Lawrence & Mayo Public School - Excellence in Education - Higher Secondry School Kota Rajasthan India

Activities 2012

Activities 2009

APRIL ACTIVITIES
April 05, 2013	-	Lemonade Activity
		Students of KG celebrated lemonade activity on the occasion of World Health Day. All students were dressed in yellow dress and in the activity hour lemon squash was prepared by the teachers and given to students. Teachers then discussed with students about the importance of lemon in summer.

April 06, 2013	-	World Health Day
		Doctor’s talk was organized on the World Health Day. Students from class VI-VIII participated in this event. Health specialist Mr. Pradeep Kumar Sharma, was present as chief guest and he interacted with students on ill effects of junk food as well as the importance of exercise in this stressful lifestyle.

April 06, 2013	-	Slogan Writing Competition
		Slogan writing competition was organized for students of class VI – X. The theme for class VI – VIII was “Cleanliness in neighborhood” and for class IX –X it was “Significance of Exercise”. Balarak Singhal of class VII-A, Esha Joshi of VI-A and Vaidhehi Sharma of VI-C were awarded first second and third prize respectively.

April 06, 2013	-	Fruit Day Celebration
		Students of classes’ I-V were asked to bring a fruit to school to celebrate Fruit Day. Teachers explained students about the importance of fruits in daily diet. Classification of fruits depending upon their nature was also explained to teachers.

April 13, 2013	-	Orientation programme for teachers
		Orientation programme for teachers was orgnaised on 13th April 2013. Mr. Rajan Arora, was the resource person. Many activities were conducted to provide examples of importance of team work.

April 18, 2013	-	World Heritage Day
		Spell out competition was held for classes IV and V on the occasion of World Heritage Day. The activity had five rounds which comprised of names of historical places, Questionnaire round, Jumbled word round, Buzzer round and rapid fire round. Students of Prithvi house namely Shelly Gupta, Khushika Shringi, Jayant Jain and Tanmay Sharma won first prize in this competition.

April 18, 2013	-	Felicitation Ceremony – All India Essay writing event
		It was a matter of pride for us when four students of our school, Sashank Sharma (XI-B), Surbhi Soni (X-B), Aashish Patro (XI-A) and Arpit Mittal (X-C) were awarded merit certificates in All India Essay Writing Competition organized by Shriram Chandra Mission and United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan.

April 20, 2013	-	Poster Making Competition – Paryavaran Mitra
		On Earth Day Poster making competition was held for students of classes VI – VIII. Theme of the competition was Prayavaran Mitra and students came up with wonderful ideas based on reuse, Recycle and reduce waste. Mitushi Yadav of class VI-A, Nikhil Khandelwal of VII-A amd Naha Yadav of VIII B bagged first second and third prize respectively.
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April 20, 2013	-	Heritage Quiz
		In continuation to its commitment to preserve the heritage, a heritage quiz was conducted at School premises on 20th April 2013. The objective behind the quiz was to enhance knowledge and overall awareness in students about our rich culture and glorious history. Preliminary test was conducted for students on 16th April and on the basis of the results four teams were formed. Event was dealt with tangible and intangible segments of Heritage.

April 25 and 26 2013	-	Dance Day Celebration
		It was World Dance Day and students of Lawrence and Mayo Public School Kota had their best shoes on. From Hip Hop to Rajasthan’s traditional ghoomar various dance forms came live at the stage creating a vivid collage of art and culture.On this occasion dance competition was organized for two different categories – Junior and Senior. In junior category Inter class dance competition was organized which comprised of students from 4th to 5th. Performance of students left the audience spell bound.

April 2013 - Activities

JANUARY ACTIVITIES
Jan.14, 2013	-	12th International Cyber Olympiad
		Kumar Kirti Jain of class VIII A secured 1st rank at State level at 12th Cyber Olympiad. He was awarded with Gold Medal and Certificate of Excellence. He will be participating in next level of Cyber Olympiad which is scheduled to be conducted in Feb 2013.

