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A QUARTERLY E-MAGAZINE (YEAR 2017-18)
APRIL, MAY, JUNE
PRIMARY SCHOOL

ISSUE

LVG/04/1stQuarter/2017-18

From our patron…

“The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak.
This is where things grow, experience is gained, and
technologies are mastered. The importance of the
peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides.”

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Every achievement is first an idea. It is the concoction of this

idea, zeal, determination and optimism that brews the cup of

success. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the learners,

teachers and parents at Lotus Valley International School,

Gurgaon, for another triumphant year. DR. SHAYAMA CHONA

PADMASHREE & PADMABHUSHAN

Each New Year brings forth new hopes and resolutions. AWARDEE

Gradually, as the year ages, more often than not, we see this

ardor and devotion begin to dwindle. I salute the vigorous spirit of Lotus Valley family for keeping

the lamp burning, undeterred. My sincere congratulations to the Principal, Mrs. Anita Malhotra

and the entire staff for their profound dedication, which has taken the school by leaps and

bounds to the global arena. The various students and teachers’ exchange programmes

undertaken in the last months exhibit the persistent devotion and resolution of this family.

I also take this opportunity to extend my warm welcome to the new learners who are now a part
of this enormous and wonderful family. May you prosper and flourish as you nestle under the
wings of an affectionate Principal.

Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon, is a school for life. It nurtures and caters to every
possible aspect of a learner’s character development. We are proud to produce socially and
environmentally responsible citizens. Through the ‘Barefoot Project’ and ‘Behtar India
Campaign’, our learners have displayed their concern for the society and vowed to contribute
and bring about a change in their own capacity. My best wishes for their fervent ventures.

The satisfaction and gratification I cherish on account of my association with Lotus Valley is
beyond explanation. A dream envisioned has blossomed into a triumphant reality, in such a short
time span! My compliments for all its present and future endeavours.

From the principal’s desk

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but
progress implacably requires change. Education
is essential to change, for education creates both
new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

Education today is a multi-faceted system through which MRS. ANITA MALHOTRA
we, at Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon offer our STATE & CBSE NATIONAL TEACHER
children myriad refracted images of the world, myriad
perspectives; and because we, as a school, have espoused AWARDEE
the cause of modern education, we are able to prepare our
children for real world success. We pursue educational
excellence and endorse social, cultural and cognitive
diversity.

The spirit of change is infectious and heart-warming. It has begun from the events that have
happened all over the world and in our country and has seeped down to touch the lives of
individuals. Education in the 21st century has become very exciting and challenging for educators
as well as learners. The term ‘learner-centred’ is now foremost in the minds of the academicians
as they conceptualise, plan and implement new ideas. The teacher student relationship is now
more symbiotic than ever with the idea of teachers as facilitators and students being empowered
to read, refer, research and present their work. In this changing scenario, we are devoted to
carrying forward our mission through our curriculum.

Exclusive faculty at Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon provides the students with their
expertise, experience and insight required to navigate the ever changing landscapes of
knowledge and pedagogy. Our belief in a high quality of education, with a global outlook, is
critical in an increasingly competitive global environment. Our value driven learning system has
awarded us achievers and stellar performances.

To abreast our readers with the latest happenings at school, we present this edition of our
quarterly E-Magazine. Happy Reading!

PREFACE

It was a little over five years ago that the wheels of change were put into
motion at Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon, as we
embarked upon a journey of providing wings to aspirations, moulding
impressionable youth into responsible global citizens and becoming a
beacon of excellence. We were supported in our mission by the wonderful
set of learners who have always set high standards of excellence for
themselves and aided in the quest by our worthy and laudable mentors
who always strived to elevate the benchmark of academic and holistic
performance of the learners.

Today, we are a proud pillar of the education community of not only
Gurgaon but the NCR. To commemorate the eventful and enriching
voyage so far and to extend our gratitude to our beloved learners and
ever-supportive parents, we present to you the fourth edition of the
quarterly e-magazine Different Strokes. This e-magazine would
apprise you with all the accomplishments of the school in a given
quarter and also showcase the learning engagements of the learners.

We hope you have as wonderful an experience browsing though it as we
had bringing it you.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Academics…

 Entrée Program
 Eclectique – The Literary Week
 Grades X & XII Results

Scholastic Feats…

 Guest Speaker
 Work Education
 MUN – Model United Nation, Training sessions
 Astronomy Sessions
 Special Assembly on Mission Stop Dengue

Cruising the World …

 Special Days
 Indo-German Exchange Program
 Indo-Australian Bridge Partnership
 Singapore Leadership Program
 Indo-French Exchange Program

Our Notice Board… (Events planned for the next quarter)

Accolades and Laurels...

 Awards

Treading Towards Larger Goals…

 Barefoot Project - Joy of Giving
 Behtar India
 A Visit to Goonj

Rendezvous…

 Quintessential Assemblies
 Reading Program
 Open House

 Parents Focus Workshop
 Lexile Reading Program
 Teacher’s Enrichment Program

From our Mailbox…

Little Hands & Minds at Work...

