A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class - L.Kg)
To: Nursery (Plants) Dt.20/08/2024 2024-2025
Nursery is a place where young plants are grown for sale or for planting somewhere else. The main objective of this trip was to enable the children to know the importance of Nursery and also to improve their observation skills.
On Tuesday, 20 August 2024, as a part of our educational programme the children of class L.Kg. with the teachers and assistant staff visited the Nursery. The Nursery is located near Sudha Cross, Ballari at 7 km away from our school. We reached there at 10:45 a.m.
We saw some plants like rose, button rose, table rose, hibiscus, jasmine, aloevera, coconut, neem, RK Palm, lily, money plant, jade plant, singapore rose, snake plant, basil, dubai plant, garden décor plants. We also learnt about their uses in our life. All plants provide oxygen for us which is useful for respiration. Children were happy to see the fruit sellers, vehicles like cars, buses, train, fire station and the canal filled with water on the way to the Nursery and back to school.
Our trip ended at around 12:45 p.m. The children saw different plants in one place. It was an informative trip for the children. We thank the labourers of the Nursery for their co-operation in making this field trip a meaningful one.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class - U.Kg)
To: Nayamika Farm (Dt.19/08/2024) 2024-2025
Farm is an area of land that is used for agricultural processes for producing food and other crops. It is the basic facility in food production. The farm is the name used for producing food such as vegetable farms, fruit farms, dairy and other farms.
To learn practically about a farm, we took the students of Class U.Kg. to the Nayamika Farm on Monday 19 August 2024. The area of the farm land is about 18 acres and it is 3 km away from Dream World School.
Our students were excited to visit the ‘Nayamika Farm’, as they wanted to know about the dragon fruit plants and other trees grown there.The landlord of the farm is Mr. Rajesh Reddy and it is taken care by the labourer Mr.Gadhilinga.
Mr. Gadhilingappa explained about the different types of trees and plants grown in the farm to our students with great patience. According to the information given by him there are about 120 dragon fruit plants in the farm. The farm also includes coconut trees, ashoka trees, rose plants, banana plants and other varieties of flowering plants.
Students were happy to go around the farm and to know about the different types of plants grown in the Nayamika Farm. They also understood the uses and importance of plants and trees in our life.
We thank the landlord and the labourer of the Nayamika Farm, for their co-operation in making our field trip a successful one.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – I)
To: Sri Kote Malleshwara Temple (Dt.01/07/2024). 2024-2025
The students of Class I, along with teachers visited the historical place - Sri Kote Malleshwara Temple in Ballari on Monday, 01 July 2024. It is 5 km away from Dream World School.
The objective of the visit was to learn about the history of the ancient temples which also gives us the glimpse of the ancient sculptures and inscriptions.
Field Observation:
Kote Malleshwara temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Ballari. It is one of the oldest temples in the city and has a history of more than 500 years. The temple is famous for its annual car festival which attracts thousands of devotees from nearby places.
We were guided by Mr. Narasimha Achari, the priest of the temple who explained in detail about the history of Kote Malleshwara Temple. According to his explanation, Mallayya a merchant, devotee of Lord Shiva used to travel different places to sell food grains. He never used to have food until he performs his daily rituals to Lord Shiva. Once when he was travelling, he halted in Ballari but could not find a Shivalinga to perform the rituals on the Poornima day. Mallayya asked his helper who was travelling with him to search for a Shivalinga. But he could not find anywhere and then he made a plan to convince his master. He used a balla (a measuring cup or seru used to measure grains) and placed it upside down on a stone as Shivalinga and asked Mallayya to perform his rituals to it. Mallayya, the merchant who could not see properly believed the balla as Shivalinga and worshipped. Eventually, that place was turned into a temple dedicated to Balleshwara or Shiva which became distorted to Malleshwara and thus Ballari derives its name because of this temple. The temple is a popular attraction to a huge crowd during Maha Shivaratri.
Conclusion
The field trip was successful and we believe that the objective was achieved as the students know about the temple. It was an informative trip for the students.
