15-05-2013          Akbar-Birbal, Mulla Nasruddin, Tenali Rama and Jaspal Bhatti are the names from a distant and recent History who bring a smile to your face with just the mention of their names. And when it comes to enactment of these characters, children can do wonders. Dressed appropriately as Akbar, Birbal, Maharaja Keshav Dev, Tenali Ram, Mulla Nasruddin and Jaspal Bhatti and his wife Dolly, students of classes 6,7,8 and 9 presented humorous skits prepared by their teachers Ms. Meenakshi Mohan, Ms. Nimisha Talwar and Ms. Dimple Jinsi. Birbal was made to look for ten Idiots by Badshah, Tenalirama, with his wisdom saved his king from embarrassment. Nasrudeen on the other hand uncovered the misdeeds of a cheater. Jaspal Bhatti created humour at the shopping plaza and his wife Dolly was unmatched in questioning him. The children had a nice time, enjoying these skits each one of which was appreciated with loud applause.

A day before on Wednesday class XII students had presented a humorous play ‘Maa’ which was conceived written and directed by Nav Kiran.

As the school closes for the Summer vacation, humour and laughter are the best medicines to be carried home to relax and enjoy.

May 5, 2013

She makes the house a home

And works her fingers to the bone.

She is there through pain and strife

She is there (if you are lucky) all through your life.

Mother’s Day comes so that we can say in a very special way ‘We Love and thank you Mama’. The school also appreciates the efforts put in by the affectionate Mothers of its students and to express gratitude and thanks to them for the unconditional love they shower on their children, a function was organized today.

‘Love is blind, for my mother started loving me without seeing my face’. These words on the display board with an illustration of the Mother hugging her child conveyed the message.

The programme commenced with a formal welcome extended to the mother’s by the coordinator Dr. Kiran Prabhakar who also paid a tribute the Mothers with her poem ‘Maa’.

Pranab Mishra, Harshika Dalal and Rishibha recited poems in praise of the Mothers. Mother’s day is a gesture to thank every Mother who with her nurturing nature exudes in many wonderful ways that makes the child truly feel that he belongs. ‘Tu Kitni Achchi ahi’ a chorus presented by the children conveyed their thanks while they praised the ‘Mother’ who with her special lov shows the way to believe in oneself and the decisions one makes.

The dramatics club students under the guidance of Mr. Anil presented a skit showing many faces of a mother.  Mother as a care taker, Mother as a heal, Mother as a teacher, a guide and a wonderful cook… how selflessly a mother behaves in difficult situation was beautifully depicted by the young actors.

The talented poets Aalankrit Kadian, Aryan Abbot, Jashan, Arman Puri, Priyal Jain and Roshni from classes 3 to 6 entertained the mothers with their Humorous poems who appreciated them whole heartedly.

A young melodious crooner Devansh brought tears to everybody’s eyes as he sang ‘Tujhe Sab hai Pata Meri Maa’ and broke down with emotions while singing the song.

The guests of the day were also given a Tambola treat as they won prizes for Jaldi Five, Full Houses, played many time.

The cultural programme was conducted by Ms. Sonia Khanna and Ms. Surabhi Sehgal who also proposed the vote of thanks on the occasion.

Mother – a true teacher, friends, guide, comforter, confident source of hope and inspiration was thus revered and respected in the programme today. The Mothers of our children were very happy and pleased with this Mother’s Day function.

On the 1^st May every year

Labour day comes to remind us to say

Thank you dear workers for

Making our life comfortable everyday

It’s your dedication that makes it run smoothly

Else a chaos will be felt everywhere, deeply

To express gratitude and thank.

To thank the class IV employees – the peons, drivers, sweepers, guards, Malis and other helpers, a special assembly was conducted in the school today. While Diksha of class IX in her talk told about the history and significance of the May Day; tiny tots in a fancy dress show highlighted the importance of helpers and gave them a loving tribute. A skit with a theme; be polite with them was also presented by class VI showing the contrast between the behavior of two families giving a message the it’s very essential for us to treat the helpers with compassion, love and empathy.

On behalf of the management all these employees were given gifts along with the beautiful cards made by the students. The Principal Mr. Samson Masih while addressing the gathering thanked the helpers and asked the children to be always respectful to them. Dignity of a labour is a must, a value to be inculcated and honoured throughout life is important.

