ISSUE No 1 | August 2021
REFLECTIONS | HIGHLIGHTS | PROSPECTS AN EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE
By Kajal Memorial
ABOUT KAJAL MEMORIAL Our Mission We strive to better our students through quality educational experiences that build lifelong skills and qualities. The mission of Kajal Memorial Day School (KMDS) is to teach children the skills and qualities they need for the brightest future possible through an education that is fun, engaging and memorable.
Principal Madam: Anuka Chatterjee
Contact Us Address: 9/1 Umesh Mukherjee Road, Belgharia, Kolkata - 700056 Email: kmdsbelgharia@gmail.com Phone: +91 82 3289 4761 Website: tinyurl.com/kmdsbelgharia
© Kajal Memorial Day School, 2021 Published in Belgharia, Kolkata, West Bengal, India First issued in August 2021 Reflections | Highlights | Prospects, also known as RHP Magazine, is published electronically by Kajal Memorial Day School quarterly. Unless otherwise indicated, this magazine is the exclusive property of Kajal Memorial Day School, and all the contents, text and photographs are owned, controlled and protected by the school management. Any copyright complaints should be formally addressed to the school by written mail or by email to kmdsbelgharia@gmail.com.
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RHP MAGAZINE ISSUE NO. 1 | AUGUST 2021
Table of Contents Front Cover and Introduction Pages Front
Cover
Tanishka About Table
by
Kundanika
Ghosh,
Illustration
by
Khan)
Kajal of
(Designed
Memorial.......................................................i
Contents...........................................................ii
The Features Tiny
Tots
Laughter Shining
Corner..............................................................1 -
The
Best
Medicine............................................5
Stars.................................................................7
Educator's
Express.........................................................16
Activities Crossword....................................................................19 Word
Search................................................................20
Anagram......................................................................21 Matching
Game............................................................22
Solutions.....................................................................23
Back Cover Inner
Back
Back
Cover
Cover:
Quarterly
Quotes....................................I
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TINY TOTS CORNER
Deekshant Karmakar, Lower Nursery
Aditya Basak, Lower Nursery
Rehaan Kundu, Lower Nursery
Ayana Sahoo, Lower Nursery
Aradhya Indu, Lower Nursery
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TINY TOTS CORNER
Arushi Tambuli, Lower Nursery
Abhirup Mahato, Abhirup Saha, KG
KG
Adriz Mandal, KG
Sayantika Das, KG
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Gayatri Ganguly, Upper Nursery
Srija Banerjee, Lower Nursery Asikul Sekh, Upper Nursery
Aarohi Roy Karmakar, Upper Nursery
Joy Routh, Upper Nursery
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Ankush Das, Upper Nursery
Alik Chakraborty, Upper Nursery
Sanjit Saha, KG (left)
Ankush Mondol, Upper Nursery
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LAUGHTER - THE BEST MEDICINE Why is laughter the best medicine?
There is truth to the saying that laughter is the best medicine! When we laugh we stretch muscles throughout our face and body, and we breathe faster, sending more oxygen to our tissues.
Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts mood, diminishes pain, and protects you from the damaging effects of stress. Nothing works faster or better to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. Laughter improves the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow, which can help protect you against a heart attack and other heart-related problems.
One study found that laughing for 10 to 15 minutes a day can burn approximately 40
calories.
Well,
well,
well,
that’s
no
excuse
not
to
camp
in
front
of
the
television or computer screen and spend time watching Comedy Central. We need to maintain an active life style.
Remember people like to be around those who are happy and it does not take much effort to make someone smile. Also let us not laugh at others when it hurts someone else. A little effort made by us can make a huge difference.
Fun facts
😊:
Humans are born with the capacity to laugh. The syllables "ha-ha," "ho-ho," or "he-he" are part of the universal human vocabulary, and all cultures recognize them. Laughter is contagious. Just watching people laugh activates the brain to prepare facial muscles to join in (Challenge one of your friends to stay serious when others are laughing). Gelotology is the study of humor and laughter.
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LAUGHTER - THE BEST MEDICINE
There are other species that can laugh apart from humans. Primates can also laugh. A scientist found out that the neck of rats is ticklish. When the scientist tickled the rat’s neck, it produced high-frequency sounds, and he interpreted the sounds as laugh.
Hope the jokes below can make you laugh!
