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The Giant and The Dwarf Ananth Nambiar Class 7 N Once in a kingdom in Borneo, lived a giant named Argus and a dwarf named Dulir. Both were good people but the giant was respected whereas the dwarf was teased and mocked. Even though Argus was strong he was naive whereas Dulir was very clever. One night, an enemy of Argus named Geryon attacked the country. Geryon was an even stronger giant. After a tough battle, Geryon won. The kingdom was in imminent danger. Dulir thought of a plan to stop the giant. He built a large pit and covered it with leaves and twigs and a layer of dirt to cover it with the help of his trusted friends. After the trap was built, Dulir called “Hey Geryon come out and play”. Geryon became furious hearing this and rushed towards Dulir but what Geryon didn’t know was that Dulir was standing right be- hind the trap. As Geryon neared Dulir, he fell down inside the trap which was very deep. As soon as he fell down, Dulir put a bucket full of citric acid from lemons in the giant’s eyes. His eyes burnt a lot. After that Dulir said “Put a big boulder on top of him!”. Geryon was killed. The king- dom was safe. The people thanked Dulir and celebrated.

Trees Do Talk Juhaina Ajmal,Class 7M Everyone must have seen James Cameron’s famous movie Avatar. It’s about a planet called Pandora and the Na’vi people that lives there. Cameron’s Pandora have wonderful biodiversity with a variety of plants and animals colored and bril- liantly shining with bioluminescence. What I loved the most about this movie was that the plants, the animals and the Na’vi people were all connected like a unit, like a nervous system connecting all parts of our body. All depending on each other, everyone helping one another. But is all that confined to Cameron’ imagination or can we find something simi- lar here on earth too? British-Columbian Forest ecologist Suzanne Simard, through her landmark paper ‘Net transfer of Carbon between ectomycorrhizal tree species in the field’ showed us that things are no different here on earth too. She explained how trees com- municate with each other in an entire forest, just like family members communi- cating with each other, caring, sharing and even protecting each other. All living beings depend on each other for survival. All living things, the non- living counterparts and their interaction makes up the ecosystem that we see around us. We all communicate to others, express our feelings, telling what ails us, or makes us happy. But what about trees? They seem to stay still and don’t talk like we do, nor make any sound, at the first glance; but that’s not entirely true. But what make the trees communicate with each other? When young Suzanne ex- plored the forests with her grandfather, she observed the thick bed white fila- ments that covered the roots of all the trees in the forest. She later learned that this thick bed of filaments are Mycorrhiza, the kinds of fungi that intimately at- tached to the roots trading carbon with roots. These Mycorrhizae forms the back- bone of the network that connects roots to roots, trees to trees, even farther apart. The roots communicate with each other through the language of Nitrogen, Phos- phorous, Carbon, water, hormones, defense signals- and therefore, information. The Mycorrhizae enhances this connectivity and helps extending this connection to even farthest of the trees, making the forest like a single giant organism.

Moreover, there are Mother Trees or Hub Trees, which are older trees that send these nutrients, through mycorrhizal connections, to the other to the much lit- tler trees. In this way, a mother tree can be connected to hundreds of little trees, affectionately nurturing and caring the little ones to grow and survive. Simard also discovered that mother trees tend to send more carbon and nutrients to the little trees of the same species, than the other spe- cies of trees. Old trees, that are injured and won’t live for very long, send signals to the younger trees and transfer all the carbon & nutri- ents and other things it’ll no longer need. Now what we, humans, do to them is that We bury each and every inch our open soil under concrete and cement, ‘generously’ leaving a small circle or square of open soil around the trees. What we think is that, as the trees don’t move around, the little open space should be sufficient to keep them alive. What we are not aware of are the mil- lions of roots that we bury under cement. The mycorrhizae also gets destroyed due to lack of air mixing. We actually are burying the trees alive, isolating them from each other and silencing them forever. Even in a place like our Anushaktinagar, where people are supposed to be much more environment-aware, many hundreds of square me- ters of soil goes under the cement. The surroundings of my home, used to be a beautiful ecosystem of trees, flowers, insects, snakes that meant no harm. A family of bulbuls that live on a tree right in front of my balcony. Now when I look down from my balcony, I see a barren waste of cement and interlocking tiles. The little plants and flowers, with bees swarming around them, are no more. The big Ixora plant, with its brilliant red flower bunches, which used to be the hub of but- terflies, is all gone. What have we done? What are we doing? At what cost will we stop this selfishness to earn our little comforts? The climate is changing, plants and animals are disappearing every day, forever from the face of earth. We are on the verge of six mass extinction.

