eMAGAZINE, VOLUME - II MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL

GERMAN GUESTS – from our partner school, Clara
Schumann Gymnasium, Lahr, Germany

Lotus Valley International School, It was a good start to the third year of
Gurugram, welcomed 17 guests from the exchange programme with the same
its partner school- Clara Schumann school. Our guests had an enjoyable stay
Gymnasium, Lahr, Germany. The in India and an enriching, fruitful
guests visited to be a part of the and memorable experience at Lotus
Learners Conclave; and were hosted Valley.
by their Indian counterparts.

GERMAN GUESTS – from our partner school, Clara
Schumann Gymnasium, Lahr, Germany

GERMAN GUESTS – from our partner school, Clara
Schumann Gymnasium, Lahr, Germany

INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TESTS

(29th August,2018)

As the greatest threat today to the world is protection against its own advancement,
keeping the same in mind, this day was established on December 2, 2009 at the 64th
session of the United Nations General Assembly which was adopted unanimously.

The day was celebrated by the learners Learners of Grade VIII were shown a Ted
of Grades VII & VIII. Learners of Grade Talk video on ‘Nuclear Weapons, War and
VII brought their thoughts together with its Effects’. The video was followed by a
the help of “The Big Lotus Debate”, a discussion among the learners to discuss
debate on the topic ‘Nuclear their point of view on the current scenario
disarmament is the need of the hour.’ of our planet.

WORLD FASHION DAY (21st August, 2018)

Nothing fascinates the young children more than glitter and new and crazy styles.
World Fashion Day celebrates and commemorates the glory, spirit and art of fashion
throughout the world. This day was celebrated at LVIS, Gurgaon on 21st of August and
learners of Grades IV and V enthusiastically participated in the activities planned for
them.

The budding designers of Grade IV tried Learners of Grade V unfurled their
their hands on converting their normal creativity and came up with beautiful
old clothes into fashion garments using and innovative costumes and jewellery
various accessories like ribbons, beads, designs using recycled paper. These
paints, stamping etc. They were very designs were displayed on sheets. The
creative with their work and created learners felt empowered and came up
beautiful and fashionable clothing like with very innovative ideas.
making crop tops from old T-Shirts,
converting garments into handbags and
creating tattoos on their garments.

WORLD POST DAY (9th October, 2018)

The purpose of the World Post Day is to bring awareness to the Post's role in the
everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social
and economic development.

Learners of Grade IV enjoyed watching Students of Grade VII had collected
informative videos related to Indian stamps and information on Postal
Postal System. In Grade V, the activity to Services, the story of its inception and
‘Design a post card and write a letter to developments seen over the years.
your friend’ was organized. Learners of Learners of Grade VIII came forward
Grade VI created special postage stamps and spoke about the key role played by
to commemorate the ideals, history and Postal Industry and how the postal
achievement of the national postal services keep people connected.
service.
Learners of Grade IX designed post
cards for their loved ones.
To honour the postal industry and to
help the young learners understand the
value of postal industry in today’s
technology dependent world, an activity
was held in Grade X which was to write

letters to their friends.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD DAY (16th, October, 2008)

The day was celebrated by learners with the intent to spread the message that ‘Zero
hunger can help build a safer, more prosperous world for everyone’.

On this occasion, learners of Grade IV
had an interactive experience with two
eminent parents from Grade IV, Dr.
Swati Mittal & Dr. Veenu Agarwal. They
enriched the learners with various
aspects of a balanced and colourful
diet. The power point presentation
display was not only informative but
also had a beautiful short movie on the
importance of nutrients in our diet. The
floor was open for questions and
learners took turns and asked questions
on various food habits and variety of
food they can add to their diet plan.
Emphasis was given on a diet that
should contain all right foods in right
quantities like carbohydrates, high fibre
content, water, proteins, fats, vitamins
and minerals.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD DAY (16th, October, 2008)

Learners of Grade V spread the
message on this special day by
converting their classrooms into
‘Food Galleries’, each exhibiting a
specific cuisine or a key ingredient
such as Swadeshi Mithaas,
Sugarboggers, Street foods of India,
Food Bowl, Saladsmith, Flavours,
Sidewalk which covered national as
well as international cuisines and
tastes. This was a group activity and
apart from learning about the aim of
this World Food Day 2018, children
also learnt life skills such as team
work, oral presentation of their food,
talking to German students
confidently while presenting their
dishes – Dignity of Labour.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD DAY (16th, October, 2008)

The day was celebrated by the learners with the intent to spread the message that
‘Zero hunger can help build a safer, more prosperous world for everyone’.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' DAY (15th November, 2018)

We, at Lotus Valley International School To commemorate the event, learners of
celebrated this day as we believe in the Grade IV were shown videos on
idea of the Global Citizenship and importance of education. An interesting
multiculturalism and consider the and interactive session of parents and
students all over the world as one learners was conducted in each section
community. Different grades celebrated of Grade V. Learners of Grade VI shared
this day through a plethora of activities. their views and aspirations
enthusiastically by enacting role plays.
Learners of Grade VII watched the
movie, Poorna, an inspiring true story
of the youngest girl who climbed the
Mount Everest. Students of Grade VIII
indulged in Fip Claasroom activity.
Learners of Grade IX enthusiastically
participated in “Role Play” based on
“Shift in Education System”. Learners of
Grade X shared their experiences of
various Student-Exchange Programmes
that they have been a part of.



WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AWARD- Mrs Anita Malhotra

Mrs Anita Malhotra, the Founder Principal of Lotus
Valley International School, Gurugram was felicitated
with the “Black Swan Award for Women
Empowerment” to India’s Greatest Brands &
Leaders 2017-18 – Celebrating India’s 71 Years of
Independence – Pride of the Nation by Asia One, on
10th September 2018 at Taj Lands End Hotel,
Mumbai. On this occasion the Asia one declared Lotus
Valley International School, Gurugram as ‘India’s
Greatest Brands 2017-18. She received this
prestigious Award from Ms Karishma Kapoor, the
actress. Mrs Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister
for Women and Child Development was the Chief
Guest on this occasion.

NORTH SCHOOL MERIT AWARD 2018

Mrs Anita Malhotra, the Founder Principal of Lotus Valley International School,
Gurugram was felicitated with the ‘Outstanding School Award’ and ‘School
Leadership & Inspirational Award’ in the schools CBSE category by The North School
Merit Award 2018, in a survey conducted by Education Today.Co. based on Jury
Ranking, Parents Vote & Survey Analysis.

Mrs Anita Malhotra also chaired North Educators Summit 2018 Panel discussion, on
the Topic:- Do you think making NCERT books compulsory in schools is justified to
our students and private authors and publishers, and was felicitated for ‘Active
Participation and Incredible contribution on Chairing the session’ at North
Educator’s Summit.

EDUCATION WORLD INDIA SCHOOL
RANKINGS 2018-19

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram takes pride in achieving and adding yet
another coveted award to its credit - An award earned for being ranked #15 PAN
India, #10 in Delhi-NCR and #3 in Gurgaon, according to the Education World
India School Rankings 2018-19. Education World India School Rankings with C fore is
the well-known Delhi-based market research and opinion polls agency. Over 1,000
of India’s most high-profile schools were rated and ranked on 14 parameters —
academic reputation, faculty competence, leadership quality, sports education, etc.

STAR STUDENTS -For the Month of August Grades (IV – VIII)

GRADE IV GRADE V
Acacias-Fiona Gupta Birches–Anya Saxena
Ashokas-Tanishkka Aggarwal Burans-Ritvik Singhal
Aspens-Alia Rathi Cedars – Kunal Gupta
Banyans-Ouchitya Khurana Maples – Vivaan Banerjee
Chinars-Siddharth Dhawan Neems – Riddhi Manocha
Gulmohars-Lagan Mohindroo Oaks – Advika Jain
Mahogany-Arnav Goyal Olives-Aarav Sinha
Palms-Saaranya Singh Pines – Saranya Jaggi

GRADE VI GRADE VII GRADE VIII

Beas-Vidita Singh Atri Chenab- Kaina Malik Amazon- Madhav Singla

Ganges- Siyona Nagpal Colorado-Samaira Sharma Brahmaputra-Arnav P Singh

Kaveri- ArnavMalhotra Indus- Ishna Mahajan Danube- Shikher Agrawal
Jhelum- IshitaBhushan
Nile- Gauri Agarwal Ravi-Yajur Gupta

Sutlej- Sagar Aggarwal Rhine- Aarzoo Kapoor Mississippi- Manya Malik
Thames- Mahira Kohli Volga- Varnika Sharma Tapti- PhaguniShikand
Godavari-Anika Ranaut Yamuna-Pranya Kashyap
---

GRADE IX GRADE X GRADE XI GRADE XII

Utkarsh Mishra Aryan Periwal Muskan Vasal Shreya Dewan
(Shivaliks) (Elbrus) (Aristotle) (Galileo)

STAR STUDENTS -For the Month of August Grades (IV – VIII)

GRADE IV

GRADE V

GRADE VI

GRADE VII

GRADE VIII

STAR STUDENTS - For the Month of October Grades (IV – VIII)

GRADEIV GRADE V
Acacias- Avichal Gupta Birches– Chestha
Ashokas- Ridhima Jindal Burans- Grisha Maulin Gandhi
Aspens- Aadya Sharma Cedars – Sarthak Jain
Banyans- Ananya Lakara Maples – Shobit Galhotra
Chinars- Vrinda Mittal Neems – Myra Malik