We thank the management of the temple for their support and cooperation in fulfilling our objective in this field trip.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – II)
To: Jyothirlinga Temple, Ballari (Dt.02/07/2024) 2024-2025
A temple is a place where we spend time to relax ourselves, to pray and thank God for all his blessings. On Tuesday, 02 July 2024, the students of Class II along with teachers visited the Jyothirlinga Temple, Ballari. This temple is also called the Shivaleela Devasthana.
Shri Bhima Reddy had constructed this temple. It was established in the year 2015. At present, his son Gurudas Reddy is looking after the temple.
The temple is famous for its 12 Jyothirlingas. It is constructed in such a way that the 12 Jyothirlingas which are present all over India are enshrined in one temple. The students went around the temple and saw the Twelve Jyothirlingas of Lord Shiva namely Somnath, Mallikarjuna, Mahakaleshwara, Omkareshwara, Vaidhyanath, Bheemashankara, Rameshwara, Nageshwar, Kashi Vishwanath, Thriambakeshwara, Kedarnatha and Grishneshwar. Each Jyothirlinga resembles the original form of Lord Shiva, where they are actually situated. The incharge person Gurudas Reddy explained a few points about the temple to the children.
The temple is very pleasant with beautiful architecture. The students took blessings of Lord Shiva for a fruitful year. They also chanted shlokas and sang bhajans in the temple.
The students had lunch along with the teachers and played different games in the temple premises. This visit provided a very good opportunity for our students to know the names of twelve Jyothirlingas and the places where they are located.
We are thankful to the management and the staff of ‘Jyothirlinga temple’, for their co-operation in fulfilling the objective of this field trip.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – III)
To: ‘Nava Jeevana’, the Rehabilitation Centre for the Disabled, Ballari. 2024-2025
Physical disability is a “loss of a body part or failure to develop a specific bodily function or functions, whether of movement, sensation, coordination, or speech. The disabilities may be physical, mental and/or cognitive (thinking and learning). People with physical disabilities may have lost them during their birth, due to disease or injury or as a side effect from a medical treatment. Rehabilitation centres help the disabled to improve the abilities that they need for their daily life.
To know more about physically challenged people, on Thursday, 04 July 2024 the students of Class III along with teachers visited ‘Nava Jeevana’, the rehabilitation centre for the disabled, as a part of the educational programme. It is 5 km away from Dream World School which is located in Vidya Nagar, Ballari.
‘Nava Jeevana’ is a rehabilitation centre for the disabled in Ballari, working to restore physical, sensory and mental capabilities among the patients. The centre comprises of two separate buildings namely Prathibhalaya for boys and Nava Jeevana for girls to stay in. It has classrooms for teaching academics and physiotherapy for the therapeutic support. They also teach music, dance and yoga to the children.
Sister Francina is the incharge person of ‘Nava Jeevana’ and Sister Cluny, one of the staff explained our students about the mission of Nava Jeevana and about the various disabilities of 43 children who are totally disabled. Sister Cluny and the staff look after the disabled children by providing basic needs and the physiotherapy required.
Mr. Virupakshi is the teacher in ‘Nava Jeevana’, who is blind himself but trains the children who are blind to survive in the society. By our request, he demonstrated the aids to our students which are used to teach the blind children with ‘Braille Script’ and ‘Braille Interpoint Slate’ with stylus. These learning aids for the visually impaired children brought curiosity among our students. The students were also wonderstruck watching blind children reading a paragraph from the Kannada and English textbooks using ‘braille script’.
Our students warmly introduced and interacted with the children of ‘Nava Jeevana’. Some students felt emotional for the children at their state of being blind and the way they lead their life in ‘Nava Jeevana’
This visit was a wonderful experience for our students, as it provided a good opportunity for them to observe and understand closely the struggle for education and routine works of the physically challenged people and the visually impaired children of ‘Nava Jeevana’. All our students and staff wished the children of the rehabilitation centre for their well-being.
We are thankful to the management and the staff of ‘Nava Jeevana’, for their co-operation in making our field-trip meaningful.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – IV)
To: The Ballari Handloom Weavers Co-operative Production and Sale Society, Ballari (04/07/24) 2024-2025
Weaving is a process of making cloth by putting threads over and under one another on a machine called the loom. A ‘handloom’ is a loom that is used to weave cloth without the use of electricity.
