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"Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man"
Swami Vivekananda
The world has gone through tumultuous times and a colossal change. The covid-19 pandemic has changed everything and what was most affected was the education of the children. These were testing Times and all of us had to adapt ourselves to the new normal.
Hosting students of all age groups in virtual classrooms organised during the lockdown has been an amazing professional development opportunity for teachers. Though these classes were initially started with inadequate preparedness, without much expertise of online communication with the socially diverse student community, within time constraints, less familiarity with technological tools for academic delivery and without much understanding of vast cyberspace integration of academicians
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ensuring concrete and substantial learning as teachers do in traditional face to face classrooms, yes the journey has enriched our features and it has now come to full circle when APS Babina fraternity wishes to continue with online/ Offline mode of schooling with much better professional expertise in delivery mechanism, participatory interaction, preparation of materials to aid to online/offline teaching and motivation to both students and parents.Each day has been full of challenges and diversed versions and switches from one policy to another so that the students could be facilitated with the best possible options of learning methodologies.
APS Babina explored vast possibilities and implemented the course of academic learning in a manner that would enhance the capabilities and mental abilities of the students. The school prepared itself for all exigencies to deal with the covid situation following all the protocols strictly.Each one of us have risen from ashes like phoenix and now we should all work together for the brighter future for our present generation and illuminate their paths with visionary thoughts and advanced educational techniques.
I would like to take this opportunity to pay my gratitude to the parents, (the stakeholders) who have been cooperative in our endeavours to accomplish our aim of fulfilling our duties towards our institution. I also thank"youngest frontline warriors” our students who have emerged victorious.
I am sanguine that we shall all work for the progress and growth of APS Babina and hold the banner high.
God bless
Jai Hind
Dimple Shekhawat
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Never knew these interesting facts

  1. *Dog's EAR*....while reading a book when we get up we fold the corner of the page we were reading. That is known as Dog's Ear.
  2. *Librocubicularist*...the person who reads book lying on the bed.
  3. *Epeolatry*...a person who worships words. Tries to string out the sweetness from every word. This is found mainly with Linguists.
  4. *Logophile*...a person who is fascinated with words.
  5. *Bibliosmia*...The smell of old books.
  6. *Book bosomed*... A person who cannot stay a moment without books.
  7. *Omnilegent*...A person who reads all types of books without judging the subject.
  8. *BallyCumber*...Books which are half read. These books are called BallyCumber.
  9. *Tsundoku*...it is a Japanese word. There is no English word for it. This means that after purchase the book was not opened even once.
  10. *Princep*...The first printed copy of any book is called Princep.
  11. *Sesquipedalian*... A word which has many Syllable such as ses/qui/pe/da/li/an.
  12. *Colophon*...the spine of the book or where the publishers logo is seen.
  13. *Bibliclasm*... To spoil a book knowingly.
  14. *Fascile*...Part. 1st part, 2nd part etc. A book which is published in many parts such Encyclopedia Britannica, Oxford Dictionary etc.
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Never knew these interesting facts

