The Hindu Young World Quiz is the long-running event of its type for schoolchildren from standards 7 to 9.  The 2015-16 quiz was held on Jan 25 in Thyagaraja Arts College, Madurai: the city was the centre for the southern districts of Tamilnadu such as Kanyakumari, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli, Madurai and Virudunagar.

Competing in the preliminary round with 280 teams, our students V. Sri Siva Murugan of class IX and B. Selva Muthu Balaji of class VIII scored the highest and entered the finals on stage. Only the top six scorers in the prelims got the chance to occupy the hot seats on the dais: the other five teams were from Madurai.

The battle continued until the Jayendra team emerged victorious beating the team from Mahatma CBSE School, Madurai, by a margin of 38 points.

The Prizes were distributed by P. Srinivasamurthy, Inspector of Matriculation Schools: our two winners each received a Fire Fox bicycle.

 Next day on January 26, in the Republic day function at Sri Jayendra the winners were recognized and appreciated by the Principal for their victory in  India’s largest inter-school live quiz.

Our students, the winners of the prestigious the Hindu Young World Quiz, with the Chiefguest Mr. Srinivasa Moorthy, the Inspector of Matriculation Schools.

The winning team V. Sri Siva Murugan and B. Selva Muthu Balaji with our staff cherishing the proud moment with the Quiz Master Mr. V.V. Ramanan.

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The Rotarian Dinesh P Khanna Memorial South India Level Inter Academy Under 17 Cricket Tournament was hosted by the RKV Cricket Academy in Trichy between 25.12.15 and 01.01.16 and was contested by club and school sides from Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Teams from eight districts took part.

Our first match against Ooty was won by 70 runs and M Surya was named Man of the Match.

We went on to beat the Salem team by 9 wickets and then victory over Trichy by 69 runs (39 scored by Kanaga Subranian in a fine performance) took us to the semi-final in which Chennai was beaten by 50 runs.

In the finals against Kerala we batted first scoring 203 for 6 in our 30 overs. Kerala managed 131 for 9 giving us victory by 72 runs: a stunning result which won us the trophy.

Our  batting was outstanding throughout the tournament but it was the strength of our bowling that devastated the opposition.

This superb performance was made possible by vigorous practice, the professional and dedicated coaching by our coach Mr. Rajasekaran, and the spirit and confidence of the players.

It was a moment of pride for all Jayendrans as our cricketers excelled and brought laurels to the school. Our principal, Management and staff felicitated the Coach, Players and Physical education department in the school assembly for their wonderful performance.

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Our girls were part of the Indian National Throw Ball Team which won the First Place.

Two girls of our school were selected to take part in International Girls Throw Ball Tournament organized by the Asian Throw Ball Federation in Bangalore recently. They represented the Indian team that played against Malaysia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and won the first position.

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The Science Projects that we presented at several Science Exhibitions also won a lot of appreciation and accolades.

The science and Maths models presented by our students at the District Science Fair won the First place in competition with 54 other schools.

The students are shown being appreciated by the Joint Director of Matriculation Schools in our school assembly.

Our Physics Project was show cased in the Chennai Science Fair held at the Birla Science Musuem on Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Birthday. Our student A. Ayush was selected at the District Level to present his project, at the fair and he won the appreciation of one and all.

He Is Seen Receiving The Trophy And Certificate From The Hon.Minister of Education Govt. of Tamilnadu

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Teachers’ Day was celebrated with a difference as Vrisha Thiruvizha at Sri Jayendra School, Sankarnagar. Teachers and Trees are similar in many ways. Just as how trees selflessly contribute to the people and the world, so too teachers contribute to the children and the people of the society. Also trees serve as teachers in many ways, as they witness as partners in our learning, playing, and growing. It was most appropriate that Teachers’ Day was celebrated as Vrisha Thiruvizha , when teachers and students spent the day planting saplings in and around the school , which will continue in the days to come when trees will be planted along the 2 kms road leading to the school from Chidambara Nagar.

Mr. Petchi Pandian, the chairman of the Sankarnagar Township, Mr.Palani, the Executive Officer of Sankarnagar Township, Mr.Selventhiran, Regional Manager, Hindu,  Fr. Antony Cruz, Mr. Krishi and Mr.Narasimha Raja took part in the function and planted saplings. The Principal, Mrs. Usha Raman welcomed the audience; Mr.Selventhiran spoke about the importance of teachers in the lives of students by quoting incidents  from  the life of Tendulkar. The school choir rendered songs with messages about our environment, composed by the school music master Mr.Jesurajan and trained by Mrs. Ganga Mani and Mrs. Pratheeba.

