Second Tibetan and English Essay Contest held
15-06- '08
The second inter-House Tibetan and English Essay contest was held on 15th of this month. Again, like the previous essay contest, there were ten students each from the four different houses. This time, the Tibetan essay was held among the junior classes comprising class of class VII and below and the English essay was held among the senior classes comprising of class VIII and above. The results of the contest will be soon out and till then keep your fingers crossed.
Gmeiner Cake Tournament Kicks out
16-06- '08
Every year there is a Football Tournament in the name of the late founder of SOS, Mr. Herman Gmeiner and this tournament is widely known among the TCV Schools as Gmeiner Cake tournament. Our school had already begun tournament on Monday, the 16th June and the final will be played on the SOS Day, i.e. the birthday of Herman Gmeiner. There were both boys and Girls team. Keeping in mind the few days and the number of teams, the school PET had already decided to have knock-out system. And every day, two games were arranged. Each and every tournament was drawing huge number of spectators every day. Some of the tournaments had to be played in the rain. There were two staff teams also. Out of the two staff teams, the staff team A got through the semi-final. Till now nobody could say anything as to who would finally taste the actual cake, as each team was better than the other.
2nd PTA Meeting went successfully
17-06- '08
PTA, Parent Teachers' Association plays very important role in knowing one's student properly by both the parents ( real as well as foster ) as well as the teachers. PTA has been and will remain a very important body not only in our schools but also in all other schools. Its been so many years, our school had also given birth to this association and every year chair person and members are elected. And PTA meet every term wise. The first meeting was held on Parent's Day this year. So, the second PTA meeting was arranged by the president and the Secretary Mr. Nyima Tsering la and Mrs. Tseten Youdon la respectively, in the senior school hall. The main purpose of having this meeting was, to know the students well by both the parents as well as the teachers. During the meeting, the home parents, the concerned class teachers and staff members who had their school-going children. There were chairs on which the names of the concerned class teachers were written and the parents came and discussed with the teachers of their children. There was a free flow discussion among the teachers and parents, over each child's academic as well as social relation performance. The children's academic performance was based on the results of the first term, that was brought by the teachers and the parents shared the children's behavior at homes. There were good refreshments arranged by the PTA members. It went very well as expected.
Class III and IV English Quiz Contest
19-06- '08
Class III and IV English quiz was held on 19th June in Junior school hall. There were total of twelve students, two each from the above classes. The quiz mistress, Gyen Tseten Youdon la, had come up with a very beautiful decoration. There were four rounds on which questions were asked, and they were Homophones, Jumbled Sentences, General usage and Spelling. And each of these rounds were presented by different teachers. The quiz was witnessed by the Principal of TCV T.T.C. Mrs. Pema Yangdon, her colleagues and both the staff and students of Junior section. The quiz was well liked both by the participants, as well as the members on the floor. The quiz came to an end with a tie between class IIID and IVD. The tie was finally broken with a small activity, in which the two classes were asked to make-up their partners. From this, class IV D came first followed by class IIID. The quiz mistress called upon Mrs. Pema Yangdon la finally to give away the prizes.
SOS DAY CELEBRATED
23-06- '08
Every year in all the SOS villages, 23rd June is celebrated as SOS Day, to mark the Birthday of Dr. Hermann Gmeiner, who was the founder of SOS International. The day is given lots of importance in TCV Schools. Here in our school, the celebration began with a Function in the morning where the school Director gave talk. After the function, there were series of programmes one after another. In the morning session there was a Painting competition in the Junior school Hall. The Painting was open for all and the result would be coming in a couple of days.
Final Football Match :
First of all, the final football match was played. Among the girls' team, it was between the Class X girls and Nyatri House girls. Among the boys' team, it was between the staff team A versus Home no. 16 boys. Both these matches drew good number of crowds. Through out the two matches, the weather was also in favour as it didn't rain at all.
In the First match i.e. between Class X girls and Nyatri house girls, it was 0-0 draw till a few minutes before the final whistle of the referee. But just at the eleventh hour, Class X girls got one penalty kick luckily. And that was the deciding point. Nyatri house girls really got disappointed for not being able to defend properly at the last minute.
