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

INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

Learners of
Grade XI

participated
in the event
“Voices- The

Students
Conclave”
held at Lotus

Valley
International

School,
Noida.

Learners of
Grade V-XI
participated
in an event
“Ordin@trix
” held at

Tagore
Internationa

l School,
New- Delhi

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

“Chronicles Of Time” ~ Home of the free because of the brave ~

Inter- House competition for Grades IX- The artworks were symbolic to India’s
XII “Chronicles of Time” was conducted Independence and revered for historical
on August 14th, 2019 Wednesday. significance.
The aim behind conducting the event The total time allotted for the event was
was to elicit patriotic emotion among our one hour and 30 minutes.
learners and heralding a saga of Indian The participants were assessed on rubrics
freedom struggle. like vivid use of colours & artistic
The event commemorated 73 glorious illustrations.
years of nation’s Independence. The Member of Jury comprised of Ms.
Each House represented a group of Harvinder Kaur (Head Mistress Middle
learners from Grades IX-XII, who School) & Ms. Savita Malik (HOD Art
maneuvered their artwork & creative Department) who shared their wise
paintings to evoke and imbue immense perspective on collaborative efforts and
degree of patriotism. creative expressions of our young artists.
The medium of colours chosen by the Tagore House bagged the First Position.
participants included acrylic, oil pastels The competition witnessed iconic
and poster colours. sketches, a sense of pride and unity
amongst learners who celebrated the spirit
of freedom with their artistic tributes.

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

“Chronicles Of Time” ~ Home of the free because of the brave ~

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

“Chronicles Of Time” ~ Home of the free because of the brave ~

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

“Chronicles Of Time” ~ Home of the free because of the brave ~

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

“RANG DE” ~ Creativity…. The more you use, the more you have ~

The Inter- House Rang De Competition The event envisioned the future of art
in the digital age. The learners created
for Grades IV-V and Grades VI-VIII was masterpieces with the customized paint
conducted for two consecutive days in palette.
the month of October. The aim behind Learners demonstrated team spirit &
organizing this event was to apply
digital creative tool with MS Paint, and productivity, collaborations &
present a computer literacy art on creative expressions using a simple
Green Diwali. It was a simple, fun, raster graphics editor.
magical experience that helped our
learners unleash their inner creativity.
The panel of Judges included Ms.
Poornima Singh IT Faculty C Bock & Ms.
Pooja Bakshi IT Faculty- A Block. The
learners were assessed on application
of Computer tools/ computer graphics,
vivid use of colours,creative
messages/artistic expressions through
Poster making & presentation skills.
Gandhi House bagged the First Position
for Grades IV-V.
Teresa House bagged the First Position
for Grades VI-VIII.

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

“RANG DE” ~ Creativity…. The more you use, the more you have ~



THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 1 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

Lotus Valley International School, The Conclave was graced by the
Gurugram hosted the Second Edition of distinguished presence of CBSE
‘The Learners Conclave – Imagining the Chairperson, Ms. Anita Karwal, the
World’ on 18th October 2019. The Haryana Hurricane- Kapil Dev,
Learners Conclave 2019 celebrated the International Cricketer and Indian National
talent, perspectives, dynamism and vision Cricket Coach- Madan Lal, School Patron,
of the young, the trustees of posterity. It Dr Shayama Chona, Ambassador Dr
provided a platform for deliberations, Deepak Vohra, Special Advisor to the
arguments and discussions on existing Prime Minister of Lesotho and Guinea
challenges confronting the world and Bissau, Sports Editor, Aaj Tak- Vikrant
their solutions. Gupta and renowned Fashion Designer
and Couturier Ms. Payal Jain. Members of
the School Managing Committee, Ms
Sureena Uppal, Ms Jaspreet Kaur, Ms
Humra Quraishi, Mr Harkaran Uppal, Mr
Daman Deep Singh and Principals of
prestigious schools of Delhi/NCR added
vibrance to the magnificent occasion.

