September Report: rebuilding the gardens, a return to class, interviews with staff and students

 

At the end of August and the beginning of September, we planted many new plants. These included:  Broad beans, Lady’s finger, Cluster beans, Beans, Coriander, Gongura, Spinach, Chuka Curry, Lettuce, Menthicurry, Bottle Gourd, Gardencurry, Khoya garden curry, Bitter Gourd, Ridgard, Thindooragherking, Chichindasilk, Pumpkin, Cereals, and Vanganaru.

In agriculture, farm workers are doing hard work, and this month, the management is planning to repair the drip system.

To make sure the plants grow straight, workers are constructing block-like structures, and cleaning the drip system, but they are cutting the grass too much.

We are tying the plants to support them because with the rains coming so rapidly, they are getting damaged.

About the garden

In our garden they are repairing the plants and pruning the broken-down trees, and are shaping the flowering plants beautifully.

About the school.

In our school, we have online English classes on Monday and Wednesday, and here is a picture of the students taking the class. 

This month, the school management released our time-table, showing which classes we are taking on Zoom  or Google Meet, as you can see below:

This month the Janyaa team visited our school and discussed the September syllabus for classes 6 and 7 with our teachers. They also discussed the topics of physical and chemical changes for Class 7, the conservation of animals and tissue as the fundamental unit of life in class 9 and the life process in class 10.

Students from Classes 10 and 9 are cultivating small plants for beautiful nature next to the school buildings, so with so many plants, our school campus is looking very beautiful.

This is our stage wall decorated by Sasi, who has planted many plants.

In our girl’s dorm also, we are growing some plants and have a small garden and have decorated the office room. 

For the upcoming Diwali festival, we are decorating banners.

At the end of the month our management will celebrate this month’s birthdays so they have sponsored snacks.

                         Kamalini and Lalitha Devi.

Interview with Mythili Madam, the Social Studies teacher. 

1) Can you talk about your lifestyle?

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Mythili 👩🏻‍🏫, and I’m from Kaikaluru Constituency in Krishna district. Ours is a joint family🤷🏻‍♀️.

My hometown is famous for 🐟🦐etc.,😋). Presently I’m living in Thotapalli at Heal Paradise, where I teach Social Science to classes 10 & 9. My main goal is to educate the students. My hobbies are dancing💃🏻, playing games, cooking vegetarian and non-vegetarian recipes etc in my free time.

2) What subject do you like the most.? Why?

I like Social Studies, because it’s a field which deals with human behavior, relationships, resources, and institutions. Specific topics within social studies that are studied in school coursework include geography, anthropology, economics, history, sociology, political science, and civics.

3) Do you like teaching?

I like teaching, because when I was a child, I looked at my teacher and decided what kind of teacher I wanted to be. I teach students while I am learning.

4) This is your first experience of teaching. How do you feel?

Yes!! This is my first experience of teaching and it’s fabulous. I am very happy to be a social teacher at Heal School. It is good that I am learning and teaching students as well as doing new activities with them as I study.

5) Can you talk about your first teaching experience?

I realized that teaching isn’t an easy job. It requires our complete dedication, love and compassion for the profession and learners. Dedicated in a sense that teachers have the ability to inspire students through their approaches, actions, and even through the lessons or activities they engage us in.

6) What are your strengths and weaknesses? And how will you overcome your weaknesses ?

My weakness is that I get anxious and stressed about every little thing. For example, in connection with the work of the school, it is not possible to find out the details of the work done at night. Another shortcoming is that I find it difficult to communicate in English with people whose English is better than mine.

7) What is the happiest moment in your life?

I am the only daughter to my mother and father and they only want my happiness. It is also my responsibility to make them happy.

8) If you  have a problem. how will you overcome it?

When I encounter any problem, I first think about the reason behind it. I will try to figure out how to solve the problem later.

9) Do you want to make any changes in our society?

Yes!!! First of all I want to get rid of this caste discrimination which is causing a lot of damage in the society. I would like to say that this generation will be able to achieve anything through education so that our country can develop.

10) If any student is feeling sad, how will you motivate him/her?

Depending on the student’s behaviour I will decide and encourage them to express what they want to say.

11) What is your goal? 

My goal is that I want to be the President of our country, Because everyone appreciates coming forward as a woman. 

  Sasi Praveen  

Student Interview with Jahnavi

Tell me about yourself?

