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CHENNAI ROADS TO
GET BICYCLE LANES
Are you a student who loves to cycle down to your school but find the
city roads too difficult to navigate through?
How about exclusive bicycle tracks on the roads?
Yes, Chennai city is soon to get bicycle lanes. Chennai Corporation
is planning to create cycle tracks on select roads. These tracks will be
created on roads where schools are located or on those roads leading
to educational institutions.

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Editor's note
It has been a week of
Top Story
organising the online
Continued from Page 1
subscriptions for
YOCee's e-newspaper. As a pilot project the 1st, 2nd, 4th On the
Yes, we received 87 sub- and 6th Avenues and 100 ft Road in other hand,
scriptions in a week! Anna Nagar will get cycle tracks. Sukanya, a
Not just cycle tracks, the Corpora- mother of two
We find that many of
everyday's news about tion has also plans for walkways, school-going
the city are worth a read by kids and family. drainage, designated parking kids says that
There are also many events and contests that areas, streetscaping, landscaping she is scared
will enhance your talents as you grow. and space for utilities to be created to see the
under this project. traffic around
YOCee strives to bring them all to you the school
through this e-newspaper. We will bring to "The pedestrian paths are occupied just before
by vendors and extension of the and after the
you info on special events hosted for an event
shops. We get a very narrow path to school hours
that celebrates Chennai - The Madras Week!
walk at the end," says Manish, a stu- and does not want the children to
Keep reading this weekly. dent who walks to school. use their bicycles for this reason.
Now, tell us what would you like to read "Cycling is very good for health and "Otherwise, I love cycling and I want
about our city on YOCee? use of motorised vehicles will be my kids to enjoy cycling. The bike
E-mail to editor@yocee.in minimised resulting in clean air and lane idea, if implemented in the city,
environment," opines Kavya who will be a dream come true, for me!"
Revathi uses private van service to go to she says.
Editor school now. "If separate cycle tracks The corporation expects to receive
www.YOCee.in come to being, my parents would the details of study and plans within
allow me to use my bicycle to school. three months after which the work
My home is just two kilometres away on bicycle tracks will start.

Safety Tips
from school," she is excited about the
idea of bike lanes.

Love cycling? Try this!

