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1. Message 2. Director’s Message 3. Principal’s Mesage 4. Editorial Club Members 5. Full Attendence 6. Jewels of Arwachin (Toppers) 7. School Captains 8. National Achievements 9. Pre-Primary
A. Pre-Primary Art
B. Pre-Primary Class Photos
10. Primary
A. Primary Class Photos
11. Senior
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A. Senior Art
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12. Foreign Languages
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a message from the
DIRECTOR Dear Arwachinians Greetings to all!
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Don’t dream to become big, but dream to do something big. Then you would be the happiest person in this world.
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-Shri Narendra Modi
My heart fills with pride and pleasure as I perceive the progress being made at Arwachin International School. The seeds of an idea sown in 2003, has taken firm roots and the school is growing into a strong sapling. It is the endeavour of all of us to make the academic life, a smooth journey full of joy and discovery. Aristotle once said that “Educating a mind without educating a heart is no education at all”. Even as we impart education to match the advancement in technology and globalization, we march our children ahead with our school’s ethos of moral values and principles. We endeavour constantly to instil these qualities in our children. We pride ourselves to help them grow and develop into sensitive, sensible and responsible citizens of tomorrow. The world also needs people who are courageous and compassionate. We need people who extend their hands to help others and stand up for the rights of all mankind which is only possible through self-control and self- discipline. The commitment to become “Moral and Intellectual Leaders, People of Dignity, Integrity and Compassion who want to make a positive difference in the world” must remain in our hearts and souls throughout our lives. Education is not filling a pail but the lighting of fire that must lead on from darkness of ignorance to the light of knowledge! And therefore, we have to give our best year after year. Individually and collectively, let’s work to serve the cause of education, for the betterment of our future generation so that we live in a world “where the mind is without fear and the head is held high….” I extend my warm wishes to all Arwachinians, to continue this journey on the road to excellence. May the sapling grow into a sturdy tree and spread its branches! ARUN SHARMA DIRECTOR
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PRINCIPAL’S DESK Education is a blend of vision and skill. Skill devoid of vision would be purposeless and vision without skill would achieve nothing. In today’s age, that is dominated by knowledge and technology, the challenge before the education system is to create skilled human resources that can take advantage of new opportunities and face new challenges. Skilled visionaries, is the need of the time. At Arwachin International school,students have exposure beyond books and academics. The competitions, work culture and the activities throughout the year - are all a part of the holistic education that enables students to grow into confident and poised, young adults who are equipped and ready to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing and demanding world. Ample opportunities are created for students to become , thinking and independent individuals who are sensitive to diversity, aware of their heritage and able to face the challenges of their lifetime. Our campus pulsates with the vibrant energy of co-curricular activities which encourages sharing, bonding assuming responsibility and respecting one another and thus finding happiness. Through the curriculum, students are exposed to a number of interesting topics, challenging assignments and research work .The teachers focus on helping students to think creatively and to reason analytically encouraging them to experiment, to synthesize and to draw conclusions. The year 2013-14 has seen an array of activities and achievements each trying to supersede the other. The school magazine, ‘IMPACT’ is a humble attempt to give direction and expression to the creative thinking, ideas and emotions of our students . The AIS team- each and every individual deserves a roaring applause for doing their bit and their best. Mrs Gracy Peter
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The students who love their school so much that they attended every single day.
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Vanshi ka Bal iyan
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The students who love their school so much that they attended every single day.
Jatin Gu
Joyal Joseph
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Janvi Khurana
Ashhad Ahmed
Priyanshu T iwari
Ashrit Nair r
Ritik Thaku
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National Achievements
Our Sports Teacher Ms. Aarti Tyagi got Best Physical Education Teacher Award Of Delhi North Zone-6
Twenty four students participated in the school National Netball Tournament. INDEX
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National Achievements
Our Dance Teacher Ms. Lochan Tulsi got Best Choreographer Award
11 students of our school participated in the International Festival Of Performing Arts INDEX
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Interface The teachers of LKG and UKG A, B, C organized an interface with the parents on 6th, 20th and 27th of April’13, respectively. The parents were told about the pattern of teaching as well as the techniques that are used by the teachers in the class and they were also shown how they could guide their wards at home. Each subject teacher talked about her subject and shared her vision with the parents. She cleared the doubts, if the parents had any, and helped them to understand how they could contribute towards the overall development of their wards. The class teacher introduced the parents to the system of the school, which was very new for them. The planners, the class work-home work inter-relation, two lunch breaks, the co-curricular activities etc., were discussed. The parents went back satisfied as Mrs. Swarup also graced the occasion by her presence and talked to the parents.
HINDI RECITATION COMPETITION The annual Hindi Recitation Competition was held on 25th July 2013. It was conducted for the U.K.G classes. The children participated with great enthusiasm . They were selected on the basis of their presentation, actions, articulation, expression, pronunciation and confidence. The students recited the rhymes which were based on social awareness, environment, patriotism, birds and animals. The honorable judges for U.K.G were Ms. Natasha Sharma , Mrs. Anita Pandit & Mrs.Ritu Sharma .The results were announced and the performance of the students was appreciated .
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HINDI RECITATION COMPETITION
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The results of group performances are as follow: Houses
Total Marks
Ranks
Bose
134.5
1st
Tilak
130
2nd
Shastri
124
3rd
Tagore
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4th
The results of solo performances are as follow: Houses
Name of the Student
Total Marks
Ranks
Tilak
Avni Goel
134.5
1st
Tagore
Nikunj Singh
133.5
2nd
Shastri
Uday Pratap Singh
130
3rd
Bose
Gauri Sharma
123
4th
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SPELL – WELL COMPETITION (02.08. 13) The annual Spell – Well Competition was held on 2nd Aug ’13. The teachers selected the finalists after 2 rounds. Finally 8 students were short-listed for the final round. The students of all the Pre-Primary classes participated enthusiastically.The guest for the day was Ms. N. Sharma. In the final round, questions from all the subjects were included. And the students performed extremely well. At the end of the competition Ms. Sharma announced the results. Pr There was a tie between all the four houses.
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Tilak Ansh Bansal, Nilotpal
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Shastri Gurnaaz, Maurvi
Tagore Alisha Sharma, Abhiraj
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Bose Harseerat, Tejas
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Bose Granth, Shaurya
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Shastri Darshini, Tanishtha
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Tilak Khushal, Tanisha
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Tagore Tanisha, Kartik
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.K.G. were
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Bose Armaan, Navya Narula
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Tagore Ryan, Kanav Sharma
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Shastri Sparsh, Ihita
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Tilak Taniya, Parinita
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STORY TELLING COMPETITION (13.09.13) The Pre-Primary Story-Telling Competition was held on 13th Sept’13. It was a very encouraging event for the students who performed with great zeal and confidence.
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L.K.G.:
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Bose House Vivaan Rathi (The Lion & the Fox)
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Tilak House Anushka Gupta (Olly helps the Lion)
The honourable judges for U.K.G. were Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. Priyanka Grover and Mrs. Bhawna Sharma.
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Shastri House Iram Salmani (Story of a Crane)
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The honourable judges for L.K.G. were Mrs. Bhawna Sharma, Mrs. Priyanka Grover and Mrs. Mathur.
The result was announced by Mrs. Priya Grover. She appreciated the hard work of the teachers and the students.
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Shastri House Shruthi Sharma (Peter’s jeep ride)
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Tilak House Kartik Baliyan (Bob’s boat ride)
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Tagore House Avni Goel (Lucky goes to school)
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RECITATION COMPETITION (20.09.13) & (27.09.13) The Recitation Competition for L.K.G. & U.K.G. was held on 20th Sep’13 & 27th Sep’13 respectively. The children participated with great enthusiasm and enjoyed the experience. Solo performers of l.K.G.
I II III
Shastri House Armaan Pathak (Down at the airport) Tagore House Yash Grover (Down at the harbour) Bose House Krishna Sharma (Look & think)
Group performance by l.K.G
I II III
Bose House Two little Dicky birds Tilak House Here’s a little cat Tagore House Come to school
The honourable judges for L.K.G. were Mrs. Priya Grover, Ms. Natasha Sharma and Mrs. Aditi Chauhan.
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Solo performers of U.K.G.
I II III
Bose House Ayush Majumdar (Vegetables) Shastri House Shaurya Vansh (The Little Seed) Tagore House Keshav Kadyan (Do not cut me)
Group performance by U.K.G
I II III
Bose House My Big balloon Shastri House Wanted Tagore House The National Flag
The honourable judges for U.K.G. were Mrs. Swarup, Mrs. Shivani Sharma and Mrs. U. Chauhan.
The result was announced by Mrs. Swarup and Mrs. Grover. They appreciated the hard work of the teachers and the students.
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Visit to the Post OffIce The Students of the pre-primary wing of Arwachin International School, paid a visit to the Jhilmil Post Office on Friday and Saturday- 11th and 12th of October 2013 respectively. The reference topic was Helpers-E.V.S. The children found the visit very informative and enjoyable. They got excited to see what a real post office looks like and what a post man does. They saw the post office staff sorting letters and stamping them. The children saw the most senior Post Master and took pictures with him. They also posted self addressed post cards which they had carried with them from the school. The post office staff was very co-operative. One of them explained to the children, the entire procedure that a letter follows in order to reach its destination; how the letters are sorted, stamped and sent from one place to another; how the post master makes entries in the computer etc. They also helped the children look around and see various parts of the Post Office. It was a great learning experience for the children. We all are very thankful to the Post Office staff for extending a helping hand to us and being available for us.
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Picnic for L.K.G and U.K.G The annual school picnic for the classes L.K.G and U.K.G was organised on 26th Oct, 2013. The children were taken to the zoo .They were very excited to take a ride on the trolley and to see the animals. The children got the opportunity to see a white tiger and they were more than pleased to hear it roar. They saw two black bears dancing to their own tunes. They saw leopard, jaguars, tigers, elephants , hippos, rhinos and so many other animals. Then the children moved towards the birds’ cage and saw different types of parrots, parakeets, pea-cocks, pea-hens, turkeys etc. The children saw an Emu too, which the children mistook for an Ostrich. The excursion was an invigorating experience for the teachers too. A true spirit of sharing could be seen at the meal time, when the children shared the delicacies they had brought with one another.
REPORT ON CHILDREN’S DAY
The Pre –Primary wing of AIS celebrated the Children’s Day on 12th November 2013 with gaiety. The day was full of various activities like ball pool, dancing on the DJ floor with friends and teachers, a magic show , a bullock cart ride and making roses with crepe paper. Later they enjoyed their yummy snacks provided by the school. At the end of the day they were given a piggy bank as a gift which was a message to save money. Overall it was a very enjoyable day for them as it was full of fun and frolic.
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Report on Sports Day The pre-primary wing of AIS held its Sports Day on 22nd Nov. 2013 with great zeal. The event started with the lighting of the lamp by Mrs. Swarup and Mrs.Peter after which Mrs. Swarup declared the meet open. Mr.Arun Sharma graced the event with his presence. There was a fabulous display of aerobics with ribbons by pre- nursery students. There were colorful drills such as balloon drill, umbrella drill, pom-pom drill, ball drill followed by yoga with music by L.K.G and U.K.G children. They showcased their best. All the children participated in the races energetically and to their joy, won medals too! The event ended on a very musical note, i.e., the children played musical chair and enjoyed it immensely. The Directors and the Principal were extremely pleased to see the kids enjoying themselves.
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PRE- NURSERY (2013-2014)
VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
The Pre- Nursery wing of AIS organised VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME on 25th February 2014. Director Mr. Arun Sharma, Director of Academics Mrs. Swarup and Principal Mrs. Peter graced the occasion with their presence. The programme began with the ceremonial lighting of the lamp. It was followed by the dramatization of the story “A wise old owl “. A dance was performed on the song “who wants to learn about owls” by the tiny tots of pre – nursery that conveyed the message of love, happiness and respect. The parents were enthralled with the presentation that show cased the glimpse of the activities done by the tiny tots throughout the year. After that, there was a Graduation ceremony, where the children were honored for being graduated to LKG. The parents and the hon. guests enjoyed and appreciated the programme very much. Mr. Arun Sharma , Mrs. S. Swarup and Mrs. Peter were delighted with the performances and praised the effort of the teachers and the children.
VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME The Pre- Primary Wing of Arwachin International School, Dilshad Garden, organized the Variety Entertainment Programme on 28th February 2014. Mr. Arun Sharma, the Director was the guest of honour , Mrs. Swarup, the Director of Academics and Development and Mrs. Peter, the Principal of Arwachin International School honoured the occasion with their presence. The programme began with the lighting of the lamp which was followed by a dance presentation on the holy chant: ‘Om bhur bhav swaha….’ The parents were then welcomed with an electrifying dance performance on the song ‘Welcome’ and ‘Hakuna Matata’. As the theme of the event was Environment, the play performed was actually an educational tour bringing us abreast to the problems faced by the animals due to reckless deforestation by men. There was an array of programmes which all aimed at conveying the main theme of the play itself. The culmination of the programme was the finale which left the parents spell-bound. The programme ended on a very serious note, expressing the need for us, as the representatives of the mankind- the superior creation of the ‘Almighty’, to stop and think that we need to save the Mother Earth if we want to save our generation. The programme was concluded with the inspiring speeches by the Directors and the Principal on how the parents and the school can work hand-in-hand to develop the over-all personality of our children. The dispersal was announced after the National Anthem.
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Class Photos
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LKG A
Left to Right: Fourth row: Himangi Singh, Sakshisingh,Riyathapliyal, Arnavkumar, Aditya Dubey, Amit Kashyap, Himanshu Poddar, Aalekh, Hari Om Bisht, Kritikachoudhary. Third row: Tejas Bhatnagar, Mayank Tomar, Aarjav jain, Ansh Aggarwal,Mrs. Chauhan Rusheen Mallik, Jenya Bhikhan, Palak Gupta, Ichcha. Second row: Kashish Anwar, Yash Grover, Aamir Parvez, Kanav Sharma, Ayush Kumar, Vihaan Mallik, Parinita Tyagi, Alika Poddar, Naman Rao, Dheeraj K. Jha, Arna Attrey. First row: Teachers: Mrs.Priya Pathak, Mrs Richa Sharma, Miss Natasha Sharma, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Miss.Jyoti Yadav, Mrs.Bhavna Verma, Miss Neha Jain.
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LKG B
Left to right: Fourth row (Top ): Sanskriti aggarwal,Goransh anand,Ayush Goyal,Ihita Mishra,Ansh Bansal,Taniya,Madhav Chhabra,Bhavika Prasanna Third row: Niryaan Gaur, Pranav Bhargava,Anushka Gupta, Manvi Upadhyay,Mrs. Richa Sharma,Navya Jain, Navya Narula,Anshika Srivastava,Mannat Sanpal. Second row: Pragya Goel,, Bhoomi Gaba,Disha Mishra,Chaitali Bansal,Bhavya Joshi,Himanshi, Kanika,Krishna Sharma,Aarav Gupta, Sohard Prashar First row: Mrs, Priya Pathak, Mrs. Usha Chauhan, Ms. Natasha Sharma, Mrs. Gracy peter, Ms. Jyoti Yadav, Mrs. Bhavna Verma, Ms. Neha Jain.
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LKG C
Left to right: Fourth row (Top): Palak Gupta, Kanav Sidhu, Ipshita Kantwal, Kartik Goyal, Riya Shah, Gaurik Malhotra, Anik Raghav, Sparsh chaudhary, Iram Salmani Third row: Lakshay Pratap Singh, Aarav Chaudhary, Aayan Kumar, Riddhesh Deshpandey, Mrs.Bhawna Verma, Hitmay Sharma, Krish Nain, Divyanshu Sharma, Mohd.Atif, Second row: Aditi Garg, Zeba, Shrey Chaudhary, Harsheen Kaur, Sai Sharma, Armaan pathak, Vanya Shri Prasad First row: Mrs.Usha Chauhan, Mrs.Richa Sharma, Ms. Natasha Sharma, Mrs. Gracy peter, Ms. Jyoti Yadav, Mrs.Priya Pathak, Ms. Neha Jain
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UKG A
1st Row: Ms Neha Arora, Mrs Ritu Sharma, Mrs Priya Pathak, Mrs Priya Mehrotra, Ms Bhawna Arora, Mrs Swarup ,Mrs Peter, Ms Jyoti Yadav, Mrs Aditi Chauhan, Mrs Shuchi Mathur 2nd row: Hardik Sajwan, Granth Maheshwari, Divy Yadav, Nikunj Singh, Keshav Gupta, Vansh Chauhan, Shivangi Tiwari, Rudransh Bhardwaj, Tanisha Bhandari, Harshit Dhingya, Shreyash Chodhary , Divya, Ayush Mazumdar, Prisha Aswal, Sarah Javed, Avni Garg, Kirti Sharma 3rd Row: Keshav Kadyan, Kushagra Sharma, Shriya Aggarwal , Lakshita Mahor, Saanvi Rawat, Subhana, Dhwani Bhargava, Komal, Drishti Singh, Nitin, Prateek, Kartik Chainani, Raghav Chaudhary, Aryan Rohilla, Mayank , Shubham Gaur.
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UKG B
1st row: Mrs Priya Mehrotra, Mrs Ritu Sharma, Mrs Priya Pathak, Mrs Shuchi Mathur, Mrs Aditi Chauhan, Mrs Swarup, Mrs Gracy Peter, Ms Natasha Sharma , Ms Jyoti Yadav, Ms Neha Arora, Ms Bhawna Arora 2nd Row :Tanvi Tyagi, Kanak, Sampada, Darshini Kumari, Tina Baijal, Kashika Rajpal, Sejal, Tanishtha Mehta, Avni Goel, Om Navani, Adhayan Negi, Anmol Garg, B. Amitesh, Sabhya Gupta 3rd Row: Daksh Kaushik, Aksh Sharma, Jyotirmay Dandriyal, Mohd. Rayyan, Gaurav Kumar, Devanshu Goyal,Sriram, Hemant Poddar, Samarth Mehrotra, Aakash , Kabir Bhutani, Bhavishya Jain, Khushal Sharma, Krishna Rawat, Gopal Garg
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1st Row : Mrs Ritu Sharma, Ms Bhawna Arora, Mrs Priya Mehrotra, Mrs Aditi Chauhan, Mrs Shuchi Mathur, Mrs Sandra Swarup, Mrs Gracy Peter, Ms Natasha Sharma , Ms Jyoti Yadav, Ms Neha Arora, Mrs Priya Pathak 2nd Row: Katyani Tyagi, Anya Kachru , Angel Bhatia, Dhanya Sharma, Kashvi Jain, Kanika Panwar, Janvi, Tanishq Malhotra, Gauri Sharma, Shonal Yadav, Bhavya Bisht, Radhika Katyal, Sarthak Bhardwaj, Ishaan Gaur, Sanchit Yadav, Shruthi Sharma 3rd Row: Abhishek Kumar, Shaurya Vansh, Hardik Mahana , Manas Belwal, Om Kumar, Krishna Ahuja, Pranjal Sahal, Chetan Dhawan, Rohan Thapliyal, Sairam, Satish, Akshay Tiwari, Nirvaan, Kartik Baliyan, Virat, Akshit Sharma, Uday Pratap Singh
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Primary Inter House Indian Music Competition 2013-14 On 13th April Arwachin International School organized the Annual Inter House Indian Music Competition for the students of classes 1-5. Deepal and Jayantika of class 5D were the anchors of the show. The Jury included Ms.Lochana, Mr.Sagar & Mrs.Tyagi. All the four houses performed solo, duet and group to the beats of different karaoke pieces.
Solo Performance House
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Class
Songs
Position
Tagore
Manu Rai
5A
Chanda Re Ja Re…
1st
Tilak
Gaurang Bhatt
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Jeena Yaha…
2nd
Bose
Priyansh
5B
Papa Kehte Hai…
2nd
Shastri
M. Shriya
5A
Ajeeb Dastan Hai Ye...
3rd
Duet Performance House
Class
Songs
Position
Kanak Chauhan Siddhant
4C 4C
Chalte Chalte…
1st
Tilak
Gaurang M.Srinidhi
5C 4B
Kal Ho Na Ho…
2nd
Bose
Priyansh Drishti Katyal
5B 5D
Piyu Bole…
3rd
Tagore
Aditya Singh Aakriti
5B 5C
Jab Koi Baat…
3rd
Shastri
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Primary Group Performance House
Songs
Position
Shastri
Barso Re Megha Megha…
1st
Bose
Barso Re Megha Megha…
2nd
Tilak
Barso Re Megha Megha…
3rd
Tagore
Barso Re Megha Megha…
4th
OVERALL RESULT Inter House Indian Music Competition 2013-14
House
Solo Duet Group Performance Performance Performance 120 120 120
Total 360
Position
Shastri
85
101
97
283
1st
Tagore
104
87
85
276
2nd
Bose
87
87
97
271
3rd
Tilak
87
88
86
261
4th
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Primary Karate Training & Belt Examination The Karate training & Belt Examination was conducted by Sensei Rajeev Sinha on 22nd & 23rd April 2013. A total of 125 students from Arwachin International School participated for Orange Belt, Yellow Belt, Green Belt, Purple Belt & Purple Stripe Belt examination and came out with flying colours! Literally! They passed the tests for different coloured belts. The Sensei imparted the training of basic techniques and administered the Belt Examination.
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The Earth Carnival On 26th April’2013, “The Earth Carnival” was conducted at the residence of the then Chief minister Mrs. Sheila Dixit by the Dept. of Environment, NCT Delhi with World Wildlife Fund. The members of the Eco-Club and the Eco-club In–charges were invited to be a part of it. Mrs. Alaka Misra and Mrs. Rachna Kaur accompanied the participants. Different fun activities related to the Environment were organized which are mentioned here under: - Mask making of an endangered animal, - Quiz on the earth and its environment, - Poster making “The Earth Day” - Group Singing by the students - Musical group presentation. - News paper game Our students participated in poster making and mask making. Each of them created a theme based poster. The event was a big hit with the students as approximately 2000 students from different schools participated in the carnival. Mrs. Dixit visited the Carnival for a short while and met the children and the media people. The venue was decorated with recycled colourful waste material. The participants also took of the refreshment served to them.
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A FILM SHOW BY HT PACE Like every year, a film show was organized by HT Pace on 30th April 2013 for the students of Arwachin International School. The award-winning movie “Jalpari”, which was based on the sensitive theme of female foeticide, was shown to the children. Though the movie was based on a very sensitive theme, yet it was full of entertainment meant for the young viewers. The children enjoyed, especially, the vivid and lively performance of the child actor in the lead role—Shreya. During the intermission the children also refreshed themselves with some snacks available in the canteen there. The children were delirious throughout the movie and by the end they were sensitized to such a concern which actually needs to be contemplated.
Interhouse Chess Competition (2012-2013) Arwachin international school organized an Inter house Chess competition on 13 and 14 May. All classes 2 to 11 participated in this chess competition.
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The results were as follows: Boys (Class-2 to 3) First – Anubhav 2C (Bose) Second - Yash 2C (Shastri) Third - Manav 2C (Tagore) Boys (Class-4 to 5) First - Shanyu 4B (Bose) Second - Akshat 5A (Bose) Third – Rishabh 5D (Bose) Boys (Class-6 to 7) First - Ankit Nair 7A (Shastri) Second – Akshat Ch.6B(Shastri) Third – Aryan 6C (Bose) Boys(Class-8 to 11) First- Asrit Nair 11A (Tilak) Second- Utkarsh Dev 10A (Tilak) Third- Abhinav Alok 8A (Tagore)
Boys(Class-2 to 3) First – Nimit 3C (shastri) Second - Aakash 3B (Tilak) Third - Abhinav 3C (Bose) Girls(Class-4 to 5) First - Tanisha 4A (Tagore) Second – Anshika 4B (Bose) Third –Akshita 5C (Tilak) Girls(Class-6 to 7) First – Arpita Das 7B (Tagore) Second-Jaya Kandpal 7A(Tilak) Third – Preeti 7C (Bose) Girls(Class-8 to 11) First- Aarohi Kumari 10A (Tagore) Second- Sanya Joshi 10B(Tilak) Third – Sukul Gupta 10B (Tagore)
Summer Workshop Arwachin International School organized a Summer Workshop for the students in May 2013. The Summer Workshop included activities like Dance, Indian Music, Western Music and Instrumental Music. The students performed the activity chosen by them with great zeal.
