School E magazine Primary School April-July- 2018-19

TREADING TOWARDS LARGER GOALS

MR
Vaccination
Campaign

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram participated enthusiastically in the MR
Vaccination Campaign as a part of the National eliminate Measles and control Rubella
/CRS on Tuesday,15th May 2018.The vaccination was administered to the learners from
Grades- Pre Nursery- IX in the presence of the parents.

The Campaign was inaugurated

by the CMO, Gurugram Dr. BK

Rajora and the District

Immunization Officer, Dr.

Neelam Thapar accompanied by

the Urban Nodal Officer Dr. M P

Singh, Area Councilor-Mr.

Kuldeep Yadav and Mr. Rakesh

Yadav along with the Medical

Officer- Dr. Hardeep Kaur and Dr.

Bindu form WHO & Dr. Meenakshi

from UNICEF. The Principal Mrs.

Anita Malhotra addressed the

parents and emphasized the

importance of getting the

vaccination to develop immunity

in our children. She also

expressed the need to join hands

in eradicating this deadly

disease.

The Campaign was a stupendous
success with ardent involvement
of the Parent and Teacher
Fraternity. It was heartwarming
to observe the relentless
participation of the Doctor
parents and the Parent- Reps

BEHTAR INDIA CAMPAIGN

Lotus Valley International School ,Gurugram has continued its association with the Behtar India campaign
aimed at rallying different segments of societies to work together to work towards making their cities
cleaner, greener and healthier.

BEHTAR INDIA - NUKKAD NATAK

Learners participated in a

significant Behtar India Event

organized at Government

Senior Secondary School,

Chakkarpur on Thursday, 17th

May. The event involved

handing over the Dengue

protection kits to the

underprivileged students,

benefiting around 2000

students. Our learners from

Grades VIII to X presented a

meaningful Nukkad Natak to

highlight the protection and

precaution from Dengue

disease and to create

awareness amongst the

underprivileged children. The

entire programme was

covered by Republic TV which

partners with Behtar India

Team to take the message

across to masses.

RENDEZVOUS

RENDEZVOUS

We are not just
teachers, we are
the managers of
the world’s
greatest resource
– Children!!

ENTRÉE The school believes in an effective
PROGRAM partnership between parents and teachers to
prepare its learners to become responsible and
globally competent citizens. As a step in this
direction, an Entrée Programme for parents of
Grades Pre-Nursery to III was held on 20 th March,
2018. Principal, Mrs. Anita Malhotra, welcomed the
parents to the new Academic Session and reinforced
the value of long-term collaboration and
commitment between parents and teachers to
create a healthy learning environment for the young
learners.

The programme provided a platform for the class teachers to apprise the parents
of the scholastic and co-scholastic curriculum, activities and events planned for
theforthcoming session. The ethos of the school, classroom dynamics and
innovative teaching pedagogies were shared with parents. They were also
updated on the safety measures and other amenities being made available at the
school. The programme paved way for a fruitful year ahead and concluded with
parents sharing their feedbacks and suggestions.

CRICKET WORKSHOP WITH MR. MADAN LAL

Around 200 learners from Grade 3 to 11 participated in a
Cricket workshop conducted by Mr. Madan Lal, former
Indian Cricketer. The cricket stalwart gave tips on bowling,
batting and fielding. He worked specially with the bowlers
on their bowling action. Learners were in great spirits and
had an enriching and memorable experience.

ORIENTATION PROGRAM - 2018-19

“Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books…But

also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery
of birds in the sky”. - Abraham Lincoln

Lotus Valley International School, She outlined the elevated
organized an Orientation program chalked out for the
Programme, on 14th April 2018, learners infused with a variety of
with the purpose of bringing innovative pedagogies adopted in
together the two most the classrooms. She also spoke
indispensable factors of a child’s about the various initiatives
educational journey, i.e., the taken up by the school under
parents and the school. ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’’ and
The occasion was graced by our Behtar India Project’. Dr. Chona
school Patron , Dr. Shayama highlighted the important role
Chona and members of the played by the parents as the first
management committee, Ms. mentors to the learners and the
Jaspreet Kaur and Ms. Sureena values that can be instilled by
Uppal. The school auditorium them in the minds of young
reverberated with a medley of learners. The spirited dance
pulsating numbers by the school performance by the students left
choir. A warm welcome was the audience mesmerized and
extended to the parents by amazed. The dynamism of the
School Principal Mrs. Anita Lotusians was palpable in the
Malhotra, who congratulated confident, energetic young
them on being a part of the Lotus anchors hosting the ceremony.
Valley Fraternity.



