Newsletter for October

THE MESSENGER

NEWSLETTER FOR GRADES IV TO VIII

(OCTOBER 2020)

‘Literacy in itself is no education. Literacy is not the end
of the Education not even the beginning. By Education, I
mean an all-round drawing out of the best in child and man
in Body, Mind and Spirit.’

– Mahatma Gandhi

Dear Parents,

The month of October not only fondly remembers the Father of the Nation, Mohan Das Karam Chand
Gandhi on his birth anniversary but also the nations across the globe mark 2nd October as ‘International
Day of Non-Violence.’ As the world is cruising through the challenges posed by the pandemic, Gandhi
Ji’s teachings become more relevant and important. Truth, Respect, Tolerance and Non-Violence are
the core values of the Gandhian Philosophy and Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram always
believes in fostering these values.

With the revolution in scientific and technological landscape, the future requires better skilled,
resourceful and rounded professionals. The recently announced New Education Policy envisages
holistic development and building a strong foundation for an enlightened citizen of tomorrow’s world.
We solicit your cooperation to continue develop all aspects and capabilities of learners in order to
make education well-rounded, valuable and fulfilling experience.

NEWS…

 LIVE NEP TALK (National Khabar Channel): Respected Director-Principal, Ms. Anita Malhotra
enlightened all with a clear insight on National Education Policy (2020) through a Live talk with Ms
Sweta Ranjan, a renowned Journalist with National Khabar Channel.

 EXAM.NET: In order to evaluate the learners in a more profound manner, a new virtual platform
of examination, exam.net was introduced to them.

 UT-II FOR GRADES IV & V / HALF YEARLY ASSESSMENTS FOR GRADES VI, VII & VIII: Grades IV to
VIII completed their first round of Unit Tests. Unit Test II for Grades IV & V commenced on the 7th
September. The half-yearly assessments for Grades VI to VIII were held from 14th to 28th Sep 2020.
Learners got the opportunity to write answers in subjective form, this way the mentors were able
to evaluate the writing skills, spellings, diagrams etc.

 PARENTS’ PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME: The efforts of the following parents are well appreciated
for conducting meaningful webinars for our learners.
 Ms. Shweta Talwar, Mother of Shivangi Talwar of Grade VI Narmada, conducted a webinar on
‘Collaboration’ for the learners of Grade VI on 4th Aug 2020.
 A storytelling session was conducted for the learners of Grade VII by Mr. Vinod Kumar, father
of Harshita Yadav of Grade VII Colorado on 13th Aug 2020.
 A webinar on ‘5S system’ and ‘Importance of Basic Consumer Declarations on FMCG packs’
was conducted for the learners of Grade VII by Mr. Maulin Gandhi, father of Grisha Maulin
Gandhi of Grade VII Colorado on 21st Aug 2020.
 A session was conducted for the learners of Grades VI - VIII by Mr Pankaj Bukalsaria, father of
Prakhar Bukalsaria of Grade VI Narmada on 24th Aug 2020 on the topic “Online Safety and
Security”.
 A webinar on ‘Time Management’ was conducted for the learners of Grades VI-VIII by Ms Nitika
Jain, mother of Sayesha Jain of Grade VIII Danube on 1st Sep 2020.
 Ms. Sweta Ranjan, mother of Rudransh Singh of Grade VII Damodar, conducted an interesting
webinar on ‘Poetry Writing’ in Hindi on 12th Sep 2020.

 MENTOR CONNECT PROGRAMME – SEASON I & II: The phase III of the Mentor Connect Programme,
exchange of expressions and views of the learners of Grades IV, V and VI with School Counsellors
was concluded successfully in the month of August. The season II of the Mentor Connect Programme
commenced for the learners of Grade IV & V on 15th of September. Learners got opportunity to
interact with their Class teachers and peers in small groups.