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 1 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 1 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 1 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 1 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

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THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 2 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

After a resplendent Day 1, the second day The occasion was graced by the benign
of ‘The Learners Conclave-Imaging the presence of Dr Deepa Malik;
World’ commenced on 19th October Paralympian, recipient of the Khel Ratna,
2019 with renewed vigour and Padma Shri and Arjuna Award, Ms Anjum
enthusiasm. The school choir gave a Chopra; recipient of Padma Shri and
befitting welcome to the revered guests Arjuna Award, renowned Sufi composer
as they performed an improvisation of and singer Ms Sonam Kalra, Ambassador
Thomas Juneau’s arrangement of Dr Deepak Vohra; special adviser to the
Scarborough Affair. The elegant dance Prime Minister of Lesotho and Guinea -
exponents enthralled the audience with Bissau, Mr Shatrughan Sinha; renowned
actor, former Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
their exuberant performance. member, and the members of the School
Managing Committee Ms Sureena Uppal
and Ms Jaspreet Kaur. The Principal, Ms
Anita Malhotra accorded a warm
welcome to the distinguished guests and
shared her valuable thoughts as a
seasoned educator. She worded that
education is far more than what happens
within the four walls of the classroom
and a colossal event like The Learners
Conclave 2019 holds testimony to that.

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 2 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 2 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 2 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

DAY 2 (18th - 19th Oct , 2019)

THE LEARNERS CONCLAVE - Imagining the World

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'The Red Pen’ and CASE – Session For Grade XI

A session for Grade XI students was
conducted by Dr. Kimberly Dixit
representing 'The Red Pen' and CASE, an
independent education consulting
company, on 11th October'19.

The session focused on the pre
requisites of writing an impressive
'personal essay' in parity with the
expectations of university applications.
It was a comprehensive, extremely
relevant and an enlightening session

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC – Session for Grades VIII,XI and XII

Lotus Valley believes in giving its learners
an extra edge to learning by giving them
exposure to the recent developments and
cutting edge technologies.

Keeping this in mind on 25th September Learners gained an enthralling life time
2019 Medical Students of Grades XI&XII experience of interacting with the
visited Boston Scientific Corporation scientists and experts who demonstrated
which is dedicated to transforming lives them the upcoming innovations in
through innovative medical solutions that Medical Science and gave them the
improve the health of patients around the opportunity to operate simulations on
world. Boston Scientific, is a manufacturer endoscopy, catheter working for treating
of medical devices used in interventional heart problems. Learners observed the
medical specialties, including manufacturing of stent, Prosthetic parts
interventional radiology, interventional using 3-D printing, latest technologies to
cardiology, peripheral treat neural problems. They were also be
interventions, neuromodulation, amused by the demonstration of use of
neurovascular AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual
intervention, electrophysiology, cardiac Reality) in medical treatments and
surgery, vascular
surgery, endoscopy, oncology, education.
urology and gynecology.

COMMQUEST 2019- Session for Grades XI & XII
Day 1(24th & 25th of July,2019)

The CommQuest 2019 was an event
organized by the Heritage Xperiential
Learning School in collaboration with The
Indian School of Business and Finance on
the 24th and 25th of July,2019.
Day 1 began with a short briefing session
for the following events:-

Business Plan
AD-MAD

There were several Business Plans out of
which our team secured first place.
Participants-Gul Bhatia and Krivi Nath.
The students participating in the Ad-Mad
were given very creative topics on the
spot and were given 45 minutes to
prepare an Advertisement for 5-7
minutes.
Our team created a fabulous
advertisement and secured the Third
Place.

Participants- Ribhav Singh, Yuvraaj
Kapoor, Ishita Sharma, Pranav Goswamy
and Tanvi

COMMQUEST 2019- Session for Grades XI & XII
Day 2 (24th & 25th of July,2019)

COMMQUEST Day-2 in collaboration with
The London School of Economics was
packed with three enriching session
The day began with ‘Power of Why’
which dealt with the difference of
strategies used by Jet Airways and Indigo
and proposing solutions to the problem.
The session encouraged us to keep asking
the question ‘why’ and keep our curiosity
on its tips. Our team proposed various
solutions to the problem and secured
second position .

The second session was a business quiz
that encompassed topics of many
spheres like Finance, Economics and
Current Affairs. The quiz was a
challenging summation of sixteen
questions some of which left us with
things to ponder upon.

The third session was a critical thinking
session on the topic ‘The Rich are Getting
Richer and the Poor are Getting Poorer’.
Each team had to choose a stance and
justify their stance after filling a form
with three tasks: Describing, Analyzing
and Evaluating the problem.

FUTURES ABODE – Session for Grade XI

A session on changing trends in career
prospects, their pre requisites,
importance of planning in advance and
other related concerns were discussed in
the session that was conducted for Grade
XI by Ms. Vandana Mahajan (Futures
Aboad), on 20th November'19.

