Makalu-Milestones 20-21

Milestone of Makalu Silveroaks 2020-2021

MAKALU SUMMIT



Project July was a unique project done by the acorns of Silver Oaks in the Covid- 19 Pandemic. In this project, We researched and learned on our own in different subjects and enhanced our skills. Project July, mainly focuses on future work skills. Its a very Innovative and independent project to gain a lot of knowledge. We understood what it means to be a leader and developed leadership skills in ourselves. We had great discussions during breakout sessions. Through Project july we enhanced our Self management skills, Social skills, Research skills, Thinking skills and Communication skills. Tannishtha, Arushi, Harika

Inspiring Mornings encourages us to go forward and have taught us new values and ideas. In the inspiring morning we did listen to the talks of successful and talented people. We got inspired by their success stories. I would like to appreciate all the teachers for giving us the opportunity to listen to many inspirational personalities who have changed the world. I am sure that all their speeches will have a lasting impact on my life. Arushi, Tannishtha

Patriotism : INDEPENDENCE DAY On 15th August 1947, our country got freedom and is now one of the largest democracies in the world. On the auspicious day of Independence Day, I and my classroom celebrated it with full respect and happiness for how hard the several Freedom Fighters fought for our country’s freedom. We thought of celebrating it as a show where many of our classmates took roles as Freedom Fighters and said their Monologues which are all throughout famous in the world. We also gave speeches on how hard the men and women of our nation protested the Britishers to leave our country with Non-Violence after the Monologues and speeches regarding the Independence day and Freedom Fighters were over then we Dispersed by singing the Legendary National Anthem of our country which consists of several languages and then wished everyone Happy Independence day. Vibhas

Air force Day Air force day is celebrated once a year but the patriotism in every native’s heart remains for life. In India, air force day is celebrated on 8th October to reminisce the day the Indian air force came into being. On the 8th of October 2020, our school arranged a live session in the morning to honour the great Indian heroes who take to the skies and keep us safe. The session started with the Indian air force song, and the principal ma’am handed the mic over to Vice Principal Ma’am Ms. Rachna Sharma. She shared with us what makes her feel proud about our glorious Indian air force and her experiences and takeaways from the Air force. Next Group captain Rai Sir Shared a few words about the Indian air force. Few teachers then spoke about the Indian air force and the honour it holds. The session ended with a feeling of nationalism filled in each one of us. We salute to every brave soldier of the sky.

Teachers day Celebrations Teachers day is a memorable event, celebrated all over our school. This year, we all participated in making our beloved teachers enjoy their day and have a ton of fun! We collaborated as a class, and presented a parade of artwork, appreciation quotes, skits, and many other things, which our teachers enjoyed very much. To add to this, our wonderful student government had organised a live stream, in which all the teachers had taken a part in and enjoyed themselves a lot. They had also engaged t hem in many activities and games, such as - guess the movie by the songs-, appreciating one and other, and many more. It made us happy, to see joyous smiles on our teachers' faces. Arushi Dear Teachers, I can't believe the school year is over. Your endless positivity made it a joy to come to class every day. Because of you, I know I can conquer any difficulty that comes my way. You taught me that I can never go wrong with a generous spirit. Thank you for emboldening me. Your positivity and encouragement brightened my days. You made me a better, more thoughtful person. Your kindness made me feel welcomed and comfortable. I hope you have a spectacular summer and I hope to see you around next year! Harika

Student Government Investiture Ceremony Harika-MLA Abhiram-D.MLA Living in the world's largest democracy and enjoying liberty, equality, and fraternity, Our School believes that the acorns of Silver Oaks have to be trained from a young age into democratic ideals. Teaching democracy as a concept may be a little abstract so our school found a way of making it real to us by making us participate in the running of the school. Training acorns into leadership skills and responsible roles along with accountability is the objective behind having a student Government. In the year 2020, because of the pandemic, going to school can be stopped but learning cannot. Like every year, this year also we have the student government. The elections w ere placed for President, Vice president, Prime minister, MPs, and CMs for each grade & MLAs for each class. First, the students who wanted to participate filled a google form, from which only 2 or 3 students were shortlisted. Then were the election campaigns. Every year, we usually have the election campaigns live. But because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year the shortlisted contestants sent their videos explaining why they want to become a part of the student government. The videos were shown in the class by presenting or seen individually. The voting happened through google forms. And then was the big part, the Student Government Investiture Ceremony. The oath for senior student council was presented on the screen. The student council first takes the oath and gives a short speech. Their parents honour them. In the individual classes, for the MLAs, the respective MLA takes the oath and gives a short speech in the meeting. I was elected as the MLA of the class by my classmates and given the opportunity to represent my class. Harika

