Times Of India (Press Visit)
Date: 29/06/09 Monday
On 29th June 2009 the students of our school went to the Times of India Press. It was an amazing and fascinating experience for all the students. The students from class IX to XII were taken for the press visit. The impeccable ambience of the press caught the attention and impressed a lot of students. The students were lined outside and then after some time the children were taken inside the press area which was also divided into: - The Pre-Press Area
- Press Area
- Post Press Area.
The Pre- Press Area was a room having many computers; those computers were connected to other computers of the Times of India. Then we moved to the Dark Room in which entry was restricted . In this room there was a machine known as the image setter. With the help of which the images were taken out by the employees. In another room there was the film processor which was also a part of the Image setter. The film processor converted the negative format of the image into a positive image. This was pasted on plastic sheets known as stolen sheets. Another machine which was shown to the students was PD-85. This machine threw special mercury light that passed through the negative and it fell on the aluminum sheet and all the information was printed on the metal sheet. A special machine kept in another room helped the employees to get a direct output from the Computer. Only a few of the students were allowed to see it because that machine was very sensitive. The students were then shown a big machine which was attached to the main computer named ‘Newton 45’. When all the information was printed on the aluminum sheet then these sheets were placed on a machine with two rollers and a roll of paper was also attached to the machine. The printing of the paper was done by the machine and the printed papers were collected in a machine which was known as the ‘stocker’. The last part which was shown to the students was the place where the rolls of paper which was used for printing were kept. The trip to the printing press was very enlightening and informative for the students and everyone enjoyed the trip immensely. Visit to Anandi Water Park Date- 14/04/09 Tuesday
Who doesn’t like to visit a water park and that too on a hot day? To the delight of the students, a trip was planned to Anandi Water Park on 14th April ’09. Excitement was writ large on the faces of the children. The day was hot but their spirits were bright. The inviting pools had a cooling effect on every body. The pools were filled with shrieking children the sound of laughter and the squeals of joy as children splashed around and slid down huge water slides. The students were accompanied by the hostel staff and some of the teachers. It was a fun-filled afternoon as the students were served Aloo - Puri for lunch – later on.
Educational Visit
Visit to the Regional Science Centre
17th April’07 ( Tuesday)
Classes IV to X
Visit to Kotak Mahindra Bank
14th May’07
The Science club members along with their teachers visited the Kotak Mahindra Bank. The branch Manager Mr. Siddheshwar Agarwal welcomed us and introduced us to an employee of the bank, Mr. Rishi Tripathi. Mr. Rishi took us around and showed us the various indications and signs on how to identify a false note from a real one. Then we went to an ATM machine and he explained its working. He explained about the credit and debit cards. Credit cards can be used twice in a day whereas debit cards can be used as many times in a day as required.
Mr. Rajiv took us to the different counters and explained the different working sectors of the bank. He gave us an idea about internet banking and the schemes the bank had introduced. He briefed us about gold banking in which money can be exchanged for gold coin or bars. Towards the end we saw the main server of the bank which recorded the various inputs and had all the details of ATM banking.
Ashish Tibriwal
IX A Visit to Sahara India
July 28, 2007 We the students of the Computer club got a golden chance to visit Sahara India Control Office Computer Centre, headed by Ms. Vandana Bajpai. We were accompanied by our computer teacher – Mr. Avaneesh Srivastava. We were welcomed by Mr. Farooque & Mr. Rajesh Hajela. They told us that Sahara has 1500 branches in India and they use two softwares, namely –
1. BAAS (Brand Automation Application Software)
2. CAAS (Command Automation Application Software)
They have their own intranet. In 1973, Mr. Subhroto Roy started Sahara in Gorakhpur with a total of three employees. An office has been set up in Kolkata which keeps a backup of all the data so that if any disaster takes place, they can cover all data. They use optic fibre system to connect all the three buildings at Kapoorthala, Lucknow. Trend micro antivirus is used for their servers. It was good to know that they have branches even in Lucknow. They are the third largest network in Asia. They even showed their data centre which uses Son Micro System Servers. They showed how data was transferred using VSAT Technology.
Rizwan Ahmad
IX B
Visit to the Regional Science Centre
17th April’07
The Regional Science centre is an extended body under the National Council of Science Museum, functioning under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The main objective of the Science Centre is to develop a scientific attitude and temperament to create and sustain general awareness amongst the children. It has designed and exhibited equipments and models for science education. It benefits students and also the common man when it organizes various exhibitions, lectures, quizes etc. It fosters the spirit of scientific enquiry and creativity amongst the children.