PSYCHOLOGY & MANAGEMENT – Session for Grade XI

A session for Grade XI students was
conducted on 20th November'19 by Ms.
Alex Snee, who represents In-county, a
company that deals in university
applications overseas. The session
represented a very interesting module on
Psychology and Management and the
underlying principles that operate in
career decisions and the importance of
thinking out of the box.

CAREER COUNSELLING – Session for Grade IX -XI

'Changing Landscape of Careers', a
module designed for parents and
students of Grades IX-XI was conducted
by Ms. Vandana and her colleague Ms.
Kanchan. The session highlighted the
changing trends in career prospects,
requirements for the career prospects
that would take full shape in future,
importance of profile building and what
actually counts in an application for
admission.
Session concluded with a fruitful
Question- answer round that witnessed a
series of intelligent questions posed by
the parents and students, that received
adequate answers from the speakers.



INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

Freedom in mind, Faith in words, Pride
in our heart, Memories in our soul. Let’s
salute the nation on this Independence
day. Lotus Valley International School,
Gurugram celebrated the 73rd
milestone of Independent India with
great enthusiasm on Thursday, 15th
August,2019.
The ceremony commenced with the
prayer ‘Where the Mind is without Fear’
followed by unfurling of the National
Flag by the school Principal Ms. Anita
Malhotra along with the Headmistress,
Ms. Harvinder Kaur. The gathering of
learners, parents and teachers was filled
with patriotic fervor as 200 enthusiastic
young learners traced the daring spirit
of the freedom fighters through their
soulful rendition of the song ‘Main peer
manavan chaliya’.

This was followed by mesmerizing
dance performances Jashan E Azadi
and Vijayi Bhavah which showcased
the iconic moments to remember
and recall our struggle for freedom.
The Principal addressed the
gathering, appealing to their
nationalistic spirit and urged to take
pride in being an Indian and fulfilling
one’s duty with responsibility.
It was a day of joy and love, showing
respect and homage to our freedom
fighters, making a better place for
Indians to live and experience the
freedom, peace and unity in diversity.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATION

Lotus Valley International School,
Gurugram, marked The Indian
Constitution Day on 26th November
with a very illustrative assembly driven
by great enthusiasm and optimistic
spirit. The students took pride in
glorifying and celebrating the spirit of
unity by reading aloud the Preamble to
the Constitution of India. Vande
Mataram sung by the school choir
reverberated with patriotic fervour
and zeal. A meaningful role play by
Grade XI learners was showcased on
the Indian Constitution. Grade VI
presented a beautiful dance dedicated
to Mahatma Gandhi. The day was
further enlivened by inspiring address
by the Vice-principal Ms.Ruchi Joshi
who motivated the students to uphold
the honor, integrity, uniqueness and
diversity of their country and identify
themselves as true Indians.
The programme culminated with
learners taking a pledge to create a
great nation.

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The learners of Grade VI Sutlej and A poem dedicated to the freedom
Thames marked the 73rd fighters was recited, followed by a dance
Independence Day with mélange of performance and Book review to
patriotic activities which created an inculcate the reading habit amongst the
atmosphere of national pride learners. It was a day of joy and love,
during their class assembly s on showing respect and homage to our
Tuesday, 13th August. freedom fighters, making a better place
Colourful presentation of cultural for Indians to live and experience the
items done by the students touched freedom, peace, and unity in diversity.
the souls of the audience. Learners The assembly concluded with the
enthusiastically presented the felicitation of learners for their varied
News, Patriotic song and facts achievements. The school Principal
about Independence Day. shared her appreciation and praised the
performance of the children.

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Ms. Madhavi Maganti , a Psychology Professor at Ashoka
University, with a specialization in Developmental
Psychology, visited Lotus Valley International School,
Gurugram on 16th August'19. She conducted a session for
Grades XI and XII Psychology students on 'Intricacies of
Psychology as a scientific discipline'. It was a well researched
presentation and facilitated participation of students.

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Principal, Ms. Anita Malhotra always

encourages learning beyond

classrooms. Learners of Grade VI visited

the National Museum, New Delhi on

17th August 2019 under Flow India City

School Project to explore the glorious

history, culture, and environment.

Through a series of fun activities,

object exploration and interactions,

learners discovered unknown stories,

reconstructed the past and reflected on

the present. Flow’s subject experts

facilitated the session and a workbook

was provided to the learners to record

the activities conducted during the

session.

Learners were sensitized about the

concept of archaeology, the ancient

civilization of the Indus Valley through

objects left behind.

