School E magazine Primary School August to November- 2019-2

GRADE II DOVES- BE THE CHANGE, THE WORLD IS OURS

GRADE II KIWIS-
WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY

GRADE II KITES- PEACE BEGINS WITH A SMILE

GRADE I PENGUINS:
NATIONAL SPORTS DAY

GRADE I
MAGPIES:

WORLD
FASHION DAY

GRADE I NIGHTINGALES:
SAVE ELECTRICITY

GRADE I FALCONS:
FRIENDSHIP

GRADE I FLAMINGOES:
CELEBRATING EID

GRADE I HUMMINGBIRDS:
INDEPENDENCE DAY

GRADE I KINGFISHERS:
MONSOON

GRADE PREP DAFFODILS:
GOING GREEN

GRADE PREP HIBISCUS:
LOOK AT THE BRIGHTER SIDE

GRADE PREP JASMINES:
HAPPINESS

GRADE PREP MARIGOLDS:
HINDI DIWAS

GRADE PREP ORCHIDS:
SAVE ELECTRICITY

GRADE PREP PRIMROSES:
LOVE, THE TRUE ESSENCE OF LIFE

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION – 15 th August

The school celebrated the 73rd
Independence Day with unprecedented
patriotic fervour on 15th August, 2019. The
ceremony commenced with a prayer
followed by the unfurling of the National
Flag by the school Principal, Ms. Anita
Malhotra. The air was filled with patriotic
sentiments when learners sang the song
‘Main peer manavan chaliya’ along with an
enthralling dance performance by the
learners portraying the unwavering resolve
of the freedom fighters during their struggle.
Principal, Ms. Anita Malhotra addressed the
gathering and urged all to serve the
motherland with dignity and responsibility.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

INDEPENDENCE DAY

INDEPENDENCE DAY

NATIONAL SPORTS DAY – 29th August 2019

“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.”

National Sports Day is celebrated on 29th and learn. They all participated in playing
August every year to commemorate the on life-size lay outs of the games like
birthday of Major Dhyan Chand, one of the hopscotch, tic- tac- toe, snakes and ladders
most respected legendary figures in Indian and fun maze. Grade I learners enjoyed the
and world hockey. To highlight the obstacle, relay, 50 meters and 200 meters
importance of this day, the learners of our races in the School Greens while Grade- II
school celebrated the day with pride and learners performed various yoga asanas
enthusiasm. The celebration set rolling with and exhibited their skills through dumbbell
the choir from Grades I-III singing an all- drill. Grade- III learners were enthused to
time popular, ‘Eye of the Tiger’ followed by perform Zumba and marathon. It was an
a warm up drill that helped the young accomplishing day full of zeal and gusto.
learners gear up for the fun-filled day.
Thereafter, Grades Pre Nursery, Nursery
and Prep moved to the Junior Foyer, where
various board games like chess, carom and
scrabble were exhibited for them to see

NATIONAL SPORTS DAY

HINDI DIWAS – 14th September 2019

‘Hindi Diwas’ is celebrated across
the country on the 14th of
September each year with a
purpose to infuse love for our
language and rich culture. The
young learners of our school also
celebrated the day with great
enthusiasm and fervor. The Pre
Primary grades presented a
special assembly to highlight the
importance of Hindi and enjoyed
greeting each other and their
mentors in Hindi. They learned
inspiring slogans, rhymes and
moral stories in Hindi. The
learners of Primary grades wrote
creative slogans and recited
different genres of Hindi poems.
They also sang melodious
couplets composed by renowned
poets like Kabir Das and Rahim
Das.

HINDI DIWAS

CELEBRATING GURUPURAB

Spreading the message of love and togetherness

Lotus Valley International School Gurugram Principal, Ms.Anita Malhotra wished

celebrated the 550th Birth Anniversary of everyone a happy Gurpurab and

Guru Nanak Dev Ji with great fervour and encouraged all to follow the path of

zeal. The celebration began with the harmony, humility and equality as shown by

Principal, Headmistresses, teachers and Guru Nanak ji. Thereafter, kadah parshad

school administrative staff paying their prepared by the teachers of Pre-Primary

obeisance by reciting ‘Mool Mantra’ Wing was distributed and partaken with

together. School Chairperson, Mr. Gurdeep much reverence. As known to all, the food

Singh and Mr. Daman Singh, Member- served in a langar ‘Guru’s Kitchen’ always

Managing Committee also joined the has that special ingredient, which leaves

celebration. The school campus every soul at peace and every palate

reverberated with the humming of the satisfied. Likewise, the langar graciously

hymns and filled the atmosphere with organized by the School Management and

serenity. . Principal was both delicious and gratifying.

GURUPURAB CELEBRATION

GURUPURAB CELEBRATION IN PRIMARY WING

GURUPURAB CELEBRATION IN PRIMARY WING

VISIT TO KIDZANIA – GRADE II

“Field trips are a great way to relate their concepts with real life-like

bring excitement and adventure to situations. Learners were thrilled to do the
role play of a firefighter, a policeman, a
learning.”
doctor, a baker and many more at the

Field Trips are integral in bridging the gap respective work stations. In addition, they
between classroom learning and hands-on also enjoyed themselves at the dancing,
experience. With this thought, the school drawing, rock-climbing stations. They also
organized a field trip, on 1st August, for the relished the warm sumptuous snacks and
learners of Grade II to the popular indoor food and departed with a promise to come
theme park, Kidzania in Noida. The visit back for more of the amazing experience.

provided them with an opportunity to co-

VISIT TO KIDZANIA – GRADE II

VISIT TO KIDZANIA – GRADE II

WORK EDUCATION It is rightly said,’ a learning
Sculptor’s Club that comes from
involvement, goes a long
way.’ It is this learning that
makes a difference to a
child’s holistic development.
The Work Education Clubs, is
an initiative by the school to
ensure that every learner
imbibes key life skills. The
various clubs ranging from
Speech Craft, Powerhouse,
Young Explorers, and Math
Magic club among others,
bear testimony to the same
fact. The clubs encourage
the learners to develop into
more confident individuals
through a deep set
knowledge of concepts.

