Delhi Public School (DPS) Srinagar

Gulmarg Trekking Camp for Class III held
2013-06-21
Gulmarg with its beautiful landscapes and lush green forests provides an excellent opportunity for nature lovers to appreciate Mother Nature in close. A suitable destination for adventurous activities like Trekking . The teachers and students of grade III trekked through the lush green mountains of Gulmarg from 17th to 19th of June 2013. Children were taken out for low side trekking followed by a movie and cultural programme on the first day.
Alpha post, a high stop trek was their trekking point for the next day. Camp Fire in the evening was a relief after this long tiring day.
The last day of the camp started with a walk to the ALOO farm. The children were also taken to High Altitude Welfare School. They visited a Museum set up by the Indian Army. In the end, the students went to the children’s park and enjoyed boating with their teachers.

Impulse - Science Exhibition 2013
2013-06-13
Rapid developments are taking place in the field of Science and Technology today. New discoveries and findings are brought out by scientists all over the world. Such discoveries and inventions help man in many ways. To encourage our budding scientists and giving them an opportunity to present their scientific ideas, the school organized a Science Exhibition “IMPULSE” on the 13th of June, 2013. The exhibits included still models, working models, and projects. These provided a feast to our eyes. Students from classes L.K.G to XII participated in the exhibition. We were able to see young Faradays, Newtons and Edisons among them. The Exhibits were creative and attractive.
The exhibition was inaugurated by The Principal, Ms Kusam Warikoo and Dr.Mohd. Altaf Ramzan, HOD Neurology, SKIMS was the chief guest.
We encourage such exhibitions for we realize that new ideas grow in the minds of these young children and such are the platforms where ideas begin to bloom for the development of the world.

10 Year Celebrations
2013-06-12
To felicitate and honour the founding pillars of DPS Srinagar on the occasion of celebrating the completion of 10 years of excellence, a function was organized on the 8th of June, 2013. An extremely touching ceremony felicitating 86 members of the staff which included teachers, administration staff, drivers and helpers who were a part of the school in 2003.The chairperson, Mr. Dhar and Kiran Ma’am were deeply moved reminiscing the old times narrating sad yet humourous anecdotes of the initial difficult days. Many of the recipients expressed their gratitude at being remembered on this occasion.

Over Night Camp for Class 2nd
2013-06-08
195 students of class II had the time of their lives when they participated in a Life Skills Enhancement Overnight camp organized by the Tiny Tots Wing on 8th and 9th June, 2013.
The camp kick started with enthusiastic students arriving promptly at 8:30 a.m with their equally enthusiastic parents.Seeing the 7 year olds confidently entering the Atrium with their luggage was a sight to behold. There were very few tears when they bid good bye to their parents. Teachers presented a welcome song and a Puppet show which depicted the values of good manners.
The ravenous youngsters then proceeded to the canteen area for a hearty breakfast.This was followed by an activity session where students enjoyed games like ‘Tailing the Donkey’, ‘Musical Chairs’, ‘Treasure Hunt’,’Filling the Bucket’ and ‘Tug of War’. After lunch, students relaxed for a while. The Afternoon siesta was followed by swimming in the water world.All students splashed to their hearts’ content.The Art activity session which saw children painstakingly creating beautiful things by recycling waste material like pepsi bottles, egg trays, wool, tetra pack covers and used paper cups.They made beautiful wall hangings, purses, glasses, wool mats which were later displayed. One parent said,”I can’t imagine that my son has made this.”
The students were surprised and delighted when they were invited to a candle lit dinner in the Indoor Stadium which was decorated for the occasion.Dinner was followed by a Bonn-Fire. The students then slept peacefully till they woke next day and proceeded for a morning walk and exercise on the ground. After breakfast, students voiced their feelings about the camp both verbally and in drawings. ‘I enjoyed so much; I don’t want to go home’. These were the comments made by all the students.
Students sang the song ‘I have a dream’ in perfect unison.
Parents picked up their wards who very reluctantly left the school with hearts filled with sweet memories of the Summer Camp.

Dental Camp
2013-05-30
Medical Department of the school organized a 2 day dental camp in collaboration with Govt Dental College, Srinagar on 27th and 28th of May 2013.
25 doctors from various departments of Govt Dental College Srinagar participated in the camp and screened around 1500 students for oro-dental ailments. Students who needed further consultation were given referrals to concerned departments of the dental college.

