sir Tony Lobo gave his music lessons to the kids. He is preparing songs for Classes I to V. Remedials have been put on hold till 21st November in order to prepare for the Annual Day. From now on during Remedial students and teachers will work in their respective departments for their exhibition and programmes.
Studies
Thursday, 16th October: Class I A and B visited The St. Paul's School Church as part of their concept building chapter in EVS on kinds of worship places. Students came back disappointed as they went with the hope of meeting the Santa! But the sister has invited them to return in December to meet him!

CCE Workshop
CCE Workshop was conducted in the School Campus on Monday, 27th October and Tuesday, 28th October for our school teacher and S. Paul’s School teachers. Thirty two teachers attended the workshop. The resource person was Mr. Bappa Ranjan Dey from Assam. Its main objective was to improve each student learning trhough stimulating and stress free-ways. The workshop mainly emphasized on Co-scholastic areas. Tools and techniques of Assessment were given. Examples were shown on how to make Anecdotal Records. CCE (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation) is an ongoing process which is carried out all through academic year. The teachers were divided into groups and a number of activities were carried out to show the importance of team-work. In this two days workshop the teachers learnt a lot about Formative Assessment and how to carry it out in all the classes. Many doubts were cleared and in the end it proved to be a useful workshop and a great learning experience of how to conduct and assess Formatives in the class.
Mrs. Bharti Rao
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Publisher: The Principal, The Fabindia School, Bali
Staff Editors: Ms Bharti Rao, Ms Deepika Bhatt, Mr. K.G. Dave, Mr. Dinesh Bharti, Ms Usha Pawar
Editor in Chief: Kushagra Singh, Santosh Paliwal
Senior Editor: Vaishali Rao, Aditya Kansara, Silvi Mehta
Art Editor: Kushagra Singh, Vaishali Rao
Correspondents: Kritika Mansion, Bhanupratap Singh,  Priyank Rathod, Adityapratap Singh, Jaswant Singh, Khushi Rao, Nikhil Soni
Photography: Bajrang Singh, Tanvi Parmar, Mr Kanik Goyal   
Web & Technical Support: Mr Sandeep Singh
Feedback: info@fabindiaschools.in 

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