School E magazine Middle School August to November- 2019-20

INDIA’S TOP- 50 PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOL JURY
AWARDS 2019

We are proud to share that “Lotus

Valley International School,

Gurugram” has been awarded India’s

Prestigious School Jury Awards 2019,

for ‘Innovative Leader Award’ in a

survey conducted by Education Today

for exemplary contribution to the field

of education.

Mrs Anita Malhotra, the Founder

Principal of Lotus Valley International

School, Gurugram was also felicitated

and selected amongst the ‘50 Effective

Principals 2019’ by the Jury Panel of

Education Today.co

Award Ceremony was held at the
Maharashtra Educator`s Summit &
Maharashtra School Merit - 2019 on
14th September 2019 in Mumbai.

INDIA’S TOP- 50 PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOL JURY
AWARDS 2019

HINDI OLYMPIAD (6th Aug, 2019)

Hindi Vikas Sansthan, Delhi organized the
coveted Hindi Olympiad on 6 August 2019
at Lotus Valley International School,
Gurugram. Students from classes II- 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.

Anushka Rathore received a special
mention for securing the 1st Position at the
National Level and honoured with trophies
and certificates. 15 students received Gold,
17 silver and 5 Bronze medals.

JAIPUR EQUESTRIAN CHAMPIONSHIP (20th Sep, 2019)

Chaitanya Bansal of Grade XI Aristotle won glories at the above championship. He bagged a
Gold medal in Dressage and Silver show.

WORLD ROBOT OLYMPIAD 2019

Shaurya Gupta of Grade VIII Mahanadi participated in WRO (World Robot Olympiad)
Regional Championship (For Delhi NCR Region). Shaurya and his team members were
among 30 teams and 90 participants and won the First Prize.

FELICITATION BY HINDI VIKAS MANCH (16th Oct, 2019)

Hindi Vikas Manch , Delhi felicitated the students who scored 100 marks in the annual
CBSE exam (2018-19) conducted by Hindi Vikas Manch, an event was held at Air Force
Auditorium, Subroto Park. The students were awarded "Gyankunj Puraskar" and their
teacher received the "Bhasha Saarthi Award".
Seemantini Ray got the award for scoring 100 marks in Hindi subject. Her teacher, Ms.
Suman Lata Yadav was felicitated with the "Bhasha Saarthi Award" in the event.
The chief guests for the event were Mr. Anurag Tripathi (Secretary - CBSE Delhi), Mr. Jeet
Ram Bhatt (Secretary - Hindi Academy), Ms. Sushree Rama Sharma (Principal - Hansraj
College, University of Delhi), among others.

BANDANA SEN LIBRARY AWARD 2019 (15th Nov, 2019)

We are proud to share that ‘Lotus Valley Bandana Sen was a renowned librarian
International School, Gurugram’ has who created and expanded school and
been awarded ‘Trailblazer’ for its community libraries in New Delhi for
Invaluable Contribution for the over 40 years. In her memory, this
nurturing and promoting the best award celebrated the idea that library
practices in its library programme, by can enrich the wider learning
Bandana Sen Library Awards 2019. community of which it is a part.

EYDOUUCNAGTAIOUNTAHLOERX:CTUERJSAILODNO:SAHGIR(NAov(,2210st19-2)2rd Sep ,2019)

Lotus Valley International School is proud to A number of copies sold and
share that Tejal Doshi, a student of Grade VIII reviews are the first criteria to get
Brahmaputra, has published her second e- shortlisted to be judged by
book, a fantasy-adventure novel - 'The Lost panelists like Sudha Nair!
City'! An avid reader, Tejal is extremely She is competing against adult
passionate about writing and dreams of authors, and we request you all to
becoming a best-selling author one day. motivate her by buying and
Her book, The Lost City, has qualified for reading the e-book, then
Amazon's Pen to Publish contest which is a very providing a review as a verified
well known event around the globe. purchaser.

