AMAN NAMA 2017-2018 Dear parents, Welcome to the first edition of this year s Aman Nama. This year has been filled with action as always.we celebrated Janmashtami with lots of gusto,breaking the Dahi Handi and of course a feast of sweets. Ganesh Chaturthi passed by, leaving sweet memories of modaks in everyone's minds.these were lovingly made by Parent volunteers, teachers and children a great example of team work. Teacher s Day also flashed past by..the teachers being pleased in every possible way and performances by the students. Last year there was a 'Greece' theme at school and this year is an Indian Mythology and Folk Art theme. We have been making Gond and Madhubani paintings in art class and the younger classes created craft artefacts, themed for festivals. Classes 6 and 7 got into business mode, filling bank loan forms and visiting wholesale markets. All this is nothing as compared what more we have been doing these past months, so turn the page to know more. Happy reading!! Editor Falguni Patil 1
INDEX TEACHERS ARTICLES CHILDRENS ARTICLES Raksha Bandhan A School with a difference Founder s Day Poets of Aman Setu Altogether now! Alliterate away Play for peace games I Love My School I wish I had LIST OF EVENTS 2
TEACHERS ARTICLES Recipe of an eco-friendly Ganpati Ingredients needed: Some natural clay or mud Two loving hands A smiling face A beautiful heart Friends around The Method: Step 1: Take some natural clay/mud Step 2: Make 3 round balls out of it. A big one for the stomach A small one for the base And a smaller one for the head and face Step 3: Join them together Step 4: Make two small cylinders out of the clay for the feet. Step 5: Make two smaller cylinders for Ganesha s hands, Step 6: And one cylinder for your Ganesha s trunk. Step 7: Position the hands and feet as required. Use your creativity here. Then place the trunk on the face merge the trunk with the face properly. Step 8: Apply water with your fingers to stick the parts properly. Step 9: Make two very thin plates for the ears and then stick them on both the sides of the face. Make one tusk and stick it on the right side. Step 10: Make eyes and crown for your Ganesha. Step 11: Leave it to dry for two days...then decorate it... Voila!!!!!! your Eco friendly Ganesha is ready!!!! -Sudha Didi 3
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Janmashtmi Krishna Janmashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. Like previous years, this year also Krishna Janmashtmi was celebrated in AMAN SETU. This year to celebrate Janmashtmi, we did the Palna Ceremony and Dahi Handi. Jhoola(Palna) Ceremony This ceremony was performed at the Rangmanch with all the teachers and kids. To Perform the Jhoola ceremony, the Palna for lord Krishna (Bal Gopal /Laddo Gopal) was decorated with balloons and flowers. A string was attached to the Palna to swing it. Bal Gopal was placed inside the Palna. Kids brought sweets and snacks for Bhog. Ruchi Didi and Anjali Tai offered Pooja to lord Krishna and performed, the Aarti. Pooja didi narrated the story of the birth of lord Krishna. Kids of STD 1 performed a dance on the very famous song Choti-Choti Gayiaan,Chot-Chote Gwal, and this song was sung by the children of STD 2. It was very well performed. After all these activities, all the kids went for Bal Gopal darshan and they got chance to swing the Palna.This was followed by Bhog distribution at lunch. Dahi Handi For Dahi Handi, kids of Std 5 th to 8 th decorated the Handi. Dahi Handi was performed in three rounds. First round was performed by the Pre-Primary Kids,the second round was performed by Std 1 to Std 4 and the third round was performed by Std 5 to 8. For all rounds Kaiz bhaiya helped to hang these handis at different heights. Our kids made human pyramids to reach the handi. After breaking the handi kids got a surprise treat of chocolates filled in the handi. After performing all the celebrations kids and teachers were very happy. To make this event a success everybody put in a lot of efforts. All the parents were much appreciated for the efforts taken to send the Bhog. -Ruchi Diwedi Didi Morning Routine Frisky sunbird on the vine Flower hopping, nectar sipping. Glimpses of its mate Playing peek-a-boo Like on their first date Footsteps, a human soul The end of their playtime. -Apoorva Didi 5
