Seva Mela 2014 @ Ethiraj college

Vidyarambam participated in the National Level Seva Mela - 2014 held at Ethiraj College on 25th and 26th of July. We got an opportunity to showcase our teaching and learning materials in the stall we put up.

We also got to share our work and experiences with the other participants.

Vidyarambam was conferred with the Air Vice Marshal Krishnaswamy award.

Aeroplanes...Visitors to RVS from the home of Boeing.

How does thrust help a aircraft fly? What is the fuel used in aeroplanes? These were some of the questions asked by the students of Rotary Vidyarambam School, Nagappattinam during the course of a presentation on aeroplanes done by Devin 'anna' and Jessica 'akka'.

Devin (7th grade) and Jessica (entering college) from Seattle, USA visited RVS along with their grandparents Mrs. Diane Cole and Mr. Donald Cole who are retired Boeing engineers. Devin and Jessica explained to their audience the different parts of an aircraft and the forces that make an aeroplane fly. The 4th and 5th STD students of RVS listened with rapt attention taking part in the activities with enthusiasm.

The students (and teachers:)) followed the instructions given by Devin 'anna' and constructed their own origami planes and flew them....

The visitors also observed some of the classes in RVS. They were thoroughly impressed by the good behaviour and the eager-to-learn attitude that they saw among the RVS kids. They traveled to villages near Seekazhi to take a look at some of our other programs. Mrs. Cole had special words appreciation for all the VT teachers.

ELE Training for Government School Teachers in Nagappattinam District

Easy Learning English is one of the flagship programs of Vidyarambam which has been implemented in government schools across TN since 2009. The ELE classes are held during school hours in periods allocated for the program by the school. The classes under this program are conducted for STDs 6, 7 and 8 by Vidyarambam trained akkas. At the heart of the ELE program is phonics, a globally proven methodology to teach students to read English using sounds(phonemes) of the letters of the alphabet.

The success of this program was noticed by the Chief Education Officer of Nagappattinam district who invited Vidyarambam to train all the middle school teachers in his district. This invitation excited us at VT as it gave us a very sustainable way to scale the program and give the benefit of the program to many more students. The first batch of 25 teachers from schools around Nagai were successfully trained between 3rd July to 5th July 2014. The training was conducted by veteran Vidyarambam trainers Mr.V.Ranganathan (Founder-President, VT), Ms. Rosy Marial, Mr. Sathya and Ms. Kavitha.