On February 29, 2008, the students and teachers of PSBB, T.P.Road celebrated the National Science Day at the YGP auditorium at the school..
It was an hour’s celebration between 11am and 12noon. The school students had the pleasure of welcoming the teachers of their sister school, PSBB – Nungambakkam along with the Dean and Director of the PSBB group of schools, Mrs. Y. G. Parthasarathy.
The celebration started with offerings to the Sun God, followed by a dance drama depicting the Sun with its seven horses or the VIBGYOR colours. The students were introduced to the phenomenon of refraction by this dance drama.
Then, the Maths Department taught the students how to add ‘joys’ and subtract ‘sorrows’ by using integers and their principles.
The students were reminded of the human actions to give, take and share comparing with how do atoms do the same with their electrons.
The students of classes 6,7 and 8 had the opportunity to display their talent in writing and acting out skits. The class 8 students explained the processes, which a metal goes through and becomes an object that we use in our daily lives. The students used famous proverbs like ‘United we stand, Divided we fall’ just like how gold cannot stand without copper.
The class7 students described what a piece of bread undergoes the various stages in the digestive system of a human body, while class 6 students carried out various experiments to show all the methods of separation.
The students then witnessed another dance drama showing how the devas and asuras churned the milky ocean to obtain ‘Amrith” or the nectar along with Goddess Lakshmi, the deadly poison and various other things. This programme, which also marked the beginning of the 14-month long golden – jubilee celebrations in the PSBB group of schools received accolades from all who witnessed the show.
Saniya joined the Team YOCee as Student Reporter for the year 2007 – 08. She continues to report for YOCee since then.
Saniya is a student of Padma Seshadri Bal Bhavan, Nungambakkam branch. She has a concern for the world around her. Protection of environment and making young people aware of the benefits of green and pollution-free environment is her mission. She writes on her blog – http://aspireblog.wordpress.com/