Gulmohars- Sparsh Bhuttan Oaks – Atharv Kumar
Mahogany- Vedant Tukri Olives- Ananya Batra
Palms- Arika Sahai Pines – Arhan Attri

GRADE VI GRADE VII GRADE VIII
Beas-Vansh Srivastava Chenab- Aarav Navani Amazon- Diya Sandhir

Ganges- Nishka Chopra Colorado- Suhani Yadav Brahmaputra- Mahak Dutta

Kaveri-Shourya Jandial Indus- Ritisha Mehrotra Danube- Aashman Dulloo
Ravi-Kripa Kaur Jhelum- Angel Thakur
Nile- Aanshi Das Rhine- Ananya Saluja Mississippi- Shikhar Bansal
Sutlej- Kashika Agrawal

Thames- Hitanshi Aggarwal Volga-Pranjal Sharma Tapti- Arsh Jain

Godavari-Naman Gupta Yamuna-Saumya Babbar ---

GRADE IX GRADE X GRADE XI GRADE XII
Riya Rawal Kriti Malik Sonali Goel Sireen Sohini Hossain
(Vindhyas) (Everest) (Einstein)
(Wordsworth )

STAR STUDENTS - For the Month of October Grades (IV – VIII)

GRADE IV

GRADE V

GRADES IX, X, XII

GRADE VI GRADE VIII
GRADE VII

STAR STUDENTS - For the Month of November Grades (IV – VIII)

GRADE IV GRADE V
Acacias- Ritisha Dwivedy Birches– Annika Mathur
Ashokas- Advit Poddar Burans- Simar Kaur
Aspens- Anahita Singal Cedars – Haniyyah Katyal
Banyans- Dhriti Khosla Maples – Harleen Kaur
Chinars- Sohana Singh Neems – Jiya Saxena

Gulmohars- Tisnoor Kaur Guliani Oaks – Vihaan Arora
Mahogany- Saeshha Adhana Olives- Archit Sahni
Palms- Aahana Jain Pines – Ahaan Porwal

GRADE VI GRADE VII GRADE VIII

Beas- Atharv Tiwari Chenab-Prisha Khanna Amazon- Smira Chanan

Ganges- Aarth Shah Colorado-Adya Passey Brhmptra- Vedant Aggarwal
Kaveri- Arnav Das Indus-Ashwika Meharwal Danube- Pratyush Mugrai

Nile- Naina Jhaamb Ravi- Ditya Bhuttan Jhelum- Advaith R.S
Mississippi- Divyanka Dixit
Sutlej- Shaurya Sharma Rhine- Tanish Sharan

Thames- Bhaavya Bansal Volga- Saanvi Hora Tapti- Suhani Agrawat

Godavari-Niharika Yamuna- Gayatri Veer ---
Chauhan

GRADE IX GRADE X GRADE XI GRADE XII
Pranay Goel Gul Bhatia Ameya Ashish Dehade Pankhuri Agarwal
(Aravallis)
(Andes) (Dalton) (Leonardo)

STAR STUDENTS - For the Month of November Grades (IV – VIII)

GRADE IV

GRADE V

GRADE VI

GRADE VII

GRADE VIII

TWINKLINKS– a book composed by the sisters duo
Mihikaa & Maansi Singh

Lotus Valley International

School is proud to share the

publication of the book,

“Twinklinks” composed by

the two talented 10 years

old twin sisters of Grade VI-

Sutlej- Mihikaa Singh and

Maansi Singh’.

The name ' Twinklinks has

been derived from their

identity- as poetry flowing

through the ink of twins,

Twin and Inklinks together

forming Twinklinks. It’s their

maiden book, a collection of

poems and paintings by

them. The cover of the book

too is one of their paintings.

They began writing at the

age of 7-8 years and their

poems have been published

in the school magazine a lot

of times.

Their book “Twinklinks” was launched at the
Literary confluence by the Guests of Honours,
namely, eminent writers Dr. Santosh Bakaya, Ms.
Lily Swaran, Ms. Satbir Chadha and renowned
publisher Mr. Sudarshan Kcherry, of Authorspress
and the society’s ambassadors Amarendra
Khatua, Ms. Kiren Babal and Dr. Mridula Tandon.

TWINKLINKS– a book composed by 7 years old sisters duo

Mihikaa & Maansi Singh

Our young authors were specially
commended and recognized with
medals and certificates by Mr.
Amarendra Khatua,DG, Indian
Council for Cultural
Relations,Odisha-born IFS officer
and renowned poet. Also, chief
guest and renowned poet,
retired Deputy Director General
from AIR Akashwani. Laxmi
Shankar Bajpai congratulated the
young girls for achieving such a
milestone at such a young age.
When they gave their speech, all
the guests showered them with
blessings and presented almost
10-15 rose bouquets to the young
authors wishing them a great
future. Twinklinks is available on
the online portal Amazon at this
link and receiving rave reviews -

https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07J
28TBFK .