ACE SHOOTER: ADVAY AWASTHY

Adavay Awasthy of Grade IX Himalayas won Bronze Medal in Under- 14 BOYS (10 METER
AIR PISTOL) on 26th August 2019, which was held at Kunskapsskolan International
School Gurugaram.

GYMNAST IN THE MAKING: DEVASHREE ARORA

Devashree Arora Of Grade 5 Maples of Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram
participated in under -11 District Level Gymnastic Competition on 10th July 2019.
Congratulations to her for qualifying for the State Level.

REX KARAMVEER CHAKRA AWARD: MAANSI SINGH

& MIHIKAA SINGH

Lotus Valley International
School, Gurugram is proud
of Mihikaa and Maansi
Singh of VII Rhine. They
received the Rex
Karmaveer Chakra award
for their creative
achievements and deeds
of kindness at this tender
age. They got felicitated
for being the young
authors, their creative
pursuits and achievements
in the field of arts, music
and their deeds of
Kindness by the stalwart
education leader Mr. Mark
Parkinson and Roshani
Shenazz at the Rex
Concilve on 27th
November, 2019.

STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH – GRADE IV

SECTION AUG SEP OCT NOV

ACACIAS Aashvi Thakur Shresth Goel Shrey Harshika Joshi
ASHOKAS Tatavarthy Sana Bugalia
ASPENS Yashita Suhana Priyal Sirohi
Maheshwari Sindhwani Rajveer S.
Rajpurohit Naisha Khurana

Advika Banerjee Tvisha Gupta Aarush Dewan Aarna Garg
Arjun Walia
BANYANS Anay Garg Priyansh Ruhaan Gupta Manya Singh
Chaterjee

CHINARS Fiona Gomes Arnav Vij Anya Mundra
GULMOHARS
MAHOGANY Yuvakshi Chopra Neel Dhody Anya Mundra

Aashvi Agarwal Avni Pandey Vaiga P Nair

STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH – GRADE V

SECTION AUG SEP OCT NOV
BIRCHES Aviraj Agarwal
BURANS Abhiyudita Irsa Sharma Hiti Yadav Ishaan Taparia
CEDARS Verma Saina Chopra
MAPLES
NEEMS Arshia Sharma Alaina Bhatia Nandini Sharma Ouchitya
Khurana
OAKS Aadya Sharma Krishang Siyona Dhruv Moza
OLIVES Shyla Tyagi Grover Bakshi
PINES Tanya Das
Shaunak Ishaan A Uniyal
Rajpal Raghav Verma
Rashesh
Armaan Anand Kartik Sugla Aggarwal Avanya Khanna
Tisnoor Kaur
Aarin Sharma Avantika
Ruhaan Aggarwal Jaiswal Gulani
Akanksha Bansal
Disha Asmi Gupta
Agarwal
Aryaveer Singh
Saaranya
Sinha

STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH – GRADE VI

SECTION AUG SEP OCT NOV
BEAS Aditya Kumar Dhanya
Grisha Gandhi Anya Saxena Spandana Srivastava
GANGES Nishka Saxena Barua Sabhya Aggarwal
GODAVARI Simar Kaur Aairiya Bajaj
Haneeka Modi Abhimanyu Risha Aggarwal
KAVERI Rohan Bhanot Bhardwaj Ananya Bajaj
NARMADA Anahita Singh Shradha Nandini Gupta
Vania Jalan Miglani Nikhil Dabas
NILE Ashrita Shivank
SUTLEJ Chakraborty Aanya Mittal Nohwal Mehar Setia
THAMES Sachin Sood Vadanya
Prateek Sinha Kashika Gupta
Chaturvedi
Reyna Prativindhya
Singh
Upadhyay Archit
Sahni
Diya Gera Ashmi
Monga

STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH – GRADE VII

SECTION AUG SEP OCT NOV
CHENAB
COLORADO Paridhi Garg Devansh Jiya Bokan Arnav Gupta
INDUS Sharma
Maanya Rajput Naveli Mahua Jain Bhavya Gupta
RAVI Sharma
RHINE Aahna Sohni Riddhima Arnav Malhotra Arshia Sehrawat
VOLGA Kukreja Shreyans Armaan
YAMUNA Devisha Tripathi Bhargava
Kanika Dev Vijayvargiya
Mamilla Sai Sagar Aggarwal Bijal Gupta
Rohan Radha
Reyansh Hingne Mahira Kohli Sara Gupta
Agarwal
Parnika Kirat Jabbal Antariksh Gupta Myra Kailwoo
Chandra
Arnav
Wadhwa

STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH – GRADE VIII

SECTION AUG SEP OCT NOV
AMAZON
BRAHMPUTRA Jiya Walia Jiya Mahajan Aarav Navani Utkarsh Singh
DANUBE Aniruddh
JHELUM Ishaan Chhabra Samaira Apoorv Bhushan Govindan
MAHANADI Sharma
MISSISSIPPI Nikkhil Praveen
Anushka Jain Chirag Chaitanya Gupta Kabir Sirohi
TAPTI Dahiya
Arnav Gupta Ritwik Shivaan Sehgal Ahad Tariq
Aarzoo Kapoor Malhotra Sai Mohit Kotta
Pranya Kashyap
Avishi
Choubey Madhav Malhan

Akshat Rampal Prithvi Jangid Rishit Rampal

Lakshya Aadya Jain Aarav Ghai
Agarwal

STAR STUDENT OF THE MONTH – GRADES IX-XII

GRADE AUG SEP OCT

IX AADYA GUPTA BHAKTI BANSAL ANGEL THAKUR

(NILGIRIS) (SHIVALIKS) (EVEREST)

X INHAAS DIVANSHIE ANANYA JAIN
VIRMANI SUMIT SETIA (OLYMPUS)
(ELBRUS)
(ELBERT)

XI ISHAANI SAKSHAM KRITI MALIK
MUKHERJEE AGGARWAL (SHAKESPEARE)
(SHAKSPEARE) ( DALTON)

XII PRIYA BASIL AKSHITA MAKIN D.AALOKA
(GALILEO) (WORDS- ( LEONARDO)

WORTH)



INTER- HOUSE FOOTBALL COMPETITION : Grades IV-V
(25th Sep ,2019)

The Inter- House football Competition for Grades IV-V was conducted on Wednesday
September 25, 2019 in the school greens.
Each house had twelve players on the playing field. The aim of each team was to score a
goal in the opponent’s goalpost.
It was overwhelming to witness the senior children of school football team to execute,
manage and cheer the young players of Grade IV- V. The senior children of Grades X-XI
executed their duties as Central Referee, Linesmen, Ball manager, Score keepers and
Match Photographers. They decided whether infringements of the rules had been
committed, with the assistance of an official score and a timekeeper.

The Competition witnessed successful attempts, one point & two point conversions,
clippings & touchdowns. It was overwhelming to view the level of talent and skills in our
young participants.
The panel of Judges included the Head of Sport Department Mr. Ranjit Singh Rawat and
Mr. Rahul Faculty Football. The learners were assessed on the game fundamentals.
Teresa House bagged the First Position for Grades IV-V
The competition witnessed proficient skills, fair outcomes, teamwork and endurance of
our young athletes.

INTER- HOUSE FOOTBALL COMPETITION : Grades IV-V
(25th Sep ,2019)

SKATING: (SGFI) School Games Federation of India

District Skating Competition (29th and 30th July, 2019)

Venue : Baliawas Roller Skating Track, Gurugram
Date: 29th and 30th July, 2019

Leaarners of Lotus Valley Internattional School participated in SGFI District skating
championship with the group of 14 students, all the students performed extremely well.
Megha Bisht and Tvesha Yadav have been selected for Haryana State Roller Skating
Championship.
Under 17 and 19 years category schedule from 9th September to 11th September 2019 at
Baliawas, Gurugram.