Teen Vogue…

 Happy Streets

Track and Field Bulletin

Credits

Academics

Entrée program (2017-18)

Pre - Nursery - III

It is our firm belief that when

parents and teachers build
partnerships and work together,
the learner benefits. It was with
this motive that the Entrée
Programme for Grades Pre-
Nursery - III for Academic Session
2017-18 was held on

great detail to ensure that they
become active participants in
imparting the same values to
their children. The program
was a huge success and paved
way for an effective teacher –
parent collaboration for a
fruitful year ahead.

Wednesday, 22nd March 2017.

This served as a useful platform

for parents and teachers to make

sure that learning remains an on-

going and effective process in

classrooms as well at home. By

means of presentations

conducted by respective

mentors, the 5 C’s of

Collaboration, Communication,

Critical thinking,

Comprehension and Creativity

were discussed with parents in

Eclectique- The literary week

A book burrows into your life in a profound way because the experience of
reading is never passive.

Celebration of languages is a

great way to kindle linguistic zeal
in the learners. Keeping this in
mind, the School celebrated
Eclectique, a multilingual Literary
Fest from 1st to 5th May. The aim
of the event was to infuse the
students with appreciation,
understanding and love for the
language. The students from
Grade Pre-Nursery-III celebrated

the literary week with a wide French and
range of activities wherein the Spanish in a
focus was to inculcate the love fun-filled way
for reading in the children through
through fun filled activities and Greetings and
experiences. Rhymes. Big
book story
The pre-primary learners were reading along
introduced to the art of Diary with Stick
Writing, making illustrations and puppets and
book marks. They were also enactments in
acquainted with foreign collaboration
languages namely German,

short stories with full
enactment to the sheer
delight of the younger
learners. The primary school
learners also took part in the
Masquerade Parade and
visited all the junior classes
dressed up as their favourite
author, poet or character
narrating their tales and
dialogues. The literary week
culminated with the visit of
the eminent author of
famous children stories,

with the parent participants was
enjoyed by all. The primary
school learners gave wings to
their imagination through self-
composed poems. They also
essayed the roles of reporters
and designed their own
Newspapers under the guidance
of parent mentors. Buddy
reading sessions were
conducted wherein the learners
from primary wing narrated

Mama Suranya, who

conducted an interactive

story telling session of

her books coupled with a

memorable live kathak

performance by our

dance instructor, Mr.

Hridev Ray. Overall, the

exposure to varied

activities, spread

through the week, was a

very enriching

experience for the young

learners. The week was a

conscious effort to foster

a lifelong love for books

from an early age.

Grade X results

The learners of

Grade X made the

school proud with their

phenomenal

performance in 2016-

17 CBSE Examination.

We would like to

congratulate the 10

CGPA learners and all

others who brought

laurels to themselves,

their parents and the

school through

persistent hard work.

May you go from

strength to strength

and outshine

yourself.



Grade XII Results

The learners of Grade XII also made the school 95.2% (Commerce) and Udita Goel,
95.6% (Humanities)] and all others
proud with their phenomenal performance in AISSCE who showcased stellar performances
2017. The school congratulates the stream toppers in the Examination. Wishing you all
[Vanshika Sanghi, 96.2% (Science), Vidhi Agarwal, the best for the future and may you all
have an enriching life ahead!



Scholastic feats

Inspiring Connections

Story telling session by Mama Suranya
‘Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body’

Story telling is an art that has

mental, social and educational

benefits on children. It is an

activity that can transfer

emotions and feelings and can

also boost thinking capacity.

Lotus Valley International School,

Gurgaon had the pleasure of

hosting the eminent Author of

famous children stories -Mama

Suranya. She conducted an story. Ms. Suranya also joined the session concluded with the
group and sang with the learners. learners thanking the author for
interactive story telling session At the end of the session, Grade- igniting a love for reading more
III Learners interviewed the stories and a promise from each
of her books- “The peacock who Author and thoroughly enjoyed on to read a variety of books
the Rapid-Fire round as well. The during their summer holidays!
wanted to fly like an eagle” for

Grade- II and “The Summer Sale”

for Grade-III learners,

respectively. The

learners were enthralled

by her stories and the

experience was made

memorable with a live

dance and Music

performance by our

Performing Arts

teachers Mr. Hridev Ray

and Ms. Pragya. The

children were

spellbound to see them

sing and dance so

gracefully and even tried

learning Mudras to

depict the characters

and scenes from the

WORK EDUCATION

Work education forms an

indispensable part of the school
curriculum. It refers to meaningful
and purposeful sessions organized as
integral part of the learning process.
Physical facility, trained staff, well
developed curriculum is present
throughout the year for the smooth

offered our varied greater productivity and application
and rich in content. of problem & to inculcate socially
The objective of desirable values like self-reliance,
work education is helpfulness, tolerance etc. in
to develop skill for children.

