School E magazine Middle School April-July- 2019-20

1st OPEN HOUSE– 27th April, 2019

Lotus Valley International School, With the onset of current academic session,
Gurugram organized the first Open any kind of apprehension / queries that the
House of the Academic Session 2019- parents had were addressed to by the
20 on Saturday, 27th April 2019. The respective class teachers. The Open House
open house not only provided an was insightful for both the parents and the
opportunity to the parents/guardians teachers and ended with a positive note as
to become acclimated for the coming parents expressed their faith and trust in the
school year but also aimed to create a institution and hoped for a continued fruitful
healthy collaboration between the association with the school.
teachers and parents for the overall
development of learners. It also
provided a platform for the teachers
to create a personal connection with
parents and establish ways for
continued communication throughout
the school year. The day saw parents
attending the session in large
numbers as they discussed their
child’s progress with the teachers and
also tried to understand the
importance of learning goals for their

wards.

2nd OPEN HOUSE– 27th July & 3rd Aug, 2019

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram
conducted its second Open House for Grades IV
to VIII on Saturday, 27th July, 2019.

2nd OPEN HOUSE– 27th July & 3rd Aug, 2019

Lotus Valley International School, Gurugram
conducted its second Open House for Grades IX
to XI on Saturday, 3rd Aug, 2019.



INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

DATE HOST EVENT PARTICIPANT’S GRADE/SECTION POSITION
SCHOOL NAME NAME SECURED
5th
Apr.’19 Xpress General Utkarsh Singh VIII AMAZON
Agrim Gupta IX ARAVALLI
26th Minds Knowledge
Apr.’19
Edutainment Quiz

GD Goenka “Silver Fiesta Pranav Goswamy XII Wordsworth 1st Runner-
World 2019” Anandi Ray XII Wordsworth Up
School, Film Ishani XI SHAKESPEARE
Gurugram Critiquing Mukherjee

26th Indian Craft Aaira Katoch VII Colorado
Apr.’19 Cancer Garv Aggarwal VIII Amazon
Society Shania VII Volga

Music/Dance Arunaksh Kapoor X Elbrus
Tanushree XI Keynes
Verma X Olympus
Divyalaxmi Singh X Elbrus
Mehma Singh
Ahluwalia X Andes
Roli Aggarwal

29th & The Airforce “The Quest” XI Einstein
30th School Quiz -A-Bate XI Shakespeare
Apr.’19
Arjun Raizada XI Aristotle
Rohan XI Shakespeare
Mendiratta
Gul Bhatia
Kriti Malik

A Song And A Maithili Dubey X Olympus 2nd
Story Position

Hocus Pocus Miheeka Bhasin IX Shivalik 3rd Position
Manya Dhull IX Everest
Cine
Challenge Ribhav Singh XI Keynes
Shaurya Babbar XI Keynes

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

DATE HOST EVENT PARTICIPANT’S GRADE/SECTION POSITION
29th & SCHOOL NAME NAME SECURED
30th
Apr.’19 The Airforce “The VIII Danube
School Quest” VIII Amazon
24th to IX Aravalli
26th Katha Rang Nia Ranjan IX Shivalik
Apr’.19 Garv Aggarwal IX Everest
Travel Blog Sawaransh Mittal IX Nilgiri
Conceptual Jia Arora
ise Atin XI Shakespeare
Actualize Suhan Varma XI Shakespeare

Kashish Popli VIII Amazon
Arushi Khetrapal VIII Amazon

Anya Goel X Andes
Amey Chaurasia IX Aravalli

Speaking Siddharth Mishra XI Aristotle
Strokes Agrim Gupta XI Keynes

Trash Elina Singh IX Aravalli
Rehashed Trupti Agarwal

Vidyansh Kohli

Heritage “Kalaparv” Siya Satija VIII Mississippi
Xperiential Leepe Jain VIII Mississippi
Learning Art Kyna Chaudhary VIII Mississippi
School,Guru Workshop Gayatri Veer VIII Tapti
gram Mahir Dhamija VIII Tapti
Aadya Passey VIII Brahmaputra
Ishaan Chhabra VIII Brahmaputra
Navya Kasera VIII Amazon