On Thursday, 04 July 2024, the students of Class IV along with the teachers visited The Ballari Handloom Weavers Co-operative Production and Sale Society which was established in the year 1957. It is approximately 7 km away from Dream World School.
Mr. Nagaraj B. is the C.E.O of Ballari Handloom Weavers. The weaving society has 15 workers of 13 dealing with handloom and 2 workers with hand spinning.
Mr. Nagaraj B, the C.E.O of the Co-operative Society explained about the weaving of a saree with different patterns and colours. They weave different types of silk sarees like uppada and pochampalli. They get different types of silk threads and machines from Dharmavaram and Bengaluru, then send those silk threads to Yadiki for dyeing and after getting back the dyed fibre they start weaving. They also take contracts for making sarees of different patterns and the rolling of silk cloth. The weavers complete the weaving of one sari in 3 – 5 days. The consumers can visit the sale society to purchase the sarees on all days except on Sundays.
This visit has helped our students gain the practical knowledge about the handloom weaving which is an important economic activity, preserving the ancient culture of India providing employment for many.
For the successful completion of this field trip, we thank the management and staff of ‘The Ballari Handloom Weavers Co-operative Production and Sale Society’, for their support and co-operation.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – V)
To: Sri Gurudatta Agro Foods, Ballari (05/07/2024) 2024-2025
On Friday, 5th July 2024, the students of Class V visited Sri Gurudatta Agro Foods, Ballari, along with respective teachers. It is about 11 km away from Dream World School. By 11:30 a.m. the students reached the rice mill.
Milling is a crucial step in the post-production of rice. The basic objective of a rice milling system is to remove the husk and the bran layers, and produce an edible, white rice kernel that is sufficiently milled and free of impurities.
Mr R. K. Ramesh, the owner and Ms. Swathi, daughter of the owner of the rice mill welcomed us and guided our students by explaining the milling process of paddy. The area of rice mill is 2 acres and it was established in the year 2008.
The processing of rice first begins with the pre-cleaner where the larger stones are separated from paddy. Next the paddy moves to drier where the moisture level of paddy is maintained to 12% which is suitable for the processing of rice. Paddy is moved to rubber sheller through the elevator, here the outer layer of paddy called husk is removed, and then it is moved to the separator to separate the husk from the brown rice. The brown rice is passed to the whitener machine where the bran is removed from the rice. Rice bran is a component of raw rice that is obtained when it is removed from the starchy endosperm in the rice milling process. After the removal of bran, the rice appears white in colour. The white rice is polished in the silky polisher machine to give a fine structure and silky look to the rice. Final grading of rice is done in a sortex machine, the smaller impurities are removed from the rice and then the rice is passed to the bins. From the bins automatic packing of milled rice is done in the bags. The rice is packed in different sizes of bags like 10 kg and 26 kg. Everyday 50,000 kg of rice is processed in the mill. They buy the paddy from the nearby farmers and market their product majorly in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The brand name of the product is Guru Ashirwad, Raga Rice,
R K Brand.
The by-products of rice mill are husk, bran and broken rice. Bran is used in the extraction of oil and is also send to make soaps. The husk is used to burn the driers in the mill and broken rice is used as the cattle feed.
Rice mill is a place where milling of rice is done. The system is to remove the husk and the layers of bran and produce an edible, white rice based on the requirements of the customers.
We are thankful to Mr. R.K. Ramesh and Ms. Swathi for their support and concern in fulfilling our objective in this field trip.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – VI)
To: The Robert Bruce Foote Sanganakallu Archaeological Museum (08/07/2024) 2024-2025
On 8th July 2024, the students of class VI along with teachers visited the Robert Bruce Foote Sanganakallu Museum, Ballari District. It is 4.3 km away from Dream World School. We left for the place from school at 10:00 a.m.
We visited the Museum with the objective of making children aware about evidences of the stone age people and the tools they used.
The students were excited to know about the Museum. We were guided by Ms. Gowri who gave us the information and the historical background of the Museum.