conduct of work education
programme in the school. The course
is delivered through a variety of
instructional methods and tools. We
offer a plethora of choices in our
work education clubs. Ranging from
Theatre, Music, Dance, Home
science to Public Speaking and
Gardening the variety of options

MUN Training Sessions

Model United Nations, also

known as Model UN or MUN, is an
extra-curricular activity in which
students typically role-play
delegates to the United Nations and
simulate UN committees. At the end
of most conferences, outstanding
delegates in each committee are
recognized and given an award
certificate. Model United Nations is
an authentic simulation of the U.N.
General Assembly, U.N. Security
Council, or other multilateral body,

responsibilities as being a delegate

representing the nations. They also

trained and made the learners

familiar with the Rules of Procedures

such as Setting the Agenda, Motion

to commence the Committee,

General Speakers Lists, Moderated

Caucus and Unmoderated Caucus,

Working Papers etc. During the last

one and a half hour, the time was

judiciously utilized to provide the

learners with the

hands-on

which catapults students into experience about
the world of diplomacy and
negotiation. For over 50 years a committee for
now, teachers and students have
benefited from and enjoyed this the MUN. In
interactive learning experience
that not only involves young which a mock
people in the study and
discussion of global issues but MUN Committee
also encourages the
development of skills useful session took
throughout their lives. Lotus
Valley International School, place where
Gurgaon conducted a training
sessions on 22nd April 2017, for learners applied
the learners from class VIII-XI in order
to equip them with the skills of being the procedures
a delegate in an MUN session. The
session began with the students that they were

being trained

about and

therefore having

a thorough

experience of the

sharing their experiences in the whole procedure. The training
MUNs that they had participated in.
Following this, the trainers, Saumya provided a great learning experience
Vohra and Bhavya Bhatia enlightened
the learners about their and set up a background for the

learners for the upcoming Intra and

Inter MUNs for this academic session.

ASTRONOMY SESSIONs

The very first session of Astronomy for the academic year Module-I: The
2017-18 started with cheers, enthusiastic and happy
faces of the learners. A total of 86 learners attended the learners were
session for Module-I and Module-II carried out side by
side by the resource persons of SPACE. shown a brief

presentation on

various achievements in the field of astronomy with the

help of a brief power-point presentation and by the

end of session they were made to prepare their own

asteroid using raw materials- Sand, ammonia water

and Ice. What the outcome of mixing these raw

materials was as follows:

Module-II: The learners started their first session by the “Making of Rocket” of their own by using raw
materials such as: Plastic bottles, Tapes and Paper wings. At the end they went for the rocket launching. The
joy of making their own mini rockets was clearly visible in the lovely smiles of our learners.

Astronomy

compels the soul
to look upwards
and leads us from

this world to
another…!!!

Special Assembly on Mission Stop Dengue

Morning Assembly on the

theme “Mission Stop Dengue” was
held in school on Thursday, 18th May
17. The theme of the assembly was
portrayed by a role play depicting the
importance of discussion about the
extremely relevant issue…a super
ordinate goal that we all need to pay
attention to. The role play revolved
around the new ‘villain’ in the town,
Aedes Mosquito, vector of Dengue.
The Skit portrayed a panel discussion,

with learners enacting the campaign in the school was
roles of a WHO official and announced, followed by a call for
doctor. Factual details voluntary participation of the
pertaining to the causes, learners, Dengue Champions. The
symptoms and treatment Class teacher spoke about the
methodologies related to the importance of taking action at an
condition of Dengue were individual level by disseminating
elaborately discussed. The necessary information. The skit was
role play concluded with a followed by the Presentation by a
slogan ‘FIGHT AGAINST team of doctors from Medanta
DENGUE’ being reiterated by Hospital, Dr. Pooja Sharma (Senior
the students, and the Scientist), Dr. Shubhank Singh
initiation of awareness (Project Lead: Public Health
Initiatives) and Dr. Soma Ghosh
(Team Mission Stop Dengue). These
doctors have been working
extensively in spreading the
awareness regarding Dengue. A very
interesting and informative quiz
regarding Do’s and Dont’s pertaining
to Dengue, was conducted. Every
learner who answered correctly was
awarded with a Safety Kit (can be put
to use against Dengue). They also
invited learners with inclination
towards IT, to be part of their
Geotagging initiative. In all it was a
great learning experience for the
learners and the learners felt
themselves prepared for Dengue,
before its outbreak.