National Art Camp Inaugrated
2013-05-28
A seven-day National Art camp was inaugurated in the premises of Delhi Public School, Srinagar on 27 May, 2013. Artists from various states of the country participated in the camp with a notion to prove their aesthetic creativity. The camp is organized by D.P.Dhar Memorial Trust, Srinagar.

Bookaroo - A report
2013-05-13
The much awaited India’s first festival celebrating Children’s Literature – Bookaroo came to Delhi Public School, Srinagar on the May 11 & 12, 2013. The festival per se was an encouragement of reading habits in youngsters. The aim was an exposure to books for pleasure without any didactic references. This was achieved through exciting activities with story tellers, authors, illustrators and theatre artists. Not to forget was a fantastic bookshop Eureka to browse in. Both the days, the festival was organised from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Various attractively decorated venues were used for this purpose. The children were bubbling with excitement at the thought of encountering their personal favourites. They had already been familiarised with the participating artists through various pre Bookaroo activities such as designing a book cover, collage making, scrap books with author profiles etc. Some of the authors who participated were Rosemarie Somaiah, AAbid Surti, Shamim Padamsee, Bikram Gosh, Sampurna Chatterjee gripped the attention of these young listeners with their amazing stories, autobiographical and fictional Bittu Sehgal was very successful with his documentaries related to environmental issues. Kala Ramesh imparted the tricks of creating Haiku poetry. Ankit Chadha and Fouzia were applauded time and again for their ‘Dastan-Goi’. The Doodle wall, crafty corners, Mazing miscellany and the recycling corner was a haven for the ones with artistic bent. Sessions with Ajit Narayan, Kartik Sharma, Nina Shabnam, Indu, Hari Kumar left the audience spellbound. Some of our local authors were invited to participate such as Dheeba Nazir, Ayub Sabir and Inayat Gul. This was to add a local flavour to the event.
The event as a whole was a great success with each student and teacher participating with great gusto. Team Bokaroo and the school is already looking to the event next year.

Cross Country Race held for Classes III to V
2013-05-10
A Cross Country Run with Slogan “Stop Child Labour” was organized for classes III to V by our school on 10th of May, 2013. Almost 750 children participated in the race which went on smoothly and in a disciplined/well planned manner.
Poplar House was found to be the best one in terms of discipline.
Poplar House bagged First Position for Boys and Chinar House bagged First Position for Girls, thus bringing pride to the respective Houses.

Run for World Peace
2013-05-04
Peace means progress and happiness. With this notion and with the Slogan “Run for World Peace”, the Cross Country Race was held for the students of Grades VI to VIII early on the fresh morning of Friday- 3rd of May, 2013. The starting point was Duck park and the finishing point was Nishat garden. 610 students participated in the race and exhibited their best behaviour. The students were rejoiced by the participation on their part.
The list of Winners is given below:
Girls

Raqibah – Grade VII (Ist Position)
Uznain – Grade VIII (IInd Position)
Sara – Grade VII (III Position)

Boys

Mirza Zuhaib – Grade VIII (I Position)
Ishaan – Grade VIII (II Position)
Farhan – Grade VI (III Position)

Labour Day celeberated by DIPSITES
2013-05-01
To commemorate the Labour Day and to appreciate and thank the selfless service of the Uncles and Aunties, who work with full dedication and ensure the hygiene and security of school, the students of classes III to V celebrated Labour Day. The celebrations began with a speech by class V students, which highlighted the role of Uncles and Aunties in school life. The students were acquainted with the history behind Labour Day celebrations. The informative speech was followed by a melodious song. Then some students expressed their love and gratitude by presenting their tokens of love to Uncles and Aunties which they gladly received.

Inter-DPS National Swimming Meet (Boys) 2013 Held at DPS Bhilai
2013-04-29
The Inter-DPS National Swimming meet (Boys), 2013 organized by DPS, Bhilai Chhattisgarh was held between 12th & 14th of April, 2013. Six students form DPS, Srinagar participated in various swimming events like:

50m Free Style
100m Free Style
50m Back Stroke
100m Back Stroke
50m Breast Stroke
100m Breast Stroke.

