Overnight Camp 2011

The Sishya compound wore a festive look with colourful tents on one side, a bonfire blazing on the other and children all over the place.

Overnight camp this year, held on the 12th of March was an exciting and fun-filled experience. There were lots of games lined up for the students and it was heartening to see the teachers also enthusiastically participating in them. In the evening, there was a bonfire, karaoke and tombola, where everyone enjoyed themselves. Finally, after a delicious dinner, two movies, loud music and hardly any sleep, Sishyites went home in the morning with the memories to last a life time.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS

Independence Day was celebrated with great fervour in school on the morning of August 15th. Our trustee, Mrs. Lily Thomas was the Chief Guest and hoisted the National Flag. Vinita Govindarajan, the Cultural Secretary, then gave an inspiring speech on India’s freedom. This was followed by a cultural programme – a very colourful variety of song and dance.

SCHOOL EXCURSION- STD.12
The Class 12 students went to Ooty and Masinagudi from the 13th to 17th of September for our excursion.

We had to revise our original plan of having four days to enjoy the sights and sounds of these places as our onward journey was delayed for seven hours owing to an accident. We finally reached Coimbatore twenty three hours after we had left Chennai.

We stayed in Aloft hotels for the night and departed the next day for Destiny Farm in Masinagudi where we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves in activities like fishing, horse riding and valley crossing. The weather was extremely cold and wet and the journey to Ooty the next morning, long. We reached our hotels, Zest Casa for the girls and Jungle Hut for the boys, late in the evening. There was just enough time for a jungle safari on the last day before we departed again for Chennai.

SCHOOL EXCURSION- STD. 11

All of us were bubbling with excitement on the 14th of September, the day we were scheduled to leave for our excursion to Wayanad. Our train was delayed because of a train accident which had occurred the previous day. At around 2:30 pm the next day, we reached Kozhikode Station and then after a long climb of about 3 hours by bus, we reached Green Gates Hotel in Wayanad. We were soon informed that that night would be the ‘formal night’ which is also often referred to as the ‘social night’. It was nothing less than amazing. All of us went completely berserk as we danced to loud music.

The next morning after assembling for breakfast by 8:00 pm all of us proceeded towards Edakkal Caves. It was absolutely magnificent. There were also a lot of interesting scripts inside the caves, on the walls. This was reminiscent of many of our history classes. After the long trek we were ravenous. After lunch and a few minutes of lazing around, we were taken to the picturesque Pookat Lake. The scene was nothing less than absolutely gorgeous. All of us went boating, one full round on the lake. The next day, we went trekking again, this time to see the unblemished Soochipara falls. It was a downhill trek at first, which made this part of the trek much easier than the second. Once we reached the falls, we dipped our feet in the chilly water.
The journey down from Wayanad, took about 3 hours. At the station, we waited an hour to entrain. We had to board the train quickly as it stopped in Kozhikode for only a few minutes. Morning came quickly, and so did Chennai. There were mixed feelings, happy ones, which included the welcoming glow of a familiar place and of a welcoming home and unhappy ones which included the fact that the much awaited excursion was over, and so were the few days of adventure.

SCHOOL EXCURSION- STD. 10

The students of Class 10 went for an excursion to Kodaikanal from the 14th to the 17th of September. We boarded our train from Egmore station and reached Dindigal the next morning at 4.00 am to hop on to a bus that would take us to the hotel. After breakfast, we went sight-seeing and did a bit of shopping.

Formal night was scheduled for our first night at Kodaikanal. The next morning, we spent the day around the lake that Kodaikanal is famous for. We went cycling and horse-riding around the lake, observing nature at its best.

A trek was scheduled for the next day, where we took a walk on the wild side, visiting Suicide Point and Coaker’s Walk, deep in the heart of nature. It was a cold morning and a few of us stopped at a small wayside shack for some hot tea. At the end of the trekking path was Echo Rock, where, as the name suggests, echoes could be heard if something was said. That evening, we had a bonfire organized for us at the Kodaikanal Club.

Over the next couple of days, we did more sight-seeing, stopped at a waterfall and shopped a little more. We even went to a little Turkish restaurant and to a bakery. The last day finally and reluctantly arrived. Packing up and taking last minute looks round our hotel rooms to make sure we hadn’t left anything behind, we started to wonder how those four days went by so quickly. But it did not matter how long or short our excursion was, for those were the best four days of this year.