LEXILE WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS

READING Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram
PROGRAM firmly believes that it is the collaborative
participation of school and parent, that can
The role of the Parents and bring the best out of the child. Our school
Teachers as facilitators in is successfully running a Lexile Reading
this Self Driven Program Program for the learners of Grades III-V,
was highlighted by the that has not only developed the love for
mentor. She made the reading in them but has also helped in
workshop very interactive pacing their reading and lexile levels.
by answering the questions Keeping this in mind, an informative and
from the participants. empowering workshop was organized for
It was a very interactive the parents of Grade III learners on
workshop and gave parents Saturday, 19th May. The workshop was
a.lot of insightful ideas and conducted by Ms Dalbir Kaur Madan who
innovative strategies to encouraged parents to inculcate consistent
help their children become reading habits at home for young learners
accomplished readers. to help them to grow. Purposeful Reading
being the idea behind the program, Ms.
Madan explained to parents how they can
help learners own up the Lexile Reading
Program as a Self Driven Reading Program;
wherein the child chooses the book of his
choice from a variety of books of various
genres and depict their understanding
through writing or drawing

WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS

STEPPING STONES

Grades Pre-Nursery and

Nursery organised an

interactive session – STEPPING

STONES for parents. The

workshop gave parents an

insight into the innovative

teaching pedagogies being

adopted at school to facilitate

joyful learning for young

learners. Various concepts

dealt-with in Grades Pre-

Nursery and Nursery were

elucidated by involving

parents in fun-filled activities,

rhymes, enactment, dance and

games. The return gift for

parents from the Birthday

Bash was a list of priceless

magical life skills such as

humility, compassion and

respect, which the young

learners are encouraged to

imbibe through various age

appropriate activities at

school.

FIT- KID WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS
NUTRITION
PROGRAM

Lotus Valley

International School,

Gurugram organized

a workshop for the

parents of learners

from Grade Pre

Nursery Grade III on

the FITKID-Nutrition,

Health &

Intervention

Program & Moly

Value Education

Program which is an

integral part of the

Curriculum for the

mentioned grades.

Principal Mrs. Anita

Malhotra warmly

welcomed the

parents and

highlighted the

importance of the

most essential life

skills in today’s

time, i.e.- Good

Health and Good

Moral Values. It is

‘Need of the Hour’

and the onus lies Ms. Aditi Mehrotra, a veteran in dietetics emphasized
about the much required changes that parents need to
totally on the bring in a child’s diet. Demonstrations on maintaining
hygiene, washing hands, rainbow yoga, tai chi etc. were
parents to provide a part of the workshop.
While the Fit Kid session focused on keeping mind &
the Best Nutrition to body fit and healthy, the much needed growth for the
soul was catered through the Mogly’s Gurukul Program.
their children and

alongside make

them aware of their

roots.

MOGLY WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS

VALUE EDUCATION PROGRAMME

The session was conducted by Ms. Prakita and her team who presented a
beautiful dance drama on Krishna Leela. She accentuated the importance of
Value Education in today’s time.
The enriching session left the parents more aware and educated about a
balanced diet, Nutrition, good Health and Hygiene and the ways to inculcate
the right values into our children through drama and stories.

WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS

INNOVATIVE TRAILS

The school organized a

workshop titled

‘Innovative Trails’ for

the parents of Grade-

Prep learners on 21

st May 2018. The main

objective behind it

was to share the

teaching-learning

techniques with the

parents to help them

align the learning at

home in tandem with

school. A unique

session of ‘Day in the

Classroom’ was

conducted by the

teachers, where the

parents became the

learners and the

teachers played their

mentors. Parents

showed enthusiastic

and active

participation in all the

activities and availed

the opportunity to gain

a clear insight into

classroom learning.

