Monday, August 16, 2010
scout and guide- one day camp
REPORT
On 14/8/2010 Saturday we conducted a one day Scout and Guide camp in the school itself. 27 Guides and 50 Scouts participated .In the Guides section there were 4 patrols and in Scouts 7 patrols. The camp began at 7.00 a.m in the morning and we packed off at 5.15 p.m in the evening.
The students assembled in the school at 7.00a.m. Then patrol division and preparation for flag hoisting took place. The flag hoisting ceremony commenced at 8.30a.m. In the flag hoisting ceremony Mr.Kumariah (HWB Scout) addressed Scouts and Guides. After the flag hoisting ceremony BP Six exercise was demonstrated by the patrol leaders. Then the session started with Mr.Deepak Kumar (S.M) class. He took an interesting class on “History of Scout and Guide movement and Advancement of Scout and Guide movement”. Between the session our honorable principal Mr.Ajay Babu came and gave his valuable advises and suggestions. Then by 10.45 a.m we had our tea break for 15 minutes. After the tea break was the exciting sing song session. Chief guest Mr.Kumariah, Mr.Deepak Kumar, Miss.Nisha (G.C) and one of the Rajya Puraskar student Akhil.G.Nair everyone from the Scouts to the Teachers participated. This was one of the mostinteresting session of the day. Then by 11.45 a.m Mrs.Swarnamma’s (TGT S.Sc) class on compass and mapping was worth listening. Madam gave very interesting and valuable information about compass and mapping. Miss.Nisha’s (G.C) class on Morse and Semaphores signaling with flag ended up the morning session. 01.15 p.m - 02.00 p.m was the time for lunch break. After lunch, Mr.Kumariah took an interesting class on knotting and lashing. In this session students learnt different kinds of knotting and lashing like Reef knot, Sheet bend, Clove hitch etc. The camp was a buzz of activity then. After this we had a short tea break of 15 minutes. Then came the game session. Under the leadership of Mr.Deepak Kumar, the Scouts and Guides combined games were held. After that students assembled in the ground and cleaned the area before lowering the flag.
By 04.45 p.m the flag lowering ceremony was conducted. From the Group Leader Akhil.G.Nair, G.C took the flag and by 05.15 p.m the camp was dismissed.
By 04.45 p.m the flag lowering ceremony was conducted. From the Group Leader Akhil.G.Nair, G.C took the flag and by 05.15 p.m the camp was dismissed.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
INDEPENDENCE DAY
"India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!"
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.
Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian Declaration of Independence, on eve of independence, August 15 1947.
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action--
Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.
Rabindranath Tagore
Gitanjali
At the dawn of history India started on her unending quest, and trackless centuries are filled with her striving and the grandeur of her success and her failures. Through good and ill fortune alike she has never lost sight of that quest or forgotten the ideals which gave her strength.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian Declaration of Independence, on eve of independence, August 15 1947.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
PRARTHANA
Daya kar dan bhaktika , hamen parmatma dena,
Daya karna hamari atmamen me shuddhata dena.
Hamare dhyanmen ao prabhu ankhomen bas jao,
Andher dilmen akarke param jyoti jaga dena.
Bahado premki ganga dilomen premka sagar,
Hamen apasmen milzulkar , prabhu , rahna sikha dena.
Hamara karm ho seva hamara dharm ho seva,
Sada iman ho seva va sevakchar bana dena...
Vatanke vaste jina , vatanke vaste marna,
Vatan par jan fida karna , prabhu , hamko sikha dena.
Daya kar dan bhaktika , hamen parmatma dena,
Daya karna hamari atmamen men Shuddhata dena.
Daya karna hamari atmamen me shuddhata dena.
Hamare dhyanmen ao prabhu ankhomen bas jao,
Andher dilmen akarke param jyoti jaga dena.
Bahado premki ganga dilomen premka sagar,
Hamen apasmen milzulkar , prabhu , rahna sikha dena.
Hamara karm ho seva hamara dharm ho seva,
Sada iman ho seva va sevakchar bana dena...
Vatanke vaste jina , vatanke vaste marna,
Vatan par jan fida karna , prabhu , hamko sikha dena.
Daya kar dan bhaktika , hamen parmatma dena,
Daya karna hamari atmamen men Shuddhata dena.
SIGNALS AND CAMP SIGNS
Hand signals
• No, As you were
Hand waved across the face from side to side
• Extend, Go further away
Hand held high and waved from side to side
• Run, Rally close in
Hand hels high and brought near the shoulder and taken up
• Go in that direction
Hand pointing in that direction.
• Stop- halt
Hand straight held up over head
• No, As you were
Hand waved across the face from side to side
• Extend, Go further away
Hand held high and waved from side to side
• Run, Rally close in
Hand hels high and brought near the shoulder and taken up
• Go in that direction
Hand pointing in that direction.
• Stop- halt
Hand straight held up over head
Campfire opening song (hindi)
आग हुई है रोशन आओ,
आओ आग के पास!
आग से रोशन अपनी बस्ती,
कैसी भुलन्दी कैसी मस्ती,
रंजो-आलमको भूल-भुलाओ,
आओ आग के पास!
सूरज दूबा निकले तारे,
खत्म हुए सब काम हमारे,
मिलकर भाग जगाओ गाओ,
आओ आग के पास!
आओ आग के पास!
आग से रोशन अपनी बस्ती,
कैसी भुलन्दी कैसी मस्ती,
रंजो-आलमको भूल-भुलाओ,
आओ आग के पास!
सूरज दूबा निकले तारे,
खत्म हुए सब काम हमारे,
मिलकर भाग जगाओ गाओ,
आओ आग के पास!
Why one would want to be a scout?
No one can deny that youth in this country and indeed in the whole wolrd is in a state of great turmoil today.it is not prepared to tolerate any longer the infinaty of life in affluent societies and the injustice and exploitation which exist in such large measure in the poorest parts of the world. It refuses to be imposed by an older genration in whose empty promoises it has lost all faith .It has seen too much selfishness masquerading as patriotisim ,it has seen to many advertisement passing as social service , too much violence covered up in in ostensible pursuits of peace to have any regard left for those who have the reins of powerof power in their hands.
The indescipline among the indian youth today is a result of accumalated frustrations;a cheerful ,active and outward looking scout is free from frustrations,not because life is kinder to a scout than to others ,but because he has an outlook in which both sorrow and joy ,failure and and achievement have their appropriate place and get synthesized in a deeper understanding of human existence .Life in the camps by which the movement sets so much store is a whole school of education in itself. It teaces emotional intergration and the solidarity of india as nothing else can. it satisfies a large number of youthful impulses and desires , and as an open air , outdoor activity promotes clean habits and a healthy outlook among the participents.
And the beauty of it all is that the scout teachings are not imparted through a para- millitary organisation or through an iron regiment but through activities in which pleasure and instructions are inexplicably blended.
The indescipline among the indian youth today is a result of accumalated frustrations;a cheerful ,active and outward looking scout is free from frustrations,not because life is kinder to a scout than to others ,but because he has an outlook in which both sorrow and joy ,failure and and achievement have their appropriate place and get synthesized in a deeper understanding of human existence .Life in the camps by which the movement sets so much store is a whole school of education in itself. It teaces emotional intergration and the solidarity of india as nothing else can. it satisfies a large number of youthful impulses and desires , and as an open air , outdoor activity promotes clean habits and a healthy outlook among the participents.
And the beauty of it all is that the scout teachings are not imparted through a para- millitary organisation or through an iron regiment but through activities in which pleasure and instructions are inexplicably blended.
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