This mission is a joint project executed along with Pasumai Bharatham, a movement initiated by the teachers and students of Sri Jayendra the school to work for the conservation and greening of our environment. Pasumai Bharatham aims to plant 1000 trees within one year and they have already succeeded in planting   500 trees within the last six months.

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Puranava – is an Indian Heritage Quiz conducted every year by the Global Organisation of Divinity for school students to unveil and make awareness among the budding generations about the wisdom we have in our Puranas, Vedas and Epics for Modern times.  The Grand Finale of this Inter District Heritage Quiz competition for the year 2015 was held on 31^st August, 2015 at Nammadwar centre in Tuticorin.

Our students Selvamuthu  Balaji of class 8 and Nada balan of class 7 reached  the top score in the preliminary round conducted on August 3^rd at Zonal level and entered the semi finals.

The top scorers of  25 schools from Madurai, Trichy, Virudunagar, Tuticorin, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari Districts  took part in the Semi finals. Our students performed extremely well in the Semi finals too and retained the first place.

Six teams battled on stage for the Puranava 2015 trophy and the questions were from Tempkles of India, Festivals of India, Mahabaratha, Dasavtharam, Thirupavai , Life of Azhwars, Nayanmars and other saints.

There was excitement and enthusiasm throughout the Finals and the Position of each school varied at the end of each round and it was very difficult to predict the winners of the Grand day. In the last Round our students answered all the questions asked in the Rapid Fire Round correctly and emerged as the Winners of PURANAVA 2015. The organizers appreciated them as the Deserving Winners!!!!!

They were presented with Gold coins, Gift Vouchers and a Prestigious Trophy to the school was also presented.

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We presented a fabulous show with 400 students on the theme ‘Colours of India’ during the Independence Day celebrations at  Anna Stadium.  It was an integration of dances from various states of India:  the Thivathira Kali of Kerala, Kohli of Maharashtra, Garba of Gujarat, OYIL and Silambam of Tamilnadu and Bhangra of Punjab, were fused along with other presentations like Drill, Pyramid and Lotus Formations. The grand finale was  stunning with boys painted in saffron, white and green performing for the Vande Matharam in the centre surrounded by the various dancing groups dancing in circles in their respective styles and outlined by a line of students on bicycles with National Flags moving with  precision and perfection.

The show not only won the applause of the audience but also the First Position as the  best performance of the day. The District Collector appreciated our show  and awarded the certificate and shield for winning the first prize.

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A team of 10 youth volunteers led by three adults from Hindu American Temple Cultural Centre and Sringeri  Vidya  Bharathi Foundation INC. USA visited us this year and stayed with us for two weeks.

This was our first visit by volunteers from the States.

During their stay they extended their support for teaching conversational English both in Sri Jayendra and GKV. They also got very involved with dance, craft, science and computer projects with small groups of children. India’s Independence Day coincided with their visit and this gave them a chance to perform along with our school students at the District Independence Day Celebrations in the Anna Stadium. Their participation in the cultural events and dances brought them very close to the students of Sri Jayendra and made their visit exciting and fun filled. They enjoyed their stay very much and  left with a heavy heart, promising that they will all return next year. We very much hope they will and look forward to their return.

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Our  partnership with Emanuel School in London is now in its sixth year.  This is a four -way partnership: two London schools,  Emanuel  and Christ Church,  are  partnered with Sri Jayendra  and our sister school Gita Krishnamurthy Vidyalaya.  Christ Church is a state primary school with which Emanuel has a special link. A team of 17 students and four staff under the leadership of Rev. Paul Hunt arrived on 18th August  immediately after the Millhillians left.

 The team was received with a warm welcome in the assembly on the first morning of their three week stay and then started their excellent programme of teaching support to help improve the pupil’s conversational English both at Sri Jayendra and GKV.  The visiting staff Miss Candice Cheers and Ms. May Brennand  extended support for geography and mathematics teaching.  Ms. Colette Morris, the headmistress of Christ Church, worked with the small children and enchanted them with her story telling. The three weeks were filled with plenty of activities and finally concluded with the Thanksgiving which was clubbed with our Mini Convocation during which  Diplomas were presented to the Kindergarten Children by the visiting teachers.

Our pupils enjoyed immensely the very close links they forged with the Emanuel pupils and there is no doubt that their spoken English improved.

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