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QUESTION

SCIENCE Reyanish JayagopaL
FACTS Class: 7A

Bananas are radioactive if 10,000,000 bananas
are taken at once .

There is enough DNA in the average person’s body to
stretch from the sun to Pluto and back — 17 times.

Grasshoppers have their ears on their stomach

The human body makes 2.5 million Red Blood Cells
every second or about 200 billion Red Blood Cells every
day.

Butterflies can taste with their feet.



Mohammad Ebad
Hamid

Class: kg1 I

CHOCOLATE FACTS

Ria Rose
Francis
Class: 6 G

CHOCOLICIOUS FACTS

If you are like me who is constantly on the hunt for a reason to munch on some
smooth silky chocolate, here are some fun facts about Chocolate I bet you didn’t
know before ……

1. CHOCOLATE IS ACTUALLY A VEGETABLE—KIND OF - That could be an excuse to give your parents
to tell them that you are eating your daily dose of veggies. Milk and dark chocolate come from
the cacao bean, which grows on the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) meaning "food of the Gods",
an evergreen from the family Malvaceae (other members of the family include okra and cotton).

2. WHITE CHOCOLATE IS NOT CHOCOLATE (technically) - White chocolate does not contain cocoa
solids or chocolate liquor, white chocolate isn't chocolate in the strict sense. But it does contain
parts of the cacao bean— mainly cocoa butter.

3. THE CACAO BEAN IS NATIVE TO MEXICO AND BOTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA - It’s
believed that inhabitants of these areas first started cultivating the bean as far back as 1250 BCE,
and perhaps even earlier.

CHOCOLICIOUS FACTS

4. HOT CHOCOLATE WAS THE FIRST CHOCOLATE TREAT- Cacao was brewed in both Mexican and
Aztec culture, though the result must have been nothing like the chocolate milkshakes that are
whipped up today. It was a typically bitter concoction that was often used for ceremonial occasions
like weddings.

5. CACAO WAS ONCE USED AS CURRENCY - Now I can say ….Money does grow on trees. The Aztecs
loved and valued the cacao bean so highly that they used it as currency during the height of their
civilization.

6. MAKING CHOCOLATE IS HARD WORK - Despite its regal background and revered status, the cacao
bean doesn’t just magically turn into chocolate—it takes about 400 beans to make a single pound of
the good stuff. No wonder its finger licking good.

7. THE FIRST CHOCOLATE BAR WAS MADE IN ENGLAND - Way back in 1842, the Cadbury company
made the very first chocolate bar. The most valuable chocolate bar in the world is a 100-year-old
Cadbury's chocolate bar that was brought along on Captain Robert Scott's first Discovery Expedition
to the Antarctic.

JOLLY JOKES

JOLLY JOKES

Ehab Aijaz
Class: 4 B





ORANGE JELLY

Ingredients 2. Put the pan on stove and boil it on
medium flame for 10 minutes till the
1. Fresh Orange Juice – 1 Cup consistency of the Juice become thick
2. Sugar – 2 Tablespoon 3. Now grease the utensils in that you
3. Corn Flour – 1 ½ Tablespoon want to put the juice and keep in the
4. Coconut Powder- for Garnish refrigerator for 4 hours
4. After that garnish with the coconut
Process: 1. Put the orange powder, here the orange jelly is ready
to serve or to eat.
juice in Pan, mix the sugar, and
mix the corn flour we need to
mix properly so that no lump
will be there in the juice.

Directions
In a small bowl, combine the peanut
butter, honey and vanilla. Stir in the milk
powder, oats and graham cracker
crumbs. Shape into 1-in. balls. Cover
and refrigerate until serving.

Perfect for road trips, these peanut butter oatmeal balls won’t stick to your hands. Keep them in
the refrigerator for portable snacks.



IT IS FUN AND HEALTHY! We use medicine plants to get
relief from coughs and minor fever.
Having a garden at home gives us mental I enjoy watering the plants. I feel
happiness and physical health. Plants more energetic while spending
emit Oxygen, purifies the surrounding air time with plants.
and helps us to breath smoothly. We have
a small beautiful garden inside the It is thrilling to watch plants
kitchen balcony of our residence growing. Most importantly we will
apartment in Abu Dhabi. get Fresh Organic Vegetables and
Presently we do have plants in the Fruits from our Garden. It is Fun
balcony as mentioned below. and Healthy!

• Vegetables like Tomato, Ginger, Chilli,
Curry Leaves, Mint Leaves • Medicine

plants like Aloe Vera, Tulsi, Coleus
Aromaticus • Strawberry fruit during

winter, Money Plants and Flowers.



“Learning gives creativity, creativity leads to thinking, thinking
provides knowledge and knowledge makes you great.”

