Gwalior Glory High School has come of age and is realising the vision that its founders have set and is fulfilling it by imparting quality education to its students and bringing in a strong balance between academics and co-curricular activities, thus shaping the future citizens of the nation into wholesome individuals, who can contribute towards building the nation with strong morality, ethics and rich culture ingrained in them.

Gloritage, the Annual Function that about 700 students are putting up on stage, has been painstakingly prepared with teachers and students working on the event for the past two and a half months. The ball set rolling in March, when a brainstorming session with teachers eventually ended up with the theme of a vivid variety show, displaying the talent that the school teachers nurture in the form of dance, music and theater.

The programme is branched into five major themes - Music, Classical Dances, Skits with values, Folk Dances and Western Dances. The lesser known art forms are presented in a mesmerizing way.



Music


·        Orchestra

(An amalgamation of 20 instruments and 64 players playing Raag Yaman initially Indian Classical and then Western Fusion)


·        Glorivox People

(The Glorivox People are an ensemble performing vocal theater combining a cappella and beat box vocals to reproduce the sounds of an entire orchestra)


·        Qawwali

 (A mixture of two renditions by 74 students invoking Ajmer Sharif in partial Sufi style)


·        English Choir

(91 students present the very popular English song ‘The Best Day of My Life’

by American Authors)


·        Rock Band

(Glorythm, the rock band of the school presents ‘Nothing is Impossible’ and ‘Everyday is a New Day’)



Classical Dance


·        Mohiniattam & Kathakali

(The Dance forms from Kerala depicting the story of the forms of Vishnu)


·        Sattriya

(The dance form from Assam depicting the Vaishnava faith)


·        Bharatnatyam

(The dance form from Tamil Nadu depicting the beauty of Krishna in his youth)


·        Manipuri

(The dance form from Manipur depicting Lord Krishna and Radha playing Raas with Gopis)


·        Kathak

(The dance form from Uttar Pradesh depicts through modern music the combination of Taal and Lay)



Drama


·        The story of Angulimala

(Students enact the story to bring out the theme of transformation of the wicked dacoit into a saintly person with the preachings of Lord Buddha from the Jataka Tales)


·        Cinderella

(Students enact the manner in which Cinderella was transformed into a beautiful maiden by a prince who discovered her through a lost shoe and won her heart)


·        The Cap seller and the Monkeys

(The students enact the story from the Panchatantra of monkeys who steal away the caps of the cap seller when he is resting under a tree and how the cap seller cleverly takes back the caps from the monkeys by making them imitate him)


·        The Wise Tree

(Students convey the message of interdependence of man and animals to balance the environment drawn from the Jataka Tales)


·        Ranga Siyaar

(Students as animals show how they get befooled by the coloured jackal and accept him as King and soon realise that what they see is different from what it actually is drawn from the Panchatantra)



Folk Dance


·        The Sway of Himachal Pradesh

(Students dance to the tune of the folk music played during Dussehra)


·        The Heart of Incredible India

(Young boys and girls dance to the folk lore of Jhanji and Tesu used before Diwali by the locals to signify the importance of the girl’s homecoming)


·        The mesmerising movements of Orissa

(Boys as warriors wield their swords to Mayurbhanj Chhau dance followed by the Purulia Chhau with boys wearing masks depicting the victory of the good over evil)


·        The colours of festivity from Maharashtra

(The dancers depict the celebrations of Gondhal, a tribute to God Khandoba where devotees dance to brisk music to appease Lord Shiva throwing turmeric in air and creating a divine aura)


·        The praise of the Rain Goddess in Tamil Nadu

(Dancers dance to robust music with pots on their heads celebrating the rains)



Western Dance


·        Contemporary Dance

(Svelte dance moves are made by the dancers signifying the novelty in western dances)


·        Hip Hop

(A style of street dancing with breaking, locking and popping)


·        Stomping

(Dancers build a rhythm by banging their feet to music and creating harmony through steps in a synchronized way)


·        Electro Dance

(Dance moves in the dark using LED lights to outline the patterns through coordinated movements)


·        Empathy

(Inclusiveness followed in school through graceful body gestures celebrating life to the fullest)

Effect of weather and climate on the income of daily wages workers.

Wage labour  is the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer, where the worker sells his labour under a formal or informal employment contract. These transactions usually occur in a labour market where wages are market determined. But the conditions in which they work are very tough because of changes in weather conditions, natural disasters etc.

This is an initiative to protect environment from the irrepairable damage caused by the human actions and also to spread awareness among the people about the hazards caused by these actions. If we use any environmental resource beyond its limit of replacement, we may lose it forever. Therefore, here is a need to create awareness about environment protection. Although, while efforts are being made at the national and international level to protect our environment, it is also the responsibility of every citizen to use our environmental resources carefully and protect them from degradation.

Thus, we have taken this topic for our NATIONAL CHILDREN SCIENCE CONGRESS project to create awareness for our environment and to understand the problem of daily wage workers, i.e. they face because of the unpredictable weather conditions of our state.

Kindly give your valuable suggestions as it will help us in preparing our students for a good presentation which can help them in fetching recognition in the field of Science.

GGHS School

MATH WORKSHOP

 Encourage learners to associate Maths with what they are best at 

 

Students as well as parents suffer from anxiety for Mathematics. It is a subject which is seen as very tough territory to win. How to counter this phobia for Mathematics and make the learning easy was the agenda of a workshop conducted at Gwalior Glory High school on 16^th January 2014 by  Oxford University Press India.

“A Mathematics teacher should be lovable besides being competent and have good command over the language”, quoted the expert speaker for the session – Sri Jose Paul,

Ex-Director, Educational Planning Group, St. Xavier’s School. He has also authored numerous Mathematics textbooks and many resource books for teachers. He is the author of Mathscope, New Enjoying Mathematics and Discovering Maths series by Oxford University Press India.

The workshop primarily focused on developing the qualities of leadership and personality development for students, environment approach , educational objectives and  its use in the classroom, instructional improvement, teaching and interpersonal relationship, motivation, classroom communication and co-operative learning.

Sri Jose Paul shared his experience as a teacher and addressed the common problems a Mathematics teacher faces while teaching the subject regarded as toughest by most of the learners. He insisted that the confidence of a student in the teacher reflects in the student’s performance in the subject.

Mathematics forms an integral part of everything around. It is the skill of the teacher to generate love and interest of the pupils towards the subject by relating it to the area a student is best at. The positive attitude of the teachers can work wonders in making Mathematics the favorite subject in the class.

Different methodologies should be adopted each day to make the topic more captivating. A two way interaction enables better understanding, stressed the renowned mentor. The workshop brought out the beauty of Mathematics  and enhanced the knowledge and skill of the teachers.