* Adjust your bicycle to fit your height
so that your feet can touch the ground
when you stop the bicycle.
* The traffic laws apply to everything There are other of spare cycles,"
and everyone that travels on the ways to enjoy says Vibhaker.
road, Do not break laws and ride on cycling than just
the wrong side of the road. going to school. The rides end with
a breakfast and
* Before riding, pump up tires prop- One is to fol- the expenses are
erly and check that your brakes low the calendar shared by the par-
work. of Tamil Nadu ticipants.
* Always ride bicycle with at least Cycling Club.
one hand on the handlebars. While the cycle
The club organ- rides are open to
* Be Predictable. Ride in a straight ises rides in and
line, not in and out of cars with sig- all, you will receive
out of the city information of the
naling your moves to others.
every month. The ride to Mahaba- schedule of the rides organised, only
* Always look behind you for a break lipuram is the favourite for many when you become a member of the
in traffic when turning left or right. bicycle enthusiasts in Chennai. club. If you have a cycle and if your
Also give a signal before making the
turn. "Anyone who is capable of cycling, parent needs another, you can hire
* To avoid the unexpected from par- from 10 years and above, can par- one and go on a family ride!
ked cars (like doors opening, or cars ticipate," says T.K. Vibhaker, presi- There is one coming up on July 18.
pulling out), ride far enough out dent of the club. "Ideally a bicycle The ride starts at 10 p.m. from OMR
from the curb. with gear will suit for such rides," he Toll Perungudi and the route is OMR
adds. - Siruseri and back.
* Do not leave any part or strap of
your bag hanging in near the spokes If you do not have your own cycle, For more details visit Tamil Nadu
of the wheels. the club can lend you one for a fee. Cycling Club's website: http://www.
* Use bright coloured clothing if your "But this is on first come first serve tamilnaducyclingclub.com
are riding in night. basis, since we have limited number (Pic. courtsey: Tamil Nadu Cycling Club)
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In News
Young Math wizards
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Academy of Maths Talent
recognised three senior
school students for their
proficiency in maths at a
function held on July 10.
K. Ram Prakash and V.
Karthik both studying in
class 11 at PSBB, K.K.
Nagar received the first
and second prizes. Gout-
ham Gopal of class 12, recognise mathematics teachers
P.S. Senior Secondary School was every year and decorate them with
awarded the third prize. awards.
The academy nurtures maths talent Srinivasa Ramanujan Academy of their food and environmental dam-
and give the students an opportu- Maths Talent is at 98/99, Luz Church age.
nity to improve their skills. They also Rd., Mylapore.Phone no. 24983072
Elliots Beach under
Surveillance camera
Sophisticated surveillance cameras
with night vision facilities have been
installed at Elliots Beach in Besant
Nagar.
The cameras are backed by Internet
Protocol. They will provide live cov-
erage of the beach at the control
room, offices of the Commissioner
of Police and other senior police offi-
cials. A couple of cameras have been
installed in such a way that the regis-
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Care for
animals
CPR Environmental Education Cen-
tre has launched its Kompassionate
Kids programme in 25 city schools
in Chennai. Animal Welfare Board
of India chairman Major General
(retd) Dr R M Kharb launched the
programme.
Sponsored by the Australia-based
Winsome Constance Kindness Trust,
the programme will inculcate in the
children the importance of being
kind to animals and the link between
CPR Environmental Education Centre
is at No.1, Eldams Road, Alwarpet.
Phone no. 24337023, 24346526.
tration numbers of vehicles would be
recorded. Police intend to keep the our school events
footage for at least ten days, police
sources said. on YOCee
Is election of new leaders
Live footage would be monitored in just got over in your school?
a control room set up on the beach.
Police would regulate the crowd Is your school celebrating
and give instructions over the pub- a landmark year?
lic address system. There is plan for
extending this system to the Marina Any of the students won
beach. a prize or a medal?
Tell the world about it!
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send your report (including pictures)
to the email:
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to be presented to you in assembly!
Don’t forget to include
your name, age, and your school’s
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Contests for you

All India Photography Contest for Children
To provide direct experience of Edu- Director, Central Institute of Educa-
cational technology instruments such tional Technology (NCERT), Cha-
as camera to promote visual com- cha Nehru Bhawan, Sri Aurobindo
munication and creativity expression Marg, New Delhi -110016.
among children, CIET / NCERT is
conducting an All India Photography By e-mail: ciet.photocontest@gmail.
Contest for Children. com, photocontest.ciet.@gmail.com
The contest is open to all students of Last date for
ages 12-18 years. submission of your entries is
Best 100 entries will be awarded September 30, 2010.
Themes for age group 12-14 years:
Theme 1 - A memorable moment a certificate of merit/commendation. Details and entry form are available at
of my school life and Theme 2 - GoAll entries received will be showcased http://www.ciet.nic.in/docs/photog-
Green Grow Green. on the CIET website along with the raphy.pdf
particulars of the participant in the
For age group 15-18 years: Theme contest.
1 - Games and sports of India/ My Madras Kathai -
country and Theme 2 - Seasonal or Photographs are to be submitted
Climate Change Grand old stories
either: By Post or online to Joint

Heritage of Chennai - Multimedia of Chennai

Presentation Contest for City schools contest
Open to students of Class 6 - 10.
This contest is held in connection with MADRAS
DAY 2010 (Aug.22) which celebrates our city. Last date - August 7, 2010.
The contest encourages city school students to Listen to stories on Madras from your
explore Chennai’s history and heritage and parents, grandparents or a neigh-
present the topic of your choice in multi- bour who is a senior citizen. Write
media form. down the stories and email through
Buildings and monuments, religious the website www.themadrasday.in/
places and tiled houses colonies, for- madraskathai.php.
ested areas and lakes, institutions Or mail hard copy to YOCee,
– be they cinema houses, schools, New No.15, Sri Padma, Karpagam
business houses … any of these can Garden 1st main road, Adyar, Chen-
be the subject of your presentation. nai - 20.
The contest is open to school children studying
* The story should be of a specific
in classes 8 to 12. A school can send only one team.
area / neighbourhood. Not of entire
Each team MUST have 3 members. The teams need to make a PowerPoint
presentation. city of Chennai.