BRAVERY AWARD – Ananya Sud of Grade IV Gulmohars

With pride, Lotus Valley International An enthusiastic and passionate
School shares the achievement of its swimmer, she used her presence of
young learner, Ananya Sud of Grade IV mind and swam towards the girl, when
Gulmohars, who saved a 4-year-old child the small child’s hand was only visible in
from drowning in a resort pool at Taj the deeper side of the
Exotica, Goa while Ananya was there on a pool. Ananya pulled out the little girl
vacation with her parents. and rescued her. She was given a trophy
and medal on 4th November 2018 by the
cultural team at Taj Exotica.

HINDI OLYMPIAD

Hindi Vikas Sansthan, Delhi organized the coveted Hindi Olympiad on 21st August 2018
at Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram. Students from classes IV- X
participated in the test which evaluated their knowledge of Vocabulary, Grammar,
Subject proficiency and knowledge of eminent literary figures of the Hindi Language.
Students participated in the Olympiad with much zeal and vigor. It was evident in the
result as the students made the school proud with their outstanding performance.
5students (Yagan Gupta – Grade 2, Riddhi Manocha – Grade 5, Khushi Joshi – Grade 5,
Vidyansh Kohli – Grade 8, Bhakti Bansal – Grade 8)received a special mention for
securing the 1st Position at the National Leveland were honoured with trophies and
certificates. 35 students received gold, bronze and silver medals. Khushi Anand, who
scored highest marks in Hindi subject in CBSE Class 10 Board Exams, was also
honoured with trophy and certificate. The students and their Mentor Mrs Sumanlata
were felicitated at a special ceremony organized by Hindi Vikas Sansthan.



4th FEBRUARY, 2019
New Session Begins
For X/Xii

26th MARCH, 2019
World Radio Day



Isn’t it amazing? Anisha Gupta
VI/Sutlej
Isn’t it amazing
that overconfidence The light in our heart
leads to ungratefulness?
Isn’t it amazing There is a light in our heart
that sometimes that shows us the right path.
the most powerful beings turn into It tells us what we should do
weaklings? but we do it only if we want to.
Isn’t it amazing While it tells us to learn
that sometimes we are just having fun.
what we think would happen doesn’t It tells us to do what is right
instead something else happens? while we fight.
Isn’t it amazing? It's for us very sad
while we are very bad.
Yatharth Kumar Bhuyan
Yatharth Kumar Bhuyan
IV/ Banyans IV/ Banyans

Leisha Kapil
V/Oaks

My heiress…….. Echoes of geckos of the past

Once upon a time in United Kingdom, there It would make a great cast
lived a king named Kandara. His wife’s name Why do I care?
was Mandakini. They had four daughters and Its because i don't have a bear
four sons. Their children were very sincere in What's in a Name?
their studies and each child got a gold medal It can give you fame
in their exams or in their sports tournaments. There is a gecko on the ship's mast
They were very proud of their children. Time It looks like it is fast
passed, their children grew up and were I finally got a bear
independent so their parents decided that It doesn't have a lot of hair ,
their children should get marry. Once their But , I really don't care
mother got sick and died so their father was It wants to go to the fair
only left. His children met him every month I can't stand that bears glare!
so that he won’t fell lonely. After many years,
he also died. So the children were very sad Aditya Sundaram
about as they were only left in the kingdom. VI/ Ravi
So all the responsibilities of the buildings and
the loans their father had brought were given
to the eldest daughter and to the eldest son.
From that day onwards they were called as
the heiress and the heir of the king. They did
all their responsibilities very nicely.

Unnati Saxena
IV/Ashokas

Shaurya Jandial
VI/Kaveri

God Anisha Gupta, VI/Sutlej

God here, Hidden memory
God there,
God everywhere. Deep under you and me.
He knows who's There's a hidden memory that
fair and unfair. can see not even me.
Who's fair In that memory there are a
he gives them a place lot of options for life.
which nobody knows That are to be
is where. glad or sad,
It's in the mind to be
and is angry or happy,
difficult to find. to do something
He also shows them bravely or cowardly,
happiness' way to fight with might.
in the day These are the
and light options of life.
in the night. Which are in the hidden
memory that we can't see.
Yatharth Kumar Bhuyan
IV/ Banyans Yatharth Kumar Bhuyan
IV/ Banyans
Anisha Gupta, VI/Sutlej

Bonding of friendship

Everyone loves the game they play
these moments are awesome as I say
laughing, yelling, shouting all the way
Bonding of friendship is all it makes it stay

Pretty little liars full of secret to say
threats from ‘A’ keeps them in a fray
anger, jealousy, terror in their way
Bonding of friendship never fades away