Ganesh Chaturthi Every festival in India has its own importance and scientific reason behind it. Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival where Lord Ganesha's birthday is celebrated. This festival gives lots of joy and happiness. In our class, we celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi in the breakout session. We made sculptures of lord Ganesha with turmeric, maida, sugar powder, raw milk, peppercorns, and toothpicks. Everyone made their own Ganesha and all Ganesha were looking beautiful. Everyone enjoyed the hour making the sculptures. Saathwik

Diwali Celebrations This year (2020) Diwali was celebrated on 14th November. Every year we would celebrate Diwali in our school by cleaning our classrooms. But this year due to online classes, we couldn’t clear our classes so we cleaned our own rooms in the given time. After that we had some fun activities and we discussed on why we should not burst the crackers. We came to a conclusion that bursting crackers are not safe so we all decided to celebrate “Green Diwali”. Aditya

Ramleela celebrations Ramleela is an event in which we reflect on our good habits and not so good habits and we oath not to repeat our not so good habits and focus on our good habits. We also wrote our bad habits on a jam board and burnt them virtually. We had celebrations in school as Principal mam and other staff members burnt their bad habits. Shayan Christmas Celebrations Christmas is a festival of joy, happiness and peace. To celebrate joy at these tough times, the school chose to present something fun. This year, in our breakout sessions we got to watch a live streaming in which teachers and students of different sections and grades sang carols and danced with joy. We sang Carols in the class afterwards and had lots of fun. Kyril Fit India Week

Everybody wants to have a healthy and fit body. I am also addicted to my fitness. Because I feel exercise is the only thing which guarantees us good health. So, I full- heartedly trust it. Putting this in mind, our teachers have planned the super healthy Fit India week, which was an awesome experience, for all of us. This week we experienced and came through some super fun and helpful activities. We enjoyed Yoga; exercises; meditation; dance; and poster making, knowing their advantages and benefits. This was a welfare for our body physically and mentally. Thank you, teachers, for arranging such a pleasant event for us. Overall, that week taught us nothing will work unless you do it! And Fit India To Hit India! Sejal

November is a happy month in our school. We get to play games with our classmates and have a lot of fun when we are in school but this year, because the schools were closed ,we played with our friends online where we were in 4 groups and each group had a week to plan an activity. Also... To spread the happiness of the month of November, we've deeply immersed ourselves in many tasks, to hone our creativity, communication, and of course, build great passions in us. Zentangle masterpieces, and fantastic art and dance classes to spark excitement into us, are just some of the highlights of the engaging time we had that month. We had a delightful time, and have enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. Sejal Breakfast pe charcha We had a lot of fun in Breakfast pe charcha and we discussed why we should take breakfast in the morning and what are the consequences if we don't take breakfast on time and we discussed about each other's cultures. It was really a great class bonding session. Himesh

Book Tasting Sessions Book Tasting is an event that engaged us in a fun activity while introducing us to a wide array of books. Through these sessions we were able to improve our reading skills and comprehension skills. Here, we had chosen the book of our choice and started reading it. Sometimes, we read aloud a few bits and pieces of the story. One of the best books tasting sessions was in the World Read Aloud day. On This day we got a chance to read any of our favourite stories in the class. We also got a chance to share our perspective and understanding of the story. It was a terrific experience. Book tasting sessions helped us to exercise our comprehension and analytical abilities. It fired up our imagination and stimulated the mental center of our mind. Through the book tasting session, we were able to ensure that everyone reads and strengthens their mental muscles. All in all, it was a brilliant experience for all of us and we got an opportunity to do something new. Tannistha Talent Hunt The students showcased their dancing, theatrical, oratory skills and drawing skills very confidently in the talent hunt session. This really, proved to be a good platform for them to identify their hidden talents. Students very enthusiastically presented their own unique talents. It was really pleasant to see their wonderful works, achievements and talents.

TALENT HUNT COMPETITION IDENTIFIES HIDDEN TALENTS IN STUDENTS.

Zentangles Zentangle – or the art of creative doodling—is more than just a mindless art process or a way to create a fun piece of artwork. Zentangle techniques helps in boosting concentration, bust stress and even help with fine motor skills .The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.