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Kavya Mishra 1 M Title: Domestic and Wild Animals  Domestic Animals are those animals which can be tamed to live alongside humans.  They are kept as pets, source of food and as work animal.  Cow is a very important domestic animal which gives us healthy and nutritious milk.  Wild animals are those animals which live in a forest and cannot be tamed to live alongside humans.  Lion is a wild animal which is also called the “King of the Jungle”.  It is one of the strongest and powerful wild animals with a huge size and superb hunting capacity.

Prathista Jha 1 M जन्मदिन का तोहफा मेरे दोस्तों में हो गया है एक नया नाम शाममल, मेरे जन्मददन का तोहफा एक नया साइककल, मनमोहक, सुन्दर और गुलाबी, दौड़े सरपट जो लगाऊँ चाबी। दो पदहया और एक है हंैडल, बढ़ जाऊँ आगे जो मारँ पैडल, बजाऊँ घटं ी तो बाजे टन-टन, इसकी सवारी से खुश हो जाये मन। जजधर मोड़ो उधर मुड़ती है, हवा से ये बातें करती है, पथ पर ये बढ़ती रहती है, आगे बढ़ो सबसे कहती है।

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Atharv 1 N After the lockdown started, our sky was very clear, we could see stars at night and many birds on trees. Air was also fresh. The lockdown should be lifted soon, I pray that the pollution on earth never increase again.

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Suhanya Sahoo 1 N TREES Trees are our best friends. It gives us oxygen by absorbing carbon dioxide. It gives us food , wood for furniture and many other things . It helps in bringing rain. It gives us shade . We cannot live without trees. तततली तततली रानी तततली रानी तमु हो ककतनी सुंदर जब तमु उड़ती हो लगती ककतनी संुदर तुम्हारे पखं हैं रंग बबरंगे ककतने प्यारे , ककतने न्यारे सबका ददल बहलाती तुम तततली रानी तततली रानी|

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Cycling boosts your fight against Covid-19 Lakshmi Sahasra 1 M CYCLING Vs COVID-19 Cycling boosts your fight against Covid-19 Covid-19 is essentially a respiratory disease Cycling helps you get deep breaths enabling good lung health. Cycling Improves overall Conclusion: By Cycling we can respiratory health exercise and travel with social distancing.

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Advit Nayak 2 N कविता -फूं िीलाला फद्िू जी फूं िीलाला फद्िू जी, तोंि तुम्हारी कद्ि-ू सी | नाक पकौडी-सी चौडी, िोनों आखूं ंे ज्यों कौडी | िबी बगल मंे गठरी मोटी, टांगू ंे छोटी, कमर कछोटी | होंठ फडकते जोश से, कान खडे खरगोश से | पांूि चप्पल, हाथ छडी, लटक रही है कमर घडी | िोनों तरफ हंै मूछं बडी, गाूंि मंे इनकी पूछ बडी |

Aashutosh Majhi 2 N he real hero of our country is The Indian Army. They protect our country and our country people. They even sacrifice their lives for saving our country. WE SALUTE YOU JAI HIND

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Pratyush Girane 2 N Emagazine 2020 article writing My country My country’s name is India. It is also known as Hindustan and Bharat. It is the most beautiful country having a huge population. It is the second most populous country of the world. In our country there are different religions such as Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian etc. It is a well cultured country from the past. In my country there are 29 states, 9 union territories. There are two wonders of the world, namely The Taj Mahal and the Statue of Unity. There are 16 main languages in my country and it is full of different traditions, costumes, food, languages etc. There are a number of festivals celebrated in our country. It is well known for its natural scenery. In our country there are three main seasons - winter, summer and monsoon which come after regular intervals. My country has a number of rivers. The longest river in our country is the Ganga which has a well known past and famous. It had a lot of importance in past. and played an important role . l am proud of my country and l am proud to be a citizen of India. Sare jaha se accha hindu sita humara humara sare jaha se accha” JAI HIND!! I love my country

