Workshop on Logical Thinking

G G International School is a pioneer institute in the field of innovative and quality education. Through various activities, talks, discussions and visiting lecturers; it believes in enlivening its students’ personality holistically through multiple grooming tools leading to the ultimate goal of being confident individuals and finally playing a key role in nation building.

A workshop for class XI and XII was organized on 25^th Oct 13 Friday by Ms. Fehmida, who explained in a very appropriate manner, to what logical thinking means. She said that logical thinking helps one to discern the truth, solve problems, and make good decisions -- unless one’s logic is flawed. She gave a few principles that would help to ensure correct reasoning and an understanding premise.

She elucidated that logical thinking was the ability to solve problems and make smart decisions. This was done through multiple exercises to sharpen the brain through activities like solving puzzles, jigsaws, kakuro, Sudoku, Alpha triangle, Mensa puzzles etc. She further added that if one had to be a logical thinker, it would be lucrative to frequently play with puzzles such as Rubik cube, Neocube, Word Search etc...

The students were divided into two groups and exposed to many puzzles with guidance how to discern the correct answer from an incorrect one. This was very ingeniously solved by them. The speakers also guided the student community regarding the use of non verbal communication skill and drilled them with the confidence to communicate.

The students returned enriched with the tools of logical reasoning and thinking. They thanked the management for organizing such innovative workshops which would help them in grooming their personality and the ability to reason in a decisive situation.

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SAHODAYA ARTICLE

Dear Friends,                                                                                                                           

Greetings from GG International School on the auspicious occasion of Karwa Chauth and Eid!

 We at GGIS take this opportunity to welcome you to our family! Since the last seven years the Gyan Ganga Foundation has strived to achieve academic excellence and today, we can proudly claim to have moved in that direction by leaps and bounds!

Our parents have been supportive right through and have been our pillars of strength in the past five years. As a team of a 100-strong staff, we have taken every care to ensure every ward’s needs and our system of constant feedback keeps us abreast of any issues that are ailing our talented students!

Parents, students and teachers have appreciated our well-known zero-period, structured sports training, outings, Clubs, CCE activities, Saturday activities and other highlights like the Educomp smart class and Gandhi Centre activities to a great extent and have shown tremendous faith in the vision of the school Management!

GGIS students have had the pleasure of interacting with social workers, artists, actors, editors, ministers, sports personalities and other social figures that have contributed in making a change in our society.

The school boasts of:

• Trophies and victories in Skating where our students represented India at the zonal, national and international level!
• GGIS has hosted several inter-school matches and tournament and also won laurels in Football, Taekwondo, Music Competitions, Inter-school events and so on.
• Several medals and public attention in the field of Table Tennis and Tennis have been our hallmark last year as well!

 We’re proud to inform you that GGIS was visited by the Hon’ble Chairman, Education Department, PCMC and he has recorded his appreciation of the school’s endeavour in achieving excellence in various departments.

 The school’s dedication is more than evident with its ‘Wall of Trophies’ which is home to several burnishing laurels that represent the talent that is honed within this campus!

 With a limited seating of 40 seats, it makes monitoring easier and the ‘individual attention’ that has been long lost, is very much possible in this camera-monitored campus!

 We welcome you to visit our school on week days between 9:00 am – 1 pm at your convenience and interact with our team. Should you be keen to enroll, it would be advisable to do so for the forthcoming year 2014-15 as early as possible to ensure a place in the child-centric setup we have.

 Admissions commence on the 11th of November 2013 and as always, we believe that all students are welcome, without distinction or discrimination!

 We will be most comfortable in filling the vacant seats with students of your recommendation! You are a member of the GGIS family and we trust that you will suggest only the best of families to study, grow and develop with your own child!

We look forward to a relationship of trust and dedication with you and look forward to having you on our team in the years to come!

 Best wishes for the coming Diwali and the year ahead,

 Yours truly,

Director, Principal and the GGIS Team

Lantern Making Competition at GG International School

As the students eagerly await the Indian festival of lights, “Deepawali”, an Inter house Lantern Making Competition was organised at GG International School for classes III to V on 19 October 2013.  All the students participated in the competition zealously.