  1. *Afficted*... After reading a book if a person feels like crying at the end but is unable to do so. This feeling is called afficted.
  2. *Bookklempt*...when you have finished reading the last episode and you know that there is no other episode to read but you are unable to digest this truth, this feeling is known as Bookklempt.
  3. *Chaptigue*...the tired feeling which you get in the morning after reading a book for the whole night is known as Chaptigue
  4. *Delitrium*...the good feeling which you get from the smell of a newly purchased book.
  5. *Madgedy*...repeatedly reading a sad story and hoping that the end will be different.
  6. *Mehnertia*...after reading a book for sometime and than reading it from the start all over again because you forgot what you were reading.
  7. *Rageammed*...when you advocate your friends to read a book which you liked and they inform you that they have already read the book and they did not like it. The feeling which have at that moment is known as Rageammend
  8. *Swapshame*...when after reading a book for sometime you think that there was another book which you liked and you are in a dilemma which one to read first, this condition of yours is known as Swapshame.
Garima Dayal
TGT ENGLISH
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BY MEHAKPREETSINGH
THE SLOGAN "EACH ONE TEACH ONE", IS A MOTIVATIONAL FOR THE EDUCATED CLASS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR MORAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHING AT LEAST ONE PERSON. THIS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN SOCIETY. WE STUDENTS HAVE TO WORK TOGATHER FOR A NOBLE MISSION TO REALISE THE DREAM OF THE NATIONAL LITREACY MISSION, WE ENVISAGE AND DREAM OF INDIA WHERE EACH PERSON ID LITERATE. OUR LEARNERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY CHILDER; THEY WILL INCLUDE THE VAST NUMBER OF ADULT WHO ARE LITERATE FOR NO FAULT OF THEIRSS. EVEN IN OUR TOWNS AND CITIES, THERE ARE MAY SUCH PEOPLE. LET EACH OF US TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE OF EDUCATING AT LEAST ONE ADULT IN OUR LOCALITY SO THAT THE PEOPLE NEAR YOU ARE ABLE TO READ, WRITE, AND UNDERSTAND AT LEAST THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE. THE LEARNING STARTINGIES THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT IN OUR PROGRAMME WILL BE EXPLORATORY AND INTERACTIVE. SOME OF OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO BRING ABOUT BASIC LEARNING OF READING, WRITING, AND COUNTING. WE WISH TO PROMOTE BETTER HEALTH AND AWARENESS. WE ALSO WANT TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS. WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND THE GIRL CHILD. WE MUST ENABLE THEM TO FIGHT AGAINST EXPLOITATION AND INJUSRIES AND THUS BUILD THEIR OWN SELF-CONFIDENCE AND RESPECT. ALL THIS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SPREAD OF EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. THEN ONLY WILL WE BE LIVING UP TO THE SLOGAN "EACH ONE TEACH ONE."
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  1. Montana has a super toxic lake.
  2. One Brazilian island has so many venomous snakes that the government banned visitors.
  3. The world's largest plane is wider than two football fields.
  4. Hippos produce a natural skin moisturizer and sunblock.
  5. Nutella was invented to extend chocolate rations.
  6. Hummingbirds can fly backwards.
  7. The Easter Island heads have torsos buried underground.
  8. Snakes have two reproductive organs.
  9. Octopuses lay 56, 000 eggs at a time.
  10. It's illegal to kill Bigfoot in British Columbia.
By
 (Shreya Agarwal)
 Class - 6 (A)
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Today I stand, rooted to the ground like wheat grass,
As the sun shines, silently I grasp what we've passed;
Adversity, a winter which lasted all of my youth,
As I suffered in the cold, just hoping that I would bloom.
It all started, when I was planted as a seed,
My childhood was fertile, and the soil was raked for me,
I was sheltered from the dangers of the outside world,
Yet isolation could not save from the cold, I've learnt.
I struggled every day, praying that I would grow strong,
As the dew drops on my leaves turned into frost,
But the hope in my heart helped me go through it all,
Telling me, "Every hardship will one day be gone".
Today I stand, on the day of my graduation,
Thankful to everyone who watched me grow with patience,
My childhood may be riddled with loneliness and anxiety,
But every seed must go through the struggle, it's what defines a tree.
ADITYA SHAHI X B
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"The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don't give up."
Robert Tew

"The best way to predict your future is to create it"
Abraham Lincoln

"The expert in anything was once a beginner"
Helen Hayes

"Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will."
Venus Williams

"Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted"
David Bly
By Vivek Bhonsle 6B
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COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has brought about a sense of fear and anxiety around the globe. This phenomenon has led to short term as well as long term psychosocial and mental health implications for children and adolescents. The closure of schools and parks have had an immense impact on the mental growth of children. It's been more than a year of a new normal virtual life.
The issue is not the virtual life but the attitude of students towards studies, discipline, time management, physical health, and psychological development. These are majorly missing in the new normal. Children are waking up late with no sense of time and not taking their online classes seriously. As they have lost touch with their friends and teachers, the exchange of thoughts is not taking place, games period is not the same and overall life is missing the fun that school generally provided. Packed inside the house, children have become short tempered with zero patience. Some are even facing depression and anxiety is the new common.
Some steps towards the new normal can make life healthy. Virtual games period should be taken seriously, morning assembly can be conducted to start the day on a positive note as it gives positive vibes. There should be a period to deal with psychological issues where children can just casually chit chat and interchange their thoughts. Yoga and exercise should be practiced daily.
We must understand that it is just a phase, and this too shall pass. We should learn to adapt as it is human nature, and every phase has its end. Optimism is the key to this new normal.
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AMAZING FACTS
By Adishree 6c
  • Babies have around 100 more bones than adults.
  • The Eiffel Tower can be 15 centimeters taller during the summer.
  • 20% of Earth's oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest.
  • Some metals are so reactive that they explode on contact with water.
  • A teaspoonful of neutron star would weight 6 billion tons.
  • Hawaii moves 7.5 centimeters closer to Alaska every year.
  • Chalk is made from trillions of microscopic plankton fossils.
  • In 2.3 billion years it will be too hot for life to exist on Earth.
  • Polar bears are nearly undetectable by infrared cameras.
  • It takes 8 minutes, 19 seconds for light to travel from the sun to Earth.
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  • Wow! A loaded purse on the street
  • What a wonderful treat!
  • I looked all around
  • I could not hear any sound,
  • I was just about to pick
  • But someone show me a stick,
  • I looked all around
  • Still none could be found,
  • Then I realized
  • It was my inner voice
  • Which stopped me from doing wrong,
  • And gave me a better choice,
  • Still I picked it
  • But with a different intention,
  • On reaching the police station
  • I headed for police inspector and
  • Handed him the money,
  • I told him what had happened
  • From the pollen to the honey,
  • He praised me for my honest deed
  • That day was my best , indeed.
By Harmeet Kaur (12 science)
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