Arsh Mohan IV Gulmohar

Rohan Vishwanath VI Thames

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

DATE HOST EVENT LEARNER’S GRADE/SECTIO POSITION
SCHOOL NAME NAME N SECURED
24th to
26th Heritage “Kalaparv” Aanvi Kalkal XI Shakespeare
Apr’.19 Xperiential Subhiksha R. XI Aristotle
Learning Art Tanya Singh XII Wordsworth
School, Workshop Yogita Baishya XI Aristotle
Gurugram Saumyaa XI Aristotle
Virmani
Tarunpreet Kaur XI Aristotle

Nivetha XI Dalton
Nagrajan
Vani Gugnani XI Keynes
D.Aaloka XII Leonardo
Sukhmani Singh XII Leonardo

Kashish Oberoi XI Aristotle

Ritisha Arora XI Dalton
Tamanna Vij XI Shakespeare
Tejasvi Asija XI Keynes
Syna Jain XI Keynes

3rd The Shiv “Poetry Prestha Garg XI Einstein
May’19 Nadar Slam”
School, Slamming
Gurugram Solo 1st Position

Slamming Aarushi Khetrapal XI Shakespeare
Duet Kashish Popli XI Shakespeare

Pour It On Tanvi Arora XI Aristotle
Paper Ishita Sharma XI Aristotle
Niharika Rajput XI Dalton

3rd Indraprasth “ion 2019” Ruhaan Agarwal V Olives
May’19 a School, Turtle Tech
New Delhi Scra Tech Aarush VI Kaveri

Crea Tech Aryav Mathur VI Kaveri

Anirudh Govindan VIII Brahmaputra

Web Tech Ananya Singh XI Dalton

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

DATE HOST EVENT LEARNER’S GRADE/SECTION POSITION
SCHOOL NAME NAME SECURED
3rd
May’19 Indraprastha “ion 2019” Aaryaman Bisht IX Vindhyas
School, New Idea Tech
Delhi Aliza Alam IX Vindhyas

Aryan Sethi IX Shivaliks

Talk Tech Pratyush Gupta XI Dalton
Kashish Popli XI Shakespeare

Blog Tech Saumya Virmani XI Aristotle

Cryp Tech Prisha Rai XI Dalton

7th Goodley Movie Tech Shaurya Babbar XI Keynes 1st Position
May’19 Public Ribhav Singh XI Keynes 1st Position
School,New Hindi
Delhi Debate Kriti Malik XI Shakespeare
Divyakshi Singh XI Shakespeare

9th Paras World “Tech Guru” Shreya Mamtani IV Aspens
May’19 School,Gurug Workshop Ishit Rastogi V Pines
ram
on Adobe Shubham Bhasin VI Kaveri

Tools Ayush Khandelwal VII Ravi

Anirudh Govindan VIII Brahmaputra

16th - Tagore “Art & Shaurya Babbar XI Keynes 1st Position
18th International Science of Siddhant Saxena XI Einstein
May’19 School, New Media Aryaman Das XII Galileo
Delhi Literacy” Arnav Nagpal XII Galileo

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

DATE HOST EVENT LEARNER’S GRADE/SECTION POSITION
NAME SECURED
18th SCHOOL NAME XI Einstein
July’1 Pranav Kansal 1st Position
9 India Nelson
Internatio Mandela Anshul Rana XI Einstein
nal Centre, International
New - Day Anjali Raj XI Dalton
Delhi Pathak

Shaurya Arora XI Aristotle

Divyakshi Singh XI Shakespeare

Suniksha Sil XI Shakespeare

Sonakshi XI Shakespeare
Kumar

Ishaani XI Shakespeare
Mukherjee
XI Aristotle
24th Heritage “CommQuest XII Leonardo
Jul’19 Xperientia ”
l Learning
School, Business Gul Bhatia
Gurugram Plan Krivi Nath

Sanchit Guglani XII Leonardo 2nd Position
Kirti Malik XI Shakespeare
Power Of Arjun A. Hinge XI Einstein
Why? Arjun Raizada XI Einstein
Ribhav Singh XI Keynes

