Delhi Public School (DPS) Srinagar

Founders Day
2022-05-10 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Delhi Public School, Srinagar held its first Founders Day on May 10th, 2022 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Shri. D P Dhar. On this occasion, people who founded the school including staff were felicitated. The primary aim of this mark of observance was to acknowledge the ambition & potential of every student and the dedication of staff in both academic and extra-curricular spheres.
The day was celebrated with fervor, zest and enthusiasm in the school. A wide medley of activities were enacted to commemorate the all-round achievements of students as well as staff. The day began formally with the rendition of the school prayer to invoke the guiding spirit of the school, and usher in an aura of peace and gratitude.
Following the prayer, as a mark of gratitude Kiran Dhar and Vijay Dhar were felicitated by the school and presented a “Halo of Wisdom and Dedication” Award to honour and recognize their service in the establishment of school.
After the felicitation, the Pro-Vice Chairman, Mr. Vijay Dhar addressed the gathering. He acknowledged the dedication and hard work of those early trailblazers “who built the foundation of the school.” He said that the “school would hardly have become the phenomenon of reform and excellence that it has become without the painstaking efforts of each member of the school fraternity, the parents and students. “This day”, he said, “we celebrate those efforts to assure them that the efforts are not only recognized but also recognized as stakeholders that turn the course of history towards the glorious ends that the ancient spirit of excellence in Kashmir stands for”
Following his speech, Ms. Tarika Khattar and Ms. Sunanda Dhar were presented an appreciation award in acknowledgement of their meritorious efforts & service in making of Shri DP Dhar Memorial Website. After that the much-awaited Shri D.P. Dhar Memorial Website (https://dpdhar.com) was inaugurated by Mr. Vijay Dhar as a tribute to his late illustrious father. Having played an integral role in defining the course of Kashmir history, and a lifetime of glorious service to the people of the region, Shri DP Dhar merited a memorial that would testify to his rich legacy and inspire generations to come to enter public service. Shri D P Dhar was a prominent Kashmiri politician and Indian diplomat. He has also held position of Home Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and Union Minister of Planning in the Govt. of India.
Late Shri D.P.Dhar is more known for his philanthropy and his dedication to the people of Jammu & Kashmir. He was always for the strengthening of the socio–economic fabric of the state, by making the people of Kashmir self-reliant, industrious and proud of their ‘Kashmiriyat’. It is in this backdrop that he envisioned Education as an essential instrument to achieve these goals.
To honour the memory of Late Shri D.P.Dhar and to complete the unfinished task left by him the family and friends decided to constitute a public trust to promote education in Jammu and Kashmir. The objective was to set up a full-fledged school from class LKG to class XII affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E). The school known as Delhi Public School Srinagar was started on 10th March 2003 and completes 20 years today.
Following the orchestra the school orchestra delivered a melodious performance which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, after which the student achievers who have won accolades for shining in sports, debates, academics and adventure were felicitated for their outstanding achievements. Soon after the commendation of students, the programme was followed by a dance performance of Primary Department Students which filled the atmosphere with aura of celebration.
Then the Staff members were felicitated for their dedicated and continuous service to the institution for years. The Staff members were presented with momentoes to celebrate and recognize staff members who have made a significant, positive impact on the DPS Srinagar community. The day culminated in a mesmorizing Raag Malhar performance, by TinyTots Department. It had an amalgamation of Taals, which have been used in a variety of ways to further enhance the composition.
The day ended formally with a Vote of Thanks to the dignitaries on behalf of the entire school by the Principal, Ms. Shafaq Afshan. She pointed out “The day stands witness to the staggering array of talents of both students and staff.” “The day is important”, she said , “because it reminds of the journeys undertaken by the school from inconspicuous beginnings to the dizzying heights it has reached today. We celebrate to remind ourselves of the years of grit and perspiration that lie ahead of us to maintain the ascent of the school, to remind ourselves that success is never final, but also that the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Summer Camp 2019
2019-07-12 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Day 01

Inter House Football Tournament (Boys) Under 19 division
2019-06-24 - 2019-06-25 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Finals:
Maple House vs Chinar House
Winners : Chinar House
Maple House : NO SHOW
Day 02:
In the ongoing inter house football tournament boys under 19 division the 3rd match was played between OAK HOUSE vs CHINAR HOUSE. Chinar house won the match in tie breakers by 6-5. The fourth match of the event was played between DEODAR HOUSE vs MAPLE HOUSE. Maple House won the match by 2-0. The goals were scored by KHATEEB BUCH & FARDEEN SAJAD.

Day 01:
The inter house football tournament started on June 24, 2019 in the school main ground. The first match of the event was played between OAK HOUSE vs WILLOW HOUSE. Oak house won the match by 1-0. The lone goal was scored by Suhaib Khandar from Oak house.
The second match of the event was played between DEODAR HOUSE vs POPLAR HOUSE. The match ended in 1-1 and then the match was decided in Tie breaker’s, where DEODAR HOUSE won by 4-1.

Day 02:

Inter House Taekwondo
2019-05-14 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Inter House Taekwondo competition concluded with the following results:
1st Position : Chinar House
2nd Position : Poplar House
3rd Position : Maple House
4th Position : Willow House
5th Position : Deodar House
6th Position : Oak House

Inter House Badminton U12 Boys and Girls
2019-04-16 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Finals
Boys
1. Winner Boys Singles: Willow House
2. Runner up Boys Singles: Chinar House
3. Winner Boys Doubles: Chinar House
4. Runner up Boys Doubles: Willow House
Girls
1. Winner Girls Singles: Maple House
2. Runner up Girls Singles: Oak House
3. Winner Girls Doubles: Maple House
4. Runner up Girls Doubles: Deodar House
Day 02 April 17

Girls Singles
Oak House VS Willow House
Winner- Oak House
Girls Doubles
Oak House VS Willow House
Winner-Willow House
Boys Singles
Oak House VS Willow House
Winner- Willow House
Boys Doubles
Oak House VS Willow House
Winner- Willow House
Day 01 April 16
Girls Singles
Maple House VS Poplar House
Winner-Maple House
Girls Doubles
Maple House VS Poplar House
Winner-Maple House
Boys Singles
Maple House & Poplar House
Winner- Maple House
Boys Doubles
Maple House & Poplar House
Winner- Maple House

Inter House Basket Ball U17 Boys and Girls
2019-04-15 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Day 1 April 15
Girls
Maple House VS Poplar House
Winner-Maple House
Boys
Maple House & Poplar House
Winner- Maple House

Day 2 April 16
Girls
OAK House VS Willow House
Winner – Willow House
Boys
Oak House & Willow House
Winner- Willow House
Day 3 April 17

Girls
Chinar House & Maple House
Winner- Chinar House
Boys
Maple House VS Chinar House
Winner – Chinar House

Inter House Table Tennis U17 - 2019
2019-03-28 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Day 03 (02 April 2019)
Final Matches:
Singles (Girls)
1. Maple House vs Chinar House
Winner : Maple House
Doubles (Girls)
2. Deodar House vs Chinar House
Winner : Maple House
Singles (Boys)
3. Willow House vs Chinar House
Winner : Willow House
Doubles (Boys)
4. Willow House vs Oak House
Winner : Oak House
Day 02 (30 March 2019)
Semi Final Matches between:
Singles (Girls)
1. Maple House vs Willow House
Winner : Maple House
2. Chinar House vs Oak House
Winner : Chinar House
Doubles (Girls)
3. Maple House vs Willow House
Winner : Maple House
4. Deodar House vs Oak House
Winner : Deodar House
Singles (Boys)
5. Willow House vs Poplar House
Winner: Willow House
6. Chinar House vs Oak House
Winner : Chinar House
Doubles (Boys)
7. Willow House vs Poplar House
Winner : Willow House
8. Chinar House vs Oak House
Winner : Oak House

Day 01 (28 March 2019)
Matches between:
1. Maple House vs Poplar House
Singles (Girls)
Winner : Maple House
Doubles (Girls)
2. Maple House vs Poplar House
Winner : Maple House
3. Maple House vs Poplar House
Singles (Boys)
Winner: Poplar House
4. Maple House vs Poplar House
Doubles (Boys)
Winner : Poplar House

Inter House Badminton- 2019 (U14 Boys and Girls)
2019-03-26 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Day 04 (30 March 2019)
Singles (Girls)
Winner : Poplar House
Singles (Boys)
Winner : Poplar House
Doubles (Boys)
Winner : Poplar House
Day 03 (28 March 2019)
Matches between:
Singles (Girls)
1. Maple House vs Deodar House
Winner : Deodar House
Doubles (Girls)
2. Maple House Vs Oak House
Winner : Oak House
Singles (Boys)
3.Maple House vs Oak House
Winner:Oak House
Doubles (Boys)
4. Deodar vs Maple
Winner : Deodar House
Day 02 (27 March 2019)
Matches between:
1. Popular House vs Chinar House
Singles (Girls)
Winner : Chinar House
Doubles (Girls)
Winner : Chinar House
Singles (Boys)
Winner : Poplar House
Doubles (Boys)
Winner : Poplar House

Day 01 (26 March 2019)
Matches between:
1. Oak House vs Deodar House
Singles (Girls)
Winner : Doedar House
Doubles (Girls)
Winner : Oak House
Singles (Boys)
Winner : Oak House
Doubles (Boys)
Winner : Doedar House

Inter House Badminton- 2019 (U17 Boys and Girls)
2019-03-18 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Day 04 (22 March 2019)
Inter House Badminton- 2019 (U17 Boys and Girls)
Matches between:
1. Maple House vs Poplar House
2. Popular House vs Chinar House
3. Chinar House vs Deodar House
4. Willow House vs Oak House
Singles (Girls)
Winner : Chinar House
Doubles (Girls)
Winner : Oak House
Singles (Boys)
Winner : Maple House
Doubles (Boys)
Winner : Deodar House