My name is Jahnavi. I Completed my 10th class in Heal school, I don’t have my mother and my grandparents looked after me and my brother. My goal is to become a cardiologist and I am the secretary of the Science Group.

What are your hobbies?

My hobbies are spending time with my friends and listening to music.

What interests you about this role? (Cabinet)

My favorite subject is Science. I’m so happy to be a cabinet member in the Science Group.

What motivates you?

One is my goal and the other one is my teacher Mr. Lakshmi Bharath sir. His speeches and his life story motivate me.

What do you expect from team members in this position?

I expect good discipline and good character from my team members because through this they can get good education and good thoughts automatically.

Will those expectations change over time?

No 

What is your greatest strength?

It’s me without any doubt.

What is your greatest weakness?

My weakness are that

1. I will easily get bored 
2. I will believe the same person again and the person who avoids me.

Mess report

A few people sponsored special food items this month. We thank them. Class 11 students cleaned fans in the mess for good hygiene. Mr Vishnu, our head chef, went home for a break, so K. Chandu and K.Lokesh, who have completed Class 10 at Heal, and completed their intermediate in other colleges are helping out. We thank them for their help in Mr Vishnu’s absence.

 –Ravi kiran

Boys Dorm:

In our boys dorm our Plus One students decided to carry out the maintenance of their hostel. 

They also think that this will help them to improve their skills in doing different jobs. 

 They divided the operations into different wings like the study department, electrical department, health department, news department etc. Each one took responsibility for one wing. They coordinated well together and help each other when they face difficulties.

-Satish 

July Campus Report: A month of showers

Reporters: D. Suphala Kamalini, M. Lalitha Devi, G. Satish’, T. Rushi, U. Ravi Kiran, M. Sasi Praveen, D. Aravind

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Academic Performance:   

This month the CBSE 10^th Grade results were released, and our school achieved 100% success pass  rate, and were personally congratulated by Ajay Kumar  congratulated by Ajay Kumar Kurapati, Heal CEO; Sridevi, Heal School Principal; and Bharath, School Vice-Principal, at a small party the management gave them to celebrate. Heal school has also been granted CBSE affiliation for our 11th and 12th classes.

As the CBSE-affiliated  schools are not to open for another four months, Heal is providing smart phones for the female students who have passed their 10^th grade, so they can attend the online classes at the APRJC and POLYTECHNIC colleges.

Rajeev Kanth Sir carried out training for Primary Teachers from 10 July, each morning, and the teachers are continuing with the IT classes, and students have learned how to scan and photocopy documents and how to write reports.

Karaunababu Pedasanaganti is conducting IT classes for the teachers, while the School Vice Principal Mr Bharat is conducting English classes for the teachers. .

Weather report:

This month the expected heavy rains arrived. This meant that there was a plentiful supply of fish and prawns for people from the local town Thotapalli  to catch and sell locally, which is especially useful for people who do not have a regular income during the corona virus lockdown. Given the large number of people who want to come into our campus during the fishing season, it is difficult for the security people at the gates to prevent this, so it would be nice if there was a stronger boundary fence.

On 15 July the Brahma Lingam river overflowed its banks. As a result, there were hundreds of fishes, and many local people came here to fish, but as they created so much havoc, they were prevented from coming into the campus unless they had a pass.

Mess Report

A delicious meal was prepared to celebrate the success of the students who passed the CBSE 10th grade, as this gives boosts our school’s reputation. This included some tasty parathas, a mouth-watering fried rice, vegetable biryani and bread halwa.

The kitchen prepares a spicy infusion to boost the students’ immunity to fight against the corona virus, and does not allow people to carry food into their rooms. Started QR code to get the feedback.

Heal organic farming.

I’m D. Sufala Kamalini and my partner is R. Lalitha Devi, and it is our duty to look after organic farm.

This June we developed a shift system to improve the farm as we realised that there are fewer members working on the farm because of the corona virus lockdown. We divided everyone at Heal School into seven teams so we could work on the farm every day.

We don’t work on the farm if there is heavy rain, but when the weather is good and sunny we cut grass in the field to fertilise the crops and plants. This year we have been planting new plants, including gongura, curry leaves, coriander leaves, etc..

Garden Report

There are seven members working in the garden, who cut the grass with the help of brush cutter, plant new flowers and fruit plants, and repair the plants which are damaged by the heavy rain.

When it doesn’t rain, they water the plants and clean up the dust. Other jobs include digging up the broken trees and reshaping the other trees.