CRUISING THE WORLD

CELEBRATING SPECIAL DAYS

Red Color Day –
Grade Nursery

Learners of Grade Nursery

celebrated the RED COLOUR DAY
on 27th April 2017. Color red
signifies brightness, joy, love and
happiness which was reflecting on
the beaming faces of our young

learners. It was a concept. As a part of the
celebration, learners were dressed
wonderful learning up in red colored clothes. Various
activities were held to develop their
activity that helped greater understanding of the color
like sponge dabbing with red paint,
children to sort and mixing Red Roohafza with water
and Show and Tell etc.
classify objects based
Mother’s Day
on the color, thereby
“Mother is the name of God
enhancing their in lips and hearts of little
children”
learning and cognitive
Learners of Grade Prep Celebrated
understanding of a new Mother’s Day on 16th May, 2017 to
felicitate and honor their mothers
for their unconditional love, care
and support. Mothers were invited
to be a part of the splendid class

activity “My Mommy is

the Best” Mothers from

reading among the
learners of Grades Pre-
Nursery – III. The Learners
of Grade Pre Nursery were
narrated a story and
guided how to handle and
respect the books.
Mentors assisted them to
make and decorate their
First Diary. Grade Nursery
conducted DEAR (Drop-
Everything- And- Read)
time where in the learners
were given books and
were encouraged to do

all sections came geared up for the
occasion and presented special
activities for their kids .The young
learners greeted their moms with a
rose followed by a craft activity.
The mothers were also
overwhelmed to receive a
handmade card from their little
ones. The mentors emphasized the
importance of celebrating Mother’s
Day for their matchless love and
dedication.

World Book Day

23rd April 2017

“There is no Friend as loyal as a
Book”

World Book Day is a celebration of
authors, illustrators, books and

most importantly it's picture reading. They were
sensitized how reading empowers
a celebration of the mind. Grade- Prep Mentors
explained the meaning of the terms
reading. We authors and illustrators. Learners

celebrated this day

with the same spirit

to spread the joy of

chose their favourite books and
shared their reasons for the same.
They were shown the cover of the
big book and were asked to come
up with their own story by simply
looking at the cover page. Learners
of Grade I created their own books
based on the story narrated to
them by their mentors. They made
amazing book covers, wrote few
sentences to describe the story and
also made beautiful illustrations for
their books. Grade-II learners were

guided to carry out a Dictionary by World Health Day
reading activity wherein they encouraging
wrote the names of their sections the learners to 7th April 2017
in the correct & reverse order and come up with
filled in with suitable words from suggestions “Health is a state of complete
their dictionaries. As a takeaway for handling harmony of the body, mind
each child also made a book corner and taking and spirit.”
marker. Grade III celebrated the day care of books
to ensure their The World Health Day is a Global
health awareness day celebrated
longevity. every year on the 7thApril, under the
Thereafter, sponsorship of World Health
the learners organization (WHO). It is our
consistent endeavour to ensure
illustrated and wrote about their that important messages are
favourite scene or character from delivered in such a way that they
the book – Charlotte’s web. These become a way of life for our
activities offered the right platform learners. Grade Nursery learners
to the learners to kindle their were made aware of the different
imagination and creativity while ways of living a healthy life and
further boosting their interest and were sensitized about the benefits
love for books. of eating a well- balanced diet.
Various motivating videos were
shown to the learners followed by a
healthy Fruit-Chaat making activity.
Similarly, Learners of Grade Prep
were guided on the benefits of
exercising and regular sleep to
improve the overall physical and
mental development. They made
beautiful Hearts with paper thus
denoting a Healthy Heart. The
learners of Grade – I connected
their healthy eating habits with
‘Show and Tell’ activity of their

how non-verbal
communication too can be
used to convey one’s feelings.
These fun-filled activities
served the dual purpose of
making the learners aware of
an important global issue at an
early age in an interesting and
enjoyable way.

healthy fruit tiffin. They brought health – physical, spiritual, There is no better time than
props and their favourite fruits to emotional, social, environmental now to start living healthy..!!
share the benefits of healthy and mental was shown. They also
eating with their friends. Learners drew beautiful emoticons showing
of Grade-II played the Fit Dice
game and enjoyed the various
physical exercises with their peers.
They also made their High Five for
good health on the hand shaped
cut-outs and wrote their pledges
for achieving good health and
lifestyle. Grade-III celebrated the
World Health Day by learning the
importance of emotional well-
being for leading a happy and
healthy life. A presentation
highlighting the six components of

National Technology Day

Celebrations in Lotus Valley have
become an integral part of joyful
learning, community building and
thought-provoking
processes. Taking pride in
celebrating such special days,

learners participated in the There were a myriad of activities learners of Pre-primary drew their
nationwide celebration of conducted to mark this day. The favourite gadgets. An inter-section
Technology Day on 11th May with
full zest and vigour. The young Skype session was conducted
learners were apprised of the which gave them a hands-on
technological achievements and experience of the digital
advances made by their country. revolution. Our children from
They were acquainted with our the primary wing
journey from landline to enthusiastically participated in
cordless/wireless, from telegrams to activities like ‘Show & tell’ on
WhatsApp, from long tiring journeys their favourite gadgets and
to FaceTime with loved ones etc. ‘design your own gadget’. They
came up with indigenous ideas
like Supercomputers, I-Can
machine, Genius Pen etc. They
strived to design and describe
their own gadgets catering to
the needs and comfort of their
generation.

indo - GERMAN Exchange program

9 students of grade XI and XII, accompanied by the
Principal, Vice Principal and the German teacher of Lotus
Valley International School, Gurgaon visited the German
city of Lahr and were hosted by student families and
teachers of Clara Schumann Gymnasium, Lahr for a period
of 2 weeks from 6th May to 20th May, 2017. The program
included attending various classes, making presentations
(music, dance and culture) and excursions to Freiburg, the
monastery of Schuttern, the palace and summer

residences of the emperor in Rastatt
and Favorite, the black forest and an
adventurous trip to Europa park. The
Exchange group also had the honour
to meet and share their views about
the two countries with the lord mayor
of Lahr, as they occupied the seats of
eminent politicians in the town hall of
the city. The exchange trip ended
successfully with a strong bonding,
great friendships and a lifetime of
memories for the children and their
German host families. Also best
practices of learning and teaching
were exchanged between the 2 groups
of students and teachers.