Day 03 (21 March 2019)
Inter House Badminton- 2019 (U17 Boys and Girls)
Matches between:
1. Maple House vs Chinar House
2. Popular House vs Deodar House
3. Chinar House vs Oak House
4. Willow House vs deodar
Singles (Girls)
1. Winner : Chinar House
2. Winner : Poplar House
Doubles (Girls)
1.Winner : Oak House
2. Winner : Willow House
Singles (Boys)
1. Winner : Maple House
2. Winner : Poplar House
Doubles (Boys)
1. Winner : Chinar House
2. Winner : Deodar House

Day 02
Inter House Badminton- 2019 (U17 Boys and Girls)
Matches between:
1. Maple House and Oak House (BOYS)
Singles
Winner : Maple House
Doubles
Winner : Maple House
2. Maple House and Oak House (GIRLS)
Singles
Winner : Maple House
Doubles
Winner : Oak House

Day 01
Inter House Badminton- 2019 (U17 Boys and Girls)
Matches between:
1. Willow and Poplar House (BOYS)
Singles
Winner : Poplar House
Doubles
Winner : Poplar House
2. Willow and Poplar House (GIRLS)
Singles
Winner : Poplar House
Doubles
Winner : Willow House

Bookaroo 2018
2018-11-03 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Bookaroo Day 02

The biting cold and gloomy snow did not deter the second day of the Bookaroo festival from bringing warmth of cheer and joy to the students. Students exercised their creativity in myriad ways that brought cheer to the faces of one and all. The following sessions were conducted:

Auditorium: Various activities were conducted in the Auditorium. Andleeb Wajid conducted the session about developing imagination. He talked about his book ‘The Wolf is Back’ which talked to children about the techniques of self defense, and keeping one’s wits about oneself. Students marveled greatly at the techniques.

Shabnam Minwalla conducted a workshop on the theme ‘All in a school day’ which focused on a girl of grade 6th trying to adjust to the first day at a new school. Later the children were assigned a worksheet to describe the ‘teacher of their nightmares’. Students were seen poring over the worksheets, and laughing their fears off as each one described the teacher they feared most.
Vikram Sidhar conducted a story telling session on ‘Time Travel with Vikram’. The session drew on the evolution of a dessert called ‘Mysore Pak’ and the tale of its accidental creation. The session took students on a whirlwind tour of the historical characters and contexts of the royal household of Mysore and the British era in 1870’s. Children were fascinated by the details, and absorbed the various expressions and contexts with keen interest.

Doodle Wall: Proity Roy conducted a session on ‘Masks on the Wall’. The resource person fascinated the children by drawing sketches of different animals from seemingly innocuous lines. The children had to guess the animal being drawn, and each participant was eager to get the answer right. Later children were provided the liberty to let loose their imagination, and unleash it on clay models.

In another session, she assisted the students in drawing a mask according to a shape conceived in one’s imagination. All the students corroborated in drawing the shapes, drawing inspiration from each other, and their own selves.
Gautam Benegal conducted a session on ‘The Plot Thickens’ which aimed at letting students know that a hidden talent exists in everyone. Through the means of a simple story with an interesting plot, students learnt that each one of us is born with capabilities. It is just a matter of realizing them by perseverance and patience. The students gave vent to their hidden talents by crafting exquisite shapes from lumpy clay models.
Lavanya Karthik and Savio Mascarenhas conducted a session titled ‘Battle of the Bushes’. A narrator recited a story while the two illustrators illustrated the story on a white board working simultaneously to breathe life into it. The relationship between text and image was vividly portrayed as the pictures emerged on white canvas, intriguing the students and attendant teachers alike.

Crafty Corner: Four sessions were conducted at the corner. Rakesh Singh and Nausheen Nazir conducted a session on moulding ‘Shilpkar MSeal’ – a quick setting material, into various shapes. Students crafted flowers, friendship frames, petals and other objects from the material.

Nausheen Nazir conducted a similar session by herself in the pre-lunch session too where she assisted students in creating photo frames from ‘Slip-card’ and sticks. Students had great fun drawing alien forms from cardboard paper and acrylic paints
Siddhant Shah conducted a session on ‘Tactile Trails and Tales’. Students learnt to empathize with the disabled as their fingers were taped, and were instructed to draw with such a handicap. Also students were blindfolded, and given a picture to touch it, and feel it to draw attention to the gift of sight. Students could well imagine the frustration and exasperation of the disabled.
Savio Mascarenhas conducted a session on ‘The Comic book Treasure Hunt’. Students created a story using prompts related to character, situation and dialogue provided by the resource person. Each student came up with a unique story drawing on previously read stories, and entirely new stories drawn from their imagination.
Anita and Prakash conducted a session on ‘Bookazoo’. Students cut out body parts of different animals like dragon, elephant and unicorn, and pasted them on chairs to create animal replicas. The students huddled in enthusiastic groups, and loved working in teams to give shape to their imagination.
Student Volunteers conducted two sessions. In one session, students drew a cartoon figure that had been drawn on the easel by the volunteer. Students had a great time trying to get the contours and expression right. In another session, volunteers assisted participants in drawing a cartoon character, and arranging comic strips about a detective story in chronological order.
Savio Mascarenhas conducted a quiz session on ‘The Kalam Treasure Hunt’. Through ten competitive questions, students learnt about the various aspects of the life of the erstwhile president of India – APJ Abul Kalam.

Studio: Shabnam Minwala conducted a session titled ‘A Pinch of Magic’. Aided by the resource person, the students created their own customized superhero with powers as they pleased. Each student was observed straining his mind, and greatly enjoying the role of the creator of a superhero. They found it such fun, and were seen giggling and laughing during the event.

Lavanya Karthik conducted a session on ‘To the Naniverse and beyond’. The session drew on the exploration of idiosyncratic comic characters in the mythical world of ‘Gadbadnagar’. The resource person explained the nuances of each character, and shared simple tips about her craft. The inner comic creator in the students was thus awakened, as they looked on with awestruck attention at how to draw comics, and fill in the details.
Andleeb Wajid conducted a session on ‘How on Earth do Writers write’. The session drew on the experience of creating a short story by employing two artifacts – A Pink Bottle in the Shape of a Cartoon Character, and a plain greenish pink water bottle. Students were exposed to the various techniques of short story writing by sustained discussion on the elements of short story writing – plot, character, and action. Students listened enrapt as they grappled with their own experiences to create their own stories.
Bijal Vichharajani conducted a session where students were introduced to the sounds and images of various animals and insects like Spider, Elephant, and Mud Skipper. Students learnt by the descriptions that writing can never be a restrictive task, rather they must lend their imagination a free rein.

Patchakatha: Kapil Pandey conducted a session titled ‘Roll up-Roll up’ which tried to expose the gender biases of the society. By employing Rajasthani Folklore techniques, and a circular story of Chaudhari and his wife, the narration employed dramatic shifts in voice and colourful costume to bring forth the theme that women are no less talented and gifted than men. Children lapped up the story, and listened with keen unwavering attention, laughing, brooding, and getting startled as the story moved forward at a breakneck speed.

Kapil Pandey conducted another story telling session on ‘Shehzadi Madhumati Bol Uthi’. The story took a Rajasthani folk tale about a princess who has sworn a vow of silence, and crafted an exciting session full of drama, colour and dialogue around it. The resource person breathed a fresh lease of life into each character with suitable gestures and modulations of voice, enthralling the audience.
Champa Saha conducted an inspiring session on ‘Real Life Heroes’. The session focused on inspiring tales of children who have been awarded the Presidential Medal for Bravery. Children were fascinated by the insight that bravery is not an attribute of only superheroes, but exists in children who look no different from them.
In another session she regaled the students with a dramatic rendition of a tale of ‘The Clever Courtier’ complete with dialogues and suspense. Students were greatly entertained by the exploits of Birbal who never failed to answer any problem set out by the Emperor Akbar.
Neha Singh narrated a story from her book ‘Moongphali’. The story revolves about a boy Nandhu who is being dressed up as a watermelon by his mother for a fancy dress competition. Students loved the idea of each child being unique in his own right.
Vikram Sridhar conducted an unstructured session on inspiring stories drawn from real life. Children enjoyed listening to these stories, and admired the protagonists of such tales who impress upon us that bravery comes not in one form, but in umpteen forms and situations in ordinary life.

Workshop: Bijal Vachnarajani conducted an informative and timely session on ‘So you want to know about the Environment’. Students were shown various informative videos on the connection between our ordinary lives, our moods and the environment. They were made aware about the intricate connection that environment has with lives all around the world, so that they bloom into environmental crusaders.