Pranav Goswamy XII Wordsworth 3rd Position
Ishita Sharma
Ad-Mad

Yuvraj Kapoor XI Aristotle
Ribhav Singh XI Keynes
Tanvi Arora XI Keynes

XI Aristotle

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

LEARNERS OF
GRADES X & XII
PARTICIPATED

IN
“NUKKAD
NATAK”
HELD AT
INDIAN CANCER
SOCIETY

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

LEARNERS OF GRADES V-VIII
PARTICIPATED AND CAME OUT
VICTORIOUS IN THE EVENT,
“TECHGURU” HELD AT THE PARAS
WORLD SCHOOL, GURUGRAM

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

WINNERS AND
PARTICIPANTS OF
GRADES VII-XI
PARTICIPATED THE
EVENT “THE QUEST”
HELD AT THE
AIRFORCE SCHOOL,
NEW DELHI

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

WINNERS & PARTICIPANTS OF
GRADES IV-XII AT THEIR BEST DURING
AN EVENT ”KALAPARV” HELD AT
HERITAGE XPERIENTIAL LEARNING
SCHOOL , GURUGRAM

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

LEARNERS FROM GRADES IV – XI
WERE A PART OF THE “ION-2019”
HELD AT INDRAPRASTHA
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NEW DELHI

LEARNERS OF GRADES XI & XII AT THE EVENT “ART & SCIENCE OF MEDIA LITERACY
“ HELD AT TAGORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.

INTER-SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

LEARNERS OF GRADES XI
PARTICATED IN EVENT
““COMMQUEST” HELD AT
HERITAGE XPERIENTIAL
LEARNING SCHOOL,
GURUGRAM

INTER- HOUSE COMPETITIONS

INTER- HOUSE POSTER MAKING COMPETITION WAS CONDUCTED ON 15th APR, 2019
Group 1 (Grades IV-V):
Super foods- the new age
food
Group 2 (Grades VI- VIII):
Healthy is new happy
Group 3 (Grades IX-XII):
Healthy Nation, Happy
nation
The panel of
judges included
the Middle School
Headmistress
Ms. Harvinder
Kaur, Head of Art
Department Ms.
Savita Malik and
Faculty of Art
Primary Block Ms.
Nikita Sethi.

NEHRU HOUSE
BAGGED THE
FIRST
POSITION

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

Inter- House Competition – “Walk the Talk” was
conducted on 14th May, 2019 (Tuesday).

The aim behind conducting the event was to

promote the idea of –‘live what you preach’. “Walk The Talk”

Our young environmental advocates, and a group of aspiring fashion designers
expressed their human values by backstage. The models were surely head
creating a sustainable apparel with re- turners who walked the ramp with oozing
cycled materials. The event featured an poise & attitude, surely as “Unstoppables.”
array of unique wardrobe designs and
weekender bags using re-cycled plastic The Members of Jury included the Middle
bottles, foil sheets, jute fiber, broken School Headmistress Ms. Harvinder Kaur
CDs, bottle caps, pencil shaves, straws, and Mrs. Shagun Rathi, Parent
old newspapers and bin bags. Representative of Grade V.

The participants comprised of the ramp NEHRU HOUSE & TAGORE HOUSE
model, an orator who conceptualized BAGGED THE 1st POSITION
the fashion statement

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS
“Walk The Talk”

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

Inter- House Hindi Group Song Competition –

“Mile sur mera tumhara” was conducted on

19th July, 2019 Friday. ~A song is a

melodious way to express oneself for melody

comes from the heart.

The patriotic fervor of the event was The participants were assessed on
declared open by going down the memory rubrics like group composition, melody,
lane and listening to the song of united tune and lyrics, clarity of voice, pitch
India – “Mile sur mera tumhara” with a difference, use of musical instrument
variation in tone and tenor of the and voice modulations.
legendary Hindi poets & singers. The aim
behind conducting the event was to The Member of Jury comprised of Mr.
celebrate the Indian legacy and heralding Samir Sarkar (HOD Performing Arts
our future through the mellifluous Department) who shared his wisdom
patriotic songs. and unique perspective on
collaborative singing, tone and tenor.

