The Viswas General Knowledge Quiz, sponsored by RmKV Silks in memory of their founder is now in its fourth year. This year’s quiz was conducted by the Rotary club of Tirunelveli West on February 15 at Sri Jayendra School. A day- long quiz session of the 4^th edition of 2014 was conducted on February 15, 2014.

33 teams from schools in Tirunelveli took part in the written preliminary round of the full day quiz each team representing the cream of each school’s master minds. Two teams from our school took part and both qualified for the finals.

The team of R.Balaji and N.Madhav (class 9) emerged as winner with a score of 145 points 60 of which came from an amazing performance in the buzzer round and first place was secure when they answered all ten questions correctly in the Rapid Fire round. Thus Jayendra regained the title after a year’s gap – another feather in our cap!

Our second team, Maheshrajan and Ramswarna Priyan also performed very well and finished up in fourth place.

The winners received a cash price of Rs.10, 000 and accolades from the Organisers, Principal, Staff and Friends.

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Kiddival is an annual competition for children from Lower Kindergarten to Fifth Standard. Pupils  from schools in Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari Districts participate in the competition which is conducted by Rm.K.V. in association with Rotary Club of Tirunelveli West and Tirunlveli Venuvanam .

Now in its twenty third year the competition provides a platform to showcase the children’s talents in competitions which include Handwriting, Quiz, Pencil Sketching, Fancy Dress, Group Dance, Classical Dance, Singing, Elocution, Instrumental Music, Essay Writing and Fashion Parade.

Over 1,250 pupils from 60 schools took part in this extravaganza and the Jayendra pupils did themselves proud with their enthusiastic approach and zest for performance.

Their fantastic efforts – together with those of the staff – were rewarded when Sri Jayendra were crowned overall winners of Kiddival 2013.

Notable performances included:

First place in Fancy dress, Crayon Colouring, Classical and Non-classical Vocal Music, Non-Classical Instrumental Music, and Quiz.

Second place in Classical Instrumental Music, Thirukural Recitation

Third place in Bharatanatyam, Non-Classical Dance and Pencil Sketching

Next day The whole School warmly applauded the competitors in assembly when our Principal congratulated and appreciated the winners and praised the staff and all the participants for their performance.

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373 teams competed vigorously in the regional finals of The Hindu Young World Quiz 2013.  This eagerly awaited annual event was held at the Chamber of Commerce Hall, Madurai on 9^th November. Students from 105 schools representing the southern districts of Tamilnadu took part.

Teams of two competed in the  preliminary round which consisted of 25 questions covering science, history, sports, epics, cinema, cartoons, literature, politics, logo and geography. The six best performing teams then entered the final: their names were announced to much excited anticipation by Quizmaster V.V. Ramanan

Jayendrans R.Balaji and N.Madhav of IX Standard emerged as the toppers in the preliminary round with the brilliant score of  23 marks. In a keenly contested Final they  maintained a steady lead and emerged as the champions after shattering all opposition: they finished with 122 points against the 85 of the runners up.

The winners walked away with the cash prize of Rs.10,000/-, trophies, certificates and gifts from various sponsors.

Regional rounds of the competition started in October in Thiruvananthapuram with the last regional round held in Delhi at the end of November. The winning teams from all these rounds will compete in  the Grand Final in Bangalore on 5th December. Balaji and Madhav will be proud to take part and we wish them every success.

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We are very proud that our pupil Surya of VIII Standard has been selected to represent Tamil Nadu at Basketball. He will captain the Under 14 team in the 2013-14  National Basketball Tournament at the 59th National School Games organised by the School Games Federation of India.

This will be held in Gotan, Rajasthan in November.

He won his way through a very tough selection procedure which was held at district and zonal levels with his remarkably skillful and effective play: a testament to the dedication he has shown in many hours of practice on the Priory Basketball Court and the excellent coaching he has received from Senthil of our PE Department.

Now, equipped with some warm clothes and shiny new ‘branded’ basketball shoes, he is looking forward to his two and a half day train journey to the frozen North.

We all share his excited anticipation and wish him the very best of luck.

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Ignite is a national competition for school pupils up to XII standard. Original technological ideas and innovations are submitted for judgement by a panel of experts. The competition is organised by the National Innovation Foundation of India in partnership with the CBSE and SRISTI  together with a number of State Educational Boards.