Mr. Modi reached out to world Pranshu Jain, IV/Ashokas
hugging every leader without a word
charm it created makes everyone say
Bonding of friendship never fades away

I extend my wishes to all of you
May your bonding become stronger than you
Let all join hands to make enmity perish
Enjoy bonding of friendship till moment of
cherish

Won’t you agree to what I say Vanini Yagnik, VII/Chenab
Bonding of friendship is here to stay

Pranya Kashyap
VII/Yamuna

Vanini Yagnik, VII/Chenab

Aaira Katoch, VI/Ganges

Anisha Gupta, VI/Sutlej Anisha Gupta, VI/Sutlej

Mihikaa Singh
VI/Sutlej

Ruth Kothari, VI/Sutlej

CHRISTMAS FUN

It is cold and chilly,
Let’s have some Christmas fun!!
Our whole family in one,
Let’s have some Christmas fun!!
Hear the snow crunch, see the kids’ bunch,
Let’s have some Christmas fun!!
Get all gifts one by one,
Let’s have some Christmas fun!!
Don’t be dumb, don’t get numb,
Let’s have some Christmas fun!!
Come and jump, let’s all run,
Let’s have some Christmas fun!!

Vania Ray
IV/ Gulmohars

Naisha Khanna
IV/Palms

If I were a little birdie…

Tweet tweet tweet, my mumma is so
sweet
When she goes out of the nest, I start
feeling weak.
She gets food for me and doesn’t let any
danger come near.
I know when she is around, there is
nothing to fear.

She teaches me to fly though I am scared
I keep falling down, but I am never
spared.
Till I get confidence, she says she is
there,
I am so happy being a baby birdie in her
care.

She chirps that I am very dear to her,and
she teaches me a bird song
Now I know that I can sing beautifully
and know where I belong
I am proud to be a birdie that can fly high
one day
And handle any problems, that come my
way!

Naisha Khanna
IV/Palms

Memories of Jaipur Trip Vanini Yagnik, VII/Chenab

We are going on a Jaipur trip.
there we are going to jump and skip
my friends and I are going to flip
we are going on a Jaipur trip.
We are going there by a coach
very soon we will approach
We will go to a beautiful fort
there we will meet the owner of a court
In Jaipur our parents ’ll give us a call
this trip is gonna be the best of all
We have got money and we will shop
From beautiful carvings to spinning
tops
We are going on a Jaipur trip
there we are going to jump and skip.

Siyona Bakshi and Alia Rathi Being Human
IV Aspens
Being Human is fun
Vanini Yagnik, VII/Chenab Helping us is the bright Sun
Humans have powerful brain which
makes them very strong
But they don’t really know where they
belong
Most of them keep fighting
And most of them stay happy
Some of them are bright
While some of them are shabby
I am a human bringing light
To this world I’m going to tell
We are all hiding under a shell
Knowing everything called knowledge
But not using it properly
We all will yell, in heaven or hell
I am a human, which is all I have to tell.

Aadya Sharma
IV/Aspens

DREAMS… Dhriti Khosla, IV/Banyans
Hiya Thakur, VII/Volga
DREAMS ARE LIKE A CHAINED BIRD
HELD DOWN WITH BINDS OF NEGLIGENCE
TAUNTED DAILY BY THE TINKLE OF CHAINS

Made of fantasies and wants
this little tickle starts from a spark
yet it takes not a lot of time for it
to turn it into a blazing fire

no matter how much you try to avoid
yet it takes not a lot of time for you to realize
that fire spreads
and you will burn with it

you might be in the mood for merry
yet it takes not a lot of time for you to question
that are you really?
Realizing the strength of the situation

You indulge in the necessary drudgery and
worry
Shall it be undone it will be a stinging satire
But if it is fulfilled it will be you biggest triumph
Yet it takes not a lot of time for you to realize
That it was a dream just a dream.

Ananya Prakash
VIII/ Jhelum

Palak Bhandari, V/oaks

I AM THE MAGICAL CHILD Maansi Singh, VI/Sutlej

I am the magical child,
I like to steal toffees in style
OH! Mere toffees for my magic ?
I want things bigger in my life.

I am the magical child,
My spell would make my country’s people wiser
To create India a world’s super power.

I am the magical child,
My spell ‘transmodium’ would transform the
Buildings , factories , rivers and the
environment
To as good as new.

I am the magical child,
None would fall short of funds,
As the money would keep going back to them
When the day ends.

I am the magical child,
There are no wands needed for me to become
a CRICKTER
As I am destined to be the one.
I AM THE MAGICAL CHILD

SAARVIN SINGHAL
V – PINES

Nishika Manini,
V/Maples

Ananya Lakara
IV/Banyans

MAHIMANIA

He plays hundreds of matches,
And is known for his unique catches.

also called Captain Cool,
Because of

He is his bat like 'trishool'!