The different sections visited were –
Mirror Magic Gallery, Mathematics Gallery, Popular Science, Conservation of Biodiversity, Light and Sight, Science Demonstrations, Exhibition Hall, Planetarium, Multimedia Lab, etc. The Science Centre has lovely lawns and parks – an open air exposition where interactive exhibits are placed, aesthetically merging with the colourful landscape in a safe and clean environment. Many swings, ball roller coasters, sundials and pendulums were displayed in the open for a hands – on – experimentation and to enhance and develop the thinking ability and arouse the curiosity of the children.
Nishant Mehrotra
IX A Visit to NEDA
(Department of additional source of energy)
On 2nd February, 08, the students visited NEDA (Department of Additional Sources of Energy). A member of that organization explained everything properly. They have numerous working solar models. It shows that solar energy can be used instead of other sources of energy. There are many uses of machines run by solar energy. Like solar drier in which we can easily dry grains in less time. We can get distilled water by Distilled Water System. Leaf cups can easily be prepared by Leaf Cup Making Machine.
The Solar Pump helps farmers to irrigate their fields. This model was continuously pumping water by a direct- connection from the solar panels. The solar water heater helps to heat water and store it in storage tanks. There are so many street lights running by solar energy.
Solar Cooker is one of the things which helps to save fuel (L.P.G / wood). The whole organization is being run by Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant. They consume the electricity they produce within the plant. That power plant constitutes 120 batteries of 2V and 750 ampere. Batteries are charged by 320 solar panels of 80W each. It shows that power plants can produce 25,000W of power. They use the power in their organization and the saved power is supplied to Hydel Power Plant. We also went to their conference room to watch the videos of different alternative sources of energy. The working processes of many machines were explained properly. They have a tree – Jatropha. The oil of Jatropha can be used in place of diesel. We were informed that three kgs of Bio- fuel produces one litre oil.
We came to know how a Bio- Gas plant works. We had a closer look at the Bio-Gas burner and Bio- Gas lamp. It was a good experience for us. If people are made aware of such projects, then we can easily make use of various alternative sources of energy. I personally feel the government should enhance work on alternative sources of energy to conserve our precious resources.
Rizwan Ahmad
IX B The regional science centre is an extended body under the National Council of Science Museums, functioning under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
The main objective is to develop a scientific attitude and temperament, to create and sustain general awareness amongst the children. It has designed and exhibited equipment for science education and popularization of science. It benefits students and also the common man by organizing various exhibitions, lectures, quizzes etc. It fosters a spirit of scientific enquiry and creativity amongst the students.
The different sections were – Conservation of Biodiversity, Light and sight, science demonstrations, exhibition hall, planetarium, Multimedia lab etc. The science centre has lovely lawns and parks, an open air exposition where interactive exhibits are placed aesthetically merging with colourful landscape in a safe and clean environment. Many swings, Ball Roller coaster, sundials and pendulums were displayed in the open for a hand – on experimentation and to enhance and develop the thinking ability and raise the curiosity of the children.
The very first section was the display of water pressure and how its energy can be used to propel the fall:-
The ringing of the bell, the cutting of the wood, the water prism, the turbine, generating electricity etc. These were followed by the gravity well, The Express Route, Logic gate, See the mirror – trace the track, Test the magnetic field, Vibrating rings, Hand Battery, Elongated images, Infinity images, head on a platter, Aquamobile, Air pressure, Pressure and depth, Liquid siphon, Soap films of geometric shapes, Fluid oscillator, Measurement of flow, Hero’s Turbine, Archimedes principle, Loss of weight, Buoyancy is a force, Know your weight, lift and drag, Lift an aeroplane, Play with water, Thirsty bird, Sucking duct, Play with spray, Voyage of Ganga, Birth of a river, How a river flows, How is hydroelectricity generated, Profile of Ganga, Water cycle, Formation of a delta, Water in plants, water content in human body, water and diseases, flood prevention, green revolution, flood and its causes, video show on fire, disaster and damage, hand pumps, floating ball, sound waves, xylophone, Number games, vaccum pumps, pressure and temperature, Rotating rings, Movement by Inertia, Zodiac signs, Play with light, Magnetic induction, polarization late, clap switch, magic room, stars of constellation, bending light, Radio – telescope, Vanishing doll, automatic water tap and centrifugation force.
