Activities in School

Bharat Scouts and Guides

In Vallamkulam National High School, the Scout Unit of Bharat Scouts and Guides started its activities in 2010. Manoj Kumar, a teacher of this school as a Scout Master, left for the basic course at the Palot State Head Quarters, Thiruvananthapuram in 2010. After that, in 2012, after passing the advanced course, the unit was started. The activities of the last 10 years have been successful in creating awareness of social service activities in children. Many children have passed the Rajya Puraskar examination and won the Rajya Puraskar award. Since the year of its inception, the unit has been carrying out the service activities that are the hallmark of Scouts at the school level and socially. The amount collected by the children of the 2014 unit was given to a child of this school who is economically backward. Every year, Gandhi Jayanti is observed as a week-long service week and various art and sports programs in the school are organized with the help of cadets. In 2016, the scout cadets of this school provided service activities in the state program in Thiruvalla. In 2016, a Guides Unit was started under the leadership of Sreelakshmi Teacher and after that another Guide Unit was started under the leadership of Suja V Pillai. This year, the unit actively participated in the house construction of a child who is a Rajapuraskar Scout. The Scout and Guides Thiruvalla District Association and the former students of the school, Scout Cadets, handed over an amount to the HM of the school for the house construction being carried out under the leadership of PTA. The scout unit of this school is moving forward with its activities by keeping in mind the motto ‘BE PREPARED’. Our children participate in all the programs conducted by the Scout and Guide State Office. In 2013-14, 6 Scout Cadets participated in the State Campori held at Vellayani Agricultural College, Thrissur. In this program, which is held every three years, 6 participated in the State Campori held in Cherthala in 2019. These children are now preparing for the Rajya Puraskar examination. The children are doing a project work called Kitchen Garden. Last year, cabbage seedlings were grown with the cooperation of the Agriculture Department. Thus, the activities of the National High School Scout and Guide Unit are going ahead actively. In the 2020-21 academic year, National High School became the venue for the Rajya Puraskar Testing Camp of the Thiruvalla Educational District. Scout Cadets Sayanesh, Shyam T Shaji, Vijay Sathish, Nandu S Panicker and Adarsh ​​participated in the state level Rajya Puraskar examination held this year. Best Cadet Scout Wing Sayanesh AS, Gauri Krishna also won in Guides. Scout and Guide children planted saplings in their homes on Environment Day and shared Environment Day messages online. Scout and Guide children are taking online classes and providing activities twice a month. Madhav Menon from the Scout section and Devika Rajesh from the Guide section participated in the activity called Kuttikkoro Library under the vision 2021 project of Bharat Scout and Guides.The Rajapuraskar examination for the year 2021-22 was held at MSHSS School, Ranni on January 8. 8 guides appeared in the examination held that day.

JRC

A unit of JRC is functioning efficiently in our school. Our school was fortunate enough to receive the award for the best JRC unit in Pathanamthitta district for the year 2014-2015 from the District Collector, Mr. Harikishore. The cadets are also eligible for grace marks in the A, B, and C level examinations for JRC cadets.

National Cadet Corps - NCC

The NCC unit, which has been a lifelong dream of Vallamkulam National High School, was sanctioned on 27th September 2019. On 1st February 2020, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of the School Manager, Shri KP Ramesh Sir, and was inaugurated by Brigadier Sunil Kumar (NC Group Headquarters Kottayam Unit). This was followed by various cultural programs by the NCC cadets. 37 cadets were selected in the first batch. In the second year, 13 cadets will get the opportunity to join NCC. With the activities of the NCC held till date, the National High School has become one of the best schools in 15 Kerala Battalion Thiruvalla. With the aim of molding a united and disciplined generation, the unit of the National High School started under 15 Kerala NCC has been taken over by ANO (ASSOCIATE NCC OFFICER) Smt. Scindia K.S. The parade was scheduled from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm after school hours. The children have been doing their NCC activities with great interest and creativity. It can be understood from their activities over the past year that the NCC cadets of this school are involved in creative activities in the society and want the welfare of the society. There is no doubt that the NCC cadets of this school will also be future promises with their punctuality, exercise, and participation of the children in the parade. The examination of the children of the first NCC batch of Vallamkulam National High School was held in March 2021. 37 children from the first batch wrote the examination for JD JW children. All the children who wrote the examination were able to achieve high success. It was a very proud moment for the school that all the children of the first NCC batch of the National High School were able to obtain A Level certificates. Enrollment for NCC students for the new academic year was held on August 13, 2021. Officers from the Fifteenth Kerala Battalion NCC Thiruvalla conducted the enrollment. About 100 students participated and 37 students from this section were selected and were included in the new NCC batch. Out of the 37 students in the new batch, 20 boys and 17 girls were selected. On August 15, which was the 75th Independence Day, all the NCC cadets participated in the school’s Independence Day celebrations online. One of the NCC cadets gave an Independence Day message.

SPC

In the year 2021-22, the SPC unit was sanctioned at the National High School. On 28/9/2021, the inaugural meeting was held under the chairmanship of Hon. Iraviperoor Panchayat President Shri K.B. Sasidharan Pillai. The unit was inaugurated by Hon. Kerala Health Minister Smt. Veena George, while fully adhering to the Covid protocol.

