“Our visit to Urban farming called ComCrop is the key to global change & solutions. It left us wonderstruck with their innovative ideas how Singapore’s commercial farm is preparing for food security in the limited land they live in. We did experience the mental satiety when the produce from the roof top garden was cooked and served as lunch in the Pope Jai Thai restaurant.

In our session, I queried to find out more on their perspective of sustainable growing. This paved me to come up with innumerable ideas and strategies on how it should be implemented in our neighbourhood, for which sustainable development is the step to a future we want for all. We were told about why to zero down on our food wastage and how it is being wasted from the genesis of plant harvesting till it reaches our plates.

This trip was an eye opener for me and I started of by making my fellow peers aware of how their day to day habits can be much more saving and thoughtful. My fellow schoolmates and I shall unite and will make the society proud in conserving the resources in the place we spend most of the time in a day – Its CPS”. – Karen Megna P, IX D

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CPS Schools initiated a student-centered program around Sustainable habitats called FutureSake and visited Singapore to study the city in the garden recently. Singapore is recognised as the exceptional role model city because it has made use of the best available resources to ensure clean and healthy environment for all the residents and visitors.

The main objective of this program is to envision what student fraternity in all capacities can do in the present for the future. 33 change makers of CPS set their stage wise journey after conducting a thorough review of their neighbourhood and school on various aspects; and reflect their learning into more workable solutions for the problems they came across.

Their visit to the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore helped them to learn how energy efficient buildings were planned & built meticulously and the challenges faced in tackling various ground breaking issues. The energetic minds of CPS surveyed the self sustaining Green Mark structures of Singapore and pondered upon how the people of that nation pulled off such a massive and energy consuming feat. Fascinating sights of innovation & aesthetics of the city’s design startled them and left them in a state of awe.

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Taekwondo star, S.M.Keerthana of Chennai Public School, Anna Nagar bagged Gold Medal in School Games Federation of India held at Lucknow, Silver Medal in CBSE Cluster held at Aurangabad and Gold Medal in District and State Tournaments in Federation matches. Hearty Congratulations!

Shakthi. P of Chennai Public School, Anna Nagar won Silver Medal in Open Taekwondo Championship held at M.A.M Stadium, Jammu & Kashmir of Sub Junior U-35 kg category.

Preshetha.B of Chennai Public School, Anna Nagar bagged the silver medal in CBSE south zone swimming meet held at Pooja International School, Andhra Pradesh for U-14 ,50m breast stroke.

The team comprising Shreyas Sangameshwaran and Surya Ari from Chennai Public School, Anna Nagar, emerged as the Second Runners up in “The Hindu In School Agriculturee Quiz” held recently. Mr.Raju Narayana Swamy, Chairman of the Coconut Development Board and Mr. G.N.Hariharan from M.S.Swaminathan Research Institute graced the occasion and honoured the victorious teams. As many as 225 teams comprising students from classes VII to XII from schools in Chennai, Puducherry, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts competed to make it to the finals of the quiz. Its very evident that, life is based on competition and it forces each one to give his/her best. Hearty congratulations to Team CPS.

Chennai Public School, Anna Nagar kick started the Astronomy Club enthusiastically with budding astronomers, astrophysicists, and astronauts among them.Students were welcomed to the new club and oriented to the club objectives and activities. The first session focused on “The Space Rocks: Comets, Asteroids and Meteoroids” and also about deadly impacts of these space debris. They also learnt about its history, formation, location, composition etc. At the end of the session, CPSites made their own comets using readily available materials.

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