A QUARTERLY e-MAGAZINE
Primary School
August - November
(YEAR 2022-23)
EDITION
Issue: LVG-19
2nd Quarter/2022-23
All big things come from small beginnings; the seed of every habit is a single, tiny
decision; and decision-making is never learned but comes from experience. Recent
events show all too clearly that many of the biggest threats we face respecting no
borders or walls, and must be met with collective action, which in turn is often an
inflection point for rapid innovation. We at Lotus Valley believe to be a motivator, a
facilitator, and a cultivator of talent; and making our learners citizens of the modern
world is the quintessential element of our teaching.
Following the realistic ideals, we envisage our pupils to understand that
knowledge is only the accumulation of facts whereas wisdom, the synthesis
of knowledge and experiences into insights that deepens one’s understanding of
relationships and the meaning of life; and knowledge hence becomes a tool, and
wisdom the craft.
As it becomes imperative to look into the future, we as educational leaders and
instructors, have been able to incorporate 21st-century skills into our existing
curriculum. Technology and innovation will continue to revolutionize our way of
life with diversified and multifaceted stimulants, so we admit to being focused on
keeping students engaged in the months, years, and decades ahead. Our learners
identify, introspect, improve, and implement their learnings.
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
Our firm belief in experiential learning reorients the path to progression instead of
perfection. Pupils here are challenged and nurtured in equal measure. We prize the
growth of positive, well-rounded citizens as highly as we do academic success,
pursuing both with vigour and commitment. The wealth of opportunities open to
our pupils encourages an active mind, an active body, and a true desire to aim high
in all that they do in life.
Growth is inextricably linked to every member of our thriving school community so
we encourage our educators to invest in opportunities to learn about global
education practices and research the field of comparative education to ensure their
teaching methods and curricula are effective.
We are forever grateful to our Founder Director-Principal, Ms. Anita Malhotra for
her conducive guidance, and defined and articulated vision. We appreciate our
providential parents for their partnership in this collaborative venture
of insurance, resurrection, and fruition. Habits are the compound
interest of self-improvement and what can be better than to learn it
from the selfless of all – our Mother Nature!
Let us not break this chain of co-existence. Let us
replace differences with understandings!
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal; it is the courage to
continue that counts.” -Winston S. Churchill
This year has been phenomenal. We valiantly battled
the pandemic, recovered, and went back to our
regular routines. Once more, the school's doors were
opened to the students, and we sailed out on another
academic adventure without a hitch. Our top goals
were the students' well-being and safety.
To educate and prepare global people for our society, DR. SHAYAMA CHONA
a community is necessary. Ms. Anita Malhotra, Padma Shri,
Director Principal, and her talented team worked
tirelessly to ensure that the children's transition from Padma Bhushan Awardee
online to offline instruction went as smoothly as
possible.
With the integration of the National Education Policy
into the curriculum, the faculty brilliantly crafted the
exercises to make the learning enjoyable, simple,
and experiential in nature.
I am incredibly delighted to see the young minds excelling in class and winning awards
in a variety of inter and intra-school events. Scholar Badge, Investiture Ceremony, Seva
Mela, Steam Fest, Binary Bots, Lotus MUN, Commfluence, Lotus Discourse etc. are just
a few of Lotus Valley's plumes that give students the chance to speak in public,
participate in group activities, gain confidence, and get ready to rule the world. Another
school initiative that helps students choose the best university and course according to
their interests is the regular Career Counselling workshops led by representatives of the
best institutions in our country as well as foreign universities.
As I conclude, let me express my gratitude for the tireless efforts of Director Principal
Ms. Anita Malhotra, her capable Vice Principals, staff members, students, and—most
importantly—parents, without whose support we could not have been so resilient and
sustained during this time.
The thoughts of O.G. Mandino resonate with me, “If I persist, if I continue
to try, if I continue to charge forward, I will succeed.”
Wishing every member of the Lotus Valley
Family a successful, productive,
cooperative, and supportive New Year!
What sculptor is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.- J Addison
The blossoming of any seed into a strong plant requires
nurturing, care and optimum conditions. "To Motivate
the Late Bloomers, To mould the Mediocre and To
Challenge the Gifted” is the laudable teaching notion at
Lotus Valley. While academic excellence is our major
thrust, the school is also devoted to preparing the
students for life, grooming them to face the challenges of
tomorrow, and encouraging them to be socially relevant.
The need of the hour is to make our children ready for Mrs ANITA MALHOTRA
global citizenship. We are in the midst of a paradigm State & CBSE Awardee
shift taking place with barriers getting dissolved and
boundaries slowly blurring. It is imperative for our
learners to be willing to embrace people from diverse
backgrounds and cultures.
