Occasional Events

Our school celebrated the 74th Republic Day on 25th January 2023 in the school premises. Students of classes VII, VIII and IX took part in the celebration. The programme started with March past. Holding the name board of their house in their hands, the captains led their team. It was a spectacular performance. The physical education teacher Mr. T. Jeyachandra Reddy hoisted our National Flag. This was followed by school prayer. The students of classes IX and XI gave inspiring speeches on constitution and Dr. Ambedkar’s role in drafting the constitution. Tha students rendered the songs “ Olipadaitha Kanninai va va va” and “Vaishnava Janatho” beautifully. The programme ended with National Anthem.

Bharathi Vidyalaya, with the blessings of His Holiness of Sringeri, celebrates the Vardhanthi of Mahaswamigal every year on the first Saturday of the month of January. Interschool Sloka Competitions are conducted for the students of classes IV to X, in this auspicious occasion. This year the celebration was held on 7th January 2023, Saturday at Smt. Narayani Ammal Kalyana Mandapam, Mandaveli. Students from 12 school participated in the event. They recited Mathurashtakam, Vaidyanathashtakam and Kesadhi Padha Varnanam – Narayaneeyam.

Mrs. Sowmiya Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Dept of Sanskrit, MOP Vaishnav College for Women was the chief guest of the function. During the ‘Business Meet’, Mrs. R. Santhi welcomed the gathering. Mrs. Sowmiya, in her address encouraged the students to take part in similar Sanskrit Sloka Competitions which will develop their memory and immunity. She asked them to follow the four R’s – Relax, Read, Run and Reach. She praised the efforts of our Director Mrs. K. Alamelu for the progress and success of the school. She then distributed the prizes to the winners. The programme ended with ‘National Anthem’.

To foster and reinforce Communal Harmony, National Integration Week was observed in our school. Students of classes IX to XII took part in the observation. On 1st November, 2022, a short programme was arranged for the students. Class XI students organised the programme. All the students of classes IX to XII gathered in Ganapathy Hall for the celebration.The programme started with School Prayer. Pooja K Rangan of XI Sci introduced the events of the day and gave a gist on ’National Integration Week’. She spoke about' Women's Day celebration ',' Conservation Day',' Cultural Unity Day', ' Linguistic Harmony Day' and ' Festivals of India'. The introduction was followed by cultural events. The first event was' Women's Day Celebration '. Women's of various fields and their contribution to Nation Building were showcased to the audience. The next programme was 'Conservation Day Celebration'.Students spoke about the five elements of nature and our duty towards them.They said about the harmful effects of burning plastics and the necessity to preserve the available resourses.The third programme was 'Cultural Unity Day '. Through a small skit , students showed the importance of conserving our culture and integration.To stress the importance of' Linguistic Harmony ', a group of students presented a 'Kavi Sammelan'. Poets from six different languages were taken and introduced to the audience. There were introduced first in their own language and then in English. Every language was introduced with a song of that particular state.Thus linguistic harmony was stressed.The last part of the programme was 'Festivals of India'. The unity among Indians in celebrating festivals was highlighted through this. The programme ended with National Anthem.
The celebration of "Qaumi Ekte Week" provided an opportunity for the students to reaffirm age old traditions and faith in the values of tolerance, co - existence and brotherhood in a multi - cultural and multi - religious society. Jai Hind!

Our school celebrated Gandhi Jayanthi on 3rd October 2022. Students of classes I to VIII celebrated the day by singing patriotic songs, drawing pictures and giving speeches related to Gandhi’s principles, teachings and achievements in Nation building. Non – violence, truth and fight against rational discrimination were highlighted by the students.

Students of classes IX to XII attended a “Motivational Speech” programme arranged by the school. Sri Arjun Shankar, former president of NIIT was the speaker of the day. He portrayed Gandhi in various dimensions through his PPT. Students observed Gandhiji as a social reformer, truth seeker, political activist and a person who alleviates poverty. He suggested the students to read books on Gandhi’s life and achievements. He asked the students to ponder on the following questions,

1. Do we respect labour?
2. Are we self – reliant?
3. Can we cut down our wastes? and
4. Can we look beyond ourselves?


The programme ended with the song “Vaishnavo Janato” displayed through video.