The Archaeological Museum is a unique prehistoric museum of the stone age-related to Sanganakallu, a pre-historic site near Ballari city. This museum was renamed as “Robert Bruce Foote” due to his enormous contribution to Indian pre-historical sites surveys carried out by him. Robert Bruce Foote (CE 1834-1912) is a Geologist, Archaeologist, ethnographer, paleontologist, musicologist and an artist. He was appointed in the Geological Survey of India (GSI) and was posted to Madras Presidency, Hyderabad Region, and Bombay Presidency with the intention to map the mineral deposition in the southern regions, where he accidentally the Englishman discovered 459 pre-historic sites of the country.
The museum houses a vast collection of African theories on pre-historic site information in the ground floor and in the first floor with more information on the Sanganakallu site. Most of the collection is on stone tools as Sanganakallu was once a pre-historic stone tool factory dating back to 2000 BC.
One can also find artefacts like ceramic pottery, shellbone steatite beads and neolithic age ash mound fragments. There is also a sarcophagus child burial with the ritual pot of megalithic excavation found at Kudithini and was kept assembled in this museum.
Mr. Korishettar, the former Professor of History and Archaeology, Karnataka University, and the Director of the Museum Committee was the key behind setting up a museum in Ballari with the help of Government. When it comes to prehistoric study and the neolithic age, the Sanganakallu site is predominant even for many foreigners.
We thank Ms. Gowri as a guide for her support and cooperation in fulfilling our objective in this field trip.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – VII)
To: Siri Agro Industries - Mundrigi 2nd phase, Ballari. 2024-2024
Clothes are one among the basic needs of our life. Clothes are obtained from plants or animals. Among plants and animals, it is the plant fibre most preferred by humans. One such plant fibre is cotton. It is soft, can be dyed easily into different colours and absorbs more moisture. Due to these advantages, different types of fabric materials are made using cotton.
With the objective to know the steps involved in the processing of cotton and to observe the process of ginning, our students of Class VII visited the Siri Agro Industries as a part of an educational programme on Friday, 12 July 2024. It is about 8.5 km away from Dream World school.
Siri Agro Industries was established on 26 May 2011. It is spread over 2 acres of land and has 20 ginning machines and 1 double pressing machine. At present, they have 16 workers working in their industry. They collect raw cotton (kappas) in the radius of 100 km of Ballari and Mr. Krishna Kanth, is one of the managing directors of this industry.
The team at the industry is headed by Krishna Kanth who guided our students throughout the field trip. They explained to our students about the steps involved in the processing of cotton. The cotton is collected from farmers at the cost of `700-800 per kg and the cost of the cotton on 12 July 2024 is 7700 per quintal. The raw cotton is separated based on the quality (whiteness and length) of the cotton. The separated cotton is sent to ginning process where the seeds and fibre (cotton) is separated, the fibre obtained is called the lint. Later, the lint is sent to the pressing machine and is baled (lint packed for marketing). The bales of cotton are then exported to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. Later on, the processed cotton is sent to further process before it is supplied to the market. The separated seeds are sent to the oil industries for extracting cotton seed oil which is used for cooking and to make cotton seed cake as fodder for the cattle. In recent years, the farmers started growing the BT 2 (Bacillus Thuringiensis) which is a genetically modified cotton variety that is tolerant to bollworms and other insect pests and as usual to increase the yield of the crop.
This visit helped our students to gain the practical knowledge of converting raw cotton into lint. We are thankful to the team of the Siri Agro Industries for their support and care in fulfilling our objective of this field trip successfully.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – VIII)
To: Food Corporation of India, Ballari (12/07/2024) 2024-2025
Clothes are one among the basic needs of our life. Clothes are obtained from plants or animals. Among plants and animals, it is the plant fibre most preferred by humans. One such plant fibre is cotton. It is soft, can be dyed easily into different colours and absorbs more moisture. Due to these advantages, different types of fabric materials are made using cotton.
With the objective to know the steps involved in the processing of cotton and to observe the process of ginning, our students of Class VII visited the Siri Agro Industries as a part of an educational programme on Friday, 12 July 2024. It is about 8.5 km away from Dream World school.