The participating Students from DPS, Srinagar were:

Zeeshan Haider
Sohail Altaf
Inam ul- Haq
Abdul Hadi
Maqdool
Shahaan

Cross Country Run- Tiny Tots
2013-04-26
The day dawned clear and brimming with excitement for the 447 students of class 1 and 2 of the Tiny Tots wing of our school as they enthusiastically partcipated in the cross country race conducted by the sports faculty with the theme “Save Water”. The venue for the run was the Foreshore Road overlooking the scenic Dal Lake. The event was flagged off by Ms Kiran Dhar. The winners received the awards from Ms Kiran Dhar. The list of the winners is given as follows:
Class I (Boys)

Mohd. Hassan Pandit (Ist Position)
Siyam Ishtiyaq (IInd Position)

Class I (Girls)

Aiyesha Khan (Ist Position)
Zoha Khurshid (IInd Position)

Class II (Boys)

Syed Labab Kamili (Ist Position)
Hyder Khan (IInd Position)
Farees Tahir (IInd Position)

Class II (Girls)

Khatiya Masoodi (Ist Position)
Fatima (IInd Position)

Farewell 2013
2013-04-19
Farewell, 2013 proved to be a grand event with the colours of the cultural feast unfolding themselves and blending with the beauty of the graceful evening that was awaiting ahead. Guests in beautiful dresses and impressive personalities joined the hall to grace the occasion. DIPSITES are handsome gentlemen and gorgeous ladies; the fact was never as clear. The guests were welcomed by the compares – Hishma and Kashif and the evening was going to be fun and entertaining, they promised. The event began with a song by Madeeha – the beauty of whose voice filled and soon enthralled the hall. It was followed by Rayan and Imran who rocked the stage by their ‘robotic dance performance’. ‘Dipsites do not lack talent in any field’ was soon proved as drama unfolded itself on the stage; a skit was performed by the students of class XII. The theme of the skit was to highlight the 10 year journey of Delhi Public School, Srinagar. After the skit, the band of the school, ‘Sueen’ presented its talent on the stage.; the beautiful voice of the singers, the delicacy of the guitarists and the energy of the drummer which made the guests dance to each beat. After the song, Titles were declared with Dipsites being rewarded for the image and the inspiration that he/she had been, while in the school.
Mr Vijay Dhar’s speech followed the fun part of the evening. He addressed the outgoing students with words full of experience and advice. In his own charming way, he waved the guests a goodbye. A 2-minute ‘dance for fun’ was performed by Sarmad and Mehdi to be able to say ‘Pappu can dance’ and in fact, ‘I am a disco-dancer’.
After the fun, Mr Showkat Hakim came up to the dais to speak a few words to the guests. Mrs. H Nazir who had been more of a mother to every student of the school couldn’t attend the function due to some reasons but she didn’t miss to send her few words of advice wrapped in the delicacy of her love and care for the students. Her letter was read before the guests and greeted by an applause full of gratitude by the listeners.
How could the most entertaining part be off the stage? The ‘ramp walk’ followed the fun to add its own glamour to the grand evening. Graceful movements and smart walks by handsome gentlemen and beautiful ladies aroused a stir among the audience. Simple and elegant moves with perfect coordination proved its beauty on the stage with Huzaif and Adnan rocking the stage with their stunning dance performance. An emotional touch finally wrapped the session with Neha singing in the beautiful voice ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’ that touched the depths of hearts. Every heart throbbed with the beats of the song. Every heart cried, every eye teared and every face had this depiction: the school which had nurtured them for ten long years – they were sure to miss it, terribly miss it all.
Passing the candle and celebrating with the cake were the last of the events that witnessed emotional accounts from every corner of the hall; guests leaving teary eyed, teachers and students hugging each other and the juniors seeing the reflection in the eyes of their seniors of what they were going to encounter a year later on the same platform.

Head Boy and Head Girl Elected
2013-04-17
We are part of a democratic country and each one has a right to vote. This thought was brought into practice at DPS, Srinagar on 16th of April 2013 when elections for the position of Head Boy and Head Girl were held. Elections have always been an event that students look forward to. A long process including debate, manifesto, colourful ballot boxes, counting and the declaration of results. The whole process of election was successfully completed in a day and the excitement was seen to be believed. Iftikhar Asgar Samoon (Grade XII) was elected as the Head Boy and Hazika Bhatt (Grade XII) was elected as the Head Girl. Ahmed Basit (Grade XI) and Asra Majeed (Grade XI) were elected as the Vice Head Boy and the Vice Head Girl.

Presentation regarding Open School Concept
2013-04-13
To acquaint the parents with the concept of Open School suggested for Special Children, unable to cope up with the pace in regular classes, a presentation was given by Ms Shafaq and Ms Saba highlighting aims and objectives of the same. This was followed by an interactive session with the parents. The parents expressed deep appreciation for the counseling given by the special educators.

