School E magazine Middle School December to March- 2020-21

“In learning you will teach, and in The sessions aimed at cultivating the
teaching you will learn.” child’s innate leadership skills as
Lotus Valley International School firmly
believes in perpetuating the parent-school they took the responsibility of
relationship for the progress of the imparting knowledge, teaching
institution. ’Passion Paathshala with
Parents’ is one such initiative of the various interesting topics ranging
School that aims at enhancing knowledge
and building confidence through reversal from the concept of Area in
of the traditional learning environment. Mathematics to a virtual tour of
The learners of Grades IV & V on
Saturday, 13th February, 2021 stepped Grasslands in Social Science, and
into the shoes of their mentors and Pronouns in English. The flipped
conducted virtual classroom sessions for
their peers and parents. classroom kept the parents engaged

with interactive activities including
Audience poll, Mentimeter,

Crossword and other games across
all subjects.





It was captivating to see our young mentors
conduct the sessions seamlessly and deal with the
parents with such efficiency.
The event ‘Passion Paathshala with Parents’
turned out to be a grand success which was quite
evident from the parent participation, as they
were taken back to their childhood days of
learning. The learners were also awarded with
Certificate of Appreciation for their laudable
performance and showcasing unwavering
confidence while conducting the virtual session.







“Puberty for a girl is like floating down a Keeping this in mind, the Counselling
broadening river into an open sea”. Department conducted a Workshop
--G. Stanley Hall on Puberty ‘Growing Great’ with
Grade-V Girls in the first week of
Puberty is both an exhilarating and February 2021.
daunting time for the youth and
tremendous changes occur during this It was an interactive session focusing
time. While Puberty is a precarious time, on puberty and the physical, mental,
conversations about the changes that emotional and social changes that
occur during puberty do not necessarily occur during this time and help
have to be uncomfortable for children, children to cope with these inevitable
parents and teachers. and sometimes intimidating
transformations..



Puberty is a perilous time and it is important to
distinguish childhood from adolescence, given
the many physiological changes that take place
during these developmental phases, adolescence
is a crucial phase because of the profound
hormonal changes that occur at this time.

As a result of this, they may feel less in control
of themselves and more uncertain about their
identities. To make them feel comfortable, the
Counselling Department conducted a workshop
on Puberty ‘Growing Great’ with Grade VII
boys in the first week of February 2021.
Learners were able to identify physical, mental,
social and emotional changes of puberty.



National All Rounder Activities like, dance, art, research-
Championship is a unique product
innovated by the KidEx team. It is a based, situation-based problems
gamified way of teaching self-
learning & continuous etc were conducted. In this event,
improvement to kids with the aim
to achieve all-rounded every child completed the activities
development of the child.
from home across five development
399 students from our school have
registered from Grades prep to XII themes (cognitive,
where they were assessed on 30
different age-appropriate activities creative/imaginative, socio-emotional,
over a period of 90 days starting
from 1st December 2020 ending on physical and language, etc).
28th February 2021.

PARTH PIYUSH
XI- SHAKESPERE.

ASHRITA CHAKRABORTY
VII- VOLGA

AAIRIYA JAIN
VII-DAMODAR

HRIDAY GULATI SARISHA JAGGI
XI- ARISTOTLE XI- ARISTOTLE

ANIRUDH RATHOD
XI- ARISTOTLE

ROLI AGGARWAL
XI- ARISTOTLE

HOLI50

Lotus Valley international School incessant enthusiasm on a wide
has been a part of ‘International range of projects based on varied
Dimension in School’, a coveted topics such as folklore, music,
project, since the last 7 years and sports, art along with sensitization
has been the proud winner of the towards physical and sensory
award in 2014-17 and 2017-20 disabilities. The planned activities
followed by the most recent gave learners an opportunity to
addition, the IDS Award-2020-23. engage in the learning process,
From creating an Action Plan to make new discoveries and explore
executing the same, the IDS journey the world and broaden their
fostered innovation, collaboration horizons. They enabled learners to
and critical thinking in our enjoy the world’s delightful
learners. For instance, learners diversity and be prepared for the
from Grades Pre-Nursery to XII experiential journey into an
celebrated globalization in every inclusive workplace of tomorrow.
walk of life. They worked with

Our school was established in the year has been ranked No. 3 in Gurugram,
2011 under the esteemed guidance of No. 8 in Delhi NCR and No. 13 in India
our Director-Principal, Mrs Anita by Education World. The school has also
Malhotra. Since then, our school has been ranked 10th for its academic
always aimed at creating and reputation, 8th in terms of value for
maintaining a quality environment money and 7th for Internationalism in
conducive to providing world-class ranking across India. Our School has
education to its learners. The school has shown a phenomenal growth over the
undertaken innovative practices and a course of the past ten years as a result of
fine blend of scholastic and co-scholastic the leadership of our visionary
initiatives to give our learners the finest Principal, dedicated faculty, love of its
experience of learning and growing. It students, the trust reposed by its parents
was a prestigious moment for our school and above all the well-meaning
when its efforts were recognized at the Management who believes in nothing
Education World Awards 2020. In the less than the BEST.
tenth year of its inception, our school



“The very substance of the

ambitious is merely the shadow
of a dream.”