It was Margaret Mead who said, “Children must be taught how to think, not what to
think,” and to enable this, the school’s dictum of knowledge, imagination and innovation
is encouraged through a holistic approach which is praiseworthy. Our emphasis on values
and traditions, as exemplified through our assemblies and celebrations, is an endeavour to
acquaint the learners with the rich and glorious traditions of our motherland and foster a
sense of pride and belonging.
At Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram, the meaningful involvement of all
stakeholders: parents, learners, faculty members and management has propelled the
school on the road to success. The distance traversed by the school glitters with several
milestones, awards and accomplishments which are the products of strong teamwork.
I wholeheartedly thank the School Management which is committed to building a positive
learning community that will inspire the leaders of tomorrow. I compliment the Editorial
Board, whose enthusiasm and creativity have enabled us to bring out yet another issue of
Cascade. They have craftily encapsulated the events of the past year and captured the
unique expressions of the students in the pages of this magazine.
Even as we impart education to match the advancement in technology and
globalization, we march our children ahead with the school’s ethos of moral
values and principles.
‘The whole purpose of education is to
. turn mirrors into windows’.
ACADEMICS…
➢ Bonding & Reflection Time – Grades Pre Nursery – III
➢Third Language Sessions and Orientation - Grade III
➢ Lotusians get into IIT
➢Report Card Publishing - Grades Pre Nursery – III
SCHOLASTIC FEATS…
➢ 28th CBSE National Annual Conference of CBSE Sahodaya School Complex 2022
➢ Olympiads – Grades I - III
➢ Reading Program - Grades Pre Nursery – III
➢ Steam Fest 2022 - Grades Pre Nursery – III
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
➢ National Education Leadership Award
➢ Education World India School Rankings Awards 2022-23
➢ SOF Academic Excellence Scholarship
➢ Admissions in IIT
➢ Paper Presentation by Ms Ritu Jawa at CBSE, National Conference in Inclusive
Education
➢ Laurels in Hindi Olympiads
➢ Achievement in Xavenium 2022
➢ SGFI Interschool Block Level Football Tournament: U17
➢ Bhagwada Gita Competition by Chinmaya Mission
➢ Laurels in Football Championship
➢ Laurels in Swimming Championship
➢ International Swimming Camp
➢ Squash Champion
➢ U-16 Inter-district Cricket Tournament
➢ 15th RSFI District Speed Skating Competition
➢ 39th Sub-Junior, 49th Junior, 57th Senior Haryana States Swimming Championship
➢ Taekwondo ITF Championship
➢ 36th RSFI State Speed Skating Championship
➢ Achievements in Ice Skating
➢ TagGed Interschool Competition
➢ SHISTECH Interschool Competition
➢ Delhi State Fencing Championship
➢ SGFI Inter-school Athletics Championship
➢ Cyfernode by Summer Fields School, Gurugram
RENDEZVOUS…
➢ Parent Teacher Conference - Grades Pre Nursery - III
➢ Parent Participation Program
▪ Session on Community Helpers: Grade Nursery
▪ Session on Baking : Grade Prep
▪ Session on Dental Hygiene : Grade Prep
▪ Session on Hindi Diwas: Grade I
▪ Session on Story Telling: Grade III
➢ Class Assemblies – Grades Prep - III
TEEN VOGUE…
➢ Intra MUN 2022…AIKYAM
➢ Lotus MUN 2022…Shape the Narrative
➢ Career Fest 2022
➢ Lotus Discourse’ 22
➢ Kathak Concert in collaboration with Spic Macay Society
➢ Commfluence 2022…Embrace the Uncertainty
BEYOND THE CLASSROOMS…
➢ Vocational Education - Grades II – III
➢ Binary Bots - Grades I – III
➢ Rocksport Camp - Grades I – III
➢ Lotus Paragon - Steam Fest - Grades I – III
➢ Research Based Activities - Grades Pre Nursery – III
➢ Pratibha – Gallant for Talent - Grades Pre Nursery – III
➢ Fit Kid Program - Grades Nursery – II
➢ FitKid Edible Stories
➢ Melange – The Literary Fest - Grades Pre Nursery – III
➢ Learning Labs - Grades I – III
➢ Kaaryashala…A Day with Artisans - Grades Pre Nursery – III
➢ Celebrating Special Days - Grades Pre Nursery – III
❖ Independence day
❖ Rakshabandhan
❖ Janamashtami
❖ Hindi Diwas
❖ Dussehra
❖ Diwali
❖ Children day
❖ Gurupurab Celebrations
❖ Indian Constitution Day
BRAIN TRAIN…
➢ Laurels at Inter - School Competitions – Grades Pre Nursery – III
TREADING TOWARDS BIGGER GOALS…
➢ Walkathon
➢ Sewa Mela
➢ School to School Initiative for Goonj by Mother Teresa Club
➢ Sewa: Book Donation by Underprivileged Children
➢ Guru: Teachers Health Assessment Camp
➢ Staff Picnic 2022 at Surajgarh Farms
➢ Session with School SEN Department - Grades II – III
CRUISING THE WORLD…
➢ Celebrating International Days - Grades Pre Nursery – III
❖ International Day of Awareness of Food Wastage and Loss
❖ World Mental Health Day
❖ International Poverty Eradication Day
❖ International Day of Peace
❖ International Day of Older Persons
❖ World Food Day
❖ World Transport Day
❖ World Kindness Day
TRACK & FIELD…
➢ National Sports Day Celebration - Grades Pre Nursery – III
➢ Keeping fit with Physical Education and Skill Based Games
FROM OUR MAILBOX
THE MINDFULNESS ROOM
CREDITS
Bonding and Reflection Time
‘It’s the little conversations that followed by rhyme recitation and sharing
build the relationships and make an General Knowledge facts. Mentors
encourage children to put on their
impact on each student.’