The session concluded

with an enactment on

‘Seed Germination’

which was

interconnected with

the need for various

elements to nurture a

child .

OPEN HOUSE

The communication between families and school is
absolutely necessary for our learners' success. The more
parents and teachers share relevant information with each
other about the learners, the better equipped both will be to
help them progress holistically. To ensure this transparency
of communication, OPEN HOUSES are conducted periodically.
So far, two open houses have already been conducted in the
current Academic session.
This platform gives parents an opportunity to know about the
progress of their ward and the further steps needed to
enhance his/her learning and skills. It also helps the

parents to familiarize themselves with the ongoing

activities carried out in the school. The participation and
valuable suggestions given by the parents are also highly
appreciated and taken on record for further improvement. It
is through their feedback we learn, evolve and grow.

ONLINE PUBLISHING OF REPORT CARD

Report cards form an integral link to covey the information
from the school to the parents about a learner’s progress in
scholastic and co-scholastic spheres. Taking a further leap in
this direction, Lotus Valley International School initiated the
online publication of progress reports on 23rd December
2017 for the primary grade -Pre Nursery and I-III. The step
was aimed at serving the dual purpose of making the process
more parent-friendly and simultaneously an attempt towards
saving paper. The new initiative was highly appreciated by
the parents as it gave them an opportunity to view a
comprehensive and an in-depth progress of their ward.

BEYOND CLASSROOMS

BEYOND CLASSROOMS

MOGLY
GURUKUL

VALUE
EDUCATION
CLASSES

It is significant to impart value education to our students and sensitize them
about our country’s rich Culture & Heritage. For the holistic development of the
young learners, our school holds Mogly Gurukul classes for the primary grade
learners . These classes encourage the learners to practice prayer and
meditation and instils values, thus developing faith in them. It also helps them
to understand the difference between right and wrong, thereby preparing them
for future challenges.

SPEECH The Speech and Drama classes at Lotus Valley
AND International School are focused at fostering
DRAMA confidence, self-esteem, social skills, out of the
box thinking and clarity of speech in learners. This
is accomplished by employing an assortment of
activities such as - the sharing and presenting of
information and ideas; physical, vocal and mental
warm-ups; Story, book and poem sharing; language
dynamics; voice, speech and pronunciation
exercises; exploring poetry; communication skills
and creative drama and improvisation.
The classes provide learners an opportunity to
channelize their energies to find innovative
methods of creating and expressing!

STORY TELLING SESSION

…by Story Wallas

Stories are ageless, timeless and
always relevant….and who is a
better audience for stories than
children.
To develop a love for reading and
the ability to understand different
emotions, a story telling session
was organised for the learners of
Grades III, IV & V on Tuesday, 24th
July, 2018. The session was
conducted by Ms. Nupur Mehta
from the famous group
Storywallas. It was an interactive
session wherein learners were
engaged in different stories
through dramatization. This
session focused on the importance
of using expressions, gestures and
voice modulation while narrating
a story. The learners stayed
completely engrossed during the
story narration and longed to hear
more and more stories.

LEXILE READING PROGRAMME

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader!

We ensure to provide The maintenance of reading
relentless support to our logs and regular book talk
learners as they tread sessions has also added to
towards becoming leaders of their excitement of
tomorrow. The Lexile finishing the book on time.
Reading Programme was We also appreciate parents’
introduced to the learners role in encouraging their
and parents of Grade III children in making reading
through a workshop organized a non-negotiable activity at
for the parents on 19th May, home. This programme is
2018. The workshop was definitely playing a big role
conducted by Ms. Dalbir Kaur, in enhancing
who comes with years of communication,
experience in the field of comprehension, creative
books. Learners have taken thinking and creative
up this programme in the writing skills in learners.
most enthusiastic manner.