Andaleeb Wajid curated a session on story telling titled ‘Wolf Whispers’. Through the tale of a blood thirsty wolf, students learnt the art of survival and the importance of keeping their wits about them.
Bookaroo Day 01
Bookaroo – the festival of bringing the joy of books to children, is being hosted again for the 6th consecutive year by Delhi Public School, Srinagar. The two-day programme began today on 3rd November 2018 with extraordinary excitement and immense curiosity of the children of different age groups. The children were seen hurrying towards their allotted venues which they considered the treasure-houses of fun and frolic and also an ocean of innovations and exposure.
The day began with the arrival of the band of experts comprising of authors, story-tellers, illustrators, creativity experts and many more as Ben Jhonson says ‘Here is God’s plenty.’
The following events have been held so far:
a). Basement (Main Building) (Age group : 8-9 years)
1). Doodle wall and clay moulding :- The event started at 9:00 am and is being administered by Gautam Benegal who is an Animation Professor at Shristi Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore. He is also an animation film maker and a journalist.
The children were inculcated with the ideas of transforming their abstract thoughts into creative drawings and sketches on the doodle wall and also into amazing models by moulding clay into different forms.
2). On the beach :- The event started at 10:30 am and is being administered by Ms. Proiti Roy. She is a winner of the Big Little Book Award 2017. She also helps animals who are ill, hurt or in trouble.
She instilled the imagination of the children as to how they imagine sea and how they would like to spend a day by the sea, what they would do and how they would spend their time there ?
The children drew their imagination on the Doodle Wall inscribing, scribbling and sketching whatever they could imagine of the sea and how they would like to spend their day there. Boats, lighthouses, clouds, clear sky, ships, beaches and drawings of the sort were made by the children on the Doodle Wall.
3). Lasting images :- The event started at 12:00pm. It was administered by Mr. Gautam Benegal. He likes cartoons as well as serious stuff and has held exhibitions of his paintings in Important Sounding Places. He taught and guided children about story-telling by using the humble Post-It notes, shifting and shuffling them around and also inspired them to go through the stories of Tintin, Dogman and Naruto before creating their own stories.
He helped the children in narrative building by making them imagine and put in writing their ideas on the doodle wall. Children even wrote their imagination about Superman.
4). Super-silly :- The event started at 1:30pm and is administered by Ms. Lavanya Karthik who has the job of writing and drawing books for children. She believes in writing and drawing every sort of imagination that children are interested in.
Her best pieces of creation — Sneeze-man, Booger-boy, the Mighty Paratha and wonderful superheroes with strange and silly powers are worth a read. These books can give children the idea of writing their super-silly stories.
Ms. Lavanya encouraged children to create a story about a silly hero with amazing superpowers. The children were very excited and contributed their ideas in writing a silly story with all zest and fervour.
b). Examination hall (Junior college) :-
1).The Studio :- The event started at 9 am with Bijal Vachharajani. She is the editor Scissorhands can be often seen traipsing around the jungles of India. She filled the children with excitement for poetry by laying stress on visual and sound imagery to which the children responded with great zeal. She guided the children for creative writing skills in poetry.
2). Workshop :- The event was administered by Shabnam Minwala.In this event, the children were asked to create their own super-hero with some magical powers. Symbolically, its motto was to discover their own-selves. She presented her book – The shy Super-girl that lured the students towards creative writing.
This event was done in two sessions with two different age groups (5-6, 7-8) with two different themes.
Theme 1 :- Story telling as an art.
Theme 2 :- Discovering their own-selves via art.
c). Indoor Stadium :-
1). Dastaan :- The event started at 10:00am with Mr. Sajid and Mr. Vikram Sridhar. Mr. Sajid is the faculty of the host school and heads the Dept. of Drama. Mr. Vikram Sridhar works with under privileged children, is n animal rescuer and also a writer.He is a great story-teller.The motto of this event was to create nostalgia of the era when we were far away from the cyber-zone and global age. They narrated stories, usually from the folk literature and the children seemed quite interested in them as they created longingness among one and all.

The folk tales narrated( in Kashmiri language ) to the children were :-

Kateje Bache thi al beul 2. Shale kaak

The folk tales narrated by Vikram Sridhar to the children were the folk tales from the land of Rajnikant.

2). Patchakatha :- This event was administered by great story-tellers Champa Saha and Kapil Panday. Here the young audience got the glimpses of the Fable World Literature. They explored the possibilities of animal characters in the arena of fiction. It was again a highlighter for the significance of the sound expressions.
d). Auditorium :-
1). Storytelling and story writing :- The event was administered by Lavanya Karthik and Bijal Vichharajani. The aim was the enhancement and enrichment of the creative writing skills.
Ms. Bijal gave the beginning line for a story and asked the children to complete it using their imagination and creative skills.
Ms. Lavanya emphasized on the significance of sounds and their perfect intonation.
e). Basement (Tiny Tots) :-
1). Crafty corners :- This event was a joint effort. It was conducted in collaboration by a team of expert artists namely Siddhant Shah, Savio Mascarenhas and Malavika PC. They illuminated the traditional arts and craft of different states of India by blind folding and paper made animals. The audience was filled with wonder by witnessing, how to make waste paper useful and beneficial.

Bookaroo Authors with Special Children

Camp Fire

Bookaroo Authors visit Chandhara Heritage Village

DPS Srinagar brings Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival to Srinagar for the 5th year
Srinagar, November 2, 2018 – The DP Dhar Memorial Trust Bookaroo Children’s Literature Festival is making it 5th venture into Srinagar. In partnership with DPS Srinagar, the festival is scheduled to take place on 3-4 November, 2018 at the premises of DPS in Athwajan Chowk from 9AM to 2:30PM.
The Festival won the prestigious London Book Fair International Excellence Award for Literary Festival in 2017. Since its inception in 2008, Bookaroo has visited 10 cities and has held 29 editions in the last 10 years. This year in Srinagar, the festival will welcome 18 authors, illustrators, poets, crafts-persons and storytellers to unveil their magic.
Bookaroo has been championing the cause of bringing stories alive through storytelling, dramatized reading, workshops, art and craft. The Festival aims to encourage freedom of thought in young minds thereby promoting a love for literature. Welcoming children as booklovers, the festival is specially curated for 6 to 13 year olds with sessions for every age at every hour. Bookaroo Srinagar is also supported by Pidilite’sFevicreate, which develops creative hobby ideas for children of all ages.
Vijay Dhar, chairman, DP Dhar Memorial Trust said, “We are happy to be facilitating a meeting of celebrated minds, cultural experiences from across India with the children of DPS. This is bound to stoke the love for literature in young minds as it has for the last four editions. We look forward to the children’s infectious energies and charge the Festival’s atmosphere with their vigour.”
Says Shantanu Bhanja, CEO Consumer Products, Pidilite,“This is our first venture with Bookaroo and we are truly delighted to be associated with such a unique program. This event also perfectly ties in with our Fevicreate initiative, through which we try to give an impetus to new learning methods and provide the children a platform to unleash their creativity.The association with Bookaroo gives us an opportunity to engage with the young minds. We look forward to witnessing the creative talent of the children at DPS during the festival.”
Swati Roy, festival director, Bookaroo said, “As ever, it is very exciting to bring Bookaroo to Srinagar which holds a special place in our hearts. Srinagar was the first city outside Delhi that Bookaroo ventured into back in 2011. We hope that the children will have a wonderful time with the authors, illustrators and storytellers who are coming. It is a pleasure to be associated with DPS Srinagar, a relationship that we have cherished and will continue to cherish in the coming years.”
Alistair R. A. Freese, principal, DPS, has this to say, “This is my first Bookaroo. And I look forward to an exciting meeting of the children and the creators of the books they love to read. I am sure that this edition too will be equally successful as the earlier ones.”
Bookaroo Srinagar will feature a spectacular line-up of speakers with more than 80 sessions to look forward to. Additionally, there are exciting sessions on wildlife, environment, creating comics, painting and tales of nature’s greatest mysteries.
The speakers at Bookaroo Srinagar are:
Andaleeb Wajid has been writing since she was ten but had to wait twenty years to be published! Her two sons do not read her books but are a constant source of inspiration.
ArefaTehsin* grew up treading jungles with her naturalist father. She was often found trying to catch a snake or spin a yarn. The Ex-Honorary Wildlife Warden, Udaipur, is the author of several books and a columnist in newspapers and magazines.
When BijalVachharajani* is not reading Harry Potter or worrying about climate change, she can be found traipsing around the jungles of India. When you meet her, ask her why she is known as Editor Scissorhands.
ChampaSaha* is a teacher, special educator and counsellor who has been reading, listening to and telling stories ever since she can remember.
Fevicreatedevelops creative hobby ideas for children of all ages. Their aim is to use craft as a tool to make learning simpler, helping children’s development in a meaningful and fun way so that they become more creative and solutions-oriented.
Gautam Benegal* will probably be silently figuring out what you’d look like on paper from the moment you are introduced. He likes cartoons as well as serious stuff and has held exhibitions of his paintings in Important Sounding Places.
Kapil Pandey* discovered his passion for storytelling at the grand old age of 30 when he met the Gruffalo in the deep dark wood. When not telling stories, he runs marathons and sometimes goes to work.
Lavanya Karthik* has the best job in the world – writing and drawing books for children. She also eats a lot of cake and talks to street dogs… occasionally they talk back (the dogs, not the cake).
Neha Singh* loves creating stories through books, plays and films. She believes there is a crazy story inside every person, itching to be told.
ProitiRoy,*awinner of the Big Little Book Award 2017, illustrates for children’s books. She also helps animals who are ill, hurt or in trouble. She loves to sit at her desk- illustrating, surrounded by dogs she rescued, with a hot cup of tea.
QissagoKailash Waghmare is an actor-singer who has worked in several renowned plays and in Marathi films. He sleeps, dreams and thinks theatre.
QissagoSaattvic is an economist who works at a law firm, moonlights as an actor, starlights as a tabla player, torchlights as a playwright, candlelights as a singer and fairylights as a film-maker.
Sajid Mohiuddin, who hails from the serene town of Sumbal loves to stay active at all times. An NSD-trained theatre actor and drama writer, he recreates Kashmiri folk stories through visuals and performing art.
Savio Mascarenhas’* is the creative mind behind Super Suppandi, the super avatar of Suppandi. He is also the artist for Little Shambu, based on the childhood adventures of Shikari Shambu.
Shabnam Minwalla was senior assistant editor with the Times of India but now has the even more brain-scrambling job of being a mother of three. When time permits, she dons her writer’s hat!
Siddhant Shah*, a TEDx speaker, heritage architect and accessibility consultant with UNESCO, works with museums and art galleries to bridge the gap between cultural heritage and disability, through multi-sensory experiential activities, for children with special needs.
Vikram Sridhar* grew up on stories of laddoos and curd rice. Once grown up, he decided to combine his varied pursuits of drama, rescuing monkeys and working with underprivileged children by becoming a storyteller.