भ रत म त त र ग थ, सबस ऊ च त र श न, त र आग श श झ क य, द त झक हम सम सम म न ll १५ अगस त क ददन हम र द श क इततह स म अत य त ग रवमय ददवस ह l १५ अगस त हम र द श क र ष ट र य पवव ह Iइस ददन स ववजतनक अवक श रहत ह I स बह द शभर म जगह जगह ध वजव दन क क यवक रम ह त ह I स क ल और क ल ज म ततर ग लहर य ज त ह l जन गन मन क ध वतन स व तवरण ग ज उठत ह I ग व ग व और शहर शहर इस म क ततपवव क र ग म र ग ज त ह I सभ सरक र ववभ ग इस ददन ध वजव दन सम र ह क आय जन करत ह I १५ अगस त क यह र ष ट र य पवव हम र प ठश ल अमन स त म भ मन य गय I इस ददन हम र प ठश ल क ववद य र थवय न और शशक षकगण न तरह तरह क स दर क यवक रम प रस त त ककय I इस पवव क मन न क शलए एक सप त ह पहल स प ववतनय जन और त य ररय श र कर द गई I ज स न त य, द शभक ततपर ग त, भ षण I सभ कक ष क ववद य थ इस पवव क क यवक रम म सक म मशलत ह ए I १५ अगस त २०१७ क ददन स र शशक षकगण, ववद य थ और उनक म त वपत स बह अमन स त प ठश ल म उपक स थत ह ए I सभ प ठश ल क म द न म एकत र ह ए I और हम र स न ल त ई न र ष ट रध वज क फहर य और सभ क स वत त रत ददवस क बध ई द I जन गन मन क ध वतन स प ठश ल क व त वरण ग ज उठ I प ठश ल क ववद य थ और शशक षकगण न र ष ट रभ क ततपर ग त स दर ककए I ववद य र थवय न अ ग र ज, दह द, मर ठ म भ षण प रस त त ककए I छ त र न न त य प रस त त ककए I १५ अगस त क ददन हम र अ जल त ई न म सरस वत ज क प ज क I स र शशक षकगण और ववद य र थवय न सरस वत व दन क I १५ अगस त क ददन तरह तरह क स ट ल लग ए गए I शशक षकगण न ख न वपन क च ज़, ह थ स बन ई ह ई च ज़ क स ट ल लग ए गए I उपक स थत ववद य थ, शशक षकगण और महम न स इस सम र ह क श भ और भ बढ़ गई थ I सभ क च ह र पर उत स ह और आन द थ I इस तरह अमन स त प ठश ल म हम सभ न १५ अगस त क स व त त र य ददवस क बड़ ह उत स ह स मन य गय I धन यव द Gurgles of laughter Restlessness of feet There s a monster on the loose, Says a tiny voice filled with glee! It's a red dragon With a long prickly snout. A fire-breathing dragon The teachers better watch out! The dragon is on the lookout for loud voices For those adults who take away our choices The box you try to fit us in For a nest she grabs, to lay eggs within The fire-spitting dragon, cares none for your jest The jokes you crack, about performances on tests १५ अगस त स व त त र य द न The Red Dragon -मन ष द द The dragon yearns for you to protect us To nurture us and to guide us Try your best to appease her, you must! Build a solid foundation of trust Patience and a belief in abilities Will create for us untold opportunities! Togetherness can help tame this wild beast If not, the dragon, is in for a feast! -Apoorva Didi 6
THE DIAMOND CHILDRENS ARTICLES Maths is Life A child was once given a diamond, To reckon and to play with, He bounced it, flounced it, And held it to the sky, The pretty colors filled his room, And disappeared, In the twinkling of an eye! Next morn again he played with it, Hung it for all to see, On a piece of string around his neck, Like a star in the sea! Then he laid it on his bed, And off to play went he, And the diamond lay there still, With no value anymore, For the child was careless, And the child was lazy, And the child played on and on Forgetting that on his bed lay, A jewel which most couldn t have worn! And it lay there, Until - It was picked and taken Never to return. The child came to his bed at night, And found not where he left, The diamond.. Oh! He wept and cried for many a day, And many a prayer said he, But the jewel was gone and in its place, Was left Just A memory!! -Ruchi Didi Life is Math and Math is fun, We rack our brains to solve our sums, We can t rest Because Maths is full of tests, Carry forward and borrowing is so much fun, Add and subtract are so different Yet their answers can be one. Math teaches you to handle data So don t give up and so some more Math beta. -Yuvraj,Elana, Ishita, Shruti and Vidhi (Std 4) Our life is like math, We play with it like toys, So just go ahead And don t make noise. If we have problems We find solutions, Math s is a test It can leave you sleepless. So get some rest As Math s is the best. -Dhruv, Varin, Adviat Shukla, Arhan, Kaustubh, Satyajeet, Kaivalya and Kunwar. (Std 4) 7
CHILDRENS ARTICLES Raksha Bandhan RAKSHA BANDHAN IN SCHOOL This year s Raksha Bandhan was one of the best ones I ve had in Aman Setu. The day started with Ruchi Di telling us to say sorry and become friends with anyone we may have troubled or fought with. This made us make peace with our grudges and enlightened the spirit of that day. Then Pooja Di told us a story about the origin of Raksha Bandhan and the importance of tying Rakhi. After breakfast, we went back to our usual school time-table. During the day, our teachers gave us information regarding the celebration of Raksha Bandhan. All classes took turns and tied Rakhis to their favourite tree in the school. We also pledged to protect our trees. It was amazing to see that, at the end, no tree was without a Rakhi. At Home Time, after all classes had tied their Rakhis, I was looking at all the trees and thinking How beautiful my school trees look! I don t know if anyone else felt so, but I felt that the trees were also very happy and smiling at us. The leaves were swaying cheerfully and bidding us Goodbye! I always look forward to