Jan. 19, 2013	-	CCE / FA Workshop
		On Jan. 19, 2013 Lawrence and Mayo Public School, Srinathpuram, Kota was the venue for the CBSE Training Workshop for CCE/Formative Assessment for Teachers on January 19, 2013. 133 teachers from 44 CBSE schools of Kota, Bhilwara, RAPP, Ramganjmandi and Jhalawar participated in the one-day workshop. The workshop was conducted by CBSE Resource person Mrs. Mala Agnihotri and Mr. Sanjay Bareja. The workshop acquired much significance as it was of immense value for equipping teachers with information and skills required to carry out CCE in general and FAs in particular in all major subject, i.e. Hindi, English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Health and Life Skills. The Resource persons updated the teachers with new educational dynamics of FAs, Various tools and techniques employed in classroom teaching, methods of evaluation etc.

Jan. 21, 2013	-	“Help the Child” by Lawernites
		Foundation of this programme was laid by Shri Om Birla Ji. This activity is to help those children who lack some basic ammonites of life. For this our School students offered old clothes and shoes to the needy children.

Jan. 26, 2013	-	Republic Day Celebration
		A very patriotic environment was created to celebrate the Republic Day. Motivational speeches were delivered by Vaishali Khandelwal of X-A and Shubham Maheshwari of X-B along with cultural programme by students of various classes. Flag hosting was done by Mr. Bhuvan Gaur, Senior Manager Administration.

Jan. 30, 2013	-	Martyr’s Day
		Martyr’s Day was celebrated in remembrance of the sacrifice and glorious consequences of National struggle, lead by or Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Students gave speeches about the bravery of our soldiers.

CONVOCATION PROGRAMME NEWS 2012-13


Lawrence and Mayo Public School, Kota organised 'Convocation Ceremony 'for the students of Class HKG and V respectively. This school is one of the pioneers which has started this tradition at the school level in Rajasthan. A programme was held in the school auditorium in which the parents were also invited. The students were promoted from pre primary to primary section and primary to middle section. This occasion was marked by awarding Diploma certificates and Performance cards. The programme started with a song performed by the students on orchestra dedicated to the parents followed by a Belly Dance. The Director of the school Er. Pradeep Singh Gour awarded the Diploma certificates. He addressed the parents and advised them that the students need special care, love and attention of parents as it is their transition period when they are getting promoted from primary to middle section. We have to bear with patience their behavioural and biological changes that occur during this period. He said that the co-ordination between parents and teachers play a vital role in their all round development. We need to know their hidden talents and motivate them in their life. To develop moral and ethical values in the students, parents healing hands and soothing words are of the utmost importance. He also shared some of his experience as a student. At the end of the programme, the outstanding students were given titles - Master Junior and Miss Junior. The programme was highly appreciated by the parents.

11 July: On the occasion of World Population Day an Inter-House Debate Competition was organized in the school auditorium on the topic – "Increasing population is a great threat to mankind" The Prize Winners were as follows: First Position – Kumar Kirti Jain ( Agni House) Second Position – Arpit Manwani ( Prithvi House) Third Position – Ashwin Chaturvedi ( Trishul House)

14 July: The Student Council took oath on this day. During the assembly the Director Er. Pradeep Singh Gour and Mrs. Neeta Singh honoured the elected student council with badges and handed them the prestigious School & House Flags. The students elected in the school council for the Academic Year 2012-2013 are as follows: Head Boy –Siddharth Jain Head Girl – Manali Nyati Deputy Head Boy – Ashutosh Rahi Deputy Head Girl – Kirtika Bohra Sports Captain – Bhuvnesh Dhakad Sports Vice-captain – Yamini Jain HOUSE CAPTAINS AND VICE-CAPTAINS AAKASH HOUSE Captain – Yagvendra Singh Vice-captain – Aditi Jain AGNI HOUSE Captain – Aditya Gautam Vice-captain – Vanshi Jain PRITHVI HOUSE Captain – Shubham Singh Vice-captain – Varsha Suwalka TRISHUL HOUSE Captain – Vijendra Singh Vice-captain – Vandana Beragi

Er.Pradeep Singh Gour-Principal- Lawrence And Mayo Public School Kota has been selected by CBSE for a very prestigious "CBSE Mentor Award 2011", which consists of a Certificate,cash award of Rs.25000 and a shawl. This award will be given on Sept.4,2012 at New Delhi by Hon'ble Shri Kapil Sibal Union Minister for HRD inpresence of Chairman CBSE Shri Vineet Joshi and other dignitories.