Name Class Age group Category Event Position

Tvesha Yadav 6th Under 14 Inline 1000 Second

Tvesha meters
Yadav
Megha 6th Under 14 Inline 500 meters Second
Bisht
Megha 10th Under 19 Inline 1000 Second
Bisht
meters

10th Under 19 Inline 500 meters Second

SKATING: (SGFI) School Games Federation of India

District Skating Competition (29th and 30th July, 2019)

OPEN DISTRICT SWIMMING TOURNAMENT

(27th and 28th July, 2019)

Lotus Valley International School won total 10 Medals in Open District Swimming
Tournament held on 27-28th July, 2019 at Baba Gang Nath Swimming Pool Sector – 14
Gurugram. The details of the students are :

Total medals won: 10
Gold - 2
Silver - 3
Bronze - 5

1) Anahat brar - VI (Nile) - 2 Gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze.
2) Abir Aggarwal - VIII (Amazon) - 1 silver and 1 bronze

3) Archit Chopra - X (Andes) - 1 silver and 1 bronze

INTER SCHOOL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP:
Manav Rachana International School, Gururgam

(25th and 26th July, 2019)

Lotus Valley International
School won total of 16 Medals
in Swimming Competition held
on 25th -26th July at Manav
Rachana International School,
Gurugram.

Total Medals Won: 16
- Gold: 01
- Silver: 03
- Bronze: 12

Girls (25 Jul)-6 Medals
Keerat V (Maples):

1 Bronze
Anahat Brar VI (Nile):

1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Turvishi Arora VII (Ravi):

1 Bronze
Arshiya Joshi VII (Chenab):

1 Bronze
Akshada Thakur VI (Ganges):
1 Bronze
Boys (26 Jul)-10 Medals
AbirAggarwal-VIII Amazon):
1 Gold, 2 Bronze
Archit Chopra - X (Andes):
2 Silver, 2 Bronze
Arnav Arora VI (Ganges):

2 Bronze
Aditya X (Andes):

1 Bronze

KHELO INDIA

Fitness defines the ability to perform physical activity, and encompasses a wide range of
abilities. Each activity and sports requires a specific set of skills, and so being fit for an
activity or a sport does not necessarily make you fit for another. Fitness is generally divided

into specific fitness categories or components, and each can be tested and trained
individually. Through the Khelo India app we can upload the raw data of all the students
and can assess the present status of fitness level of the children. It will help both teacher
and children to know the present status of fitness Level and further suggestion and training
can be provided to the students. Following are the components of fitness which have to be

assess:-
A) AGE GROUP 5-8 YEARS | CLASS 1 to 3

1. Body Composition (BMI)
2. Coordination (Plate Tapping)
3. Balance (Flamingo Balance)
B) AGE GROUP: 9-18+ YEARS | CLASS 4 to 12
1. Body Composition (BMI)
2. Strength a. Abdominal (Partial Curl-up) b. Muscular
Endurance (Push Ups for Boys, Modified Push Ups for Girls)
3. Flexibility (Sit and Reach Test)
4. Cardiovascular Endurance (600 Meter Run/Walk)

5. Speed (50mt. Dash)

KHELO INDIA

KHELO INDIA

SKATING: (SGFI) School Games Federation of India -
Haryana State School Games Roller Skating

Championship, Gurugram (9th - 11th September, 2019)

It is a great privilege of Lotus Valley International School to inform about the success of our
learner Megha Bisht of Grade 10 Andes, who was selected for this championship and won 1
Gold medal and 2 Silver Medals and a Champion’s Trophy .

She has now qualified for the Nationals, which would take place in Belgaon, Karnataka in
the last week of December.

NAME CLASS AGE GROUP CATEGORY EVENT POSITION

MEGHA BISHT 10 U-19 GIRLS INLINE 1 LAP ROAD GOLD
RACE

MEGHA BISHT 10 U-19 GIRLS INLINE 500 MT RINK SILVER
RACE

MEGHA BISHT 10 U-19 GIRLS INLINE 1000 MT RINK SILVER
RACE

District Roller Skating Association (D.R.S.A),
Gurugram

Roller Skating Federation of India (R.S.F.I) (28th September, 2019)

12 learners of Lotus Valley International School , Gurugram participated in this
championship .

