School participated in an Inter-School Debate Competition organized by the Rotary Club on a very recent and current issue of discussion in our country “The status of women in India” to update the knowledge and create awareness among the young generation. About 50 schools actively participated in the competition with great enthusiasm. Anshika Arora and Gunjan Agarwal win the First prize and Trophy for presenting their positive as well as negative views in a very beautiful and informative manner. Dr. Pooja Singh congratulated both the winners, motivated them to participate in such activities in the future, and wish them success in life.

A group of 28 students and 6 Maths teachers visited St. Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar under an Exchange Programme. Students feel highly delighted by the warm traditional welcome organized by the students and teachers of St. Edmund’s.

The group took keen interest in the methods of teaching and was greatly influenced by the class room discipline maintained in the school. They highly appreciated the level of education of Indian students as compared to their level particularly the methods used for teaching Mathematics and truly agreed about the high Indian educational level of the child as compared to foreign countries and foundation of success in every field lies actually in the excellent educational system in India.They also shared their views and analysis of the Indian education system with the teachers and students and also the happiness of accomplishment of their successful Exchange programme.

Administrator Dr. (Mrs.) Pooja Singh showed hearty thanks to the guests as well as to the staff members for their active co-operation and wishes to conduct such more programmes in future.

St. Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar organized its Grand Annual Day ‘Udaan’ at Birla Auditorium. As the theme says ‘Udaan’ is a motivation which symbolizes efforts for achievement, to advance from all directions to achieve success and destination in our lives. It also symbolizes ‘the flight’, the flight to pinnacles of glory, success, pride, joy, independence, and love.

 

Sh. Suresh Chowdhary (ADGP, Traffic Rajasthan) was the Chief guest to preside the cultural evening. The Chief Guest was overwhelmed with immense pleasure by the traditional and warm welcome by the students and teachers.  The function commenced with Garlanding of Lord Ganesha, lightening up of the lamp, and paying tribute to the founder of the school, Late Shri Ranbir Singh Ji.

 

The event was preceded by the different dances depicting the different colors of the lives in different parts of the global world. Magic of Gypsy in Spanish dance and Hip-Hop in American dance fill the environment with great joy and enthusiasm. Terrific Jungle hunting scenes in African dance astonished the viewers whereas royalty of Early Kings was shown very gracefully in Egyptian dance.

 

The children heartily enjoyed the Dragon Dance performance of China. The dragon with its fierce-looking head especially symbolizes dignity, wisdom, and power in Chinese society. The program ended with the great finale presentation of the Indian Kathak dance showing the central figure of Hinduism Lord Krishna, portrayed as the supreme power and incarnation of Vishnu depicting the scene of the battlefield of ‘Mahabharata’in a very beautiful and graceful manner charged with floral decoration.

 

The dancers truly showed the ‘Generation of smiles across miles’ by their splendid and colorful dance performances. They expressed their feelings as migratory birds that move around the world in search of comfort, peace, and tranquility.

 

The principal read the Annual Report and meritorious students of 2011-12 were awarded prizes and certificates by the Chief Guest. The achievers in different fields apart from academics were also awarded. The function ended with Aashirvachnam by the Chief Guest which really encouraged and inspired the students.

A group of two representatives from Wellington School, Scotland visited St. Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar under an Exchange Programme by British Council. Representing their school, Principal Mr. R. M. Parlor and Ms. Susan Coontz reached on 6th September. They feel highly delighted by the warm traditional welcome by the students and teachers of St. Edmund’s. Principal Mr. Parlour addresses the students during morning assembly making them aware of their educational objectives to visit the institution.

They showed keen interest in the teaching methodology and the different teaching aids used by the teachers to make the child understand the concepts clearer and easier. The group enjoyed, as well as participated in the evaluation of the various activities such as Rakhi-making and Rangoli-making competitions organized by the senior students of the school.

They were surprised to see the combination of different colors of flowers used by the students to make beautiful ‘rangolis’. Students also give messages and titles with the decoration of flower arrangement which really makes the guests feel so honored. They were overwhelmed with joy watching the ‘Janamashtmi’ celebration organized by the little kids of the Pre-primary section of the school. Students of Primary classes organized a Cultural programme and a ‘Haat Bazaar’ depicted in a proper traditional way based on Rajasthani culture on the concluding day of their visit. Students also presented a beautiful folk dance showing a mixture of happiness of enjoyment shared with the guests as well as the sorrow of departing with them.

On the concluding day, Principal Mr. Parlour shared their views and analysis of the Indian education system with the teachers and students and also the happiness of accomplishment of their successful Exchange programme. Administrator Dr. (Mrs.) Pooja Singh showed hearty thanks to the guests as well as to the staff members for their active co-operation and wishes them good luck in the future.

Dr. Pooja Singh, and Mr. Kapil Singh, from St. Edmund’s School, Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur, India visited Wellington School, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK during the first week of June’ 2012. They visited all the classes of Wellington school and interacted with the staff and the pupils. The students of primary classes Pr. I to Pr. V were interested in learning the Hindi language. They tried to speak and write Hindi. On the other hand the students of senior classes were keen to know about the life style, daily routine, and career options of the Indian students. They were very conscious about their career. Apart from their formal visit under the exchange program. They witnessed the relay of the Olympic Torch and the grand processions of the Queen's Coronation (Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth) During their stay they also attended the sports day of Wellington School, where students, as well as their parents, participated in fun races. Dr. Pooja Singh was the chief guest & was given floral welcome by the kids and she presented the awards to the winners of the sports meet. In school, they saw various labs like language lab art & craft lab, Science, and Technology labs all the labs were well equipped with the latest techniques and equipment. Then they had a talk with former students as well as present students and came to know that this school possessed a grand reputation over the years. In brief, this Global School Partnership was quite memorable and shall enhance the performance of both the schools at various levels.

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