VASUNDHRA @ PRAGYALOK

Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Delhi, India is celebrating "Pragyalok" the world of light and light of wisdom an event to commemorate International Year of Light and light based technologies & International Year of Soils, healthy soils for healthy life on 10th October, 2015.

Science exhibition was conducted in the Senior wing. Students put up an array of exhibits at the exhibition.

Eco-Club also participated in the exhibition.  25 exhibits were displayed in the room allotted to us.

  1.   Students used various innovative measures to make useful items from the waste materials. They used old pens, bottles, newspaper CD’s bangles to make beautiful pen stand, paper bags, jewellery boxes, clock, decorative items etc.

  2.   Sparrows were very common to see but surprisinglynow their number has reduced. So students were encouraged to draw sparrows so that they could stay in touch with the beauty of nature. They also prepared nest of various birds and display their features, eating habits ways of communication and the importance of birds in human life and the measures which we need to take to conserve them.

  

  3.   Let Delhi Breath Students of class IX prepared a model depicting ways of emitting effluents their harmful effects and how to reduce it?

  4.   An eco-friendly holi colours made from natural biodegradable material by the students of  our school. They collected waste flowers from temples students are trained to cut petals of the marigold and rose flowers which are dried at the room temperature, measured and packed in air tight containers, grind these dry petals and convert them into herbal holicolours students after working into whole year round, make beautiful and vibrant herbal holicolours, which are their packed and sold. This year students sold 1000 packets (100 gm.) each of herbal holicolours. 

  5.   Soil ConservationThe soil we see around us has taken thousands of yearsto form. Fertile soil is precious. In order to conserve nature and optimize the utilization of resources. Students presented science model wherein they displayed vertical farming, terrace farming, effects of soil erosion etc

  6.   Herbal Garden Plants like Neem, Tulsi, Amla, Bahera, Alovera Kari patta were grown in pots. Student’s depicted their medicinal values on the board prepared by them.

  7.   Alternative sources of energy Model was focussed on use of solar energy.  Solar energy is an efficient way to heat materials with the help of solar panels, batteries and the right equipment. We can use solar water heaters, solar cookers and solar powered bulbs. It can also be used to generate electricity in both small and large amounts.

INDUCTION CEREMONY 2015-2016

 The earth has music for those who listen. To nurture our nature we formed ‘Vasundhara’- the eco club of our school It’s 10^th induction ceremony took place on 30^th August,2015. Dr. B.C.Sabata, senior scientific officer from Department of Environment, Govt. of NCT Delhi was the chief guest of the occasion.

He, along with the principal of the school, Mrs. SnehVerma lighted the lamp of knowledge and was greeted with a sapling with a hope for a better tomorrow.
 The ceremony began with annual report presented by outgoing president, Ojaswai Jain and Priyank. The programme was carried forward by marvellous classical dance performance, a sweet song with glints of hope for future, ‘ paryavaran- pradushan se jug ko bachaye hum’ and a power point presentation on Let Delhi Breathe presented by Vishrut Mahi of class IX.

                                                          

  Our respected principal Mrs. SnehVerma and chief guest Dr. B.C.Sabata addressed the gathering with their inspiring and motivational words that kindled a ray of determination in all of us. It was decided that the agenda for the following year would be keep our surroundings neat and clean.

Later names of office bearers were announced and all the members were decorated with badges and eco-pledge was administrated by DR. B.C.Sabata . Farewell to outgoing office bearers took place with awarding the certificates of appreciation for their work and they were given a sweet memorable gift. The ceremony ended with a hope for a better tomorrow.

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin”

_ William Shakespere

Green Gold -An environment awareness program for sustainable future

Green Gold is an environment awareness program for sustainable future. It was organized on 25^th April, 2014 by Vasundhara Club of Kulachi Hansraj Model School. The Programme included various inter-school activities for all age groups. Fancy Dress for Classes I & II, Hindi Kavya Path for Classes III, IV, Mask Making Competition for Classes V & VI, Poster Making Competition VII & VIII, and Video based Story writing Making Competition for Classes IX & X, Advertisement for Classes XI & XII.

Dr. B.C. Sabata Sr. scientific officer Govt. of NCT Delhi was the Chief Guest for the occasion. Mr. Ravinder Kumar, Vice-Chairman of our school presided over the function. The programme was inaugurated in the school auditorium. The programme began with lighting of the lamp of knowledge. Guests were welcomed by giving them potted plants.