Indo-French Exchange Program

A nineteen-member delegation from
Lotus Valley International School,
Gurgaon, comprising learners of Grades
VI to IX led by Headmistress, Ms.
Harvinder Kaur and French facilitators
Ms. Garima Jolly and Ms. Dipika
Malhotra, visited Salvador Allende
Middle School at Nantes and Paris on
an Indo-French Students’ Exchange
Programme from 5th to 13th June,
2017. The students had the honour to

Valley International School, Gurgaon,
comprising learners of Grades VI to IX
led by Headmistress, Ms. Harvinder
Kaur and French facilitators Ms. Garima
Jolly and Ms. Dipika Malhotra, visited
Salvador Allende Middle School at
Nantes and Paris on an Indo-French
Students’ Exchange Programme from
5th to 13th June, 2017. The students
had the honour to meet and share
their views about their countries with
the Mayor and the Councillors of
Nantes, in the City Hall. The Learners
also presented their dance
performance along with the students of
the partner school in addition to English
and French poetry recital.

meet and share their views
about their countries with
the Mayor and the
Councillors of Nantes, in the
City Hall. The Learners also
presented their dance
performance along with the
students of the partner
school in addition to English
and French poetry recital. A
nineteen-member
delegation from Lotus

SINGAPORE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Lotus Valley International School the key links to
be an effective
Gurgaon had nominated Ms. Ritu leader.
Jawa, Headmistress, Primary Wing to Principals from
attend a 5 Day Executive Training various schools
Workshop in Singapore from 22nd - from
26th May 2017. The Workshop was Bangalore,
Chennai, Delhi

based on 'School Leadership in 21st NCR attended the Mission which gave Superintendents from the Singapore-
Century' organised by NIE (National each one an opportunity to connect Ministry of Education briefed the
Institute of Education), Singapore. and learn about the Education pattern delegates on various topics such as
Seminar encompassed various facets followed around the country. 'Unlocking the Team potential'
of the schools in the 21st Century and Experienced and retired through Performance Management,
Character and Citizenship Education,
History of Singapore Education and
the future plans to make it a success.
Visit to various schools i.e. PCF
Sparkletots Preschool (PCF
Kindergarten School), Kranji
Secondary School and Punggol View
Primary School was insightful and
helped the participants understand
the practices adopted by different
schools and its defined Curriculum
Framework designed by the MOE
(Ministry of Education).

Indo-Australian Bridge Partnership

The Australia-India BRIDGE

School Partnership Project is a

unique opportunity for

Australian and Indian schools to

build valuable partnerships.

This is achieved through

participation in two joint

professional learning programs,

school visits and home stays in

Australia and India. Teachers

are supported to develop a

range of strategies and activities

for linking their classrooms with

partner students. Lotus Valley

International School, Gurgaon

has been selected as one of the

eight schools from India to

participate in this programme.

We have been partnered with

Bacchus Marsh Grammar,

Melbourne, Australia. Ms.

Anjana Menon, visited Sydney

and Melbourne, Australia w.e.f

13th May to 30th May 2017 to

participate in a joint

professional learning

programme. The professional

training focused on teachers as

key conduits to student

outcomes and aim to building

teacher capability in the

following areas:

 strengthen intercultural
understanding and
values

 build ICT skills for
teaching and learning

 develop sustainable
school partnerships

 establish and support a

community of learners

The list of our Super Special events is a mile long! It’s our endeavour to plan exhilarating events which

keep our learners interested and the parents involved throughout the year. We are proud to announce a wide
array of events lined up for the next quarter.

Date Events Grades

28th July 2017 World Conservation Day Pre-Nursery - XII
29th July 2017 Open House (First Slot) Pre-Nursery - III
4th – 5th August 2017 Independence Day Celebration Pre-Primary
9th August 2017 Investiture Ceremony
12th August 2017 Open House (Second Slot) Pre-Nursery - III
29th August 2017 International Sports Day Pre-Nursery - XII
14th September 2017 Hindi Divas Pre-Nursery - III
21st September 2017 International Day of Peace Pre-Nursery - XII
27th September 2017 World Tourism Day Nursery - XII
September 2017 Annual Presentation II, III

ACCOLADES and laurels…

Futuristic schools of india 2017

Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon, added yet another feather to its cap by receiving 'FUTURISTIC

SCHOOLS OF INDIA-2017' Award by re:think India on 11th May, 2017, the National Technology Day. The award was
conferred upon by Dr. Shayama Chona and Mr. Vineet Narain, an eminent Journalist and Anti-Corruption Activist.
The Award was received by Ms. Harvinder Kaur, the Middle School Headmistress and Ms. Ritu, the Primary Wing
Headmistress on behalf of the Principal, Ms. Anita Malhotra.

