A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – L.Kg.)
To: Nursery (Plants). 2023-2024
Nursery is a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting somewhere else. The main objectives of this trip was to enable the children to know the importance of nursery and also to improve their observation skills.
On Friday, 18 August 2023, as a part of our educational programme the children of class L.Kg. with the teachers and assistant staff visited the nursery. It is located near Sudha cross, Ballari at 7km away from our school. With an aim to visit the Nursery, we reached there at 10:45 a.m.
We saw some plants like rose, button rose, table rose, hibiscus, jasmine, tulasi, aloevera, coconut, neem, areca plum, champa, lilly, money plant, brahmi, candelabra cactus, licky bamboo plant, garden decor show plants and their uses in our life. All plants provide oxygen for us which is useful for respiration. Children were also happy to see fruit sellers, dolls, vehicles like cars, buses, train and the canal filled with water on the way to the nursery and back to school.
Our trip ended at around 12:30 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: Supermarket – Seven Hills, Ballari. 2023-2024
A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections and shelves. The main objective of this field trip is to familiarize the children with supermarket and its importance.
On Thursday, 17 August 2023, as a part of our educational programme the children of Class U.Kg. with the teachers and assistant staff visited the ‘Seven Hills Supermarket’. It is located on the way by Sanganakal Road, Ballari, approximately 3 km away from Dream World School.
The children went around the supermarket with excitement and saw different items displayed in different sections. Some of the displayed items identified by the children were chocolates, nuts, dairy products, preserved food, some plastic and steel utensils, - cleaning supplies, bakery items and other household items.
As the children moved to the different sections of the supermarket, the teacher explained about the items and also asked the children to identify and name them.
By this visit the children came to know that supermarket, a retail shop provides food items and household products to the customers under one roof making the task of shopping easy, exciting and informative.
We thank the management and staff of ‘Seven Hills Supermarket’ for their co-operation in making this field trip a meaningful one.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – I)
To: Sri Kote Malleshwara Temple. 2023-2024
On July 4 2023, the students of Class I, along with teachers visited the historical place - Sri Kote Malleshwara Temple in Ballari. 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.
The students were excited to know about Kote Malleshwara Temple. We were guided about the origin and history of the temple by Mr. Narasimha Achari.
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.
Students took the blessings of Lord Shiva and chanted shlokas in the temple. They had lunch in the temple premises.
Conclusion
Our trip ended about 1:50 p.m. The field trip was successful and we believed that the objective was achieved as the students learnt about the history of 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 2023-2024
A temple is a place where we spend time to relax ourselves, to pray and thank God for all his blessings. On Wednesday, 5 July 2023, the students of Class II along with teachers visited the Jyothirlinga Temple, Ballari.
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 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. 2023-2024
Rehabilitation centre helps the disabled to improve abilities that they need for their daily life. These abilities may be physical, mental and/or cognitive (thinking and learning). They may have lost them during their birth, due to disease or injury or as a side effect from a medical treatment.
On Thursday, 06 July 2023, the students of Class III along with teachers visited ‘Nava Jeevana’, the rehabilitation centre for the disabled, as a part of 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. This centre works 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 22 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 a blind child reading a paragraph from the social science textbook 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 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 2023-2024
Weaving is a process of making cloth by putting threads over and under one another on a machine called a loom. A ‘handloom’ is a loom that is used to weave cloth without the use of electricity.
On Friday, 07 July 2023, 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 and Mr. Brahmayya S. C. is the in-charge of Ballari Handloom Weavers. The weaving society has 12 workers of 10 ladies and 2 gents with 12 looms but 6 in working condition.
Ms. Shivabai, the secretary 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.
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. 2023-2024
Weaving is a process of making cloth by putting threads over and under one another on a machine called a loom. A ‘handloom’ is a loom that is used to weave cloth without the use of electricity.
On Friday, 07 July 2023, 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 and Mr. Brahmayya S. C. is the in-charge of Ballari Handloom Weavers. The weaving society has 12 workers of 10 ladies and 2 gents with 12 looms but 6 in working condition.
Ms. Shivabai, the secretary 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.