These various activities supplement science teaching in schools and enhance a child’s skills to keenly question logically calculate accurately, hear minutely and retain permanently.
Visit to the U.P. State Spinning Mill on 16th January 2007
On the morning of 16th of January 2007 we get the opportunity to witness the marvel of spinning in a spinning mill situated at Barabanki – The U.P. State Spinning Mill.
All excited and charged up, we reached the mill premises by 12 ‘O’ clock and were given a friendly welcome by the authorities. We were first given a talk on the whole process of spinning and then we witnessed the complete process involved in spinning the yarns in the mill.
We entered the blow room where the dust is removed from the bales by suction method. After cleaning the bales are mixed with fiber. Thereafter, the fluffy cotton is transferred to the carding department where it is combed thoroughly in order to remove the tiny particles of fiber from the cotton.
The loose fluffy fiber is then compressed and beaten into long sheets called laps which are fed into a carding machine that entangles the cotton into single fiber sheets and then transforms it into a long rope called sliver. These slivers are then fed into a drawing machine which again draws them into much finer rope like structures called roving.
The next stage in the process of spinning saw us in a room where the temperature was quite high. It was a room filled with working machines where the roving were being wound to bobbins and taking its final size on a spinning frame. This process is called “ring spinning”. It was an amazing experience to see fine threads being pulled and twisted together and automatically winding on the spinning bobbins which are finally wound to a cone shaped structure.
This visit was an extremely enriching experience and what’s worth mentioning is that the entire process was transparent which helped us immensely to understand the whole process of spinning. The whole experience is now etched in my mind forever.
Another benefit of this trip, one that made my mother especially happy is that I have started taking care of my clothes and that’s because I have seen the amount of hard work that goes in the making of even a handkerchief!
Visit to the Anaura Village -
 No, I am not talking about M. Night Shyamalan’s blockbuster horror movie but I am talking about our visit to the village Anaura and what a visit it was.
On a bright sunny morning our warden sir announced that on account of Guru Govind Singh Jayanti the school has arranged for us a visit to the nearby village named Anaura. Packing all the necessary items we rambled through the swaying field to our destination.
After a round of refreshment we were on the narrow path of the village Anaura to get information about the villagers, their lifestyle, their occupation, crops, animal husbandry etc. We then went to an ‘ashram’ of Swami Udit Chaitnya. It was a beautiful and peaceful place with a blooming garden. There was a temple in the ashram where most of the religious tents were kept. After spending some time there we proceeded towards the village.
Our first knock was on the door of a plywood factory. We saw the entire process of making plywood. The wood used in making ply comes from Eucalyptus and Popular tree. After the plywood factory we came across a potter who was kind enough to show us around in his workshop. It was fascinating to see the hard work to that goes in the making of pottery items. I too tried my hand at moulding a cup but failed only to realize that the art of pottery may seem ordinary and simple but it requires a lot of finesse and well developed skills as well as craftsmanship.
By now the sun was about to bid adieu for the day so we decided to reverse our footsteps and started on our way back to hostel. I would like to conclude by saying that such excursions must be organized more often so that we get a taste of what is known as an unusual learning experience out of the classroom.
A visit to the Zoo -
 Every year 14th November is celebrated as Children’s day to mark the birth anniversary of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. He was called “Chacha Nehru” by the children as he had immense love for the little ones. We also celebrated Children’s Day in our school and our day started with the morning assembly where our Principal Ma’am wished us “Happy Children’s Day” and gave us a surprise outing to the zoo!
We all were very excited to visit the Lucknow Zoo. We all sat in the bus with our teachers and started for the zoo, singing songs and had fun all along the way. We reached zoo at sharp 11’ O clock. First of all, we sat in a clear green patch and enjoyed fruity and sandwiches and toffees.
We then moved in a line to see the animals. All of us were so excited to see the majestic lion lying in the sun in his enclosure, the white tiger roaming about. The tall giraffes looked beautiful, the herd of black and white zebras on the green grass. Our excitement grew when we heard the chattering of the naughty monkeys who were so active and cute. The big and black elephants, the short and fat hippopotamus, the lazy crocodiles also amazed us, but the differently coloured chirpy and pretty birds made us cheerful and fresh. An aeroplane named “Rajhans” was also kept for the visitors to see, but the museum was most interesting, where lots of old coins, weapons and sculptures were to be seen. A 3000 year old “Mummy” of an Egyptian lady was kept in a glass box which took all of us by surprise. Next was “The Fish House” where a variety of fishes of all columns, shapes and sizes were kept in huge glass aquariums. There were brightly coloured water turtles also.