As required by CBSE, our School observed “Swachhta Pakhwada Cleanliness“ drive from 5th September 2022 to 15th September 2022. The students of Classes III to XII took part in the celebration Various awareness programmes were celebrated in all the ten days. On 5th September 2022, the students of classes III to XII took “Swachhata Pakhwada Pledge” during the morning assembly. On 6th September 2022, ”Swachhata Awareness Day” was observed Parents of Classes VII to X were invited to check the hygiene maintained in the school . During the “Green School Drive Day” students planted Tulsi, Rose and other herbs in pots. Unwanted files and papers were weeded out by the teachers. ‘ Hand wash day’ was observed on 9th September, 2022 and ‘ Participation Day’ was observed on 10th September 2022. Students engaged themselves in writing Essays, Letters, Poems and Poster designing on this day. On 12th and 13th of September ‘personal Hygiene Day’ was observed. Students were taught how to maintain hygiene in nails, hair and teeth. Covid protocols were also taught. The importance of conservation of water and judicious use of it were taught on 14th September. On the 15th Of September all the creative works of the students - the paintings, the writings and the ‘ Wealth out of waste’ arts were exhibited in classrooms for students observation. This was followed by prize distribution on 16th September, 2022.

On the whole “ Swachhata Pakhwada Celebration’ had created awareness among children, regarding cleanliness hygiene and sanitation.

Our school celebrated Teacher’s Day on 30th August 2022. Mr.Ranganathan, Marketing Manager, TCS, was the Chief Guest of the function. Other important invitees were Mr. Arjun Shankar, former president of NIIT and Mr. M. Vijayaganesh, Violinist. The programme started with invocation by Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh of class IX B. Mrs. V. Sripriya introduced the dignitaries on the dais to the teachers. Mr. Ranganathan spoke about the role of teachers in shaping the students for better tomorrow. Mrs. R. Santhi gave an inspiring speech on Dr. Radhakrishnan. This was followed by a song in Hindi sung by Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh, praising our patron Sri Sri Bharathi Theertha Maha Sannidanam. G.Vishaka of class XII sang a song in Tamil praising the teachers for their role in uplifting the society. Next our school Alumni, S.Ramakrishnan, T.S.Athika and R.Rakshana shared their memories of the school life. They thanked our Director Madam, Mrs.K.Alamelu and all the teachers for teaching them values and life skills all these years. The programme ended with National Anthem.

On August 15, 2022, our school celebrated 76th independence Day . Classes - IX to XII gathered for the Morning assembly. The chief guest Shri. M.Vijaya Ganesh, Violinist and Member of the trust, presided over the function and hoisted our National Flag .
The programme started with School prayer. Then the school pupil leader welcomed the chief guest and the gathering .He gave a speech on Independence Day It was followed by flag Hoisting. Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh of Class IX B sang the song, “Shanthi Nilavavendum”. The Chief Guest addressed the Students with an inspiring speech on “National Integration” and “Patriotism” The Programme ended with National Anthem.

World Environment Day takes place annually on 5th June. To fight the increasing impact of global warming and reduce the severe impact on the ever-changing environment and to keep it under check, many awareness camps are set up on 5th June every year across the globe to reiterate the seriousness of how we all should do our bit to protect the environment.

World Environment Day was set up in 1974, by the United Nations and thereafter every year and a new country hosts it every year. Can you guess the country that hosted the World Environment Day for 2022? Yes, your guess is right it took place in Sweden.

With an idea to bring in some awareness and to instill this thought of saving our environment in the young and fertile minds of school children, Bharathi Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School arranged for a lecture on World Environment Day. Mr. Kalyanaraman Gopalan, Senior executive in Siemens, working for the renewable energy division was requested to give a lecture.

Mr. Kalyan gave a lecture with the aid of multimedia presentation engaging the children by covering various aspects of the environment, quoting the five elements, how we are increasingly exploiting the natural resources because of which we end up polluting the environment, and what we can do to protect the environment.

The presentation was engaging, and the children learned many things how a small step from each one of them could make a big difference in our day to day life protecting the environment.



We present here some of the photographs shown on the occasion.