The students of Std 9, as part of their team effort prepared Vegetable salad, Fruit Salad and Food without fire items. One session which went down well!

The students of Classes 3, 5, 7 and 9 will participate in a competitive exam being conducted by Edu-Ignite.

This test is being conducted for all the students in the above mentioned classes across all the Millennium group of Schools.

An analysis will be done at the end of the Exam to see how the children have fared in comparison to the other Millennium Schools.

We wish the children from these classes taking this exam which is being done as a pilot batch.

The students of Std X who are to appear for the X Std Board Exam will be given blessings by Padmashree Dr Mrs. Y G Parthasarathy on Monday, 15th February at 12noon at the Porur Campus.

A short and simple Candle Lighting Ceremony will be held to symbolise the gift of knowledge from the teachers to the students leading them from darkness to light, from ignorance to knowledge and from the unknown to the known.

All Staff members handling Std X will also be present for the occasion.

The Students of Std 9 put up an entertainment program for the senior students as they bid farewell to Std X.

A small buffet lunch will also be served to the students of Std IX and X and the teachers handling the classes.

UAA proudly present Shri Y Gee Mahendraa in and as Swadeshi Iyer.

This play is a must for the present generation. The play begins at 6:00pm and will be staged at the Bharatiya Kalaikoodam at the GST Campus.

All are welcome.

Skill Based Competition

Programmes to be conducted by the "MANDRAM" to nurture Tamil-language skills:

Date: Last Week of January.

Venue: School Premises

CLASS & TOPIC

Level 1:  IV & V

              Class IV-Thirukkural recitation (30 couplets)

                          1. Kadavul Vazhthu

                          2. Vaan Sirappu

                          3. Neethar Perumai

              Class V-Thirukkural recitation (30 couplets with meaning)

                          1. Anbudaimai

                          2. Virundombal

                          3. Iniyavai Kooral

    2.  Level 2:  VI & VII-  Story narration

                                   Recite a Kural and narrate a story related to the Kural.

                                   Duration: 3 Mins

    3.  Level 2:  VIII & IX- Skit

                                   Skit based on Kural has to be performed by group of students which is written by staff.Best two teams will be declared winners.

Judges  : TAMIL ARDENT CLUB MEMBERS

                Thanking You

By

The Solar Chess Club of the Dharmakesari Solar KS Subramaniya Iyer Trust (Affliated to the Chennai District Chess Association) Invites you to the 16th Open Chess Tournament for School Boys and Girls Under 8, 10, 12, 14, 18 tobe held on 23rd and 24th January 2010 at The PSBB Sr Sec School, KK Nagar, Chennai.

Time : 10:30 am.

Entry fee is Rs 150/ per player in the form of a DD in favour of D.S.K.S.S.I TRUST .

Last date of entry is 21-01-2010.

Spot entries allowed on payment of late fees of Rs 100/.

Interested students may collect forms from Mrs Revathy at the front office.

The completed forms along with DD is to be sent to :

The Secretary  Dr Mrs Chandra Ramani,

Dharma Kesari Solar KS Subramaniya Iyer Trust,

34, South Mada Street, Mylapore, Chennai -600004.

Tel : 24643024/ 42347777

Janani Jagat Karani - Dance Ballet to be staged as the 3rd day finale to the Thai Vizha.

Dance ballet will begin at 6:00pm.

3rd day of Thai Vizha being celebrated at the GST Road Campus Bharatiya Kalaikoodam under the aupicies of Bharatiya Sanskriti - the Cultural Wing of the School.

Youngsters get together to create music of another kind!

Fusion music by the young troupe Lynx at 6:00pm on 16th January 2010.

2nd day of Thai Vizha being celebrated at the GST Road Campus Bharatiya Kalaikoodam under the aupicies of Bharatiya Sanskriti - the Cultural Wing of the School.

The students of the PSBB Millennium School will render compositions of Saint Thyagaraja in an evening concert at 6:00pm on Friday, 15th January 2010 as part of the 3 day Thai Vizha Festival.

Parents who are in the field of music and would like to be part of the evening are requested to contact the school on the 4th of January 2010.

1st day of the Thai Vizha being celebrated at the GST Road Campus Bharatiya Kalaikoodam under the aupicies of Bharatiya Sanskriti - the Cultural Wing of the School.

Pongal will be celebrated the traditional way with stalls, cowsheds, 'pongal paanai', karumbu, traditional kolam and rides and balloons!

GST Road Campus gears up for the Pongal Celebrations in style!

The students of Std 4 to 8 will celebrate Christmas and sing carols and stage a play.