The competition was held in their respective classes. Students got their material and crafted beautiful lanterns using various techniques of folding and cutting paper. They later enlivened the lanterns with lights and colourful embellishments. It was a visual treat to see the children giving wings to their imagination.

The house teachers selected one entry from each house per section from each of the classes and put the creative work of the students on display for the final judgement.  The criteria for the judgement were design, creativity, materials used, effect of lighting and overall effect. The competition was adjudged by a parent- judge Mrs Anju Mittal and the Art teacher Mr Rajesh Deshmukh. They appreciated the efforts put in by the children. Mrs. Anju Mittal commented, “Children have been very creative and have put in a lot of hard work. They have maintained the spirit of Diwali and have showcased their talents.”

                                        

The participants from Class III, Agrima Panwar from Eklavya House stood first; Bhumi Pandhare from Abhimanyu House and Atharva Chikhaliker from Dhruv House were the 1^st and 2^nd runners up respectively.

The participants from Class IV, Anukriti Khanna from Sharvan House stood first; Himanshu Jindal from Abhimanyu House and Ritesh Deshmukh from Dhruv House won the 1^st and 2^nd runners up  position respectively.

The participants from Class V, Urmi Gopalakrishna from Dhruv stood first; Arushi Gaur from Abhimanyu House was the 1^st runners up and Samruddhi Khanvilkar Eklavya House was the 2^rd runners up.

It was yet another fun filled day for the students at GG International School!

                                                                                                            Poonam Jotwa

Atmaraksha Workshop at GG International School

‘The correct rhythm not only gives you maximum power, it helps you conserve energy so you know when to use force and when not to.’

                                       

Empowering the students with the tools of Self Defence and confidence has been the prerogative of G G International School.

With the changing times and social conditions it becomes mandatory to be aware of the simple techniques of Self Defence therefore GGIS in collaboration with Times NIE arranged a workshop on Atmaraksha (Self Defence) on 14^th and 15^th Oct 13. This workshop specially focused upon the 13 to 15 years age group (Classes VIII to X).
                                

In a duration of nearly 1 ½ hr the guest speaker, Mr. Tanmoy Bandipadhyay, discussed and enumerated upon the behaviour when stuck in critical conditions. It basically highlighted a point across that an alert and quick thinking mind is able to avert many problems at the grass root level.

                                 

The workshop taught the girls and boys to defend themselves from untoward incidents at public places or even inside their homes through simple yet effective  techniques, like- AFLOAT an acronym which stands for

A- Apprise & assess your behaviour

F- Forget about it/Ignore the person

L- Leave the situation/ walk away

A- Openly express yourself

T- Tell someone

He also removed the most popular misconception that Self Defence means a kick to the groin or a fist in the eyes of an attacker. But the actual terms Self Defence is doing everything possible to avoid fighting someone who threatens or attacks.

Speaking further the guest said that, self-defence is all about using one’s head and not just the fists. This education has no or very minimal requirements. It does not matter whether one has any previous experience or not. It is just Practical and Simple life saving skill and techniques with minimal commitment.

The students had a very interactive session with the speaker and went back more informed and alert for the future.

Class Presentation in GG International School

“Determination is the wake-up call to the human will”

A Class Presentation was witnessed by the parents of Class IV C at GG International School on the topic of ‘Value of Determination’. The children presented two skits, which displayed their oratory and dramatic skills with proper voice modulation. They also presented two songs and a dance which brought about the multiple skills in them.



                             



The objective was to bring about an all- round development in the child- to make him more confident,to develop leadership skills,cooperativeness and team spirit, to make him free from stage fear,encourage optimism and to inculcate different values.



                                    


The class teacher thanked the Director, Principal and Vice-Principal for providing the platform and exposure not only to the children but also to the teachers for making them think out of the box,to enable them to come out of the routine academics,to better understand their children and relate.


Parent’s feedback of the Presentation: Mr Shelar mentioned that the theme was nice and only determined minds can reach the top. Another parent Mr N. Shankar appreciated the efforts of the school and the children and said that it was a well-planned and well-conceived program. Mr R.Suryavanshi mentioned that the topic will help to bring a positive change in the children.

Thanks.
Class Teacher.