TERESA
HOUSE
BAGGED
THE FIRST
POSITION.

“Mile Sur Mera Tumhara”

INTER-HOUSE COMPETITIONS

“Mile Sur Mera Tumhara”



Lotus Valley International School, In her speech, Dr Chona encouraged the
Gurugram, celebrated its 9th Investiture Student Council to work towards Nation
Ceremony to appoint the Student Council building. The efficacious and cogent
2019 on 1st May 2019. The decorous speech by the School Principal, Ms Anita
gathering comprised of our Honorable Malhotra offered lasting impressions to
patron, Dr Shayama Chona and eminent the gatherings. Ma’am motivated all the
member of the School Managing students with her impetus words which
Committee, Ms. Sureena Uppal. ‘Voices indeed would help them to perform their
from the Classroom’, an electrifying duties smoothly. The newly appointed
performance by diverse students from Head Boy, Pranav Goswamy and Head
Pre Nursery to Grade XII showcased the Girl, Sonali Goel pledged to uphold the
various USPs of the school like Reading values of their alma mater. The ceremony
Programme, Mowgli’s Gurukul, Learners concluded with the vote of thanks
Led League, Passion Paathshala, Atal proposed by the Deputy Head Boy,
Tinkering Lab, The Learners Conclave and Ribhav Singh and the Deputy Head Girl,
many more. Next was a colossal Kriti Malik.
performance ‘The Unstoppables’ by our
prodigious and artistic dancers. The
Student council members were honoured
with sashes and badges by Dr Chona, Ms
Sureena Uppal, the School Principal, Ms
Anita Malhotra and the Vice Principal, Ms
Ruchi Joshi.
The Oath taking was another part of the
ceremony which captivated and
enamoured all the parents and everyone
present.





A session by Ms.
Harleen, a lawyer at

Supreme Court.

Ms. Harleen Kaur focused on
how important it is to have an
aptitude for a lawyer’s
profession. She discussed the
relative significance of colleges
and branches under law.

Session on Career Planning by
Mr. Abhishek Gupta.

A session on the essentials of career planning was conducted with the students of
Grades IX-XII and parents by Mr. Abhishek Gupta, a prominent career counselor
associated with ‘The Princeton Review’.
Mr. Gupta talked about the objective of career planning, emphasized upon innovative
career prospects, universities outside India and application process.
The session acted as a catalyst for a fruitful discussion and contributed to a relevant
question & answer section.

Keeping in view the importance of
dissemination of information and planning
the route to one's respective destination in
advance, a Career Fest was planned for the
learners of Grades X -XII. These events
accommodated the interest areas,
requirements and career prospects catering
to the queries of the learners to plan
a career path for themselves.

International Center for Advancement of Education (ICAE) organized the Education &
Career Fest on 27th April’19. The event entailed a University Fest in which the
following universities participated:
• Indian School of Business & Finance
• Queens University, Belfast
• University of Victoria
• Kent state University (USA)
• Singapore Institute of Management
• IIAD
• Instituto Marangoni (Milan-London-Paris)
• Middlesex University (Dubai Campus)
It was a comprehensive session. Students could clarify University-related queries and
could gather necessary information.

A session on determinants of Stream
selection was conducted by Pratham
Organization for Grade X students on
22nd May'19.
Interdisciplinary approach, stream -
wise prospects were elaborately
discussed.

A session on Artificial intelligence was
conducted for Grade IX by Ms. Ruchi
Chauhan. With the help of an excellent
power point presentation, Ms. Chauhan
spoke about the evolution, scope and
limitations of AI.

A session on foundational aspects of
Artificial Intelligence was conducted on 14th
May'19 by Ms. Niharika Singh, an expert in the field
of AI.
The module was designed with the purpose to
provide an orientation to the students of Grade IX
keeping in view the curriculum of AI for Grade IX.

Keeping in mind the same notion, Lotus
Valley International School, Gurugram
celebrated the day with great enthusiasm
and zeal by conducting various activities in
different grades.