celebrating Raksha Bandhan in school. Kaustubh (Std 4) A School with a difference Aman Setu is the most amazing and child friendly school that we have known till date. Going to our school is like going on a picnic. Teachers are very kind and friendly.they are like second mothers to children. When we enter the school the fresh fragrance of nature fills our hearts with energy and happiness. We have pets in our school and we sing the birthday song for them, just as it s sung for everyone else in the school. Everyone is special in our school. Our teachers teach us from their hearts and not only from the books. Studies are not a burden but so much fun. Every festival is celebrated equally whether it s a muslim or a hindu occasion. The cutest thing we have is Chintu the Bus. The soil is very fertile in our school, everything grows well. Everyone is very down to earth and humble and above all it s not all about scores but all round personality development. We just love our school!!! Dhruv & Zubaida (Std 8) 8
Founder s day- Memories of Adi (Interviews taken by the seventh graders and eighth graders) If you want to be part of something big, something meaningful you have to put in that extra effort because it has meaning to you and yout think it is worth doing.if you really want to do it, any challenges it gives you, you should face it and give it your best. Adi said, Every child is an expression of mystical energy, that we are all a part of. Every single one: fair, thin, fat, clever, learning disabled, rich, poor, polite is God himself and has infinite potential. The staff learnt how to make food and serve, clean classrooms. Also more importantly, whenever there was any mistake made,she always corrected in a polite manner. Also she encouraged and motivated everyone with sweet and warm talks. Adi was one of the most committed, in the world of education. Although highly talented and experienced she remained kind and polite. Positive, Dynamic Sonali tai began her first job with Adi in 1998 as a Hindi teacher in RBA. She helped Adi work in various exhibitions, curriculum development, concepts and workshops. Adi was very precise and detailed. She only took detailed work and loved a creative mind. She never pressurized anyone. She was most interested in cooking, literature and history as a subject. She took notice of every minor and major mistake. Small things touched her heart. An idea generator Adi had great love for children. She did great work for children and everyone around her. I worked with her for 27 year. The best gift she gave me was an appreciation card which I got in the assembly. The best thing about Adi was that she accepted everyone as they were. She always looked for good qualities in people and never humiliated anyone. She taught me how to help others, whenever I made any mistake she heard me out and then tried to make something out of that. She never shouted. Her favourite subject was history. She had a big heart, was forgiving and always wanted to keep learning. Every moment she was in the present and would immediately change her work and schedule according to what had happened. Anjali Tai. -Antara,Atharva,Arjun (Std 7) -Dhruv,Zubaida (Std 8) 9
The wind comes blowing The trees are swaying The leaves are waving Wherever you go Wind The wind is whispering in your ears Or blowing away your tears When you hear the wind whistling a song And blowing strong You see the wind twirling down to the ground. It s then that you know something is wrong So before a hurricane It may be cooling So drop everything you are doing And don t be fooling My trip to the south I went to Kanyakumari in August. I saw a big beach and also Swami Vivekananda s temple. The temple was very beautiful. I, then went to Rameshwaram and saw a long bridge. I visited A.P.J. Abdul Kalam s house. I saw many photographs and there were so many books in his house. I was also happy to see the St. Joseph College of science. After Rameshwarm, I visited the Meenakshi temple a Madurai. -Samruddhi Nilesh Donde (Std 3) Random Autobiography - Std 4 I have many bff s I have (and do) hated someone I am scared of someone I am embarrassed of someone I am scared of some birds I have never been good in math I have smacked people I do get angry often I have been forced to do things I am a biiiiiig bookworm I am crazy about the wizarding world I have never been too fond of sports I have an uncivilized GORILLA for a brother!!!! -Manasa (Std 6) 10