For the 2013 competition every state in India and the union territories had pupils who submitted ideas: 20,836 entries in all. From this huge total the panel of experts selected just 38 for awards and one of these was from Jayendra pupil A. Gautham Praveen of XI Standard. He had submitted a design and prototype of a device for removing and replacing light bulbs in difficult to reach sockets.

He will be presented with his award on 19th November  in Ahmedabad where there will be a an exhibition of all the winning projects.

The NIF will patent each idea in the name of the pupil who created it and engage designers and fabricators to develop prototypes.

It gives us great pleasure and satisfaction to know that we have in the School pupils who are creative and innovative thinkers which is something we try to nurture. Well done Gautham!

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The week beginning 7th October  was celebrated as ‘Space Week’ by the Indian Space Research Organisation. To mark the occasion I.S.R.O. Mahendragiri conducted a Quiz competition for schools on the theme “Exploring Earth” at the District Science Centre in Tirunelveli.

Twenty schools participated of which five were selected for final. Jayendra pupils Ayush Singh and Balaji of IX Standard won through to the final round and eventually achieved second prize. They won special plaudits from the I.S.R.O. scientists for their splendid performance and were rewarded with a cash coupon for Rs.500/-. to be spent on buying books.

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For the festival of Navarathi which starts on the New Moon (or ‘no moon’ as Indians describe it) people make a ‘kolu’ in their homes: they build a series of steps which are covered in cloth, colourfully decorated and used to display idols and religious items. Some are very impressive and beautifully done. It is great fun to visit each other’s homes to appreciate each kolu and perhaps do some chanting and enjoy a social chat with some seasonal snacks.

 Vijaya Dashami (‘victory day’) is the tenth day and marks the end of Navarathi. It is a very auspicious day for starting new projects and traditionally it is used to introduce small children to the world of reading and writing. Akshara Abhiyasam (literally ‘letters practice’) is a ceremony performed at the School on this day for the children who will join the LKG in the next term.

 This year the ceremony was on 14 October. Parents and grandparent proudly brought their remarkably small children to take the first steps in their schooling. The children were enrolled in the school and, after the traditional pooja, each went onto the stage in the Priory Conference Centre where the priest guided the child’s had to write their name and  “Om Hari Om” in rice spread on a large brass plate. The School choir rendered bhajans throughout and all adults present found the ceremony delightful even if the children were mystified by it all.

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A new T20 interschool cricket tournament has been introduced sponsored by India Cements Limited and GULF  Sixteen schools from Tirunelveli district competed in the first round knock-out competition between 3rd and 7th of September. Sri Jayendra stormed through to victory in the final against Sankar School and were presented with the trophy by Mr. Subramaniam Badrinath, who plays cricket for India, the Chennai Super Kings and captains Tamil Nadu.

The victory was comprehensive: Jayendra won the final by a margin of 70 runs with 9.4 overs to spare.

Most of the damage was inflicted by Saiprasath (XII Standard) who bagged 5 wickets including a hat trick for the loss of only 3 runs, a performance which clearly demoralised the Sankar team.

Jayendra will now face the winning schools from other districts and if successful at this level they will travel to New Zealand to play as ambassadors for the Chennai Super Kings.

The management, staff and students congratulate the team and the coach Mr. Raja Sekar for their excellent performance and wish them  the very best of luck in the next round.

Special praise is due to three key players:

• Man of the final – Sai Prasath (XII Standard)
• Best All rounder of the Tournament – Rahul (XII Standard)
• Best of Player of the Tournament – Surya (XII Standard)

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On September 5^th our Principal Mrs. Usha Raman, was honoured with the Best Teacher Award (Kalvi Semmal Award) by the Tamil Nadu Education Research Development Organisation.

The award recognises the leadership and dedication she has demonstrated in raising  Sri Jayendra School to such great heights and the immense contribution this has made to society.

At a ceremony in Chennai the award was conferred by Ex High Court Judge Mr. Jothimani.

Other dignitaries present included  Director S.P.Muthuraman, Dr.Rajmohan and Mr.Murali

 After the ceremony the awardees visited the house of Dr. S.Radhakrishnan the great philosopher and educationalist  who was the second President of India..

Later back at Sri Jayendra the staff and pupils congratulated and felicitated their beloved Principal with a small get-together where all expressed the view that the pupils thrive academically and teachers grow professionally because of her.

Mrs Usha Raman said she felt very honoured and humbled by the award and the praise given to her.

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