 FIRST VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE: The first Virtual Open House of the session commenced on 10th Aug
and concluded on 7th September, 2020. The sessions had been designed to best suit the convenience
of parents, wherein they were able to meet all subject teachers of their ward together in one
meeting. It was a collaborative and constructive interaction between mentors and parents to
evaluate learners’ holistic development.

 COFFEE MEET with PARENTS: In its efforts to strengthen the connection between the school and
parents’ fraternity, the school held its first Middle School Virtual Coffee Meet with the parents of
learners from Grades IV-VIII between 5th - 7th Aug 2020. In a gainful conversation parents extended
complete support and assured absolute assistance to the school.

 B.E.S.T (BREATHE EASY STAY TOUGH) CLUB: On August 1 ,2020 Lotus Valley International School,
Gurugram became a part of the unique B.E.S.T. Club initiative. The club believes in every student to
be a change maker in the society, learning invaluable skills and innovation in the process.

 BROADENING HORIZONS: A RENDEZVOUS WITH EMINENT DOCTORS: A Guest Speaker session on
various facets of the field of Medical Science was organized on 27th Aug 2020 for the learners of
Grades VIII- XII. Parent Reps, Dr Puneeta Bhatia, Senior Consultant and Head of Biochemistry at
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi and Dr Jasmeet Monga, Consultant Obstetrician and
Gynaecologist, illumined various areas of medical science.

 LOTUSBLOOMS, THE ALUMNI CONNECT PROGRAMME: The learners of Grades VIII-X had an
enriching virtual interaction with alumni members - Ameya Ashish Dehade, Class of 2020, Nanaki
Singh Ahluwalia, Class of 2019 and Ronak Singh, Class of 2018 during the first edition of the Alumni
Connect Programme on 31st Aug 2020.

 E-MAGAZINE: On the occasion of the 74th Independence Day, the first quarterly e-magazine of the
session 2020-21, ‘Different Strokes’ was released. It can be viewed at the following URL:
http://www.lotusvalleygurgaon.com/e-magazine.php

ACHIEVEMENTS…

 ION 2020: Learners participated in ION 2020 hosted by Indraprastha International School, Dwarka
on 1st August. The following children bagged praiseworthy positions.
 3rd Position in E-Tux tech – Arshiya Garg (IV Banyans)
 3rd Position in E-Ideate – Amitesh Anand Pandey (XI Einstein) and Freya Sidhwa (XI Edison)
 2nd Position in E- Techno Wrap – Ivana Agarwal (II Bulbuls)

 SHRI UTSAV: The following learners performed brilliantly in the SHRI UTSAV hosted by The Shri
Ram School, Aravali on 7th and 8th August.
 Best Actor in Film Making – Ribhav Singh (XII Leonardo)
 3rd Position in Histrionics – Kriti Malik (XII Wordsworth)
 2nd Position in Western Group Dance – Navya Agarwal (IX Himalayas), Aarush Jain (IX
Kanchenjunga), Aanya Singh (X Andes), Smira Chanan (X Alps), Mihir Shyam (X
Shakespeare)

 IRIDESCENE: An Inter-School Competition ‘IRIDESCENE’ was organised by Carmel Convent School,
Chanakyapuri from 17th to 21st August. The following learners bagged appreciable positions.
 2nd Position in Alankaar – Vedaansh Khaneja (V Oaks)
 2nd Position in Ingenium – Shaurya Babbar (XII Leonardo)
 2nd Position in Slam Poetry – Ishita Sharma (XII Marshall)
 2nd Position in Eloquence – Anisha Gupta (VIII Mahanadi)
 3rd Position in Book Discussion – Ira Vikram Kher (XI Aristotle) and Aarushi Banerjee (XI
Shakespeare)
 2nd Position in Crescendo – Fiona Gomes (V Neems)
 3rd Position in Symphony – Anoushka Mathur (XII Marshall)

 Shrishti Bansal of V Cedars made us proud by winning 1st Position in an Inter-School Competition,
‘Ignited Minds’ organized by Indraprastha School, Dwarka on 19th August.