Diary Entry Friday, 24 th Sept 17 Hey Diary, Today my class and I got a lot of H.W. A lot means, a lot! It looks like it will take a lot of my precious time to finish it! I might not even be able to go down to play!!!! The day started normally. But as time and classes passed, the H.W. column began to fill. Teachers came in and left with homework on the board! Every single TEACHER!! Worst part is, we to have to submit everything tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, goodbye. I have to do my homework!!! Oh no!! Save me!!!! Bye!!! Bye Diary!!!! Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Aryan (Std 6) The Art of Cartography We all knew that a map tells us about the places and locations but we were not aware that there are several types of maps, and definitely clueless that how interesting and hard it could be to actually make a map!! After reading the chapter, we got to know about many types of maps. Sukhjeet Didi gave us the project to create map of our school. We were divided into two groups and we, as a group, had to draw the map, from the Jungle Gym to The Rocket Room. While taking a round of the school, we made rough drafts of the places. With the help of our rough drafts, we drew the map on a chart paper. We took around 4-5 periods to chart the map. After drawing, we coloured it and pasted ice cream sticks to show the area with tiles. We outlined it and finally labelled it. While making the map we learned that maps couldn t be made alone. It takes a lot of efforts. It was hard to draw the places, on the basis of their exact locations, while keeping the right spaces between them. The detailing was hard, especially the Jungle Gym. It took a great deal of teamwork to make the map. We really enjoyed doing this activity. ( -Archit, Swastik, Veer, Nihar 11
Butterflies Butterflies flying here I think of nector My mind is set free -Garv Why do we waste water? We waste water, why? It flows in streams many, It completes many dreams, We waste water, why? Haiku Flowers They look so pretty, With their petals, The only thing that s gorgeous Is the flowers on Earth. Brings me a glorious life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Birds -Adweeka Birds are on the trees Building nests, singing Rain Rain is falling Snakes slithering out Fear fills my heart. - Swastik - Veer (Std5) The Cycle Of a Butterfly Caterpillars are born Butterflies have come out Fulfilling my heart. Life What is life of man? - Veer Wind carries it away, all stops!! Trees Trees dancing in the breeze A shower of leaves Green is the earth Cloud -Archit -Fateen The floating foam,cloud! The grass Life giving, full of rain So soothing to my eyes I arise -Nihar Only a pot of water. A small crack, And all is gone -Mansa (Std 6) The growing grass, On the fields, So wild, It grows long, so wild!! -Valerina (Std 6) 12
The Rain Water flows, Filling hills, Down it streams, Rainbow fish, Dancing in it s music. Haiku The black beetle The little black beetle A little dot on the tree So black I gaze happily. The sea lion The sea lion quite poisonous Comes the hammer head shark The sea lion quite poisonous No more!!!! The beautiful life The water flows, The plant grows, -Nihar - Valerina -Zahk Poets Of Aman Setu In my house I want to watch a movie, But not in the T.V., It is dark, I need a torch Because I can t see my watch, Don t shake the car I have a yummy chocolate bar, Wow! I see a rocket Hey! There is something in my pocket, Be careful, there is a thief He can steal your brief. My Car Ride -Ranga (Std 3) I am in a car, should I eat a Choco bar. Then I saw a cat, holding a bat. Then I looked, for a book. Then I saw a cat, catching a rat. Then a man told me - hi, I told him bye. My sister asked me "do you like Mike", I said yes. Then She said " see the bee" Then my car rode to a mountain, there I saw a fountain. -Chinmay Karambalkar (Std 3) For Rhyme s Sake Making a beautiful rose. -Swastik Butterflies Butterflies roam around, Drinking sweet nectar, Resting on flowers. Heaven comes to Earth. -Adweeka (Std5) My sister is crying and the pan is frying. There is a boy whose name is Shree, when I ask him to play,he is never free. When I was born, my brother was eating corn. If you want to chill, you use the freezer and if you want to warm up use the gyser. -Nethra Soni (Std 3) 13