Sharing the memory Game of Connections Students enjoyed sharing their memories with their classmates and teachers. Kahoot quiz

We played a lot of kahoots quizzes this year prepared by our teachers on Maths, Science, Computers, General knowledge and so on. I also created a kahoot NIE quiz for my classmates. Our HRT Mrs. Ranjana Sharma has told one of us to create a quiz on Times NIE So, I have taken the initiative to create one. Next day, during the morning assembly session we all in the class played together. It was really fun to play. Bhavitha Admiring each other Admiration is great. Students admired each other. It helps them to build stronger bonding among themselves. Fun Games Playing games in the classroom increases overall motivation. By playing games, students become more motivated to learn, pay attention and participate in set tasks. Games help students to become a part of a team as well as take responsibility for their own learning. Few of the games students really enjoyed are:

Story Telling Sessions Cultural understanding. Telling stories allows children to experience different worlds, countries, and traditions. ... ● Curiosity, imagination and communication. Reading to a child can increase their willingness to express themselves and communicate their thoughts and feelings. ... ● Focus and social skills. Guess the personality Who Am I? is a guessing game where players use yes or no questions to guess the identity of a famous person. Questions are based upon the traits and characteristics of a person everyone will be able to identify. This game works well with any size group, however the larger the group, the more fun the game becomes

Sing Along with me Theatre in Education Theatre in education is an innovative process that uses interactive theatre/drama practices to aid the learning process. TIE model mixes modern technology with proven drama-based communications. Theorists identify the character creation in Theatre in Education as a must for attitudes to change. In TIE, Students have found their own creative ways to portray the content given in the novel wonder through role plays and visual displays. They challenged themselves and worked really hard to enhance their enquiry, dramatic, communication and collaborative skills.





Guest Lectures: Science Guest Lectures are fun and interactive. In the guest lecture of Physics we had our Guest Mr Vijay Lovekar explaining to us about the History of Physics, connection of the IB Themes with the Physics and its branches. We discussed different famous Physicists like Archimedes, Albert Einstein etc… about their important contributions to the Physics World and also we got a crystal clear idea about what role does Physics plays in this world and how it helps us understand this Mysterious world. Fun with Experiments This year we learnt a lot in science. In the 3 main branches (chemistry, physics,and biology) we got lots of new learnings. We learnt it in a very different way like we learnt the ohm’s law in a virtual lab. Then, we did 2 activities on sound 1 was an activity that used a string to communicate through cups the next one was a slinky activity. Then we learnt about plane mirrors using a chess board and mirror to show that the distance between the object and the mirror is the same as the distance between the mirror and image. We also did a sound experiment with a steel scale by holding one side and then pulling up and leaving the other side. Another one was an activity based on electromagnets which was quite interesting. Like this we did many experiments and increased our knowledge on different topics. Abhiram

Competitions Rangoli Competition Rangoli competition was organized by the school on the occasion of pongal. The theme of this competition was “Math in Art and Culture” . Students participated and made various geometrical and symmetrical Rangoli patterns. Sudiksha, Bhavitha and Vrinda Rubik cube Competition Speedcubing (also known as speedsolving, or just cubing) is a sport involving solving a variety of combination puzzles. Most of the people think that Rubik’s cube is quite hard to solve but that's not the case, it is very easy to learn but it takes a lot of practice to solve it faster. In this Competition there were lot of participants including seniors, who could solve the cube quickly. I participated in 4x4 rubik’s cube competition and won 1st place. Though there was a lot of competition, I had a lot of fun and enjoyed the competition as cubing is one of my passion. Shayan

Chess Competition Chess is an international competition with many players in a tournament. Chess is both hard and interesting to learn. In my tournament, there were many categories of players and all of them were strong contenders. I tried my level best and enjoyed it a lot. It was really fun. Shreyas Isap Edx When asked, many people told us public speaking as one of their biggest fears. Many famous public speakers were once afraid about speaking in front of groups. An idea of our school helps us find our hidden talents in speaking. EDx is a student-based competition, which helps students to build confidence and communication skills and understand their pros and cons. Recently, 10 students from across senior grades were chosen to compete among themselves, and gave an amazing speech to win the EDx CUP. Namish & Kyril

At a time when people are disconnected with one another, society is missing the value fabric and the nature is bemoaning the materialistic aspirations of humans. We as a school want to make the goals of education as harmony with oneself people, society and nature. We look for a role model and idealistic philosophy and we found our answers from the father of a nation. As a school we want to bring congruence in our academic curriculum with the value curriculum as given by Gandhiji Students of Makalu reflected and interpreted Mantras of Mahatma Swaraj, Swadesh, Swadharma, Satyagraha and Sarvodaya