They were able to understand the
transition from the past to the
present and various markers of
civilization. Learning about the
coins from punch mark to use of
moulds to make coins created
interest among them and they
loved exploring the coin gallery.
This visit developed knowledge and
skills of learners together in a
unique way by collaborating with
the school to insert uniquely
memorable out-of-school learning
experiences within the academic
learning framework.

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‘RISING TOWARDS PERSONAL POTENTIAL‘

RESOURCE PERSON: ROLA ZAKI, OLIVIA BARNES

UTS INSEARCH (AUSTRALIA) conducted a

session for a selected group of students of

Grade XI on 20th August'19.

Rola Zaki conducted this session.

The learning outcome of the activity was to

highlight the importance of strengthening

Personal potential.

The session was based on experiential activities

and provided a platform for an elaborate

discussion and catharsis.

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Psychology students of Grade XI visited Thereafter, students interviewed a few
Sandhya Old Age Home (New Delhi) as a inmates of the institution based on the
part of Field work. The organisation has Interview schedule prepared by them.
been operational since 1993 and is It was an extremely enlightening
under the supervision of NDMC. The experience. Students carried themselves
field work commenced with an with dignity and sensitivity, and adhered
orientation session conducted by the to the ethical principles of carrying out a
Manager, followed by a tour around the research work.
place.

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Lotus Valley International School organised a ‘Bharatanatyam recital’, by Ms. Rama
Vaidyanathan in the spirit of SPIC MACAY, to showcase the beauty of classical
performing arts to students of Delhi NCR.
This spectacular event featured Ms. Rama Vaidyanathan a renowned Bharatanatyam
Exponent and her daughter/disciple Dakshina Vaidyanathan . The School Principal Ms.
Anita Malhotra felicitated the artist followed by the performance.
Lotus Valley has always encouraged students to go beyond academics and explore their
creative potential

In that sense, this was an enriching and
engaging experience for the learners.
“Dance is an expression of emotions but
classical dance is absolute divinity” said
the anchors. This sentence conveyed
the excitement and goodwill with which
the school hosted the event.
SPIC MACAY was founded by Dr. Kiran
Seth. The organisation has always been
supported and run by student
volunteers and all students are
encouraged to get involved in this
process.

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EDUCATIONAL EXCURSION : JAIPUR (21st - 22nd Sep ,2019)

Memories of school trips are among the most
prominent of the formative years and Lotus Valley
International School takes immense pleasure to help
children build these fond memories. It was especially
exciting for our learners of Grade IV as they experienced
new levels of freedom of staying away from their homes
for two days and a night. Their stay at Choki Dhani
Village Resort was comfortable with all facilities
provided to the learners. They connected with their
peers as well as teachers on a personal level. On the
first day, the learners visited the Choki Dhani village.

They were thrilled to watch mesmerizing performances by magicians, singers and folk
artists there. On the second day of the stay, the learners visited the Paper Mache
Factory and saw recycling of scrap cotton fabric into handmade paper. Seeing paper
bags, tissue papers, craft sheets being made there by hand was an eye- opener for
many of the learners. They also went to the City Palace where they saw the Textile
Museum and the Weapons Gallery. The cherry on the cake was the birthday
celebration of two of the learners at a restaurant, en-route to Gurgaon. The learners
were amazed to learn about the times of the Rajput warriors. The learner’s visit to
Jaipur was an educative experience coupled with fun and laughter

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EDUCATIONAL EXCURSION : JAIPUR (21st - 22nd Sep ,2019)

EDUCATIONAL EXCURSION : AGRA ((221nsdt -223rrdd Sep ,2019)

The School Principal, Ms. Anita Malhotra strongly
believes that an active mind is an offspring of
curiosity teamed with playful opportunities. To
further this idea, an overnight trip was arranged
for the learners of Grade V to the city of Mahal
and Mughal, Agra.
The learners visited the Taj City on 21st & 22nd
September 2019, under the supervision of their
respective teacher in-charges. The visit to the Taj
Mahal gave a diachronic view of history to the
learners, the finest example of Mughal
architecture.

The young minds moved around the city in small groups, grappling, solving individual
problems, they worked towards building a stronger bond and in larger sight; they
learned the need for harmony in the community. They experienced a sense of
independence while making choices for themselves and for the greater good of their
groups. The smiles and laughter bear testimony of their joy and enthusiasm. The trip
rightly stated that learning is never limited to the boundaries of school.

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