Mrs. Sneh Verma, Principal of the school delivered the introductory address. She welcomed Dr. B.C.Sabata who has always been extending support to us in all our endeavours. He has been guiding us in our green initiatives. She also welcomed Shri Ravinder Kumar who is truly a pillar of strength for us. She shared that Kulachi Hansraj Model School always believed that shaping and moulding young minds, creating sensitivity in them towards our precious blue living planet is the utmost clarion call for humanity. Our Endeavour is to constantly make our future generations and the existing mankind realizes their importance responsibility towards the conservation and the judicious use of natural resources.

‘Aryakriti’ on environment was also released. This was followed by Prakritii Vandana inspiring people to respect the nature and make efforts to conserve the environment presented by eco-club members of our school.

President Naman Suroya XII B and Vice-president Ayushi Goel,  XII B presented Power Point presentation in which they discussed about the projects undertaken by the club in the year 2013-14 and future plans for years to come.

This was followed by a beautiful dance and tableaus on the theme ‘Prakriti aur Ham’. A skit on ‘Green Village’ enacted by members of eco-club stressing the need of green-initiatives like, a forestation, use of micro kit in chemistry lab, e-waste management, save water save electricity etc. to save our mother earth.

Chief guests  Dr. B.C. Sabata addressed the students and suggested some simple ways through which one can significantly contribute towards preserving the environment. He also appreciated the Green –initiatives undertaken by the school.

After inaugural function various inter school competitions were conducted and judged. 

At the end of the programme prizes were distributed by the Principal to the winners of various school.

AWARDS

• Our school has received Certificate of Environment Excellence, Platinum Status for their significant to create to inspire school programme.
• The school is also awarded a certificate for demonstrating the best use of Creating expressions for community outreach on 23^rd  April,2014. The awards are conferred by Deptt. Of Environment Govt. of NCT Delhi, NOKIA, GIZ and  Idrams.

Ms Manjula Agarwal and Ms Madhu Mehta are also awarded with certificates for successfully completing the tool kit provided by them.150 schools of Delhi participated in Create to Inspire Programme for duration of 6 months. All teachers were trained and provided with a tool kit to guide their children to lead a sustainable living. The tool kit comprised a set of 10 lesson plans on topics related to environment. The tool kit had been designs in manner which was fun, interactive and very engaging. The programme was environment campaigns/programs on the themes of Energy,e-waste, transportation, water and bio-diversity.via campaigns, students enrolled and inspired their peers, parents, relatives and people in their colonies, communities and markets to question existed consumption patterns and took step toward practicing sustainable living.

INDUCTION CEREMONY 2014-2015

The earth has music for those who listen. To nurture our nature we formed ‘Vasundhara’- the eco club of our school It’s 10^th induction ceremony took place on 30^th September, 2014 on Tuesday in the conference room of our school. Dr. B.C.Sabata, senior scientific officer from Department of Environment, Govt. of NCT Delhi was the chief guest of the occasion.

He, along with the principal of the school, Mrs. Sneh Verma lighted  the lamp of knowledge and was greeted with a sapling with a hope for a better tomorrow. The ceremony began with annual report presented by outgoing president, Naman Suroya and Ayushi Goyal. The programme was carried forward by marvellous classical dance performance, a sweet song with glints of hope for future, ‘ paryavaran- pradushan se jug ko bachaye hum’ and a self composed poem recited by Pragya Virmani on our mother Earth.

Our respected principal Mrs. Sneh Verma and chief guest Dr. B.C.Sabata addressed the gathering with their inspiring and motivational words that kindled a ray of determination in all of us. It was decided that the agenda for the following year would be keep our surroundings neat and clean. Then Vishrut Mahi of class VIII th shared his views on the topic ‘Disappearing sparrows from urban areas’. The gem phase of the ceremony was the movie prepared by outgoing members of the session as a tribute to the club and its pillars that are Ms Madhu Mehta and Ms Manjula Agarwal .

 Later names of office bearers were announced and all the members were decorated with badges and eco-pledge was administrated by DR. B.C.Sabata . Farewell to outgoing office bearers took place with awarding the certificates of appreciation for their work and they were given a sweet memorable gift. The ceremony ended with a hope for a better tomorrow.

          “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin”

                                                                 - William Shakespere