Tuesday 20 April 2010

School students visit farms at village Bakarpur Anees School students have brush up with rural Punjab Rural life beckons school students



The students of Anees School has brush up with the rural life during their visit to Bakarpur village.

Director, Aneet Goel said that as a part of school’s endeavor to provide students greatest exposure to different facets of life, the trip was held for an agricultural field wherein children experienced nature’s glory, learnt about agriculture implements and saw the farmers sweating hard to produce food for us.

Students from class seventh, eighth and ninth observed methods of harvesting, threshing, winnowing, and irrigation.

Far away from the milieu of urban life, visit to farm rejuvenated students who studied the plants of onion and garlic.

Many young minds them talked to the farmers, put up number of queries and collected information related to their forth coming school projects.

The center of attraction of entire visit remained beautiful nests of weaver birds that many of us haven’t seen since long, Goel said.

Goel added that the visit remained an everlasting experience and developed skills of observation, collection of information and investigation that form foundation of teaching and learning of science.

Tuesday 13 April 2010

Anees School students give message of sustainable agriculture this Baisakhi

  
Anees School students talk of harmful effects of pesticides on Baisakhi

Anees’ School celebrates Baisakhi

Mohali, April 13,2010

A unique play on sustainable agriculture was staged during Baisakhi celebrations held at Anees School today.

Students of class VI, VII and VIII put across message of the disaster over use of pesticides and fertilizers were causing to the soil’s health, environment and human. Students laid emphasis on going back to natural sustainable system of farming that could save the earth.

Young orators spoke about the festival’s significance and the kind of joy it brings to farming community. Senior students presented a spectacular bhangra performance that set stage on fire.

The function concluded with the speech given by the school Principal Harpreet Grewal whereing she talked about the significance of natural fertilizers and manures in agriculture practices.

“High levels of industrial and vehicular pollution have already wreaked havoc with the environment. Overuse of chemicals in agriculture has poisoned our platter and we seriously need to go back old times of farming without chemicals,” Grewal said.