Siri Agro Industries was established on 26 May 2011. It is spread over 2 acres of land and has 20 ginning machines and 1 double pressing machine. At present, they have 16 workers working in their industry. They collect raw cotton (kappas) in the radius of 100 km of Ballari and Mr. Krishna Kanth, is one of the managing directors of this industry.
The team at the industry is headed by Krishna Kanth who guided our students throughout the field trip. They explained to our students about the steps involved in the processing of cotton. The cotton is collected from farmers at the cost of `700-800 per kg and the cost of the cotton on 12 July 2024 is 7700 per quintal. The raw cotton is separated based on the quality (whiteness and length) of the cotton. The separated cotton is sent to ginning process where the seeds and fibre (cotton) is separated, the fibre obtained is called the lint. Later, the lint is sent to the pressing machine and is baled (lint packed for marketing). The bales of cotton are then exported to Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. Later on, the processed cotton is sent to further process before it is supplied to the market. The separated seeds are sent to the oil industries for extracting cotton seed oil which is used for cooking and to make cotton seed cake as fodder for the cattle. In recent years, the farmers started growing the BT 2 (Bacillus Thuringiensis) which is a genetically modified cotton variety that is tolerant to bollworms and other insect pests and as usual to increase the yield of the crop.
This visit helped our students to gain the practical knowledge of converting raw cotton into lint. We are thankful to the team of the Siri Agro Industries for their support and care in fulfilling our objective of this field trip successfully.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – IX)
To: Halley’s Blue Steels, Mundargi Industrial, Ballari (Dist.). 13/07/2024 2024-2025
On Saturday 13th July 2024, our students of class IX along with respective teachers visited Halley’s Blue Steels, Mundargi Industrial Area Ballari, which it is 12 km away from Dream World School.
It’s a great opportunity to understand the industrial fabrication of steel sheets and rods using several moulds to construct store houses, stadiums and building roofs etc.
Steel is a very strong metal which can be manufactured in different shapes according to specific requirements. Steel is actually known for its strength, and it makes the building structures stronger. In addition, it is highly durable and recyclable material, which means it lasts longer than decades. Strength and durability are two big reasons most architects suggest steel for building construction. With the technological advancement, various types of steel structures and roof sheets are prepared with earthquake resistance, wind resistance and heat resistance. Steel can answer climate-flexible metropolitan areas, effective and low cost building needs in the country.
The owner of the Halley’s Blue Steels is Mr. Shiva Murthi – headed by CEO Mr Raghav Hegde. This industry was established in 1993 by a Ballarian and has spread all over India and East Africa. There are about 450 people working in the industry. This industry of Ballari is the headquarters and is called unit - I. Unit - II is located in Hirehal near Obulapuram.
Mr. Shiva Murthi explained about different sections of the industry and how this sections play important role in the growth of the industry. Service Departments include HR (Human Resources) Dept, Operation Dept. Raw Material Yard, finished Product and Handling Yard, Maintenance Departments, Quality and Laboratory Dept, Safety Engineering Dept, Material Management and Marketing Dept, Finance and Accounts Dept. etc.
A team of engineers explained us that the industry gets its raw material (Iron sheets) from the JSW steels.Their main products are beams and sheets. The iron sheets will be checked and processed to cutting machine into desired size. Then the sheets are welded by the skilled workers. Once welding is done it will be processed in the profiling machine. These profiled sheets are cut into C-shape and Z-shape.The sheets are further processed in sand –blasting machine which makes the surface rough and holds the paint. First sheets will be coated with 40-micron thick red oxide and then coated with 40-micron thick paint under high pressure on the sheet to prevent corrosion (rusting). Once the process is completed it is delivered to desired places.
As the employees are working with huge and sharp machines, they give more preference for their protection. Different colour code helmets are given for different employees based on the designation and positions in the working place such as white helmet for engineers, red helmets for electrical workers, blue helmets for supervisors. Human resource persons use green helmet and grey helmets used by visitors in the place.
Steel, is a valuable and cost-effective alternative construction material and is the only material that can provide the quality required for constructions. The use of steel assures greater environment friendliness than other types of materials.
We thank the staff of Halley’s Blue Steels for their support and cooperation in educating our students regarding the types of steel structures used in constructing various buildings.
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