 MELANGE 2020: The following learners won accolades at ‘MELANGE 2020’, hosted by Suncity
School on 22nd August.
 2nd Position in Art Poetica – Sia Prashant (IV Acacias)
 3rd Position in Art -e- lligence – Mehak Jindal (V Birches)
 3rd Position in Vak Chaturya – Paridhi Garg (VIII Amazon)
 Commendation in Dhanak – Fiona Gomes (V Neems)

 Aarav Modi of V Maples, Aayati Jain of VI Ganges and Rupanya Kashyap of VIII Tapti displayed
spectacular performance and bagged 3rd Position in Virtual Science Exhibition organized by All
India Young Scholars – 2020.

 Shradha Miglani (VII Damodar), Riddhi Manocha (VII Ravi) and Shivangi Talwar (VI Narmada)
secured the Best Delegate Award in ‘Skill sphere MUN’ and Mihika Sharma (VI Narmada) received
the prize for verbal mention.

 Kreativ 2020: An Inter-School competition “Kreativ 2020” was organised by DL DAV Model School,
Pitampura, Delhi in collaboration with Goethe Institut, New Delhi on 22nd August 2020 (online).
Shweta Ganesh of Grade-X Olympus won the 2nd Prize in “News Reading” competition.

Announcements…

 VIRTUAL SESSIONS FROM SCHOOL: Teachers will be conducting virtual sessions twice a week
(Tuesdays & Thursdays) from school w.e.f Tuesday, 6th October 2020.

 WORK EDUCATION: The Work Education classes for the session 2020-21 will commence w.e.f.
Friday, 9th October and will be held every Friday from 3:00pm-4:00pm.

 INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS: The Inter-House Competitions will commence from the month of
October. The activities will be executed on the online platform of MS teams. The following
activities are planned in the month of October. The window for auditions and selections is from
1st to 22nd October 2020.

DAY/DATE GRADE ACTIVITIES
IV &V Special Reflections through Yoga Asanas
Finale VI Move &Groove – Poetry in Dance
31.10.20 VII, & VIII Chronicles of Time
SATURDAY VIII सुर और तरं ग

 WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY AWARENESS DRIVE: Counselling & SEN Department will be
initiating the “Kindness Calendar” for the learners of Grade IV & V to record their daily kindness
acts in the month of October. This will be followed by brief interactive sessions in their Group
Time with the Counselling & SEN Department to discuss the positive impact of the activity in their
lives.

 STEP PROGRAMME (Sensitizing, Training and Empowering Peer Programme): Interactive
sessions will be conducted for the learners of Grades VI to VIII by Grade XI & XII under STEP
Programme on “Turning Challenges into opportunities” from 12th October to 16th October 2020.

 IMPORTANT DATES RELATED TO HALF YEARLY CLOSURE:

28th September Uploading of Marking Scheme on portal by 1pm (Grades IV-VIII)
05th October Showing of answer sheets for the exams conducted till 26th Sept.
09th October Showing of answer sheets for the exams conducted after 26th Sept.
13th October Report Card Publishing for Grades VI-VIII
19th October Report Card Publishing for Grades IV-V

 RESEARCH BASED UNIT CYCLE: The next Unit Cycle for Grades IV-VIII (UT III for Grades IV-V & UT
II for Grades VI-VIII) will be based on Inter-disciplinary research work. The details, assessments
tools and criteria will be shared with parents and learners well in advance.

 INTRODUCTION TO PEN USAGE FOR GRADE V: Learners of Grade V will be introduced to ‘Pen
Writing’ w.e.f 15th October 2020. The learners will be informed by the respective class teachers
and a detailed circular for the same will be shared soon.

 STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS (2020-21) :

PRESIDENT STUDENT COUNCIL KRITI MALIK XII WORDSWORTH
HEAD BOY
HEAD GIRL RIBHAV SINGH XII LEONARDO
SPORTS CAPTAIN (BOY)
SPORTS CAPTAIN (GIRL) GUL BHATIA XII MARSHALL
MENTOR SPORTS ARJUN ANAND HINGNE XII ARCHIMEDES
PRESIDENT CULTURAL COMMITTEE TANYA MAHAJAN XII ARCHIMEDES
MEMBERS CULTURAL COMMITTEE CHAITANYA BANSAL XII MARSHALL
ANOUSHKA MATHUR XII MARSHALL
PRESIDENT ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE TEJASVI ASIJA XII LEONARDO
MEMBERS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE TANVI ARORA XII MARSHALL
VANI GUGNANI XII LEONARDO
PRESIDENT PSYCHOLOGY CLUB
MEMBER PSYCHOLOGY CLUB AADITYA GUPTA XII MARSHALL
PRESIDENT REGULATORY COMMITTEE NAINIKA GUPTA XII GALILEO
MEMBERS REGULATORY COMMITTEE ALAINA RARA XII MARSHALL

PRESIDENT EDITORIAL BOARD RIYA BHANOT XII WORDSWORTH
MEMBERS EDITORIAL BOARD ANANYA ARORA XII WORDSWORTH

PRESIDENT IT AARAV KAPOOR XII LEONARDO
MEMBERS IT SHAGUN BOHRA XII MARSHALL
ANANYA SINGH XII GALILEO
PRESIDENT COMMUNITY SERVICE CHAITANYA CHAURASIA XII ARCHIMEDES
MEMBERS COMMUNITY SERVICE NIHARIKA RAJPUT XII GALILEO
ISHITA SHARMA XII MARSHALL
CREATIVE ART HEAD YOGITA BAISHYA XII MARSHALL
MEMBERS CREATIVE ART CLUB ISHANI MUKHERJEE XII WORDSWORTH
AARYAN PERIWAL XII LEONARDO
LOTUS QUIZZING & DEBATING CLUB HEAD SHAURYA BABBAR XII LEONARDO
PRESIDENT COMMERCE CLUB SAKSHAM AGARWAL XII GALILEO
PRAATYUSH GUPTA XII GALILEO
ANSHUL RANA XII ARCHIMEDES
SHIVALI MISHRA XII WORDSWORTH
YANA GUPTA XII GALILEO
RADHIKAA GOEL XII MARSHALL
ELINA SINGH XII MARSHALL

SAUMYAA VIRMANI XII MARSHALL
NIVETHA NAGARAJAN XII GALILEO
DIVYAKSHI SINGH XII WORDSWORTH
SHAURYA ARORA XII MARSHALL

 MENTOR CONNECT PROGRAMME: After an overwhelming response received from the Mentor
Connect Programme, Season- I, the school will be scheduling the Mentor Connect Programme,

Season-II, ‘WE TIME with MENTOR’, ‘BONDING TIME with PEERS’ for Grades VI to VIII between

15th October-25th October 2020.

 PASSION PAATHSHALA: To develop and hone learners’ communication, IT skills and to build
confidence, Flip Teaching will be conducted, the particulars of which will be shared in detail.

 OLYMPIADS: The Circular for online Olympiad examinations were uploaded on the portal. The
circular mentions the link for online registration and payment. Tentative dates for the various
Olympiads are as follows:

DATE OLYMPIADS
7th & 8th November 2020 International General Knowledge Olympiad
28th & 29th November 2020 International English Olympiad
19th & 20th December 2020 National Science Olympiad
23rd & 24th January 2021 International Mathematics Olympiad
10th October 2020 Hindi Olympiad

 SCHOOL CINEMA: School Cinema is an innovative way to inculcate life skills amongst learners.
Short value-based videos are shared with children each month, followed by class discussions and
thought-provoking activity-based worksheets. The movies schedule is as follows-

