Rotary’s Interact Club ‘Chandrodaya’
The Interact Club helps students of Omega imbibe leadership qualities and help them to identify, understand, examine, relate and solve social, economic and environmental issues. Through this objective, Chandrodraya :
Vision
“We Omegaites aim to connect with the society, through care, timely and appropriate constructive support to help fellow kind to live with dignity and realize it through sustainability by joining hands with the like minded.”
Members of Chandrodaya are all students of Grades VIII to XII from across all streams. Chandrodaya is set to become the largest Interact Club in the world by enrolling over 1000 Omega students.
Chandrodaya, The Moon Rise
Our Club is named so in remembrance of the Ram Chandra Mission.
The word CHANDRA was derived from it and DAYA refers to Care, Concern and Help. The twin shore temple towers of ancient Pallava dynasty makes the background. The Pallavas were the revivers and the custodian of arts, architecture, welfare and trade.
Thus, the name CHANDRODAYA evolved for Omega’s Interact Club.
Election to appoint the Office bearers of Chandrodaya for the academic year.
Debate and discuss social, economic and environmental topics of significance.
Educate the public at large on a topic of significance.
Craft Club (Paper Recycling Plant) from the Department of Life Skills Activities & Department of Co-Curricular Activities
Omega believes in the three ‘R’s to tackle the problem of waste generation. Paper recycling is one of the methods that we use to reduce our carbon footprint. It uses less energy, water, and produces lower carbon emissions than the manufacturing of non-recycled paper and at the same time reduces the amount of waste to landfill – as paper can be recycled 4 to 5 times. Recycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 380 gallons of oil, 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space and 4,000 kilowatts of energy, enough to power the average Indian home for six months, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one metric ton of carbon equivalent (MTCE).
The Omega Paper Plant is a manifestation of the school’s commitment to being a sustainable and green campus, and therefore to reduce the waste generated within the premises. The students of Lalaji Memorial Omega International School use the paper plant set up for this purpose to manufacture handmade paper out of waste paper and cloth generated from our administrative offices and hostel facilities.
At the Paper Plant, pulp is first created with a combination of the collected waste paper, dry leaves and cloth and passed through specialised machines like the Rag Chopper and Hollander Bitter. The extracted pulp is processed further to create sheets. During the sheeting process, our students showcase their innovative ideas by applying patterns with dried leaves, thread, vegetables, flower petals and more. Once the excess water has been drained, the sheets are sun dried and later cut into appropriately sized sheets of paper.
This handmade paper is then converted into aesthetically designed stationery and other products. The paper plant also utilizes leaves and herbs collected from around the campus, and natural and other dyes to produce designs that are attractive to the eye. The stylized products are used in our offices and are also available for sale.
All through the year students learn to recycle waste paper and cloth during their periods allotted for LSA and Co-curricular Activities.
The English Literary Club has been conceived by the Department of English at Omega for the love of the language exhibited by all teachers and students. With over 80 members, it is one of the most active clubs in campus.
The Club functions will the following objectives :
Introduce a new word during the morning assembly.
Encourage the habit of reading the daily newspaper.
Keep abreast with the latest trends in vocabulary, usage of words and pronunciation through “Know Your English” columns.
Encourage students to speak regularly in class and in assembly.
Debates, JAM, Extempore and Creative writing.
Gaia Club (Environmental Sustainability) from the Department of Co-Curricular Activtities
“There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed” said Mahatma Gandhi.
At Omega, students started the Gaia club to create awareness about the concept of Gaia principle that proposes that living organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a synergistic and self-regulating, complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet. In Greek mythology, Gaia is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother of all life: the primal Mother Earth goddess.
Omegites are committed to sustain the health of the environment and constantly initiate activities to restore and promote the wellbeing of everyone, be it plants or animals. The Club’s initiatives align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Students study and are involved in various green projects within the campus and the community such as the tree plantation drive, the Adyar Link Canal Restoration Project, Waste Management and so on.
Tree plantation drives
Over 300 trees of 100 different native species have been planted by students around the campus in the last three years.
Adyar Link Canal Restoration Project
Omega International School has been granted custodianship of the adjoining Adyar Link Canal by the TN Government to convert the derelict canal into a sustainable ecosystem. The efforts thus far have served to attract many species of wetland birds, fish and animals to the ecosystem.
Apiary program
Over ten hives have been placed along the banks of the Adyar Link Canal as part of its Restoration Project.