Friday Activities - Snap Shots
2013-04-05
Young DIPSITES trying their hands on various skills in order to gain competency in the related fields.

Story Time
2013-04-01
Story telling is an art that has mental, social and educational benefits on children. Children are great fans of stories and love to listen to them. Ms Usha Venkatraman, a renowned story teller from Mumbai visited the school and shared some stories with the students of Grade I. Effective body language, props, change in pitch of sound and enactments made the kids wiggle and stand and listen and wonder too. The children loved the session as she conveyed the ideas to them in the exact way.

Friday Clubs
2013-03-29
In order to develop different skills in children, Friday Activity Clubs of the new session started off with a bang today. The clubs include Embroidery, Batik Printing, Commercial Art, Pottery, Sculpture, Indian Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Theatre, Cooking, Photography, Kangri Making, Paper Machie, Origami, Paper Recycling, Public Speaking and Wood Work Shop.

Graduation Ceremony for Class III
2013-03-29
To mark the transition from one stage in a student’s life to another, a Graduation Ceremony for the students of grade III was held in the School today. The blooming buds of Tiny tots successfully entering the primary wing were given certificates by the Principal. The ceremony followed a theme “Save Forests”.

TRUNOUVE
2013-03-27
Ensemble Kashmir Theatre Academy (EKTA) organised a Kashmiri play “TRUNOUVE” written by Padmashree M.L.Kemmu in the school. The play had five performing characters – Laddi Shah, Qadir Bhand, Gruoos, Farzi-Loung and Parrie Woul – all popular folk characters symbolically portraying the social caricatures. The play was a socio-political satire and at the same time portrays the common mind-set of the rural Kashmiri living in hope and despair. Students from VI to VIII witnessed the play. Shahnawaz Bhat was the Stage Manager.

Graduation Ceremony
2013-03-26
Completing a class and passing an exam is a major milestone in a student’s life. This ceremony was held for the students of grade VI to welcome them to the Middle Wing and to instill belief in each student that they have it within themselves to achieve their goals. The children were proud to receive certificates by the principal. The Principal wished them luck for their future .The programme was witnessed by all the students of grade VI-VII.

Blooming Buds of LKG in Red
2013-03-22
Children love anything that is bright and colourful. On the other hand, one of the most interesting and perhaps the hardest concepts to teach a child is “Colours”. To introduce the colour RED, the little jewels of L.K.G celebrated Red Colour Day on 22nd March 2013. Cute faces all dressed in red , had a lovely day full of fun and activities at School.

Developing Social and Creative Skills among Special Children
2013-03-22
We achieve our greatest happiness when we realize ourselves through others. On the 22nd of March 2013, social skills activities were conducted for the special children. Our young stars tried their hands on paper cutting and pasting, made structures with the use of blocks and danced to the tunes of some latest peppy numbers. This proved to be a great activity learning session for the children.

First Day in School for Students - Snapshots
2013-03-11
After a very long break, the young buds of Delhi Public School attended the School with fresh and eager enthusiasm in their new classes with all their winter assignments done neatly.

Junior Golf Event for DPS Students @Cheshmashahi, Srinagar
2012-12-17
One-day Golf training programme was held for teaching of the Golf to the Students of DPS, Srinagar at Golf Club, Cheshmashahi, Srinagar on 22nd of October, 2012. The young Students were very excited and enthusiastic to learn Golf.

Tiny-Tots Buds Entertained by the Teachers on Children's Day Assembly
2012-11-16
The children of Tiny-tots were entertained by the mind-blowing performances by the Teachers on the Auspicious Occasion of Children’s Day on 16th of Nov. 2012. Miss. Rehana, the Home-room of Class L.K.G (H) anchored the Assembly. The Assembly started with the friendly Speeches by Miss Rehana and Mrs. Aasifa. This was followed by a beautiful song by a group of teachers from Tiny-Tots. The kids joined the song by clapping hard and fast and singing loudly with their teachers. The next performance was a puppet show by a few teachers in which the puppets sang Kashmiri and Hindi Songs. The puppets also asked the kids about the Children’s Day and Chacha Nehru. The students answered the questions in some funny lines like Habeel answered “We celebrate the day because we are happy.” and so on. The puppets explained the reason of celebrating the day. The puppets and the kids wished each other “Happy Children’s Day” and the kids in the end promised the eldest of the puppets (Daddu) that in future, they will always live with love with their parents, teachers and class-fellows. The children enjoyed a lot as it was their favorite show.
The Assembly concluded with a melodious Riddle-song (Ichak Daana, Beechak Daana) by a group of teachers and the children went on answering the riddles in between the song.
Overall, it was an awesome Assembly which once again reminded the kids how much they are loved by their teachers.