Treading TOWARDS larger Goals…

Barefoot project - Joy of Giving

A simple smile can change the world so let’s create one

To fight for our rights, we first have to be

aware of them. Knowing this, the students message of equality, liberty and humanity for the women
of Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon
under the aegis of “Muskaan Project in our society.
“performed a collaborative assembly with
the students of adopted Govt School of Reflections of the
village Tigra, (GPS- 12174), to promote
women empowerment. The assembly
commenced with a melodious song by the
students, wherein they narrated the tale of
Lord Krishna and Sudama. We then saw a
wonderfully devised nukkad natak, which
depicted the situation of women in different social
strata’s and much needed message of “Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao”. The play ended with a pledge to resonate this

Govt. School

Children: -

 “An enchanting

experience, I’m sad

that we will not see

them often enough

anymore”.

 “At first I felt that

we could not do it,

now, I feel

amazing”.

 “We had fun, but

we were also a little

nervous”.

 “We felt great

coming to this

school, I was very

happy meeting

Principal ma’am”.

BEHTAR India

Lotus Valley International School, Gurgaon became a

part of 'BEHTAR INDIA' campaign launched by NDTV. The
campaign aims to bring school children, corporate and
government bodies, together on a unified platform with
the focus on three pillars – SWASTHYA, SWACHHTA &
VATAVARAN. the School Headmistresses, Mrs. Harvinder
Kaur & Ms. Ritu along with two learners from Grade IX,
Shivali Jain and Elina Singh attended a convention on
Tuesday, 18th April,2017 headed by Vikram Chandra of
NDTV. Many more learners will be registering themselves
for the campaign with an aim to make India a 'BEHTAR
INDIA'.

A Visit to Goonj

Let’s give back to the community

Performing Community service is a great way

for students to learn about their surroundings and
the problems faced by different sections of the
community. It makes them understand the joy of
giving and helping others. Keeping this in mind,
Lotus Valley International School Gurgaon initiated
a visit to the “Goonj”, a processing centre in Sarita
Vihar. Goonj is an effort to help provide people in
rural areas with basic necessities like clothes,
shoes and stationery. It believes in the dignity of
the receiver and makes sure all items contributed
(not donated) are in usable condition when they

go out. The students had a great learning
experience and saw first-hand the work and
commitment that goes into the processing of
these objects. They visited each unit in turn and
were informed about different projects and
undertakings of the organization.

RENDEZVOUS

QUINTESSENTIAL ASSEMBLIES

The purpose of conducting

school assemblies is to develop a
sense of affiliation, unity and good
social behaviour among the
learners. Assemblies nurture the
development of interpersonal
intelligence. The young learners
from Grade-III enthusiastically
presented Morning assemblies

based on various themes such as
“A New Beginning”, “Conquering
Fear”, “Togetherness” and “Love
in Action”. Each theme highlighted
a strong positive human emotion
and moral values. There was also a

special Assembly on “Mother’s
Day” to celebrate every
mother’s undying love and
devotion for her children.

ReadING PROGRAM

“Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world
a door opens to allow in more light.” – Vera Nazarian

Conceptualized by our

Principal, Mrs. Anita Malhotra,
the first Reading Programme of
the session 2017-18 for the
learners of Grade Nursery was
held on 3rd May, 2017. It was an

enriching experience which gave parents and the learners. They were
parent mentors and teachers a learners.
common platform to help Grade - Prep encouraged to take out their
learners develop the habit of also invited volunteer parents to
reading regularly. The session’s start the reading programme. pointer finger to read each and
highlight was a phonic drill with The concept of ‘I see’, ‘I wonder’
and ‘I think’ was introduced to
every word. The Reading

programme for Grade- I

learners focused on fluent

reading through the

knowledge of phonics.

Comprehension and

vocabulary building skills

were imparted too. Grade-II

on the other hand, witnessed

three sessions of the reading

programme, wherein parent

mentors actively participated

in teaching reading skills to a

group of learners.

OPEN HOUSE

An effective parent-teacher

partnership can make a
significant difference in a child’s
education, and the start of a
new year is an ideal time to
refocus this partnership. An
open house is an important
school event where the parents
meet and get acquainted with
teachers. It also helps to build a
good communication channel

address their queries about
their wards and align classroom
expectations in terms of
curriculum for the new session.

between the parents and
teachers. The school conducted
its first Open House for the
academic session 2017-18 over
two consecutive Saturdays i.e.
13th and 20th May respectively.
The parents closely interacted
with new class teachers and
learnt about their child’s
progress in academics as well as
in extracurricular fields. It also
gave a chance to the parents to

A good relationship starts with good communication.