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Teachers’ Seminar on Education For Sustainable Development (ESD) On June 18th 2013, Mrs. Alaka Mishra and Mrs. Surya Laxmi attended a seminar on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) organized by TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. First of all, the teachers were briefed on the activities conducted by TERI. They acquainted the teachers with Sustainable Development and their new initiatives for schools such as SRISHTI (School Rating for Integrated Sustainable Habitat Techniques and Innovations) school initiative towards sustainability and GRIHA (Green School Rating). In this the schools will be trained to rate themselves on the parameters of energy conservation and waste management. The teachers actively participated in the activities like systematic thinking, shifty feet and a group activity on teaching tools conducted by TERI. The objective of these activities was to make the teachers aware of the innovative teaching tools for topics related to energy and water such as protecting the wastage of electricity, toxic substance in water and energy conservation. The seminar ended with the concluding remarks of Dr. B.C. Sabat, Senior Scientific Officer, Department of Environment, and Government of NCT of Delhi. He emphasized that schools should use solar power instead of electricity. The seminar was found to be informative and also very interesting.
A Trip to the National Museum 19th July, 2013, Classes 4-6
On 18th July, classes 4-6 went to the National Museum which filled everybody with excitement. The National Museum is a palatial building, hence the students explored it in different batches. They were amazed to see ancient coins, pottery, paintings, weapons, various tools, sculpture and many other equipements used by our ancestors. The students tried to understand their style of living . They even got an opportunity to watch two documentaries . One was about the Harappan civilization and the other was about the epitome of peace, Gautam Buddha. While we were on our way home, it rained cats and dogs, much to the delight of everybody. A visit to the National museum was certainly an enriching experience for the teachers and the learners.
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SPELL WELL COMPETITION (2013-14) CLASSES (4-6)
Spellings in English language have their own importance. Knowing one’s spellings helps one to be successful in reading fluently and comprehending the text. It is also important for vocabulary development. Proper pronunciation leads to better spelling. To encourage the children to learn the spellings of the difficult words, the Annual Spell Well Competetition was organized on 19th July’13. In order to choose the finalists, the prepatory rounds had already been conducted in the classes. There were four rounds: 1. SPELL THE WORD 2. UNJUMBLE THE WORD 3. CORRECT THE INCORRECT WORD 4. AUDIENCE ROUND. The audience was fully engrossed in the competition and tried their level best to grab scores for their houses.Bose House, which secured 49 points was declared the winner. Tagore House came second with 46 points. Shastri House came third with 44 points. Tilak House came fourth with 32 points.Mrs. Swarup congratulated all the participants and encouraged all the students to try their level best to achieve their goals in life.
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SPELL WELL COMPETITION (2013-14) CLASSES (1-3)
Every year Spell Well competition is organized to enhance the spelling proficiency and pronunciation skill of the children. The students were given a list of selected words from different subjects like Science, Social Studies, Computers, Mathematics and English. The Annual Spell Well Competition was organised for classes 1 to 3 on 24th July,2103 in the school auditorium. The initial rounds to select the students for the competition had already been conducted in each class. Children participated with great enthusiasm and zeal. Five rounds were conducted to reach out for the winner. The rounds were as follows: Round I Round II Round III Round IV Round V
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Spell the word; Picture Round; Clue Round; Rapid Fire Audience Round
Tiasha(1-A1), Anshika(2-A), Krish Koundal(3-B) participated from SHASTRI HOUSE. Himaghn(1A2), Dia Kurmi,(2-C), Anshuman Singh(3-A) participated from BOSE HOUSE. Ahmed (1A1), Shourya Thapa(2-A), Dev Shree (3-B) participated from TAGORE HOUSE. Paawani(1A1), Akhil(2-C), Kamal Sharma(3-A) participated from TILAK HOUSE. Bose house won the competition with 71 points, Shastri house stood second with 65 points, Tagore house stood third with 61 points and Tilak house came fourth with 56.5 points. Mrs. Swarup appreciated the effort of the finalists. She even encouraged all the other students to work harder for the next year’s competition.
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INTER HOUSE MATH OLYMPIAD 26th July 2013 -2014, CLASSES – 4 to 6
The Inter House Mathematics Olympiad for classes 4-6 was conducted on 26th July 2013. The Olympiad was conducted to develop the numerical and reasoning power of the students. Three students were selected from each class to represent their respective houses. The teams were as follows: BOSE HOUSE: M.Gauri - Class 4, Rishabh - Class 5, Manu Varshney - Class 6 SHASTRI HOUSE: Siddhant Aggarwal
- Class 4; Avni Gupta
- Class 5; Khushi Bhatia -
Class 6;
TAGORE HOUSE: Tanisha Bhikhan - Class 4; Sparsh Chamoli - Class 5; Yashraj - Class 6; TILAK HOUSE: Pulkit Dadwat- Class 4; Shruti Kishore - Class 5; Stuti Kandwal - Class 6 Four rounds were conducted in the Olympiad- 1) The Question Answer Round; 2) The Visual Round; 3) The Audience Round; 4) The Rapid Fire Round
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In the first round, one question was asked from each student which was to be answered within 30 seconds. It was a non- transferable round. In the second round, a visual was shown to each group and the child who pressed the buzzer first was given the chance to answer the question. In the third round, each child was given 45 seconds to answer as many questions as possible. In the fourth round, a visual was shown and the one who raised the hand first got an opportunity to answer. It was also a non transferable round. Even the audience participated enthusiastically and added to the score of their houses. Tilak house stood first with 165 points. Bose house stood second with 160 points. Shastri House bagged the third position with 150 points followed by Tagore house with 105 points. Our Principal, Mrs.Swarup, by way of conclusion, spoke a few words of encouragement, to the students and appreciated their hard work.
Workshop on Role Play and Theatre Activities for Social Emotional Learning A workshop related to role play and theatre activities for social and emotional learning was conducted on 2nd August by Ms Diana at Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon. Five teachers namely Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. Bhawna Sharma, Mrs. Priyanka Grover, Mrs. Shivani Sharma and Ms. Natasha Sharma attended it. The main aim of the workshop was to train the teachers to be sensitive to understand different emotions that the young learners go through. It also aimed at developing five core social and emotional competencies like social awareness, self management, self awareness relationship skills and responsible decision making. Theatre games and interpersonal group activities were conducted so that the teachers could understand their learners better. A few sample gathering group activities were also conducted to catch the attention of the young learners. It was a day of full of fun filled learning.
Mc. Donald Activity An interesting show was organized for the primary students of Arwachin International School on 29th August 2013. Ronald Mc Donald was the highlight of the show. He thoroughly impressed the audience with his clever tricks. Basically he spoke about the importance of a balanced diet for the students. He stressed on the need to exercise everyday to stay healthy. The students were very quick at answering his questions. At the end of the show, he got himself photographed with the young and energetic audience and the faculty members who seemed equally engrossed in the show. I’m sure the students had fun while learning how to stay fit and healthy.
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INTER HOUSE MATH OLYMPIAD 12th October 2013 -2014, CLASSES – 1 to 3
The Inter House Mathematics Olympiad for classes I-III was conducted on 19th Oct 2013. The Olympiad was conducted to develop the numerical and reasoning power of the students. Four students were selected from each class to represent their respective houses. The teams were as follows:
BOSE HOUSE:
TAGORE HOUSE:
Himaghn Gupta
- Class 1
Sakshi Gupta
- Class 1
Shreya Chaudhary
- Class 2
Chaitanya Gaur
- Class 2
Kartik Kamra
- Class 3
Kunal Garg
- Class 3
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TILAK HOUSE:
SHASTRI HOUSE:
Ansh Avasthi
- Class 1
Jai Sahay
- Class 1
Abhay Mahor
- Class 2
Anshika Sharma
- Class 2
Kamal Sharma
- Class 3
Poonji Sharma
- Class 3
There were four rounds in the Olympiad1) The Question Answer Round;
2) The Visual Round
3) The Rapid Fire Round;
4) The Audience Round
In the first round, a question, which was to be answered within 30 seconds, was asked from each student. It was a non-transferable round. In the second round, a visual was shown to each class and the child who hit the buzzer first was given the chance to answer the question. In the third round, each child was given 45 seconds to answer as many questions as he/she could. In the fourth round, a visual was shown to each house of the class and the child who raised the hand first got an opportunity to answer. This, too, was a non-transferable round. Tilak House stood first with 165 points.Bose House stood second with 160 points. Shastri House stood third with 150 points and Tagore House stood fourth with 105 points.
An Educational Trip To Big Bazaar (EDM mall) 12th October 2013 -2014, CLASSES – 1 to 3
This year Arwachin International School organised an educational trip to Big Bazaar (EDM mall) for the students of classes 1-3 who were accompanied by their teachers: Ms Natasha Sharma, Mrs Anubhuti Malhotra, Mrs Ritu Arora, Mrs Manini Gaur, Mrs Shuchi Mathur, Mrs Aditi, Mrs Bhawana Sharma, Mr Dinesh Papney, Mrs Richa Sharma and Mrs Priya Pathak. We left the school at 8:00 am and reached the mall at 8:20 am. First of all the children were given a worksheet and were taken to the first floor of the BIG BAZAAR, which was the furniture section . The students were asked to explore the objects around them and note down the shape and dimensions of the object they selected. Next, the students were taken to the stationery section where they were asked to note down the objects, the cost of which amounted to Rs100. The students struggled a lot to find such objects but finally succeeded in their task with the help of sales girls on duty. The students were taken to the apparel section where they were asked to choose some dresses and work out the total cost.After spending two hours at the mall, the students returned to their school–enlightened, enriched, refreshed, and full of zeal.
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School Picnic(4-6) A school picnic was organized for the students of classes 4-6 on 25th October, 2013. The children were taken to Drizzling Land, Ghaziabad. They started at 8:30 a.m. from the school and reached there at 9:30 a.m. They got very excited to see the Water Park and all the rides there. The children enjoyed many rides, games and rain dance. They, along with their class teachers, awaited their turn in the queue to try out all the rides. There were relishing the moments on the rides- My fair Lady, Revolving Tower, Rock and Roll and Roller Coaster etc. The Revolving Tower was the most fascinating ride for the children. The students as well as the teachers played a lot of games there. A true spirit of sharing could be seen in the children when they had their lunch. At the end they were served cold drinks. Overall it was a memorable and enjoyable trip for all.
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A visit to National Rail Museum School Picnic (Classes 1- 3)
All the students of classes 1-3 went to the National Rail Museum which is located at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi on 26th October 2013 for the school picnic. The children were extremely delighted and curious about the visit. We reached the destination by 9.30 am. The children,under the supervision of the teachers, ventured out in the premises of the National Rail Museum which is spread over 11 acres of land. The children observed a wide and varied collection of rare steam locomotives, carriages, engines, coaches, wagons and other rail artefacts preserved over there. The teachers encouraged the children to gather information pertaining to the Indian Railways by skimming through the written facts. The children were thrilled to view a wide variety of trains like Vintage Fire Engine, Rocket Engine, Steam Engine, MTR 2 etc. The children witnessed some plates stuck on the wall and inquired about them. They were surprised to know the fact that those plates represented the 42 privately owned railways. The children witnessed some instruments used for the safe and secured travel of trains. Even the teachers were very elated to gather a lot of information about railways.
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After a while, everybody left the gallery and headed for the toy train to take a fun ride .The children felt ecstatic to get into it. The faces of the children were radiant as the toy train took rounds of the museum. All the children were enthralled when the toy train passed through a small tunnel. Eventually the children got off the toy train and sat on the lawn carpeted with lush green grass. They relished and shared their food with one another. Soon after that they played different kinds of interesting games. The children were rejoiced to see a wide range of old trains displayed on the tracks of the lawn. Everyone was overjoyed to get their photos clicked with the trains displayed there. Well good things do not last forever. At 12.50 p.m. we journeyed back to school. The children had numerous things to share about their memorable picnic on the way.
Inter House English Elocution Competition CLASS – 2 and 3 (2013-14)
The Annual Inter House English Elocution Competition was held on 28th October in the auditorium of our school. There were group and solo performances by the students of classes 2 and 3. The group performances were put up by the four houses of our school: Tagore, Tilak,
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Shastri, Bose. The judges for this competition were Mrs. Shivani Sharma, Mrs. Prabhjot Kaur and Mrs. Anubhuti Malhotra. All the students put their best foot forward. Their hard work could be seen in their performances as each performance outshone the other. Bose House stood first with 418.5 points out of 480 points. Tagore House bagged the second position with 410 points followed by Shastri House and Tilak House each getting 400 and 397.5 points respectively. The solo performances were commendable too. In Class 2, Muskan of Bose House got the first position. The second position was bagged by Anushka Arya of Tagore House followed by Hardik Singh of Tilak House who stood third and the fourth position was bagged by Gia Bisht of Shastri House. As for Class 3, Ridhi Goyal of Bose House got the 1st position followed by Bhanvi Bhutani of Tagore House. The third position was secured by Harshit Jain of Shastri House and the fourth position was bagged by Arpita Tiwari of Tilak House.
Annual Sports Day Classes 1-5 There was excitement in the air. The students of classes 1-5 had their Annual Sports Day on 29th Nov.,2013. Our Director, Mr. Arun Sharma, who graced the occasion with his presence, declared the Meet open. A few athletes ran with the torch around the field. The event was followed by a march past. All the four houses tried their level best to synchronize their steps . The march past was followed by the oath taking ceremony. The athletes pledged to play with the right spirit of sportsmanship. There was an array of drills after this. The girls showcased their agility and co-ordination with the hooplas. The yoga children demonstrated their flexibility and the strength of the body. The pyramid that they made towards the end of the show was applauded by all. In the event that followed, young sportsmen showed their Karate skills. The audience could visualize their energy. The tiny tots of classes 1-3 presented a ball drill that looked very colourful and synchronized. Different events from 50m to 100m, 200m, 400m, hurdle race, relay race, etc. were organized and the winners were given away the medals. Bose house was adjudged the best in the march past followed by Tagore and Tilak house. Tagore house stood first with 326 points. Bose house stood second with 306 points. Shastri house stood third with 232 points. Tilak house stood fourth with 187 points.
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The best athletes of class 1 were: Kartik(1B), Pakhi Vijay (1B) The best athletes of class 2 were: Ansh (2B) , Shweta Chaurasiya (2C) The best athletes of class 3 were: Kunal Garg)(3C), Poonjee Sharma (3A) The best athletes of classes 4 and 5 were: Akshan Jain (5D), Akshika Sherawat (5C) The students were assessed in the following categories: Pronunciation, Expression, Intonation, Memory and the choice of the poem. In Class 2, Tagore House stood first with 104.5 points followed by Bose House standing with 101 points. Tilak House stood third with 97 points and Shastri House secured fourth position with 95.5 points. In the group performances of class 3, Bose House stood first with 104.5 points with Shastri House securing the second position with 102.5 points. Tilak House came third with 100.5 points followed by Tagore House with 95.5 points.
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VIBGYOR FEST MANIA, 2013 Inter School Competitions At Arwachin Bharti Bhawan Sr. Sec. School Arwachin Bharti Bhawan Sr. Sec. School, Vivek Vihar has been hosting AAKRITI consistently for the last nine years. AAKRITI, that is fondly termed as VIBGYOR, is an annual art competition. It is held every year to bring out the hidden talent of the children and shape their personality. This year it was held on 6th Dec. 2013. The competition was initiated with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the honourable Director Mr. Anurup Sharma and the respected Principal Mrs. Urmila Sharma of Arwachin Bharti Bhawan. Mrs. Soma Das and Mr. Dilip Sagar were on duty. The students from classes I to X of our school participated in the competition. Smriti Sharma and Yukti Saxena of Class X were the first runners up in the Nail Art Competition. The participants showed their talent, skill and creative ideas in this competition.
CBSE-i In Action: Traffic Summit 2013 Social Empowerment through Work and Action (SEWA) is an integral component of CBSE-i. The objective of this programme is to highlight the importance of interdependence of all human beings in this shrinking global village. Keeping the purpose of SEWA in mind the teachers undertake projects to sensitize the children towards others and make them responsible individuals. Road safety and obeying traffic rules were the main projects. On December 14th 2013, the students and the teachers of CBSE-I decided to call a Traffic Summit. The parents were invited to participate and help spread awareness. The auditorium had an exhibition corner where our teachers proudly displayed the work done by the students. The display consisted of students’ work from clay modelling to work sheets
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and SEWA diaries. At the exhibition corner, parents were given badges and were asked to sign the pledge sheets in which they promised to sincerely follow all the traffic rules and make Delhi roads safer. One of the major displays was the traffic park which was made by the students under the guidance of our talented art teachers. It was set up on the second floor of our school building. Roads were laid out and traffic lights and signs were erected at different positions along the route, and to add the final touch, the children were asked to navigate the different modes of transport, while following the traffic rules. The one hour of informative event included recitation and road safety songs sung by our little tots,a mime and a street play which highlighted issues of road rage, drinking and driving as well as over speeding. Thereafter the young enthusiasts rocked and danced wonderfully to the beats of a medley of songs related to road safety. But one of the favourites was the quiz which had the adults quaking for the fear of being caught on the wrong foot! The students of CBSE-I quizzed our esteemed guests and parents on traffic rules! At the end our esteemed guests, Mr. Arun Sharma, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, and Mrs. Gracy Peter, our Principal spread their words of wisdom and shared their experiences with us. We concluded the day with the singing of the National Anthem.
Jodo Gyan Workshop A fun filled and an educative workshop called ‘Jodo Gyan’ was organized on 11th February, 2014. It was indeed very lucky for the participants to attend this workshop which was held with a view to enrich the students’ skills pertaining to ‘Numbers and Multiplication’. It commenced at 9 am with the fascinating activities of ‘Ganith Mala’. The motive of ‘Ganith Mala’ activities was to introduce numbers for effective peer learning to take place in the classroom. A wide variety of concepts related to counting , backward counting, comparison of numbers etc. were amazingly reinforced through ‘Ganith Mala’. Everyone had a wonderful time while playing the exciting Mathematical games. The games played, ranged from using place value cards to a dice. These games helped the young learners to practise the skill of multiplication extensively. If such mathematical strategies are implemented in the classroom, the children will learn Mathematics with lot of fun.
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Annual Day Function 2013-14 The Annual Function 2013-14 of the Primary wing was held on 4th March 2014 with great enthusiasm and gusto.The Arwachin family was honoured to have Professor Col. P S Bajaj as the esteemed chief guest for this grand event. The members of the Arwachin Shiksha Samiti along with the Directors Mr. Arun Sharma and Mrs. Swarup as well as the Principal , Mrs. Peter were there to grace the occasion. The programme commenced with the lighting of the lamp ceremony. The students sang “Saraswati Vandana” to invoke the blessings of the deities. The elated parents were treated with a feast for their eyes. It was a wonderfully choreographed classical dance! The stage was then taken by a group of students who presented an overview of the scholastic and the co scholastic activities for the session 2013 -14 in the Annual report. Since the theme of the entire event was ‘A Better World’ , there was a wide array of scintillating performances pertaining to it. The programmes ranged from melodious French and Japanese group songs on love and peace , to a heart touching English group song called “ Heal the world” . Then followed an appealing Hindi group song called “ Jahan Pyar ka ho mausam” , and a hilarious but a thought provoking Quawwali on “ Woman Empowerment’’. The tiny tots displayed a dance composed on the theme “harmony with nature’’.This was followed by a stimulating medley on “Salute to the soldiers” . Every programme sought to inculcate the value of maintaining harmony in the society and the world. Celebrating this spirit , the Arwachinians showcased an angelic dance performance named “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” .
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ENGLISH ESSAYS My favourite festival -Tiasha Roy (Class I A-1) My favourite festival is Diwali. On this day Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya with Sita and Lakshman after an exile of fourteen years. Diwali is a festival of enjoyment and merry making. It is called the festival of lights. People decorate their houses and shops with candles and lights. The whole area looks like a fairy land. On this day I decorate my house with candles, lights and lamps. I light fire crackers with my family. We worship Goddess lakshmi. I love this festival very much.
A Birthday That I Shall Never Forget Anshika Sharma (Class IIA) I celebrate my birthday every year on 18th September but I can’t forget my fifth birthday because that day my father threw a big party for me. The party was organized on a big ground. The tent was decorated with colourful balloons. I invited my relatives and friends to the party. They brought so many gifts for me. One of my good friends, Naina, brought a few English and Math books for me. Those books were very useful for me as English and Math are my favourite subjects. I wore a pink dress and I was looking like a fairy. The best part was the strawberry cake, which my mother prepared specially for my birthday. Firstly, I cut the cake and gave it to everyone. Everyone said that the cake was very tasty. There was a beautiful garden. My friends and I played in that garden. There were some swings also. We all enjoyed ourselves a lot there. We were feeling very hungry so we had our dinner. It was very delicious. After that my father told me that he had invited a magician. He showed us many magic tricks and all my friends were very happy. They wanted to learn those magic tricks. So, the magician taught us some tricks. At the end I gave return gifts to my friends and they went back. I had a very nice day. I thanked my parents for organizing such a nice party. That day was the best day for me.
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A Journey By Train Harshit Jain (Class III) A journey by train is always a wonderful experience. I have travelled many times by train but this was a memorable one. I went to Chandigarh by train during my summer vacations. I went there with my mother and two sisters. Our father dropped us at the New Delhi railway station. Our tickets had already been booked. So, we eagerly entered the railway station. We saw many people lounging on the benches. They were wearing different kinds of clothes. There were tea stalls and book shops which attracted the passengers. After fifteen minutes at 7:30 a.m., the train arrived at the platform. Along with the other passengers, we boarded the train with our luggage. Luckily, I got a seat near the window. The guard blew the whistle and the train started at 7:45 a.m. Many people were busy talking and reading novels. After some time the ticket checker came to check the tickets. Later on, I took out a story book from my bag and started reading it. It was a very interesting story. I finished reading it. After that I had a cup of hot milk. We reached Chandigarh railway station at about eleven in the morning. We got down from the train and were happy to meet our relatives who had come to receive us. It was a very nice journey which I enjoyed immensely. I will never forget this journey.
My School Picnic M Gauri (Class IV) I went on my School Picnic to Drizzling Land. It is in Ghaziabad. When I went for the first ride, I felt like throwing up. I sat down on a chair for some time and went to another corner of the park where there were many other slides that we usually see in the normal parks. At one corner there was a mini zoo where small animals and birds like monkey, deer, rabbit, hen, duck, parrot, pigeons etc. were moving freely. I called my friends and showed them the mini zoo and they were so happy. Our Class teacher called us for the group photograph with our class teacher, classmates and Mrs. Rao. After the photo session, we sat down on the grass and ate our lunch. My friend, Shivangi, had brought storybooks and colouring books. I read one of the stories. While moving around we saw a stage where a dance competition was going on and it was open to all. The interested students and teachers gave their names. I didn’t give my name because I was busy playing. The winners got the prizes. Ananshika, Tanisha, Ishika Kapoor and Shourya Kaushik of our class got the prizes. They got a pen and a chocolate. I was very happy for them. Then I went to a ride named Water Merry-go-round. It was such good fun. Aanya and I ate ice-cream. We played Hoola hoop also. We ate homemade burger and Choco-pie that Keyur had brought from her home. Now it was time to go back to the school. When we returned to our school, it was 5.30 p.m. Our parents arrived at 6 p.m. We had to wait there for thirty minutes. And by 6.10 p.m., my mother arrived and I said good bye to everyone and went back home. It was a great day filled with fun and excitement. I can never forget this day in my life.