thinking caps and draw illustrations in
Whilst the routine of coming to school and their reflection book to share the
exploring new avenues for learning learnings acquired over the day. The
everyday has been a welcome change for Primary Grades utilize Bonding Time to
our learners, Bonding time in the morning introduce the ‘Word of the Day’ to
and Reflection time towards the end of the enhance learners’ vocabulary. ‘Thought
day continue to be the most endearing of for the Day’ and ‘proverbs’ are also shared
all sessions. Bonding time allows learners to give insightful life lessons. Levelled
to share their thoughts and ideas while Reading programme is yet another
learning to respect others’ opinions. highlight which is successfully driven
Furthermore, this time is constructively during Bonding Time and witnesses
used by means of well-planned activities. learners presenting book talks. Activities
Grades Pre-Nursery and Nursery utilize like dodging table and Mental Math that
Bonding Time to recapitulate Phonic Drill boost memory and enhance logical
and engage learners in brain gym thinking are also conducted during this
exercises, which boost cognitive skills. time. Diary writing to express their
Important life skills are also imparted thoughts using texts and illustrations is
during this time. Similarly, the Reflection also encouraged. Bonding and Reflection
Time is usually filled with learners singing Time not only offer learners time and
fun rhymes and listening to stories space to develop social emotional skills
narrated in an entertaining way by but also inculcate life skills and promote
mentors. Grade Prep begins the day with supportive listening.
meditation activities like ‘Om chanting’
Language is power, life and the parents of Grade III were introduced to
instrument of culture, the the third language options being offered
instrument of domination and by the school from Grade IV onwards by
means of an Orientation Session
liberation. organised on 29th November’22 in the
It is truly said that learning a new School Auditorium. The session
language opens the door to many underscored various aspects such as
opportunities, and introduces us to many career opportunities, popularity of the
wonderful cultures. It breaks through all language around the world, books and
barriers by uniting people through curricula of Grade IV & V along with the
words. We believe in preparing learners teaching-learning pedagogies used be
for life and instilling an admiration for mentors. The session gave parents and
multilingualism at a young age. Carrying learners the much-needed information to
this thought forward, learners and make a cognizant choice for the
upcoming academic session.
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Hard work and Perseverance proud and have perfected as role models
for their successors by cracking the
Always Pay… competitive entrance examination and
With great joy and pride, we share the securing a seat in the most prestigious
outstanding achievement of our learners, Engineering Institute, Indian Institute of
Inhaas Virmani, Aryan Bajaj, Siddharth Technology. Congratulations on your
Mishra and Tanish Agarwal who have well-deserved success! You are an
made their Alma mater & their parents inspiration!
Success is Not About Perfection, It’s Grades Pre-Nursery to III. The progress
parameters were based on Language Art,
About Progress.
Number Art, Environment and Social
A progress report sums up learners’ Awareness, IT Competence, Performing
performance in scholastic and co- Arts, Artistic Acumen and Sports Skills.
scholastic areas in an academic year. Environment and Social Awareness. It
Assessment and sharing of Progress provided parents an insight into their
Profiles is an integral part of the teaching wards’ performance, their strengths and
learning process at Lotus Valley. weaknesses and areas that they need to
Therefore, in order to share an in-depth improve. The process empowered
analysis and feedback of the learners’ learners to accomplish high standards
growth, Progress Profile reports for the and guided them towards further
first term of the session 2022-23 were learning.
published on 26th September 2022 for
Our Director-Principal, Mrs Anita She got the opportunity to interact with
Malhotra was invited to attend the 28th Mrs Nidhi Chibber (IAS), Chairperson,
CBSE National Annual Conference of CBSE, Anurag Tripathi, Secretary, Dr
CBSE of Sahodaya School Complexes Joseph Emmanuel, Director (Academics),
hosted by Gyan Sarovar—The Central Dr. Biswajit Saha, Director (Training &
Gujarat Sahodaya Schools Complex Skill Education), Mrs Rama Sharma,
(Vadodra). It was a great event with Spokesperson, Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj,
meaningful learning experiences, being Controller of Examination and many
with the best minds, great speakers, like more.
minded colleagues and CBSE officials.