Celebration

Regional Officer CBSE visits Lawrence And Mayo Public School on Dec. 08, 2012.

22nd November 2012

Postal Stamp Design Competition (POSTAL DEPARTMENT)

In order to develop tourism and postal awareness and determination, Postal Department conducted Postal Stamp Design Competition and the theme given was “HOLIDAYS”. The venue for thr event was Tilak Academy, Mahaveer Nagar Extension. Students portrayed stamps with various views emphasizing on “HOLIDAYS” theme.

3rd November, 2012

School Tour- Himachal Pradesh and Amritsar

to 10th November, 2012

50 students with five staff members went on a tour to Himachal Pradesh and Amritsar for seven days. At Amritsar they witnessed ‘Lowering of Flags’ ceremony / beating the retreat parade at Wagah Border, that was the incredible moment, they watched. They next went to ‘Golden Temple and paid homage to sacred book ‘Guru Granth Sahib’. They also had ‘Langar’ provided there.The following day remained more interesting as they visited ‘Jalianwala Bagh’.On the same day on 4th Nov.2012, the trip was taken to Dalhousie.Next day,we started voff to ‘Khajjiar’ on the 5th Nov.2012,we on set our trip to Macleodganj and visited Buddha Dharam Guru “ Dalai Lama” procuration . They sighted hills of Himalayan ranges on the 10th Nov.2012,they reached Kota with ampling memories.

6th December, 2012

Picnic- Nehru Park

and 7th December, 2012

Tiny tots (K.G. Section students) went on a picnic to Nehru Park. They enjoyed and experienced lot of fun in swings,see-saw and site seeing. The singing fountains,decorative and fascinating views attracted kids a lot.

7th December, 2012

Debate Competition – Prelims Round (Classes VI-VIII)

Inter-class debate session was organized after zero period activity of debate. Topics given were - Fast Food, deforestation, reality shows, co-curricular activities, cell phones bane or boon for school going. Students were asked to express their views and opinions on favour and against of the topics chosen. In final round 23 students were selected for main debate competition going to held on 15th December, 2012.

14th December, 2012

Fancy Dress Competition (K.G.Section)

Students enjoyed the colourful and mesmerizing view of Fancy dress event. As the date was nearer to Christmas, many of them came in with different themes of Christmas like Santa Claus, fairies, Christmas tree. etc. Most of them were also in mythological profile like Lord Ganesha, Goddess Durga, and Lord Krishna etc. Students also portrayed in dresses like Prince, Princess, fruits, animals, comic characters etc. the best were awarded.

Play Group
First Position	- Samridhi Shukla
Second Position	- Aman Saxena

K.G. 1
First Position	- Netra Mishra
Second Position	- Bhavyanshi Sharma

K.G. 11
First Position	- Tanushka Joshi
Second Position	- Shagun Naruka

15th December, 2012

Debate Competition – Final Round (Classes VI-VIII)

The preceding final round debate competition for the prelims round was conducted. The Topics given were - Is Advanced Technology really advancing us for perfect future, Is man becoming slave for modern gadgets. The best were rewarded.

Class VI
First Position	- Ujjwal Batham VI -C ( Trishul House)
Second Position	- Harshvardhan Gupta VI-A (Agni House)

Class VII - VIII
First Position	- Vedant Shardha VII-B (Prithvi House)
Second Position	- Kumkum Vaishnav VIII-B (Trishul House)

Class VIII
First Position	- Sushant Solanki VIII-B (Aakash House)
Second Position	- Devesh Sharma VIII-A ( Aakash House)

Regional Officer CBSE visits Lawrence And Mayo Public School on Dec. 08, 2012.

1st October 2012	-	Doctor’s Talk
		To perpetuate the awareness of adolescence in girls, doctor’s talk was organized. It was mainly dealt with the hygienic & health conditions. Students were well explained regarding the hormonal changes inside the body and how to combat the stress during periods. Interactive session was also held.

2nd October 2012	-	Gandhi Jayanti and Shashtri Jayanti
		Gandhi Jayanti and Shashtri Jayanti were commemorated with the inspirational speeches and patriotic songs. Students delivered the speeches constituting their contributions. Poems framed on the two personalities were recited.

