The Lions Club agrees to assist the Project

The Lions Club agrees   to assist the Project

On invitation by the respective Presidents of the Interact Clubs, the Lions Clubof Bentota South has expressed their desire to help them.

 Lion, Dr Ranjith Cooray, the president of the Lions Club of Sumanabedda Maha Vidyalaya introduces the Guest Speaker:

“Our honoured guest, Dr Ranjith Cooray, dedicated principals and teachers, and my dear friends;

It’s a great opportunity and a privilege to have Lion, Dr. Ranjith Cooray here with us today.

Dr. Cooray is a doctor of Medicine presently practicing at the Bentota Base Hospital. He is the president of the Lions Club of Bentota and has been instrumental in launching many community service projects.We are grateful to you for expressing your willingness to help us in our project. I shall now invite Dr. Ranjith Cooray to speak to you on the role of the Lions Club and its objectives.”

Cycling

Cycling    expedition

  The walk gave the class another idea.

   The students wanted to arrange a cycling trip.

   Not everybody had a cycle however. So, they discussed the matter, and came up with an idea.

   They decided to borrow bicycles from those wh had. Then they would fix a fee for the hire of the cycle. They also decided to ask for contributions, for food.

    They had many things to do; draft a letter of request asking for bicycles, decide on hiring charges, write to some caterers asking for contributions regarding food, and decide on the instructions for delivering and handing over the cycles..

    First of all they needed a letter of introduction from the school, which they could take to various places and persons asking for patronage.

Ravi Shankar

       Ravi Shankar

The system of India Music is known as Raga Sangeeth. It can be traced back to nearly 2000 years. The roots of this music are in the vedic hymns of the Hindu temples. It is the origin of all Indian music.

    As in Western music, the roots of Indian classical music are religious.

 Music gives a spiritual discipline. It helps a person to understand himself. In the Hindu culture sound is god-nada Brahma. It is a source of discipline. The pupils lean to behave in certain ways. They learn to concentrate. It is like meditation.

HANDICRAFTS OR FOLK ART?

Padma provided the following information on Indian Designs.Embroidered Quilt, kantha from Bangalore

Do you know embroidery? Do you know what embroidery is?

It is the addition of a pattern or other ornamental effect, to textiles by the use of the needle and thread. The wonder is that kantha embroidery uses only the simplest of stitches, the running stitch!

   The state of Bengal is famous for kantha art. Kantha actually means ‘embroidered quit’. The embroidered quilts of Bangalare are wonderful in their beauty, colour and design.

     The Sanskrit word ‘kantha’ means rags. It is a cottage industry, and is also a form of folk art. There are two types of embroidery. In one the old, discarded cotton sarees or dhotis are put one on top of the other and are quilted and embroidered. The other is quilted by using discarded cotton bedspreads.

   The colours used for this embroidery are black, deep blue and red. These colours stand for the three basic aspects of nature – earth, sky and space. The designs used are of lotus flowers, creepers, foliage, floral scrolls and animal and human figures.

     Today the kantha embroidery is famous all around the globe. The old kantha designs are priced possessions now. They are found on sleek shawls, sarees and bags.

      The village womwn spend a great deal of time and care in getting the perfect designs.

Teenage Styles

 Teenage Styles

Some students of Grade 10 decided to put up a stall for Teen Fashions. They collected sample designs from fashion magazines. They had clothes for both girls and boys. They wrote to some well known stores asking them to display their ware. The dealers were very pleased, and even offered the clothes at a discount. The school could keep the discount. The students were very happy.

    Nalini brought some of her own designs.

  Her mother was a good seamstress. She had helped Nalini with the designs. She had provided samples of different types of collars and sleeves. Nalini hersrlf was good at sewing. She sewed her own clothes. They were so good that people thought she had got them tailored.

  The stall also provided information on fabric types and designs. They also provided information on how to select clothes, such as the colours most suitable for different occasions and times of the day.

Search Engines

Search Engines    

The Internet is a source of knowledge.It is of very recent origin. However the influence it has on society is immeasurable. The scope is very wide. It is known the world over. It is easily accessible to everyone.

   Knowledge has got a new dimension with the introduction of the internet. An internet user has access to a lot of knowledge and information. A book for example is read serially one sentence after the other. Words are written horizontally or vertically. If we want to read a book, and listen to music at the same time, we have to use two separate sources for that. But the internet has brought the two together for us. You must have seen people working at the computer listening to music.

      

       When producing a book, the weight and size play an important role. That is why dictionaries and encyclopedias come in volumes. We will not be able to lift one if they are produced as a single work. The internet has no ‘weight’ unlike a book which is heavy. And so with the network, there is no ‘but’. We can get what we want at a ‘clik’.

   The language that is most used on the internet is English. The internet was first started as a research project of the Department of Defense of the USA.

  The internet provides an immense source of knowledge, through search sites such as Google,Wikipedia,Yahoo etc.

   However there are certain disadvantages in the internet. No one is responsible for the information or the quality of information. There is no source for this information. There is no authority, or authorship responsible.