Cutting the inauguration ribbon
DAY OF SHARING: Combined fun Frolic and Langar with our Didi's & Bhaiyas
21 December 2012
13 December 2012
From the Director's Desk
The end of the year is upon us,
bringing to an end an eventful and very successful semester. Over these months
there have been enormous changes though most transitions have happened so
smoothly, that there have been minimal jarring changes. In the last 12 months
the school population has gone up by thirty percent, twenty five new teachers
joined and there were significant additions to the administrative team. What we
hope has not changed as the school has grown, has been the attention to each
child, an understanding of their needs and a commitment to educational quality.
Over the semester our students
have had in various important experiences – from inter-school matches, new
IPads in primary classrooms, guest speakers, public performances of music,
dance and drama. Most senior school students are now sitting exams, Middle and
Primary school are winding up units of work.
PYP Authorization Visit
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As a part of the IB authorization
of the Primary Years Programme we were happy to welcome the IB consultant who
spent two days in the school, examining the teaching and learning, interviewing
teachers, collecting evidence from students and parents on how the school is
doing. We are delighted at her positive feedback. Her preliminary comments are
as follows: I truly enjoyed meeting your faculty and
community. Your school has a parent, board and student community that is
committed to being a PYP school, each group had only positive things to say
about the school and especially the faculty. Your team has made great strides
in being successful but like most schools in the first 2 years of PYP it is a
reflective process.
Reports
Teachers in the primary, middle
and senior school are busy writing reports for the first semester. Grades
reflect students work throughout the semester and in the case of students from
Form 9-11 also include the semester-end examination. The final reports will be
made available to parents in the week after school closes. These are created on
Veracross and you will receive an email with a pdf version. New parents need to
know that we do not provide hard copies. You may download and print them if you
wish.
Fund Raiser & Sharing
Next week the student-run Interact club is hosting a fun fair, wholly run and organized by the students themselves. You will have received various communications and appeals for contributions from the Interact President in the Senior School or the Primary President. School didi's performing
The proceeds go to a recipient chosen by students themselves.
Special invitees at the Fair are all the support staff of the school – bus
drivers, cleaners, office boys and didis who will participate alongside. This
will be followed by a langar lunch where everyone sits and eats together,
served by senior students.
The proceeds go to a recipient chosen by students themselves.
Special invitees at the Fair are all the support staff of the school – bus
drivers, cleaners, office boys and didis who will participate alongside. This
will be followed by a langar lunch where everyone sits and eats together,
served by senior students.
Langar
All the earnings from the Fun
Fair will add to the splendid earnings from the Readathon which has already
raised over 60,000 rupees.
All of these events focus on
making our students learn to contribute to a culture of sharing and to
appreciate the work done by others in making their lives easier.
Food Festival
The organizing group of parents
for the Food Festival have been working really hard to make it a day worth
remembering. The Core Group coordinated by Mr. Manish Gupta have been meeting,
sharing recipes and planning the layout of the serving area. There is always
something special for students to have their parents plan interesting menus and
cook for them and this event is a perfect example of the community coming
together to have fun.
December and January Schedule
This is the last newsletter for
2012. School closes for students on Thursday 20th December. School re-opens for
students on Wednesday 16th January.
As is our practice for January, school
timings are from 9.30 am.
Thank you to all parents for your
wonderful support over this semester. All good wishes to you and your loved
ones for a very happy 2013.
Shalini Advani
School Director
From the Primary School Principal
Khushnuma
Ferzandi, our consultant appointed by the IBO, was at the school on the 6th
and 7th of December. She was here for the verification visit and we
opened all our doors to her. In preparation of her visit the teachers worked
very hard to get all the paper work together. November amidst all the festivities
had them working through most Saturdays. We are very happy and relaxed to know
that all the hard work of last 2 years has paid off as her report assured us that
we are on the right path, most of our processes are in place and our parents
and students are most pleased with the school deliverables. This is very
reassuring. We will continue to refine and put all her suggestions into
practice in order to make the school one of the best PYP schools of Delhi. Some
of the suggestions included a separate Primary School Library and more time for
form tutors to prepare for their classes. She specially congratulated us on having
the most dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated faculty. Well done teachers!! Children's Day Celebration
Amidst all the
excitement that the above visit brought, students continued to celebrate and
enjoy the festivals that November usually brings with it. The children’s day
had the teachers enact a play on the weird wizard. The students of Form 5 are
busy on working out details to put up a Hoopla ring stall at the school fun
fair to raise funds for the underprivileged members of our society. We will
continue to support the NGO- Goonj. They also ran a Read-a-thon where students
of Form 4 and 5 read books to raise funds for Goonj. They collected Rs 2 7,8000.