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English Essay Writing Competition Books as our friends Shruti Kishore (Class 5-D) Books are the most reliable friends. They are our friends, philosophers and guide. Our friends are there with us in happiness but what about the sadness. They just disappear in the sad moments of our life but books are always there with us. They uplift the poor and give them a better life. They help the downtrodden forget his degradation, the burden bearer forgets his burden and the sick forgets his sufferings. We should be very judicious in the choice of books. They give us a lot of knowledge on any subject. Our lives are greatly enriched by reading books. They bring light into darkness and sunshine into shadow. The good books sharpen our intellect, broaden our minds, enrich our experiences, widen our knowledge, uplift our morals, making us better, nobler and happier in our lives. Some books are the life of the nation. Books like Gita and Mahabharata inspire us. They teach us good lessons and morals. These are the books that people must read because they teach us how to live a better life. They teach us the difference between what is right and what is wrong. Such books are very knowledgeable. Books such as Ramayana and Mahabharata teach us the victory of good over evil. This means the truth and goodness always win . Gandhiji said that Gita was his mother because his mother was not there in this world and whatever he had done was because of the knowledge he got from Gita. He said that the problems he had in his life were all solved by reading the Gita. So, the Gita was his mother. Books also enrich our vocabulary and when we read these books, we come across various new words and they are very useful to us. If we have problems in our life, the possible ways to solve these problems are talking to experts and reading books. Talking to experts is not possible sometimes. So, the only possible way is to read books. They give us solution to solve problems. It is better to read books than facing problems from each direction due to lack of knowledge. So, books are our best friends. They give us knowledge and transform illiterates into literates. Books are our really unsurpassed friends. They teach us everything we have not been taught. From a young age children are taught to read books to improve their knowledge. They are our best friends. They are our best companions in solitude. They are a treasure house of noble thoughts which are open to us day and night.
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Books : Our Best Friend Manu Rai (Class 5A) Books, also known as ‘The Knowledge Store’ play a very important role in our life. For the children of my age, books are as precious as a treasure and it will be very difficult to gain all the information from the books if we don’t read them regularly. Some people also say that ‘Grab as much knowledge as you can’. Books give us life-long happiness. We should consider our books as our best friends because when we are wrong, they guide us towards the right. When we want to entertain ourselves, we can read a story .Some children don’t understand the importance of reading books. They consider books boring because they don’t know how to read and enjoy them. Actually, we are very selfish as we use them only when they are needed. A child, who understands the importance of books, will surely succeed. There is another saying that “Winners don’t do different things, they do things differently”. It tells us that winners are not born with prior knowledge; they work hard and then are able to achieve their goals. They are the ones who utilize their time in reading books and gaining knowledge. Books can change a person’s life. We can take the example of Abraham Lincoln, who belonged to a poor family and lived in a small cottage, but his hard work and the love for books brought prosperity to his life. We should create interest if we want to achieve something because if we do something without interest, the result is zero. We are blessed that we have the opportunity to read books and to get good education but the poor children don’t have a single penny to enjoy all these facilities. They keep their dreams to themselves and they see others enjoying their luxurious life. We don’t even think about this and avoid reading books. Our parents want us to study as they know the benefits of reading books and they want us to live our life comfortably. So, lets take a pledge today to read books with interest and make them our best friends because they are our real companions.
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Class: 1st A1
Row 1: Miss Kamini Mittal, Mrs. Isha Sachdewa, Mrs. Alokanand, Ms. Vidhu, Miss Lochan Tulsi, Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mirs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Alka Gupta, Mrs. Yogjyoti, Mrs. Anjali Shamr, Miss Shweta Row 2: Ria Joshi, Manvi, Sanskriti Sahu, Drishty Kadel, Paawani Parashar, Tiasha Roy, Class Teacher-Ms. Natasha Sharma, Laisha Kalra, Prachi Sharma, Priya, Anshika, Md. Ahmed, Deeksha Jain. Top Row: Lakshya, Saatvik Bharadwaj, Rehaan, Garvit Goel, Md. Abid, Yatharth, Karan, Siddharth Singh, Shivang Tyagi, Md. Zaid, Suhaib.
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Class: 1st A2
1st Row: Mrs.Yog Jyoti Rohtagi, Mrs. Isha Sachdeva, Ms Kamini Mittal, Mrs. Alokananda Bezboruah, Ms Vidhu Rani, Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Ms Natasha Sharma, Mrs. AnjaliSharma, Ms Lochan Tulsi. 2nd Row: Mrs Alka Gupta, Ansh Roy, Om Srivastava, Shrishti Shah, Tanisha, Harshita Gupta, Areeba Rabbani, Sanya, Yashika, Sameer, Mehvish Jafri, Himaghn Gupta, Mohd. Mazhar, Ms. Shweta Gupta. 3rd Row: Rishi Negi, Jai Singh, Vansh Roy, Priyanshu Rawat, Aryan Khera, Mrs. Anubhuti Malhotra, Upanshu Aman, Ayush Garg, Vansh Sharma, Arish, Sanidhya Tyagi.
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Class: 1st B
1st Row from the bottom: Mrs. Isha Sachadeva, Ms. Lochan Tulsi, Mrs.Anubhuti Malhotra, Ms. Kamini Mittal, Mrs. Vidhu Kumar, Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. S. Swaroop, Mrs Gracy Peter, Mrs. Alka Gupta, Mrs. Anjali Sharma, Mrs. Yogjyoti Rohatgi, Mrs. Alokananda Bezbaruah. 2nd Row: Avinav, Yashasvi Singh, Nandini Dhawan, Ananya Khetarpal, Anusha Satya, Chandini Singh, Manasvi Verma, Kashish Grover, Pakhi Vijay, Bhumika Sharma, Dhristi, Aishwarya Aggarwal, Keshav Dhawan, Ms. Shweta Gupta 3rd Row: Abhishek Girish, Archit Mittal, Kairav Kishore, Nikshay Tomar, Rishit Kumar, Kartik Kaushik, Ansh Awasthi, Aditya Dawar, Mrs. Surya Laxmi, Abhay Singh, Parth Bhatia, Arham Jain, Samik Ganjoo, Harsh Sharma, Hardik Anand
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Class: 1st C
2nd ROW (L–R): Shruti Yadav, Vatsala Dadheech, Sarakshi Tyagi, Yukti Sharma, Namra,Vanshaj Kaushik,Poorvash Ganjoo, Daksh Panwar, Harshit Sagar, Mrs. Alka Gupta, Pratishtha Mishra, Rudraksh Kaushik, Vanshita Raina, Nishtha Sharma, Jai Sahay and Rachit Tyagi. 1st ROW (L–R): Sakshi Gupta, Janvi Bansal,Harsh Bansal, Chintan Ahuja, Tarun, Nikhil Kumar, Shivam Rastogi, Krrish Khanna,Parth Lohiya, Swayambhu Sarkar, Archit Baliyan, Sachhit Grover, Deeya Gogia and Ms, Shweta Gupta. SITTING (L–R): Mrs. Isha Sachdeva,Ms. Lochna Tulsi,Mrs. Anubhuti Melhotra, Ms. Vidhu Kumar, Mrs. Suryalaxmi, Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. Sandra Swarup,Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Anjali Sharma, Mrs. Yogjyoti Rohatgi and Alokananda Bezboruah.
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Class: 2nd A
1st row: Mrs.Rao,Mrs.Alokananda Bezboruah,Mrs.SuryaLaxmi,Mrs.Priya Grover,Mrs. Sandra Swaroop,, Mrs.Gracy Peter,Ms.Lochana Tulsi,Mrs. Yog Jyoti,Mrs. Isha sachdeva,Mrs. Anjali Sharma. 2nd row: Chishi Samuel,Garvit Sachdeva,Khusboo sharma,Charvi Anand,Anshika Sharma,Gia Bisht,Kokila Rohatgi,Tanishka Khodwal,Lavanya Singh,Muskan Sharma,Riddhi Sibal,Ishika GargMrs.Gayatri,Ms.Shweta Gupta. 3rd row: Manik Dev Tomar, Shourya Thapa,Gaurav Sharma,Rudra Verma,Hardik Singh, Aditya Singhal, Mrs.Ritu Arora,Sparsh Kumar,Anant Choudhary, Abhey, Vansh, Priyanshu Tyagi,Ashad
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Class: 2nd B
1st row: Mrs. Yogjyoti Rohtagi, Mrs. Alokananda Bezboruah, Ms. Lochan Tulsi, Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. Sandra Swaroop, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Ms. Megha Singhal, Mrs. Anjali Sharma, Mrs. Isha Sachdeva, Mrs. Ritu Arora 2nd row: Chaitanya Gaur, Alankrit Kasana, Daksh Dhama, Ashwani Singhani, Garvita Sachdeva, Arshita Bhutani, Palak Aggarwal, Lubhani Kapoor, Ishika Chhabra, Khyati Singh, Himani Goel, Ishani Rai, Mrs. Gayitree, Ms. Shweta Gupta 3rd row: Aakash Rout, Gaurang Naudiyal, Ansh Kumar, Anmol Bharadwaj, Rudraksh Sharma, Rishit Kumar, Krish Khurana, Anmol Duggal, Mrs. Sahana Rao, Harshit Garg, Aditya Sharma, Arjun Sharma, Luv Arora, Ujjwal Singhal, Rudraksh Sharma
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Class: 2nd C
Row 1: Yogjyoti Rohtagi, Alokananda Bezboruah, Mrs Sahana Rao, Mrs Priya Grover, Mrs Sandra Swaroop, Mrs Gracy Peter, Ms Megha Singhal, Ms Lochan Tulsi, Mrs Isha Sachdeva, Mrs Anjali Sharma Row 2: Anurag Arya, Arya Varth, Yashika Pawar, Nandika Sanoria, Renuka singh, Riddhima Bhargava, Dia Khurmi, Sanjana Srivastav, Lavanya Prakash, Shweta Chourasia, Shreya Choudhary, S A Harshini, Archita Shankar, Mrs Gayatree, Ms. Shweta Gupta Row 3: Mr. Samuel Chishi, Ritwik Savyasachi, Manav Pradeep, Aryansh Nigam, Akhil Singh Mehta, Pranav Kaushik, Anubhav Sharma, Ashmeet arora, Mayank Parashar, Ms. Kamini Mittal, Parth Arora, Vagish Yadav, Rahul Bansal, Yash Kumar, Armaan Singh, Ashmit Verma, Vansh Arya Verma
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Class: 3rd A
Sitting (L-R): Mrs. Yogjyoti, Mrs. Alokananda Bezbaruah, Ms. Lochan Tulsi, Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. Sandra Swaroop, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs.Anjali Sharma, Mrs.Ritu Arora, Ms. Poonam Batra, Mrs.Priyanka Grover Standing–1st Row (L-R): Mr. Ishwa Thapa, Ketaki Rohatgi, Shrreshth Sharma, Parth Kaushal, Bhanavi Bhutani,Asmi Vaish, Ishika Garg, Prachi Garg, Pratham Angra, Mrs. Manini Gaur, Priyal Garg, Samiksha Gupta, Vrinda Gaur, Poonji Sharma, Suhani Reddy, Mrs. Isha Sachdeva, Ms. Shweta Gupta Standing–2nd Row (L-R): Pranav Garg, Nibedan Pati, Ayush Sharma, Samarth Mittal, Abhigyan Sharma, Hardik Singh, Anmol Srivastava, Rishit Chawla, Aryan Tyagi, Aryan Gupta, Pratham Gupta, Abhey Chauhan, Anshuman Singh, Agampreet Walia, Kamal Sharma, Mr. Dilip Sagar
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Class: 3rd B
2nd Row: Saloni Sharma, Anushka Singh, Devshree Saxena, Nidhi Singh Rathore, Arushi Aswal, Riya, Ananya Bharadwaj, Bhoomi, Arpita Tiwari, Astha Chauhan, Kanak Chauhan, Kriti Joshi, Kanak Chaudhary, Arushi Gupta, Mrs. Gayatri. 3rd Row: Mr.Thapa, Akash Mittal, Ayush Verma, Pratham Anand, Divyam Taneja, Nishant, Tarish Atrey, Abhinav Shrivastava, Mrs. Priyanka Grover, Tanmay Sharma, Krish Tomar, Kartik Kamra, Arjun Sharma, Arnav Dagar, Mr. Sagar Sharma. 4th Row: Kartikay Narang, Himank Vashish, Kanishk Joshi, Md. Azim Khan, Krish Koundal, Harshit Jain 1st Row: Ms. Alokananda Bezboruah, Ms. Lochan Tulsi, Mrs. Soma Das, Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Ms. Anjali Sharma, Mrs. Ritu Arora, Ms. Megha, Mrs. Yogjyoti Rohtagi
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Class: 3rd C
Left to right: Row 1: Mrs. Yug Jyoti, Ms Lochan Tulsi, Mrs. Alokananda, Mrs. Manini Gaur, Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Peter, Mrs. Soma Das, Mrs. Anjali Sharma, Ms. Poonam Batra, Mrs. Priyanka Grover. Row 2: Mr. Ishwar Thapa, Shreya Sharma, Isha Kupur, Ananya Singhal, Ridhi Malhotra, Aliza Hashmi, Megha Kashyap, Nupur Sharma, Cheshtha Ahuja, Suhani Pant, Sneha, Kritika Dubey, Abhya Girish, Akshita, Mrs. Gayatri, Mr. Sagar Sharma. Row 3: Rudra Aggarwal, Jashanpreet Singh, Vedant Aggarwal, Nimit Jain, Abhimanyu Baliyan, Sajal Sharma, Anirudh Sharma, Ms. Shishira Kurup, Aryan Gupta, Lakshay Rajpal, Deeptanshu Sharma, Rahul Raji, Jasdeep Singh, Ms. Shweta. Row 4: Kunal Garg, Gunjan Sharma, Bhoomi Jain, Parina Vohra, Khushi, Lakshay Bisht.
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Class: 4th A
1st Row: Mrs.Lochan Tulsi, Mrs. Manini Gaur, Mrs. Alokananda Beborrhua, Mrs. Priya Grover, Mrs.Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Soma Das, Mrs Anjali Sharma, Ms. Shishira Kurup, Mrs. Priyanka Grover. 2nd Row: Mr. Dinesh Chand, Aanya Gupta, Ashi Kumar, Sejal Mittal, Avni Goel, Ishika Kapoor, Nikita Rawat, Tanisha Bikhan, Ishika Ahuja, Bhavidhi Malhotra, Ekta Chaudhry, Kamya Chabhra, Pritika Nagpal, Ms.Poonam Batra 3rd Row: Mr.Ishwar Thapa, Kush Gupta, Aditya Kanthwal, Abhishek Mishra, Keyur Sharma, Shivangi Sharma, Dishita Kumar, Gauri M, Ananshika Saini, Mrs. Sathyabhama, Aditya Sharma, Deepanshu, Vatsal Arora, Ansh Sharma, Rishabh Bist 4th Row: Pranshu Goel, Abhishek Jethawa, Shaurya Gautam, Ansh Aggarwal
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Class: 4th B
Row 3 (From Left to right): Mr. Papnay, Swayam Khandelwal, YAshdeep Singh, Dhairya Mahendru,MUdit Kumar,Aditya Kumar, Aadit Sharma,Prabhav Tomar, Pulkit Dadwal, Mrs. Grover,Aditya Bansal,Krishna Saxena, Shanti Swarup DAs, Shanyu Singh,Mhd. YAsin, Sneha Nagpal, Mr.Thapa, Mr.Sagar Row 2 (From Left to right): Mrs. Yogyoti, Uttara Anandan, Navya Choudhary, Pratibha Deegwal, Anshika Tevathia, Vanshika BAliyan, Avni Garg, Mimansa Arora, M. Srinidhi, Ridhi Sharma, Bhavya Sharma, Palak Aggarwal, Paridhi MAheshwari, Sneha Bhikhan, Simran, Ms. Ginny Sharma Row 1 (From Left to right): Ms. Tulsi, Mrs.V.Jain, Mrs.A.Sharma, Mrs. Bezboruah, Mrs. Misra, Mrs. Swarup, Mrs. Peter, Mrs.S.Das, Ms.S.Kurup, Ms. Batra, Mrs. Satybhama
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Class: 4th C
Row 3 (From Left to right): Mr. Thapa, Mr. Papnay, Tushar Sharma, Abhay Aggarwal, Krishna Kumar, Yash Chauhan , Satyam Kr. Jha, Keshav Mishra, Arpit Dhama, Shourya Gupta, Mohd. Kaif, Mrs. Roy, Sajal Srivastav, Chirag Nagar, Aditya Singh, Yash Gaur, Prabhsahil Singh, Siddhant Agrawal, Mr Samuel, Mr. Sagar Row 2 (From Left to right): MRs. Yog Jyoti, Mrs. Mishra, Prabhsimar Kaur,Sadhika Mahajan, Megha Anil, Aishwarya Bharti, Riya Gupta, Kanak Kaushik, Mudita Sapru, Kashish Singh, Nandini Aggarwal, Harshita Aggarwal, Aashi Gupta, Aditi Pragya, Ms. Batra, Mrs Satyabhama Row 1 (From Left to right): Mrs. Jain, Mrs. Rikhari Sharma, MRs. Bezbarua, Mrs. Grover, Mrs, Swarup, Mrs Peter, Mrs. Das. Kurup, Mrs. Lahri, Mr. Tulsi
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Class: 5th A
1st Row: Mrs Radha Sharma, Mrs Alokananda Bezboruah, Ms Lochan Tulsi, Mrs. Alaka Mishra, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs Gracy Peter, Mrs. Vandana Jain, Mrs Soma Das, Mrs. Shuchi Kaushik 2nd Row: Anant Jain, Aryan Sharma, Mainka Jain, Srishti Sharma, Bhavya Vashisth, Lavanya Yadav, Payal Singhani, Aditi Verma, Manu Rai, M Shriya, Druti Chaudhary, nanya Vaish, Mrs. Yogjyoti Rohatgi, Mrs. Rumela Roy 3rd Row: Mr. Dilip Sagar, Mr. Dinesh Papney, Mohan Dhoundiyal, Siddharth Garg, Hardeep Panwar, Venkatesh Grover, Sahil Yadav, arv Arya, Aryan Jain, Mrs. Sonali Bhatnagar, Piyush, Siddhant Singh, Yash Garg, Ahad Abbas, Abhinav Chechi, Devansh Singh, Mrs. Anjali Sharma 4th Row: Mr. Chishi Samuel, Mr. Ishwar Thapa, Sparsh Chamoli, Abhishek Belwal, Utsav Sharma, Aryan Yadav, Akshat Chaudhary, Ms Shishira Kurup
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Class: 5th B
1st row(Sitting): Mrs.Radha Sharma, Mrs Aloka Bezboruah, Mrs.Kanika Tiwari, Ms.Lochna Tulsi, Mrs.Sandra Swarup, Mrs.Gracy Peter, Mrs.Soma Das Pramanik, Mrs.SuchiKaushik, Mrs.Vandana Jain, Mrs.Mousumi Lahiri. 2nd Row(Standing): Mrs.Yogjyoti, Khushi Kalra, Tanvi Ruhella, Dhruvi Shah, Josel Joseph, Aditi Singh, Tanvi Mehrotra, Arzoo Rohilla, Avni Gupta, Aadya Verma, Dev Chandna, AYush Bhardwaj, Shashwat Bhargav, Anushka Rawat, Shivangi Gaur, Mrs.Roy. 3rd row(Standing): Mr.Dinesh Papney, Akshit Khanna, Aditya Yadav, Priyank Khantwal, Kapish Nagar, Yash Aggarwal, Kartik Khurana, Aditya Singh, Priyansh Bhardwaj, Mrs. Alaka Misra (Class Teacher), Kartikeya Sharma, Anshul Lakhera, Harsh Gupta, Soumya Sharma, Gaurav Parashar, Rishi Kaushik, Md.REHAAN, Mr.Chisi Samuel, Mrs.Sonali Chawala
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Class: 5th C
Mrs. Preeti Malhotra, Mrs. Sonali Chawla, Ms. Lochana Tulsi, Mrs. Radha Rani Sharma, Mrs. Kanika Tiwari, Mrs Yogjyoti Rohtagi, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Soma Das, Mrs. Suchi Kaushik, Ms. Hanit Kaur, Mrs. Vandana Jain. Mr.Ishwar Thapa, Smriti Aggarwal,Mehak Sharma, Riya Khurana, Nityasha Mallik,Daksh Singal,Kartish Bhadauria,Gursheel Kaur,Bipasha Sharma, Mrs. Rachna Kaur, Anirudh Srivastava,Sambhav Rawat, Mayank Rohilla, Dev Pandey, Harshit Yadav, Harshit Kumar, Mrs. Ananya Dutta, Mrs Rumela Roy. Tripti Singh, Aastha Sharma, Aakriti Singh, Gaurang Bhatt, Amaan Anwer, Utkarsh Tripathy, Sudhanshu Sharma, Anushriya Roy, Abhishek Rawat, Prafful Aggarwal, Uday Pratap Singh, Dev Sharma, Dhruv Gupta, Mr. Dinesh Papney.
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Class: 5th D
Row 1: Mrs. Preeti Malhotra, Mrs. Sonali Bhatnagar, Ms. Lochan Tulsi, Mrs. Radha Rani Sharma, Mrs. Kanika Tiwari, Mrs. Yog Jyoti Rohtagi, Mrs Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Soma Das Pramanik , Mrs Suchi Kaushik, Mrs Hanit Kaur, Mrs. Vandana Jain Row2: Mr. Ishwar Thapa, Rohan Arora, Lavish Kumar, Vinayak Yadav, Kumar Atharva, Arshit Saini, Suhani Gulati, Anagha Ajay, Mrs. Ananya Dutta ,Shruti Kishore, Manya Gaur, Jayantika Singh, Rohini Raji, Drishti Katyal, Mrs. Rachna Kaur, Mrs. Shivani Sharma Row 3: Mr. Dinesh Papnay, Shiva Gupta, Kartikey Sharma, Aryan Yadav, Rishabh Dandriyal, Rounaq Mahendru, Akshan Jain, Harsh Chauhan, Tarun Gautam, Deepal Yadav, Soumya Choudhary, Navika Prasanna, Alina Ali, Rajan Raji.
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Inter-House Indian Music Competition 2013-14 (Classes 6-11)
The Inter House Indian Music Competition, which was anchored by Hansika and Aathira of class 8C, was held on 15th of April in our school auditorium. The jury included Mrs. Tyagi, Ms. Lochana Tulsi and Mr. Sagar. Students from all the four houses participated in group song solo and duet with full vigour.
Solo Performance House
Name
Class
Songs
Position
Shastri
Mansi Tyagi
10B
Satyam Shivam Sundram…
3rd
Tilak
Anushka Koti
7C
O Re Piya…
2nd
Bose
Arunesh Chatterjee
7A
Teri Deewani…
3rd
Tagore
Aarohi Kumari
10A
Kamli...