Shantanu Choudankar 2 N The Pot of wisdom Once upon a time, king Akbar got so mad at Birbal that he told Birbal to leave the kingdom. Sad, Birbal left the kingdom and stayed at a farmer’s house in a nearby village. Birbal spent his days working at the farm. As time passed, King Akbar started missing his favourite person. One day, Akbar decided to send his guards to find Birbal. The guards looked for Birbal everywhere, but all their efforts went to waste. Akbar thought of a trick to find Birbal. He made an announcement that whoever got him a pot full of wisdom would be given a pot filled with money. The news reached all the nearby villages, and also to Birbal. The villagers held a meeting to decide how to solve the king’s mystery. Birbal offered to help, stating that he needs a month’s time. Birbal took a pot and put a small watermelon in it without cutting. After a month, the watermelon grew up to the size of the pot. This pot was sent to the King, and he was told that the wisdom should only be removed without breaking the pot. Akbar knew that this could be no one else but Birbal, and he went to bring Birbal back to his palace. Moral Hurry makes waste, think hard because there is a solution to every problem.

Parul S. K. Jain PRT (SS) DIGITAL LEARNING- MORE FREEDOM, MORE CHOICE! It is always pleasurable for a teacher to interact with her students through various platforms… more so now, when we are faced with a peculiar sense of isolation. This lockdown has taught all of us to pause… but never stop. With online classes, the students have more freedom and more choice…choice in terms of engagement- Whether the student wants to engage in the learning process? Whether the student wants to sustain engagement? Since most of the students are at home under parental supervision, attending online classes by them is ensured in most of the cases. Sustenance of students’ engagement is completely dependent on the interest and involvement in the teaching-learning process.

The lessons have to be kept crisp and interesting and develop them with a lot of student involvement. Activities, developmental questions, short quizzes during the online sessions, keep the students alert and involved. The concept of flipped learning wherein recorded videos or other forms of e-content is provided to the students before the online class. This initiates the students into the topic. Once the students read or view the e-content, they do the activity or the assignment during the online session. This practice makes students aware of their understanding level and also gives them a chance to ask questions…clarify their doubts. A successful learner is driven by his/ her own questions. When the student learns to ask questions, her inquisitive mind becomes interested in the subject. The student makes a whole-hearted effort to find answers to those questions. In this quest, effective learning takes place. This process instills in the student, the feeling of being involved in shaping her learning rather than being subjected to the learning process. Once the student becomes a part of shaping the learning process, she becomes aware of her needs and requirements. This helps her identify her interests and she feels free to pursue her learning in a stress free environment. Thus, a more meaningful learning takes place.

When the student is given the study material, she has the liberty to view and learn at a time of her choice. The student can not only decide the time but also the pace of learning. She can engage with the study material as many times as she wants, to understand and consolidate the concepts. Although the core learning content of the subject is guided by the teacher, the student has the liberty to access additional study material for higher understanding. Students are also encouraged to choose a topic of their interest while doing projects and assignments. Providing such choices to students becomes more meaningful as this learning environment is primarily driven by their desire to learn and grow. I would like to urge my students to look beyond the normal and find their interests and nurture their talents. To conclude, the success of this new system will depend on our adaptability and acceptance. Let this experience with digital learning open new roads to education which is student friendly and far reaching in bringing about a positive change. Parul S K Jain PRT (SS) AECS-6 Mumbai

Kritika Rathore 3 N *तततली रानी का सदं ेश * लाल, पीले, सनु हरे पखं ों वाली, तततली रानी – तततली रानी। फू लों सी तमु हल्की – फु ल्की, रंग बबरंगी ककतनी प्यारी।। बाग – बाग मंे उड़ती कफरती, फू ल – फू ल पर मडं राती हो। कभी -कभी मुझको लगता, तुम अपने पंखों पर बहुत इठलाती हो। फू लों से ही तमु ्हारा नाता, फू लों का रस पीती हो। गनु गुन – गुनगुन गाना गाती , फू लों का मन बहलाती हो। .जब भी कोई तमु ्हे पकड़ना चाहे, ककसी के हाथ नहीं आती हो। उन्मुक्त गगन में उड़कर, हम सबको स्वतंत्रता का पाठ पढ़ाती हो। प्यारी-प्यारी, न्यारी-न्यारी, तततली रानी, तमु सबके मन को भाती हो।