Why can’t your head be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot!
What is a computer’s favorite snack? Computer chips. What kind of tree fits in your hand? A palm tree.
Why does nobody talk to circles? Because there’s no point.
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SHINING STARS
Saachi Pal, Class 1
Manvi Roy, Class 2
Rupam Sarkar, Class 2
Kaustuv Paul, Class 2
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Sadhana Roy, Class 2
Dibya Narayan Bhattacharya, Class 2
Adrika Behara, Class 3
Sanchita Dey, Class 3
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Rabindranath Tagore by Om Prakash Dutta, Class 8
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, novelist, painter and educator. He was
born
in
Kolkata
into
a
prominent
family
which
took
a
keen
interest
in
literature and culture. He was born in 1861 in Tagore's family. He started writing poetry at the age of eight. He was also known for his innovations in modern Indian art and music. He was also the first Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1913. Tagore founded a school called Patha-Bhavan in the year 1901,
which
eventually
expanded
into
the
Viswa-Bharati
University
at
Shantiniketan. He was also known as an Indian freedom fighter. He composed India's national anthem “Jana Gana Mana”. Some of his best-known works are “The Postmaster Gora" and “Broken Nest". This great man passed away in 1941.
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A Ghost Story by Samriddhi Mukherjee, Class 5
This is a true story that happened to my grandfather. That was a long time ago. My grandfather then lived in a village far away from the suburbs. There was a dark atmosphere in the village at that time. A couple of lights flickered in the surrounding villages, and a couple of light posts lit up my grandfather's school many miles away. We had to cross a crematorium on the way to the school. Just a few days before this incident, a young woman in my grandfather's village drowned. Still, her Shraddh ceremony was not over. One morning at four o'clock, my grandfather was going to school with another friend of his through the crematorium. There were very few seats that day, and it was raining a little. The atmosphere was very gloomy and scary. The two of them were in a trance when they left, not knowing what was going to happen to them. They saw a flame of fire coming towards them. They did not understand anything and tried to run away, but they could not. It seemed as if someone had chained their legs. They tried, and it took calling the name of God to cross the crematorium. But when they
saw
a
flame
coming
towards
them,
they
both
fainted,
and
when
the
morning light came, they regained consciousness. They've been on their way to school since the dawn of time, but there's still a shade of fear in their minds since the incident. It's a very true story of my grandfather's life, the story I will try my best to present in front of everyone.
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Sam and Tam: The Mystery Book Lovers by Raj Gopal Saha, Class 5
Sam and Tam are two brothers. They are very different from other students. They study in school in class 9. When there was break time from school, they used to study
mystery
interesting,
books.
One
world-famous
day, line.
reading Tam
one
read
of
the
these
line
books,
loudly:
they
"Today
found is
a
an
gift,
yesterday is a history, and tomorrow is a mystery." Sam asked, "Tam, who has written this line?" Tam said, "This line was written by Eleanor Roosevelt." The next page was all about the world-famous pyramids. Sam told Tam about the mystery surrounding these pyramids - it is a large mystery indeed. You know, there is also a line with the pyramid. The line is that "a person fears the time, but the time fears the pyramid." When they were reading this, suddenly a boy came into the library and called Sam and Tam. The boy said, "Come, come! We have got an interesting thing." Sam and Tam went there in the School Garden and asked what the interesting thing was. The boy, named Rahul, said that he had gotten a map from under the big tree in their School Garden. "We have got it now. I think that it is a map of some precious thing or a treasure, perhaps, and we should certainly search for it!" said Rahul. Sam and Tam correctly examined it, and when they understood what was given there, they realised that the map was not complete - it was only half of the complete one. "I don't know where the full map is," said Tam. Rahul said that they should first find the other half of the map and then go for the search. On the other hand, Tam felt that they had no time to find out the other half of the map and that maybe the other half of the map was not in their School Garden. Tam suggested that without wasting their time, they should go and search for the big treasure. They started their work according to what was given in the half-map. At first, they saw two shops presented on the map. They went to these two shops and marked a cross sign there. After that, they were to go straight according to the path drawn on the map. After walking quite a bit through the narrow streets, they found the building marked on the map. They were to go beside the building and find a small cave. They went inside the cave and walked until they reached the cave's opening after some minutes.