Inter House Matches
2018-10-15 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Inter House Wushu Competition
Ist Position : Oak House
2nd Position: Willow House
3rd Position : Maple House
4th Position : Poplar House
5th Position: Chinar House
6 th Position: Deodar House
Inter House Basket Ball (Boys)
Ist Position : Willow House
2nd Position : Chinar House
3rd Position : Maple House
4th Position : Oak House
5th Position : Poplar House
6th Position: Deodar House
Inter House Badminton Open (girls)
Singles
Willow House and Oak House – Winner Oak House
Doubles
Oak House and Poplar House – Winner Oak House
Inter House Table Tennis Open (girls)
Singles
Willow House and Oak House-Winner Oak House
Doubles
Poplar House and Oak House-Winner Oak House

Results of inter house Football tournament Finals Division under 19 played on dated 28 October, 2018
Results: Chinar House vs Maple House. Winner : Maple House
Inter House Badminton Open (girls)
Singles
Oak House and Chinar House – Winner Oak House
Doubles
Oak House and Chinar House – Winner Oak House
Inter House Table Tennis Open (girls)
Singles
Chinar House and Maple House-Winner Maple House
Doubles
Chinar House and Maple House-Winner Chinar House
Inter House Badminton Open (girls)
Singles
Poplar House and Willow House – Winner Willow House
Doubles
Poplar House and Willow House – Winner Poplar House
Inter House Table Tennis Open (girls)
Singles
Deodar House and Poplar House-Winner Poplar House
Doubles
Deodar House and Poplar House-Winner Poplar House

Inter House Badminton U19 (girls)
Singles
Chinar House and Maple House – Winner Chinar House
Doubles
Chinar House and Maple House – Winner Chinar House
Inter House Table Tennis U19 (girls)
Singles
Oak House and Maple House – Winner Maple House
Doubles
Oak House and Maple House – Winner Maple House
Friday, 19 October, 2018
Final Results of Inter House Cricket Matches :
Winners: Deodar House
Runner Up: Chinar House
IIIrd Position: Oak House
IVth Position: Poplar House
Vth Position: Willow House
VIth Position: Maple House

Inter House Badminton & Table Tennis U19 Girls
Day 01: Monday, 15 October, 2018
Inter House Badminton U19 (girls)
Singles

Deodar House and Willow House – Winner Willow House

Doubles

Deodar House and Willow house – Winner Deodar House

Inter House Table Tennis U19 (girls)
Singles

Poplar House and Willow House – Winner Poplar House

Doubles

Poplar House and Willow House – Winner Poplar House

Life Skills Enhancing Overnight Camp for Class LKG
2018-09-22 00:00 - 11:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
An overnight camp is a place for kids to be themselves while making friends and trying out new experiences. A primary advantage of Overnight Camp is that kids have more time to adjust to their surroundings and get comfortable while honing the learning and growing they go through a range of recreational and educational activities throughout the day. With more time to spend on particular interests, Overnight Camps also provide a chance for kids to become more independent in being away from family and teach them more responsibility for themselves and for others.
Keeping in view the importance of camps, Delhi Public School, Srinagar organized an Overnight Camp for Class LKG on 22nd and 23rd September, 2018.
Hats off to the 175 girls and boys who walked in with a spring in their feet and a smile on their face. It’s time to get into the camp spirit! So, here we go!
DAY 2
PHOTO SESSION AND SEE OFF
After a hearty breakfast, our bonny gals and guys, gave their best shot when they posed for a group photo. Time vanished like a jiffy and it was time to say adieu.
The Overnight Camp ended with the assembly- children sang songs; spoke about what they liked at the camp.Parents were indeed surprised to see that their kids had stayed away from them without hardly any fuss. Many students, infact, didn’t want to leave.
The Overnight Camp succeeded in making our students more confident and self-reliant and taught them skills of independence, doing things with responsibility from a very young age. Bravo, youngsters. You sure did grow up in a span of a day!

LET’S GET READY FOR THE DAY 6:00 am
The kids woke up with the rising sun. A brisk morning walk and exercise gets our youngsters in the right mood to start a new day.

DAY 1
OFF TO BED
Finally exhausted, our cuties nod off to sleep to recharge their bodies.

CAMP FIRE 9:00 pm
Then came the time to move their bodies on campfire songs. The kids enjoyed it the most. As the flames of the bonfire leaped high, so did the excitement on the faces of our youngsters.

DINNER TEAM 8:00 pm
LKG kids were treated to a special candlelit dinner in the “Indoor Stadium”. The ravenous kids dig in their plates and ate to their heart’s content.

LET’S HAVE SOME FUN 6:00 pm
To keep our little campers excited and to make them understand about teamwork, games like “Empty the Bucket”, “Ladder Game” etc. were arranged for the kids.

ART TIME 4.40 pm
In the present world where mere academics fail to develop the child completely, art activities were organized too. The way they were dedicatedly trying to get the perfect shapes of said objects in a way reflected their innocent minds, away from the vices of this world, that are ready to digest as much amount of knowledge as can be possibly imparted to them.

IT IS SNACK TIME LADS 4.30 pm

BEAT THE HEAT 2.30 pm
After taking the much-needed rest, kids enjoyed swimming in the Splash Pool of the school. All the students splashed to their heart’s content.

NAP TIME 1.30 pm
After lunch, the kids relaxed for a while just to boost their bodies for the upcoming fun and activities.

TIME FOR LUNCH BOXES 12.30 pm
The youngsters were served the yummy feast of rice with matar paneer, kebab, curd and ice-cream for dessert, at the indoor stadium in a family style with campers eating in their cabin groups at round tables. They displayed good table manners and proper hygiene while eating the lunch.

ACTIVITY TIME 11.30 am
The students were just thrilled with the activities like “Milking the Cow”, “Colouring the Penny Pot”, “Catch the Candy” and “Dance with Colours”. The youngsters enjoyed the fun-filled activities with great excitement and their ability of “learning by doing” was also tested.

THE BREAKFAST TIME 10.45 am
The kids enjoyed eating breakfast- milk and sandwich to keep the energy level of little brains and bodies high for the fun frolic day ahead.
WELCOME ASSEMBLY 10.00 am
To make our kids feel special, the day’s program started with a welcome assembly conducted by teachers which included prayer in praise and appreciation of God. It was followed by a melodious song “It’s a Beautiful Day”. Teachers presented a skit which set the mood for the day ahead.
THE ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATIONS 09.00 am
Holding their packed luggage, the LKG Tiny Tots walked down the streets of busy school with a brave heart and a charming smile on their faces to participate in the camp leaving their teary-eyed parents behind.

Chinar Cup
2018-09-07 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
DAY 09 (Final)
Sunday, 16th September, 2018
Final 7.00 pm

DPS Srinagar vs DPS Budgam
Winner: Match Ended in a Draw

DAY 08
Friday, 14th September, 2018
Semi Final 01 7.00 pm

DPS Budgam vs Army Goodwill School Sopore and Bandipora
Winner: DPS Budgam by 2 – 1

Player of the match: Adeel Tariq

DAY 07
Thursday, 13th September, 2018
Semi Final 01 7.00 pm

DPS Srinagar – A vs Green Valley Educational Institute
Winner: DPS Srinagar by 4 -3 (Penalty Shootout)

Player of the match: Uzair Tak

DAY 06
Wednesday, 12th September, 2018
Match 01 7.00 pm

DPS Srinagar – A vs KV No. 1
Winner: DPS Srinagar by 1 – 0

Player of the match: Mohammad Aihyaan Sheikh
Match 02 8.30 pm

Tyndale Biscoe School, Srinagar vs DPS Budgam
Winner: DPS Budgam by 5 – 4

Player of the match: Zaid

DAY 05
Tuesday, 11th September, 2018
Match 01 7.00 pm

AGS Krusan/Chandigam vs AGS Sopore/Bandipora
Winner: AGS Sopore/Bandipora by 4 – 2

Player of the match: Himayun Haji
Match 02 8.30 pm

Sanik School Manasbal vs Green Valley Educational Institute Srinagar
Winner: Green Valley Educational Institute Srinagar by 5 – 1

Player of the match: Nehal

DAY 04
Monday, 10th September, 2018
Match 01 7.00 pm

AGPS Pahalgam vs AGPS Sopore and Bandipora
Winner: AGPS Sopore and Bandipora by 2 – 1

Player of the match: Sahil Bashir
Match 02 8.30 pm

Burn Hall School vs Tyndale Biscoe School, Srinagar
Winner: Tyndale Biscoe School, Srinagar by 2 – 1

Player of the match:

DAY 03
Sunday, 9th September, 2018
Match 01 7.00 pm

DPS Srinagar – B vs Sanik School Manasbal, Ganderbal
Winner: Sanik School Manasbal, Ganderbal by 0 – 5

Player of the match: Sakib Shabir
Match 02 8.30 pm

AGM’s City School, Nowgam vs KV No. 1 Srinagar
Winner: KV No. 1 Srinagar by 3 – 2

Player of the match: Imran

DAY 02
Saturday, 8th September, 2018
Match 01 7.00 pm

AGS Wuzur vs AGS Krusan/Chandigam
Winner: AGS Krusan/Chandigam by 6 – 0

Player of the match: Zakir
Match 02 8.30 pm

DPS Budgam vs AGS Hanzik
Winner: DPS Budgam by 13 – 0

Player of the match: Asrar

DAY 01
Friday, 7th September, 2018
Match 01 7.00 pm

DPS Srinagar-A vs Sanctorium Public School Sopore
Winner: Delhi Public School Srinagar by 6 – 0

Player of the match: Musaib Javeed
Match 02 8.30 pm

APS Srinagar vs Green Valley Educational Institute
Winner: Green Valley Educational Institute by 1 – 0

Player of the match: Nehal

TechKnow - Largest Tech Event of J&K for Schools
2018-08-18 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
TechKnow 2018: Largest tech event for schools in Jammu & Kashmir. Learn, code and share your interests related to technology. And yes, it is by the students, for the students.
DAY 02

DAY 01

Life Skills Enhancing Overnight Camp for Class 2nd
2018-08-18 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
DAY 2

MORNING EXERCISE AND TIME TO FRESHEN UP 7.00 am

BREAKFAST TIME 9.00 am

GROUP PHOTO 10.00 am

SEE OFF 10.30 am

DAY 1
Overnight camp is a place for kids to be themselves while making friends and trying out new experiences. The purpose is to provide an experience where children learn and grow by getting exposure to a variety of educational and recreational activities.
So, Here We Go!
THE ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATIONS 09.00 am
Holding their packed luggage, the class 2nd students walked down the streets of busy school with a brave heart and smile on their charming faces to participate in the camp leaving their teary eyed parents behind.