6th October 2012	-	Inter-house Salad Decoration Competition
		TTo back out the students from the junk food in present times, salad decoration was held, in which nutritious values, creative skills were exploited by the use of fruits and vegetables. Students made baskets, toys and animal imitations with ingredients.

31st October 2012	-	Annual Fest Mayotsav Odyssey 2012
1st November 2012		The beautifully decorated premises of Lawrence and Mayo Public School was abuzz with activities as the enthusiastic Lawrenites celebrated their Annual Function. The board members including Prof. K.G.Singh, Dr.C.P.Singh, Er. Pradeep Singh Gour, Mrs.Neeta Singh and Mr.Bhuvan Singh Gour gave an auspicious beginning to the programme by lighting the ceremonial lamp which was followed by Ganesh Stuti, Shlok Vandana and Hanuman Chalisa. The theme for the Annual Function was ‘ODYSSEY’ which means a long and eventful journey. It depicted the journey which the school has gone through over the period of 18 years, since 1994. Performances by tiny tots of primary school and the senior students till class XII in various items, dressed in their colorful attire, left the audience spell bound and mesmerized. This year the Annual Function was celebrated for two days. On day one cheer and thrill filled the air as the students of the primary school while on day two senior students from Classes VI to XII displayed their talents. performed during the annual day celebrations. Over 500 students actively participated and made the function an enjoyable experience for all. Through a dance performance, the students of senior section beautifully depicted the importance of “Girl Child’ and gave the message to ‘Save the Girl Child’. Students also performed dance on song ‘School Days’ which made the audiences remember their school days when they were students. Oath was also taken by the gathering to Save Girl Child and to Stop the use of Plastic bags. Besides the cultural bonanza, scholars were honored by Shri Pankaj Mehta Ji during a Prize Distribution Ceremony. This year’s achievements and activities were shown to the gathering through a Powerpoint Presentation. The Chief Guest along with the other dignitaries also released the School Newsletter which was followed by school’s annual report, presented by Er. Pradeep Singh Gour. In his address to the gathering he congratulated the participants and wished that they will be able to pursue their dreams since they are in the right hands at Lawrence and Mayo Public School, Kota.

06th September 2012	-	Teacher’s Day Celebration
		In accordance to Teacher’s Day i.e. birthday of Dr. S.Radhakrishnan an eminent educationist, was commemorated with inspirational performances by the students of middle and senior sections. School Head Boy and Head Girl delivered their devotional speech for the mentors. All teachers were honoured by the students. Eventually Principal Er. Pradeep Singh Gour, thrown a ray of light on the mentors that how they motivate and inculcate the good spirit in students.

01st September 2012	-	Grand Parents Day Celebration
		Lawrence and Mayo Public School, Srinathpuram, Kota celebrated "Grandparents Day" on Sept.1, 2012 in which grandparents of students of classes KG to V were invited "Grandparents are the souls of a family and should be respected and regarded duly" was the purpose of the programme. A beautiful and short programme enraptured the grandparents which started with Hanuman Chalisa. Students danced away on old songs by immitating their grandparents like "Oh Meri Johran Jabin, Dadi Amma (2) Man Jaon" etc. "Personal experiences with grandparents" were narrated in short speeches by students which moved their hearts. Some grandparents were honored by being the Chief guests for prize distribution function. Students received prizes for their excellent performances in co-curricular activities. The best dressed grandparents (Theme-Rajasthani dress) were selected and awarded a prize. Principal Er. Pradeep Singh Gour extended his deep regards for grandparents and also conveyed how grandparents are special and strong bonds of a family.

