The past fortnight has been
filled with activity, - academic, sports and culture. Designed to give a
holistic experience to our students to discover their potential in different
areas, compete with others their own age and work hard towards building up their
skills, it showcased our students skills in many ways.
Interschool Sports Events
Different teams of students
learnt and challenged themselves at multiple inter-school events. Our sports
teams have done particularly well. The
swim team came second of 21 schools at a competition at Vidya Global School
winning 7 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals.
At the inter-school squash
championship hosted by Pathways Noida we won the Overall Championship in Girls
Category and Runners Up championship in Boys category. Individual students won
2 Gold, 2 Silver & 2 Bronze medals.
Our PE department has been
working tirelessly to develop team and individual skills and are owed much
appreciation for their hard work. Secondary school team practices in basketball
and soccer have now begun from 6.15 – 7.30 am. After school practices are on
for swimming, squash, badminton and golf.
Inter school Cultural Events
Primary school students from Form
5 took part in the inter-school drama event organized by Vasant Valley school.
In a devised performance on the unusual theme of aliens who steal the
underpants of earthlings, they were widely appreciated.
Senior school students took part
in a literary festival at Pathways School Gurgaon, based on a devised
performance on the themes in The Kite Runner
A group of students participated
in the Model United Nations organized by the Doon School.
Another team took part in the
technology competition hosted by Pathways School Aravali. They won the first
position in animation and third in web design.
In School Activities
The secondary school saw an
interhouse competition on Soapbox oratory. There were outstanding and
persuasive arguments on topics like why cell phones should be allowed in school
and why it is wrong to use the word “gay” as a critical or derogatory term.
The student council organized a
beautiful event for Teachers Day. An assembly saw music, dance
and drama
performances with appropriate themes. What was evident was the enormous
affection between teachers and students. Teachers were presented with flowers,
cards and cake and classes were taken over by students.
IB Diploma students in Form 12
have just completed their presentations for Theory of Knowledge which revealed
their thoughtful responses on a range of issues.
Form 5 which is studying a unit
on economic activity ran a bazaar which raised money by selling home made
products and food.
IB Sessions
Representatives from the IB
office in Singapore visited and our coordinators and Principals were able to
have detailed interactions with the managers of the PYP, MYP and Diploma
programmes. Such meetings strengthen our relationship with the IB and ensure
that we continue to bring in all the latest developments being introduced by
them.
Parent Teacher Meetings
Middle and Senior School parents
will have an opportunity to review your child’s progress at the parent-teacher
meetings scheduled on the 20th (for form 6 & 8) and 27th (Form 7, 9-12).
You will also receive your child’s mid-semester grades to look at specific
subject performance. Primary school parents will meet teachers in November.
School will remain closed for the
mid-semester break from Monday 29th September to Sunday 5th October. Please
note that in the week of Founders Day, we will as usual be moving to evening
school hours (3.30 pm – 8.30 pm) in order to enable evening rehearsals. I will be writing with more details nearer
the time.
Dr. Shalini Advani
School Director