ACTIVITY TIME 10.30 am

LUNCH TIME 12.30 am

SWIMMING 3.00 pm

DANCE AND ART ACTIVITY 4.30 pm

SNACKS TIME 5.00 pm

SPORTS TIME 5.45 pm

DINNER TIME 8.30 pm

CAMP FIRE 9.30 pm

SLEEP TIME 10.30 pm

Inter House Football (Boys) & Basketball (Girls) U16
2018-08-16 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Day 03: Monday, 20 August, 2018

Football : Chinar House Vs Deodar House Winner : Chinar House
Basketball : Chinar House Vs Deodar House Winner : Chinar House

Day 02: Saturday, 18 August, 2018

Football : Maple house Vs. Willow House Winner : Willow House
Basketball : Maple house Vs. Willow House Winner : Willow House

Day 01: Thursday, 16 August, 2018

Football : Oak House Vs Willow House Winner : Oak House
Basketball : Oak House Vs Willow House Winner : Willow House

Inter House Football & Basketball U19 Boys & Girls
2018-08-01 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Day 05: Tuesday, 28 August, 2018

Football : Chinar House vs Deodar house. Winner : Chinar House
Basketball : Chinar House vs Deodar house Winner : Chinar House

Day 04: Friday, 03 August, 2018

Football : Deodar House vs Poplar House : Match was a draw. Each house gets one point.
Basketball : Deodar House vs Poplar House Winner : Poplar House

Deodar House is disqualified for this match.

Day 03: Friday, 03 August, 2018

Football : Oak House Vs Willow House : Match was a draw. Each house gets one point.
Basketball : Oak House Vs Willow House : Winner Oak House Score : 40- 4

Day 02: Thursday, 02 August, 2018

Football : Chinar House vs Poplar House : Match was a draw. Each house gets one point.
Basketball : Chinar House vs Poplar House : Winner Chinar House Score : 52 – 0

Day 01: Wednesday, 01 August, 2018

Football : Maple House vs Oak House : 2-0 Winner : Maple House
Basketball : Maple House vs Oak House : Maple House won the match by a walk over.

DPS Srinagar felicitates Srishti Bakshi
2018-05-02 11:00 - 14:00 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
DPS Srinagar held a special felicitation ceremony for Ms. Srishti Bakshi for completing her 3800 km journey towards woman empowerment. The ceremony was attended by various dignitaries including the chief guest GOC Lt. Gen A.K Bhat, Guest of honour Mr. Waheed ur Rahman Parra Secretary JKSSC. Other guests included Mr. G N Itoo, Director Education Kashmir, Dr Bedi – Secretary National Commission for Women, Ms. Nayeema Mahjoor- Chairperson Women’s Commission J & K, Ms. Syed Gulzara Masoodi, Member Women’s Commission Srinagar, Retd. Justice Mr. Jan. Besides these fifteen principals of various schools in the valley, Pro Vice Chairman Mr. Vijay Dhar, Principal DPS Srinagar Alistiar R A Freese, family members of Ms. Srishti Bakshi, and team members of Crossbow Miles were also present.
Ms Srishti was felicitated by Chief Guest GOC Lt. Gen A.K Bhat who complimented her for her endeavor.
The event was enlivened by performances of DPS Srinagar students and a troupe of singers from cultural academy who presented two songs highlighting the need for equal treatment to both boys and girls. Other dignitaries were felicitated too. In her address to the students, Srishti said she had toiled hard to reach here and shared her experiences if how people on the way supported her in various ways. People from different walks of life expressed their gratitude to her and supported her in their small little ways.
The other dignitaries too addressed the audience and complimented the school for lending support to such a timely endeavor. The Pro Vice Chairman Mr Vijay Dhar congratulated Ms Srishti on her feat, and expressed heartfelt gratitude to the dignitaries and audience for encouraging the school’s effort. He said “the school stands committed to promote values of tolerance, equity and inclusivity. Therefore, the school shall make every effort to support every step taken to promote a society that shuns gender violence.”

Robotics & IoT workshop on #ATLCommunityDay
2018-04-14 09:30 - 2018-04-15 15:00 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
The school conducted a Robotics & IoT workshop on 14th & 15th of April, 2018 to celebrate the national ATL Community Day. The day commemorates the birthday of the architect of Indian Constitution – Dr. BR Ambedkar. The aim of the workshop was to encourage students to use and tinker with various devices, and integrate various sensors / interfaces with various platforms. Besides our school, three other schools of the valley: Doon International School, Lyceum International School & Dolphin International School, participated in it. The workshop sessions were conducted by Musheer Ahmed, and Saleet Ahmed – teachers of the school and trained student mentors.
The event commenced with an introduction to innovation & tinkering. It was followed by brainstorming sessions with children to identify the problems that can be resolved using robotics & IoT. This was followed by hands-on training on various IoT platforms including Arduino & Raspberry Pi. Students came up with amazing ideas during the brainstorming session including solution to fix traffic problems, solving rubic game using various sensors and Artificial Intelligence, smart stick for blinds with image recognition. In yet another session, students learned to control home lighting using their mobile phones as well as to steer a car using their mobile phones.
“This was an amazing event and introduced us to the world of robots. I realized that we can make our lives easier by addressing the day to day problem of traffic jams using smart sensors”, one of the students of Dolphin International School said.
“Introducing these kids to the world of robotics & artificial intelligence will develop their reasoning, computational & scientific skills”, said Saleet, mentor at the lab.
The workshop concluded with a vote of thanks by Ehsan Quddusi, ATL Incharge.

Bookaroo 2017
2017-10-07 09:00 - 2017-10-08 14:30 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Day 01
The twenty sixth edition of Bookaroo – a two-day festival of children’s literature sponsored and hosted by DP Dhar Memorial Trust is being held today and tomorrow at DPS Srinagar. The festival is aimed at children of the age group 6-13 years, to inculcate in them a love of books and reading in a non-formal and fun way. The following activities have been held till now:
Session 01: 9 am – 10 am

Doodle Wall: Ashok Rajagopalan curated the session. Children were appraised about different moods, and emotions through expressions via an interactive sketching session. The children were bewildered and fascinated by the sheer scale of emotions that they can draw.
Dastaangoi: Fouzia curated the session. She is the first woman dastaango of the country and engaged in reviving the ancient art. She captivated the young students by a fascinating narration of various popular stories. The emotions of characters were portrayed marvelously and the faces of the students mirrored the sequence of events and emotions.
Studio: Deepak Dalal curated the session. Through an interactive session filled with pictures, he made students aware about the various birds of Kashmir and the country. The kids were quite immersed in the colorful pictures.
Workshop: Ajay Dasgupta curated the session. He narrated three stories full of comic laughter, surprise and action. His expert use of sensations, expressions, gestures and voice modulations grabbed the attention of students by the collar. Without even noticing, the students were educated about pressing issues like environment conservation, ethics, and response to fear.
Craft corners: These sessions were curated by Ludwin Mascarenhas, Indu Kumari and Kavita Singh. Students were trained in different art forms through interactive sessions. The forms including creating art through waste material like rags, discarded paper, cardboard strips and bottle caps, creating clay models of insects like butterfly and flowers. Children also learnt to make jute ropes and tie them.
Patchakatha: These were two sessions of storytelling one held jointly by Jeeva Rgunathan and Amin ul Haq, and the other held by Ajay Dasgupta. The students were entranced by joyful yet expert rendition of two stories – one a delightful story about common sense, and an extract from the famous epic – Ramayana.

Session 02: 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Doodle Wall: Chetan Sharma curated the session. Through an interactive sketching session, he demonstrated to the fascinated students an open ended story told through drawings. The children contributed to the story with all enthusiasm and delight.
Workshop: Ashok Rajagopalan curated the session. He held the attention of students’ hostage with stories filled with moving pictures. In one such story, the children mimicked the twinkling of stars by flapping the paper stars drawn by them. The children enjoyed the sonorous fun of Guajarati Kulapati throwing in their excited voices with that of curator.
Studio: Sandhya Rao curated the session. Through an interactive session filled with pictures on PowerPoint slides, she introduced students to the world of colours. The kids were quite immersed by colorful pictures of beaches and natural locales. They responded enthusiastically to each query and enjoyed the melee of colours.
The Auditorium: Kameel Pruthi (vocals) and Rajeev Bandhani (tabla) curated the session. They performed a musical tale of the ‘Blue Kangaroo’ before the students. Apparently a story about the reaction of a child’s reaction to the newly born sibling that has just been brought home, the beats of table lent it a strange charm that made the students listen to it with unfeigned delight. Case in point the musical apology offered by the young child to the parents. More delightful, sincere yet joyful apologies can seldom be found in real life.
Craft corners: These fun filled sessions were curated by Ludwin Mascarenhas, Team DK, Team Amar Chitra Katha and team Eklavya. Children roused their detective skills and solved mysteries by piecing clues together. The hush and anticipation that followed each clue was a delight to savour. Other sessions included crafting a rudimentary hand puppet, and drawing a frowning clown from mud. One other session mirrored that of the first session where students learnt to put waste material to good use and create useful things like a cap or a paper boat from scrap paper, glaze papers etc.
Patchakatha: These were two sessions of storytelling once again held jointly by Jeeva Rgunathan and Amin ul Haq, and the other held by Ajay Dasgupta. The students were mystified by the tales with hairpin bend ending, and more importantly important lessons. Jeeva held the attention of a raucous crowd of eager students through fun activities like clapping to numbers and merry shouts. Sounds of laughter and glee regaled the dull environs of the room and transformed it into a breathing space of fun and joy.