With his contribution towards so
many wins,

May be one day he will be the PM, it
seems.

When it comes to wicket keeping,
He jumps like a frog without
croaking.

You are my greatest inspiration,
And to be like you is just my
ambition.

Prateek Sinha
V/Neems

Turvishi Arora, VI/Nile



My Superhero: My Mom

Mom is the person who gives birth to a child, guides them, works hard to give a better
life to them and help them e a different person. My mom is very good. She takes very
good care of me and helps me in difficult situations. She is perhaps only one of the 100
mothers who are so strong and brave and also encourage their children to talk to them
freely and open their hearts out. It is quite good to see that women are progressing
and achieving many feats of the world. Mothers are perhaps the best example for this
line. They do innumber of tasks at the same time or in simple words you can say that
they do multitasking. They look after their children, cook food for them, help them in
studies and send them to school. Phew!! That is a lot of hard work to be put in. It is not
like a regular job. If you wish to take a day off from office it is ok, but a mom has to
work for the children continuously till they become responsible enough to take care of
themselves. My mom is a very patient woman. She is also very determined and has a
great self esteem. There was a very bad phase in her life in 2007 when she got to know
that one of her kidney had failed. She was in shock and despair when she heard about
it because at that time she was pregnant with me. She would always be thinking how
would I be and can she give birth to me? This thought haunted her every second.
Slowly and gradually, she started gathering courage and she gave birth to me. Later she
had a surgery and now because of her sheer determination, she is fit and fine.
Whenever I think about that time, I always shed tears and think that if I would have
been in her place, would I have given up or fought back and overcome that face? I am
very proud of her and always thank god that there was a hope and a determination
inside her which helped her in giving a ‘Mu Thod Javab’ to the problems she has faced.
I love her the most. If anybody asks me which thing is the dearest to me, then I always
say mom. Because if moms don’t exist than our earth would have been destroyed a
long time ago. She is simply great. I thing she always says is that “Rishu, you are my
life”. I want her to bestow her love on me forever.

Rishabh Rajesh
VI/Godavari

Nevan Roy Nandika Gupta,
IV/Aspens IV/Gulmohars

Limericks Acrostic Poem

 Once there was a little fish 1. Toffee
Seaweed was its favourite dish T – Tasty
One day, he found a lot to munch O – Oval
So he went crunch-crunch-crunch F – Fat
And he got so fat, oh that silly F – Fully
little fish! E – Equipped
E – Engager
 Once there was a little bird 2. Wonderful
Who really was a big nerd W – Working hard
One day he went to a lab O – Outrageous
And saw a scientist doing a dab N – Need rest
And after that, oh that bird, never D – Do anything
did he become a nerd! E – Enchanted
R – Run errands at home
 There once was a big tree F – Full
Who thought, “Oh! I’m not free!” U – Use time wisely
So he asked a woodcutter L – Love working
To cut him off, till the ground was 3. Maths
as soft as butter M – Multiplication
And oh boy, did it become free! A - Addition
T – Thousands
 Once there was a big house H – Hundreds
Which had a little mouse
It screamed in pain Nandika Gupta
“Oh there is no gain!”
And with a sad face, it went again IV/Gulmohars
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Nishika Manini
V/Maples

Ruth Kothari Ahana Soni
VI/Sutlej VI/Kaveri

Make your own Fantasy

Once upon a time, a girl named Zori went for a walk in the park outside her
society. As she wasn’t paying attention to where she was walking, she fell in a
deep underground hole. She was frightened but to her amazement she
touched a spongy pinkish wall and when she touched the wall, candies started
to fall. She was thrilled and found a striped candy hammer lying nearby. She
started to dig and break the walls. All the candies started to fall and Zori
started playing with the candies. She was in a magical world that was filled
with candies of different flavors, shapes, sizes and colors.

After a while, she saw the world’s largest candy jar and her mouth started
watering. However the jar was empty. She saw few buttons on the jar, and
wondered “what’s the use of these buttons”? The jar read “MAKE YOUR OWN
FANTASY”. She was thrilled and pressed a button on the jar and to her disbelief
letters started popping-out. She was curious why the letters were popping out.
Later after much pondering, she saw on the jar screen, that some information
needs to be filled regarding her fantasy. She filled all the information with the
help of popping letters like topic of the fantasy, toppings, flavor etc. The next
step was to create the topping and flavor of her choice. She easily found lot of
flavors and different filling in different labeled jars. She picked the flavors and
fillings of her choice and made a very soft, juicy gushy mushy candy that would
just melt in your mouth with the help of instructions on the jar. It was indeed a
miracle for her as she made her own candy within a few minutes. She gulped
one of her candies and her face showed an expression like
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. She collected all the candies and wanted to come
out of the hole and share her miraculous experience with her friends, however
she bumped her head and she realized that she was having this beautiful
dream. She just wished if it was true and if not, she and all in kids in the world
should have such wonderful dreams every night.

