The Shepherd's Farm - Visit.

Visit of Std II students to The Shepherd's Farm - 12 March, 2011

All students of Std II escorted by staff members spent an entire day at The Shepherd's Farm. This Farm has 65 cows, 20,000 chickens, ducks, turkeys, fancy birds, quails, and rabbits. It also grows a variety of vegetables to include beans, carrots, ginger, leafy vegetables and bananas, coffee, pepper, etc.

Their curiosity was aroused by going around the farm seeing the animals, birds and the vegetable plants. They also had a splendid time by splashing around in the river that flows beside the farm.

JUNIOR SCHOOL PICNIC

Date: February 20, 2011. (For the students who stayed back during the one day outing)

Venue: Botanical garden.

The children enjoyed the picnic with snacks, an educative stroll around the trees and flowers. They trekked to the Toda Mund and were exposed to the tribal lifestyle. They had a frolicking time climbing the trees, rolling on the and singing to their hearts content with ‘anthakshri’

RESULTS - INTER HOUSE ELOCUTION COMPETITION - MARCH 2011

CATEGORY – I – CLASS IV

SR.NO.	NAME	HOUSE	PLACE
1	DINA MUNDACKAL	Winter	I
2	TANUSHREE JAIN	Autumn	II
3	ASHMATH S	Spring	III
4	SNEHA NAIR	Summer	IV

CATEGORY – II – CLASS V

SR.NO.	NAME	HOUSE	PLACE
1	ATUL THARD	Spring	I
2	SANCHI ASWATH KUMAR	Summer	II
3	VANSHIKA AGARWAL	Winter	III
4	NIDHI MURALI	Autumn	IV

CONGRATULATIONS WINTERIANS & SPRINGSTERS!

'Walkathon' by Good Shepherd Finishing School Students

The students of Good Shepherd Finishing School organized a WALKATHON (a peaceful march) on Friday, March 18, 2011.

This was to create awareness about protecting the fragile environment of the Nilgiris District. The Walkathon commenced from the Ootacamund Botanical Garden and finished at the Fernhill Campus of Good Shepherd International School.

All students and staff of the Good Shepherd Finishing School and about 100 students and teachers of and Good Shepherd International School participated.

They walked along the route Botanical Garden – Charring cross junction – Bus Stand – Boat House road – Fernhill Campus, Good Shepherd International School.

The Walkhathon was flagged off by the Secretary, Rotary club of Nilgiris West, Mr. D.Sreedharan.

The students carried placards with messages exhorting the need to protect environment. They also distributed cloth bags to the public along the route. The students and the public were sensitized to protect the fragile environment of the Nilgiris.

Photographs of this Walkhathon are below :

RESULTS OF THE FRIENDLY BASKETBALL MATCHES - RIVERSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL VS GSIS

The Junior & Inter boy’s and girls’ teams of Riverside Public School visited Good Shepherd International School on March 13, 2011 to play friendly Basketball matches. The following are the results:

GSIS Junior Boys Won the match by Score-16-4

GSIS Inter Boys Won the Match by Score-14-13

GSIS Inter Girls Won the Match by Score-18-4

Congratulations!

Results - The Annual Inter House Swimming Championship 2010-11

The Annual Inter House Swimming Championship 2010-11 was conducted from 25 to 27 February 2011 at the school indoor heated swimming pool.

Results are as under :

HOUSE	SPRING	AUTUMN	SUMMER	WINTER
PLACE	I	II	III	IV

BEST SWIMMERS - BOYS

R.NO.	NAME	STREAM	CLASS & SEC	HOUSE
4742	Yashwardhan Banthia	IB	XI - B	Spring
4246	Vikneshwaran Gunasegaran	IB	XI – C	Spring
5652	Kartik Sanjay Kulkarni	ISC	XI – B	Summer
3744	Shubham Tarway	ICSE	IX – B	Autumn
5081	Rayhan Dongre	ICSE	IX – C	Winter
5054	Saurabh Tushar Deore	IGCSE	IX – A	Winter
5511	Vedant Agarwal	ICSE	VII – C	Autumn
4734	Chaliawala Kashish V	IGCSE	VIII – B	Autumn
4011	I L Mogeeth	ICSE	VI – E	Summer

BEST SWIMMERS - GIRLS

R.NO.	NAME	STREAM	CLASS & SEC	HOUSE
5756	Shubhika Barjatya	IGCSE	VIII – C	Spring
5052	Kavya Agarwal	IGCSE	IX – C	Winter
5236	Ambika Padki	IGCSE	VII – B	Spring
5230	Vanshika Gupta	IGCSE	VI – B	Spring

Congratulations to all the Winners!