There will be merry making as they wait for Santa to make his presence felt!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Tis the season to be jolly!!

Chirstmas Celebrations to happen in GST Campus on MOnday 21st December at 9:00am.

Watch out for Santa!! :)

All Staff members will assemble at the Seminar Hall in Porur to attend the meeting being presided by the Trustee and  President of The PSBB Millennium Group of Schools and Millennium Schols - Mr Sharad Agarwal.

Mr Sharad Agarwal will address the Staff members and congratulate them on the recommendation for being awarded the ISO 9001:2008 Certification.

This will be followed with a High Tea for all Staff members and Helpers.

ISO Audit by Intertek on Tuesday 8th December 2009.

Closing meeting at 1:00pm.

All Staff members to attend.

All Staff members will assemble at the Seminar Hall at the Porur Campus for the Pre-External ISO Audit Workshop.

Timings 9:00am to 1:00pm.

Shuttle service available from the GST Road Campus at 8:00am.

The students of Std 4 and 5 were taken for the School Educational Project hosted by the Primary Students of the KK Nagar branch.

They enjoyed their trip and came back with a plethora of information.

The famous Quiz Master Mr Giri Balasubramaniam and founder of GAP visited the Porur Campus on Tuesday, 24th November and conducted a 1 hour session for the Staff members on how to make quizzing an interesting proposition.  He gave the teachers numerous ideas and encouraged them to help the students form Quiz Clubs in the School.

He also addressed the students who had participated in the recently conducted TCS Quiz and gave them tips on how to do smart and safe quizzing.

Please Note the announcement regarding Chess Tournament to be held immediately after the Pongal Holidays

Date        : 16.01.2010 & 17.01.2010   Saturday &   Sunday

Time        :  10 am to 6 pm.

Venue      : Rock & Rock
                   No.83,Arcot Road,Porur,
                   Chennai - 600 116
                   (Near Grand residence hotel)



Prizes:

Under - 8 , First 5 Places Shield Trophies & Medals.
Under - 12, First 5 places Shield Trophies & Medals.
Under - 16, First 5 places Shield Trophies & Medals.
College - First 5 places Shield Trophies & Medals.
Open  -   1st place   - Rs.1000/-
               2nd place  - Rs.  500/-
               3rd place -   Rs.  300/-
               4th place -   Rs.  200/-
               5th place -   Rs.  100/-


Last date of entry  :  13.01.2010

Participating Certificates to all.

Players have to bring their Own Chess Sets & Timers.

The TCS IT WIZ QUIZ will take place on Thursday, Nov 26th at the venue of The Music Academy, TTK Road, Mylapore.

The school will be sending18 teams from std 8, 9 and 10 . These teams have been finalised after a preliminary selection round conducted in the school.

Wishing all the participating students all the best!!

We are proud to state that The PSBB Millennium School, Porur Branch has been selected as the only school from India to participate in an International Online Quiz organized by the Israel Center of Excellence.

(For more details about the Israel Center for Excellence log on to : www.excellence.org.il/eng/Index.asp?CategoryID=22&ArticleID=53)

Around 10-16 classes worldwide will be participating in this quiz and the activity will be coordinated by the center in Israel.  Out of these about 4 to 5 Schools are from the USA. Most of the other Schools are from the country of origin – Israel.

The PSBB Millennium School is the only School being given this wonderful opportunity to participate from India.

The activity is a synchronized quiz, conducted online through "Interwise", a unique technology for online learning.  The subject of the quiz will be 7th Standard Science. 

The activity will take place on November 19th 2009 between 20:30 and 22:30 Indian Standard Time. 

The students will answer live through Internet, the questions being posed to them in the Quiz ( to the participating Schools.) This will be conducted live from the Computer Center at the Porur Campus.

20 students across the 5 sections of Std 7 have been selected after a preliminary round, to represent the School and the country to participate in this quiz.

Do join us in wishing these children the very best!!

The following Teams have been shortlisted to enter in to the Sudoku Competition on Nov 7th 2009, to be held at the venue of :

Thje World of Titan,

Purasawalkam.

TEAM A: 

ARSH RAINA -- X B

MANISH KUMAR -- IX C

SREEJITH SRIKRISHNAN -- IX A

ASHWIN ANAND -- X B

TEAM B

SANDEEP KUMAR S -- IX C

GIRI R -- IX A

HARI ANIRUDH S -- X B

SREEVATSAN B -- IX C

All the best to the participants !!

An educational field trip to the CPR Environment Education Centre is scheduled on 29th Oct for Std 9 and 6th Nov for Std 8.