Students enthralled by the Sensational voice of Mr. Waheed Jeelani
2012-11-15
On the auspicious occasion of Children’s Day , the acres of Delhi Public School, Srinagar were visited by the Wonderful artist, typically renowned as the Voice of Kashmir, Mr. Waheed Jeelani. The Guest visit was arranged by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
The programme started with a beautiful song sung by the group of Students of DPS, Srinagar which was immediately followed by a beautiful ghazal by Yamin.
Mr. Waheed Jeelani was then handed over the stage along with a group of renowned musicians and artists from the Valley and an appreciating and inspirational speech from his side was followed by his stage singing performances. Mr. Jeelani initiated his performances with a melodious Kashmiri song. This was followed by an unending list of song-requests by the students which Mr. Jeelani fulfilled with his mesmerizing voice.
After his performances, a few students sang some Ghazals and were all highly appreciated by the great personality.
In the end, Mr. Ayaz Rasool Nazki, Regional Director of ICCR gave and inspirational speech expressing a combination of joy and astonishment on the talent of the Students if the School in the fields of Art and Music. Mr. Nazki also expressed his view of facilitating the Students of DPS, Srinagar to be trained in Art, Drama, Theatre, and Music in different parts of the World.
At the end, the student-performers were awarded with books by Mr. Nazki on behalf of ICCR.
Mr Nazki and Mr. Waheed Jeelani also visited the Art rooms and Music rooms of the School and highly appreciated the School for the way it is grooming the young buds in the fields of art and music.

Diwali Celebrations By Young DIPSITES
2012-11-12
The Special Diwali Assembly was held by the Middle wing of DPS, Srinagar on Nov. 12, 2012, which was hosted by the students of Class IV. The Assembly was initiated by lighting of Deep by Ms Yusra, the Incharge of the Middle Wing.
The young Anchors of the Assembly were Ahmad and Mirrali of Class IV. The programme started with the Bhajan by a group of students of 4th Standard. After the Ram Bhajan, the light was shed on Dipawali by Kushi of Class IV. A Hindi poem related to Diwali, the Festival of Lights, was recited by Fatima. The melodious Diwali Song was followed by the foot-tapping Dance performance by a group of Students of Class IV.
The Assembly was concluded by the Address of Mr. Vijay Dhar and his interaction with the students about the festival of lights. Mr. Dhar wished all the students and the staff “Happy Diwali”.

Give thanks to Allah for the Moon and the Stars
2012-10-26
To commemorate the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the students of Grade III presented a show enlightening the students about the spirit behind the festival. The Programme was anchored by Azif and Arya of Grade III. A refreshing thought was shared by Asra. Naqia and Aisha recited poems on this festival. Usman, Sufhan and Safeena spoke on Eid-ul-Azha (‘Festival of Sacrifice’), which remembers the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to. This was followed by soothing Urdu and Kashmiri chorus comprising of the primary students. Kashmiri Rouf was the main attraction of the event. The Principal addressed the students accentuating the fact that most religious perpetuate similar tenets and wished”Eid Mubarak” to all.

Bal Mela - A Mega event hosted by our young stars
2012-10-20
DIPSITES were awaiting the arrival of Bal Mela morning with abated breath. On the 20th of Oct., 2012, fun, fiesta and frolic unveiled at the lush green lawns of DPS, Srinagar. The highlights of the event were the Art exhibition, put up in the indoor stadium where the paintings where the paintings made by the students of DPS and by other professionals were displayed and the Rock Band of the School that enthralled the audience with some foot tapping numbers. Apart from this, the fun area with swings, slides and rides was the main attraction for kids. There were different eats to tantalize the taste buds right from Kababas to Biryani and Momos to Fish rolls, name a delicacy and it was there. The students had even put up many stalls for games which included “light the candle”, “coin in the bucket”, “ring game”, “PSP”, “shooting” and lot more. The fete was a successful show and it was a day full of fun for the grandparents, parents, students and the staff as well. The parent community congratulated the staff and students for this startling effort and the hard work they had put in.