– William Shakespeare

Achievement is never an accident. It is Fashion Technology (NIFT), National
always a result of commitment to Institute of Technology (NIT), Delhi
excellence, intelligent planning and a Technological University (DTU), Delhi
focused approach. The determined and University, Manipal University and many
passionate efforts of our learners bore more. LVIS learners displayed a
fruit as they not only performed competitive edge to gain entry into
brilliantly in the CBSE Board prestigious world universities like Oxford
Examinations 2020, but also secured University, John Hopkins, Waterloo,
admission into prestigious national Toronto, British Columbia and Kings
institutes like Indian Institute of College. The year 2020 has been a period
Technology (IITD), National Institute of of incredible change due to the

Heartiest pandemic, and these results have further
reinforced the fact that our learners are

Congratulations headed in a very positive direction
unaffected by external factors. They are

all geared up to embark on an ardent

pursuit of knowledge.

The learners of Lotus Valley International
School, Gurugram, won accolades at
UN@75 for their insightful analysis and

deliberation of the historical evolution of

various UN agencies and India’s role and

contribution to the UN at large. The event
was organised by ReTHINK INDIA on
25th December to mark UN’s 75th

anniversary, and witnessed participation

of several schools from Delhi/NCR. Aadya

Gupta (X Elbrus), Kanika Poonia (X
Elbrus), Kary Vohra (X Elbrus), Kiah
Singhal (X Fuji) and Pratham Lal (X Fuji)

shared their views about the historical

evolution of the agencies like WHO;

Science and Technology for Development,
Narcotic Drugs and Status of Women;
Crime Against Humanity; UNRWA1 and

UNESCO. Their contribution was

regarded as enlightening, stellar, superb

and inspiring by ReTHINK INDIA, and
they were acknowledged by the organisers
with a certificate of achievement.



Learners of Lotus Valley International Learners were awarded ratings such as
School, Gurugram under the leadership Beginner, Developing, Proficient,
of our Director-Principal Mrs. Anita Competent and ScoolStar rating was
Malhotra, participated in the awarded to those who won the
ScoolStars National Talent Olympiad certificates. 2 learners were awarded the
2020. Beginner rating and 13 were awarded the
Developing rating. Most of the students
In this session 2020-21, over 150 were awarded Proficient and Competent
enthusiastic learners registered for ratings with 62 and 63 students
ScoolStars and submitted their entries respectively. Total 17 students were
for number of different talent awarded ScoolStars certificates.
categories. Entries were sent for over
30 categories, such as instrumental,
different dance forms, decorative art,
Hindi and English poetry, Story-writing
and story-telling, magic tricks, media
reporting, product and Engineering,
etc. We are delighted to inform that
there was manifold increase in the
number of registrations this year as
compared to last year.

MIHEEKA BHASIN
X FUJI

RISHAAN GUPTA
II ROBIN

MIHIR SHYAM MANYA GUPTA
XI SHAKESPEARE VII DAMODAR

KARTIK TANDON AANYA MITTAL
VII RHINE VII RAVI

KAVYA MOHENDARI
IV GULMOHARS

MIHEEKA BHASIN ANVAY GOYAL
X FUJI II ROBINS

RITISHA MEHROTRA SIYONA BAKSHI
IX HIMALYAS VI GODAVARI

NISHIKA CHOPRA
VIII BRAHMAPUTRA

ANVAY GOYAL IVANA AGARWAL
II ROBINS II BULBUL

KAVYA MOHENDARI MANYA GUPTA
IV GULMOHARS VII DAMODAR

MIHEEKA BHASIN
X FUJI

NANDINI GUPTA VIVAAN RANGOLE
VII RAVI IV CHINAR

MYRA KHANDELWAL MYRA GUPTA
II KIWIS VII DAMODAR

RISHAAN GUPTA SOHANA SINGH
II ROBIN VI NARMADA

The learners of Lotus Valley
International School stood first in the

Inter-School Puppetry Competition

organized by GEMS, Gurugram. The
learners showcased their craftsmanship

and artfulness by making sock puppets
using recycled materials.

ARSHIYA GARG
IV- BANYANS

Arshiya Garg, a learner of IV-
Banyans has won the Second
Position in the ‘Game
Development-Technophilia-
online ATL Competition’ by
Modern Public School, New
Delhi.

ASHRITA CHAKRABORTY
VII- VOLGA

‘I dream with my open eyes’;

Ashrita Chakraborty, a

vibrant 12-year-old learner

of Garde VII Volga has

always been enthusiastic

about reading. She took up

this passion extensively

during the lockdown and got

herself enrolled with

Scholastic India to pursue

her dream.
She was further selected out of

150 participants to write a

short story and Ashrita was

fortunate enough to have her

story shortlisted for further

publishing. She chose to pen

down from a life incident and

her characters from the story

are real too. She expresses her

gratitude wholeheartedly

towards Lotus Valley

International School,

Gurugram and draws

inspiration from her

Educators and friends.