Parent Focus Workshop- Grade I

“Together May We Give Our Children, The Roots to Grow and The Wings to Fly”

In firm belief that education

begins at home and in great
appreciation for the parents
who recognize that they must
apprise themselves about the
pedagogies used by the
teachers to deliver effective
learning in class, ‘A Parents’

discussed and sorted to their
satisfaction and their valuable
feedback was welcomed. The
workshop enabled parents to
understand how they can
effectively support their
child’s learning at home.

Focus Group’ workshop
was organized on Saturday,
6th May 2017 for the
parents of Grade I learners.
Key topics and different
methodologies to introduce
these topics were
highlighted for all the
subjects by means of a
power point presentation
given by Grade I teachers.
The queries of parents were

LEXILE READING PROGRAM

A Lexile Reading Workshop different genres in a year. The

for the parents of Grade III and concept of LEXILE was explained
Grade IV learners was held on
29th April, 2017. The workshop in detail. The preparation and
was conducted by Ms. Dalbir
Kaur. There was a detailed maintenance of reading logs
discussion about the various
was also discussed. It was a
difficulties that parents
encountered in making kids fruitful and an invigorating
develop a robust reading
habit. Ms. Dalbir expressed session, which helped parents
that an important step to
encourage a good reading appreciate the important role
habit is to provide a suitable
resource. She urged parents that Lexile Reading program can
to make reading a non-
negotiable activity at home play in enhancing creativity,
and dedicate twenty
minutes on a daily basis to communication, critical
supervise their kids’ reading.
The Lexile Reading Program thinking and critical writing in
promises to provide every
learner an access to a learners.
minimum of 400 books from

teacher’s enrichment proGram

lEXILE READING

A workshop on Lexile

reading was conducted for the
teachers of Grade III and IV on
27th March 2017. The resource
person, Ms Dalbir Kaur,
familiarised them with various
strategies to keep young

learners engaged in Encouraging and innovative
reading books. These ways to recommend new books
included various ways for reading while keeping the
to care for the books readers’ interest in mind and
and observing some adopting problem solving
classroom library rules. strategies to hone their

comprehension skills were
also discussed. The workshop
also focussed on the
importance and techniques
to foster reflection and
critical thinking on the books
read by the young learners.
The teachers were urged to
guide their learners to
gradually move to the genres
other than they usually read
and maintain reading
journals on daily basis. The
useful and effective
techniques discussed in the
workshop would go a long
way to facilitate the learner’s
interest in books.

Supplementary Reading Program & Classroom

Library Program

It is very beautifully quoted forward, we have recently with various innovative
launched a “Classroom Library strategies for reading. We hope
that “We lose ourselves in Program” for Grades III & IV to help our learners become
which aims at developing readers while truly believing
books, we find ourselves there ‘Lexile’ reading skills of learners that –
and acquainting them with
too”. Our school has been different genres of books. Since
the teachers play a prominent
running a successful role in determining the efficacy “Every Child is A
of a reading program, a
Supplementary Reading workshop was conducted by Ms. Reader…Some Just
Dalbir Kaur to acquaint them
Program for Grades Pre Haven’t Found Their

Nursery- XII that has greatly

helped learners develop a love Favorite Book Yet”.

for reading. Taking this trend

Big Book Reading program

“You Can Find Magic Wherever You Look.

Sit Back and Relax, All You Need is a Book!”

It is rightly said that ‘reading is their interest in reading, connect with what they
to the mind what exercise is to strengthens their visual observe.
the body’. For young readers, thinking skills and helps them
picture books play a great
role in captivating their
mind and cultivating their
imagination. To understand
about the effective use of
picture books and to
develop interest in reading
in our budding readers, a
workshop on ‘Big Book
Reading’ was conducted by
Ms. Dalbir Kaur on 13th
April, 2017 for the Pre-
Primary teachers. The
workshop emphasized on
the importance of read-
aloud sessions with
learners which enhances

ECHO-MENTORING PROGRAMME

The importance of teachers Ambience Public School based country. It is a fantastic platform
on multisensory teaching of which helps teachers enhance
training cannot be Basic English language (Reading, their capability.
Writing and Spelling
underestimated. Job training Programme) skills, story-telling “Learning is an
techniques and ways to experience.
empowers teachers. Echo approach different types of Everything else is
learning needs of children. just information.”
mentoring programme is one Sessions are conducted weekly
through video- conference and - Albert Einstein
such annual programme involve participants from
various schools all over the
organized to enhance the

competency of teachers

through transfer of knowledge

and skills. It is an online

programme conducted by the

poetry writing and enhancing creativity in
teaching

In order to become a different realms of poetry along facets of creative writing and
incorporate the same in their
with various elements of story classroom teaching.

proficient teacher, one must go writing. This helped teachers to

beyond the textbook and attend further enrich their

different workshops to learn understanding of the various

new teaching

methodologies. With

this view, a workshop

on the topic “Poetry

Writing and

Enhancing Creativity

in teaching”; was

organized on 27th

March, 2017 by Ms.