The Sports Room.

We have made several changes to the sports room. This has included moving the sports room from the CEO’s office to the primary school, shifting the bicycles to the Higher School; cleaning the Higher School’s and Primary School’s Sports Rooms, and on 16 July our School Sports Teacher brought new shuttlecocks 

Pen Friends

In July we received letters from our pen friends, many of which were beautifully written. We responded to them and included illustrations and designs as we want to continue the correspondence to find out what is happening in their respective countries.

Remedial Classes

Our school runs remedial classes, in which our activity leaders tell daily stories and poems. Our team leaders help them by dictating difficult words for them to learn, and our School Principal Sridevi gave them a small treat. Those who attend the classes have to wear masks, and to sanitise their hands.

Education

Everyday school students are listening to an English class online, they attend a government class online, each morning and evening, and the CBSE 10^th class listen to a Zoom class.

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Bhargav reports on the HEAL institute for the visually challenged.

HEAL is planning an institute for visually challenged, donated by Dr.Chunduri Dhanumjaya Rao and his family.. The institute is almost complete.

The institute will help blind children to learn, enjoy, and communicate with other’s. It is only for blind children. It will enable them to become good citizens of India and the world.

There was a big function on the 18th December 2014 to dedicate the institute. A picture is shown above.

Pledge taking

HEAL pledge is composed with a noble object to inculcate good values and self confidence among children and staff.  It was on 16^th Feb, 2015 all the staff and students took the oath with great confidence on  the eve of HEAL day celebrations.   To encourage children to practice the pledge, Heal school management has conducted a competition to the children, teaching and non teaching staff on 22-02-2015.  All the members took part in the competition with enthusiasm.  The winners of this competition are   of II class, Mahesh of ‘C’ group, Srikar and SaiKeerthi of A&B groups, Ms.Hemalatha (house mother).

HEAL Welcome Tree

Under the guidance of Anjana, an English voluntary teacher, all the children and staff drew pictures of thenselves to go on the HEAL welcome tree.

The tree was launched on the day of the HEAL Day clebrations. The tree provides a welcome to all visitors coming to HEAL.

Srikar reports on HEAL day – 16th February

Heal day is held every year to celebrate the formation of HEAL. It is held on the 16^th of February, chosen because it is the birthday of HEAL founder Dr. Satya Prasad Sir.

We had been hoping to move to the boy’s dorm for the celebration but that is still delayed. We were able to have lunch at the boy’s dorm and we had a cake cutting celebration there to mark HEAL day.

The branches of HEAL from Gunter, Badrachalam and Kanuru visited with us to join in the HEAL day celebrations.

We were very pleased to have HEAL founders and sponsors at HEAL day to make the day more special.

At the day prizes were handed out to the winners of the games which were held three days previous.

It is expected that we will move into the boy’s dorm in a few days time.

Heal day is held every year to celebrate the formation of HEAL. It is held on the 16^th of February, chosen because it is the birthday of HEAL founder Dr. Satya Prasad Sir.

We had been hoping to move to the boy’s dorm for the celebration but that is still delayed. We were able to have lunch at the boy’s dorm and we had a cake cutting celebration there to mark HEAL day.

The branches of HEAL from Gunter, Badrachalam and Kanuru visited with us to join in the HEAL day celebrations.

We were very pleased to have HEAL founders and sponsors at HEAL day to make the day more special.

At the day prizes were handed out to the winners of the games which were held three days previous.

It is expected that we will move into the boy’s dorm in a few days time.

Lokesh reports about the Boy’s Dorm

The boy’s dorm will soon be completed. This is what it will look like:

Here is a picture of it earlier in its construction.

We were due to move in on the 18.12.14 but the building work has over run. It will be worth waiting for, to us students it looks like the new Tajmahal.

The funding for the dorm was donated by Satya Prasad Sir. All at HEAL would like to express their gratitude and thanks to Satya Prasad Sir.

In the boy’s dorm there is granite stones and nice gardens. Outside there are Meem,  Mango, Coconut, Pogada and Banyan trees. There are also flowering Bringal and Citric plants.

On the roof there are solar panels. These will heat the water and provide electricity for the building.

The new dorm will be fitted out with beds and wardrobes for our clothes. There are many showers and toilets for our use.

The girls dorm will not be completed for a few months so initially the boys will occupy the second floor and the girls will be on the first floor. Eating facilities and a large hall will be on the ground floor.