Sohana Singh, IV/Chinars

Harshita Prabhakar, VII/Yamuna Ananya Prakash, VII/Jhelum

The Day everything was upside Adya Passey, VII/Colorado
down

Something happened in the world,
someone spread the word.
All seven continents flipped out,
the seeds up and sprouting upside down.
Everyone was freaking in the town
all five oceans had fish swam in the air,
like they just didn’t care.
Everybody had a confusion,
they thought it was an illusion
This poem has come to a conclusion
the world is upside down and I don’t know the
solution

Stavya Khurana , V/Maples

Sarah’s Interview

Sarah was very excited and nervous. Today
she was having an interview at Joffert and
Jennings. It was her first interview. She got up
at exactly 6:00 a.m. and got ready. She wore
her best dress. The only open position was for
the account executive. And she was pretty
much happy with that till she got employed!
Once she reached, she was called into the
interviewer’s office straight away. The
interviewer’s name was Tim. All the easy
questions were asked first. But then, Tim
asked, “What will you do if we go bankrupt?”.
Sarah was stunned. She thought for a while
and said, “Idea! Idea! Idea! We’ll just invest in
a new bank!” showing a proud look on her
face. Tim knew that she was best suited for
the job. Nobody was ever able to answer this
question even though it was very easy. And
that’s how Sarah got her job.

Nishika Manini, V/Maples

Why is The Sky So Blue

Once upon a time in the dark jungles of Himalayas, there lived a leopard named
Tigra. He was very clever. One day Tigra thought why this sky is so blue. He thought
he thought and thought. Then one day he saw a gorilla throwing blue paint the air.
Tigra went to him and asked his name. The gorilla replied my name is Gana. Tigra
asked why you are throwing blue paint in the air. Gana replied this is a tradition
from the last 2007 years. On every Monday and Saturday the gorilla family used to
throw blue paint in the air.

So that’s why the sky is blue. But when there were no gorilla the sky was green in
color as the elephant family used to throw green paint in the air. But we defeated
them and made the sky shiny blue. Our paint is no ordinary paint. We mix some
things in it and the things are “water of Lotus River, the dust of shiny magical rocks,
the leave of indigo plants and secret ingredient”. Tigra said OOhh now I know why
the sky is so blue.

Khsirja Verma, IV/Banyans

ICE CREAM! ICECREAM! WE
ALL SCREAM FOR ICECREAM!

When I was five,

I use to hide my precious ice cream!
I was to get found....
When mommy use to frown!!!
That crunchy cone,
And the chocolate swirl,
When it use to melt,
I loved the smell....
The dripping chocolate!
Oh, how I miss those days!
When, I was five.

Saanvi Ranjan
V/ Birches

Ashrita Chakraborty
V- Olives

IF I WERE A….

If I were a bird , I would fly everywhere
chirp all day loudly here and there
Would splash in the fountains and
Have fun in sun
Would fly back to my nest
And take some rest!!

If I were a fish ,I would swim Irsa Sharma, IV/Acacias
Would go to the bottom and the brim.
I would swim left , I would go right My Mom- My Friend…
As my body would be very light.
I would be colourful and very bright My mom has made me laugh,
Made me cry,
Like the rainbow and the sunlight. Wiped my tears,
Hugged me tight,
Irsa Sharma, IV/Acacias Watched me succeed,
Seen me fail,
Rupanya Kashyap, VI/Godavari Cheered me on,
Kept me going strong,
And drove me crazy.
Moms are a promise from gods,
That you will have a friend forever.

Lagan Mahindroo, IV/Gulmohars

Darkness….. Rishit Rampal, VII/Volga

Running, panting, falling, Nevan Roy, 4/Aspens
Faster, breathless, tired, trying.
It, is so close,
A mirage, a past ghost.

Faster, faster
I, can feel it now.
Hot, heavy breaths,
Breathing down my neck,
A rancid smell and an air of death.
I, have reached the cliff
Nowhere to run, nowhere to go.
Should I jump
And end it
Once and
For all.

Stop. I turn around,
I look it in the eye and
Stand my ground.

Huge, terrible…
It seems smaller now.
Shaking, trembling,
Does it fear me...
...How?

As the sun rises,

My demon is but dust and shadows.

Yashita Agarwal, IX/ Shivaliks

“How to find out who picked my BASKETBALL” …. with Artificial
Intelligence

This problem statement has many parts. Let's break this problem into smaller parts
like

1. How to
2. find out
3. who picked
4. my
5. basketball.
Even when you have CCTV camera watching the area where you left your basketball, it
will take lot of effort and time to find the person who has taken the basketball.
Artificial Intelligence helps us in this

1. “How to”: We have to load the video of entire day into the artificial intelligence
engine sitting on our computer and then the computer will show the result. But
how will computer find out ??