Winning doesn't always mean participate in Olympiads to help them
being first, it means you're doing identify their capabilities as well as
better than you've ever done before. enhance their reasoning, analytical and
problem-solving skills. The International
Olympiads are competitive exams held to English Olympiad (IEO) was conducted on
tap learners’ potential, talent, aptitude and 22nd September’22 for Grades I-XII while
IQ. These exams are a gateway to let the International General Knowledge
learners discover their strengths and areas Olympiad (IGKO) was conducted on 11th
of improvement. They are held for different October’22 for Grades I -X and offered an
subjects such as Science, Math, Computers, effective way to accentuate the overall
General Knowledge, Social Science and knowledge of learners.
English. We encourage learners to
A dream
becomes a
goal when
action is
taken
towards its
achievement.
“The only source of knowledge is and used reusable materials in ‘Clever Crafty
experience” Fingers’. On the other hand, Grade II
learners were zealously seen demonstrating
Learning becomes more joyful and long- the benefits of their scientific invention
lasting when we explore and engage in through a group dance in ‘Dancematrix’.
hands-on experiences. With this aim in ‘Music of Science’ and ‘My Lala land’ were
mind, the school launched ‘STEAM Fest’, an other creative activities they were involved
Intra-Class Competition, which gave wings in. Grade III learners showcased the
to our learners’ imagination and made them importance of ‘Kitchen Science’ and also
aware of their potential. Learners across all amazed everyone with their stories created
Primary Grades fervently participated in by using Shapes in the ‘Shape it up’-activity.
various activities and spell-bounded Learners collaborated in groups to present a
everyone with their performances. Learners bilingual conversation on how technology
of Grade I were engaged in a series of has changed over the years through an
competitive activities that witnessed them impressive ‘Jugalbandi’. The Fest was truly
working as a ‘Creative Development an amalgamation of fun and learning
Professional’ to discovering the immense wherein the engagement of learners in
benefits of yoga through ‘Yoga Ka Jadoo’. innovative activities empowered them to
They also took up the role of an engineer learn something new every day.
Yoga not only brings
our body in shape
but also brings our
life in shape
Give wings to your
thoughts and creativity.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is
progress, working together is success.
‘There are many little ways to further improves their communication
enlarge your child’s world. Love of skills. Parents of Grade I learners too have
introduced many creative ideas during the
books is the best of all’ reading sessions based on Mouse Tales
With an aim of giving countless stories. Learners have learnt to predict the
adventures to our learners, the school has plot as well as discuss the protagonist and
been following an engaging Reading antagonist of a story. They use age-
Programme for Grades Pre-Nursery-III. appropriate strategies to read and
The programme has helped our young comprehend new words. Grade II learners
learners become enthusiastic readers and continue to read stories from ‘The Bird
fluent speakers. It has further ensured with the Golden Wings’ by Sudha Murthy.
that reading continues to be a captivating Additionally, De Bono’s thinking hats have
and interactive experience for them. The been introduced to expand learners’
active involvement of parents has added creative streak. Similarly, Grade 3 learners
value to the programme and proved to be have been reading the book ‘The Day I
advantageous for the learners. In Pre- Stopped Drinking Milk’ by Sudha Murty
Primary Grades, learners’ parents have while focusing on voice modulation and
been visiting classrooms every week to intonation. The reading exercises have
participate in storytelling, enactment and been amalgamated with activities aimed
picture reading sessions. The learners of at enabling learners to advance their
Nursery have learnt about handling books vocabulary and language skills. We are
along with the parts of a book, namely certain that the initiatives taken for
cover page, back cover, author and encouraging learners to read will augment
illustrator. Likewise, Prep learners enjoy their performance in all subjects for we
sharing their thoughts on various topics know that children who are good readers
covered in the books they read, which tend to achieve better across the
curriculum.
We are delighted to share that Lotus
Valley International School,
Gurugram is bestowed with yet
another Award and is ranked
Gurugram # 4, Delhi NCR # 12 and
India #20 in the category- Co-ed Day
Schools in Education World India
School Rankings 2022-23 (EWISRA)
with C fore — the well-known Delhi-
based market research and opinion
polls agency. More than 4,000 of
India’s most high-profile schools were
ranked on 14 parameters —
academic reputation, faculty
competence, leadership quality,
sports education, etc. EWISR 2022-23
is the world’s largest and most in-
depth school ratings and rankings
survey in school education
countrywide.