ARYAN GUPTA
VI- NARMADA

Aryan Gupta, a learner of VI-
Narmada, is an avid reader. Books
became his best friend when he was
very young.

His love for reading encouraged him
to write and express his ideas. Aryan
wrote his first story when he was in
Grade III (8 Yrs.). His collection of
stories, Adventurous Ventures, is
based on different genres, reflecting
dimensions of mystery, adventure and
spook on one hand and the best and
worst of human emotions on the other.

SMAHI VIJAY
VII- COLORADO

Smahi Vijay learner of VII-Colorado
participated in the ‘Gita Shlok
Recitation Programme’ on Hare
Krishna Television Channel which
helped her dig deep into our wise and
healthy practices and adopting a
pragmatic approach towards life.

Looking at her outstanding
performance, M4U News Channel,
broadcast her performance on 5th
January 2021, that can be viewed on
the following link:

https://youtu.be/8GgJQE6Ai9M

I would like to share Aahana AAHANA JAIN
VI - THAMES

Jain's (Grade VI Thames)

achievement with you again.

This is in reference to the mail sent

regarding her story selection for the

magazine called Intelly Jelly.

I am enclosing the images of the same

along with the certificate she received

for the Febuary 2021 edition.

I sincerely thank the class teacher

Komal Taneja Ma'am and our english

teacher Japna bansal Ma'am for all the

guidance and support that they have

bestowed on Aahana.

It is with utmost pleasure that I

would like to inform you of Mishka I would also like to take this as an
opportunity to thank all the mentors
Menghani’s proud performance
of Lotus Valley International school
in IOSA OLYMPIAD 2020 -
that have taught and guided her from
INDIA'S BIGGEST PREMIER
the time she entered the school in pre-
LEAGUE OF ASTRONOMY &
nursery and for providing her the solid
STEAM. (Science-Technology- foundation which acts as a confidence

Engineering-Arts-Math) booster for her. Mishka has always been

Mishka has a keen interest given opportunities from the school to

in Astronomy and therefore we perform in scholastic and co-scholastic

encouraged her and enrolled her to fields and I believe she will bring a lot
of accolades to the school and make all
participate in this competition. She
of you very proud of her.
was a rank holder in both the set of
The website for IOSA for your
exams and achieved a state-level
reference is https://iosaolympiad.com/
rank in the finals. I am attaching the

certificate and the medal for your

reference.

Learners of Lotus Valley International Skating Track, Gurugram. They
Gurugram, participated in this RSFI performed with great zeal and
District skating championship. Tvesha enthusiasm. They were selected for
Yadav, Grade VII & Megha Bisht, RSFI Haryana State Roller Skating
Grade XI brought laurels & medals in a Championship scheduled in March
championship held at Baliawas Roller 2021.

Lotus Valley International School,

Gurugram, takes pride to share the

achievements of its learners, Tvesha Yadav

(Grade VII-Rhine) and Megha Bisht (Grade

XII –Wordworth) who not only

participated, but also bagged prestigious

positions in the RSFI Haryana State Skating

Championship held on 13th and 14th March

2021. They are all geared up to represent

Haryana State in the upcoming RSFI

Nationals Roller Skating Championship

scheduled in April 2021. Many

Congratulations to the young achievers and

‘All the Best’ for the National Level

Championship.

Congratulations to Shubham
Bhasin(Grade VII- Indus) and Vivaan
Bhasin(Grade III Pigeons) for
featuring on The National Toy Fair
and have been covered by social
media handles including YouTube,
Twitter and Facebook

Rishita Singh of Grade X Fuji
expressed her views on examination
with great eloquence during the
programme ‘Loktantra Ki Chaupal’
aired on Lok Sabha TV. The episode
titled ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ was an
endeavor to solicit the views of
young minds on examination related
issues and ways to address
examination fear.
Rishita conveyed the need to
constantly compete with oneself
with great clarity. She dwelt on the
importance of prioritizing when
faced with multiple tasks and
stressed upon consistency and
regularity. Quoting the Prime
Minister, she mentioned the need to
be a ‘warrior’ and not a ‘worrier’
and attempt examinations with full
preparation and confidence.



Empower – This Ability Overview of session

Disability awareness sessions Learners were highly motivated
and showed a lot of interest during
Disability awareness programmes have the sessions. These awareness
always been influential in the overall sessions embraced story, quiz and a
development of the learners and it is not lot of introspective questions. They
about educating them through text books were encouraged to adapt a positive
but also humanising the diverse society. attitude towards persons with
These programmess lead young learners disabilities. Learners were inspired
to be accepting, to gain empathy, to be to respect all and were given real
friendly, understanding, and have life situations with intention to
positive attitude. Keeping this in mind, analyse and react according to the
Counselling & SEN Dept. conducted specific situations. They had an
awareness sessions on “Empower – This enlightening experience during the
Ability” with Grade VI & VII learners in sessions.
the month of December 2020.

Learning outcomes

• Learners were made aware about persons with disabilities
• Creating self- awareness amongst learners to build empathy and positive

attitude
• Learners were made aware about the fact that disability is a part of life and

our diversity
• Learners acknowledged the contributions that differently abled make to

society