LITTLE HANDS AND MINDS AT WORK
Protect us to cherish or leave us to perish

Art Work by
Learners of
Grade Prep

Grade III – Energizing with Skating and Swimming

Grade II –
Plants Activity

Grade III –
Maths Activity

Anya Mundra
III Hornbills

Isha Jatain
III Skylarks

Arshiya Garg
II Bulbuls

Pre- Nursery- Flower
Vase Activity

Pre- Nursery- Passing the Parcel

Nursery –
Travelling
Water Science
Experiment

Grade Prep- Activity on Sense Organs

Creative Work by learners of Grade I

Nursery –
Introduction to

Number 2

Prep – Beads
Activity

Grade II- “I wonder why” EVS activity
Grade II - Number Alien

Grade III – Book Fair

Artwork by learners of Grade I

Grade III – Mythical Creature

Grade III Math Activity

Grade III Bird Research Activity

READING PROGRAM



TRACK & FIELD

TRACK & FIELD

INTER SCHOOL AQUATIC MEET

With an aim to stimulate the zeal and passion for sports in the
minds of learners, an Inter-School Lotus Aquatic Meet was
organized by Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram on 31st
July’18.
The relevance of this event was graced by the overwhelming
response from the participants from various schools with a total of
75 enthusiastic swimmers from- DPS, Sector 45, Suncity World
School, Scottish High International School, Manav Rachna
International School, The Ardee World School, DPS Edge, Salwan
Public School and Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram.



INTER SCHOOL AQUATIC MEET

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram bagged 8 medals
• Rithwik Sharma (Grade VII Yamuna): Gold Medal in 50mts Breast
stroke.
• Arnav Arora (Grade V Burans): Silver Medal in 100mts Breast
stroke & Bronze Medal in 50mts Breast stroke.
• Vihaan Nitesh Bansal (Grade IV Banyans): Bronze Medal in
100mts Butterfly stroke.
• Rithwik Sharma, Manthan Yadav, Arnav Arora & Raghav
Khurana: Bronze Medals in 4×50mts free style Relay Race.
• Akshadha Thakur (Grade V Burans): Bronze Medal in 100mts
Breast stroke.
• Anahat Brar (Grade V Oaks): Bronze Medal in 100mtrs Back
stroke.
• Kaina Malik (Grade VII Chenab): Bronze Medal in 50mts Back
stroke.



INTER-HOUSE CHESS & BASKETBALL COMPETITION

Inter –House Chess & Basketball competitions scores are as
follows:

S. CATEGORIES NEHERU GANDHI TERESA TAGORE

NO. HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE
1 IV-V(Girls) 3 5 1 1

2 IV-V(Boys) 1 1 5 3

3 VI- 3115

VIII(Girls)B.B.

4 VI- 1153

VIII(Girls)Chess

4 VI-VIII(Boys) 1 5 1 3

5 IX-XII(Girls) 1 3 5 1

6 IX-XII(Boys) 1 5 1 3

7 TOTAL NO. 11 21 19 19

FROM OUR MAIL BOX

FROM OUR MAILBOX

It was overwhelming. Now I Kudos!!! A brilliant
understand why Aradhya so
much enjoys coming to LVIS. display from the
I literally had tears in my
eyes at the end of the fun Prep Team.
session. I am happy to see
and embrace the teaching Looking forward
methodologies that are used.
for more. Keep up
Aradhaya’s Mom –
Prep Daffodils the good work.

Yuvaan Ranjan’s
Mother-
(Prep Primroses)

Dear Teachers, rather It is a nice way to
mentors of my child. introduce the
I love the energy and the content to the kids.
ways with which kids are
being taught at school. Gursahiba’s mom
Ahaan is all energised even (Prep Orchids)
when he reaches back
home to tell me what all he
id at school. The parent
teacher interaction is
another thing I love about
the school. We feel like
becoming kids once again.

Ahaan’s mother –
(Prep Daisies)

Thank you Ma’am for Thank you ma’am for the
nurturing Aaradhya wonderful surprise, we
and handling her so were overwhelmed to
well. I am see Adyan on stage
overwhelmed today attending the coronation
after the ceremony. ceremony. It was a very
It was a memorable proud moment for us,
day and thank you thank u so much.
for being her side.
Md. Adyan Rizvi
Aaradhya Vohra Grade 1 Flamingoes
Grade 1 Flamingoes

Ma’am ,thanks a lot for Big Thank you
all the efforts and magical teachers to
appreciation. I am on put together
cloud nine today. everything magically.
I felt like a kid again
Parent of Reyansh and start coming to
Sharma lotus Valley for such
Grade 1 Magpie kind of magical,
musical, fun filled,
out of the box
learning.