Stream I am a stream With fresh and cold water Sparkling in the sun And dancing with my daughter Flashing on the stones And clapping with fish bones I make musical song Maybe crumbled and wrong I help clouds to form And sometimes keep it warm I have no pressure That makes my work easier I have many friends My life never ends. Rain -Zubeida (Std 8) Oh! Rain, leave me for today I want to play and enjoy the bright rays I want to see the dullness go away, As brightness makes its way I want to see the birds outside again I want to see the trees green instead of gray Come anytime you want during school days Just don t ruin our P.E once again. - Aryan (Std 6) Our School Altogether now! Alliterate away (Std 2) Energetic Ethan explores. Smily Shloka sips sauce. Smart Sid slides in slime. -Siddharth -Ethan -Ethan Rockstar Rudransh rides rats. -Rudransh -Shloka Jolly Jay jogs with jellies. Mighty Mrittika mixes milkshakes. Lazy Lekh likes lakes. Smart Sandali swims on Sunday. -Sandali -Jay -Mrittika -Lekh Beautiful school There you can see Trees and plants Flowers and fruits This is our school Aman Setu School Nature friendly school I love my school Aman Setu School. This is our school Open the gate There you can see Didis and bhaiyas Kakas and maushis And pest so many, This is our school. -Opal Eggs Victorious Ved vomits vans. -Ved Silly Shanvi scares snakes. -Shanvi Awesome Anubhuti acts as an adult. -Anubhuti Valiant Vitastaa plays violin. -Vitastaa 14
Play for peace Games (Std 4) Fun Understand everyone No teams, No fighting Everybody is equal No teasing What is play for peace games? -Elana, Arhan, Advait Shukla, Ishita Peace everybody Make new friends We enjoyed playing all of these games----dibi Dibi Debe I want to be your friend Ghar Kiraidar, tsunami, alialia Elephant, rabbit and monkey Walk and stop. We had sang a few songs. We played these games in LSO These are the qualities of these games- peace, role model all are included Safety cooperation and the most important thing is FUN -Elana, Arhan, Advait Shukla, Ishita Make eye contact to play together Winning or losing doesn t matter Let s just share giggles and laughter Now lets play for peace In the open gentle breeze This is how we play for peace -Kaivalya, Shruti, Naman, Advait kadam and Nayan If we play peace games We don t call names Open your heart for peace games No tease no fight Play for peace. Make new friends Don t tease them Be happy and play with them We are gems Who play with friends We are like a chain Stretching out two ends. -Stuti, Dhruv, Yuvraj, Mayank We are playing together We are playing together We are playing hand in hand There are no teams and every one screams We have learnt to have fun and to run in the sun, There is no teasing or fighting making friends is very exciting Working in a group is fun Especially if you play and run WHOOOOOHOOO!!!!!!! -Vidhi, Ahana, Varin and Aryan 15
I love my school! (Std 3) -Sairaj,Samruddhi 16
-Naitik,Prasad 17
I wish I had a whale s spout. Then I don t need to ask my mamma for water when I m thirsty. -Hrutvik I wish I had a whale s spout so that I can feel cool everyday. -Samyak I wish I had the Salunke s(bird) beak so that I can eat little food. -Om I want deer s horns so that I can carry everything on my horns when my mamma goes shopping. -Pranav I want deer s horns so that I can everything on my horns when my mamma goes for shopping. -Pranav I wish I had I wish I had (by Std 1) (Std 1) I want to roar like a lion so that I can scare others. -Lokesh I wish I had a lion s mane because he is a king! -Advyeit I wish I had an elephant s trunk so that I can wash my father s car. -Aanay I wish I had elephant s ears so that I can listen to all of India. -Abel I wish I had a dinosaur tail because I want to get my quiz game down. My mamma has hidden it on top of the cupboard. Kushal I wish I had the dinosaur s legs so that I can see everything! -Kartik I wish I had a squirrel s fur because my mamma likes squirrels. -Anavi I wish I had butterfly s wings,so that I can fly from one village to another village. -Umaiza I wish I had the kangaroo s legs because I can jump high and have fun! And I can hop very fast when I am playing hide and seek. -Prisha I wish I had cheetah s legs so that I can always win a race. -Razeen I wish I had cheetah s legs so that if someone troubles me I can catch him and take him to home. -Pradyun I wish I had rabbit s ears so that I can tickle my mamma. -Siddhani I wish I had rabbit s ears so that I can be alert and active like it. -Dhairithree I wish I had eagle s wings so that I can fly high oven the mountains. -Dhruv I wish I had eagle s wings so that I can fly in the sky. -Ridhit I wish I had eagle s wings so that I can enjoy winds high in the sky! And I can enjoy the sunrise and sunset too. -Aarush 18
List Of Events in the first term Articles covered in this edition Parent Orientations Rakshabandhan Celebration Janmashtami Celebration Pateti Celebration Exciting Articles coming in next edition Bank of Aman Setu Business City Navratri Celebration Diwali Celebration Founder s Day Independence Day Celebration Teacher s Day Celebration Eco friendly Ganpati Celebration Women Empowerment Week Fort Making Dusshera Celebration 19