Waste & Water Management
Students learn pot composting to produce organic manure from kitchen waste. Students explore ways in using the compost at our organic vegetable gardens..
Nature Walks
Junior students are regularly taken around the vast campus to explore the various green initiatives adopted at school and explore the measures that could be replicated at their homes.
Hindi Bhasha Srishti Rachanalay by the Department of Hindi
Christened by our beloved founder Pujyashri Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari, the Hindi Bhasha Srishti Rachanalay was conceived in the year 2012.
The club has been created with these objectives:
Cultural celebrations during Ganesh Chaturthi, Deepavali, Dussehra, Raksha Bandan and other important occasions.
Program presentation at All India Radio
Intra-class and Inter-school competitions in poetry, debate, essay writing and spellbee.
The International Award for Young People Programme was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1956 as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The aim was to motivate young people aged between 14 and 25 years to become involved in a balanced programme of voluntary self-development activities to take them through the potentially difficult period between adolescence and adulthood.
Participants can undertake all three categories of the Award programme or enter directly at any of the three levels in the following age groups:
The minimum period of participation is 6 months for Bronze, 12 months for Silver and 18 months for Gold. For each of these levels a participant is required to undertake activities under each of the four sections. At Gold level, participants undertake an additional Residential Project. Participation is voluntary and offers a wide choice of activities.
Students are encouraged to talk to the Teacher Mentors to know more and get involved in the International Award for Young People.
Awards Ceremony with Mr. John May – Secretary General of the International Award for Young People
Registration of students in the program – Batch of Nov 2017
Omega Giveaway Campaign from the Department of Value Based Spiritual Education (VBSE)
“Sensitivity can be developed by forgetting the self, and thinking of others.” – Founder Pujyashri Rajagopalchari
Omega Giveaway Campaign began in 2012 with an objective to instill universal love for people whom we have not seen or met before; as our actions speak louder than our words. This gives students an opportunity to experience the happiness of sharing and caring, becoming empathetic to the needs of others. Students in turn learn to lead a simple and contended life.
The objective of the OGC is for students to be inculcated in inter-personal skills that foster mutual co-operation, respect for others, and sensitize them towards the society, contribute to the well being of others and the environment.
To meet the objective, students are involved in activities through the year. Students collect clothes in good condition, stationery items, toiletries, etc and thereafter sort and pack them in carton boxes. An orphanage or old age home is identified and the Omega family sets off to spend some quality time with the residents of the institute.
Students take lead in various aspects of OGC that helps them to become self-reliant, hardworking, resourceful and conscientious in achieving excellence in the tasks that they undertake. Also, they learn to appreciate diversity in cultures and religions and encourage practical thinking, general awareness, managerial abilities and leadership skills that aid them in goal setting.
With extraordinary support from students, teachers, parents and management, the Club is a success story and we hope to keep it thriving for years to come!
Omega students visit Hope – a school for the mentally challenged, and joined with the residents to plant vegetable saplings for a Herb Garden.
Omega students visit Siragu – a school for street children, where they organized various activities; including filling plastic bottles with sand to build the school wall.
Students participate and contribute to various social causes, most recently to those affected in the Kerala floods of Aug 2018
Robotics Club by the Department of Science
The Robotics Club and its activities is an extra-curricular program at Omega for students of Grade V to X. Through a structured four level interactive online course, the club aims to familiarize students with the basics of electronics to fundamentals of robot making – in a fun way! Every student part of the program gets an opportunity to work with a dedicated kit through the course duration thereby ensuring personalized learning. The initiative has been launched in collaboration with Kidobotikz. Being one of the popular clubs at the school, there are over 250 students as members.
Key functions of the Robotics Club :
Sessions to familiarize students with the Foundation level activities and progress to the Beginners level where they learn about mechanical designing.
Sangae Muzhanghu Club by the Department of Tamil
The launch of this exclusive club at Omega International School is to enhance the three important components in Tamil literature – Iyal, Isai and Nadagam.
Through the myriad activities of the club, students :
As a student driven initiative, the Sangae Muzhanghu Club has appointed the following office bearers :
Club Leader : Shruthi K. (Grade XII)
Dy. Club Leader : Yasaswini P. (Grade XI)
Club Secretary : Subhiksha S.K. (Grade VIII) and Sriraman M. (Grade VII)
The students and activities are guided by all the Teachers from the Department of Tamil.
Cultural celebrations on significant days – Birthday of noted Leader Kamaraj, Pongal, Tiruvalluvar Dinam, Guru Purnima and Teacher’s Day.