44 children from class 8 were selected for the school SPC unit through a written test and a physical fitness test. Following this, SPC started working under the leadership of CPO and ACPO Mrs. Suchitra S. Nair and Mr. Gautham Muralidharan as part of various projects. PT – Parade is being held on Wednesdays and Saturdays under the leadership of Thiruvalla DI. Along with this, indoor classes for the students are also being conducted.

The National High School SPC Unit moves forward by educating children about the growth of the project and various programs, ensuring that they will become good citizens of tomorrow.

Little Kites

The activities of the Little Kites Club have started for the year 2018-19. The kite club will be able to utilize the new generation’s interest in technology in a beneficial and creative way. The Little Kites School Coordinators are Mrs. Aparna IS and Mrs. Rashmi R Pillai. The overall responsibility of the kites club is being handled by the School SITC Mrs. P Sreeja. There were 39 children in the first batch. Out of these, 7 got A grade and were eligible for grace marks. There were 20 children in the second batch and 14 got A grade and were eligible for grace marks. 22 in the third batch and 37 in the fourth batch are currently members of the kites club.

Classes are given to children on subjects such as animation, graphics, Malayalam computing, robotics, and electronics. Classes are held every Wednesday from 3:30 pm. Classes are also given to children by experts on various subjects. Children who get selected from the school camp participate in sub-district and district camps every year.

Environment Club

The Environment Club is a club to create environmental awareness among children and to encourage them to carry out nature conservation activities. On the occasion of June 5th Environment Day, tree sapling distribution, poster making, quiz competition, drawing and essay competition are being organized. An energetic cycle rally is also being organized by preparing slogans for environmental protection. 2015-16 Karanel cultivation was started by the children of the Environment Club under the supervision of the Agriculture Department. Various types of vegetables are being cultivated and used for lunch. Seedlings and seeds of tomatoes, brinjal, chilli, spinach, cabbage, lentils and pavel are being cultivated. Seedlings are also being maintained in the grow bag. Karanel cultivation and vegetable garden were arranged in the academic year 2016-17. The crops were also taken for the lunch scheme. The activities of the club are being conducted under control even during the Covid pandemic. The 2021-22 academic year was also held extensively under the auspices of the Science Club. The slogan of this year’s Environment Day celebration is to combat air pollution. The programs were organized online.

Energy Conservation Club

In the academic year 2011-12, the school formed an Energy Conservation Club with the Headmistress Mrs. R. Ashalatha as the Convener and the Science Teacher Mrs. P. Geetha as the Coordinator. The Energy Conservation Club has been running at the National High School for a long time. Every year, children are selected as part of the club and activities are carried out. Energy conservation is very important in this era. The main objective of the club is to understand the importance of energy conservation and pass it on to the next generation. As part of the Energy Conservation Club, a quiz competition, poster making, painting competition and essay competition are being held on December 14 (Energy Conservation Day). An energy festival was organized at the school as part of the Smart Energy Program (SEP) under the auspices of the Energy Management Center Kerala. As part of this program, an awareness class on energy conservation and an energy knowledge test were conducted for high school students.

Seed Club

SEED is a project designed by Mathrubhumi for children to foster the idea of ​​social good through children. Every year, vigorous SEED club activities are held in our school. Dry Day is observed every Friday. Green Karma Sena is used to eliminate plastic on public roads. Non-toxic vegetable production, midday meal distribution, medical service, distribution of wrapping paper, visit and assistance to Balika Sadan, visit to Thenmala Eco Tourism to raise environmental awareness, visit to sugarcane research to understand innovative research methods, construction of green garden, season watch observation, construction of star garden. Environmental cleaning has been carried out and as part of it, we visited Aruvikuzhi waterfall and eliminated plastic waste. We learned about the environmentally sensitive areas including the quarry there.

Awards received by the Seed Project
2012 -13 – Received a certificate of merit and a cash award of Rs. 5000.
2014 – 15- Certificate of Merit and Cash Award
2016 – 17 – Green School Award received. Mathrubhumi VKC Nanma Project also received a special award.
2017- 18 – Received the Green School Award
2018 – 19 – Received a certificate of appreciation and cash award

Health Club

In the academic year 2013-14, the Health Club unit was started to create awareness among the children about the ill effects of drug use. 

As part of the 2014 Environment Day celebrations, environmental cleanliness activities were carried out. Environmental cleanliness rallies were organized. Children were made aware of the harmful effects of plastic. Speech competition and essay writing competition related to cleanliness were organized at the school level. 

Liberation CLub

The use of drugs is increasing in our society today. The Vimukthi Club was formed in the school as part of the drug-free program Vimukthi launched by the Kerala government to create awareness among the people, especially the youth, about this scourge of addiction that destroys the individual and the society. “The activities carried out under the auspices of the club are aimed at achieving the goal of completely eliminating the use of drugs. Various programs are planned and implemented to make the students understand the evils of drugs. 20 children are selected for the club and five children are selected as committee members from them and a committee is formed and the committee meeting is held in the first week of every month. The club members take the initiative to carry out anti-drug activities effectively and make other children aware.

Sanskrit Society

A Sanskrit Samaj has been formed in the school to include children studying Sanskrit. Under its leadership, Sanskrit Day celebrations, study sessions, conversation classes, assemblies, seminars, training for various scholarships, Aksharashloka Sadas, and Kalotsavakkalari are being organized.