1st
Duet Performance House
Name
Class
Songs
Position
Shastri
Ankit Nair Prasoon Kant
7A 7A
Jee Le Zara…
4th
Tilak
Karishma Tamani Siddhanth Gupta
9C 7A
Zoobi Doobi…
2nd
Bose
Nishant Mehak
9A 9A
Hawa Ke Saath Saath…
1st
Shohini Shruti Rao
6D 7C
Dola Re…
3rd
Tagore
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Group Performance House
Songs
Position
Shastri
Barso Re Megha Megha…
4th
Tilak
Gun Gun Guna Re…
1st
Bose
Barso Re Megha Megha…
3rd
Tagore
Gun Gun Guna Re…
2nd
Overall Result INTER HOUSE INDIAN MUSIC COMPETITION (2013-14) (Classes-6 to 11) 15th January 2013 House
Solo Duet Group Performance Performance Performance 120 120 120
Total 360
Position
Shastri
99
92
84
275
4th
Tilak
100
101
96
297
1st
Bose
99
105
91
295
2nd
Tagore
103
96
95
294
3rd
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All India Asteroid Search Campaign 2013 23rd April, 2013 The All India Asteroid Search Campaign 2013 was organized by SPACE at Bal Bharati School, Pitampura. AIASC is one of the most prominent and much awaited projects and is conducted in collaboration with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC Hardin-Simmons University TX ,USA).Kushaggra Sharma and Shiva Bhaskar of class X were amongst the only 15 students from India who were chosen to take part in the workshop. Skills on using advanced astronomical software Astronomica (which is used for measuring the movement and brightness of the sources in the image received) and the skills of performing data analysis using this software were imparted to the participants .This training gave the students the skills to discover asteroids and contribute to the NASA Near Earth Object (NEO) programme. The workshop proved to be a great learning experience for the participants who thoroughly enjoyed it.
Space Club
An interactive workshop for the parents of classes VI to XI was organized by the Space Club of AIS on Sunday, the 28th April, 2013.Mr Sneh Kesari, a space educator and Mrs. Sibal, the Physics teacher emphasized on the role of parents in their wards achieving success and briefed them up on the importance of astronomy as well as the activities carried out by the Space Club children throughout the year. The parents not only launched the hydro rockets made by the students of the space club but were also able to observe the sun safely through telescopic projections and were able to get answers for all their queries related to the Space Club.
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Kanatal and Mussourie (15th–20th May, 2013) An Adventure Camp to Mussourie was organized by the New Horizon Adventure from 15th to 20th May, 2013. It was attended by a group of 25 students and 5 teachers of our school. For the first two days, the students stayed in the ‘Little Jaguar camps’ in Kanatal . The students enjoyed the different adventurous activities like flying fox, military obstacles, rappelling etc. with great enthusiasm. They enjoyed singing and dancing around the bonfire in the evening and also enacted a skit on ‘Save Water’. Jasleen of class 6B was adjudged the best performer. Ashu Garg of class 10B was declared the outstanding performer. They spent a day trekking from ‘Surkanda Devi’ temple at Dhanaulti to ‘Kempty falls’ at Mussourie. Towards the end of the day, they went for shopping at the Mall Road, Mussourie. It was a joyful and memorable experience.
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The Accountancy Workshop at DPS, Mathura Road (04-05-2013)
The workshop started with the introduction of the resource persons and a welcome speech by the Principal, Mr. M. I. Hussain, DPS, Mathura Road. Mr. Sandeep Sethi, C.E.O (CBSE), acquainted the gathering with the most practical form in which the Accountancy project work can be undertaken, creating the students’ interest in the subject, as they go through the different lessons and topics in their syllabus. He also highlighted the different problems that are being faced by the teachers in conducting viva, practical and project work. Then, after a short tea-break, it was presided over by a C.A. (Dr.) G.S. Grewal and Mr. R.K. Khosla, the resource persons responsible for setting up of the Accounting Standards with HRD Ministry, fellow members of ICAI and faculty member of NIRC, ICAI respectively. During intervals, they answered queries raised by the teachers. Lastly, Mr. Sethi took over the stage again to take up a few individual questions on the working of CBSE and its collaboration with NCERT, He also suggested that all the schools should get copies of all the publications, circulars, notifications and evaluation schemes from the CBSE’s website. The workshop ended with a vote of thanks and an exchange of contacts for seeking any more clarifications on any issue. Overall it was a very informative workshop.
NASA Trip Transforming an opportunity into a tradition, the Arwachinians once again visited the Kennedy Space Center. Mrs. Sibal and ten students took this once- in -a life time opportunity. The educational trip to the KSC organized by NASA featured a 10 day trip to USA that included a 3 day trek to the KSC. The 3 day trek at the KSC acquainted the Arwachinians with the entire working system of the KSC. Among the highlights of the tour were a visit to the Astronaut Hall of Fame, Apollo/Saturn V Center, Rocket Garden, Early Space exploration, the launch pads 39-A and 39-B and the vehicle assembly building. The people at NASA ensured that the students might not just return with visual memories, but also take away with them some new knowledge. The students were told about the working of orbiters, the mercury program and the working of rockets. They participated and excelled in several activities such as rocket making and bridge making. The students were fortunate enough to get the golden opportunity of having a rendezvous with astronaut Barbara Morgan. Over lunch Barbara Morgan shared her experiences with them. After the extremely interesting and informative trek at KSC, the Arwachinians happened to see the American lifestyle when they visited popular tourist sites in Orlando,e.g. the Sea World, the Universal studios and Cocoa beach. In New York the Arwachinians were mesmerized by the statue of liberty. They visited several famous destinations including the great bald eagle, Ground zero, Broadway, Wall Street, National Museum of America-India, and Trinity Church. The trip, which was a huge success, also included a tour in Washington DC. The students were thankful to the sponsors and the school authorities for providing them with this opportunity.
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Earth Day Workshop Date-11th July 2013; Day-Thursday; Venue-Delhi Secretariat An awareness programme was organized by “GLOBE” in association with the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the Government of India, for the students and the teachers of various schools. It was attended by Mrs. Manisha Sen and Ms. Anju Sirohi along with eight students of the Eco –Club of A I S. The Arwachinians put up a presentation based on the topic “Go Green” which stole much of the limelight and was appreciated by all the dignitaries. The workshop included the presentation of various skits and models. Towards the end of the programme, all the students were enlightened by the encouraging speeches by the chief guests – Mr. Deshbandhu, the President of the GLOBE Programme, DR. B.C. Sabat, Sr. Scientific Officer, Environment, GNCTD and Dr. Ram Bhoj, the UNESCO.
A Visit to the Hindustan Press
On 16th July’13, the Arwachinians had a life-long experience when they set their feet in the premises of Hindustan Times Press, Noida. The visit was organized by HT Pace, in collaboration with our school, which aimed at acquainting the students with newspaper printing technologies and techniques and processes. They were very excited after seeing the first section. It left them awed , all the more urging them to discover the place and the functioning of the machines. The way the blank paper was printed within milliseconds and the way the machines compiled them automatically was worth appreciating. One of the supervisors very kindly hailed us and guided us around. He enlightened us on how the machines worked, which colors they used, how each sheaf was counted and so on . The visit inspired us to appreciate the biggest and the most beautiful gift mankind can ever have- the intelligence to create machines and use them for their intellectual growth.
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A Visit to the National Museum A visit to the National Museum, New Delhi was organized for the students of classes 8 and 9 by the school on 17th July’13.The students obtained very rare information about many historical remains and learnt about the art and culture of the Harappan civilization and the ancient history of India. Another attraction of the museum was its auditorium where our students enjoyed watching two short films: one on the Harappan Civilization and the other on the Father of the Nation, Gandhi Ji. It was an educative and enriching experience for the students and teachers as well.
SPELLWELL (7-11) 20th July 2013 The spellwell competition is held every year in the Arwachin International School to hone the spelling proficiency and pronunciation skills of the students. This year also it was held on 20th July, 2013. All the students participated in the competition and the finalists were selected on the basis of their merit. The finalists were:Bose House: Preeti- VII, Hansika- VIII, Utkarsh-IX, Ashu-X, Garima-XI Tilak House: Sarvagya-VII, Sunidhi-VIII, Isha-IX, Kushaggra-X, Ashrit Nair-XI Tagore House: Shruthi-VII, Nishtha- VII, Kavi- IX, Arohi- X, Aditya- XI Shastri House: Madhav-VII, Divyanshu- VIII, Srishti- IX, Manan- X, Divya- XI There were four rounds in all1.
Round one- Spell the word
2.
Round two- Check your vocabulary
3.
Round three- Rapid Fire
4.
Round four- Audience round
It was a close competition and it was difficult to guess the name of the winning team. However, by dint of their hard work Bose House won the competition with 298 points followed by Tilak which scored 295 points. Tagore and Shastri secured the third and the fourth position with 283 and 242 points respectively.
Inter House Math Olympiad Classes The Inter House Mathematics Olympiad for classes VII-XI was conducted on 22nd July, 2013. The Olympiad was conducted to develop the numerical and reasoning power of the students. Four students from each class were selected to represent their respective houses. There were three rounds in the Olympiad- The Question Answer Round, The Rapid Fire Round, The Audience Round. In the first round, each student was asked a question which was to be answered within 60 seconds. The child who pressed the buzzer first was given the chance to answer the question. It was a transferable round. In the second round, each child was given 60 seconds to answer as many questions as he/she could. In the third round, the audience was
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asked three questions. Tilak house won the competition with 255 points. Tagore house secured the second position with 210 points. Both, Bose and Shastri houses obtained the third position with 170 points.
Debate Competition The Inter-house Debate Competition for classes VII to XI was held on 29th July, 2013.Classes VII and VIII were given the topic “Cell phones should be allowed in schools” and for classes IX, X and XI the topic was “One Child Norm should be implemented in India”. Both the topics were hotly debated by the participants. As soon as the competition started, the hall that had been hit with murmurs, whispers, giggles and smothered laughter fell silent turning its attention to what was happening on the stage. Everyone else in the hall was surprised by the enthusiasm with which all the speakers debated and argued their stand eloquently. They all answered every question in the rebuttal round with utter promptness and confidence. As all the debaters gave their best, it was a very close competition. The judges later mentioned that there were winners and runner ups only because this was a competition. As per the judges everybody was extraordinary and the confidence, debating skills, promptness and the arguments that the debaters put forth while speaking were remarkable. For classes 7 and 8, the speakers against the motion won. On the other hand the speakers of classes 9, 10 and 11 for the motion won
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very convincingly. They strongly supported one child norm in India suggesting how this would not only bring down the unmanageable population but also solve other related problems like poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, lack of housing etc.
Results
Inter – House Debate Competition 2013 Motion India Should Implement One Child Norm to Grow Faster
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS House
Names/Class
Motion
Rank
Marks
Tilak
Kaushiki Goel (IX B)
For
I
62.5
Bose
Simran Kashyap (X B)
Against
II
60.5
Tilak
Aditi Pancharia (IX C)
For
II
60.5
Tagore
Pancham Gupta (IX A)
Against
III
56.5
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RESULT FOR THE HOUSES House
Position
Marks
Tilak
I
123.0
Bose
II
116.5
Tagore
III
112.5
Shastri
IV
111.5
Inter House Hindi Drama Competition CLASSES IV–X, August 8th, 2013
The Inter House Hindi Drama Competition for classes IV – X was held on 8thAugust , 2013. This competition aims at developing dramatic skills of the students. The participants were selected on the basis of their performance in the drama club activities. The titles of the plays
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were as follows: Shastri House: ‘Jamun Ka Pedh’ Tilak House: ’Ret Ki Diwar’ Bose House: ‘Sab Golmal Hai ’ Tagore House: ‘Anokha Nyaya’ Shastri House stood first followed by Bose House in the second position. Tilak House secured the third position while Tagore House came fourth. Prashant Choudhary and Aditya Priyadarshi were declared the best actors and Sambhav and Shreyasi were declared the best actresses respectively. The day ended with our honorable Principal Mrs. Swarup speaking a few words.
RESULT House
Position
Marks
Shastri
I
609
Bose
II
603
Tilak
III
595
Tagore
IV
559
The Independence Day Celebration Arwachin International School, celebrated the 67th Independence Day on 14th August, 2013 with patriotic fervour . The entire school was festooned with colours of the Indian flag. The event commenced with the lighting of the lamp by the Hon’ble Chief Guest, Mr. Amit Barua and our respected Principal, Mrs. Sandra Swarup. This was followed by a Classical dance by Class VII to the melody of the song ‘VandeMataram’. The dance performance filled us with patriotism. After this, Sarvagya Pandey of Class VII-A, presented a song, ‘Karchale hum fida’, recalling the contribution of our freedom fighters. The students of Classes VII to XI sang a song of Sania Twain – ‘Black Eyes Blue Tears’, which echoed the theme of freedom of human beings. Gaurang Bhatt (Class V-C) and Manu Rai (Class V-A),through a heart touching song‘Aye mere pyare watan’, urged the students to remember the sacrifices of the patriots and martyrs who had laid down their lives to free our motherland. The students of Classes V-C and VII-A, presented two group songs– ‘Mera rang de basantichola’ and ‘ Sarfaroshi ki tamanna’, which created a nationalist feeling among those present. Last but not the least, was a free style dance by the girls of Class V to the tune of the song, ‘Jai ho’ which celebrated the modern gifts of freedom enjoyed by our generation. After all the energetic performance, the Hon’ble Chief Guest enlightened us with his valuable words. He appreciated all the cultural programmes and made us understand the true meaning
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of freedom. The function came to an end with the words of wisdom by our respected Principal, who advised the students to work towards liberating India from the clutches of social evils such as corruption and emphasized the need for self discipline. At the end, all the students stood up to pay tribute to our country by singing our National Anthem with full enthusiasm.
World Wildlife Fund 19th August 2013, Venue-WWF Auditorium A Quiz on Wild Wisdom was organised by WWF at the WWF Auditorium, Delhi. WWF has been working in India since 1969 to conserve nature and wild life. It has reached out to various sections of the society through conservation work, advocacy, education, events and campaigns to create a national level awareness for nature conservation. Its mission is to stop the degradation of the earth’s natural environment and to build a future in which human beings live in harmony with nature. Preeti Thapiyal and Aniket Mishra of class VII C along with Ms. Anju Sirohi attended the quiz at WWF auditorium .There were around 75 schools which had been selected for the City
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level Quiz after the elimination round at the school level. Mrs Mitu Gosawmi from the forest conservation department and Mrs. Kavita Dhanuka were the organisers of the event. The first round was a written test in which the students of all the schools participated. The students had to answer 30 questions in 15 minutes based on ‘The wild life in India’. Out of 75 schools only 5 schools were shortlisted for the final Quiz round. Mr. Harmeet singh was the quiz master and he conducted the quiz in a very lively and fun-filled ambience. He tried to involve the audience and the participants in the best possible manner. Out of those five teams DPS Vasant Kunj was selected for the state level Quiz Competition. It was a wonderful learning experience.
Arwachinians Win Accolade At English Zonals This year the students of Arwachin International School outrivalled other schools in several English language competitions, including Essay Writing, Poem Recitation, Declamation, Extempore Speech and Debate etc. organized by the Delhi Schools Sports and Activities Board, Zone-6, Distt. North-East. It has always been an exciting and inspiring opportunity to rub shoulders with others in these competitions and so was it this time. On 21st of August three meritorious students namely-PriyanshuTiwari, Srishti Kishore and ShurthiRao participated in the English Declamation competition held at S.K.V. Loni Road and achieved 2nd,3rd and 2nd positions respectively. They all had a tough time competing with others but they succeeded, much to the satisfaction of Mr. Alexander Francis who had prepared them and had accompanied them to that school. On 22nd of August six meritorious students participated in the English Essay Writing competition held at S.K.V. Mansarovar Park, No. 1. Kushaggra Sharma, SimranKashyap and SunidhiShrivastav bagged the 1st position while Divya Vats and Minal Sharma achieved the 2nd position. It was a great learning experience. Then it was on 23rd of August that five Arwachinians participated in the English Debate competition held at St. Eknath School, Dilshad Garden. UtkarshDev and M. Somanath achieved the 1st position while Nupur Sharma, MansiTyagi and Ashrit Nair obtained the 3rd position. On 27th of August three students participated in the English Extempore Speech competition held at G.G.M.S. F-1/F-2 NandNagri It was a close competition.. M. Somanath succeeded in attaining the 3rd position. Then on 29th of August four brilliant students namely Akshat Bhardwaj, Vrinda Aggarwal, Ashrit Nair and Garima Aggarwal took part in the English Poem Recitation competition held at G.G.S.S.S. Janta Flats and achieved 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, and 2nd positions respectively. The competitions were really tough and the students had to strive to succeed.The students partook in many activities and through their fortitude, will power and hard work they succeeded in almost all the fields they participated in.
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Janamasthmi Celebration Arwachin International School, celebrated Janamasthmi on 27th August, 2013 with traditional gaiety and religious fervor. The auditorium was decorated with posters of Lord Krishna. Efforts were made to give the auditorium an extremely decorative look. The event began with lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the Chief Guest-Mr. David Roby,the Director-Mr.Arun Sharma and the Principal-Mrs. Sandra Swarup. The show began with jugalbandi presented by the students of classes 5 and 8.They gradually unveiled various mudras of Bharatnatyam,Odissi and Mohiniattam. Then began the dramatization of various phases of Lord Krishna’s life. The students donned as Lord Sri Krishna, Kansa and gopikas played out events related to Gokulashtami.They won the hearts of the audience by enacting Sri Krishna’s role as Makhan Chor by performing a dance to the beats of the song ‘maiyamori, main nimakhankhayo’.Then the students of class 6 performed a mesmerizing dance to lines of ‘yashomatimai se’. Thereafter the students of classes 4 to 11 mesmerized us by presenting ‘govardhanleela’.This performance reiterated the fact that Lord Krishna was, is and shall be our saviour for all ages to come. Celebration of Sri Krishna’s birth will be incomplete without ‘raslila’. The students of class 11 presented ‘Dance of Divine Love’ with full enthusiasm. The students concluded the programme with ‘kansavadh’ which re-established the victory of truth over evil. The performers took us to that golden era of Lord Krishna. Dressed in the attire of Krishna and gopikas, they spread the message of ancient Puranas and our traditions. This event brought
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awareness among the children about traditional customs as they sat watching the pranks of Lord Krishna. After all the energetic performances, the honourable Chief Guest enlightened us with his valuable words. He gave his views on truth and how it always overcomes evil in the end . Our Director Mr. Arun Sharma encouraged the students to follow the path of truth. The programme came to an end with the words of wisdom delivered by the Principal who made us understand the true meaning of Lord Krishna’s birth. She motivated the students to do good work and become like Krishna in our life. The end was marked by singing of our National Anthem with full patriotic zeal.
Zonal Instrumental Music Competition
The Inter school zonal Instrumental Music competition was held at Arwachin International School, Dilshad Garden on 24th August 2013. Many schools participated in this challenging competition the theme of which was Indian Classical Music. In this competition, our young musicians played different instruments. Sharel of class 7th played the tabla (solo) and shaurya of class 7th played the harmonium (solo) and secured 1st and 2nd positions in the girls’ and the boys’ category respectively. Our children have always done us proud. They were specially appreciated by the judges. The audience tapped their feet to the beats of the music played by our students. It was a wonderful experience.
Zonal Throw Ball Competition This year the Arwachinians participated with great gusto and enthusiasm in the zonal Throw Ball competition held at Green Field Public School, Dilshad Garden from 26th August’13 to 29th August’13. Our school participated in the Junior and Sub Junior girls’ categories. Shraddha, Sanya, Kaushiki, Kirti, Janvi, Simran, Smriti, Vineet, Aditi, Sambhav, Tanya and Suchi represented our school in the junior girls’ category and grabbed the third prize. The Sub-Junior girls team, which included Ananya, Manushree, Gunjan, Anushka, Hansika, Aditi, Aathira, Prachi, Nidhi, Sonal, Simran and Deepika also stood third.
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Teacher’s Day
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Assessment Training Programme An Assessment Training Programme (ATP) was organised by the Centre for Assessment Evaluation and Research (CAER) on the 30th and 31st of August 2013 at CBSE Shiksha Bhavan, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi. Mrs. Sangeeta Sharma, Ms. Aishwarya Nair, Mrs. Anindita Banerjee and Mrs. Paramjeet Kaur from Arwachin International School, Dishad Garden attended the training programme. There they learnt to construct quality tests for the assessment of scholastic skills. They completed Module-1 which is the first part of an integrated programme of four modules of professional development in assessment. The teachers actively participated in the training programme. They participated in the activities and completed the assignments given to them which included constructing relevant Multiple Choice Items (MCI) along with their learning objectives. The teachers upgraded their skills in assessment in alignment with the goals determined by recent reforms so as to make teaching more effective for the students. The Assessment Training Programme introduced the teachers to the principles of modern assessment theory which would help to bring a change in the present assessment system and build more confident learners.
Inter House Karate Competition 2013–2014 The Inter House Karate Competition was held on 4th Sep. 2013 at Arwachin International School, Delhi. The students of classes IV to X participated in the competition. There were mainly two events-Individual Kumite& Individual Kata. There were two groups:Senior Group
- Class 9 & 10
Junior Group
- Class 7 & 8
Sub-Junior Group - Class 5 & 6 Cadet Group
- Class 4
The Winners of the Individual Kumite were: NAME
CLASS
HOUSE
PLACE
CATEGORY
Suhail Saifi
4B
Tagore
1st
Boys
Abhishek Jethawa
4A
Tilak
2nd
Boys
Prabhav Tomar
4B
Bose
3rd
Boys
Kanak Kaushik
4C
Shastri
1st
Girls
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The Winners of the Individual Kumite were: NAME
CLASS
HOUSE
PLACE
CATEGORY
Tanisha Bhikhan
4A
Tagore
2nd
Girls
Ishika Aahuja
4A
Tagore
3rd
Girls
Raunak Mahendru
5D
Tilak
1st
Boys
Talha Khan
6D
Tilak
2nd
Boys
Naman Saini
6C
Shastri
3rd
Boys
Stuti Kandwal
6D
Tilak
1st
Girls
Bhavya Vashistha
5A
Shastri
2nd
Girls
Himanshi Sharma
6C
Tilak
3rd
Girls
Kunal Gaur
7A
Bose
1st
Boys
AbhinavAlok
8A
Tagore
2nd
Boys
Ankit Nair
7A
Shastri
3rd
Boys
Khushi Srivastava
7B
Tilak
1st
Girls
Muskan Khanna
7A
Shastri
2nd
Girls
Parinita Sharma
7A
Tagore
3rd
Girls
Swastik Kandwal
10 A
Shastri
1st
Boys
Anirudh Pasi
9A
Shastri
2nd
Boys
Abhishek Rawat
9A
Tagore
3rd
Boys
Yash Raj
6C
Tagore
1st
Boys
Prakhar Sharma
7B
Tilak
2nd
Boys
Ankit Nair
7A
Shastri
3rd
Boys
Stuti Kandwal
6D
Tilak
1st
Girls
Jaya Kandpal
7A
Tilak
2nd
Girls
Parinita Sharma
7A
Tagore
3rd
Girls
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Regional Level Science Exhibition A regional level Science Exhibition was organized by the CBSE from 21st to 23rd October, 2013 at The Indian School, Joseph Broz Tito Marg, New Delhi. There were several categories and students from our school exhibited their projects in two of the categories namely, “Natural Resources and their Conservation”, and “Community Health”. In the first category, Kushaggra Sharma and M.Somanath of X B exhibited the ‘Cool Roof Project’ and in the second category, Pancham Gupta and UtkarshRai of IX A exhibited the ‘Low cost water filter’ which were very much appreciated by the judges who also gave them important tips and ideas to improve and modify their projects. Students from all over Delhi participated in the competition and shared many innovative ideas for making such projects. The competition went on for three days. The first day was for setting up the model and registration of the names. On the second day, the judges evaluated the projects and the results were announced on the third day. It was a unique experience for the students and was much appreciated by them. The competition surely added to their experience of school days.