Session 03: 12 pm – 1 pm

Doodle Wall: The renowned artist from Kashmir – Masood Hussain curated the session. It was heartwarming to see an artist of his stature transfer his expertise to the students with childlike enthusiasm. The students created various sketches e.g. of a flower and kept improvising adding colours and little details as they went along.
Workshop: Ms. Rajni curated the session. She delivered an insightful talk on the elements of the story. She introduced students to the importance of identifying and creating elements like costume, dialect, settings, dialogue and character traits for a successful short story.
Studio: Deepak Dalal curated the session. The session revolved around an important life lesson i.e. not to give up in adversity, and fight against all odds like birds. Employing carefully selected videos, he introduced students to the ingenuity of birds who reach their destination without the aid of any maps, or paraphernalia. They only use sunlight and stars as their reference points, thereby asking students to understand that success doesn’t require plentitude, rather it is conditioned by determination.
The Auditorium: Fouzia – the dastaango curated the session. She performed various fables with animal characters. The audience was regaled by her expert and accurate mimicking of various animal voices in a singsong way. By making animals interact with each other, she introduced students to dialogue creation.
Craft corners: These fun filled sessions were curated by Ludwin Mascarenhas, Team DK, Kavita Singh Kale and Indu Harikumar. Children roused their detective skills and solved mysteries from Amar Chitra Katha by piecing clues together. The hush and anticipation that followed each clue was a delight to savour. Other sessions included crafting a rudimentary hand puppet, and drawing a frowning clown from mud. One other session mirrored that of the first session where students learnt to put waste material to good use and create useful things like a cap or a paper boat from scrap paper, glaze papers etc.
Patchakatha: These were two sessions of storytelling once again held jointly by Jeeva Rgunathan and Amin ul Haq. The students enjoyed observing the diverse nuances of moods and emotions of the characters. They were introduced to the art of sociolect as they learnt to imitate and recognize the voices and mannerisms of people from different classes like a factory owner or a labourer.

Session 04: 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Workshop: Mr Ameen ul Haque curated the session introducing budding minds into the craft of poem writing. Students learnt to create poems by the use of mimetic words like fall, stop and run. The element of harmony and music was inculcated through the establishment of a refrain e.g. I can. Through this activity several important life lessons were learnt e.g. emphasizing the value of determination through a simple activity: narrator establishing an endeavor e.g. I will love my country and the chorus repeating I can. The proof that this activity appealed to students was furnished by one student who when asked what he liked about the activity replied that he liked everything about it.
Studio: Sandhya Rao curated the session. Through the use of carefully curated stories, she emphasized the theme of eco-preservation. The curator distributed painted boards, seeds, small cups of soil and shells to provide students a hands on experience in workings of nature. The extent of student’s involvement could be seen from the fact that students disciplined each other thought to be talking loud.
The Auditorium: Kameel Pruthi (vocals) and Rajeev Bandhani (tabla) curated the session. They performed a musical tale of the ‘Blue Kangaroo’, that they performed in the morning again before a different set of students. The reactions were no different this time. The students nodded vigorously to the beats of table as the lure of the engrossing tale made them detached from the outside world, and completely immerse their little minds in the story.
Craft corners: These fun filled sessions were curated by Ludwin Mascarenhas, Team DK, Team Eklavya and Tinkle. The sessions kept the students busy with their hands, and their eyes glued to the things. Students learnt to craft a rudimentary hand puppet, and drawing a frowning clown from mud. One other session mirrored that of the first session where students learnt to put waste material to good use and create useful things like a cap or a paper boat from scrap paper, glaze papers etc. One more session involved creating superheroes from prefabricated sheets showing story plotlines to be coloured.
Doodle Wall: Chetan Sharma curated this session of superheroes. Not often does one realize the effort it takes to create characters one took for granted in childhood. Interactive Sketching made the onlooker aware of the immense effort it takes to create characters like superheroes popular with children. The children were observed enrapt, and busy with hands and smiles watching and drawing their superheroes in action. They observed with interest the creation of characters like a dragon and super flying girl Nidrat named after a student. The children were seen pitching in with suggestions about which characters to draw and their details.
Patchakatha: These were two sessions of storytelling once again held by Jeeva Ragunathan and Ajay Dasgupta. The students enjoyed the musical rendition of stories, and dancing to them each outclassing the other in terms of sheer delight and enjoyment. One story that the students quite enjoyed revolved around the two brother clever and fool. While clever exploits the fool at every juncture, the fool’s bravery rescues him at the end. The story pointed out the value of courage and responding to adversity. Without even noticing, the students were educated about pressing issues like environment conservation, ethics, and response to fear. It was a perfect culmination to what has been a very satisfying and fun-filled day.

Day 02
The second day of the twenty sixth edition of Bookaroo – a two-day festival of children’s literature sponsored and hosted by DP Dhar Memorial Trust is being held today at DPS Srinagar. The festival is aimed at children of the age group 6-13 years, to inculcate in them a love of books and reading in a non-formal and fun way. The following activities have been held till now:
Session 1: 9 AM- 10 AM

Doodle Wall: Team Amar Chitra Katha curated the session. Children were fascinated as pictures came to life before them. The different moods, and emotions of cartoon characters explored in the sketching session bewildered and fascinated the audience.
Studio: Deepak Dalal curated the session. The session revolved around the majestic snow leopards of Kashmir. Through a mixture of narrative and entertainment, students learnt some interesting facts about the other fauna of Kashmir. It was a perfect example of the efficacy of non-formal learning.
Auditorium: Kamal Pruthi and Rajeev Bandhani curated the session which revolved around a musical exploration of the famous character – Mulla Naseerudin –renowned for his witticism. The performance brought the dry ambience of desert to a chilly October morning.
Workshop: Sandhya Rao curated the session. The session focused on the crucial issue of food waste, as students embarked on a journey to discover the horrifying truth into the murky world of food waste. Without even noticing, the students were educated about the role they can play in countering this menace.
Craft corners: These sessions were curated by Ludwin Mascarenhas, Indu Harikumar, team DK and Team Amar Chitra Katha. Students were trained in different art forms through interactive sessions. The forms including creating art like lions and greeting cards through waste material like rags, discarded paper, cardboard strips and bottle caps or creating glittering decorations and creating various shapes from mud.
Patchakatha: These were two sessions of storytelling one held jointly by Jeeva Rgunathan and Chetan Sharma. The students were entranced by joyful yet expert rendition of the stories that seemed to have sprung out of books and enlivened by a lively joviality.

Session 2: 10.30 AM- 11.30 AM

Doodle Wall: Ashok Rajagopalan curated the session. Children were hooked on as grumpy monsters came alive on the bare wall as if through magic. And yet at a second glance the monsters looked kindly. The duality fascinated the students as they looked on with curious eyes.
Studio: Jeeva Ragunathan curated the session. The session highlighted an important aspect in character building – the ability to face and transcend problems. The story of Kartik frustrated in his desire to play football at his new school demonstrated the importance of perseverance to students.
Auditorium: Fouzia and Firoz supported by Story Mirror curated the session which brought alive the story of Mahatma Gandhi’s journey from England to South Africa and back. The performance brought alive the historic journey through a stylized dastaan complete with historic speeches, humorous anecdotes and Urdu poetry.
Workshop: Sandhya Rao curated the session. The session made students tap into their creative juice reserves and come up with exciting stories that expressed their deepest desires and dreams.
Crafty corners: These sessions were curated by Ludwin Mascarenhas, Indu Harikumar, team DK and Kavita Singh Kale. Students were trained in different art forms through interactive sessions. The forms including creating art like insect forms, lions and greeting cards through waste material like rags, discarded paper, cardboard strips and bottle caps, designing masks and creating vegetable forms from mud.
Patchakatha: These were two sessions of storytelling held by Ameen ul Haque and Ajay Dasgupta. The sessions took students aboard a futuristic time machine and explore the futures that lie hidden from the eye. Ajay Dasgupta regaled the students with evocative stories that revolved around unconventional characters like a mouse merchant.

Session 3: 12 PM- 1 PM

Doodle Wall: Team Amar Chitra curated the session. Children were engrossed in the various possibilities inherent in art as the resemblance things show to each other like a crack to a face or shapes in clouds demonstrate the diversity and fertility of human imagination.
Studio: Deepak Dalal curated the session. The session introduced students through carefully selected pictures and personal stories the need to rally for preservation of wildlife and other flora and fauna of the country.
Auditorium: Kamal Pruthi and Rajeev Bandhani curated the session which revolved around a musical exploration of the famous character – Mulla Naseerudin –renowned for his witticism. The performance brought the dry ambience of desert to a chilly October morning. Dressed in the traditional attire and looking every bit a story teller, Kamal had the students hankering and clamouring for more.
Workshop: Chetan Sharma curated the session. The session provided students an interesting introduction to animation.
Craft corners: These sessions were curated by Ludwin Mascarenhas, Indu Harikumar, Team Eklavya and team DK. Students were trained in different art forms through interactive sessions. The forms including creating art like insect forms, lions and greeting cards through waste material like rags, discarded paper, cardboard strips and bottle caps, designing masks and creating vegetable forms from mud.
Patchakatha: These were two sessions of storytelling held by Ameen ul Haque and Taha Mughal. The first session revolved around a story created performed jointly by the students and the curator. The teachers too were involved in creating the story of Jo who works in a sugar factory and possesses a laaarge cat suitably demonstrated by an extension of ‘aa’ sound. Taha Mughal entertained students with an interesting take on the traditional story – daleel full of strange quirks.

