“WE DO NOT INHERIT THE EARTH FROM OUR ANCESTOR, WE BORROW IT FROM OUR CHILDREN.”
Podar World School celebrated World Earth Day on 22nd April, 2015 in the special assembly conducted by the students from classes I to X.
Earth is unique because of the presence of superb form of intelligent life called the human race. The human race has forgotten to acknowledge the planet that gave it life, and used its resources ruthlessly. Hence the world marks the earth day to make the human race realize the importance of mother earth. So every year April 22nd is observed as World Earth Day and this idea was conceived in the year 1970.
The principal Ms.Preeta Pillai delivered the speech on the World Earth Day to create awareness about the earth and her resources. She raised awareness on air and water pollution too. She asked the students to take some initiatives by planting trees and turning to renewable energy solutions. The students from STD I and II performed a dance to spread awareness about environment under the guidance of Ms.Sandhya Shukla and Ms.Tejal Bhatt. The students of STD 6th created interest by presenting a quiz under the supervision of Ms.Triparna Ghoshal and STD VII, VIII, IX and X sang a mesmerizing song, “What about sunrise what about rain…….” of Michael Jackson under the guidance of Ms.Priya Patel to make us rise and think over what we have done so far and how to overcome the loss.
In a nutshell, the message was that it is the right time for all the individuals to get together and act towards the welfare of the environment and should pledge to take all the possible steps to save our planet Earth.
The students of std VIII visited a farm nearby, in Sherkhi village with science teacher Ms. Smita Chitnis as part of their science class, the topic being “The Crop Production and Management”.
They saw many types of seeds, which are the part of their studies. They saw and acquired knowledge of the different types of roots, seeds, parasites and also trees, like Bombax tree which contain cottony fruit. The Dheka fruits which are effective in curing fever when used with leaves of Neem plant were also shown to them.
They collected the samples for the future references. This visit helped the students to get practical experience which will always remain with them.
