Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 3: Delhi Public School Jammu (DPSJ) organised a special assembly for German language to promote global citizenship among students and to foster awareness for German language, Indo-German relationship, food and culture of Germany, here.
The assembly was hosted by the students of classes VI-VIII studying German as their III language and conducted bilingually in English and German.
The assembly began with a school prayer conducted by Ananya Gandhi (IX) and Sarvagya Bawa (IX) which was followed by thought of the day given by Vihan Manhas (VIII) and Ritvik Malhotra (VIII) whereas the pledge was rendered by Saunish Vaid (VIII). The speech on Indo-German relationships was presented by Radhwan Kohli (VIII) and Adarshi Gupta (IX).
To feel the soul of the German culture, the students collectively presented a group song “Mein leben war magisch, scheinfantastisch-My life’s been magic, seems fantastic,” which was sung by Shivya Sharma (IX), Halima (VIII), Arshia (VIII), Drishti (VIII) and Chahat (VIII) on the accompaniment of the popular electronic music played live by the school music department.
Anvesha Jain, Navya Verma, Sarvagya and Shreesha from class IX presented the steps of the recipe of “Cake” in a poetic form with the perfection of expressions, props, rhythm and music of words.
A German Language Quiz ‘Kaun Banega Chocolatepati’ was also conducted to test German language vocabulary. The quiz masters were Saunish Vaid (VIII) and Ranjohar (VIII). It was conducted both in English and German.
The highlight of the event was a funny bilingual skit “Gabbar Ki Pathshala” which was thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by one and all. The message conveyed by the skit was that there is no age bar to
The children who participated in the skit were Sparsh Uppal, Parina Kandhari, Advay Sharma and Shivagman Kohli from Class IX. The event was well compered by Tarini Gupta and Anvesha Jain from class IX, while the vote of thanks was delivered by Adarshi Gupta (IX) and Advay Sharma (IX). The assembly ended with the National Anthem.
The dedication and efforts of the students and teachers Preeti Sharma and Vishal Sotra were appreciated by the Principal-DPS Jammu, Ruchi Chabra.