2. “Basketball” : Computer will use "object detection algorithm" for basketball size
spherical item to search. But next question is how computer will differentiate
between “others” basketball and “my” basketball.

3. “My” : For this computer uses "colour and pattern based algorithm" to
differentiate.

4. “Find out”: the computer searches the video footage based on “my basketball”
to find the person and time when it was picked. ?

5. “Who Picked” : Once computer finds the time of picking of basket ball, the
computer will find the person using "facial detection and facial recognition
algorithm" to find who took my basketball....
Yeah !! I found out who picked my basketball yesterday .
Thanks to Artificial Intelligence

Kashika Puri, VIII/Brahmaputra

The Red Striped Tiger

Once upon a time, there was a red striped tiger who lived in
the jungle with his family of three. While all the family
members loved their little “Redsy”, his friends and others in
the jungle made fun of him most of the times. This was
because of Redsy’s color. He was the only tiger with red
stripes. All the others were normal, just like every tiger with
black stripes. Redsy used to feel very bad that everyone
used to tease him. But there was a tigress friend of him who
never ever teased him. Her name was Binny. She was a very
humble, kind, sincere, warm hearted, polite and adorable
tigress. She loved to play with Redsy, specially HIDE & SEEK!
While everybody used to tease and not play with Redsy at
all, Binny wanted to play with Redsy all day long. There was
a small secret they had - a little play cave! They would also
have many out of home tiger days together.

One day they both had an idea. They headed towards the Ruth Kothari, VI/Sutlej
deeper jungle, where their parents had said NOT TO GO.
They walked and walked, until they found a little hut. Inside
their, lived a horrible witch who was a little deaf. Little
Redsy and Binny walked towards the door, which was
slightly open; what they saw inside made them almost fall
with shock! The witch was making a pot full of black magic
which would kill all the little cubs and baby tigers in the
jungle. They quickly decided to head back and warn their
jungle fellows of the danger ahead. The king Lion, when
heard their story decided to take immediate action and
went with a herd of elephants and troop of monkeys to fight
the witch and throw her out forever. After a few days, the
lion returned a winner and the jungle cubs were saved. All
the animals in the jungle thanked Redsy with love and felt
sorry for being rude to him. They decided never to make fun
of him again, learning a big lesson that no one should be
judged on their appearances – what matters is your beauty
of heart!

Shivangi, IV/Chinars

THE VERY LUCKY COIN

Clara was a meek girl. She never used to speak to people. She had recently
moved to New York. “Mom! I do not like New York. I liked California.” she
wailed. “Darling, you have to learn to make friends, so you do not get bored.
Go downtown, you might have fun. Your cycle is in the garage. Now go and
do not return till tea.” A few minutes later, Clara was cycling through
downtown, looking from shop to shop. As she stopped to get a pastry from a
bakery, she saw a gleaming gold coin fallen on the ground.” Oh, let me show
this to mom, she will be happy. After going a distance, she saw a big park.
There were many children playing. Let me go to the park ”she thought .
When she entered the park, she saw a blonde girl running towards her. “Hi!”
She panted. “Hi!” Clara replied . “Do you want to be my friend. And what is
your name?” asked the girl. “My name is Clara, and yes, I want to be your
friend. What is your name?” asked Clara. “My name is Emma.” replied the
girl. A few minutes later, Emma and Clara were playing happily together. After
an hour, Clara went home and rushed to her mother. “Mother I made a
friend! All because of this coin!” exclaimed Clara. “Oh Clara” laughed her
mother, “this friendship is not because of the coin, it is because you had the
courage to make a friend and I am proud of you!”
MORAL – always believe in yourself and never be shy

Naisha Sawhney, IV/Aspens

My motherland - India

Among the seven continents one is Asia,
In Asia lies my beautiful India,
A land of great diversity,
An emblem of purity and unity.
Himalayas on top, ocean down,
It is Asia crown.
World’s most beautiful destination,
Where each day is a celebration
Prosperity in plenty
It’s God’s own country.
Every place so grand,
Yes, it is my motherland.
To born here is a dream come true,
I love her – love her,
So shall you.

Vinayak Malhotra, VII/Yamuna

Ruth Kothari, VI/Sutlej

My Beautiful world of Wishes

I wish to fulfil my all dreams.
And want to excel myself in all streams.
I wish to be fairy with small-small Wings.
Who wears beautiful colour dresses such as Red, White and Pink!
I wish to have big and beautiful House.
Which is full of happiness and there is no Lizard and Mouse.
I wish to have a great Mind.
Who is always good with others and Kind.
I wish to play games and become number 1 Player.
And would like to respect everyone beliefs with love and Care.
I wish to swing from one branch to another.
And want to have every moment of the life with my mother & Father.

Alaina Bhatia, IV/Ashokas