Instrumental Music Competition On 8th October, 2013 the Annual Inter House Instrumental Music Competition was held for classes IV to XI. All the four houses performed solo, duet and group items. For solo they played ‘teen taal’ beats on tabla. The classical raags – RaagYaman, RaagBageshri, RaagBhairav and Raag Bhopali were played by Tilak House, Tagore House, Bose House and Shastri House respectively. The audience was enthralled by their performance. They could not help tapping their feet to the beats of the orchestra. The group performances left the audience spellbound. All the four houses played orchestra on the songs Om Shanti Om (Tilak House), DilHai Hindustani (Tagore House), Kal Ho Na Ho (Bose House) and Tum Hi Ho (Shastri House). The panel of judges including Mrs. Rohatgi, Mrs. Tyagi and Ms. Tulsi appreciated the children for their hard work. Tilak House bagged the first position. The second position was a tie between Bose House and Tagore House. Shastri House secured the third position.
Inter Zonal Instrumental Music Competition District Level
The Inter school zonal instrumental music competition at district level was held at Canterbury Public School, Yamuna Vihar on 23rd october 2013. Many schools(Govt and Private) participated in this competition. The theme was Indian classical music. Arwachinians played different instruments. Sharel of class 7C played the tabla (solo) and Shaurya of class 7B played the harmonium (solo) and secured 3rd and the 1st position in the tabla and the harmonium category respectively.
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Dussehra Assembly Report Arwachin International School celebrated the auspicious occasion of Dussehra on the 10th of October, 2013. The occasion was graced by our honourable Director Mr. Sharma and our respected Principal Mrs Swarup who started the event with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp. The students presented a very beautiful re-enactment of the whole life of Rama on stage which started with the act of ‘Ram Janma’ followed by the other events in Rama’s life such as the ‘killing of Taraka’, ‘Surpanakha’s defeat’, Sita’s abduction etc. All the participants brought the characters alive on stage with their outstanding performance. Although the audience enjoyed the whole programme they were overwhelmed to see the final battle between Rama and Ravana. They were ecstatic to see the good winning over the evil. The children also presented an inspirational English song dedicated to Lord Rama which stated that our God is great. The programme ended with an extraordinary dance performance to the beats of “Ram Stuti”. After the programme our honourable Director Mr. Sharma enlightened us with his words of wisdom. He motivated the students to take inspiration from the character of Rama and try to become good human beings. After that our honourable Principal Mrs Swarup spoke to the children about the goodness of Ram, Sita, Lakshman and Hanuma. She reminded the children of their sacrifices for each other. She encouraged the children to be like them and do good deeds in life.
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Seminar on Child Abuse And Exploitation In Schools On 10th December, 2013, Principals, counselors and senior teachers from various schools from Delhi NCT region gathered together at Alliance Francaise, 72, Lodhi Estate, to get better informed about the guidelines set up by the Government of Delhi to avoid cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children in schools. The five hour meet had eminent speakers like Ms. Gill representing National Human Rights Commission, Mr. JitinChawla, an educationist and career counselor and a member of Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR). The DCPCR took upon itself the task of formulating the guidelines which focus on child abuse in various forms. These guidelines were introduced on September 16, 2013. The DCPCR guidelines that were discussed at length in the meet included proper guidelines that the schools should follow regarding transport facilities, picnic and trips, online safety and also to establish a feedback system. The meet was also designed to help schools understand their legal responsibilities to report suspected child abuse and neglect and to assist them in understanding the child protective services for the initial assessment process in a better way. Keeping the above said issues in mind, the Government of NCT of Delhi has also made legal provisions like Delhi Juvenile Justice Rules, 2009 and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), Act, 2012 to support the guidelines. A member of the police department introduced us to the above acts and it was followed by a healthy discussion on kinds of abuse and punishments that are set. A lot of enthusiastic teachers also questioned if there was any safeguard provided for the teachers who deal with the children. Many cases were also cited as examples to make the presentation more meaningful and forceful. Signs and indicators of child neglect were also discussed in detail. A few of the indicators that were mentioned were- missing a specific subject class, bunking school or craving attention etc. Therefore certain guidelines are introduced to help school be aware of the physical, sexual and emotional abuse of the children. The meet concluded with a promise to stay in touch and spread awareness among everyone
Diwali Special Assembly Arwachin International School celebrated the festival of Diwali on 1st November, 2013. The function was graced by the Principal Mrs. Gracy Peter, the Director (Academics), Mrs. Swarup and the Chief Guest Mr. A. Sharma. It was an important day for the Arwachinians as they had a new Principal and the Director for Academics. So the programme commenced with the welcoming of the new Principal Mrs. Gracy Peter by Mr. Francis, the Head of the Department of English. He gave a warm welcome to her, introducing her and speaking highly of her abilities and achievements. The programme was hosted by Ridhima and Arpita of VII-B. The auspicious occasion of Diwali started with lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guest, the Director Academics and the Principal. Thereafter, the prize distribution ceremony took place to give away awards and
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certificates to the winners of the various competitions held at the zonal, district, state and national level.The cultural programme started with a ‘Ganesh Stuti’ dance followed by the depiction of an act showing ‘Lord Rama’s Return to Ayodhaya’, an episode from the immortal tale of Ramayana. The programme proceeded with the joyous celebration of the return of Lord Rama along with Sita and Lakshmana through a dance. Then Arwachinians presented a song ‘Carry your candle and go light the World’ which gave us a message that the true joy is when you see someone else smile. So everyone joined them, promising to try their best to destroy the evil and spread goodness all over the Earth. The celebration of Diwali is not simply about lighting ‘diyas’, igniting the rockets and bursting crackers, but it’s also the time to be safe from the fireworks and all the sparklers. So, the next programme was again an act acquainting everyone with the threat that celebration of Diwali poses to our environment. It also sensitized us to the harm caused by crackers. The children were very excited that day and they expressed their excitement and enthusiasm through an incredible dance performance. Last but not the least, was a wonderful dance performance to the melody of ‘Ram Ji Ki Chaal Dekho’which thrilled the audience and filled the auditorium with the thunder of applauds for all the participants. At the end, our Director (Academics) Mrs. Swarup appreciated and encouraged all the students and teachers for their efforts. She also introduced our new Principal, Mrs. Peter and encouraged the students to work with the same devotion and excitement in the coming years. Our Principal Mrs. Peter thanked Mrs. Swarup for her valuable thoughts and appreciated her for all that she had done for the school. She saluted Mrs. Swarup for her efficiency, devotion and hard work and credited her with making the school touch the zenith of success. She even expressed her desire to seek her regular guidance in the coming years. The Diwali programme was concluded with the National Anthem.
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Report On English Essay Writing Competition Keeping in mind the importance of essay writing in English language, the Department of English organized an essay writing competition for classes I - XI on 6th November, 2013. The word limit for writing the essays ranged between 500- 1000 words. The students were well prepared for the competition. Everyone tried hard to exhibit their creative skills through their essays. The topics selected were apt for the children of different age groups.
The following topics were chosen for the competition: 1 Class I
: My Favourite Festival/The Last Birthday Gift I Have Ever Received
2 Class II
: A Birthday I Will Never Forget
3 Class III : A Journey by Train 4 Class IV : School Picnic 5 Class V
:Books - Our Best Friends
6 Class VI : A Lonely Evening at Home 7 Class VII : The Young Generation is Blindly Aping the West 8 Class VIII: A Narrow Escape 9 Class IX: Is Globalization Good for India? 10 Class X & XI: Role of Media in Democratic India.
The result of the competition is as follows: Class I : 1st Tiasha Roy (IA 1 )
Class IV : 1st : Prabhsimar Kaur (4C)
2nd Paawani Parashar(IA 1)
2nd : Gauri M (4A)
3rd Jai Sahay (I C)
3rd: Uttara Anandan (4B)
Class II : 1st
Anshika Sharma (2A)
Shruti Kishore
(5D)
2nd Nandika Sanoria (2C)
2nd Deepal Yadav
(5D)
3rd
3rd Manu Rai (5A)
Class III :1st
Sparsh Kumar (2A) Harshit Jain (3B)
Class V: 1st
Class VI: 1st
Shohini Pathak of VI-D.
2nd Divyam Taneja(3B)
2nd Meghna Pradeep of VI-C
3rd
3rd Aparna Goyal of VI-D
Nibedan Pati (3A)
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Class VII: 1st
Preeti Thapliyal(VII-C)
Class X:
1st
Nupur Sharma X A
2nd Shefalika Ghosh((VII-C)
2nd Aarohi Kumari X B
3rd MansiTyagi
3rd Shruthi Rao(VII-C)
Class VIII: 1st
Sunidhi Srivastava(VIII-C)
Class XI:
1st
XB
Garima Aggarwal
2nd Nishtha Kauskik(VIII-C)
2nd Garvita Kaushik
3rd Sagorika Ghosh(VIII-C)
3rd Rishabh Panchal
Class IX:
1st
2nd Sudhanshu Soni(IX-A)
3rd Nishchal Rustagi(IX-A)
Pancham Gupta(IX-A)
Delhi Heritage Quiz Venue: Laxman Public School, Delhi Heritage Quiz 2013 On 12th November, 2013, Arwachinians participated in Delhi Heritage Quiz 2013, a School Quiz which has been conceptualized by the CBSE with the objective of creating awareness and appreciation in the student communitabout the rich cultural heritage and diversity of our country. Kushaggra Sharma, Bhaskar & Swastik Kandwal of Class 10 participated in the quiz at Laxman Public School which was also attended by their Social Science teacher, Mrs. Manisha Sen. Our students gave a tough competition to other participants and had a fun-filled day.
Children’s Day Fete A Children’s Day Fete was organized, which over the years has become hugely popular with the students, on 13th Nov. 2013. The Fete was filled with fun and frolic and was enjoyed by the students of classes 3 to 11. Various games stalls and food stalls arranged exclusively by the teachers with attractive gift hampers brightened the children’s day. Along with the food stalls, fun activities such as a magic show, tattoo- making,a bullock cart ride, an elephant ride and DJ kept the children entertained throughout the day. The students enjoyed themselves most thoroughly on the day. They also tested their fate through games of “Hit the Target”, “Holding the Wet Brick” etc. till the last minute. The crowd waited for the announcement of the winners of the lucky draw and grand prizes of an electronic keyboard and a wrist watch. Lady Luck favored Soumya(9B) and Bhuvi (6A) as they won the grand prize of a Fast Track watch and a Casio keyboard respectively.
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Inter-House Volleyball Competition This year our school organized its first Inter-House volleyball competition on 16th November’13. The students were quite enthusiastic about it and thus gave their best. Every drop, every smash, every shot was cheered by the audience. The echoes of the applause and the cheers filled the air. Children had put their heart and soul in the game but there had to be just one winner and it was Bose House. It defeated Shastri house in the finals. Tagore house stood third, followed by Tilak house. Not only the participants but even the audience and the teachers were a part of the game cheering for their respective teams and players throughout the competition. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, the Physical Education teacher was happy with their performance and felicitated them. This moment will surely be remembered by the Arwachinians.
Assessment Training Programme (MODULE II) An Assessment Training Programme(ATP) was organised by the Centre for Assessment Evaluation and Research (CAER) on the 18th and 19th of November 2013 at CBSE ShikshaBhavan, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi. Four teachers, Mrs. Sangeeta Sharma, Ms. Aishwarya Nair, Mrs. Anindita Banerjee and Mrs. ParamjeetKaur from Arwachin International School attended the training programme. The aim of the programme was to train the teachers in constructing quality constructed response items to assess the scholastic skills of the curriculum. The objective of this module was to provide the teachers with the best practices for CCE in the development of high-quality tests. The teachers were introduced to the concept of ‘standards’. They learned how marks can be made to refer to the ‘standards’ and can take on a substantive meaning. A significant component of the module also described the principles involved in developing effective constructed response items and also showed how well-developed rubrics can be used to not only locate students along the development scale but also provide them with valuable feedback. The teachers actively participated in the training program and enthusiastically completed the assignments given to them.
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ASL (Assessment Of Speaking And Learning) A seminar on ‘Latest Trends in English Language Teaching and ASL (Assessment of Speaking and Listening)’ was held at Arwachin Bharti Bhawan, VivekVihar on 23rd November 2013. It was conducted by RatnaSagar Pvt. Ltd. The resource person, Dr. Malti Mathur, commenced the programme with an introductory activity emphasizing the importance of communication. Keeping in view the modern challenges faced by education, it is quite imperative that education should train a student in such a way that he/ she easily adjusts himself/herself in the society and communicational skill is an imperative part of the all-round development of a child. It is also important to assess their skill to monitor their progress and build their self-confidence. The conversational skills of the students are to be assessed through a variety of listening and speaking activities. The resource person demonstrated it with a number of activities in which all the teachers present there participated enthusiastically. The seminar was a great success and was a great source of knowledge and learning.
Hydro Rocketry Session On 23rd November, 2013, a Hydro rocketry session was organized for the students of the space club in Arwachin International School wherein they were introduced to the working of a rocket and were acquainted with the basic principles of Rocketry. They were also taught to design their own water rockets and were able to launch it too. LIFE SKILL SUMMIT The Life Skill Summit recognizes the value of creating awareness among the people regarding health and wellness, life skills, gender sensitivity and value education with national and global perspectives. The event aimed at developing a sense of self-confidence, sensitivity and awareness towards various issues such as gender, environment, health and wellbeing among the students. The regional summit was held on 27th and 28th of November, 2013 at the Regional Summit Center, National Bal Bhavan. The registered team of our school consisted of four students and a teacher. On the first day, the students worked hard for the different competitions like global school health exhibition, on the spot poster making, theme songs on gender and values, creating a thematic jingle, wellness elocution and finally an adolescent whiz-quiz. All the competitions were based on the themes of gender, quality of education, environment and values. The 2nd day began with the National Youth Health Parliament which involved the interaction of the students on the topics based health, education, gender equality and child rights. The recommendations were jotted down in the form of a Student’s Charter. After the youth
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parliament, the students and the teachers attended separate workshops. The students’ workshop involved lecture, brainstorming, role plays and videos to facilitate their march towards awareness, responsibility and empowerment as peer educators. The teachers’ workshop was focused on orienting them towards common problems faced in the classrooms to make them more inclusive in nature. The students and the teachers gathered together to view short films made by the CBSE students from the International Young Film Maker Festivals. These films were then analyzed by the students and the teachers. The two days’ event ended with a vote of thanks and distribution of the participation certificates. It was a fruitful event as the students opened up to radical ideas put forward by their own peers of other schools. The event was followed by a healthy discussion on gender -imbalance, eve teasing, quality of education and moral values existing in our world today. It was a successful and an informative summit.
Inter-House English Drama Competition The Inter-House drama competition for classes 4 to 11was organized on 28th November, 2013 to encourage our students to display their extraordinary acting talents on the theme of ‘Social issue’. Shastri House was the first to present their play ‘Risky Whisky’ and entertained the audience with their splendid performance sending out a message that alcoholism not only kills a person but can also leave him emotionally and physically vulnerable. Next the students of Tilak House raised their voice against domestic violence through their play ‘I Deserve Love, Don’t I?’ which generated a lot of excitement among the audience. Tagore House presented an entertaining drama ‘The Lost Childhood’ with a very strong message that child labour should strictly be discouraged by one and all. Finally, the participants from Bose House staged a heart warming play ‘The Greatest Gift’ displaying the plight of the aged and how they are forsaken by their own friends and families. All the plays kept everybody spell-bound with their fine acting skills. The esteemed judges included the Director(academics), Mrs. Swarup, the Principal, Mrs.Peter and Mrs. Bina Singh ( Ex- Incharge, AIS), an academician, who awarded the marks on the basis of character portrayal, memory, interaction with the audience, fluency of communication, makeup, props and costumes. Bose House was adjudged the winner for its brilliant performance with 150.5 points ,closely followed by Tilak with 146.5 points, Tagore with 135.5 points and Shastri with 126 points out of the total 195. Shreyasi Gautam (Class 9A, Bose House), Vasundhara(8A, Tilak House) and Prashant Chaudhary(8C, Bose House) were adjudged the best actors in female and male category respectively and were appreciated by everyone.
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Arwachin International School Exhorts Voters to Vote 30th November, 2013
On a bright sunny morning the sanguine students of Arwachin Internaitonal School took to the streets of Dilshad Garden to call upon the residents of the locality to go out in hordes and vote on 4th December for the state assembly election. The students enacted street plays at various spots in Dilshad Garden. The play emulated the methodology of “Nukkad Natak” and scripted the callous behaviour of politicians who hibernate through their term and awake only during elections. An NGO was seen rousing people against such selfish leaders. People were encouraged to realize their rights and duties as citizens of India. Earlier in the day the Arwachinians trooped out of the campus of their Alma Mater donning their school uniforms and were carrying flags, posters, placards with messages on the need to go out and vote. They were chanting slogans on the need to vote and exercise the right to decide who would lead the state of Delhi. Penned in Hindi the slogans roused quite an interest among pedestrians and the residents who flocked to hear and see what was happening. Many of the passers-by joined the slogan chanting which encouraged the students immensely. The procession paused at many a point in Dilshad Garden. When it reached I pocket, the students were in for a pleasant surprise. The President of RWA, I Pocket, Mr. D C Garg, not only appreciated and lauded the efforts of the students but also came forward and delivered a speech exhorting others to step forth and do what the children were encouraging everybody to do. The appreciative smile and the claps from the people thronging to the spot showed the success of this noble campaign.
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Arwachin International Holds its Annual Sports Meet 2013
Arwachin International School held its 10th Annual Sports Meet on 7th December, 2013 with great enthusiasm and zeal. The day commenced with lighting of the ceremonial lamp by our Respected Director (Academics), Mrs. Sandra Swarup and the Principal Mrs. Gracy Peter. The next moment we found national netball players, namely Rashika Sharma, Ashrit Nair, Aditya Jain and Abhishek Arora running the Sports torch signifying the achievements of the Arwachinians at the national level. Then, Mrs. Gracy Peter, our Principal, declared the Sports Meet open after which the students of all the four houses- Bose, Tilak, Shastri and Tagore,led by the School and House Captains, marched smartly round the field.The themes of traditional karate training are fighting and self defence.Arwachinians clapped for the well-executed Karate strokes performed by the Karatekas. The girl students of classes 8 and 9 performed aerobics on the song “Sadda dil bhi tu”. This particular event was a harmonious blend of aerobics, songs and yogic postures which depicted the postures of Lord Ganesha. The students of Class XI engaged, in a friendly volley-ball match, the staff of the school that included our Physical Education teachers. Finally the races commenced as students ran 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1200m. The determination, dedication and self-confidence of the students were worth appreciating. But what thrilled the Arwachinians the most were the races organized especially for the teachers. The day ended with the awards being given away to all the hardworking winners. Tilak House bagged the “The Best March Past” award. The best athletes were Ashu Garg Class X B and Garima Aggarwal of Class XI in the boys and girls categories respectively. The best House of the Annual Sports Meet was once again Bose House, the House which has claimed the trophy for now more than five years now. This honour is worth appreciating and worth talking about.The day ended with the singing of the National Anthem.
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International Informatics Olympiad The 10th International Informatics Olympiad, organized by the Computer Literacy Foundation, was held on 9th Dec 2013 at Arwachin International School. This was the fourth consecutive year when our school participated in the Olympiad drawing a large number of students from classes 4 to 10. The result for the first level of this will be announced in the first fortnight of Jan’14. The Olympiad was based on the various topics related to information and technology, software and hardware, windows environment, reasoning and logical test. It was a successful event and our students exhibited tremendous zeal and enthusiasm.
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‘Open Text Based Assessment’ (OTBA) A seminar on OTBA was attended by Mrs. Deepika Chawla, Mrs. Shruti Mishra and Mrs. Seema Pandey on 14th December, 2013 at Greenway Modern School, Dilshad Garden. The same was conducted by Ms. Sugandh Sharma from the CBSE. The Central Board of Secondary Education recommends that multiple modes of assessment need to be provided to cater to the varied abilities of the individual strengths of the learners. It has, therefore, decided to introduce an element of Open Text-based Assessment for classes IX and XI as a part of the Summative Assessment II which will be applicable to all the main subjects for class IX and to Economics, Biology and Geography for class XI. A textual material may be in the form of an article, a case study, a diagram, a concept/ mind map, a picture or a cartoon, problem/situation based on the concepts taught to the students during the second term will be supplied to the schools a few months before the commencement of Summative Assessment II.
A Visit To The Ram Monohar Lohia Park Shalimar Garden by the Eco Club Students Of Classes 7-10 26 students of senior Eco club, along with their teachers, visited the Ram Manohar Lohia Park on 28th December,2013 .The park was full of various species of flowering plants,shrubs and trees.It also had a well maintained herbal garden. The students got to know the uses of different medicinal plants. They conducted the following activities under the guidance of the teachers in charge. 1. Analyzing the soil samples to understand the soil profile and the soil texture. 2. To identify different types of clouds. 3. To measure the canopy of the trees.
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4. To test the soil samples for the presence of carbonates. 5. To measure the height of trees using clinometers It was a very good learning experience for the students and gave them a chance to get close to nature.
Founder’s Day Havan Ceremony On 11th January, 2014, the Directors, the Principal and the staff of Arwachin International School fondly remembered the Founder of Arwachin Shiksha Samiti and AIS through a prayerful “Havan”. Every body clustered around the make shift alter at which the fire offering would be initiated. The holy flame was lit amidst the chanting of sacred “Mantras” and religious “Shlokas”. Everybody present participated with faith and fervor by taking part in the ceremonial offering of “Samidha” ( the offering).All reverently joined the choir in singing “Om Jai Jagdish Hare” for the concluding hymn.
Republic Day Republic Day was celebrated with plenty of gusto at Arwachin International School on 25th January, 2014. A wide range of special programmes to instill the spirit of national pride and love for the country were organized. There was active participation in patriotic songs, dances and skits depicting the formation of our constitution. All this gave a glimpse of their patriotic temperament. Folk dances from various states of India showing national integration were the highlights of the programme. The occasion was graced by the Directors Mr. Arun Sharma and Mrs. Swarup who inspired us with their valuable thoughts and reminded us of our duties towards our nation. Our Principal, Mrs. Gracy Peter concluded the celebration with motivating words of hope.
Staff Picnic 2014 On 1st February, 2014, the Directors, the Principal and the entire staff of A I S took time out for an excursion to the annual craft fair at Surajkund, a sleepy suburb of Faridabad, famous for its historical pond( now dry). After a waking cup of tea and nourishing refreshment we set out for the fair with songs on our lips and a spring in our steps. The journey hardly seemed to have taken any time and we were there to see it all and enjoy it all. Even before entering the fair ground, the teachers and other staff members got themselves photographed in order to carry back memories. Much to the surprise of everyone, a lot had changed in the way the fair was managed this time. There were many more stalls and vending points than we had witnessed on our previous visit to the place. The Rajasthan cuisine at once became everyone’s favourite haunt. With their ethnic snacks and sweets the stall owners had visitors flocking to their stalls.
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A fun break from daily routine for the teachers at the STAFF PICNIC
We were indeed lucky to have arrived on the inauguration day as we were fortunate to witness the opening ceremony of the fair. Many of us sat there spellbound by the enthralling dance performance and the pageant .But all good things must come to an end and we returned resolving to revisit the place.
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Space Club Visit To Jantar Mantar On 21st February, 2014, the students of the Space Club of AIS visited JantarMantar, New Delhi. JantarMantar is one of most important astronomical observatories famous for its accuracy and architectural beauty. Students learnt about various astronomical instruments like Ram Yantra, Mishryantra, Samrat yantra.etc and how to use them to calculate altitude, azimuth, declination and right ascension of celestial bodies.They also learnt about the historical significance of JantarMantar Moreover students were able to calculate the altitude of sun at a given time. This interesting learning activity was enjoyed by all the students.