The children shall leave from the school at 8:30 am and shall return within the school working hours.

The students of Std 9 and 10 will have an activity filled Wednesday today.

Apart from the Patti Manram in Tamil, they will also have the debate in English.

A radio talk show prepared by the Students of Std 9 will also be aired.

Students across Std 10 have put together a consumer forum and will be sharing their views based on the interviews conducted.

The Students of Std 9 and 10 will meet to debate on the given topic - BOARD EXAMS  - A BOON OR A BANE.

This will be part of the debating club activities.

The Tamil debate will finally be held on Wednesday, 28th October on the given topic -

'PERUVADHAI KAATILUM THARUVADHEY SIRANDHADHU'

Students from Std 9 and 10 will participate in this debate.

The Staff of the School will be taken through a course on the SCI Principles and Assertive Discipline.

Timing: 9:00 to 1:00pm.

This will be conducted by the resource person, Mrs Chandra Nagarajan - Vice Principal - PSBB School T Nagar.

An educational field trip for classes 6 and 7 is being organised to  visit  "Hatsun Industries", the maker of Arun Icecreams, Arokya Milk and other dairy products.

The visits are scheduled for The Icecream and Milk Factories. The student reporters shall have their reports on the visit uploaded on Planet vidya soon.

The students of Std 6 and 7 wil be taken on a field trip to visit Hatsun Industries Milk and Ice cream factory.

Since there is a restriction on the number of people who can go in they will be sent in batches of 60.

All the students across the level will get to see the process in place.

2 Staff members from GST Road and Porur were sent for a workshop conducted by Scholastic on Grammar Learning made easy.

It was a highly interactive session giving the teachers more ideas about how to make the classes more interesting.

Diwali and its significance will be brought out by the students of the Primary and Nursery Section on Thursday, 15th October '09.

A skit, a dance and a talk is planned.

Workshop on ‘Our Heroes’

A workshop was conducted by  ‘Amar  Chithra  Katha’ on 13^th October 2009 at The PSBB Millennium school.

The team of experts Miss. Shobana and Mr. Jose conducted the workshop. They helped the children to explore the qualities and core values of the heroes such as Raiza Sultan, Ashoka, Rabindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru and Bhagat Singh.

The session was very interesting and interactive .Audio visuals presentation and dramatization were the different methods used.

Every child received a worksheet on the hero along with an entry form to the ACK and Asian paints, a contest form and a pamphlet.

There were 400 children from 4^th and 5^th standard who participated.

The session was interactive and children participated with great interest and enthusiasm.   

3 participants from the School will participate in the under 8 and under 10 category of the CBSE South Zone Roller Skating meet to be held in Chennai.

This will be held over 2 days - 12th and 13th of October.

An Orientation Program on the Interactive School Website and its effective use was conducted for the parents who had signed up for the same.

The workshop was held in the GST Road Campus on Saturday, 10th October '09.

Gita Chanting Competition will be held for the children who have signed up for the Chinmaya Mission Gita Chanting Competition.

Classes 4 to 9 will have their first round of elimination and winners will be selected to represent the School.

Gita Chanting Competition will be held for the children who have signed up for the Chinmaya Mission Gita Chanting Competition.

Classes UKG to Std 3 will have their first round of elimination and winners will be selected to represent the School.

The School Football team participated in a Club tournament conducted by the Panir Selvam Nagar and won the Under 14 championship beating Pon Vidyashram!

The School team was divided into 2 teams.

The other team drew even with the Panir Selvam Group under 14.

The students of LKG remembered the leaders who fought for our freedom and other great Indian leaders when a select group of children across LKG came dressed as these leaders.

Students of Std 1 drew Bapuji in various hues and representations.

Crazy Mohan's 'Chocolate Krishna' to be staged on the 3rd and Final day of the Festival to mark the 1st Anniversary Celebrations of Bharatiya Sanskriti.

Play will begin at 6:00pm.

All are welcome.

Mr Surya Prakash and accompanying artistes will traverse the length of carnatic music and its influence on cine music.

An evening of melodious harmony between carnatic and music from films.

Program begins at 8:00pm.

All are welcome.

On the occasion of the 1st Anniversary of Bharatiya Sanskriti a 3 day festival is being organsied.

Monday evening 6:00pm is a Bharatanatyam Dance recital by Ms. Amrithavarshini and Ms Sukanya Kaur, students of Smt. Urmila Sathyanarayana.

All are welcome.

Students have put their heart and soul in an entertainment program which was to have been held on 4th September in connection with Teacher's Day Celebrations.