31st August.2012	-	LIMCA QUIZ and BOURN VITA QUIZ -2012
		The students of Lawrence and Mayo Public School brought laurels by being the winners of both LIMCA QUIZ -2012 and BOURN VITA QUIZ -2012 at Inter-School Level. This prestigious and popular quiz is organized at the National Level by DEREK O’BRIEN every year. LIMCA QUIZ -2012 and BOURN VITA QUIZ -2012 was organized at Rotary Binani Sabhaghar in which 254 students of 20 schools participated in preliminary written round of 30 direct questions. A school team consisted of 6 students, 6 teams qualified for the semi-final round. Each team consisted of 2 students only from each school. The questions were asked based on various subjects like history, geography, architecture, literature, entertainment etc. with emphases on Olympics 2012 and cartoons. The organizers had opted elimination system in which out of 6 teams after first round 3 teams were selected and then from the second round 2 teams qualified for the Final Round. In Limca Quiz the team of Abhijeet Pratap Singh Tomar and Manish Sharma and in Bourn Vita Quiz the team of Divyanshu Bhargava and Kumar Kirti Jain of Lawrence and Mayo Public School won the contest. They were awarded the Inter-School Round Trophy, Gold Medals and Certificates. They also appeared in the written qualifying test for the State Level Quiz. The Winners were congratulated by the Principal Er. Pradeep Singh Gour, the staff members and students of the school and were given best wishes to qualify for the State Level Quiz Contest.

25th August 2012	-	Maths Quiz (Inter-House Competition for Class VI – VIII)
		To make mathematics more magical, quit interesting and to decrease the phobia of Maths in students, an interesting Maths Quiz was conducted in middle section. The Quiz consisted of 4 teams with 3 participants each. 5 rounds were drafted, consisting of formula round, commercial mathematics round, and geometry round, mental maths and mathematics rapid fire round.

25th August 2012	-	Fancy Dress Competition
		To awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge a mesmerizing fancy dress event was organized in which students participated with great care of confidence ( Group A- I & II Class) (Group B – III –V Class). Student presented themselves in various mythological, social and communal roles.

17th August 2012	-	Movie Show
		The motivational movie ‘I AM KALAM’ was shown to the middle section students by the SPIC MACY sponsors. Movie thrown a light on the moral values and its inculcations. It replicated the views and opinions of the children depending upon moral behaviour.


Fancy Dress Competition		Fancy Dress Competition


Grand Parents Day Celebration		Grand Parents Day Celebration


Grand Parents Day Celebration		Grand Parents Day Celebration


Movie Show and Spic Macy		Teacher’s Day Celebration


Teacher’s Day Celebration		Teacher’s Day Celebration

Teacher’s Day Celebration		Teacher’s Day Celebration

		PROUD MOMENTS FOR LAWRENCE AND MAYO On August 30, 2012 LIMCA QUIZ 2012 organized by DEREK O’BRIEN was held at Rotary Binani in Kota in which approximately 120 students of 20 schools participated. From each school there were 3 teams of 2 students. Quiz started with preliminary round in which 30 direct questions were asked. After this round 6 teams qualified for mains. One team from each school was selected. In the first round questions were asked based on various subjects like history, geography, architecture, literature, entertainment etc. but the main theme of the quiz was Olympics.

After first round 3 teams were selected for Semi-final round. 1. Lawrence And Mayo Public School – 70 points 2. St. Paul’s Sr.Sec.School, Mala road – 60 points 3. Maheshwari Public School – 40 points From the Semi-final round 2 teams qualified for the Final round. 1. Lawrence and Mayo Public School 2. St. Paul’s Sr.Sec.School, Mala road In the Final round Abhijeet Pratap Singh Tomar and Manish Sharma of Lawrence and Mayo Public School won the contest and brought laurels to the school. They were awarded the Inter-School Round Trophy, Gold Medals and Certificates. The Winners were congratulated by the Principal Er. Pradeep Singh Gour, the staff members and students of the school and were given best wishes to qualify for the State Level Quiz Contest.

Inter-House Competitions

Eco. Quiz
First Position - Prithivi House
Second Position- Aakash House
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Group Dance - Group – I (Class II-V)
First Position - Aakash House
Second Position- Trishul House
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Group Dance - Group – II (Class VI-VIII)
First Position - Trishul House
Second Position- Prithvi House & Agni House
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Group Dance - Group – I (Class IX-X)
First Position - Prithivi House
Second Position- Aakash House
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Solo Dance
First Position - Sakshi Sharma- I-A (Aakash House)
Second Position - Ananya Sharma - IV-B (Trishul House)

