Mad Scientist Dr Hump

MAS has given me a new identity (of Mad Scientist Dr Hump)! I still have children coming to me and telling me "Where's your Hump, Dr Hump. We want to give it a Bump"! And after that picture on the MAS newspaper, I've even had friends and kids calling to Congratulate! :) That goes down in my daughters’ scrap book as “Moments of MAS fame”!

 

We've all been talking a lot about the bond MAS created between parents and kids. I'd also like to add that I experienced a new connection between the school and parents. It was amazing to see how teachers we've never known or met before made time for us so willingly.

I remember when I first met Preeti Khosla Ma'am for a dry run, I was a picture of confidence - beaming with pride and almost flaunting that I had so much information to share! Interestingly, Preeti Ma'am was highly unimpressed and pointed out that I will have children lose interest if we presented in that manner! What an eye-opener that meeting was.

After a few nightmares (of kids walking out of the classroom during in-class activities), I finally managed to put together a funny script in place. I met Preeti Ma'am several times until she was finally delighted by our mad scientist performance and gave us a thumbs-up! All our efforts would have fallen flat, had we not got the much-needed guidance and support from teachers and staff!

 

Looking forward for more Fun and more learning through Fun at Shri Ram!

Pooja

(M/O Maanya Utreja)

CR Upvan E

Class 2 D Exciting our Senses

Putting our thinking caps on - 1st Planning meeting

Rehearsal time all with a smile

Almost there!!! Waiting in the foyer

Saaddi Class -2 D

Which of us does a better job?... at sensing - silly

a skit done by the moms

these are a few of my fav things

(song on food)

Mesmerized!!!

Har ek body part zaroori hota hai...

Illusion - what do you see after staring at the black dot in the middle of the heart

Illusion - Read the color - not the spelling.

Whose tongue is it anyway????

Structure of the tongue

What does mine look like?

 Depth - I can join them with my eyes wide open, can be a challenge with only one open though!!!

How easy to drop the marbles with one eye closed? 

Great job done folks..... 

We love you kids!!!

" Mom I wish I had a time machine so that I can go back to class of yesterday and do the experiments again" Kashvi Chopra, Upvan B

Of Coffee Mornings and Science Madness

-by PARUL OHRI

Just as the tourism sector hires additional staff between October and March, and soft drink companies need more hands in summer, the numerous coffee shops scattered around DLF phase IV surely plan their extra hiring based on the activity calendar of Shri Ram School!   

I can visualise the panic in Coffeeland- “Yes, this is Hari Sadu.  Call HR for an urgent meeting, Shri Ram has announced Mad About Science in December.  Yes yes PSA driven!  More staff for Galleria branch NOW, increase early morning and afternoon shifts.”

For those of you, who haven’t yet established the connection, let me spell it out.  School events, if PSA driven, mean parents-who-volunteer, volunteers-form-teams, teams-need-meetings, meetings-need-venues and when-you-meet, you need coffee!  QED - coffee shops close to school.  Now all that remains is to add Mocha, Café Coffee Day, Flip, Choko La, Barista and some new delicious entrants like Delhi Heights on our communication networks.  Let them know our meeting schedules, so that they can start up the espresso machines accordingly. 

On one occasion, a bunch of us dropped the kids to school and landed up at CCD at a bright and early 8.40 am!  We were shooed out immediately with desperate fingers pointing to an “Open at 9 am” sign, while cups were being laid out and machines jerked out of peaceful slumber.  Enthusiastic and diligent that we were, we started the meeting on a bench close by.  And punctual that we were, we returned to the doorstep at sharp 9 am, this time ignoring the frantic “No, no Maam, not open” protests by pointing triumphantly to the sign that declared them open at 9 am.  Having lost legal grounds to throw us out once again, the staff now pointed to their groaning, still waking-from-slumber coffee machines and explained that coffee will not be served before 9.30.  Only when we promised to not bother them before 9.30 am and to just sit quietly in a corner discussing profound matters of Grade II science, did they allow us in. 

By the time we get into year 2 of MAS, think how easy it would be to locate your team. Just give the right context to the friendly staff at the cafes and they might just tell you, “Light and Colour?  Oh yes, they’re in Flip.  Sitting next to Simple Machines.”  “Magnetic Force just left Mocha, maybe Bio Mimicry is still there.”   And don’t be surprised if you are told, “Madam, aapke working model of pulleys mein weight balance ka problem hai, isko aise correct kariye….”  Never underestimate the value of your morning cup of coffee or its server!