NAME CLASS CATEGORY AGE GROUP

Divij Arora 3rd Pigeons Inline 7yrs to 9 yrs
Ambar Vashisth 3rd Hornbills Quad 7yrs to 9 yrs
Reyansh Aggarwal 4th Chinars Inline 9yrs to 11yrs
Arjun Mittal 6th Nile Inline 9yrs to 11 yrs
Hiren Sharma 3rd Parakets Inline 9yrs to 11 yrs
Ayda kapoor 4th Mahogany Inline 9yrs to 11yrs
Arnav Bhatt 2nd Macaws Quad 7yrs to 9yrs
Siddhi Gupta 4th Acacias Inline 9yrs to 11yrs
Navya Bhatia 4th Banyans Inline 9yrs to 11yrs
Anushka Choubey 4th Aspens Quad 9yrs to 11yrs
Ashwika Gupta 3rd Hornbills Inline 7yrs to 9yrs
Swarit Narula 5th Cedars Inline 9yrs to 11yrs
Mahit Sharma 4th Banyans Inline 9yrs to 11yrs

District Roller Skating Association (D.R.S.A),
Gurugram
Roller Skating Federation of India (R.S.F.I)

(28th September, 2019)

INTER SCHOOL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP

(27Th September, 2019)

Learners of Lotus Valley
International School participated

in Inter School Swimming
Championship which was held in
Ardee School Gurugram on 27th

September, 2019.
Total participants - 10
Status - 8 Gold, 1 silver and 3

bronze
Details of the swimmers are as

follows:-
1) Arnav Arora 6th (Ganges)

Two bronze
2) Anahat Brar 6th (Nile)

Two Gold, 1 bronze
3) Arshiya Joshi 7th (Chenab)

Two Gold , 1 silver
4) Turvishi Arora th (Ravi)

Two Gold
5) Akshada Thakur 6th (Ganges)

Two Gold

INTER SCHOOL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP

(27Th September, 2019)

SKATING: 12th (RSFI) District Roller Skating

Federation of India (19Th -20th October, 2019)

Two Learners of Lotus Valley International School participated in District Roller Skating
Federation of India (RSFI) Championship which was held in Baliawas ,Gurugram on 19th and
20th October 2019. Both the learners won medals in this championship. Both of the
students have been selected for RSFI Haryana State Roller Skating Championship to be
organized from 22nd to 24th November at Baliawas Track, Gurugram.

Name Class Age Group Categor Event Position
y
Tvesha Yadav
Tvesha Yadav 6th Under 14 Inline 5000 mtrs Rink First
Tvesha Yadav Race
Tvesha Yadav
6th Under 14 Inline 3000 mtrs Road Race Silver

6th Under 14 Inline One lap Road Race Silver

6th Under 14 Inline 1000 mtrs Rink Race Silver

Megha Bisht 10th Under 17 Inline Road Point to Point Silver
Megha Bisht 10km
Megha Bisht
10th Under 17 Inline Rink Point to Point Silver
10km

10th Under 17 Inline Road 1 lap Race Bronze

Megha Bisht 10th Under 17 Inline Rink 500mtrs Bronze
Megha Bisht 10th Under 17 Inline Rink 1000mtrs Bronze

SKATING: 12th (RSFI) District Roller Skating

Federation of India (19Th -20th October, 2019)

SKATING: 18th CBSE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP (11Th -
13th October, 2019)

We are proud to

share that Megha

Bisht of grade Xth

Andes was selected

for this

championship

and bagged two

gold medals in this

Championship.

Our School has

participated in this

Championship with

the Squad of 4

learners.

Being the champion

in 500 mtrs and

1000 mtrs Megha

qualified for the

18th CBSE National

Speed Skating

Championship

which is schedule in

the fourth week of

December 2019 at

Belgaum,

Karnataka.