Poem Recitation - Group - I
First Position - Akshat Kulshrestha - I-A (Prithvi House)
Second Position - Minhaz Fatma - I-A (Trishul House)
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Poem Recitation - Group - II
First Position - Muskan Malav- II-A (Trishul House)
Second Position- Hansika Chaudhary- II-A (Aakash House)
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Poem Recitation - Group - III
First Position - Aayushi Jain - V-B (Aakash House)
Second Position- Kishika Narwani- V-A (Prithvi House)
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Drawing & Painting Competition
First Position - Aankita Sharma –V-A (Aakash House)
Anjali Malav –V-A (Trishul House)
Second Position - Khushika Shringi-IV-B (Prithvi House)
Third Position - Palak Gupta-III-A (Aakash House)

News Reading Competition - (Class - I - V)
First Position	-	Minhaz Fatma - I-A (Trishul House)
		Shrishti Mishra - II-B (Trishul House)
		Tanmay Sharma - III-B (Prithvi House)
		Khushika Shringi - IV-B (Prithvi House)
		Anjali Malav - V-B (Trishul House)

Second Position	-	Vanshika Khandelwal- I- A (Aakash House)
		Bhanu Priya - II-A (Agni House)
		Palak Gupta – III-A (Aakash House)
		Khushvendra Singh– IV- A (Aakash House)
		Sonal Gupta - V-A (Agni House)

G.K. Quiz Competition - (Class-IX-X)
First Position - Aakash House	-	Abhinav Dhakad – X-C Aman Jain – X-A Nikhil Sharma – X-A Hardik Pareek – IX-A

Second Position - Agni House	-	Yash Bansal – X-A Surbhi Bhatnagar– IX-C Ashutosh Rahi – X-A Aditya Gautam – X-C

Rakhi Making Competition (Class - III - V)
First Position	-	Kalpita Gupta – III-A Sunidhi Gupta – IV- B Anjali Malav – V-A

Second Position	-	Tanisha Pareta– III-C Avani Jain – IV-A Muskan Hada – V-A

Bandhanwar Making Competition
First Position	-	Kanika Agarwal-X-A (Trishul House) Meenakshi Sharma-X-A (Trishul House) Pinky Meena-X-B (Trishul House)

Second Position	-	Khushboo Yogi- X-C (Trishul House)

Third Position	-	Mansi Tiwari- X-A (Aakash House)

Thali Decoration Competition
First Position	-	Mumuksh Porwal-VIII-C (Prithvi House)

Second Position	-	Tushar Beragi- VI-A (Agni House)

Third Position	-	Anubhav Sharma- VIII-A (Aakash House)

“MAYO TIMES” Newspaper Designing & Making Competition
First Position	-	Prithvi House

Second Position	-	Aakash House

28th July 2012	-	Raksha Bandhan was celebrated for the Classes P.G ‘A’ to II. Sweets were distributed among the students. The importance of Raksha Bandhan was told to the students.

Inter-house Competition

28th July 2012

Different Inter-house Competitions were organized for Classes III to X.
It enhanced the creativity of the students.


Class III to V	-	Rakhi Making Competition
Class Vi ti VIII	-	Thali Decoration
Class IX and X	-	Bandharwal Making

21st July 2012

To inculcate the general awareness Inter-house G.K Quiz Competition was organized by National & Political Club for Classes IX-X. Subjects included were G.K (India & World), Books & Authors, Sports, Olympics & History. Audio visual round was also an asset of this Quiz.
AAKASH HOUSE stood at First Position and AGNI HOUSE at Second Position.

21st July 2012

Inter-house News Reading Competition was held for Classes I to V. This competition inculcates the habit of news reading, watching news and creates general awareness among the students. The hidden talents of the tiny tots came out and they gave their best by reading the news.

14th July 2012

Inter-house Drawing & Painting Competition was conducted for the students of Classes I to V. Theme for the competition was “Monsoon Season”. Students participated enthusiastically and represented “Monsoon Season” by drawing a variety of pictures.

General Awareness

12th July 2012	-	MY HELMET CLUB – (SAFETY RULES) (SPONSERS were BIG FM & RESONANCE) Importance of helmet and rules followed during driving were demonstrated to the students by Traffic Police and RJ. Raghu.

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