Kiran Misra, a radio

and communication

trainer who is

associated with

various universities

and organizations

like; IGNOU, Film City

Noida, YWCA, etc.

She guided teachers

to explore the

From our mail box

Dear Anita,

Thank you for the report.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate you all once again for
winning The Futuristic School of India award. It is indeed a
well-deserved recognition of all the efforts and hard work of the Principal,
management and staff.

As always I am really impressed with innovative ideas and
activities which are conceptualized to make learning fun and
interactive for the students. So much planning and hard work goes behind each and every activity every
month. All of you deserve boundless appreciation for this. Keep us the good work.

I am so happy to see the reading programs being carried out at nursery and primary classes. Involving the
parents in the same was a brilliant idea.

The club activities seem to be in full swing the pictures are a delight.
I am so unfortunate to have missed the literary fest but I am so glad that it was a grand success. Glad to see
technology day being celebrated among all grades.

Ample opportunities are being given to the teachers for training and development, I am sure these initiatives
will bear fruit in the long run. Keep the momentum going post the summer break.

All the best.

Sincerely
Dr. Chona

Dear Anita,

I really liked the different craft activities being taking place for the pre-primary students. Their work can be
displayed in an exhibition at the Open House. The Ice- breaking activities also seemed quite interesting and
fun. I am sure the children must have become good friends now.

Really happy to see book day being celebrated and the emphasis being given to promoting books and
reading in this age of kindles, tablets and IPads. The children need to appreciate the joy of reading actual
books.

The NDTV and TOI initiatives would be a great platform for the school and the students, I am glad that you
decided to be a part of the same.

Keep up the good work

Best
Dr.Chona

Dear Anita,

Thank you for the report. I really appreciate the efforts going in towards making learning fun and
interactive not only for the pre-primary but other grades as well. I am really happy to see the importance
given to sports and also community service. Please offer my congratulations to Elina and Shivali for
spearheading the cleanliness drive for the students as well as the parents. Other than sensitizing the
students about the environment it must have been a fun filled activity and also have enlightened the by
standers as well.
Please offer my congratulations to all the winners of the various inter and intra school events.

Kudos to you and your team for all the hard work. Keep it up.

Sincerely
Dr Chona

Mails Received from
Our Patron,
DR. Shayama Chona

Thank you so much teachers and our lovely This is the first time I have seen in Akshaj that
kids for making our day so special and he is not very excited about his holidays and he
making us feel so good. A time beautifully was not even counting days of school closing.
spent with kids and teachers. Thank you All thanks to u. Thanks a lot ma'am
again.
Akshaj’s mom
Divyasha’s mom II Macaws
Prep Marigold

Thank you so much for making us feel so Hi Ma'am, just wanted to thank and appreciate the
special and important. Kids performance teachers as kids are enjoying the class so much.
really touched our hearts. I feel on top of This morning Arshiya was super excited to go to
the world. Thank you so much both the school and was saying I like this class more
teachers. Great work! because it is easier and interesting as education is
done through games.
Megan’s mom
Prep Jasmines Arshiya’ mom
I Falcons

It was indeed a pleasure to be a part of
Mother’s Day celebration. Thank you
teachers for arranging everything so well.
Kudos to the students for the surprise they
had planned for us.
With love

Advik’s mom
Prep Daisies

I truly enjoyed every bit of Mother’s day Thank you so much teachers. It never
program. I am glad my son is growing under happened in our school and I just loved the
your guidance and support. I want to Thank concept. More than anything, I know how much
you dear teachers for your efforts to bring out kids would have loved it. It was an awesome
the best in Vivaan. You are such a positive experience for us and kids. The energy levels
influence in his personality. Thanks and are so high in the class, which is fantastic.
appreciation from the core of my heart.
Anahit's mom
Vivaan’s mom Prep Daffodils
Prep Orchids

Kudos to kids and teachers for the lovely A very Good morning Ritu, just walked out of
program. Had a beautiful experience. Lots of love the 'Focus' workshop and it gives a sense of
and blessings to you all. satisfaction & happiness to watch your child
being groomed by such well-informed
Aaradhya ‘s mom mentors, who are not only masters in their
Prep Hibiscus field but also hold a perfect command over
little intricacies of each concept.

Thanks for building such a team!!

Saurish’s mom
I Falcons

It was an amazing experience doing an
activity with kids...looking forward for
more experiences...

Newspaper activity
Shauray Valecha
II Macaws

Little Hands and Minds at work

Fun and Learning with Colors Crafting Books

Enjoying Skating

Expressing Gratitude with Thank You cards – Grade III

Reading Newspaper – Grade III

Building Houses Listening, Observing, Understanding and Learning

Crafting Ladybugs

Classification activities with colors

Maths is Fun with Friends and Abacus

Mogly Classes

Advik Malik, II- Parrots
Shanaya Suri, II- Macaws

Smriti Kasera, III Cuckoos
Ananya Shah, III- Cuckoos

Ananya Shah, III- Cuckoos