Contest date : Aug. 17, 2010 * Your story should not be of more
than 300 words.
Last date for submission of entries : Aug. 11, 2010
Prizes for best three entries. More
For more details visit the website: http://themadrasday.in details on www.themadrasday.in
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What's up in Chennai
will be conducted by professionals
Art, Arattai, for children between the ages of six
Aarpattam: and 16.
For registration, contact Upasana:
Children's festival 8056212458.
Concerts and plays include a Sing
Along with Krishna Iyer and Jeeva
Raghunath, a Korean Musical, the
Super Singer Juniors singing live,
a children's folk theatreand a Tamil An exhibition of Children's books
Play for kids. These events will be illustrations, showcasing the work of
held at different venues. 13 well known German illustrators
will be will be held.
A series of children's films will be
screened at South Indian Film Cham- There will an art workshop on Illus-
ber Theatre, 605, Anna Salai, Thou- tration techniques for school children
sand Lights. of 6 to 11 years old. Students of Fine
In partnership with UNICEF, Nalanda A detailed calendar is up on the Arts from Stella Maris College will
Way is presenting Art, Arattai, Aar- website : http://www.nalandaway. guide the children to illustrate from
pattam, a children's festival from July org/aaa2010/ Indian history, folklore and mythol-
16 to August 1. ogy.

Many activities, concerts, plays and Children's book Partnering with Karadi Tales, an
interactive storytelling session is also
children's films are planned to be
hosted during these days. illustrations planned as part of this event.

A three-day carnival which will be Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan Entry for all the events is by rigistra-
held at DakshinaChitra will have is hosting a series of events for chil- tion only. Contact Goethe-Institut at
fifteen art and craft workshops that dren from July 19 to 30. 4, Rutland gate 5th St, Chennai - 6.
Phone no. 28331314

After school activities:

Creative Brains:
Learning Workshop
Series - July 18, 2010
Spring into Reading and Zoom Kids,
jointly organise a series of workshops
'Creative Brains: Learning Workshop
Series' aimed at enhancing the sense
of creativity in children.
The workshops will be held every
month. The first in the series is:
Creative Writing and Book Making
Workshop
For the age group: 7-11 years
At M.G.R.Janaki Mariculation School,
No: 103 A, Arcot Road, Saligramam
(opposite Avichi School).
For registration contact: Binita Sashi
(9940450495) or Gargi Advaithi
(9600083124).
Dance, yoga, Story, Art, music, English and
Origami - From July 10 handwriting
Glow Worm Club, Shenoy Nagar is For kids of age 5 and above, a lot
hosting a variety of after school activ- of after school activities are held at
ities from July 10 onwards. There are Kalaa Manjari.
Lear through Fun sessions, dance
Art, Carnatic music, guitar, keybo-
and yoga classes, Story Origami and
rad, Chess, handwriting are taught
Guruskul.
in batches. A new activity has been
The activities are conducted for dif- introduced this month - Young Lera-
ferent age groups from 4 years to 9 ners English Programme. Also on are
years in separate batches. Bharathanatyam and Yoga classes
afterschool for children.
Contact Glow Worm Club at 56/34,
First Floor, 8th Cross St, Shenoy Contact Kalaa Manjari,First Street,
Nagar (W). Phone no. 4217 0507 Venus Colony, Alwarpet. Phone no.
243126 76, 90941 01126
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Filed by Student Reporters