GRADES OCTOBER
IV Make Peace
V Little Magician
VI Grace
VII The Gift
VIII Too Cool For School

REMINDERS…

 INTRA-CLASS ACTIVITIES: As per the activities mentioned in the Learners Handbook, the following
Science and Social Science Intra-Class Activities are planned for the learners of Grade IV to VIII in
the month of October:

GRADES SCIENCE SSC
IV Science Pictionary
V Science Scrabble Poster Making on Fundamental Duties
VI Framing new Constitution Rules as a Citizen of India
Wall Magazine Intra Class Quiz on Constitution, Preamble, Fundamental Rights
VII and Duties
Discoveries in Write your own constitution. How would you create a country
VIII Serendipity from scratch?
Commemorating Great Parliamentary procedure of law making
Scientific Minds

 PARENTS’ PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME: We invite entries from parents to contribute towards
children’s teaching- learning experience. Parents are welcome to choose a subject/topic of their
comfort and engage children through a Webinar. This can be initiated by communicating with the
class/subject teachers.

 ECLECTIQUE WEEK: To enhance the language and literary skills of the learners ECLECTIQUE WEEK
will be observed for Grades IV to VIII on 29th and 30th of October as mentioned in the Learners
Handbook.

 REACH OUT AT CROSSROADS: We strive to ensure the holistic well-being of each member of Lotus

Valley family. Therefore, as part of the ‘Reach Out at Crossroads’ program, the Telephonic

Counselling and Redressal System will be made available for learners and parents. Please feel free

to address your concerns to [email protected]. Alternately, you can call the counsellors

on weekdays between 06:00-07:00 pm

COUNSELLOR: SPECIAL EDUCATORS:

Ms. Sonia Batra: 9711039849 Ms. Sonu Yadav: 9953809610

Ms. Anjali Gupta: 9911169345

SPECIAL DAYS…

Mentioned below are the Special Days to be observed in the month of October 2020:

DATE DAY SPECIAL DAY GRADES ACTIVITY
06.10.2020 Tuesday German Unity Day IV - VIII
IV-V PPT followed by a Quiz
Hispanic Day VI Memory Game
VII Quiz on capitals of Hispanic countries
12.10.2020 (Fiesta Nacional
VIII Is he Spanish? Identify Spanish Roots
Monday de Espana) Travel experience through the Hispanic
attractions around the world

HOLIDAYS…

DATE DAY HOLIDAY
02.10.2020 Friday Gandhi Jayanti

23.10.2020 - 25.10.2020 Friday - Sunday Dussehra

Meet us online…

Parents can utilize the following links to access the school.

WEBSITE www.lotusvalleygurgaon.com
PORTAL www.lviscampuscare.org
FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/lotusvalleyinternationalschoolgurugram/
TWITTER @lvisgurugram
YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEqeTzMBvLsrM_dNDApKPrg/videos?view_as=subscriber
BLOG http://lotusvalleygurgaon.com/isa-activities.php

PARENT REPRESENTATIVES…

The phone numbers and email IDs of the Parent Representatives have been given below. Please contact
them strictly between 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm only.

GRADE NAME OF PARENT REP E-MAIL ID PHONE NO.
IV Ms Pooja Gehani
V Ms Shibani Atwal [email protected] 9810005782

VI Ms Shagun Rathi [email protected] 9811039884
Ms Nehaa Singh Kamboj
VII Dr. Jasmeet Monga [email protected] 9717133342
VIII [email protected] 9999099697
Ms Meenakshi M Singh [email protected] 9871464264