Arwachin Excels at International Children’s Festival
International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts Ballet/Dance Drama Competition It was a proud and a delightful moment for the magnificent dancers of Arwachin International School who were trained by Ms. Lochana Tulsi to exhibit their Dance Drama on the theme ‘Brighter Tomorrow’ on 6th December, 2013 at Kamani Auditorium. A grand opening ceremony of ICFPA was held at Talkatora Stadium on 5th December 2013. People hailing from different nations attended this ceremony. They showcased unique and scintillating dance performances of their respective motherlands. The students of Ryan International School performed a marvelous Ballet dance on a very thought provoking theme called ‘Brighter Tomorrow’. It is a matter of immense pride for us to inform our readers that this coveted ceremony was attended by our honourable Principal Mrs. Gracy Peter, dance teacher Ms.Lochana Tulsi, instrumental music teacher, Mr. Dilip Sagar and twelve talented participants from Arwachin International School. A gala closing ceremony and prize distribution event of the International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts was held at National Bal Bhawan on 8th December 2013.International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts four day cultural extravaganza with the theme ‘Brighter Tomorrow’ brought together over 15,000 students from 21 countries. As per this theme, the contestants were required to choose a topic close to their hearts pertaining to social issues -mythological, traditional, classical, contemporary or any other. The students of Arwachin International School performed their endearing Dance Drama depicting the theme of ‘Women Empowerment’. Through this performance they showcased the arduous journey of a girl through different difficult stages of life. It was a blend of distinct dance forms like classical, contemporary and ballet.
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The dance performance was so enthralling and engrossing that the panel of judges and the audience applauded and cheered the participants with great zest and zeal. The students of Arwachin International School brought laurels to all of us by securing the First Runner Up position. An Appreciation Award was conferred on the Dance Teacher Ms.Lochana Tulsi for the excellent choreography and for enabling the students to perform so fabulously. The following students participated in the International Children’s Festival of Performing Arts: NAMES
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Ritika Singh
VII - A
Aathira Ajay
VIII -C
B.Snigdha
VII - A
Aditi Sharma
VIII -C
Kritika Thakur
VII - A
Dia Upadhyay
VIII -C
Ayushi Garg
VII - C
Saumya Gaur
IX -B
Preksha Jain
VII - C
Sanya Joshi
X -B
Prashant Chaudhary
VIII -C
Ashu Garg
X -B
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Arwachin International School Celebrates Its Annual Day 28th March, 2014 On 28th March, 2014 Arwachin international school celebrated its annual day on the theme “Let’s Build a Better World with Hope” .Great pride, enthusiasm and zeal in every student and every teacher made the occasion very special though the weather was inclement . The evening commenced with the welcome song and lighting of the lamp. This year, our chief guest was Mrs. Madhu Pant, an ex-director at National Bal Bhavan. First the students sought the blessings of Lord Ganesh by dancing to the beats of the song “Deva Shri Ganesha”. This year Arwachinians took the initiative to do something innovative, informative inspiring and motivational. Through a judicious mix of PPTs, Plays on social evils, sonorous songs and enthralling dances The Arwachinians sought to acquaint their spectators with the problems being faced by mother earth and humanity today. They then went on to give a message of hope to the spectators. The students brought the social malaise as well as problems faced by Nature due to human greed into focus through a PowerPoint presentation and a mime, which stole away the hearts of the spectators. Added to this were the scary facts stated by Mr. Alexander Francis, which left a prolonged effect in the hearts of the parents. The students presented the vigorous dance of “Tandav” which Lord Shiva is said to perform to rebalance energies in the cosmos every time evil becomes dominant in this world. The first social issue brought into the light was “Child Labour”, through a play and a French song. The play depicted the hard lives of the children who lose their childhood after falling victim to human malpractices at tender ages. Next was the play “Respect for Elders”. It portrayed the plight of the aged after they have been discerned by their own children. Growing old is the eternal law of universe and no can escape it. Then why do the old people have to be forsaken by their own families? But here, the overall development of an Arwachinian is a beautiful amalgam of social values and the Indian ethos. The Arwachinians have always been taught to respect their elders . And through the Japanese song the students showed their love and respect for their parents. Next in line was the play titled “Risky Whisky”, highlighting the fact that alcohol is a waste of time as it destroys one’s memory, self respect and self esteem. But its never too late to change .Music and dance speak what cannot be expressed; they soothe the mind and give it rest and heal one’s wound. Keeping this fact in mind, the Arwachinians sang a beautiful song “Remedy”. The last play revolved around the injustice, pain and suffering faced by women and also the power of women to raise her voice against the injustice . The Hindi songs following the play reminded every woman present that evening that she was the lifeline of the world and within her the entire universe exists. The finale dance was the crust of the programme, spreading just one message “Always look up to the future with the sparkle
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of hope and never give up!” The parents were next acquainted with the national and international achievements of the school. The school created history when twenty four of its students participated in the school National Netball Tournament. Keeping their hard work and dedication to succeed in mind, the Director gave away track-suits to every player.The next big achievement of the school was the school winning the first runner-up position at the prestigious International Children’s Festival of performing Arts Ballet /Dance Drama Competition. The Arwachinians students had to jostle with participants from 22 countries. The evening concluded with a very inspiring speech delivered by the Chief Guest Mrs Madhu Pant who gave the message that if we want to see light all around then we have to kindle the flame of love, hope and wisdom in our own heart put there by the Creator. This message happily coincided with the message the Arwachinians sought to give to their parents and the world. The evening drew to a close with brief message from the Directors Mr. Arun Sharma and Mrs. Sandra Swarup . The Principal Mrs. Gracy Peter thanked and congratulated the students and the teachers profusely. Report filed by Mr. A. Francis
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English Essays A Lonely Evening At Home It was a winter day. The weather was chilly and visibility was poor due to fog or smog. My father was on an official tour and was scheduled to return back in the evening. In the afternoon, my mother got a phone call and it was sad to hear that one of her friends had met with an accident and was admitted in the City hospital. She was puzzled and could not decide what to do. She wanted to move to see her friend in the hospital but she was not ready to leave me alone. In fact, I had never stayed alone. Mom called up my father but his mobile was switched off, perhaps he was onboard, flying from Chennai to Delhi. It was about 4:45 in the afternoon. Mom decided to go to the hospital. I did not agree to stay alone but it was also hard for me to accompany my mother as I had to revise for the next day’s paper. Secondly, my parents never prefer to take kids to the hospital unnecessarily. Ultimately, I was convinced but bargained that after finishing my task, I would watch cartoon channel on the television. Although my TV watching is restricted for cartoon in particular, my mother agreed and repeatedly reminded me what to do and what not to. There was a standing instruction – I should not open the gate at any cost unless my father or mother comes. Mom left around at 4:45 p.m. For the first five-ten minutes, I was trying to settle down. Things passed too rapidly. Suddenly I started feeling that I had grown up enough and should be trusted to take responsibilities. I was glad in one way as I was permitted to watch cartoon but the silence encompassing the house was also haunting me. I went to my study table but could not concentrate. I went to the kitchen, took water in a glass and kept it in microwave to warm it. The noise of microwave was breaking the silence. For the first time, I was enjoying the noise created by the machine. I returned to my study room after taking water. I opened the books and started preparing for my exam. It was very difficult to concentrate as my ears had become too sensitive to catch any sound in and around and my vision was roaming to see every corner of my room. It was a very hard task for me to prepare for the exam. Perhaps it was the longest period in my life I had spent without uttering a single word. To break the silence, I started studying loudly, which I never do. My parents always suggest me doing so and their logic is if you study loudly, the unwanted sounds around will not disturb you. To overcome my fear, I was studying loudly. My mother called me up at about 6:30 p.m. I told her that I was fine. She informed that my father would land at about 7:30, go to the hospital directly from the airport and finally they would return together. Every moment I was feeling unfortunate as I have no siblings. My study was almost over. Now I planned to watch TV. I switched on all the lights, put the television on, and that too at a very loud voice. I started watching Tom and Jerry. It was a wonderful story. I did not even come to know when it was eight. I got up and switched off the TV. Suddenly I became tensed as suddenly I remembered that I had some more homework and a project to complete. I planned to take my dinner first and then do my study. As it grew darker, my fear also started growing. The sound created by my own slippers while moving towards the washbasin to wash my hands even started haunting me. I preferred to move barefoot. As I started taking my dinner, I heard a rhythmic sound all around. I was nervous but made myself steady. I started recalling my father’s advice, “Whenever you are afraid, try
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to locate and identify the cause of fear”. As my grandmother advised me to recall and chant ‘Gayatri Mantra’ whenever I am in fear, I started chanting it loudly. Finally, I could manage to identify the cause and I found that the tap was not properly closed and the water was tickling out making such a noise. I returned to finish my dinner. Mom called me up again and told that it would take another 40-45 minutes to reach home. Then I decided to sit in the bedroom to finish my project and watch television simultaneously. Everything was fine. Suddenly I saw a black shadow on the glass window. I was really stunt and again started chanting ‘Gayatri’ mantra. I stood up slowly, went to the door and opened the wooden door at the balcony side. I had no courage to open the outer gate and go to balcony but I could see a man standing there. I closed the door immediately. I do not know what thought made me feel so horrible. After few seconds, I settled myself and went to the door again. I tried to peep through the door. Finding nothing wrong, I opened the door and went to the balcony. No one was there. Within fraction of seconds, the man had vanished! I was puzzled, trying to investigate how a man could reach our balcony. All the doors were closed, so it is impossible for a person to be there. I took a deep breath and returned to my room, and tried to convince myself that it was an illusion. As I was about to settle down, I heard the call bell. I thought my parents have returned. I rushed and opened the door. Oh my God! It was the same man again. My heartbeat grew louder. I could not see him in the balcony. He was about six and a half feet tall, wearing a long coat and a hat. He was carrying a stick in his hand. His face was rather fearful with a long beard. His eyes were glowing in the dark and his body was full of dirt. It seemed that he had not taken a bath for almost months. After accumulating sufficient courage, I asked him, “Who are you?” He replied in a rather shaking voice, “English Exam”. He vanished again instantly. What a terrific experience! The next day was my English exam and I was not fully prepared for it. I went in and saw the time. It was 9 p.m. All these incidents happened in just half an hour. I had another one hour to prepare myself. I went quickly and got prepared for my examination. I smelled some fragrance, perhaps the burning of incense sticks. Suddenly I heard the trumpet of Conch shell (Shankhnaad), I opened my eyes and saw my mother performing her evening prayer. It was 6 o’clock in the evening. For a moment, I was trying to correlate everything and ultimately understood that it was a dream. My parents had gone out in the afternoon. Returning from school that day, I was feeling very tired and fell asleep with my English Literature book. I was little bit worried about my English preparation this time as I could not perform well last time. I got up, refreshed myself and straightway went to my study table. I started preparing for my exam. When I realized that it was a dream, I was indecisive whether I should share it with my mother. Ultimately, I decided to prepare and do well in the exam and then share it. I did well next day. This is one of the dreams I remember now and will be remembered forever, especially whenever I am left alone at home. May be God has shown me this dream to remind me about my English exam or may be just to scare me a little! The agnostic people may explain it as a result of my anxiety prevailing in sub-conscious mind regarding my English exam. -Shohini Pathak VI-D
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The Young Generation Is Blindly Aping The West India is the centre of culture and heritage, a place nurturing future citizens, the cradle of ancient civilization and above all a place known for its values and traditions .It is a diverse nation. A glimpse of culture and diversity can be seen in each town and city of India. Unity runs in the veins of the country. Despite of having a memorable past, a wonderful present and a bright future…… India is not given any importance by its young generation .The young generation is busy blindly aping the west. As a result, the Indians who were first known as “inventors” have now emerged as “brainless copy cats”. We, Indians, once believed in folding our hands to greet our teachers, elders and guests. It was not just a gesture for us but also a symbol to show immense respect and honour. But today’s young generation just put their hand forward and say “hello”. Earlier, we used to wear our traditional dresses so as to show our culture and above all for personal satisfaction.Women wore saris whereas men wore kurta-pyjamas but now wearing traditional dresses is only limited to a few festivals. Wearing saris is considered nothing more than a problem and burden by the Gen Y. Perhaps, the young generation has forgotten that it is only a sari and kurta-pyjama which reflect the identity of an Indian which a skirt, shirt or jeans never can. In the past, mothers used to spend hours in the kitchen cooking food. If the people got some curd or salad with their food, it was considered a luxury .Today’s young generation do not even like to take a morsel of chapatti but enjoy foreign delicacies like burger, french-fries etc. All thanks to the western culture that the gen Y can eat unhealthy and bad food from outside but will not eat nicely prepared home-made food. The Indians are becoming copy-cats day by day but even copying requires a brain. We have also copied many of the good things from the west .We have made many of the inventions like the bulb, radio and refrigerator, invented in the west, a part of our daily lives . Life seems impossible without these appliances .English, the most widely used language is being learned by the Indian students .We have adopted many foreign delicacies as a very special part of our diet. The gen Y is constantly learning new techniques from the west. Change is the law of nature. Progress is not possible without it. We must also change with time but in the right direction. The gen Y should understand that blindly aping the west can lead to hazardous consequences. Like a strainer is used to separate the unwanted tea leaves from tea similarly the young generation should also use their minds to adopt the good things from the west in their lifestyle and ignore the bad. Progressing and changing with time is fine but we must never disrespect our culture and values .We must never consider sari or any Indian dress inferior. Hindi speakers should also be given full respect and honour. They must not be looked upon as uneducated. It is a genuine fact that the Indians have also adopted many good, useful and innovative things
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from the western civilization…….but unfortunately the bad things have outnumbered the good ones .At the end, I only want to say that copying good things from the west or east or from anywhere is not bad at all but we must never compromise on our Indian traditions and values because a tree which has been separated from its roots does not stay alive for too long. – Preeti Thapliyal VII-C
A Narrow Escape Life is a journey. It makes its way through many changes, good or bad. Sometimes we even don’t realize what has happened or is going to come. Sometimes it may be a bowl of cherries, other times it may be a dog’s life. Life is not the same always. We also have narrow escapes from any kind of bad coming to us that we even don’t understand whether it was the Almighty God who saved us or our luck that helped us to overcome the problem. It happens always in our life, but there are some who realize it while others do not. Now I’m going to narrate my narrow escape. A house in Ghaziabad in which there was a lot of hustle – bustle, a house which had suddenly sprung to life. This noisy house was mine. It was a December evening. My grand-parents along with my aunt had just arrived. They were resting a bit as they had to go on a long journey. Everyone at my home had a 40 – watt smile on their faces as they were all happy and excited as we all were going to Vaishno Devi ,the temple of the great goddess Durga. Amongst all of us, there was one member of the family who was tensed, that was my mother,the lady of the house. She was tensed because a lot had to be done, and the hands of the clock seemed to run fast for her, she was roaming here and there telling everyone their jobs but the thing that was troubling her most was that my father had not yet arrived and the time was running fast. There were just two hours for the train to leave. My father was busy at confirming the tickets as the thing was that our tickets were still not confirmed. My sister and I were deciding what to take and what not to take and my mother was scolding us for wasting the time and not helping her. Suddenly there was a knock on the door, I ran quickly to the door and opened it, my father was at the door, his face showed the lines of stress. My mother came from the room asking who was at the door, and when she saw my father with his upset face, she asked him the reason for it and then he told her that the tickets were not yet confirmed. My parents were confused if they should go or not. My father gave her a shrug and told her that he was still thinking, my mother advised us to go. But, my father disagreed with my mother. After giving it a little thought, he said that it would be difficult to take my old grand- parents to the station and return if the tickets would not get confirmed. But, my mother told him if we go there it would be better, because if the tickets get confirmed then we can carry on our journey or else we can come back and if we decide not to go and the tickets get confirmed then we would regret. My father said that he needed some time. After eating his lunch, he got up from his table, wiping his hand and said that we would go. When his decision was conveyed to my grand – parents they got scared. But my mother consoled them by saying that “where there is a will there is a way.” We all got ready and took a taxi from the gate which we had booked a week ago. We reached the railway station. My father asked us to wait there and warned us not to go anywhere else. He went to check for the confirmation of our tickets. He came back after ten minutes and with a low voice,
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he told us that the tickets were not confirmed. Everyone was excited and had planned for this journey for the past one month. Everyone was waiting to go there to get that divine blessing. So we sat in the taxi and in half an hour, we were back home. We were all upset but my mother told them that maybe it was not our turn to visit the holy shrine. She asked us not to lose hope and told us we’ll go some other time. That tiring day passed and the next day was Sunday and we all woke up with frowning faces although our mother prepared a delicious breakfast for all of us. After eating our meal, we were feeling much better and then around ten we all took seats for watching TV. My father asked me to change to the news channel from those boring serials. I was surfing the news channels to find some interesting news, my father hurriedly asked me to change to the previous channel so I did as I was told. There was breaking news of the train’s bogies getting separated from the train and my father looked at the television with an open mouth. He told us that that was the train by which they had to travel and the boogies had caught fire and we all joined our father in his expression and we all had tears in our eyes as we had been saved from such as big mishappening. We didn’t understand whom to thank, God, luck or the railway department. We all thanked our luck and God. Next morning we went to the temple and distributed clothes and sweets to everyone. This was a narrow escape, we would have met the same fate but we thank God for keeping us safe. So, there are some instances when we are saved, we were sad for not going there, but then we had no complaints. When we went to the temple we not only thanked God, but we also prayed for all those who travelled in that train. We must enjoy each and every moment of our life that is given to us because we don’t know what may come next as said by Yugoslav,” Life is like a game in which good shuffles the card, devil deals them and we have to play the trumps.” -Sunidhi, VIII C
Is Globalization Good For India? India is famous for its rich heritage and culture. Well, culture of a place also includes our traditional industries. Since the ancient times, traditional industries and related economic activities have flourished in India and were the life support of the people. But slowly and gradually these industries started vanishing and in the present day are on the verge of extinction. What caused this change? Was this change a sudden one? Is it good for our country? Let us see. The major cause of this change was globalization and yes the change was a gradual one, not a sudden one. Not sticking to the definition here; in broader terms, Globalization simply refers to big industries (of all types) taking over the basic industries in our country. The next question which arises that which type of industries are we talking about? Well, the answer to this question is very simple. We keep reading in the books that in India, the traditional industries flourished but most of us are not aware what kind of industries we are talking about. We actually talk about the traditional industries of cotton and jute, handloom
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industries, the art of making bangles, handicrafts and many more. Now that we know the industries which were affected, let’s see when and how the change was caused. When India was a free nation (i.e. right before the ships of any foreign traders touched our ports), the country was dominated by basic industries and ruled by kings. When the first foreigners, i.e. the Portuguese touched our ports, they didn’t try to change anything around here, rather they appreciated our culture and respected it. Complications arose when the British came. Our land was divided into many kingdoms and hence we failed to recognize our true potential. The British just took the advantage of it and observed that our traditional industries were the foundation of our civilization. This was where they attacked us and brought us tumbling down, crushed our industries and established their dominance over us. The British used their own goods from other places including India. With our industries gone; they started introducing their own goods such as confectionaries, apparels, crafts etc in our country. Some naïve Indians saw this as the development of our nation, but the truth was something else. In my own words: “A developed nation is not one in which the poor have cars, it is one where the rich use public transport” which here means that the roots which are shared by all the people, if cherished will help us develop. Abandoning the old roots and adopting the new ones just doesn’t work. Same was the case with India. People were grateful to the British for globalization but they failed to notice their true intention behind this. Go to a market or a city, all we see is foreign goods (mostly) dominating the markets. No one even looks up to the small industries now left to rot in the villages. I agree that we are at an advantage because of globalization but we just fail to see the other side of the coin to realize how globalization has ruined many rural households which are now vulnerable groups. In the words of Jimmy Carter: “If you’re totally illiterate and living on one dollar a day, the benefits of globalization never come to you.” Well that’s true. The benefits of globalization are only enjoyed by the upper strata of the society. It is not that globalization is all bad. It has its own plus points. Some of them can be that we are now in pace with the world and from our outer shell, we look almost developed. The national income is higher and people are more and more developing. Yes, the nation is growing. If we are to develop new roots, it is essential that we are in contacts with the origin, or we are sure to fall to the ground. Globalization has helped us, no doubt but instead of affecting just the rural households, it has affected the entire nation. The children crave for the flavor of the foreign globalized goods and are not even interested in the food cooked at home. As a result we see failing health and weakness eating the whole nation. With globalization we are able to interact with the entire world taking points out of their culture. But as it is the human nature, we are tempted towards the bad aspects of each culture
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corroding our own culture even further. As a result we also see falling moral values among us. Throughout the world there are many people who are in full support of globalization. In the words of Kofi Annan: “Arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity”. With globalization, we are contributing to the growth of foreign industries. With each foreign goods we buy, we are helping the company’s CEO to buy a new Lamborghini. The smaller industries have nowhere to go and hence are restricted to the villages, or simply the places with stunted growth. As a result; the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Now as we approach the end, we see that both the sides are supporting themselves. But it is up to us to draw a conclusion and put an end to all the confusion generated by the different arguments. We see that globalization has strengthened our new generation although we cannot neglect the fact that how it has managed to decay our roots. Globalization is a necessary evil, with both good and bad aspects, it is essential for our growth. Although some modifications can be made to original idea. One change that can be made is that we can start contributing to the growth of the traditional industries so that it can serve as a viable replacement option, a much better one for the generations to come. If we also encourage the smaller industries, we are assured all- round development and the people who have cried for long can finally smile. Maybe it is just the time for an old touch. “With the looks of the things, what the people might need is a little old fashioned” - The Avengers (Marvels Pvt. Ltd.)