Anu Tiwari (Aarvi’s
mom – Prep Orchids)

I wish to express my Thanks to Lotus Valley

heartfelt gratitude today. I for giving Aaroh such

Cried many times in the a wonderful

ceremony - the song, the opportunity to shape

drama, the play and up his leadership

everything was qualities. I must

overwhelming. Thanks for congratulate Ritu

your efforts and efforts of ma’am and primary

the kids. Your guidance school mentors! It was

and support is a marvellous show

extraordinary and we are showcasing the

lucky to have you as the talents of young ones.

class teacher. Ritu Ma'am Please keep up the

is amazing. There can not good work. Feel

be a better headmistress proud to be a part of

than her. Lotus Valley family.

Parent of Saranya Singhal Parent of Aaroh Singh
III Pelicans III Cuckoos

My husband and I would like to thank you for giving
this wonderful opportunity to Kaavya. The program
today was fabulous and the mentors had done a great
job in preparing the kids.

Thank you again.
Warm regards/Shelja

Overwhelmed to see Kudos to LVIS team for
the efforts put by such a wonderful show.
the teachers and The teachers were all
school to home our very nice and clear in
kids. Awesome as their concepts. I wish I
always!! could be a kid again and
enjoy show. Keep it up.
Yashika’s mom (Prep learning at LVIS. Great
Jasmines)
Yashveer’s mom (Prep
Jasmines)

It was a pleasure for all Awesome initiative
of us while joining with that pushed us fathers
our kids on World to venture into doing
Chocolate Day. I must something that we
say as a parent we feel don’t do often for our
proud that our kids are kids- cooking. Felt
laying their future proud to team up with
foundation stone with Meher and prepare a
such great teachers. healthy meal. Thanks
Thanks, Kavita ma’am for giving us this
and Leena ma’am. opportunity.

Himanshu and Aarambh Meher’s father (Prep
(Prep Daffodils) Hibiscus)

Dear Ritu ma’am, Kavita AMAZING !!!Take a
ma’am and Leena ma’am bow mentors for
and all other magical being so creative
Prep teachers, it was and innovative.
overwhelming for us to Thank You
attend this wonderful
session organised by your Vanshika’s Mom –
team. Keep up the good Prep Hibiscus
work. We have faith in
you.

Shilpa and Himanshu
(Prep Daffodils)

Very nice session. Very
informative, good to
know the innovative
practises how learners
learn today. Look
forward to many such
innovative initiatives.
Good to be a part of
LVIS.

Ivana’s mom –
Prep Marigolds

CREDITS

INNOVATION & IDEAS...
 Ms. Harvinder Kaur (Headmistress, Middle Wing)
 Ms. Ritu Jawa (Headmistress, Primary Wing)

CONCEPT & DESIGN...
 Ms. Ritu Jawa (Headmistress, Primary Wing)
 Ms. Pooja Bakshi (FIT Facilitator, Primary Wing)

CREATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...
 Ms. Ruchi Joshi (Vice Principal)
 Ms. Ritu Jawa (Headmistress, Primary Wing)

EDITORIAL TEAM...
 Ms. Ekta Kapoor (Class Representative, Grade III)
 Ms. Anu Bhasin (Class Mentor, Grade II)
 Ms. Divya Narang (Class Mentor, Grade III)
 Ms. Sonica Sharma (Class Dep. Representative, Grade II)

GRAPHICS & FORMATTING...
 Ms. Pooja Bakshi (FIT Facilitator, Primary Wing)

Special Thanks …
 Ms. Preeta Bhatia (Class Mentor, Grade I)

 Ms. Sadaf Kitaba (Class Mentor, Grade I)
 Ms. Anubha Mehta (Class Mentor, Grade Nursery)