Speech Craft Club Art Smart Club

Young Writer’s Club Young Explorer’s Club

Mathmagic Club

Self Defense Club

Compassion Service Brain Train Club
Recharge Club

Expression Theatre Club

WORK EDUCATION CLUBS GRADE I

Young Explorer’s Club

Club: Art Smart Club: Home Economics Club: Math Magic

Club: Compassion Service Recharge Club: Brain Train

BHARATNATYAM RECITAL BY RAMA VAIDYANATHAN
FOR SPIC MACAY

Lotus Valley International School organised an enriching and engaging experience for
a ‘Bharatanatyam recital’, by Ms. Rama the learners. “Dance is an expression of
Vaidyanathan in the spirit of SPIC MACAY, emotions but classical dance is absolute
to showcase the beauty of classical divinity” said the anchors. This sentence
performing arts to students of Delhi NCR. conveyed the excitement and goodwill
This spectacular event featured Ms. Rama with which the school hosted the event.
Vaidyanathan a renowned Bharatanatyam SPIC MACAY was founded by Dr. Kiran Seth.
Exponent and her daughter/disciple The organisation has always been
Dakshina Vaidyanathan . The School supported and run by student volunteers
Principal Ms. Anita Malhotra felicitated the and all students are encouraged to get
artist followed by the performance. Lotus involved in this process.
Valley has always encouraged students
to go beyond academics and explore their
creative potential. In that sense, this was

BHARATNATYAM RECITAL BY RAMA VAIDYANATHAN
FOR SPIC MACAY

BHARATNATYAM RECITAL BY RAMA VAIDYANATHAN
FOR SPIC MACAY

CBSE STORYTELLING COMPETITION

Our school constantly endeavours to Learners left their mentors spellbound with
provide learners with opportunities to not their ingenuity and elocution. The next few
only fuel their imagination but also hone phases helped the selection panel choose a
their presentation skills. In continuation of learner whose story presentation was
the same, learners from Grades 3 to 5 recorded and uploaded on the CBSE
were encouraged to participate whole website. The activity presented an excellent
heartedly in CBSE’s Story-telling platform to all learners to hone their
Competition. Learners selected a topic creative and public speaking skills.
from the choices given by CBSE and
displayed their creative thinking and
oratory skills through story-telling. The
initial phase of the story telling activity
was conducted in the respective
classrooms and witnessed a large number
of learners participating.

ART EXHIBITION 2019-20

ART EXHIBITION 2019-20

SPATIAL AND CODING STUDIO

‘Education is the passport to the discussed with the learners to help them
future, for tomorrow belongs to understand the concept better. The
those who prepare for it today.’ intriguing activities planned for the
learners kept them hooked to the
Our school believes in giving its learners sessions in the studio.
more than the ordinary and adopts new
approaches to learning, keeping pace Trudi Level 1 – Grade I
with the fast evolving role of technology
in education. The Spatial and Coding
Studio was thus conceptualized in order
to encourage a problem solving attitude
in our learners, from a nascent age. Terms
like Artificial Intelligence, Coding,
Decoding, and Programmers were

Trudi Level 1 – Grade II

Trudi Level 1 – Grade III

ARYABHATTA MATH LAB

Math Lab provides a room for FACT FAMILY
learners to enjoy math through
informal exploration, reasoning
and logical understanding.
Learners of Grade II and III visit
this lab to explore patterns,
ideas and all the activities are
thoughtfully planned to create
interest towards the subject.
Each learner gets an opportunity
for individual participation which
augments their understanding of
the subject and its relevance
beyond books. They are
stimulated to explore and create
their own problems and seek
solutions for the same,
independently as well as in
groups. Through these
interesting and unique activities,
learners are encouraged to
discover the vast world of
mathematics.

ARYABHATTA MATH LAB

GROWING PATTERNS

DIVISION

DISCOVERY LAB

As rightly said-‘Observation is passive
science, whereas experimentation is
an active one’. One such platform for our

learners to achieve this erudition has been
through Discovery Lab activities. Various age
appropriate experiments are conducted in
the Lab to help our young explorers discover
their own scientific acumen. To name a few
interesting activities such as- examination of
different types of fabrics, observation of the
weaving pattern using magnifying glass and
showing a torch lit globe, depicting day and
night pattern of the Earth fascinated the
learners to explore various areas of learning.

ACTIVITY CONDUCTED ON:
TYPES OF CLOTHES

UNBOX TINKERING

#Unbox Tinkering is one of its kind
four-day workshop implemented by
Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog
,for teachers from ATL schools in and
around Haryana. Lotus Valley
International School, Gurugram was
selected to host the event in
collaboration with SRF Foundation,
Learning Links foundation and IBM
from 27th Aug to 30th Aug 2019. The
training covered ATL dashboard, ATL
Mentor of change, tools, equipment,
sensors, Intellectual property and
much more. Our school Principal
,Mrs. Anita Malhotra announced the
launch of STEAM lab. in the School to
promote the essence of design and
computational thinking for grades I
to V from the coming month.

FITKID PROGRAM

FITKID PROGRAM