Cultures and 7 Habits of highly effective people Thank you to our class teacher Ms Ranjna Sharma to help us teach these habits. These 7 habits(Habit 1: Be Proactive, Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind, Habit 3: Put First Things First, Habit 4: Think Win-Win, Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood, Habit 6: Synergize, Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw) will be helping us so much in our future classes. So what we did is, every morning after the assembly we were watching 1 or 2 videos about the particular habit and then we would tell our understanding about it and after discussion we conclude with how we can inculcate these habits in our daily life. Manaswani

Gearing up for Project Graduation Project graduation was an opportunity given to us by the school to make exams fun, interesting and creative. It all started when a document was posted by Uma ma’am regarding this. We were given two choices, making a website or the usual tests. We thought of usual tests as rock thinking and we wanted to try something new, so we chose to make a website. Before starting, our teachers gave us some tips and instructions on how to make the website creative as well as knowledgeable. The first thing we did was have a rough idea of the website and how the content and pages would be organized. Next, we decided the aesthetics, like the font for the heading and the normal text and the background colours, etc. To make the website look more interesting and independent, we drew pictures and added them in the website, to show our creativity. This was how we started the website. Aryan Discussions & Opinions

Power of Gratitude

Uma Ma’am We’ll never be able to express our gratitude towards you ma’am, your continuous effort to make our learning easier. We’ll always remember your support, and our admiration and respect for you will never end. Ranjna Ma’am: Ranjna Ma’am has helped us so much to learn many new things. She's an amazing teacher, listens to everyone’s opinions with no partiality. Ma’am makes sure we all understand, she's very organised, and the best teacher. Ranjna ma'am is sweet ,kind and mostly a risk taker. Thank you, mam, for teaching us with effort during this COVID-Time. N.V Jyothi Ma’am Learning English this year was extremely interesting, and we’ve all enjoyed it very much. We’ve learnt many new things, and types of writing, and other. Thank you for all your constant support and efforts! We all admire your way of teaching us. Chandrajyothi Teku Ma’am This year, you made us realise that math is much more than just numbers, and confusing sums, this year, we’ve had fun learning math, as well as understood all the topics taught to us. We’ve become experts in many topics, all thanks to your hard work and guidance. Thank you, Ma’am,! Meena Ma’am Learning Hindi this year was fun, and delightful, all thanks to your tremendous effort, and care. Thank you ma'am, for your time, support, knowledge, and everything! We’ve all improved a lot on reading, writing, and understanding hindi this year, and had a great amount of fun too! We’ve been looking forward to your classes all year long, once again, Thank you for all your hard work. Dhivia Ma’am We’ve learnt to communicate and can talk to teach other more easily in French, all thanks to your consistent hard work, and effort towards us. Thank you for everything, we’ll forever remember your guidance. Meera Ma’am This year, we got introduced to BHP. Although it was new for us, you have made it so interesting and fun by explaining each and everything. Thank you Meera mam for your sincerity, support and hard work. You never were angry at us. If we did any mistake, you always explained clearly and smoothly. Thanks a lot for everything mam. Your kindness made me feel welcomed and comfortable. I hope you have a spectacular summer and I hope to see you around next year!

Reflections of 2020

Coins for the country Me and My Country will grow together Acorns of Silver Oaks are groomed with responsibility towards nation-building. Save and earn ‘Coins for the Country’ is an annual initiative to raise funds for the education of the less privileged. Beautiful Tree It is a term used by Mahatma for Educating the children of the villages to sustain the socio-economic fabric of the villages. Silver oaks use the same ideology to train the teachers of the schools run by RDF and Prajwala. Nearly 600 teachers got trained in the last 10 years of this campaign. Street Store Since 2015, the school has been organizing street stores where excess things at home are spared for those who need them. Akshaya Patra Foundation The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Bengaluru, India. The Foundation strives to eliminate classroom hunger by implementing the Mid-Day Meal Programme. It provides nutritious meals to children studying in Government schools and Government-aided schools. Akshaya Patra also aims to counter malnutrition and support the right to education of children hailing from socio-economically challenging backgrounds. Dhanunjaya Sir approximately donated 1 crore to the Akshaya Patra Foundation. We sincerely thank Dhanujaya sir for caring for the less privileged children and for his kindness. This year being online we prepared our own homemade piggy banks to save the money for coins for the country. Like every year, we helped our parents in home chores, helped our neighbours in their daily tasks and did various other tasks to collect and save the money.