Grade XI has conducted “Cloud Group
discussion Activity” in various sections.
Learners have presented their ignited
views about the problems and the
solutions to improve the skill development
in our country and also discussed about its
importance. Turn wise each learner was
asked to write one problem faced and
solution step in the clouds on the board.

They also expressed their views on how
they can contribute to reduce
unemployment and underemployment.

Over all a great learning and awakening
experience for all.

In its endeavor to enable students
towards a career of the future, Lotus
Valley International School, Gurugram
and Deakin University hosted a series
of experiential studios in new study
areas with a focus on international
career opportunities, on 24th July’19.
These experiential studios were
conducted by subject experts
from Deakin University.

The Special Guest for the event was
Ms. Lyndal Corbett, Acting
Counsellor, Education and Research,
Australian High Commission.

The session commenced with the
lighting of ceremonial lamp, which
was followed by mesmerizing
performances of Lotus Valley
International School students.

This was followed by a Welcome
address by Mrs. Anita Malhotra,
Principal and the Address by
the Special Guest, Ms. Corbett.
.

Presentations by the Guest
Speakers, Ms. Ravneet
Pawha, Deputy Vice
President (Global) & CEO
South Asia, Deakin
University, Australia and
Brigadier Jai Singh on the
essentials of Career
planning, Overview of
Education and student life in
Australia and Synopsis of the
event and concluding
note respectively, followed.

Studio details :

The Inaugural session was

attended by Grades X, XI and XII

and a few Parent representatives.

Grade XII students from Shiv

Nadar school and

Kunskapsskolan, Gurugram also

participated in the event.

The subject matter and teaching
pedagogies used by the speakers
in their respective studios
facilitated learning. The
excitement of learning was
explicitly evident in the positive
feedback exhibited by the
learners.





Learners of Grade VII Volga and Colorado The assembly instilled feelings of passion
celebrated their joint class assembly on for ones country, acceptance of the
30th July on the theme 'India: A mosaic of diverse linguistic, social structures and
Cultures'. love for one and all. The school Principal,
The assembly commenced with a soulful Ms Anita Malhotra congratulated the
song 'E Watan', followed by a cultural learners and the Class Teachers. The
dance on 'Shubharam'. Learners also assembly also felicitated the young
presented live, upside down painting and acheiver, Ashwika Meharwal of Grade VII
played instruments to the rhythm of the Danube, for her extraordinary talents.
patriotic song. The young, thoughtful She is a budding story writer, singer and
presentators spoke their mind and their guitarist who has penned down multiple
understanding of Nationalism through songs and short stories
self composed poems.



Learners of Grades VII Indus and Ravi

presented their Class Assembly with the

central idea, ‘Rhythm of India’ on Tuesday,

23rd July 2019. The assembly commenced
with a soulful prayer followed by news from Class teachers, Ms Vandana Arora, and Ms.
around the globe. The highlight of the Shreya Nayyar shared how folk dance and
assembly was the authentic and music have added to the richness of Indian
meaningful traditional Punjabi song along culture and how important it is to value its
with the powerful dance performances richness. Principal ma'am addressed the
given by learners on various folk dances to learners and shared her valuable insights
showcase the diverse culture and traditions on the importance of theme showcased by
the learners. The assembly concluded with
of India.
the felicitation of learners for their varied

achievements.



Learners of Grade VII Yamuna presented
their Class Assembly on the topic, ‘I Am,
I Can’ on 20th July 2019, Saturday. Self-
belief and working hard to achieve your
goals was the underlying theme of the
morning presentation.

The assembly commenced with a soulful The Class Teacher, Ms. Malvika Jain,
prayer followed by the thought of the shared how one is inherently more
day and news from around the globe. capable than one believes through a
The highlight of the assembly was the short story to learn to never give up. Ms.
powerful message given by learners Harvinder Kaur, the Headmistress of the
dressed up as remarkable personalities school provided valuable insights about
who overcame adversities and obstacles how hard work and sincerity go a long
in their lives to create a name for way to achieving success. The assembly
themselves and who inspire us to never concluded with the felicitation of learners
stop believing in ourselves. The same for their varied achievements.
message was conveyed through a foot-
tapping dance, ‘Never Give Up’.



