CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
The School offers a wide variety of activities to students from Class I onwards. Classes I to IV are engaged in co-curricular activities twice a week, while classes VI to X it is offered twice a week. Students are selected to participate in the core activity groups including Robotics, Classical Indian Music, (both vocal and instrumental), Dance, Drama and many other activities.
HAM Radio Club
DNU SMBM National Public School Radio Club brings hobbyists together
To promote the general advancement and diffusion of knowledge of science and practice of Electronics and Radio Communication, DNU SMBM National Public School offers a HAM radio club.
The club teaches students to how to operate a HAM radio with the ability to communicate around the world. In an emergency such as a hurricane or other disaster, we often realize that cell phones, telephones, and the internet may all be put out of service. HAMs with their long-range battery-driven radios may be the only surviving means of communication, and our students intend to be ready.
Our Correspondent, Mr R. Ramadas himself has volunteered countless hours into supervising the club and conducting lessons for the students so they can pass the examinations for their FCC radio operator’s licenses. He has himself been a HAM since the 1980s and has constructed a radio room on campus for the HAM club. This gives the students a real boost to have their own ‘HAM Corner’ as our HAMs call their equipment rooms.
Our students can now operate all of the stations on campus where they often talk directly to fellow students in Europe, Australia and South American stations. No cell phones or internet are needed! Great for emergencies when power is down and we are on mobile stations or generators.
Art
“Art is subtle and delicate and it makes the mind also in its movement subtle and delicate.”
The School believes that there is an artist in every child and that children are naturally artistic. Keeping this in mind all the students are encouraged to develop their creative ability and express themselves through their Art and Craft.
In their Art sessions, the students are taught how to create. Students learn a wide range of creative arts such as collage, drawing, painting and comic storyboards. Scanning and digitalized processes are explored along with dabbling with Graphic illustration techniques. The building up of whole stories block by block is a holistic artistic experience which amalgamates the use of traditional art of drawing.
Photography Club
“Creativity is as important now in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status.”
Photography Club is a platform to unleash one’s creativity. The main focus is on learning about various features of DSLR cameras to capture moments in a frame which is refreshing to the senses and has the desired impact. Still-Photography is used to build the concept of Frame, Dimensions, Space and Light. Students are encouraged to experiment with Pixel, Flash, ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture, Composition, Framing, and Theme. Students learn to create portfolios for jobs, styles and portraits.
GK and Quiz
General Knowledge is an important tool to perceive, analyse and understand the world. It adds value both in cultural and academic terms and plays a significant role in helping people connect in vibrant multicultural hubs. Quizzing adds a fun quotient to this activity.
Music & Dance
Music speaks what cannot be expressed,
Soothes the mind and gives it rest,
Heals the heart and makes it whole
Flows from heaven to the soul
Music can reach, even where the rays of the Sun cannot. It touches even the hardest of souls and is the continuous source of joy for the listener and the performer. The School wants every child to have the joy of enjoying music. We have both the Western and Indian forms of Music. There are separate rooms for the instruction of Vocal and Instrumental music. The students are taught to play instruments and sing in both forms.
Dance
“Dancing is poetry with arms and legs”
Dancing is the hidden language of the soul, our students are encouraged to express their emotions and creativity through the various dance forms taught in the School. Students of the School are taught various forms of dances from Contemporary to Classical including Folk dances. The objective of the ‘Dance class is to create an exchange of different cultures related to dance, across India. The aim is to learn different dances, understand the music of each kind of dance, appreciate every form and learn to choreograph own pieces, using the required skills.
Theatre
Basic techniques of dramatization and script writing, improvisation. Starting with general introductory games, the students are exposed to a whole gamut of activities which vary from producing TV commercials, devising scenes from popular novels through group work, and exploring the nuances of converting fairy stories into film trailers of different genres. Group and individual work under qualified Drama teachers impart quality as well as fun to this club.
Sculpture
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. The sculpture is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams
Children learn the basics of Sculpture carving and construction with wood/ply to make objects like toys, boxes etc… Creating wooden models which may vary from aircraft to guitar involves planning elevating and section drawing, transferring the actual image graphically to the appropriate size, cutting filing and shaving of wooden blocks to finally using diverse tools like saws, chisels clamps, hangers and angle grinders. Dexterity of hands, artistic values and strong visualizing techniques are essential learning outcomes.