So in conclusion, globalization is good for us but only if it is implemented in the modified form i.e. by strengthening our roots and not dissolving them so that our country is at the top of the world, with its reins in our hands. “I will develop and grow by the support of my ancestors and not by eliminating them; the latter would only make me weaker.” -Pancham Gupta, IX A
Role of Media in Indian Democracy Democracy is not only a form of government but a way of life. It is a system in which the sovereignty lies in the hands of people because it’s the representatives elected by them who rule and run the country. And it is a known fact that media acts as an interface between the common people and the government, giving it a very crucial role to play in the functioning of the democracy. The Indian media has changed phenomenally over the years and has reached out to the masses effectively making its place among the world’s largest media. And what the Indian media has been able to gather with this effective connectivity is the faith of the people. India is a democracy where the majority of the voters are either illiterate or very little read and hence not capable of making a right choice about their leaders and country’s politics all
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on their own. Media acts as a guide for them in this case. It broadcasts all good and bad done by various political parties or individual leaders which helps the people shape their opinion. It helps them become aware of their rights and their individual importance in the democracy. Media not only plays its part while formation of a government. It is active even when the government has been formed, they bring all the activity of the government in lime light, be it in the favour of the government or not. People deserve to know everything that happens in the cabinet and its media that can make the two ends meet. It acts like a bridge in the democracy. It informs the people of what happens in the government and also it transfers the needs and demands of the common people to the government hence making the Indian government run the way it does today. To understand the role of media more deeply, one should try to imagine India with no mass and media at all. The picture is chaotic and disoriented. How will the people know any detail about the elections? How will they make the right decision? Where will they get accurate facts about each of the representatives? How will they know if elections too place fairly? How will they get to know the results? How will they know what party has what promises to make? How will the representatives be able to know of the strength of their opponents? How will anything happen at all? This picture won’t just be limited to India, but it is difficult to imagine any democracy without free media. Democracy can’t be twenty people sitting at the centre and ruling and rest of the nation just obeying blindly. A democracy is where every villager gets a say in the political matters. Media facilitates this; it provides a platform to voiceless many to put forth their grievances and needs. Over the years, it has become the responsibility of media alone to serve as the connecting link between the government and the common man. There is no other way but media by which these can interact at all. Then, media is expected to neutrally bring all possible aspects of a government into the attention of the people and make them aware of all the right and wrong happening around. It is only media that people can rely on. And the foremost responsibility is to help people nourish their rights and understand their importance in the democracy. In India, media has acquired an unbeatable and very significant position in the functioning of the democratic government and it won’t be very wrong to say that media is the fourth pillar of the modern democracy. -Nupur Sharma, X A
Role of Media in The Indian Democracy India is the largest democracy in the world and media has a powerful presence in the country. In India, media came into existence in 1780 with the introduction of a newspaper namely “˜The Bengal Gazette” and since then, media has evolved to be the fourth estate of the nation. From creating an informed population to entertaining the masses, media in its different forms has influenced human life in the present century. However, among all the successe, there’s a
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cause of concern. Is media really fulfilling its social responsibility? Is a booming global mass media posing threats to the democratic way of thinking? Is it posing challenges to a country like India where media has a greater role to play rather than merely providing information and entertainment? In recent times, the role of media in the Indian democracy has been widely debated. Media has been subject to a lot of criticism for the manner in which it has disregarded its obligation to social responsibility. Dangerous business practices in the field of media have affected the fabric of Indian democracy. Big industrial conglomerates in the business of media have threatened the existence of pluralistic viewpoints. Post liberalisation, transnational media organisations have spread their wings in the Indian market with their own global interests. Today, news is NOT MERELY REPORTED BUT ALSO MANUFACTURED AND SOLD. This has happened at the cost of an Indian media which was initially thought to be an agent of ushering in social change through developmental programs directed at the non privileged and marginalised sections of the society. We are very well aware of the fact- that MEDIA can shape public thoughts. But we forget one thing- that if media has the power to shape public opinion, it also has the POWER TO MANIPULATE IT to serve its own goals. Over the time, media has gained the faith of the people. Values like objectivity and truthfulness in presentation of news and ideas have been totally done away with. MEDIA doesn’t report events, IT SELLS NEWS. Whatmore, media has left no stone unturned to sell the reputation of its nation in the international market. Worldwide, India is called a DIRTY PLACE TO LIVE IN just because TV channels earn TRP on targeting the dirty side of India. Wow!!! look how media is betraying the nation and YET is considered the FOURTH PILLAR of the Indian Democracy. Added to this is the fact that media has put the security of the nation at stake. In January 2014, some Nepalese terrorists invaded the sacred soil of India to kidnap Delhi’s Chief Minister. The media anyway had to dig its fingers into this confidential matter to announce the catch of one of the terrorists. This undue coverage gave the others a chance to fly away in time as they has a complete idea on what the Indian police was upto, through the media. The promotion of hate speech in place of constructive debate and creation of an atmosphere of suspicion rather than social trust has the danger of making people cynic about the democratic setup leading to its breakdown. Excessive coverage or hype of sensitive news has led to communal riots at times. Constant repetition of the news, especially sensational news, breeds apathy and insensitivity. For instance, in Dhananjoy Chatterjee case, the overloaded hype led to death of quite a few children who imitated the hanging procedure which was repeatedly shown in most of the T.V. news channels. There is a plethora of such negative impacts of media. And not to mention the fact that it is because of the media that the polticians are afraid to take any step. It is the fear of being pictured corrupt when the media exaggerates the situation to the worse. It is at this point of time when our government comes to a halt. This is when inflation strikes India and renders the common public helpless, striving to make both ends meet. In Indian democracy, media has a responsibility which is deeply associated with the socio
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economic conditions. The present scenario is not quite encouraging and certain areas need to be addressed. Media organisations, whether in print, audio visual, radio or web have to be more accountable to the general public. The freedom of press in the country is a blessing for the people. However, this blessing has gone terribly wrong as manipulations have set in and needs to be rectified!!!!! -Garima Aggarwal, XI-A
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Row 1: Mrs Preeti Malhotra, Mrs Rachna Kaur, Ms Lochan Tulsi, Mrs Radha Rani Sharma, Mrs Kanika Twari, Mrs Yogjyoti Rohatgi, Mrs Sandra Swaroop, Mrs Gracy Peter, Mrs Multa Tomar, Mrs Shivani Sharma, Mrs Ananya Dutta, Mrs Vandana Jain Row 2: Ms Hanit Kaur,Vanshika Kanthwal, Anwesha, Latika Kanpal, Lakshay Aggarwal, Vansh Aggarwal, Ayush Bharadwaj, Mohd, Noumaan, Mrs Sunita Suri, Shailja Arora, Jeevika Kamra, Gungun Sharma, Saumil Singh Rawat, Prateek Verma, Aditya Nigam, Mrs Khushboo Govil Row 3: Mr Ishwar Thapa, Atishay Jain, Pratham Kapur, Yash Sharma, Kaushal Kapoor, Mayank Vats, Alquma Haider, Preet Upadhayay, Nipun Pathak, Mohd Saad, Akshat Arya, aditya Bhatt, Shreet Aggarwal, Mrs Deeba Sheikh.
CLASS 6A
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First Row: Mrs. Rachna Kaur, Ms. Lochan Tulsi, Mrs. Radha Sharma, Ms. Ginny Sharma, Mrs. Yogjyoti Rohatgi, Mrs. Sandra Swaroop, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Mukta Tomar, Mrs. Shivani Sharma, Mrs. Ananya Dutta, Mrs. Vandana Jain Second Row: Mrs. Kanika Tiwari, Mrs. Preeti Malhotra, Nupur Sharma, Vranda Sharma, Muskan Dhama, Mansi Varma, Nandini Grover, Ishika Sobhan, Nupur Singh, Ms. Kavita Mishra, Harshita Sethi, Ananya Goniyal, Akshita Satya, Shubh Saxena, Punnya Khurana, Manu Varshney, Mrs. Sunita Suri, Mrs. Khushboo Govil Third Row: Mr. Ishwar Thapa, Kartik Joshi, Bhavya Arora, Akshat Chaudhary, Ananya Gupta, Lakshyita Sharma, Manaswani Joshi, Yukti Bansal, Palak Dadwal, Naman Singh, Aayush Garg, Joyal Joseph, Yash Maheshwari, Manish Sasidharan
CLASS 6B
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1st Row: Mrs Prabhjot Kaur, Ms Kavita mishra, Mrs Sunita Suri, Mrs Radha Sharma, Mrs Swarup, Mrs Peter, Mrs Shivani sharma, Mrs Ananya dutta, Mrs Mukta Tomar, Mrs Sheikh 2nd Row: Mrs Rohatgi, Ms Tulsi, Ayush Bharadwaj, Aniket Bharadwaj, Pratham sharma, Drishti Bisht, Meghna Pradeep, Prerna Gupta, Himanshi Sharma, Mrs Govil, Yashraj, Alok Thapliyal, Yash Sarin, Padmanabh Tiwari, Naman Saini, Mrs Lahiri, Mrs Pooja Mallick, Mrs Preeti Malhotra, Malhotra 3rd Row: Abhinav Dagar, Atharva Shreyanshu, Sapan Koundal, Swastik Das Gupta, Rahul Pareek, Tarun Mavi, Abdul Rehman, Charu Bansal, Aditi Yadav, Ishita Garg, Khushi Bhatia, Tanishka Bharadwaj, Mr. Sagar Sharma
CLASS 6C
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Row 1: Mrs Mukta Tomar, Ms Kavita Mishra, Mrs Vandana Jain, Mrs Sunita Suri, Mrs Radha Rani Sharma, Mrs Sandra Swarup, Mrs Gracy Peter, Mrs Ananya Dutta, Mrs Kushboo Govil, Mrs Preeti Malhotra, Mrs Deeba Sheikh Row 2: Ujjawal Navani, V.Sravan, Utkarsh Bhardwaj, Aparna Gupta, Sejal Bansal, Harshita Adhikari, Vanshika Kashyap, Stuti Kandwal, Tasneem Zunera, Mrs Prabhjyot Kaur, Gaurav Mavi, Angad Dev Dhawan, Dushyant Chaudhary, Ashish Saini, Paras Mani Jain, Mrs Pooja Malik, Mrs Yog Jyoti Rohtagi Row 3: Ms LocHan Tulsi, Ms Hanit Kaur, Mr Ishwar Thapa, Nandini, Amna Hashmi, Aishwarya Handa, Rashi Sinha, Shohini Pathak, Mansi Sharma, Samridhi Jain, Nishank Garg, Mohd. Uzaif, Ayush Sharma, Sahil Khan, Navodit Jain, Mr Dilip Sagar
CLASS 6D
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Row 1: Mrs Mukta Tomar, Mrs Radha Rani Sharma, Mrs Sunita Suri, Mrs Prabhjyot Kaur, Ms Kavita MIshra, Mrs Sandra Swaroop, Mrs Gracy Peter, Ms Aishwarya Nair, Mrs Shruti Mishra, Mrs Pooja Mallick, Mrs Deeba Sheikh Row 2: Shreya Sarathy, Sophia Khan, Umang Dhama, Ankit Nair, Manu Sharma, Girish, Sarvagya Pandey, Prasoon Kant, Kunal Gaur, Mohak Sharma, Kritika Thakur, B Snigdha, Mrs. Deepti Walia, Mrs Priya Malhotra Row 3: Mrs Yogjyoti Rohatgi, Mrs Arti Tyagi, Vandana Jain, Jhanvi, Parineeta Sharma, Neljo Nelson, Deepanshu Dhama, Yug Gupta, Siddhant Gupta, Amrit Mehra, Saurabh Yadav, Kunal Negi, Rati Chandana, Yukti Bhandari, Ms Lochana Tulsi Row 4: Ms Hanit Kaur, Mr Ishwar Thapa, Mr Chishi Samuel, Piyush Chatwal, Mansi Lohia, Jaya Kandpal, Ritika Singh, Anushka Lakhera, Arya Gupta, Muskaan, Mr Dilip Sagar.
CLASS 7A
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Row 1: Lochan Tulsi,Vandana Jain, Radha Sharma, Sunita Suri, Aishwarya Nair, Sandra Swaroop, Mrs Gracy Peter, Hanit Kaur, Shruti Mishra, Pooja Malik, Deeba Sheikh Row 2: Prabhjyot Kaur, Priyanshu Chakaborty,Saksham Dhasmani, Shaurya Chaudhary, Rishabh Bhatnagar, Amaan Salmani, Divyansh Verma, Aashray Singh, Ashish Pandey, Aditya Dhama, Haardik Sharma,Vijayesh Deegwal, Anjani Aggarwal, Mrs Preeti Malhotra, Row 3: Dilip Sagar, Rishabh Bhati, Dhairya Malhotra, Yash Pancharia, Ashish Singh, Arihant Jain, Arpita Das, Mayank Aggarwal, Khushi Srivastava, Vansh Arora, Prateek Sharma, Anju Sirohi, Deepti Walia, Row 4: Aarti Tyagi, Ishwar Thapa, Chisi Sameul,Ritik Thakur, Prakhar Sharma, Anushka Singh, Ridhima, Mahajan, Iram Jahan, Aditi Sharma, Sakshi Negi, Yogjyoti
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1st Row (L-R): Mrs Arti Tyagi, Mr Ishwar Thapa, Mr. Chishi Samuel, Aakash Tyagi, Sanskriti, Pracheta Sharma, Madhav Mittal, Nipun Bhardwaj, Mrs Yogjyoti Rohatgi. 2nd Row(L-R): Mr. Dilip Sagar Shah, Mayank Pundir, Arnav Gupta, Ujjwal Dhama, Ishan Kumar, Pranay, Akash Rathor, Mihika Saxena, Aniket Mishra, Aditya Aggarwal, Vatsal Joshi, Himank Sharma, Mrs Vandana Jain, Mrs. Deeba Sheikh. 3rd Row (L-R): Mrs Sangita Sharma, Yash Bansal, Ritik Mishra, Lakshay Gupta, Sharel Dayadan, Shruti Shah, Ankita Srivastava, Ayushi Garg, Shruthi Rao, Preeti Thapliyal, Anushka Thapa, Shefalika Ghosh, Preksha Jain, Mrs Preeti Malhotra. 4th Row(L-R): Aishwarya Nair, Lochana Tulsi, Mrs Anita Pandit, Mrs. Radha Sharma, Mrs Sunita Suri, Mrs. Anindita Banerjee, Mrs Sandra Swrup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Hanit Kaur, Mrs. Shruti Mishra, Mrs. Anju Tewotia, Mrs Pooja Mallick
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Row 1: Mrs. Sangita Sharma, Mrs Anita Pandit, Mrs Radha Rani Sharma, Mrs Sunita Suri, Mrs Satyavrat, Mrs Sandra Swarup, Mrs Gracy Peter, Ms B.G.Aishwarya, Mrs Shruti Mishra, Ms Anju Sirohi, Mrs Pooja Mallick Row 2: Ms Hanit Kaur,Yogita Deshpande,Abhinav Alok, Naman Rana,Hitesh Garg,Karak Kandpal,Dhruv Sharma,Anshul Singal,Simran Thapa,Ritika Gusain,Prachi Tyagi,Drishti Sharma,Mrs Preeti Malhotra Row 3: Mr Dilip Sagarshah, Mr Sanjeev Kumar, Harshwardhan Prasad, Tuba Saeed, Vasundhara, Aastha Jain, Ekta Sharma, Mishika Arora, Mehak Narula, Sakshi Singhal, Sejal Kumar, Mrs Vandana Jain Row 4: Mr Ishwar Thapa, Purusharth Dang, Tanishk Kadyan, Raunak Uttam, Garvit Sharma, Divyansh Gupta,Arunesh Chatterjee, Mrs Yogjyoti Rohtagi, Mrs Soma Dass Pramanik
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Row 1: Mrs. Sangita Sharma, Mrs Anita Pandit, Mrs Radha Rani Sharma, Mrs Bg Aishwarya, Mrs Monica Sibbal, Mrs Sandra Swarup, Mrs Gracy Peter, Mrs Preeti Malhotra, Mrs Shruti Mishra, Ms Anju Sirohi, Mrs Anindita Banerjee Row 2: Ms Hanit Kaur, Ananya Sharma, Manushree Dhou., Moksha Khurana, Nidhi Kaushik, Deepika Verma, Abdus Samad, Deepanshu Bhard, Sajjad Saifi, Mudit Handa, Prakhar Mishra, Himanshu Garg, Mrs Vandana Jain, Mrs Pooja Mallick Row 3: Mr Dilip Sagar Shah, Mr Sanjeev Kumargunjan Laspal, Sonal Angra, Monica Panwar, Tanya Verma, Bharti Arora, Emmy Azad, Muskaan Sharma, Sukriti Atry, Naman Nailwal, Mrs Deepti Walia Row 4: Mr Ishwar Thapa, Srishti Bharti, Naman Malhotra, Aryan Singh, Sagar Sharma, Bhumika Gupta, Ashutosh Aggarwal, Shivam Grover, Sarthak Gupta, Mrs Yogjyoti Rohtagi
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Top Row(L-R): Mr Ishwar Thapa, Mr Dilip Sagar, Mr Sanjeev Kumar, Ishita Sharma, Chandni Dahwan, Saurabh Sobhan, Kunal Sharma, Muskaan Kumar, Mridul Sharma, Raja Brijveer Singh Kokhar 2nd Row(L-R): Mrs Yogjyoti Rohtagi, Aparna Srivastava , Sunidhi Srivasava , Vanshikha Singh, Sagorika Ghosh, Nishtha Kaushik, Shubhi Gupta, Anukriti Rustagi, Dia Upadhayay, Prashant Chaudhary, Yuvraj Singh, Mrs Deepti Walia, Mrs Vandana Jain, Mrs Pooja Mallick 3rd Row(L-R): Kunshi Razdan, Aditi Sharma, Sakshi Gupta, Aathira Ajay, Hansika Ganjoo, Abhiram Arali, Rohit Gautam, Divyanshu Singh, Vinayak Dhruv, Pulkit Agarwal, Vatsal Srivastava, Mrs Preeti Malhotra Sitting(L-R): Mrs Sangita Sharma, Mrs Anju Teotia, Mrs Sunita Suri , Ms Aishwarya Nair, Mrs Annapoorna Siddhartha, Mrs Sandra Swarup(Director Academics), Mrs Gracy Peter(Principal), Mrs Shruti Mishra, mrs Radhs Sharma, Mrs Anita Pandit, Mrs Anindita Banerjee
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1st Row: Ms. Hanit Kaur, Mrs. Pooja Mallick, Mrs. Sangita Sharma, Mrs. Manisha Sen, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Leeja Srigil, Ms. Aishwarya Nair, Mrs. Deepika Chawla, Mrs. Monica Sibal. 2nd Row: Mrs. Kanika Tiwari, Sneha Aggarwal, Kavi Sharma, Neha Gupta, Komal Mavi, Shivani Bharadwaj, Meghna Arora, Mehek Aggarwal, Nancy Rustagi, Janvi Khurana, Shreyasi Gautam, Sabhyata, Mrs. Radha Sharma. 3rd Row: Dhruv Nagpal, Nishant Choudhry, Sudhanshu Soni, Jatin Abrol, Gagan Varshney, Aniruddh Pasi, Divyanshu Singh, Nishchal Rustagi, Jatin Gupta, Pancham Gupta, Mrs. Annapoorana Siddhratha, Mrs. Deeba Sheik, Mrs. Preeti Malhotra. 4th Row: Akshit Bansal, Noorain Ali, Shubham Panwar, Utkarsh Rai, Ankur Kumar, Taran Bisht, Abhishek Rawat,Piyush Aggarwal, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar.
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1st Row: Mrs. Kanika Tiwari, Mrs. Sangita Sharma, Mrs. Leeja Srigil, Ms. Aishwarya Nair, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Manisha Sen, Mrs. Annapoorna Siddhartha, Mrs. Deepika Chawla, Mrs. Monica Sibal. 2nd Row: Ms. Hanit Kaur, Shraddha Tomar, Ifra Saeed, Kumolika Pandit, Shreya Gupta, Sakshi Sharma, Anisha Saxena, Saumya Gaur, Bhavya Shukla, Mishi Varshney, Tanya Gupta, Kaushiki Goel, Isha Arora, Kamini Bansal, Mrs. Radha Sharma, Mrs. Preeti Malhotra. 3rd Row: Mrs. Pooja Mallick, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Harshit Verma, Siddharth Grover, Utkarsh Joshi, Abdullah Kidwai, Pranav Kapoor, Kshitij Bahadur, Harshit Pundir, Puneet Sharma, Vedang Saxena, Harsh Garg, Piyush Soni, Keshav Bansal, Prashant Panchal, Manas Mathur, Mrs. Deeba Sheik.
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1st Row: Ms. Aishwarya Nair, Mrs. Pooja Mallick, Mrs. Sangita Sharma, Ms. Hanit Kaur, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Manisha Sen, Mrs. Annapoorna Siddhartha, Mrs. Deepika Chawla, Mrs. Monica Sibal. 2nd Row: Mrs. Radha Sharma, Sarthak, Imtesal Sheik, Karishma Tamane, Simran Goel, Ritika Dhama, Aditi Pancharia, Kashish Goel, Vidhi Sharma, Srishti Ruhela, Sonali Koundal, Shubhangi Sharma, Mrs. Leeja Srigil. 3rd Row: Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Hamza Kidwai, Md. Jawwad, Aryan Sharma, Dhruv Pachisia, Vishesh Khurana, Sachin Sharma, Aman Jain, Shivek Choudhry, Mayank Mittal, Abhimanyu Chandak. 4th Row: Abhishek Sharma, Manan Khurana, Parth Mahajan, Abhishek Chandak, Priyank Sharma, Nikhil Yadav.
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1st Row: Ms. Hanit Kaur, Mrs. Kanika Tiwari, Mrs. Radha Sharma, Mrs. Manisha Sen, Mrs. Leeja Srigil, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mr. Alexander Francis, Mrs. Sangita Sharma, Mrs. Monica Sibal, Mrs. Deepika Chawla, Mr.Alexander Francis. 2nd Row: Mrs. Seema Pandey,Sambhav Sudan, Smriti Sharma, Vrinda Aggarwal, Srishti Kishore, Aditi Nailwal, Yukti Saxena, Nupur Sharma, Nikita Sharma, Shuchi Grover, Shelly Kaushik, Mrs. Preeti Malhotra 3rd Row: Mrs. Pooja Mallick, Aseem Kant Pandey, Prashant Joshi, Sreerag, Hans Sreshtha, Utkarsh Dev, Mayank Sharma, Pratyoosh Kant, B. Shiva Bhaskar, Rohit James, Swastik Kandwal, Akshay Sharawat, Shiva Aggarwal, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Mrs. Deeba Sheik. 4th Row: Aakash Kumar, Shubham Jain, Siddhant Rawat, Jitendra Sharma, Ashhad Ahmed, Prashant Pandey
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1st Row: Ms. Hanit Kaur, Mrs. Kanika Tiwari, Mrs. Radha Sharma, Mrs. Leeja Srigil, Mrs. Manisha Sen, Mrs. Sandra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mr. Alexander Francis, Mrs. Monica Sibal, Mrs. Deepika Chawla, Mrs. Shruti Mishra. 2nd Row: Mrs. Seema Pandey,Kapil Pant, Kushaggra Sharma, Kirti Jain, Sukul Gupta, Mansi Tyagi, Nitika Mishra, Aarohi Kumari, Simran Kashyap, Sanya Joshi, Rupal Sharma, Mrs. Preeti Malhotra. 3rd Row: Mrs. Pooja Mallick, Mayank Kumar, Arham Raes, Nikhil Rai, Priyanshu Tiwari, Aditya Verma, Ashu Garg, Shubham Kaushik, Harshit Gulati, Manan Goel, Raj Sharma, Aditya Priyadarshi, Mrs. Deeba Sheik. 4th Row: Tarun Dhama, Sarthak Saharna, Aman Dedha, Naman Sharma, M. Somnath, Prateek Rathi, Anmol Sharma, Akshat Bharadwaj, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar.
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1st Row: Ms. Hanit Kaur, Mrs. Anshu Shamra, Mrs. Monica Sibal, Mrs. Seema Pandey, Mrs. Sanra Swarup, Mrs. Gracy Peter, Mrs. Shruti Mishra, Mr. Alexander Francis, Mrs. Pooja Mallick, Mrs. Satyavrat. 2nd Row: Mrs. Preeti Malhotra, Garima Aggarwal, Priyanka Sharma, Manisha Micheal, Minal Sharma, Komal Sharma, Rashika Sharma, Parul Sharma, Isha Sharma, Garvita Kaushik, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar 3rd Row: Divya Vats, Himanshu Sharma, Rishabh Panchal, Aditya Jain, Vaibhav Gupta, Akshit Bisht, Naman Arora, Namit Jain, Abhishek Arora, Ashrit Nair, Himanshu Khadgi.
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A Report on Jenesys Programme The students of Arwachin International School, Naman Arora XI-A and Sukul Gupta X-B, attended a Short-term Invitation Programme for Japanese Language Learners from SAARC Countries under the new youth exchange program called JENESYS 2.0, conducted in collaboration with JICE (Japan International Cooperation Centre) from 19th May to 27th May 2013. The programme was conducted by utilizing the SAARC-Japan Special Fund of the SAARC Secretariat. The objective of the programme for the participants were – ·
To provide exposure to Japanese Culture, Life Style, Traditions and Society at large.