Toys - now play and The members can get a new toy
every week, play, enjoy and return
Ace camp for tennis
pay it to take back another toy the next
week.
at Besant Nagar
Saniya Surana, Class 11, C. Madhumathy, Class 11,
PSBB, Nungambakkam
This unique library works between Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Matric. Hr. Sec.
4 p.m. and 8 p.m. from Monday to School, Tiruvanmiyur.
Saturday. It is open
on Sundays too This year students from Besant Nagar
between 10 a.m. club have won the Chennai City Tour-
and noon. nament and they are the champions.
And the credit goes to the coaches at
You might be won- the 27 year old Besant Nagar club.
dering, that what The club hosts summer camp for the
does she do, when last ten years.
members break toys
or damage them The chief coach Edwin and the coach
accidentally. Well, in charge Aravindan have been train-
she has all that cov- ing the Tennis enthusiasts.
ered in a Refundable The club has been instrumen-
Deposit she takes at tal in sending many finalists to the
the beginning and National Tournaments. Many train-
returns after adjust- ees have participated in the Annual
ing the dues, at the Men’s State Ranking Tournament
end of one’s mem- and State Ranking Tournament for
Chennai, known for its book lending
bership. kids as well.
libraries now has something new to
offer to kids. This city, where new She has various membership plans, Players like Ajay Selvaraj, Nihal
concepts, new ideas, originality and One month being
creativity bloom everyday, has pro- the least to 24
duced yet another one! months.
This time, its something for both the "The library
Parents and the Kids of the town. ensures hygienic,
qualitative, high-
It is a Toy Lending Library. Yes, you
end educational
did read that right – It is a library
toys to its mem-
lending toys on a weekly basis.
bers," says Ami.
Ms. Ami Shah, who runs this library
The Toy Forest
named it 'The Toy Forest'.
is situated at the
How did she get this idea to rent Ground Floor of
out toys? Ami says, “Parents face Shantinath Apart-
this problem all the time. So, do I. ments, 7, Raja-
My daughter, Niharika, wishes to mannar Street, Kapoor, Rishab Dev and Preethi
play with almost all the toys avail- near Jeeva Park on G.N. Chetty Srinivasan have been playing at the
able in the market, which obviously Road, T. Nagar. International tournaments repre-
is not possible. And, that’s how I got senting the Besant Nagar Club.
For more details contact Mrs. Ami
inspired to open up this library for
Shah on 97105 94781, 90257 This year the camp started on April
children aged between 6 months to
06462 or by email to : thetoyforest@ 1and ends on May 30. Around fifty
10 years.”
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have joined the summer camp. The Dr. Aruna says “The reason why I took children feel thrilled.”
club is a proud owner of three syn- up paediatric dentistry is because I
It is earlier the better in this clinic as
thetic international standard courts love little children.”
Dr. Aruna treats children as young as
with flood lights which attracts the
Something which the doctor says one year old. So let the tooth fairy
many young and the old people to
that every child should know is that work magic on your teeth too.
become members here.
“Teeth form part of the body. If you
Tooth Fairy, Clinic for li'l teeth is
The atmosphere is very calm and get fever you are taken to the doctor
located at Old No. 4, New No.11,
markers are very helpful. and given medicine. But with teeth
Vidyodaya 1st Cross Street, T.Nagar.
many parents don’t really bother
There is also regular coaching for kids Phone - 2834 4778.
and then the kids end up with decays
and adults in the evening between 6
from eating chocolate etc."
and 8pm.
"Also there is this fear that their teeth
Of runs and wickets
If you are interested in Tennis con- By Vasudha Mishra, Class 8,
will be pulled out if they are taken
tact the chief coach Edwin at mobile PSBB, K.K. Nagar
to a dentist. This is not only with the
number 94441 70048
children but also with the parents. So Meet K.R.Shreyas, a budding cricket
This year students from Besant they delay taking their child to the star. Shreyas, who studies in class
Nagar club have won the Chennai dentist. I am trying to change that seven in PSBB KK
City Tournament and they are the with this generation of children,” she Nagar, has won
champions. adds. many laurels in the
And the credit goes to the coaches at The clinic has a kid friendly environ- field of cricket. He
the 27 year old Besant Nagar club. ment. The waiting room has toys, a has always been a
trampoline, photos and posters with cricket enthusiast
Care for the little toothy facts! The 'Deep sea' and 'Jun-
gle' are the thematics rooms where
and has been play-
ing for his school
teeth kids get treated. There is also an
innovative brushing station where
and also for the
Future Stars Cricket
Kritajnya Raghunathan, Class 7, Lady Andal children are taught to brush the right Academy.
Venkata Subbarao School, Chetpet way.
Recently, out of a total of over 450
Do the tender teeth of infants and Dr. Aruna says that the clinic looks at students in the age group of Under
young kids require special care? children differently and with respect. 12, Shreyas was one among the
"We are more friendlier here and the top 30 from Chennai to have been
Ask the paediatric dentist Dr. Aruna selected for the Intensive 20 days
kids don’t look at me as a doctor.
Mohan. She would say yes and would coaching conducted under the guid-
Some of them come in here and ask
explain to you why. ance of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Acad-
me to play with them on the tram-
Tooth fairy - the clinic for li’l teeth is poline. The comfort level is probably emy (TNCA).
a dental clinic exclusive for kids. more. Here adults are told what to “It was an exhilarating learning
do and maybe because of that the experience in cricket. I was really
The dentist Dr. Aruna Mohan is an
expert in paediatric den- fortunate to be coached by some of
tistry with around 16 the most well known professionals in
years of experience. She Tamil Nadu. It was a great opportu-
completed basic dentistry nity for sharpening my skills in the
in the year 1991 and her various facets of cricket, like bowl-
masters in 1996. ing, batting and fielding.”
As there was no course So how does it feel to participate
for paediatric dentistry in in the coaching? “It felt great to be
the Government college coached by many prominent players
here, she went to the USA of Tamil Nadu. It also inspires me to
for two years and finally work harder and achieve much more
reached her goal. in cricket,” Shreyas says.