12-4-2013: The school organised an orientation session for the parents of its students of classes prenur-V.The objective was to apprise the parents of the working of the school ,Annual schedule and change in the examination system as per the CCE requirements and according to CBSE directives.

This well attended  session commenced with a warm welcome to the parents ,extended by Ms Vandana sharma  who also highlighted the salient points of the  DPS culture and aquinted the parents with the host of facilities being provided to the students in DPS Pinjore.

Ms Sonia Khanna along with Ms Surabhi Sehgal threw light on the change in the examination system for Classes 1to 5.Ms Rachel  gave the session a psychological angle by bringing home the fact that it was most important for the parents to know their child and spend quality time with him to understand him well .To chisel the uniqueness of the child It is essential to first identify it ,she said.

Dr Deepa from Simply health plus touched upon the importace of phisical,social and spiritual well being of the children and how the parents can contribute towards these aspects

Dr Mrs Bimla Arora ,Member management DPS Pinjore also shared her long experience with the parents. She emphsised upon the five factores which can help in the upbringing of the children Praise the child,Understand your child, listen to your child, create a healthy atmosphere at home, be a role model and do not over push the child into something which he does’nt want to do. The Parents were very happy to attend this session which concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. Kiran Prabhakar.

Plash the environmental club of the school has been very active since the very beginning of the session. The members of this club, along with their guide teachers, visited the Mallah Nursery to get acquainted with more plants and trees and feel one with nature.

What better way to bring out a child from a groom

than presenting him a bunch of colourful balloons.

And if it happens to be a balloon party

They all are at cloud Nine

Playing and dancing they enjoy

Saying all these are mine.

6-5-2013

Today is the world laughter day,

Laugh and smile, be happy and gay

Laugh and laugh, laugh a lot

It makes you happy, doesn’t anything cost.

The celebration of the World laughter day is a positive gesture towards world peace, an effort to build a global consciousness of brotherhood and friendship through laughter as it makes the body release certain “feel Good “ hormones which generate happiness,warmth,love,tolerance,forgiveness,generosity and compassion.

We at DPS Pinjore made the children laugh and enjoy in an Inter house Hasya Kavita Path competition. Kavi after Kavi from different houses presented their humorous poems getting their due in the form of appreciation as each one of them was applauded by the audience whole heartedly. This joy- cocktail of

Laughter made everyone enjoy the present moment to the hilt as laughter brings a person totally in the present .

The result of this competition is as follows

Individual Category

First Position                      Alankrit Kadian                                                  class 5A

Second Position                 Jashan Garg and  Aryan K. Abbot              class 4B and class 5A respectively

Third Position                   Roshni Sood and Arman Puri                       class 3A and 4B respectively

House wise position

First position                      Ganga House

Second Position                Jhelum House

Third position                    Sutej  house

Tiny –tots of classes Pre-Nur –class 2 made merry in a laughter day party organized to make them have a feel of this special day in a special way

Arnav Aggarwal of class 7 spoke on the topic “Why We Celebrate Laughter Day .He shared the knowledge with all his school mates how, who and with what purpose gave the concept of this day.

Be happy and spread happiness all around –was the message of the day.

Fortunate are those who have had the opportunity to study and become literate. Literacy makes one privileged and prepares him to accept the challenges of life with courage and conviction that ‘I can overcome any hurdle’ The children were made to realise that there is no match in the fate of a literate and illiterate person therefore it is the responsibility of every educated person to share and impart his knowledge to the less fortunate illiterate people. There is no age bar on learning. One can teach people of any age and help them to overcome many hurdles caused by illiteracy. The message of the special assembly conducted to celebrate this day was.

If each one to teach one.

There will be illiterate none.

Children presented poems, thoughts and gave talk on the significance of celebrating this day.

The Principal Mr. Samson Masih also urged the students to share their good fortune with the Have- nots and make them equipped with the three most important  Rs ‘Reading, Writing, Arithmetic’

Students of classes 9-12 left the school early in the morning to visit the famous Pushpa Gujral Science Park, Kapurthala on Nov 8, 2012. Besides this educative visit in which they had the opportunity to see the latest advancement in the field of science, they enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast at Haveli, Jalandhar and lunch at Science City. These students came back feeling enriched and happy.