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To provide rich exposure to Japanese Education System.
· To deepen mutual understanding among young people who will assume important roles in the next generation in their respective countries. The students visited the Amanuma Elementary School, Asakusa, Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum, Nikon Mikaen, Sojiji Temple, Kansai water reclamation center and Akihabara. They also got an opportunity to experience Japanese Indigo-dying technique. The students were really motivated and encouraged to learn different aspects of Japanese customs and manners. Overall it was a fantastic experience for our students. Mrs. Kanika Tiwari Japanese Language Department
Jenesysプログラムの レポート アルワチン インターナショナル スクールの がくせい、ナマン・アローラ（XI- A）と スク ール・グプタ（X―B）は 2013年5月19日から 2013年5月27日まで。たんき プログラムに さ んかしました。
このプログラムは 日本たいしかんに えんじょ されています。 プログラムの もくてきは– ·
日本の ぶんかや せいかつを まなぶ。
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日本の きょういく システムに ついて じょうほうを える。
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日本人と インド人が りかいしあう ほうほうに ついて かんがえる。
アルワチンの 学生たちは あまぬま小学校や あさくさ、みつびしみなとみらいぎじゅ つかん、ニコン、そうじじというおてら、かんさいすいどうきょく、あきはばら などを ほうもん しました。かれらは しぼりの やりかたも ならってきました。 学生たちは あたらしい けいけんをして、いい べんきょうに なりました。 Translated by: Vrinda Aggarwal X―A
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わたしは なん ですか。 1.
わたしの いろは みどりと ちゃいろ です。
わたしは ながいき します。
わたしは あめが ひつよう です。
わたしは なん ですか。
2.
わたしは まるい です。
わたしは いろいろな いろに あります。
こどもは わたしで こうえんで あそびます。
わたしは なん ですか。
3.
わたしは そらに あります。
わたしは なつの あつい ひには あかるく かがやきます。
わたしは なん ですか。
4.
わたしには いろいろな いろが あります。
わたしは あなたの にわに あります。
わたしの においは いい です。
わたしは なん ですか。
5.
わたしは やくに たちます。
わたしの なかに いろいろな ことばと ことばの いみが あります。
わたしは なん ですか。 スリシテイー
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Japanese Loach scoopers’ dance (Yasugi-bushi) By Ms.Yuko Nojima of Ichiukawa School The Japanese Language department of Arwachin International School was truly honoured to have a well known artist from Shimane prefecture, Japan, Ms. Yuko Nijima, perform for them 8th January,2014. She belongs to the HQ’s training hall-branch of the Orthodox Yasugi-bushi Preservation Association. She’s been learning Zeni-daiko, Song & Three stringed Japanese instrument under the guidance of Mr. Tsutomu Ichiukawa since August 2008.She has received a number of awards for these performances in Japan. Her performance consisted of songs followed by a typical folk-dance of Shimane Prefecture, Japan and well known as a song for “Dojoo-sukui” (Loach scoopers’ dance).She even taught the students one of the dances, Zeni Daiko . All the students from classes V to XI participated in the training with great interest and enthusiasm. It was a wonderful opportunity for all of us to see Yasugi Bushi (Traditional Dance form). Kanika Tiwari Japanese Language Department
どうじょう すくいと ヤスギ ブシ 日本の シマネ県 から ユーコ・ ノジマ という ゆうめいな ダンサー が きま した。アルワチン・インターナシュナルスクール の 日本語科は とても よろこびま した。 1月8日に すてきな ダンスを してくれました。かのじょは 2008年8月から ダン ス、 ぜにだいこ、でんとうてきな うた と しゃみせんを ならっていて、いろんな くに にも いっています。かのじょは 日本で いろいろな しょうも もらいました。 この プログラムは 学校の 日本語の 学生の ために 行われました。 かのじょは どじょうすくい という ゆうめいな ダンスを して、みんなを かんど うさせました。かのじょは がくせいたちにも ぜにだいこを おしえました。5年生か ら 11年生の 学生が かのじょと おどりました。 とても たのしかった です。 これからも このような ぶんか たいけんを うけたい です。 Translated by: Vrinda Aggarwal, X-A
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A Visit to Japanese Kites and Tops Exhibition The Japan Foundation organized an exciting exhibition of Japanese Kites and Tops from 4th to 29th November, 2013 at Japan Foundation, New Delhi. The Exhibition presented more than 80 kites and 50 tops originating from different prefectures and cities in Japan and reflected traditional Japanese culture. The Students of class 4 and 5 studying Japanese Language visited the Exhibition on 20th November, 2013 along with the Japanese Language Teacher, Mrs.Jain and the Art & Craft Teacher, Mrs. Sheikh. Apart from the Exhibition, the students also got a chance to watch a documentary on the Elementary Schools in Japan. After watching the documentary, the students were highly motivated to perform their duties in a better way in future. The Students also visited the Japan Foundation Library. They were very excited to see the huge collection of Japanese books and raised many queries. In all, it was a nice visit as it encouraged the students to learn new things. The Students hope to be a part of such programs in future also. Mrs. Vandana Jain (Japanese Language Department)
日本こくさい こうりゅうききんで 11月4日から11月29日まで 日本の たこや うわ ぎ の てんらんかい が ありました。てんらんかい では 日本 の いろいろな ふけん の たこ 80 しゅるい と うわぎ 50 しゅるい が てんじされまし た。11月 20日 に 4ねんせい と 5ねんせい の 学生 は、びじゅつ きょうし と 日本語 の せんせい と いっしょうに いきました。ほか に 日本 の 小 学校 に ついて ドキュメンタリー も みました。ドキュメンタリー には かんげ きしました。がくせい は 日本こくさいこうりゅう ざいだん の としょかん へ も いきました。とても たのしかった です。がくせいは 「もういちど いきたいな あ。」と いっていました。 Translated by:M.Somanath
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私の ゆめ 私の しゅみは えを かくこと です。5さいの と きから えを かいています。あるひ 私は ふでと えのぐと かみを みて、あそび はじめました。 そのとき、 父は 私に ふでの もちかたを おし えて くれました。それから、私に いろに ついて も おしえて くれました。その はなしを きい て、私は 毎日 えを かきはじめました。だんだん えを かくことへの きょうみが ふかく なりま した。 今、私は 16さい で、せかいの いろいろな がか に あいたい です。とくに 日本の よしこ い まざとさんに あいたい です。 いまざとさん は ゆうめいな がか で、とても けいけんが ある 人 です。私も いまざとさんの ように なりた いです。 そのために、スペインへ いきたいです。スペインに は ゆうめいな がか が おおいですから。ゆうめ いな がかに あって、 えを かく ための 新し い ほうほう を ならいたいです。 たくさん えを かいて、せかいで 一番いい がか に なりたいです。そして、しょうらい てんらんか いを したいと おもいます。 私は じぶんの ゆ めが かなう ように たいへん れんしゅうを し ています。 ― Somnath(X-B) INDEX
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Japan Foundation officials visit Arwachin International School The Japan Foundation is working on an E-learning project, in which they are going to formulate a software which will promote Japanese language learning in schools. This is a pilot project which involves a team of four members including Mrs. Kanika Tiwrai of our school. The aim of this project is to promote Japanese language learning in all the schools in India. This team will create modules to educate and update not only students but also teachers. For this purpose the team visited our school on 20th March, 2013 to observe various software programmes that we use to educate our students. They borrowed many ideas related to Japanese language teaching from us. The teachers gave a brief demonstration of the working of the Educomp and Promethean software in teaching Japanese language. A demonstration of Kurzweil was also given by Ms. Kalpana, so that they can devise a similar software for the Japanese language. It is a matter of pride for us as we are the only school involved in this novel project and we hope to provide our best for the growth of Japanese language not only in our school but in the whole world. Mrs. Kanika Tiwari Japanese language department 日本国際交流基金の 先生達は 日本語を もっと 効果的に 教える ために ELearning プロジェクトを 行っています、そのために アルワチンインターナショナル スクールを 訪問 しました。アルワチンの カニカ先生も このプレジェクトの 一員 です。 この プロジェクトの もくてきは デリーNCRの 学校で 日本語の 標準を 増加す ることです。 3月20日に JF の方は アルワチンで 使われている 様々なソフトウェアプロラムを 観察するために 学校を 訪問しました。彼らは 私たちが 使っている 日本語教育に 関連する 多くの アイデアを ほめました。 そのほかに Kurzweil という 英語の ソフトについても いろいろ 調べま45した。 このような プレジェクトの 一部分に なることを 本当に 誇りに 思っています。 Translated by: Kanika Tiwari
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Japanese Naval Officer Visits Arwachin International School A Japanese Naval Officer Mr. Takashi visited our school on 17th July, 2013. He has been residing in our country for the last one year and teaches at the National Defence College, Delhi. He is doing a research on Japanese Language teaching at school level in India. He was pleasantly surprised by the special performances that out students presented to welcome him. He took a note of the various teaching methodologies that we adopt to educate our students. He praised us for our sophisticated language lab and students’ interest in the language as well the culture of Japan. Mrs. Kanika Tiwari-Japanese Language Department
2013年7月17日に 日本の かいぐんしょうこう、たかしさんは アルワチンインターナ ショナルスクールを ほうもん しました。かれは 1年間ぐらい まえ から インド に 住んでいて、 デリーの 国防大学で おしえています。 かれは 日本語の べんきょうに ついて けんきゅう しています。アルワチンの せ いとたちの かんげいを うけて ほんとうに よろこびました。かれは 学校の きょ ういくほうほうや きょうしつの ふんいき、せいとたちの きょうみを みて、みんな の どりょくを ほめました。 Translated by: Srishti Kishore, X– A
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Missing Characters Use 15 hiragana characters below to complete the words. Each hiragana character is used only once, and only one character is used for a space.
Hiragana
Hajimemashou!!
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わたしの ゆめ わたしの しょうらいの ゆめは しゃしんかに な ること です。20才に なったら、インド の いちば ん いいしゃしんかに なるつもり です。わたしは しぜんの しゃしんを とる ことが だいすき で す。まいつき いろいろな ところへ いって どう ぶつや はなや 人など の しゃしんを とってい ます。いい しゃしんを とることは むずかしい です。100まい とっても いいしゃしんは 10まい ぐらい です。がっこうで しゃしんを とる チ ャンスが すくない から いつも しゃしんさつえ いに ついて かんがえています。ときどき かぞく と りょこうに いって、しゃしんを とります。 きょねん ちちに カメラを もらいました。カメラ を もらった とき とても うれしかったです。さ いしょに かぞくと ともだちの しゃしんを とり ました。それ は すてきな けいけん でした。が っこうの まつりで たくさん しゃしんを とりま す。わたしが とった しゃしんは みんな すきと いってくれて、 いろいろな しょうも もらい ました。しゃしんを とる ことを つづけたい で す。 しょうらい 、ほんとうに わたしの ゆめが じつげん するか どうか わかりません が が んばって みようと おもっています ― Garvita Kaushik, XI-A
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これまでの、日本語の 勉強と わたし 私と ソムさんは 日本語の 勉強に ついての けいけんを シェアしたいと おもい ます。私たちの いけんでは、日本語は ちょっと むずかしい ですが、とても おも しろい です。 私たちの 先生は いっしょけんめいに 日本語を おしえています。 ふつうは どんな げんごでも もじが 1つ ありますが、日本語は もじが 3つ あ ります。ひらがなと カタカナと かんじ です。かんじは とても おもしろいと お もいます。 今 私は 10年生 です。10年 まえ、7さいの とき 日本語の べんきょうを はじめました。はじめは 少し むずかしかった ですが、だんだん やさしくなりま した。 私は はじめに ひらがなを ならって、 まいにち れんしゅう しました。 だんだん ひらがなが じょうずに なりました。そして カタカナと かんじも な らいました。かんじは むずかしい ですが、 かきかたは とても おもしろいですか ら、たのしかった です。 私の おばさんは 日本語の 先生ですから、 なつやすみに おばさんと いっしょに れんしゅうします。おばさんは 日本語が じょうず です。 私たちは がっこう から 日本語に ついて いろいろな セミナーに さんかしま す。セミナーでは 日本と 日本語の べんきょうに ついて はなす ことが できま す。日本へ 行って、勉強する ことについても じょうほうを あつめます。学校を そつぎょうして、日本のだいがくに 行きたいと おもっている学生も いますから。 いちど、私の 学校に 日本から ボランティアが きました。ボランティアは 私たち と 日本の ぶんかに ついて いろいろ はなしました。ボランティアは 日本の い ろいろな ダンスの しゅるいも しょうかい しました。とても たのしかった で す。 日本語は とても おもしろいです。私たちは せ んせいと いっしょに たくさん アクティビティ を しますから、なんでも かんたんに りかいで きます。ことし 一番 おもしろかったのは 日本 語の ごいの アクティビティ でした。私たちは パチンコと けんどうに ついても きょうしつ で いろいろ はなしました。アクティビティをと おして べんきょうすることは だれでも すき ですよね。 日本語を 勉強する りゆうは もともとは アニ メや マンガだけ でしたが、今は しょうらいの ため です。まじめに べんきょうして、いい大 学に 入りたいです。そして、日本語を もっと 練習して じょうずに つかえるように なりたい です。 -Srishti Kishore（X-A）and M. Somnath (X-B)
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A Visit to Yumemi Trunk Puppet Theatre The Japan Foundation arranged stimulating world of puppets with Yumemi Trunk Puppet Theatre on 29th November, 2013 at Chinmaya Mission Auditorium, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The group gave two performances – URASHIMA (A famous Japanese fable) and YAGI NO OHANASHI (The Story of a Goat). A group of 47 Arwachinians watched the performances along with their Japanese Language Teachers, Mrs. Jain & Mrs. Tiwari. The performances were full of emotions such as love, power of belief, life & death, and the awe of nature which every human has. The students were motivated and awestruck after watching the performances. Mrs. Vandana Jain (Japanese Language Department)
日本こくさいこうりゅうききんは 2013年 11月29日に “ぶんらく”を おこないまし た。日本の ゆうめいな “Yumemi Trunk Puppet Theater”という グループが ニュ ーデリーのチンマヤミションオーディトリアムで 「うらしまたろう」や 「やぎの お はなし」という げきを しました。 アルワチンから47人の 生徒が 先生に いんそつされて いきました。げきは かんじ ょう ゆたかで、ほんとうに きょうみ ぶかかったです。 M. Somanath,X-B
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わたしの ゆめ わたしの ゆめは けいさつかんに なること です。わ たしの きんじょの ひとも けいさつかん でした。け いさつかんの せいふくは すてき です。せいふくの いろは うすい ちゃいろ です。あれを 見る と、き もちが よくなります。けいさつかんの せいかつも 好きです。今、このくにでは 人が いつも けんかを しています。わるい ことも します。ものを ぬすん だり、人を ころしたり、ゆうかいを したり します。 ですから、けいさつかんに なって わるい 人を やっ つけてやりたい です。ちょっと むずかしい こと で すが、わたしは あきらめる きは ぜんぜん ありませ ん。 おとしよりも たすけたいです。くにの ために いい ことを するのは わたしの ゆめ です。ですから、け いさつかんに なりたい です。インドの いちばん い い けいさつかんに なりたい です。とくに システム を よく する ために どりょく したいです。 わたしは この ゆめを じつけん する ために どり ょくしています。みなさんも くにの ために いい こ と したいと おもいますよね。
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Third Language Quiz Competition at Arwachin International School This competition was held on 17th Oct, 2013, in which the students of all the 3rd languages Japanese, French and Sanskrit participated. Tagore House scored 160 which was the highest score. Bose House scored 140, thus they secured the 2nd position. Tilak house and Shastri house were tied for the 3rd position with 150 points each.
French Olympiad Report – 2013- 14
The French Embassy in India proposed a unique opportunity to the students of French in India by offering French Olympiad, across India from classes 5 to 10 . The Elementary French Olympiad was held on 27th November 2013. 47 students from classes V- IX participated in this Olympiad . 30 children qualified for NLE (National Level Exam), in this final exam Shruthi Rao secured the 3rd position. Along with this, she won a session at Alliance Française de Delhi. The prize distribution ceremony was held on 14th April 2014 at Institut Français.
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A Wonderful Trip to Mukteshwar
The stay at Mukteshwar from 03.01.14 – 06.01.14 was not a general outing but more than that as it was an excursion in relation to French language. Above all our Respected Director of academics Mrs Swarup was invited as a Chief guest by the Frehindi Education Private Limited, the organiser. Mrs Swarup enlightened people out there with her words and knowledge based on the educational system existing i.e. the upcoming technology and techniques , usage of this in our school ‘Arwachin International school’. Moreover our Mrs Swarup being an honoured chief guest , playing various roles in her life; a teacher, a mother, a wife, a strong woman threw light on the day to day life related issues as well. Mrs Walia and Ms. Kaur represented our school with three students from Class 11th; Garima, Rashika and Minal. These 3 days were magnificent to show us the union of language and nature. They trekked all the way from the valley of Bhimtal till the extreme altitude of Mukteshwar. Enjoying the beautiful sights and relishing local as well as exquisite French cuisine. The trip gave them a chance to explore new places. French Department (Hanit Kaur & Deepti Walia)
French Workshop at Modern School, Barakhamba On 11th & 12th January 2014 Langers in collaboration with Embassy of France in India, Alliance francais de Delhi, CLE International, Modern School and Education and Beyond organized a workshop for the teachers of French at Modern school Barakhamba, New Delhi. The workshop primarily focused on ‘Teaching of French to adolescents in India; new strategies’ (Journées de la formation pour les professeurs de français niveau secondaire) The opening ceremony was done by M. Jean-Yves Gillon, M.Jean- Phillipe Bottin,Mme Caroline Schmitt (Ambassdors of France in India for cooperation in education) and Mr. Dinesh Aggarwal (Director of Langers publication)
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On day 1, French Language Experts M. Jean-Yves Gillon and M.Jean- Phillipe Bottin and Caroline Schmitt emphasized the introduction of Delf Junior programme in school and also introduced the participants to a new initiative by ‘ l’ Institut francais’ ‘La Salle des profs’ (The official website for pedagogy from embassy for school teachers).In the first session of the workshop we learnt in detail how to develop intercultural competence by doing interactive activities with Mr Jean and Mrs. Kiran Chaudhry. In the second session we learnt and developed our competence in oral skills by doing few activities in relation to speaking French as a foreign language through participatory pedagogy. On Day 2 we had a chance to have an exposure to numerous communication based activities in a session with Mrs Anuradha Karkun (Expert at CLE International) She gave valuable suggestions on how to improve the level of spoken French in the basic classes. In the second session We learnt a lot about the role of theater in the French class and we learnt various techniques of doing it by participating with Mr.Soma Sundram ( Professor at French School Delhi ) In the third session we had a chance to re- evaluate the activities that we generally conduct for our children in relation to formative and summative assessment Mrs Nita Vijay Kumar (PGT French at D.P.S. R. K.Puram) The concluding remarks and certificate distribution was done by all the intervenants. Attended by : French Dept.
French workshop at Salwan Public School based on
Reappraisal of Teaching and Learning French Language at School Level Salwan Public school in collaboration with Embassy of France in India and “Beyond” organized a workshop for the French Teachers at the school level on The 22nd of February, 2013. The workshop primarily focused on ‘Teaching of French to adolescents in India; new strategies’. The welcome address was made by Mme Caroline Schmitt (Ambassador of France in India for cooperation in French language ) She explained new methods of teaching French culture and civilization though authentic documents. She also explained to us how we can teach French grammar through the same. In the 2nd session of the workshop Prof. Romey Borges (retd. Ph.D.. JNU ) emphasized the use of Dictionary and authentic documents in the teaching of this language ( theory and practice ).In the last session we developed ideas of oral activities in foreign language classes with Dr. Farida Irani, Associate Professor at Delhi University. The concluding remarks were made by the Principal of Salwan Public School Gurgaon. Attended and reported by : French Dept.
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Quiz Competition at Green Fields Public School Dilshad Garden, Delhi
An inter-school quiz competition was conducted at Green fields Public School, Dilshad Garden on 25th April 2014 by Frehindi Education Pvt. Ltd based on the French literature, culture of 18th and 19th century, French Gastronomy etc . Ms. Caroline Schmitt (attachée de la cooperation de la langue française, French Embassy) was invited as the guest of honor. Three participants from Arwachin International School from class VIII C; Shruthi Rao, Shefalika Ghosh and Preeti Thaplial participated and secured 2nd Position and won free one year subscription of the French magazine .
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Je les aime!! Il y a une gomme, Il y a une pomme, J’aime la Pizzzzzza, J’aime le chien Chank ! Et il aime manger le Pedigree, J’aime le lait Et j’aime le Taj Mahal Parce qu’ils sont blancs Arjun Sharma, II- B
La Fête DeHoli La fête de holi Çela fait tout le monde joli il y a beaucoup de couleurs autour de nous Nous jouons et nous nous amusons pour fêter la holi Nous sommes tous rouges Parce que nous jouons la holi de 9 heures du matin jusqu’a’ 16 heures du soir Nous sommes bleus, blancs et rouges comme le tricolore Tout le monde est joli La Holi est aussi célébré dans les autres pays par les indiens dans le monde entier La Suisse, La Belgique, La Chine et n’importe où Tout est pleine de couleurs autour de nous C’est le jour qui est le plus passionnant parce que C’est la fête d’ holi Pour nous les indiens et pour nos amis étrangers partout! Khushi Srivastava, VIII - B
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La Télévision Tout le monde savait que la télévision est la plus moderne facilité du monde entier. C’est une source d’information dans tous les domaines par exemple la météo, les sciences, la recherche, et la vie sauvage mais quelques types d’information ne sont pas bien pour les enfants. Le contenu n’est pas bien pour eux. La télé est une source de récréation. Les films drôles nous apportent des minutes de relaxation après avoir travaillé pour longtemps. Mais quelques fois les enfants qui sont accros à regarder la télévision au lieu de jouer les jeux de plein air, sont plus proches à l’obésité. En regardant les chaînes d’informations, nous pouvons augmenter nos connaissances dans tous les domaines. Par contre il y a beaucoup de chaîne qui laisse un effet néfaste sur l’esprit de l’enfant ou les jeunes ados. Si, on regarde les émissions pour longtemps, il fait malheur aux yeux. À cause de cela le gaspillage du temps est naturel pour les écoliers. Quelque fois à cause de la télé, nous ne préférons pas socialiser avec nos amis et nos parents. Aussi des émissions effrayantes peuvent affecter l’état mental des enfants. Il y a aussi des autres points que je veux mentionner. Les émissions de bandes dessinées utilisent la langue argot. Alors, le langage des jeunes s’aggraver. Les femmes au foyer sont tellement désireuses de regarder la télévision qu’elles négligent leurs obligations envers leurs tâches ménagères. Enfin, la mauvaise influence de la télé sur la jeune génération est inévitable, elle les encourage à commettre des crimes. À mon avis toutes les facilités électroniques du monde se rendre du compte de notre vie quotidienne et ça dépend nous entièrement dans quelle façon on les utilisé (positive ou négative). SAGORIKA GHOSH, VIII-C INDEX
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Maintenant, c’est l’été Maintenant, c’est l’été Il fait chaud ! J’ ai soif, Je bois de l’eau, Je mange de la glace. Maintenant, c’est l’été. Je joue au tennis, Nous transpirons beaucoup, Je bois de la limonade, Je vais a la plage, Maintenant, C’est l’été. Je vais faire du pique-nique avec ma famille, je bois du coca, je mange des plats délicieux. Maintenant, c’est l’ été. Je porte des shorts et une chemise, Je porte aussi lunettes de soleil, Je bois du jus de la pomme Maintenant, c’est l’été.
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