Inter and Intra class competitions – debate, poem/essay writing, handwriting and spell bee contests
Sirius Club from the Department of Science
The school’s Astronomy & Space Science Club, named the Sirus Club continuous endeavours to bring the best & the latest in the field of space education to students. By collaborating with SPACE India, the club conducts astronomy classes for students of Grades VI to XII. The very hands-on sessions are conducted after school hours within the campus under the supervision of mentors and are aimed to assist students to enhance their skills in the field of astronomy and star gazing. Through the exposure into various modules, students are made aware of advancements in the field of Astronomy and instils great interest to pursue higher education in fields related to Space Engineering, Astro Physics and the likes.
The club members are introduced to a host of topics during sessions. Students are presented with an orientation to the SPACE Astronomy Club, are introduced to Comets and Asteroids, learn to create a Sky Map and work with a DSLR camera and also understand the nuances related to finding cardinal directions, measuring the Earth’s circumference, basics of Rocketry along with the construction and launch of Hydro rockets, to name a few.
In collaboration with Space India Sirius Club conducts:
Club members are given a personal Astronomy Kit that includes a 50 mm telescope and are encouraged to participate in one evening Observation Session and one overnight Observation Session. Students actively participate in Astronomy Day celebrations that give them an opportunity to showcase their learning. Through this exposure, students also participate and fare well in the various competitions and events that are held at a National and International level. SPACE India honours students by awarding them “Amateur Astronomers” certificate upon completion of the program.
The All India Asteroid Search Campaign 2018
Conducted at the district level at the Omega campus, in association with SPACE, students from different schools were trained how to scout for Asteroids on the basis of available data from eminent observatories in association with NASA.
National Astronomy & Science Olympiad (NASO)
Omega students participated in the 6th International Astronomy & Science Olympiad (NASO) that is organised in 13 countries.
Observation on total Lunar Eclipse on January 31, 2018 SPACE Chennai
Omega’s students from the Sirius Club hosted an observation session at Elliot’s Beach and explained to an audience of over 2000 people about the total lunar eclipse phenomenon.
Overnight Observation Session
Along with the school teachers, all members of Sirius Club travel to Natwest Mango County at Tiruvallur for an overnight sky observation session. The unique facility has been developed to provide a great sky viewing and research experience to budding astronomers. The site is well equipped for deep sky observation, study and photography.
Astronomy Day Celebration
Facebook sessions
Numerous interactive live facebook sessions by renowned Astro Physicists, Scientists and Astronomers are regularly held at the campus.
The All India Asteroid Search Campaign 2017
A group of students learnt how to use the Astrometrica software that assists in successfully searching for Asteroids.
The Student Consumer Club facilitates the need for creating consumer awareness among students. The club activities will be guided by the Consumer Association of India (CAI) for conducting workshops and awareness programs about Consumer Responsibilities & Rights, Food Safety (Food Adulteration, Food Nutrition, Food Preservatives, and Food Contamination), Hospitals and Patients Rights, Transport, Insurance, Consumer Durables, Digital Technologies and Consumer Protection Act.
The Student Consumer Club :
Expert sessions conducted by representatives from the Consumer Association of India (CAI).
Sessions to propagate Consumer Rights to the student community at large.
The Debate Club at Omega has been christened TANDEM, which means to act in conjunction. The members of this club are constituted by students of Grades VII to XII who believe in the objective that debating helps to develop essential critical thinking skills – the ability to make reasoned and well thought out arguments in addition to questioning the evidence behind a particular stance or conclusion. Critical thinking help students become curious about new ideas while also retaining a level of scepticism and building a healthy attitude to questioning.
While the members meet through the year to develop their debating skills, students also attend sessions by experts to help their cause. The entire year’s activities culminate in the annual Inter-school Debating Competition. The competition is conceived entirely by the students of classes XI and XII of CIS and IBDP and involves them to understand the need for collaborative efforts to achieve goals. Various logistics starting with the designing of the logo, certificates, banner to selection of the topics and formulating the budget are all done by the students themselves; thereby improving their skills for the future and instils confidence to lead events of greater magnitude.
The annual competition held in 2017 focussed about creating awareness about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This maiden initiative was a huge success in achieving its goal of bringing people together and equipping them with necessary skills like critical thinking, discussion, debate, collaboration and research and planning to solve local and global problems creatively.