Advait Kulkarni 5 N Initiatives taken by me during Lockdown What can I say about this lockdown? It is so unpleasant to be stuck in my house for about I don’t know…5 months? But in every adversity, there is an opportunity. Like in this lockdown, I got to catch up on everything I missed. Here is everything I missed and could do in the lockdown 1) Keyboard- Playing the keyboard was my favorite hobby. But, in the hustle and bustle of the day, I could not get any time to practice my keyboard. But, the lockdown made it way more interesting than ever. And I found a lot of time to practice it to my heart's content. 2) Cooking- I love cooking and one of my favorite hobbies is cooking. Preparing simple dishes like sandwiches and Maggi always made me happy. The joy was better than eating someone else's food. 3) Computer- Since online classes started, I became better equipped with technology. I became habituated at operating meetings, logging in, submitting my work, all by myself! I now enjoy it. 4) Writing blogs- What innovative to do the entire day? I often had this question. So, when my elder sister started writing blogs, I too was fascinated. With the help of my father, I made my blog site and started writing by the name `light and flurry`. So, I wrote 4 blogs during this period which can be accessed on the site lightandflurry.art.blog. The titles are: `Ultra the cat has kittens!`, `Ultra the cat has kittens! 02`, `Mother`s day` and `Protection of species`. So, even in this lockdown, I could unlock many initiatives. I got to enjoy my life too.

Aditya Kaushal 5 N YOGA Yoga is a group of mental, physical and spiritual practices that originated in ancient India. Maharishi Patanjali’s “Astang yoga (having 8 parts)” is known as the most authentic yoga. Astang yoga have YAM, NIYAM, AASAN, PRANAYAM, PRATYAHAR, DHARNA, DHYAAN and SAMADHI. In the western world, the Aasan part of yoga is most popular. The yoga guru Baba Ramdev has made yoga very popular in Bharat. Yoga is good for overall health including physical, mental and spiritual health. Yoga should be learnt from a goodyoga teacher. For students, yoga helps not only in physical development but also it improves their concentration, focus and memory power. Hence, we all should learn yoga and practice it regularly preferably in the morning. Realizing the importance of yoga,our prime minister Shri Narendra Modi convinced the UNO (United Nations Organization) to celebrate International yoga day. The international yoga day is celebrated every year on 21 June.

Gopal Krishna PRT (SS) कटु नमोल स य िचन गोपाल क धीरे–धीरे एक एक श द पद येगा, हर एक वाक्य में ककतना दम है । यापक - ‘आसँ ू’ जता देते हैं, ‘दद’ कै सा है ? - ‘बे खी’ बता देती है, ‘हमदद’ कै सा है ? के विद्यालय , - ‘घमडं ’ बता देता है, ‘पैसा’ ककतना है ? मूंबु - ‘ससं ्कार’ बता देते है, ‘प रवार’ कै सा है ? - ‘बोली’ बता देती है, ‘इंसान’ कै सा है ? - ‘बहस’ बता देती है, ‘ ान’ कै सा है ? - ‘ठोकर’ बता देती है, ‘ यान ’ कै सा है ? - ‘नजरें’ बता देती है, ‘सूरत ’ कै सी है ? - ‘स्पश’ बता देता है, ‘नीयत’ कै सी है ? - और ‘वक्त’ बता देता है, ‘ र ता ’ कै सा है ? समाज मंे बिलाि यों नही आता यों क गरीब मंै दहम्मत नहीूं म यम को फु सत नहींू र मीर को ज रत नहीूं - सुबह की ‘चाय’ और बड़ों की ‘राय’ - समय-समय पर लेते रहना चादहए ...... - पानी के बबना, नदी बेकार है। - अतत थ के बबना, आँगन बेकार है। - ेम न हो तो, सगे-सम्बन्धी बेकार है। - पैसा न हो तो, पाके ट बेकार है। - और जीवन मंे गु न हो तो जीवन बेकार है। - इसमलए जीवन मंे ‘गु ’ ज री है। ‘गु र’ नही। - जीवन मंे ककसी को लाकर* - हवन भी करवा गे तो कोई फायदा नहीं - और अगर रोज ककसी एक - आदमी को भी हँसा ददया तो - मेरे दोस्त आपको अगरब ी भी - जलाने की ज रत नहीं - कम ही असली भा य है प