This entertainment Program will now be held on Thursday, 17th September '09, last working day for the I term after the Cycle test and Quarterly Exam.

The traditional Garba will be danced during the Dandia Raas evening on Thursday, 17th September 2009.

Students from Std VII to X are invited for this program.

All Staff members are most welcome!

For the benefit of the newly inducted teachers and as a recap for the senior teachers, Saturday, 12th September will be effectively used for the clear cut analysis and working with the Marks register, consolidated sheets, writing of remarks of the students.

This will be held at the GST Road Campus between 9:00am and 1:00pm for all the 3 branches.

The role of a Guru is a very important one in the lives of disciples. A Guru, is not only a proverbial friend, philosopher and guide, but also the parent, worthy of worship. Even the Hindu scriptures accord the Guru an exalted status, considering them the equivalent of God. This is encapsulated in the Sanskrit sloka,

//Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnur Gurur Devo Maheswaraha
Gurus Sakshat Parabrahma Tasmai Srigurave Namaha//

It was an evening that highlighted this very theme, from none other than our own Guru and chief mentor, Mrs.YGP

Here is an attempt to encapsulate the learning provided by Mrs. YGP:

Indian culture provides rich ethos and values. We as teachers embody them and live as an example to our students. Globalization brings about a positive change through technological advances, but at the same time one should remember to retain the strong roots that are foundational to our behaviour.

Values based leadership, is about walking the talk and being the change that we would like to see in our students. We as teachers have been empowered by millions of parents to just be that kind of source of enlightenment and inspiration.

Learning transcends boundaries of classroom teaching, and also includes avenues for active learning through methods such as analogies, creative references. Pedagogy, being an art and science, requires teachers to create an environment that supports bi-directional interactions and catch the students doing right things.

It was an inspiration that each of the teachers derived from our beacon of light, by the continuous interaction and motivation that Mrs. YGP offers each time every time. We look forward to more of such interactions and wish her very best in forthcoming visit to the US.  

Mrs Sheela Rajendra, Vice Principal and Correspondent PSBB Group of Schools also greeted the teachers on the occasion and said that Mrs. YGP was a legend in herself and all that she had achieved and how that was so much we had to learn from her. 

A week from Teacher’s Day, we couldn’t be reminded better of the critical role we play and receive crux of an extremely successful teacher’s experience.

The evening ended with light refreshments and a small gift being given to each teacher wishing them great times ahead.

As reported by Mrs.   Amita Singh – English Department

Dr. Mrs Y G Parthasarathy - Dean and Director of the PSBB Group of Schools and Mrs Sheela Rajendra - Vice Principal and Coresspondent for the PSBB group of Schools met the Staff members of all the 3 branches (GST Road, Porur and OMR) at the GST Road campus today to meet and greet the teachers in advance for Teacher's Day.

In service training for all the teachers at the various levels.

In a unique Vocal Concert rendition of Carnatic Music, the audience will be treated to a melifluous evening when the stage will be taken by 3 people belonging to 3 generations!!

Mrs Jayalakshmi Santham will be accompanied by her daughter Mrs Sheela Rajendra and granddaughter Ms. Samyuktha Rajendra on Saturday 8th August 2009 at 6:00pm at the Bharatiya Kalaikoodam under the auspicies of Bharatiya Sanskriti.

All are welcome.

Students who qualify for the following:

SUBJECT TOPPER AWARD

FULL ATTENDANCE AWARD &

GOOD CONDUCT AWARD will be given the certificate of medal and the cup on Staurday 8th August, 5:00pm at the GST Road Campus.

The list of the meritorious students has been uploaded on the News and Events --> Prize winners Page link .

Intimation will also be given by the present Class Teacher of the same.

Parents and well wishers are most welcome!

UAA and Mr Y G Mahendra will stage the very famous play - Vietnam Veedu as the first cultural program for the academic year 2009-10 as part of the Bharatiya Sanskriti Program.

The show will begin at 6:30pm.

All are welcome.

Taking the In-service Training further, a workshop on Lateral Thinking will be conducted by Mr Krishna on Saturday - 18th July 2009.

The session begins at 9:00am at the GST Road Campus.

As part of the field trip for the I Term, the Students of Std 4 to 9 will be taken for a Magic Show by P C Sorcar on Wednesday, 15th July '09, to the Kalaivanar Arangam.

The special show being organised for the students will begin at 11:00 and end by 1:00pm The Students will be taken by the School Transportation.

The School Annual Day Celebrations will be held at the Kamaraj Memorial Hall at Teynampet, Mount Road on Friday - 3rd July 2009.