As far as the match between staff team A and home 16 boys was concerned, it was really the center of attraction. Home no. 16 boys gave a very good start and the first goal came too soon. Both the teams were playing very well and were able to retain the attention of thee spectators. But towards the half time, the score was 3: 1 and the staff team was losing. Nevertheless, the staff team A played really cool and luckily towards the end of the match, Mr. Ngawang Tseten la shot the equalizing goal and it was draw 3-3. Finally the match was decided by a penalty kick and in this, the staff Team A came out as a strong winner. At the end of the Game, the long awaited Gmeiner Cake was given to the winning teams by the School Director.
Senior Tibetan Poetry Recitation :
In the evening, in Senior Hall, there was Poetry Recitation by the students of class X and below. This Poetry Recitation was organized by the Joint effort of the School Monitors and Students' Tibetan Department. There were participants from various classes and they recited the common poem given by the organizer days ahead. The students were judged by three panel of jurists. The hall wore a very appealing look with various decorations. The final prizes were given by the school Director, Mr Ngodup Wangdue la, who thanked the organizer for this kind of innovative ideas in order to develop interest and to give platform for the children to show their eloquence. The show came to an end with a big round of applause by thee audience.
Primary Children's Show :
While in the Junior school hall, the lowest class i.e. the stage children along with class I and O/C classes were having their Tibetan and English song Presentation. This event was in fact the long awaited night not only for the small children themselves but also for the concerned parents. The Presentation was host by the Junior school Assistant Head master, Gyen Tsering Ngodup la. Apart from the presentation, the concerned teachers had decorated the hall very beautifully with pictures, words, balloons and what's not. The children came one after another, all excited with pure look of satisfaction and ecstasy. Though the presentation lasted for few minutes, yet the they had left the whole audience carried away by their marvelous presentation and ever present innocent behavior., At the end, the programme host called upon the Junior Religious teacher to give away the presents to all the classes who had presented their songs. "It was really nice and wished it would be little bit longer" every body exclaimed.
With this, the event packed SOS Day came to an end with a song in the heart of everybody. It has in fact become a day to remember for every one big and small.
English Quiz Contest Senior Section
28th June '08
The Arts Department of Senior Section had their first Inter class English Quiz in the school hall, on the Saturday night of 28th June. The quiz was, as usual very beautiful with the blend of Computer sills by our computer teachers. The quiz was held among the classes below 7. Every time there was a quiz, the groups were given various names of great persons, animals or things. But, this time the classes or participants were given the names of various NGOs that we have le TCHRD, FOT, TWA, TYC, NDPT, SFT, ICT etc. The quiz was well anchored by Miss Tenzin Lhakyi la, an English teacher. As usual, there were 7 rounds namely Games and Sports, General knowledge, Spelling, grammar Usage, Buzzer round, Audio visual and Rapid Fire. Both the participants as well as the audience, enjoyed the quiz thoroughly because t covered almost all the topics. Every time such educational activities are conducted, the organizers always come up with new ideas, so that students on the floor can learn something new. So, this time they were made familiar with all the NGOs that we have and their respective Presidents. Since all the events have ending, so the Quiz also came to an end. Finally, the school Director was called upon to give away the prizes.
Inter class English Elocution
29th June '08
The First Inter Class English Elocution was held in the school hall by the Students' English Department, with the ever helping hand of the school Captains and prefects. The Elocution was held among the students of all the classes, with exception of class X and VIII. The Students' English Departments, like the students' Tibetan Department and other Departments, come up with various programmes to provide platform as well as, to make the students active and occupied always. This time, they had come up with such a nice English Elocution. There were 16 students participating from the above mentioned classes. The participants presented their pieces one after another, as the host Master Kirti Kyab called them. There were as usual four rounds, like Poetry Speech Drama Optional. The Participants presented their pieces properly in fact, one better than the other. Along with the actual contest, the organizers had arranged one beautiful song in between the rounds to cheer the audiences as well ass the participants. The song was also nice and appreciated highly by all. During the calculation of the marks by the scorer, the members on the floor made the best use of the opportunity and presented their own pieces. The contest lasted for almost two hours but nobody felt how it passed so fast! In the end, the chairperson announced results and prizes were given and the beautiful Elocution came to an end.