Walk - Just 30 minutes every day Ashwini Manjrekar, TGT-PET. Walking is a great way to im- prove or maintain your overall health. “Walking is so simple that everyone can do it,” says Austin. “Plus, it has tremendous benefits, from supporting a healthy immune system to boosting your metabolism to strengthening your joints, muscles, and bones—not to mention it’s amazing for stress relief and enjoying a little ‘me time.’” Here’s what else you can expect when you start walking for just a half hour every day—that’s less time than it takes to listen to one album on your ear buds!—most days of the week. Benefits of Walking 1. Walking will improve your mood. 2. It will help you burn calories and lose weight. 3. Walking can reduce your risk of chronic disease. 4. It can even delay the onset of varicose veins. 5. Your digestion will improve by walking more. 6. And your other goals will start to seem more reachable. 7. Walking can help you feel more creative. 8. And it can help alleviate joint pain. 9. Walking more can boost your immunity. 10. It can even help you live longer! 11. And last but not least, you'll sleep better at night. 12. Increase Cardiovascular fitness, strengthen bones, reduce excess body fat, and boost muscle power and endurance SO, WALK EVERYDAY AND BE FIT AND HEALTHY BECAUSE……… “HEALTH IS WEALTH”. ..

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES



SCIENCE, MATHS AND ENGLISH CLUB ACTIVITIES: For the first time, Mathematics, Science and English Language clubs were established in AECS-6, Mumbai. These clubs have become a platform to organize various activities to bring out the latent talents of children and nurture their hobbies and passions. Axiom -The Mathematics Club Activities

TEACHERS’ DAY GANDHI JAYNTI INDEPENDENCE DAY

International Yoga Day - 21 at June 2020.

Fit India School Week Celebration Fit India School Week Celebration 2020 was organized by AECS6 from 23rd Nov.2020 to 28th Nov.2020 .All Secondary Students took part in the event. Different activities were conducted for the Students, teachers and parents of AECS-6. A lecture by Mrs. Amruta Karkhanis Deshmukh, Chattrapati Rajya Krida Award Winner, Govern- ment of Maharashtra and Sports Psychologist on the topic “Mental Fitness & Restrengthening of Mind Post Pandamic\" .was arranged for the students, staff and parents. Yoga was conducted by Mr. chandrahas Amin, Yoga Trainer and Software engineer. Competitions like Poster making, Poem & Essay writing were held. Prize winners were given cash prizes on Republic day celebration - 2021.

Fit India Run Students and Teacher's participated in Virtual Fit India Run-on National Sports Day i.e. on 29th August 2020. A total of 135 Students participated in the event. Teachers also became part of it. Each participant has been awarded with certificate from Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The School has also received certificate for sports.



VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK The Vigilance awareness week was observed from 28 October to 2 November 2020 with the theme ‘Vigilant India, Prosperous India’. Integrity pledge was taken by the AECS-6, staff. SWACHHTA PAKHWADA (16.02.2021 TO 28.02.2021 ) SWACHHTA PAKHWADA (16.02.2021 TO 28.02.2021 ) started with oath taking. Different activities like Slogan Writing, painting the School walls, Awareness talk by resource person, Essay Writing, Cleaning the room and personal space by the stdents , cleaning the office and other departments by staff members, Fancy Dress Competition, Donate a plant compaign Competition ,composing song/poem/dhun on Swachhta ,Display of project based on the theme 'Science and Swachhta' were conducted. Prize Distribution was held on 28.02.2021

National Science Day National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928. For his discov- ery, Sir C.V. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. The school joined hands with the nation in celebrating the day with speeches, experiments and presentations by the students and the staff of AECS-6, Mumbai INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2021, a talk by Dr. Ketki Kulkarni, MD Obstetrics and Gynecology, HOD, Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital, undergraduate teacher for MBBS students, Post Graduate teacher for the students doing residency in Obstet- rics and Gynecology in Maharashtra University of Health Sciences,( MUHS), was arranged for the staff members. The topic of her presentation was ‘Women and Health’ to create an awareness about this much neglected issue. The speaker aimed at sensitizing the audience about the various health concerns during different stages of life. Through her very comprehensive and insightful presentation, the doctor explained the different aspects of women’s health. She emphasised on the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and left the audience with the thought that women represent the cornerstone of a family’s overall health; ensuring they have access to quality care also means improved health for children and families.

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A GLIMPSE into the ACTIVITIES BY THE PRIMARY SECTION DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 - 21

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VIRTUAL CCA ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

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