In the voyage of the discovery of excellence in the The school also witnessed the glimpses of
field of education, our endeavor of keeping the community and cultural programs to enhance
values through our motto-innovate and excel, the extracurricular talents of students which
Dunes International school continue its journey to support their learning ladders. This definitely
achieve the goal in the field of education .To is a great help to our students to equip
ensure that our students are equipped to face any themselves to bound community scenarios.
challenge, our school has taken different
initiatives throughout the year 2019-2020. The students can gain skills that may develop
into lifelong leisure pursuits through various
We believe that extra-curricular activities greatly Clubs like Eco Cub, Science Club, charity club
enrich the school experience of our students. We etc., The students meet together under the
also provide a vast range of additional programs guidance of teachers and plan and execute
to support the students’ academic, social, cultural various activities pertaining to their Clubs.
and physical development.

Earth Hour

Earth Hour is an annual event which
asks you to switch off all your lights for
one hour. The aim is to involve as
many people as possible in positive
change for our planet.
The global switch-off occurred at 8.30
pm in UAE.
Dunes International School along with
management, staff and students are
asking you to switch off the
unnecessary lights in your houses as
participating in
EARTHHOUR2020.

No Screen Day

Less screen time means a better body and ‘No Screen Day’ included various productive
mind for students. There is a dire need of and interactive activities including cleaning
making the children aware of the the house, decluttering of the study and
consequences related to over indulgence work spaces, indulging in hobbies, like
with gadgets and tech. devices. painting, sketching, cooking ,gardening
baking etc.
Dunes International school observed a No
Screen day on Saturday 13th June,2020 All the students from grade KG-12 sincerely
where the students were provided with participated in this awareness program and
ample amount of activities related to set aside their gadgets ,phones and laptops
personality development and life skills. The to spend a peaceful day filled with
students and their families thoroughly constructive and creative activities and also
enjoyed the time spent away from any type made them aware of their self
of screen and shared their feedbacks and responsibilities.
reflection a day after.

No Screen Day

No Screen Day

No Screen Day

No Screen Day

No Screen Day

Virtual Tour

Technology can be wonderful. It has With this aspect in mind, our school
been true in 2020 when so many of us organized a virtual tour for our students
are hunkered down at home, dreaming of grade 3 to 5 to the “Australia Zoo”.
of far flung destinations, staring at
bucket list trips and wondering if and They expressed their “ah-ha” moments
when we’ll get the chance to tick them of this virtual investigation through
off. online tools like padlet / flip grid. They
learnt to recognize a wide variety of
When it comes to students, who animals which were unfamiliar to them,
always like to explore places, the their habitat and adaptation and the
interest and demand of virtual tours importance of wild life conservation.
has increased during this lock down.
Such tours provide an opportunity to
know about places without having to
travel there.

Virtual Tour To Australia Zoo

Music and Movement

Research shows that exposure to music When children participate in music
can improve children's ability to learn. and movement activities in a group,
they also develop and refine their
Music and movement instructions has social skills. They learn to work as a
been showing improvement in team, they learn to share and they
children's memory, cognitive learn how to be creative in a group
development, learning skills and environment.
expressive ability....Promotes group
learning, practicing social skills such as In the video below you can see Grade
turn-taking and co-operation. 1 and 2 happily enjoying music and
movement during distance learning at
Dunes International School.

Music and Movement

Cyber Safety Awareness

Cyber safety addresses the Students were empowered with
ability to act in a safe and meaningful strategies including
responsible manner on the building better relationships
Internet and other connected online, protecting their digital
environments. footprint and how to behave in
ways that enhance their online
These behaviors protect safety by activity wherein they
personal information and shared their views on cyber
reputation and include safe bullying and cyber safety.
practices to minimize danger
online and stop cyber-bullying.

Cyber Safety Awareness

Cyber Safety Awareness

Cyber Safety Awareness

World Environment Day

This World Environment Day is celebrated under The air we breathe, the water we drink, the sun
the theme “biodiversity” – a concern that is both rays that reach us, and the food that we
urgent and existential. consume every day, are all gifts from the
environment, and as such, it becomes
The very fact that human beings are gifted with important that they are respected, their values
wisdom and intellect, is to understand that our understood.
lives are dependent on nature and its millions of
species. But sadly we're losing biodiversity This Environment Day, Dunes International
globally at an alarming rate, and we need a School once again promises to do its part in
plethora of different plants and animals, for the promoting environmental awareness beyond
planet's health and more importantly our own. the school premises. Let’s create a balance and
Collective human actions are transforming, even share the planet with other species as much as
ravaging, the biosphere - perhaps irreversibly - we feel it for ourselves.
through global warming and loss of biodiversity.