Session 4: 1.30 PM- 2.30 PM

Doodle Wall: Ashok Rajagopalan curated the session. Children were thoroughly fascinated by the drawings of elephants of all sizes and shapes, waddling through the trees, bathing in the lake and feeding on sugarcane and bamboo. The students were delighted by realistic portrayals of these gentle giants.
Studio: Ameen ul Haque curated the session this time around. Like an earlier held session, this session too highlighted an important aspect in character building – the ability to face and transcend problems. The story of Kartik frustrated in his desire to play football at his new school demonstrated the importance of perseverance to students. The story was told by actively engaging the audience in the act of storytelling.
Auditorium: This session too was a repeat of a previously held session. Fouzia and Firoz supported by Story Mirror curated the session which brought alive the story of Mahatma Gandhi’s journey from England to South Africa and back. The performance brought alive the historic journey through a stylized dastaan complete with historic speeches, humorous anecdotes and Urdu poetry.
Workshop: Taha Mughal curated the session. It involved an activity in which students were divided into two groups – one to create art and the other to write on it. The students also learnt to write about various forms of human activity by observing student models on the stage.
Crafty corners: These sessions were curated by Ludwin Mascarenhas, Indu Harikumar, Kavita Singh Kale and team DK. These sessions too except the one by Kavita were repeats of previous sessions. Students were trained in different art forms through interactive sessions. The forms including creating art like insect forms, lions and greeting cards through waste material like rags, discarded paper, cardboard strips and bottle caps, designing masks and creating vegetable forms from mud.
Patchakatha: Like yesterday, these were two sessions of storytelling once again held by Jeeva Ragunathan and Ajay Dasgupta. The students, like their counterparts yesterday, enjoyed the musical rendition of stories, dancing, clapping and performing the stories. The story of the two brother clever and fool was repeated again. Like yesterday the clever exploits the fool at every juncture, but the fool’s bravery rescues him at the end. The story pointed out the value of courage and responding to adversity. The students received a valuable lesson in important issues like environment conservation, ethics, and response to fear. It was a perfect culmination to what has been a very satisfying and fun-filled workshop.

Life Skills Enhancing Overnight Camp for Class UKG
2017-09-16 09:00 - 2017-09-17 10:00 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
DAY 1
Overnight camp is a place for kids to be themselves while making friends and trying out new experiences. The purpose is to provide an experience where children learn and grow by getting exposure to a variety of educational and recreational activities.
Delhi Public School, Srinagar organized an overnight camp for Class U.K.G on 16th and 17th September, 2017. About 220 kids participated in the organized exploratory camp.
So, Here We Go!
THE ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATIONS 09.00 am
Holding their packed luggage, the U.K.G Tiny Tots walked down the streets of busy school with a brave heart and smile on their charming faces to participate in the camp leaving their teary eyed parents behind.

BREAKFAST, ASSEMBLY AND PUPPET SHOW 10.00 am – 11.30 am

LUNCH AND ACTIVITIES 11.30 am – 1.30 pm

NAP TIME , ACTIVITY TIME AND SNACK TIME 1.30 pm – 5.30 pm

DINNER TIME AND CAMP FIRE 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm

BED TIME 10.00 pm

DAY 2
MORNING EXERCISE AND BREAKFAST TIME 9.00 am

TIME TO LEAVE 10.00 am

TechKnow 2017 - Largest Tech Event for Schools
2017-09-11 09:00 - 2017-09-12 16:00 | Jammu and Kashmir
TechKnow 2017 is the largest tech event for schools in Jammu & Kashmir. In TechKnow children gets to Learn, code and share interests related to technology. And yes, it is by the students, for the students.
TechKnow, largest tech event for schools organised by, Cyber Crew, computer club of our school was thrown open today on 11 Sep, 2017. The tech event aims at providing a clear view of the opportunities and challenges of an increasingly connected world to students.
The vent began with the welcome speech of Zayan Rouf and Barin Shah who welcomed the participating schools and Muazam Khurshid and Tauseef Shah briefed the students about the five different workshops to be conducted in two days of workshop. Glimpses of previous techno events were shown to the participating schools. Vice Principal Ms. Shafaq Afshan welcomed the participating students of different schools.
For students interested in tech, these kinds of events are an excellent way to get up to speed on the latest developments, find great new services, and get hands on training in one of the areas of his/her interest — plus, you never know how social connections will be established.
Day 1 of the event was attended by energetic and enthusiastic students from more than 30 leading schools from all over the state. Around 430 students from Classes 6th to 12th are being imparted hands-on training in 5 different areas of technology consisting of Web Development, GFX & VFX, Quadcopter Development, Robotics and Hybrid App Development.
The event workshops are being conducted by Cyber Crew members with their insatiable desire of learning by sharing with similar minds.
The event started with screening of 45-minute documentary on the Future of Technology. This was followed by day long workshops. The event will continue till Tuesday 11 Sep, 2017.
DAY 01

DAY 02
The second day of Techknow-2017 started with equal enthusiasm. The workshops commenced and the participants showcased great exuberance with the student speakers being indistinguishable and competent. Similar to the first day, five workshops were held where the participants keenly took part in the learning experience. The participants’ feedback unfolded the significance of the two day Tech-Fest, indicating the success of the event. In robotics, the assemblage and working of the Quad-Copter was explained and showed to the participants. In addition the web development workshop was of great interest as the participants learned concepts behind developing creative internet platforms like Sarahah with is quite popular among teens. The event concluded with the quiz.
The day 2 concluded with a quiz in which goodies were distributed to the participants who answered the questions with full enthusiasm. The principal gave a speech wherein he highlighted the importance of Technology and also congratulated CyberCrew for organizing the event. The closing speech was given by Muazzam Khursheed wherein he thanked all the participants and the school staff for their unrelenting support.

Life Skills Enhancing Overnight Camp for Class LKG
2017-09-09 09:00 - 2017-09-10 09:30 | Jammu and Kashmir
DAY 1
Overnight camp is a place for kids to be themselves while making friends and trying out new experiences. The purpose is to provide an experience where children learn and grow by getting exposure to a variety of educational and recreational activities.
Delhi Public School, Srinagar organized an overnight camp for Class L.K.G on 9th and 10th September, 2017. About 138 kids participated in the organized exploratory camp.
So, Here We Go!
THE ARRIVAL 09.00 am
Holding their packed luggage, the L.K.G Tiny Tots walked down the streets of busy school with a brave heart and smile on their charming faces to participate in the camp leaving their teary eyed parents behind.

WELCOME ASSEMBLY 09.40 am
To make our kids feel special, the day’s program started with a welcome assembly conducted by teachers which included prayer in praise and appreciation of God. It was followed by a melodious song “It’s a beautiful day”. Teachers presented a puppet show which set the mood for the day ahead. The performance conveyed the message of values and good manners efficiently.

THE BREAKFAST TIME 10.15 am
The kids enjoyed eating breakfast full of juices and homemade potato chips to keep the energy level of little brains and bodies high for the fun frolic day ahead.

ACTIVITY TIME (Learning by Doing) 11.00 am
The students were just thrilled with the activities like “Milking the Cow”,” “Grab the Ball” and “Dance with Colours”. The youngsters enjoyed the fun filled activities with great excitement and their ability of “learning by doing” was also tested.

TIME FOR LUNCH BOXES 12.30 pm
The youngsters were served the yummy feast at the indoor stadium in a family style with campers eating in their cabin groups at round tables. They displayed good table manners and proper hygiene while eating the lunch.

NAP TIME 01.30 pm
After lunch, the kids relaxed for a while just to boost their bodies for the upcoming fun and activities.

SWIMMING 02.30 pm
After taking the much needed rest, kids enjoyed in the Water World of the school.

Life Skills Enhancing Overnight Camp for Class 2nd
2017-08-19 08:00 - 2017-08-20 09:30 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
DAY 2
The kids woke up with the rising sun next fine morning. It was the time to clean up, get dressed and head towards the ground to perform morning exercise and yoga.
After refreshing breakfast the young girls and boys posed for the frame of group photographs. The overnight camp ended with the parent’s feedback as they seemed to be happy and surprised to see their kid’s hard work and creative skills. Parents also showed appreciation for teachers of Tiny Tots Wing by writing warm comments and thank you notes. They picked up their wards that were joyful with the sweet memories filled in their hearts.
The fully loaded overnight camp was successful in itself as the kids experienced lots of learning, fun and frolic with the unbeatable gala experience of staying with teachers and friends.
You will climb up…..
Fully loaded overnight adventure camp brings the fun, thrill, excitement and simple pleasurable experiences of outdoor camping in your school campus. Delhi Public School, Srinagar organized an Enhancement Overnight Camp for the students of class 2 with an aim of making them learn self management and direct learning. 202 students of class 2 participated in this fully loaded camp on 19th and 20th August, 2017.
DAY 1
The camp kick started with excited students arriving punctually at 9:00 am with their equally passionate parents. The youngsters entered the atrium boldly holding their luggage and bidding good bye to their parents.
The tiny Tots wing brimmed with the activities with students opting to participate with great excitement and joy. The youngsters were served with a hearty breakfast to refresh themselves for the day ahead.
Teachers presented the Morning Prayer and a puppet show which depicted the values of discipline and good behavior. This was followed by a sequence of Science Activities performed by the teachers and the students were observing the experiments as “Walking Water”, “The Volcanic Eruption”, “The Magical Egg”, “Colour Changing Flower”, “The Raining Cloud”, “Solubility and “Ice Magic”.
The students enjoyed eating the yummy treat displaying good table manners and proper hygiene. After lunch, students relaxed for some time boosting their energy for the next upcoming activities.
DINNER AND CAMP FIRE 08.30 pm – 10.00 pm

SNACKS AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES 05.00 pm – 07.00 pm

ART ACTIVITIES AND SWIMMING 03.00 pm – 05.00 pm

LUNCH AND NAP TIME 01.00 pm – 03.00 pm

BREAKFAST, ASSEMBLY, PUPPET SHOW AND SCIENCE ACTIVITIES 10.00 am – 10.30 am

STUDENTS’ REGISTRATION – RARING TO GO!! 9.00 am – 10.00 am
After registration students say a not so tearful Goodbye to their parents and keep their luggage and rush to the assembly spot.