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 – VI)
To: Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) – Nandini Milk Dairy, Sanjay Gandhi Nagar, Ballari. 2023-2024
On Tuesday, 11 July 2023, the students of Class VI visited the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) - Nandini, along with respective teachers. It is about 4.5 km away from Dream World School.
It is a known fact that, milk is a liquid food that provides the necessary nutrients for a healthy body. Usually, we drink milk which is obtained from cows or buffaloes. The major portion of society like individuals, hotels, bakeries, organizations are utterly dependent on the milk supplied by milk dairies.
In the milk dairies, milk is collected from people and processed before it is supplied to society. To know the steps involved in processing milk and observe the machinery of a milk dairy, our students visited the Nandini Milk Dairy as a part of the educational programme.
Mr. Thirupathappa, the managing director and his team guided our students in the Nandini Milk Dairy. The milk dairy was started in 1974 and at present they have 14 unions in Karnataka and this is one among them. In Ballari union, they have 3 branches namely, Koppal, Raichur and Ballari. They collect approximately 80,000 litres of milk from 120 villages per day. They explained about the steps and precautions involved during processing of milk and types of milk to our students.
Farmers collect milk from cows and send it to the main dairies by means of Bulk Milk Cooler (BMC) and Chilling Centres (CC). Here the quality check of milk is done by Corrected Lactometer Test (CLT), then the milk undergoes the pasteurisation process (quickly heating the milk to a near boiling temperature (780C) and quickly cooled to 40 C. The packing of milk is done by using machines and stored under low temperatures for further supply in the market.
This visit helped our students to gain the knowledge about the functioning of a milk dairy with a real learning experience.
We are thankful to the Managing Director Mr. Thirupathappa and Manager Mr. Uday Kumar, for their support and care in fulfilling our objective to complete this field trip successfully.
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A Report on Field Trip # 1 (Class – VII)
To: Siri Agro Industries - Mundrigi 2nd phase, Bangalore road, Ballari. 2023-2024
On Wednesday, 12 July 2023, the students of class VII visited the Siri Agro Industries along with their respective teachers. It is about 10 km away from Dream World school.
Clothes are the basic need 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 visited the Siri Agro Industries as a part of an educational programme.
Siri Agro Industries was started on 26 May 2011. It is spread over 2 acres of land and has 20 ginning machines and 1 pressing machine. At present they have 40 workers working in their industry. They collect raw cotton (kappas) in the radius of 100 km of Ballari and Mr. Krishna Kanth, is the managing director 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 processed before it is supplied to the market. 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 Guntur and Tamil Nadu. 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.
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: Karnataka Ware House Corporation, Ballari (Dist.) 2023-2024
On Wednesday, 12 July 2023, the students of class VII visited the Siri Agro Industries along with their respective teachers. It is about 10 km away from Dream World school.
Clothes are the basic need 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 visited the Siri Agro Industries as a part of an educational programme.
Siri Agro Industries was started on 26 May 2011. It is spread over 2 acres of land and has 20 ginning machines and 1 pressing machine. At present they have 40 workers working in their industry. They collect raw cotton (kappas) in the radius of 100 km of Ballari and Mr. Krishna Kanth, is the managing director 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 processed before it is supplied to the market. 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 Guntur and Tamil Nadu. 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.
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.). 2023-2024
On Friday 14th July 2023, the students of class IX along with respective teachers visited Halley’s Blue Steels, Mundargi Industrial Area, Ballari. It is 12 km away from Dream World School.
Steel is one of the most important building materials used in construction and is known as the backbone of a structure. The strength and durability of a structure significantly depends upon the steel used. 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.
To understand the process in a steel industry and its applications, construction capacity and energy in constructing structures such as store house, stadiums, auditorium and buildings roofs.
The owner of the Halley’s Blue Steels is Mr Shiva Murthi – headed by CEO Mr Raghav Hegde. This industry has been established in 1993 by a Ballarian and has spread all over India and East Africa. There are about 450 people working in the company. This industry of Ballari is the headquarters and is called unit- I. Unit -II is located in Hirehal near Obula Puram.
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 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 paint. Then 51-micron thick red oxide is coated and 49-micron thick paint of any colour is coated 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 are give more preference for 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 colour helmet is used by visitors in the place.
Steel, is a viable 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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