‘Bio diversity’- theme presentation

Better Tomorrow Better Environment

Dunes Anthem

Save Turtle Bird Feeding
Eco Pledge

Sustainable Fashion

Sustainable Fashion

Sustainable Fashion

Animal Feeding

No Tobacco Day

Every year, on 31 May, the World Health The school observed the day virtually
Organization (WHO) celebrates World No with students participating in various
Tobacco Day (WNTD). The annual activities i.e. motivational talks, video
campaign is an opportunity to raise messages and short movies. The whole
awareness on the harmful and deadly campaign served as a call to action,
effects of tobacco use and second-hand advocating for effective policies to
smoke exposure, and to discourage the reduce tobacco consumption and make
use of tobacco in any form. Dunes the community aware of its harmful
International School always does its part effects.
in making the students and the
community aware of any issue that’s of
social significance.

No Tobacco Day Awareness

The Great Kindness Challenge

Kindness is something students learn by Kindness can be taught and it is a
feeling it. Most people have heard the defining aspect of civilized life, it
phrase 'Random Acts of Kindness' which belongs to every home, school,
refers to a selfless act of giving resulting neighborhood and society. Kindness
in the happiness of other people. has been announced as the new theme
for Mental Health Awareness in
Scientific studies have shown that response to the Covid 19 Outbreak.
kindness has, great number of physical
and emotional benefits and children Kindness Challenge has been accepted
require a heavy doze of warmth and by the kindergartens of Dunes
fuzzies in order to flourish as healthy, International School Abu Dhabi
happy, well rounded individuals. and has inspired them to conduct
simple acts of kindness and implement
them in their daily lives

Kindness Acts by Dunites

Dunes Inter-school Islamic Fest 2020

School doors are closed but our resolve is tenacious. The competition consisting of 4 categories; the ‘Sub-
Dunes International School Abu Dhabi believes in nurturing a Junior, Junior, Sub-Senior and Senior’. It was evaluated
community of learners wherein all the aspects of online by a panel of eminent judges from Islamic Affairs
development, i.e. moral, intellectual, physical, social and and Endowment. Mr. Mohammed AbdAllah Abd Aziz,
aesthetics are fostered with innovative initiatives. Mr. Mohmoud Hussien Alsheikh, Ms. Anhar Hasan
Qasim, Ms. Asmaa Abu Hameed. Among the eminent
The 2nd “DUNES #ISLAMIC #FEST_2020” being held Judges were Qari Moulana Tousif Hamid Kondekar and
#virtually on 9th May, 2020 was a true depiction of holistic Ms. Nahla Osman.
approach towards learning. The First of its kind Inter-School
“Virtual Quran Recitation Competition” comprising of Haya Mohamed Razan of Gems United Indian School,
participants from 12 schools across the Abu Dhabi Emirate, Abu Dhabi bagged the first prize in Sub-Junior category,
during this Year’s Islamic Fest was truly an overwhelming while Afnan Aboobacker of The Model School, Abu
experience for all and it did add to the glory of this Holy Dhabi school Junior category. Abdulla Muhammed Yasin
month of Ramadan. 12 Schools participated in this virtual of The Model School, Abu Dhabi secured first position in
competition. Sub-senior while Hazlin Aysha of The Model School, Abu
Dhabi in Senior Category. The overall winning team title
The competition consisting of 4 categories: ‘Sub-Junior across all the 4 categories was bagged by The Model
(Students from Grade 1 and 2), Junior (Students from grade 3 School Abu Dhabi.
to 5), Sub-Senior (Students from Grade 6 to 8) and Senior
(Students from grade 9 to 12). Total 96 students of 12 CBSE
schools from Abu Dhabi participated. Event was conducted
through Zoom application in 4 sessions for 3 hours.

Glimpse of Islamic Fest 2020

International Day of Yoga 2020

Since its conception in the year 2015, June 21st is celebrated as The
International Day of Yoga all over the world. Yoga has been around
for centuries (originating from India thousands of years ago) and is
attributed to connecting the mind and soul. While ‘International Yoga
Day’ is on Sunday June 21 there were loads of activities conducted at
Dunes International School to mark the occasion with all its
sacredness. All the students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 along
with their parents participated in Virtual Yoga Session arranged
virtually with the volunteer-ship of Dunes parents. Our sincere
gratitude to Dunes Parental Community for their unconditional
support to make the event successful.

Glimpse of Yoga day

Yoga at Home

Father’s Day 2020

“When you need real understanding, when you need
someone to care, when you need someone to guide you … A
father’s always there.”
It’s that time of year again when everyone tries to tell
themselves that they have the best dad in the world.
My Dada is always best. When I fall he holds me, when I cry
he consoles me, when I am sad he cajoles me ............ today,
I want him to sing, dance and cook along.
My Dad is the best Dad ........... so is yours!!!! Happy Father's
Day

Dad with Dad