Cross Country Run - 9th & 10th
2016-05-06 06:00 - 08:00 | Zabarwan to Nishat, Boulevard Road, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, 190001, India
Cross Country Run was organised for classes IX and X from Zabarwan Park to Nishat with the theme “Live to Run, Run to Live”. The students did the little warm up exercise before the run. Chairman Vijay Dhar flagged off the Cross Country Run. At the end of the run children assembled in Nishat Garden where they relaxed and had refreshments. A total of 250 students participated in the run. Mr. Vijay Dhar felicitated the winners and accompanying staff members.
Students who secured positions in the run:

CLASS 9th
BOYS
GIRLS

Mohd Ali
Pakeezah

Khateeb
Mariya

Himayun
Kareeha

CLASS 10th
BOYS
GIRLS

Reyan
Duha

Haziq
Aizah

Amit Kumar
Uzma

Indore Students who participated in the CC Run
BOYS
GIRLS

Yashraj
Lilai

Kartika

10 Days Workshop on woman safety training program Self-protection Awareness & Familiarity Exchange (SAFE)
2016-04-16 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
A 10 days workshop on woman safety training program Self-protection Awareness & Familiarity Exchange (SAFE) was held from 6 April, 2016 to 16 April, 2016 in our school. The workshop was attended by students of class 6th to 8th in which girl students were trained to strengthen their body, emotions and intuition to equip them to take charge of their own safety and boys were trained to become active partners for girls and women safety. Goal and focus of SAFE workshop was to give woman’s “self- protection” and not self-defence and to engage young boys and men to become active partners in this.
During the course of the workshop various activities were conducted like Role Plays, Power Point Presentation showing how we can be safe from bullying, security from the outer world. The workshop emphasised on the safety at three levels viz a viz Body, Mind and Soul. Workshop also provided information and essential safety tools necessary for one’s physical, mental and spiritual fitness.
Workshop was conducted by Dr. Renu Suri, Mr. Surinder Suri and Ms. Kanwal Preet Kaur.

Life Skills Enhancing Overnight Camp 2015 for Class 2nd
2015-12-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Jammu and Kashmir
Why are 225 students of Class 2nd bursting with excitement today?
Because they are thrilled to be part of the overnight camp in school a much awaited day in their lives.
Organising camps for youngsters is an integral feature in the school calendar aimed to give students time away from books and studies.
Why are camps so important?

Camp is action!
Camp teaches kids that they can.
Camp helps conquer fears.

Camp is real and helps unplug from technology – When kids take a break from TV, cell phones, and the Internet, they rediscover their creative powers and engage the real world— real people, real activities, and real emotions. They realize, there’s always plenty to do.
Camp expands every child’s abilities and Develops life-long skills – Camps provide the right instruction, equipment and facilities for kids to enhance their sports abilities, their artistic talents, and their adventure skills. The sheer variety of activities offered at camp, makes it easy for kids to discover and develop what they like to do.
Camp helps kids develop who they are and Grow more independent – Camp is the perfect place for kids to practice making decisions for themselves without parents and teachers guiding every move. Managing their daily choices in the safe, caring environment of camp, children welcome this as a freedom to blossom in new directions.
At camp we play! and have free time for unstructured play – Free from the overly-structured, overly-scheduled routines of home and school, life at camp gives children much needed free time to just play. Camp is a slice of carefree living where kids can relax, laugh, and be silly all day long.
Camp builds teamwork and helps kids Learn social skills – Coming to camp means joining a close-knit community where everyone must agree to cooperate and respect each other. When they live with others, kids share chores, resolve disagreements, and see firsthand the importance of sincere communication.
So, let’s begin the day with gusto and joy.
WHAT PARENTS SAID

Day 02 – 14 June, 2015
GROUP PHOTOS, ACTIVITY AND SEE OFF 7.30 am – 10.30 am
After a hearty breakfast, our Lil Champs, gave their best shot when they posed for a group photo. Then they proceeded towards the atrium to draw and depict their best moments at the camp.
The overnight camp concluded with an assembly-children sang songs, performed traditional dance “Rouf”, spoke about what the liked at the camp.
It was a real life experience for all the kids of class 2nd who experienced staying away from home with the friends and teachers. The environment was so energetic that all the students were completely engrossed and did all the tasks enthusiastically. It was a memorable experience for all kids, an event to cherish forever!!!

WAKE UP AND SHINE 6.30 am – 7.00 am
A brisk morning walk and exercise gets our youngsters the right start to a new day.

Day 01 – 13 June, 2015
PARTY TIME 8.00 pm – 9.00 pm
Children relished the candle light dinner with their peers.

KEEP SMALL HANDS BUSY! 5.00 pm – 7.30 pm
Arts and crafts are to the mind what sports are to body. Children went on by exploring their creative skills. They enjoyed crafting objects like “Aquarium”, “Bunny”, “Wool Hanging”, “Roses” using disposable plates, bottles, straws, bubble paper, etc. It was worth seeing our youngest lot engrossed in their activities, showing patience and determination and later all the children came up with some very creative artwork. Kudos! Lil Champs.

TEA TIME 4.30 pm – 5.00 pm
It’s tea time lads. Let’s sip some tea and get refreshed.

ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE YOU GO HA! IGNITING MINDS – MEET THE SCI KIDS! 3.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Our young scientists conducted safe, fun and insightful experiments like “Smoke Rings”, “Rocket Balloon”, “Walking Water”, “Shooter”, etc (under the watchful supervision of teachers) to unleash their inner scientist. It also gave them the chance to test their skills by making creative objects with everyday items found around the house and more.
Bravo youngsters, you’re a rocking bunch of kids!

SIESTA TIME 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm
After lunch, the students relaxed for a while just to boost up their energy for the next upcoming fun activity.

YUMMY IN MY TUMMY! 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Scrumptious food awaited the youngsters after their activity session. Check out girls and guys tucking into delicious food…Emmmmm Yummy!

ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO! 11.20 am – 1.00 pm
Activity time was full of thrilling games where kids enjoyed various activities like “Banana Race”, “Back to Back Balloon Race”, “Empty the bucket”, and “Tailing the Donkey” which fosters friendships, created laughter and also tested children’s alertness.

READY, SET BREAKFAST! 10.30 am – 11.20 am
The now famished kids then proceed to the canteen area for a delicious breakfast and eat to their heart’s content.

ASSEMBLY 10.00 am – 10.30 am
The day began with a special assembly conducted by teachers which included a Welcome Song and a Short Skit based on theme of the month i.e, “Me and The World of Discoveries” which provided them information about various inventions and their inventors. The skit set their mood for the day urging them to explore their surroundings.

STUDENTS’ REGISTRATION – RARING TO GO!! 9.00 am – 10.00 am

After registration students say a not so tearful Goodbye to their parents and keep their luggage and rush to the assembly spot.

Sports Day (VI-VIII)
2015-11-05 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Although weather played a spoilsport, it however, didn’t dampen the spirit of children who were keen to see the event get through. Though inclement weather forced the shifting of the venue, but the event could be seen awash with children going all out to making it more fun and enjoyable.
A brilliant show, this year had a lot of amusing additions on previous years to make it even livelier and fun filled. The event got underway with a prayer song; the Kashmiri version of “lap pa aati hai dua ban kay tamana meri” to call upon God almighty to show me the righteous path.
Following the prayer song were lined up a number of activities and programmes such as Mass P.T, dumb bells, lezim and yoga. The aforesaid programmes had audience completely awestruck. In addition the Gujrati folk dance ‘dandiya’ had audience taping their feet to the accompanied music.. Kashmiri Rouf and other regional folk dances of J&k such as Dogri, Ladhaki was a rich reminder of Kashmiri culture. The event was graced by The Chairman Mr.Vijay Dhar and The principal Ms. Kusum Warikoo who were all praise for the show. The effort put in by everyone from the wing to put up such a great show was highly appreciated by one and all.

Grand Parent's Day celebrated.
2015-10-01 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
Grandparents day was observed on 1st October in which a large number of grandparents participated with great fervour and enthusiasm.
Grandparents participated in different games and activities like Musical Chair, Get Ready for the Office, Art and Craft competition and succeeded to re-live their old days. It created a fun filled atmosphere when grand parents were moving around the chairs to bag the first position.
The second half of the programme was held at school Indoor Stadium where grand parents thoroughly enjoyed the performances of their grand children in different attires. The programme included Prayer Song, Kashmiri Wanwun Blend, Skit depicting old Kashmir, Laddi Shah, Theatre and Kashmiri Rouf.
It was beautiful event filled with smiles and laughter.

Shirin - Saaz te Awaaz Inauguration
2015-08-17 | DPS Campus, Athwajan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, 190004, India
An impressive ceremony was held at DPS Srinagar to inaugurate the Inter School Koshur Music Competition – Shreen Saaz. The event was formally thrown open by the Principal Kusum Warikoo who spoke at length on the necessity of preserving time honoured traditions of our culture. Participants from across the valley registered their presence. The sheer magnitude and quality of musical talent inherent in our young children was evident to one and all. The importance of providing exposure to such a luminous galaxy of talent was immensely perceived, and the role of DPS Srinagar in taking the initiative was applauded by one and all.

Shreen Saaz is a Inter Valley Koshur Music Competition which shall witness participation of school children across the length and breadth of valley. The multi stage event is being organised by DPS Srinagar in association with DP Dhar Memorial Trust.

12 Schools from district Bandipora participated on the inaugural day. All the teams performed enthusiastically depicting their love for Kashmiri culture and language. It was a tough decision for judges to announce top three teams as all the performances were fabolous. Finally the wait was over and the winning teams were declared as Government Boys High School, Sadunara, Government Boys High School, Shadipora & Government High School, Hakabara.

The Best Performance of the day Award was given to Arshid Ahmed, a student of class 9 from Govt. Boys High School, Sadunara.

DAY – 01 District Bandipora
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DAY – 02 District Bandipora

DAY – 03 District Budgam
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