Our outing ended with lots of sweet memories and we all conveyed our thanks to our Principal Ma’am for such an educative and exciting outing.
A VISIT TO NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NBRI) -
On the first day of February, our school organized a trip to NBRI. The students of classes Vth to IXth got the privilege to visit the NBRI campus. It is a short distance from our school, so we reached there in a span of 30 minutes. Once we reached we were addressed by the in charge there and he impressed upon us need of preserving the trees and plants and protecting our surroundings. Then he gave us a gist about the trees and flowers that we were going to see. Our first step was the flower section and as it was spring, the garden was at its full bloom. There were beautiful flowers of countless varieties. After the flower power we proceeded towards the conservatory where we saw the species of some rare plants where they were being conserved and hence the name conservatory. After the conservatory we were taken to the tree section. It was amazing to see big gigantic trees like Palm, Mango, Ashoka, all standing tall and together. Certainly a rare sight. The next on the list was Bonsai House where apart from the plants we saw different types of beautiful fishes swimming in a nearby well. We particularly enjoyed watching the graceful movements of the fishes. The trip was concluded by our group photograph which was taken standing under a very old and huge Banyan tree. The roots of the tree were hanging from its branches. It was one of those outings where we enjoyed as well as learnt so many new things and you know what I am already waiting for our next visit to NBRI.
A visit to CIMAP by the students of Class IX
(Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants)
 The Occasion: -National Technology Day-The National Technology Day (11th May) was observed in SRMPS. An excursion was organized by the staff and class IX students got the opportunity to visit CIMAP campus. (Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants).The staff and the students received a warm welcome by the managing committee of CIMAP.
Thereafter the ‘Oil Extraction Unit’ was shown to the students and the entire process and mechanics of extraction of oil from herbs was explained in detail. The students also experienced the practical utility of fractional distillation, evaporation and condensation.
The students also got the opportunity to examine the medicinal and aromatic plants and were educated about their benefits.
Lastly the animal testing lab was opened and the testing procedure was explained.
Refreshment was served and a herb was presented to all as a token of consciousness to mark the National Technology Day.
Visit to Waves Multiplex – The school organized a movie outing for all the children on 3rd September, 2005. They were shown “The War of the Worlds” at Waves Multiplex.  Visit to Anandi Water Park – The children were taken to ‘Anandi’ Water Park on 14th September, 2005 for a picnic. They enjoyed the slides, pool and various other activities. The rain dance there turned to be the favorite among students. Students enjoyed their special lunch which the school got packed and took with them.  Visit to Dalmoth Factory – Students visited the Dalmoth Factory on 28th September, 2005. It was an industrial visit organized by the school. Students got valuable information about the manufacturing process involved in the making of ‘Bhujia’. Also, how salted snacks are made right from the beginning, the raw materials used, to packaging stage was seen by them. Various machines being operated in the factory by the workers were shown which also made them learn the value of hard work.  Visit to The Times of India Press – A to visit The Times of India Press was organized for all the children on 7th January, 2006. The children learnt about the various steps of printing. They visited various working areas of the press enriching their knowledge about a printing press. Students interacted with the workers and learnt the value of time from them. It was an exciting visit for the students.  Visit to Mc Donald’s and Dominoes – The students visited Mc Donald’s and Dominoes on 1st February, 2006. They were shown the kitchen and the working areas of both the joints. The students saw how Burgers and Pizzas are prepared. The children were inspired by the workers and enjoyed their visit and found the outing very interesting.  Dairy Plant Visit – An excursion was organized by the management of SRMPS and the students were taken to visit ‘Devashish Dairy Plant’, situated in the vicinity of Barabanki on 8th April, 2006. The management of the dairy plant extended a warm welcome followed by a well organized seminar presided by Dr. Awasthi. He imparted valuable information about processing and pasteurizing of milk. Thereafter, the students and the teachers visited the hi-tech machines and units and witnessed their functioning. The students and staff members returned to the school campus with enriching knowledge and experience. |
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