SKATING: 18th CBSE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP

(11Th -13th October, 2019)

Name Class Age Group Category Event Position

Megha Bisht 10th U-16 Girls Inline 500 mt Rink Gold
Megha Bisht 10th U-16 Girls Inline race
Tvesha yadav 6th U – 12 Girls Inline
1000 mt Rink Gold
race

500mtrs and 1000mtrs

Tanvi Bhambhani 6th U – 12 Girls Inline 300mtrs

Jai Aditya Malik 5th U-12 Boys Quads 300mtrs

SWIMMING: AQUATIC MEET (9th October, 2019)

Lotus Valley International School hosted Inter School Aquatic Meet with almost 7 schools
participated in it and contingent of 10 Swimmers of the host school won total 23 Medals. 9

Gold 10 silver and 4 bronze. Our team stood overall Second with 1 best swimmer Archit
Chopra. Details of the learners who won medals are as follows :-

1. Archit Chopra - 10th(Andes) 4 Gold 1 silver

2. Aditya terterve- 10th(Andes) 2 Gold 1 silver 1 bronze

3. Amreen Brar - 7th(Ravi) 2 Gold 3 silver

4. Cheryl Joshi - 9th(Nilgiri) 1Gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze

5. Arnav Arora - 6th(Ganges) 1 silver and 1 bronze

6. Vihaan nitesh - 5th(Maples) 1 silver

7. Anahat Brar - 6th(Nile) 1 silver and 1 bronze

8. Arshiya Joshi- 7th(Chenab) 1 silver

Congratulations to all the Swimmers and all best wishes for their bright future.

SWIMMING: AQUATIC MEET (9th October, 2019)

SKATING: CBSE NATIONAL SKATING COMPETITION

(26th & 30th November, 2019)

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram proudly shares the achievement of Megha
Bisht of Grade X for winning Bronze Medal under 16 , in Inline category for 1000 mtrs in the
CBSE National Skating Competition on 26th November & 30th November 2019.

FIT INDIA MOVEMENT at LOTUS VALLEY
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, GURUGRAM

(26th & 30th November, 2019)

Vibrant enthusiasm percolated the Students put on their thinking caps to debate
air as Lotus Valley International topics like :
School, Gurugram, celebrated the FIT 1. Vegetarianism is the way to a healthy life.
INDIA WEEK from 25 th November – 2. Physical Education should be made a
29 th November 2019. The Fit India compulsory subject in all grades.
week saw enthusiastic and 3. Fasting is the best way to stay fit.
invigorating participation of the 4. Sportsmen caught using banned substances
learners , their parents & the should be expelled from sports for life.
teachers. A host of activities were Colorful posters designed by students beautifully
conducted during the course of FIT put across the message of a FIT INDIA. Creatively
INDIA WEEK including the Indigenous written poems further promulgated the message
games Palli Patti ( Pitthu) & of fitness.
Aadu Puli Aatam from Telangana as it In recognition of the Fit India Week, a special
is Harayana’s partner state . Physical webpage was created on the School’s site:
fitness was nurtured and http://www.lotusvalleygurgaon.com/fit-india-
promoted during the week through movement-fitness-week-celebration.php
Yoga Asanas and Free Hand Exercises. Furthermore #CBSEFITSCHOOL was promoted
Fitness Assessments, through the School’s Facebook page.
Aerobic Dance, Martial Arts and Besides generating awareness and motivation for
Sports Quiz generated great physical fitness, the Week brought together the
excitement amongst the Learners. parents, the learners and the teachers in a
celebration of Fitness

Morning Assembly – Yoga for all

Day 3
(i) Beginning of “Fitness Assessment” of Students through KHELO INDIA App
(ii) Poster making Competition for all Students on theme “Fit Body – Fit Mind – Fit
Environment”



(i) Physical Activities for all Students including Dance, Aerobics, Yoga, Martial Arts,
Rope-Skipping, Gardening etc.

(ii) Essay/Poem Writing Competition for all Students on theme “Fit India School





Day 5
1. Fitness/Sports Quiz for all Student
2. Competition for Students, Staff and Parents in

Traditional/Indigenous/Regional Game