The learners of Grade VIII Tapti and can be taken to prevent it from further
Brahmaputra presented a collaborative getting polluted.
assembly on 16th July, Tuesday, based on
the theme ‘Ganga: From Purity to The assembly culminated with the
Pollution’. The aim was to give an insight recitation of self-composed poem by
and spread a message that the cleaning the learners followed Class teachers’
of the holy river is the need of the hour. address. The Middle School Head
The assembly began with a melodious Mistress, Ms. Harvinder Kaur felicitated
song to encourage learners to take on the the learners by giving away the
stride to clean our most precious water certificates to the achievers.
resource. The students then presented a
role-play followed by a dance
performance to create awareness among
the peers about the rescue measures that





Lotus Valley International, Gurugram, It continued with a heart-warming song
believes in the holistic development of with a blend of various instruments
the learners. Equitable opportunities followed by a self-composed poem
are provided through class assemblies recited as an ode to the Earth. Dance
to all to enhance and develop their performance on ‘Love song to the Earth’
talents. touched everyone’s hearts.
The theme for VIII Amazon and Jhelum The class teachers then, encapsulated
assembly, “Bhoomi, Meri kalpna” was the theme. The Headmistress shared her
presented before all on the 30th of thoughts on how we can preserve and
April, 2019. The assembly commenced take care of our planet. The assembly
with a soulful morning prayer, followed concluded with the felicitation of Star
by daily news and an enlightening Student of the month for Grades IV-VIII.
thought of the day. Learners expressed
in French, Spanish, German, Hindi and
English on how to conserve Mother
Earth.



Making learning fun’ was the theme of the This was followed by a song and a fun-
Assembly of Grade VIII Mississippi held on filled dance performance. Our Respected
23rd April, 2019. Learners shared ways to Principal, Ms. Anita Malhotra
learn and teach various subjects and also appreciated the talents of the learners
tried to inculcate interest for learning in and encouraged them to participate in
the audience. The assembly commenced Sports
with the morning prayer followed by
‘Thought for the day’ and News. Learners
performed a Nukkad Natak to convey the
message of ‘Learning with fun’.

The stage of Lotus Valley International The assembly portrayed the message of
School, Gurgaon echoed with radiance being proud in one’s own skin,
on the morning of 4th April, 2019 as acknowledging the idiosyncrasies and
students of Grade 12 Wordsworth valuing each individual regardless of
commenced the new session with a their orientation.
welcome assembly celebrating ‘World
Autism Awareness Day’. Concluding the assembly, the School
Principal, Mrs. Anita Malhotra,
The day was a heart-warming occasion applauded the efforts of the students
devoted to convey a developmental and appreciated the collaborated hard
disorder that impairs the ability to work put in the show.
communicate and interact. The stage
was festooned appropriately keeping in
mind the theme ‘Autism Spectrum’ with
the backdrop painted in different hues of
blue and white.

Grade XII Leonardo put up a dazzling and grandly
innovative theatrical
assembly “The greatest showman reimagined.”
The students displayed their inner talents through awe
striking acting, mesmerizing songs and groovy dance
moves which intrigued the audience till the very end.

PT Barnum, played by Aditya Sharma, was an impractical dreamer who decides his
own fate of becoming the greatest showman ever. His remarkable story of opening up
a theatre with all the ill fits of the society shone light upon the theme’s of
perseverance, equanimity, grit and the power of diversity.

The ups and downs of PT Barnum’s journey of rags to riches was a ravishing and
delightful spectacle of pure entertainment. From the scene where the theatre burns
down or to the scene when in a distressing time all the misfits show their allegiance,
the skilfully presented assembly took the audience through a roller coaster ride of
Emotions.
In the end, 12th Leonardo garnered a thunderous applause and high praise from the
audience and Principal ma’am.

“A great theatre is about
challenging how we think
and creating a world
that we aspire to live in”—
Willem Dafoe
This quote encapsulates
the exceptional joint effort
put by the students
and their class teacher,
Shweta ma’am, to make
this show a tremendous
success.