2 shows will be held to help accomodate the students and parents  of all the branches.

The morning show begins at 11:00am and will accomodate parents of the GST Road Campus and the OMR Branch.

The evening show will begin at 6:00pm and will accomodate parents of the Porur Branch.

A virtual invitation of the program will also be uploaded shortly.

9th June Morning Session:

Staff Members across Nursery to Std VIII to attend.

The Function of the English Language Lab and its activities

9th June Afternoon Session:

Question Paper Setting/ Activity Sheet Preparation/ Work Sheet Preparation for the I Cycle Test - I Term.

By the end of the day the sample Question Paper must be submitted.

Saturday - 6th June '09

A Reach Out Program will be held for the parents of the children admitted into Pre-KG for the academic year 2009-10.

This will be held at the GST Road Campus.

As already announced, parents are requested to come to the School sans their child that day, to ensure active participation.

Parents are requested to be in their seats by 9:15 so that the program may start at 9:30am sharp.

Staff members handling the Nursery Section from GST and Porur, will be present for the Reach Out Program

The Sudarshana Homam is to be performed at the OMR Branch on Friday - 5th June 2009.

The Homam begins at 7:30am.

Poornaahudhi is at 9:30am.

Staff members of the  GST and Porur Branches will be taken to the OMR Branch.  You are requested to assemble by 7:45 am so as to board the bus by 7:50am.

GST and Porur Staff members will be brought back to the GST Road Branch by 12noon.

The afternoon may be spent in getting the charts and other teaching aids ready for the Class.

4th June Morning Session:

Aids for Story Telling (Nursery to Std 3 Staff members)

Classes 4 to 8 - Completion of Lesson Plans

4th June Afternoon Session:

Oreintation for the Nursery Teachers

Classes 4 to 8:  Identifying Smart_Class modules and mapping them to the portions to be taught for the First Cycle Test.

Mapping the modules to the lessons to be taught will help the teachers plan their Lesson Plan better.

3rd June Morning Session:

Lesson Plan and its Importance by Mrs Durga Chandrasekhar

3rd June Afternoon Session:

Preparation Lesson Plans for the First Term/Cycle test.

Guidance provided by the HODs

2nd June Morning Session:

A workshop on The Interactive Digi-Board and its Effective Use.

This will be conducted in the morning.

2nd June Afternoon Session:

Smart_Class Modules and How to Integrate it in the Teaching Learning Process.

The session will end at 3:00pm.

1st June '09 - Morning Session

Discussion of the Syllabus and Portions for the First Term

Activity Sheets for Classes Pre-KG to Std 2

Cycle test Portions for Std 3 to 8

Unit Test and I Mid Term for Classes 9 and 10

Staff members from all branches to work togther under the guidance of the H. O. Ds and Coordinators.

 1st June '09 - Afternoon Session:

Importance of Worksheets and their Preparation.

This will be worked under the guidance of the HODs.

Brief discussion on the School Annual Day with the Heads.

Session ends at 3:00pm

The second workshop for the Academic Year 2009-10 will be held on Saturday, 30th May 2009.

Mr. Krishna - a direct disciple of Mr Edward de Bono will take a workshop for the teachers on the topic - Effective Teaching - Effective Learning.

This workshop will be held at the GST Road Campus.

The session begins at 9:00am and will end by 12:30pm.

It is likely to be a one of a kind session !

The first workshop for the academic year 2009-10 will be conducted by Mrs. Sheela Rajendra - Principal and Correspondent - PSBB Group of Schools on Friday, 29th May 2009 at the GST Road Campus.

The topic for the Workshop is: The PSBB Methodology and Work Culture.

The session begins at 9:00 am sharp at the Library in the GST Campus.

This will be followed by a session on The Effective Use of Technology and Smart_Class in Everyday Teaching Learning Process.

The facilitator for the afternoon session will be Ms Lakshmi.

The session will end by 1:00pm.

We make a  good beginning with a Sudarshana Homam being done at the Porur Branch on Thursday, 28th May between 6:30am and 10am.

All Staff members of The PSBB Millennium School (GST, OMR and Porur Branches) will attend the Homam.

Staff members wishing to avail of the Shuttle Service between GST and Porur campus are requested to assemble in GST Road by 8:00am positively. You also have the choice to come directly to the Porur Campus.

Dr. Mrs. Y G Parthasarathy will address the Staff members and formally declare the academic year 2009-10 open.

Staff members will be dropped back at the GST Campus by 1pm.

It is a half day for the Staff Members.