[email protected] 9818691522

Parent School Communication…

COMMUNICATION MODE & MEANS

Parent with Learners Handbook or Mails.
Class Teacher or Phone Calls between 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Subject Teacher No sms or WhatsApp will be entertained & replied to
Class Teacher or Learners Handbook or Mails.
Subject Teacher School portal messaging
with Parent Phone Calls between 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
No sms or WhatsApp will be sent/broadcasted to parents.
Parent with – Via Email at-
Principal [email protected]
Vice-Principal [email protected]
Headmistress [email protected]
School Reception 0124-4936900 or 09650544997 to seek appointment for a meeting.
Admission In-charge: 9650544997
Ms. Sonika Makin [email protected]
Admin Officer: 9910220942
Mr. Rakesh Chander [email protected]
Portal In-charge: 0124 – 4936900
Ms Kirti Hora Extn.- 106
Fee Payment: 0124 – 4936900: Extn. - 108/107
Mr. Rakesh Kumar [email protected]

CONTACT US AT…

The phone numbers of the class teachers have been given below. In case of any query, please contact
the teacher strictly between 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm only. No calls will be entertained during School hours.

ACACIAS Kriti Bhanot GRADE IV [email protected]
ASHOKAS Tripti Awasthi 9760059448 [email protected]
ASPENS Nilisha Chhabra (Dy Rep) 9717003534 [email protected]
BANYANS Nikita Rishi 8860712654 [email protected]
CHINARS Shipra Mittal 8527428800 [email protected]
GULMOHARS Japna Bansal 7042654090 [email protected]
MAHOGANY Deepti Mor (Class Rep) 9560925123 [email protected]
9953157582

GRADE V

BIRCHES Nivedita Dhawan (Dy Rep) 9582146496 [email protected]
BURANS [email protected]
CEDARS Neha Rajput 9760771199 [email protected]
MAPLES [email protected]
NEEMS Swati Arora 7289822695 [email protected]
OAKS [email protected]
OLIVES Shalini Aneja 9891187642 [email protected]

BEAS Dimple Gupta 9718380036 [email protected]
GANGES [email protected]
GODAVARI Namita Chandra (Class Rep) 9999845112 [email protected]
KAVERI [email protected]
NARMADA Deeksha Saini 9873872183 [email protected]
NILE [email protected]
SUTLEJ GRADE VI [email protected]
THAMES [email protected]
Anuradha 7303933184
CHENAB Shreya Nayyar 8447733128 [email protected]
COLORADO Aditee Sehgal 9971581089 [email protected]
DAMODAR Swati Tyagi 9999639155 [email protected]
INDUS [email protected]
RAVI Kriti Bhalla 9999010866 [email protected]
RHINE Dr Sakshi Gupta (Dy Rep) 9953048370 [email protected]
VOLGA Aarti Mann 9810145199 [email protected]
YAMUNA Komal Taneja (Class Rep) 9811024387 [email protected]

AMAZON Ananya De GRADE VII [email protected]
BRAHMAPUTRA 9205495748 [email protected]
DANUBE [email protected]
JHELUM Aditya Vashist 9990478910 [email protected]
MAHANADI [email protected]
MISSISSIPPI Vandna Arora (Class Rep) 8118835443 [email protected]
TAPTI [email protected]
Archana Rajan 8860241797

Payal Jain 9999095093

Charu Bhambri 8142700028

Tina Verma (Dy Rep) 8769087038

Preeti Makhija 9999319349

GRADE VIII

Vaishali Saluja 9650752121

Hina Naqvi 9810295234

Nupur Verma (Dy Rep) 9953338050

Sanchayita Bhattacharya 9999825015

Harsimran Kaur 9910014258

Malvika Jain 9810252212

Ragini Ranjana Mall (Class Rep) 9873830070

The month of October also brings the aroma of festivities and celebrations, Navaratri and Dussehra or
Vijayadashami, both mark the Victory of Good over Evil. Lets us all pray for the world to be free from the
claws of the deadly pandemic and wish that our life soon returns to normalcy.

Let’s remember – ‘Every Shadow no matter how deep, is threatened by Morning Light’

Stay Safe, Stay Blessed

With warm regards,

Anita Malhotra Harvinder Kaur

Director- Principal ([email protected])
Headmistress