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A feast for future

scientists
N E W S you can use
M. Srinidhi, Class 8,
Hindu Senior Sec. School, Adyar Concert in the park
Youth Hostel, India Nagar, Adyar, What do you do in your
witnessed a thought provoking sci- neighbourhood parks?
ence exhibition held on July 3 and
4, 2010. Play? Go for a walk?
Exercise?
The organisers, Science Olympiad
Foundation (SOF) and Industrial Here is an activity regu-
Waste Management Association larly conducted at the
(IWMA) brought in students from 74 Nageswara Rao park in
schools to the exhibition to present Mylapore. A kutcheri.
their projects /displays.
Sundaram Finance, one
Three different levels - Junior, middle of the leading corporate
and senior were given topics revolv- company in Chennai
ing around Energy, Waste, Water, organises a mikeless concert performed by children below 15 years of age
Climate and Environmental manage- on the first Sunday of every month.
ment. Each school was represented
by two students. Most of the partici- Recently, 11 year old S. Sayee Rakshith, a student of The Hindu Senior Sec-
pants chose to emphasise on using ondary School, Indira Nagar performed a violin concert at this park.
of 'renewable energy' like Solar and Accompanied by Gomathy Shankar on the mridangam and Sainath on the
Wind. There were notable projects ghatam, Sayee Rakshith took the audience spellbound.
like magnetic levitation transporta-
tion, energy from organic waste, ver- If you are a budding talent, contact Sundarm Finance for audition enquiries
tical farming, hydrogen fuel cell and at phone no. 94440 40748 or email to: sundaykutcheri@gmail.com
protection of ozone layer attracted
the attention of visitors.
Subjects like global warming, role
of science in disaster management,
E-magazine
biomedical waste management and
pollution control were exhibited with
a clear message that it is everybody’s
for easy
responsibility.
The exhibition included a demon-
learning
stration on the principle of “Learn Who said computers and Internet
Science by Doing” conducted by Dr take out a good chunk of your quality
T.S. Natarajan , Professor, Depart- time? If you look for learning acces-
ment of Physics, IIT – Madras who sories, there are aplenty online.
was also the Chief Guest during the
valedictory function. One such is the e-magazine - Edu-
cation Matters.
Vishnu Jayapraksh, a class 12 stu-
dent of Chettinad Vidyashram dem- The monthly magazine divides its
onstrated his internationally recogn- contents into Mathematics skill
ised fuel cell experiment. improvement, Science, puzzles,
Three prizes were given in each cat- word play, riddles and a lot of learn-
egory. Shri RM Jain Vidyashram in ing through fun.
Junior , Chettinad Hari Shree Vidya- Children are invited to contribute articles on themes
layam in the Middle and PS Senior relevant to the magazine's mission.
Secondary school in Senior, won the
first places. For details contact Sayee Manohar at 99402 39765 or email to sayee.
manohar@etutors.org.uk
G. Ramkumar, President, Rane Engine
Valves gave away the prizes. Read the e-magazine here - http://www.etutors.org.uk/info/

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