Grade 5 field trip
Go Green- Let's Make our Earth a Better Place to Live The technological improvement is turning the Earth into a 'silicon world' destroying its natural beauty and habitat. As a drive towards maintaining a green surrounding and as part of outdoor learning, the students of class 5 were taken on a field trip to Sampath Nursery on Monday, the 3 September 2018. They were welcomed by Mr. Venkatakrishna, an employee of the Horticulture department, who gave ample information about the various types of plants, their propagation and the methods of growing different plants. The students were educated about the different methodologies of rearing plants through kitchen gardens, terrace gardens, outdoor and indoor gardens.

At the nursery, Mr Venkatakrishna also demonstrated methods of grafting, layering, potting and re potting of plants. This visit to the nursery made the learners identify few medicinal plants, differentiate between the medicinal plants, the foliages, the avenue plants and the flowering plants. The students enjoyed the process of learning from their visit to the nursery.

A Day in Fire Brigade
"Hard times don't create heroes, it is during hard times the 'hero' within us is revealed" said Bob Riley. Heroes often go unnoticed until needed but are always remembered in times of utmost desperation. They are none other than the fire fighters. They run to danger as most people run away, they leave comfort and safety to answer the call. They forget sleep to serve strangers and hold firm as the strongest of the foundations begin to crack. They aren't just men and women of our community; they are the best part of it. KG 2 and Montessori Senior students had an opportunity to see such heroes in action and to hear from them how they conduct search and rescue operation and the various ways they extinguish fire. Students were thrilled when they saw the fire engine and the fire fighters in their uniform. The instructor explained the uses of various equipments used in a fire engine. A group of fire fighters captured the students' attention as they demonstrated different ways of extinguishing fire by using fire axe, fire hose, hydrant, ladder and sledgehammer. The excitement of students was boundless when they witnessed the firehose in action. They expressed their enthusiasm and gratitude to the fire fighters for giving them a memorable demonstration.

Plant World
On September 6th 2018, Class I students had been to a field trip to a plant nursery. The students boarded the bus at 10 and reached the nursery by 10.15. One could see the students getting down from their respective buses in a line systematically

Plant nursery was an interesting place to visit with different types of plants. To list a few, they saw many herbs, shrubs, climbers, creepers and bonsai very neatly placed and maintained.

They were amazed to see some of the medicinal and ornamental plants too. The students eagerly listened to the teachers and learnt about the medicinal value of plants taught to them.

They were able to differentiate herbs, shrubs, creepers and climbers. It was indeed an interesting and informative field trip for the students.

Visit to Schevran Laboratories
CLASS XII FIELD TRIP REPORT

The students of class 12 had the opportunity to visit Schevran laboratories on the 25 July 2018. The tour of the laboratory started with the introduction of the owners of the company, Mr & Mrs Sam Cherian. Schevran has been in the business of providing environment-friendly Cleaning Solutions for over two decades. With the manufacturing unit located at Mysore, in the South Indian state of Karnataka, Schevran's products are now in use across India and also in the Middle East and Asia Pacific region. The proprietors briefed the students about the history of Schevran and about the hard work that goes into making the company successful. Mr Prabhu, the guide for the day, gave a short explanation of the steps behind the manufacturing of their products. The students went on to observe the process in real life. After touring the factory, the students visited the laboratory where all the formulations of different cleansing agentsare compounded and put into practical usage. The students were treated with a surprise South Indian lunch. On conclusion of the tour the students presented Mr. and Mrs. Sam a card expressing their heartfelt gratitude.