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They could now see a big forest covered with tall trees in one place. Marked on a big oak tree, there was an arrow pointing to the right. The boys followed the signs, but soon after, the half map ended. In the midst of numerous paths, they became clueless as to what they should do. Suddenly, Sam saw a well which had a cross sign on it, and its opening was covered by a big stone. Sam and Tam decided to move the big stone. After doing this, they found a pathway heading below the ground. They followed the stairs, and at the end, they reached a dark central
room
leading
to
six
doors.
Five
of
these
doors
would
lead
to
a
bhulbhulaiyan, and they didn't know which one would lead to the treasure. They were very worried because if they went into one of the bhulbhulaiyan, they would never come out again. Then, Sam had an idea. He told everyone that they should each take a stone from the wall, choose one of the doors, go inside, and use the stone to mark on the walls. After going inside, if it really was a bhulbhulaiyan, then they would see the marking and would come out again. If the five doors leading to the bhulbhulaiyan were all marked, then they would understand that the sixth door was of the treasure. Thanking Sam for his intelligence, they made plans to go to the school afterward and divide the treasure. They did as they thought,
but
when
they
checked
the
first
door,
they
saw
that
it
was
a
bhulbhulaiyan. Seeing the signs they had marked, they came out. Then, they went inside the second door and again saw that it was also bhulbhulaiyan, so they came out in a similar fashion. When they entered through the third door, they had to walk a long way before coming to a large door. When they opened the door, a flash of light hit their eyes. The room was full of gold coins and precious stones. They were amazed as they had never thought that they would get a treasure like this. They found more than what they needed after all the hard work. They got out of the well and took the treasure to the school. The boys divided the treasure and were awarded the Bravery Award.
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Ayush Sah, Class 4
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Tirtharaj Kar, Class 4
Maheshee Nyaya, Class 4
Samriddhi Mukherjee, Class 5
Raj Gopal Saha, Class 5
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Ritupriya Bose, Class 5
Sahil Ghosh, Class 5
Sambhav Pathak, Class 6
Jyoti Gupta, Class 6
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Ushashi Roy, Class 6
Tanishka Khan, Class 6
Shirshan Roy, Class 6
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EDUCATOR'S EXPRESS Using Positive Discipline for Upbringing Your Children By Sreetapa Roy
Everyone is more anxious and worried during the pandemic. Younger children may not have the words to describe their feelings.
They're more likely to act out
their stress, anxiety or fear through their behavior.
Being a parent is not easy at the best of times - and these are definitely not the best of times. It was hard enough trying to keep kids happy, healthy and busy. They might be stuck at home, isolated from their grandparents and friends, and missing experiences like camp or family trips.
So my earnest request is to handle your children very keenly.
Dipika Das Chakraborty
Moumita Sarkar
Rupa Chowdhury
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Kathakoli Chatterjee
Anjana Roy
Tinku Banerjee
Shilpa Shaw
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Holi Wishes for Students By Chumki Chowdhury
Holi is one of the brightest festivals in India just like Diwali, Dussehra etc.
It is also known as the Festival of Colours. It is celebrated in the month of Falgun/ March every year all over India. It is an auspicious festival celebrated during the Spring Season with great joy and fervour. Each and every moment of Holi is hilarious and enjoyable. It is the festival of togetherness, harmony and peace, spreading love and unity among people. The month of Falgun indicates the transition of Winter to Summer Season.
Religious texts say that the day of playing Holi was started by Goddess Radha and God Krishna in Vrindavan.
By the religious texts, an attempt was made to burn Prahalad, the son of Demon King Hiranya Kashyap, by his sister Holikaone the day before the colourfull Holi festival. Holika Dahan is conducted where a huge bonfire is set and various rituals are conducted. People collect wood, burn a bonfire, and celebrate by singing songs around it.
Holi is a festival that reminds us of the victory of good over evil.
On Holi, various mouth-watering delicacies are prepared, and the most common are gujias, malpuas etc, which are prepared to mark the occasion of Holi.
Children love playing with different colours by using pichkaris, buckets of colours and balloons filled with coloured waters and by throwing water colours on each other. People also rub coloured abir on each other's face/head and spread love, harmony & unity.
People celebrate Holi with their neighbours, relatives, friends and well-wishers.
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Solutions Crossword
Anagram
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Word Search
Matching Game
RHP MAGAZINE ISSUE NO. 1 | AUGUST 2021
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