Students attend expert sessions to enhance their debating skills
Annual Inter-school Debate Competition
The TED Ed Club is designed to support students in discovering, exploring and presenting their big ideas in the form of short TED style talks, under the supervision of the TED Ed Club Facilitator and the Club Leader.
Along the way, Club Members will become experts in:
By the end of the Club cycle, each Club Member will have a filmed TED-Ed Club talk, and may be featured on TED-Ed social media outlets, ed.ted.com, the TED-Ed Clubs YouTube channel, or possibly even the TED stage!
TED Ed aims :
With the launch of the TED Ed Club at Omega in June 2018, we now have over 60 students as members, and growing rapidly! The Club Leader is Praveen T. of Grade XI and the Club Facilitator is Dr.S.Bhavanishankar, Senior Principal of Omega International School.
The Club was officially inaugurated at Heartfulness International School, Omega Branch on 27th June 2018 via a video conference from their headquarters in New York.
Tinkering Club (Idea Factory & Innovations) from the Department of Science
The Tinkering Club at Omega has been set up with an objective to foster curiosity, creativity and imagination in young minds and inculcate skills such as design mind-set, computational thinking, adaptive learning, physical computing etc. Young children will get a chance to work with tools and equipment to understand what, how and why aspects of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
These objectives satisfy the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0 that aims to combine the physical and digital world across all disciplines and industries. Emerging breakthrough technology such as Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Internet of Things, Robotics, etc. are often considered the core of the fourth Industrial Revolution. The Club and its activities are facilitated by:
Key Functions
Tinkering club is associated with ATL, a work space where young minds can give shape to their ideas through hands on do-it-yourself mode and learn innovation skills
The first phase of Atal Tinkering Labs brought India a step closer to the mission of Creating One Million Neoteric Child Innovators in India by 2020
257 schools across the country have been selected to establish an Atal Tinkering Lab. ATLs will be hubs of innovation where young minds will accelerate their ideas to solve unique local problems.
Omega’s Idea factory and Innovation space is best suited for students of Grades VI to XII where they are provided an opportunity to explore the following facilities:
P1 – Electronics Development, Robotics, Internet of Things, and Sensors
P2 – Rapid Prototyping Tools
P3 – Mechanical, Electrical, and Measurement tools
P4 – Power Supply, Accessories and Safety equipment
For the purposes of tinkering & innovating towards the objectives of the ATL, the Design Thinking process can be defined through five distinct stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test.
The Innovation Club’s content is subdivided according to these modules:
ATL Tinkerfest
Students get together to exhibit their innovative prototypes based on a theme.
ATL mentoring sessions
ATL Representatives or Mentors-of-Change, NITI Aayog Institute address students to accelerate the Atal tinkering laboratory’s Ideation and tinkering elements.
ATL Community Day
ATL Hands-on workshops for students
The Department of Humanities’ Zenith Club aims to nurture and mould the personality of students while providing myriad experiences through numerous events during the academic year. Activities related to the stream of Humanities form the corner stone of the Zenith Club that are undertaken by students from Classes III to XII.
The Zenith Club has the following objectives:
“As a part of experiential learning, art-integrated education was embedded in classroom transactions. The ‘Learning by Doing’ approach was followed in our social lesson “Play Time” gave space for the students to develop 21st century learning skills and articulate a deeper understanding of the concepts taught in the classroom.
Students of Grade 4 demonstrated “THE GAME I LIKE THE MOST” based on the lesson on Sports and Games through a presentation.
It is a comprehensive video demonstration categorised as Indoor Games, Outdoor Games, Traditional Games, Water sports and Athletics in which the following objectives of the lessons were spotlighted:
Few of the students featured in the video have demonstrated their sporting skills that they are learning professionally”
International Day of Disabled Persons
Interclass events and competitions to create awareness.
Celebration of important events and occasions
Consumer Awareness activitiess
Zero Club by the Department of Mathematics
Mathematics permeates all spheres of life so much so that we can say that it is an important and integral part of life of every individual. Each one of us require the basic knowledge and skills in Mathematics to carry out daily activities. We, Facilitators of Mathematics at Lalaji Memorial Omega International School, felt that it is our responsibility to instill these skills into the young minds of students of this school. Students of Grades I to XII are all members of the Zero Club.
The Zero Club was founded with the objective of :
To accomplish its objectives, Zero Club undertakes the following activities:
Facilitators of the Zero Club activities
New strategies
Model Making Exhibition
Weekly Quiz
Weekly Riddles
Celebrating days of the year that are mathematically significant.