The collection is certainly very impressive but what they learnt out of this
experience is priceless. They stretched themselves for a cause. Reading
certainly is a big area that we are always pushing our students in.
There will be a
book fair in school on the 20th so that parents and students can buy
books to read during the winter break. A great time for the whole school
community to read together as winter is a time to snuggle into warm quilts with
books.
Busy on the Ipad
Our early
learners have been working very well and excitedly with I pads, which we had
introduced this term as a pilot study to see how well the students use it for
learning in Pathways. We are now intending to get many more into the school.
I wish you all, on behalf of the Pathways Primary School faculty, a very happy, memorable
2013. Let us together provide the best learning opportunities to the wonderful
students of Pathways.
I would also
like to thank each one of you for supporting Pathways and its philosophy.
Usha Lamba
Primary School Principal
Food Festival
Dear Parents,
As you all know the Pathway School NOIDA food festival 2012 is scheduled for December 20, 2012 at the school premises. You will recall this is an annual event planned & executed solely by Pathway’s Parents, if I may coin that term Primary students escorted by the Form tutor
Coordinator – Food Festival Committee
As you all know the Pathway School NOIDA food festival 2012 is scheduled for December 20, 2012 at the school premises. You will recall this is an annual event planned & executed solely by Pathway’s Parents, if I may coin that term Primary students escorted by the Form tutor
This years theme being Christmas,
and rightly so, the event consists of an international fare of food and
beverages complete with Korean style pizzas from the far east to tarts &
cakes from the far west and (non alcoholic) mulled wine from Europe to
celebrate the festive spirit in the air. We will also surprise the little ones
with a live Santa, doling out goodies. Preschoolers lined up outside Santa’s
Grotto will be quite a sight along with a parent’s carol group.
We are pleased to acknowledge
that despite your pressing commitments, we have received an overwhelming
response to contribute/volunteer towards the event by Pathways Parents.
Parents enjoying serving
Nevertheless, your contributions, suggestions & efforts are most welcome, as the critical part is for US to execute to the event that WE have planned.
Parents enjoying serving
Nevertheless, your contributions, suggestions & efforts are most welcome, as the critical part is for US to execute to the event that WE have planned.
I would like to reiterate that
the operative word here is festival and not food hence, feel free to contribute
in any way to the festivities. The core team is at your service to address your
queries and guide your contributions.
Please do get in touch with us The Festive feel
for any clarification that may be. Needless to say this will be a milestone in developing the Pathways Community here.
for any clarification that may be. Needless to say this will be a milestone in developing the Pathways Community here.
Warm Regards,
Manish Gupta
(Parent - Form 6)
Manish Gupta
Coordinator – Food Festival Committee
Read A Thon
Read-a-thon- “Reading for a cause”
There are many underprivileged people in our society, and it is our duty to help them out. Our middle school community service club organized a Read-a-thon, in which our motto was, “we read for a cause”. The readers, that is we the students of Grades 6, 7 & 8 collected money for every page they read, and that money went to a organization called GOONJ , which helps underprivileged children lead an easier life . The club also held bake sales and book sales to help raise money for GOONJ, during the readathon . The readathon caused quite a stir for the students; we met everyday at the secondary school building atrium and at the beginning of the session, we took a pledge to read. The pledge made everyone feel united and encouraged to read. We read for forty minutes each day.
Anya Lauria
7 A
The Read-a-thon started on
27.11.12 and ended on 7.12.12. The purpose of such an activity was to collect
money to give to the organization called Goonj so that they can provide
rescores to the unprivileged people. All of us got a pledge sheet where we wrote
the name of our sponsors and kept a reading log to see how many pages we read
every day. It was a joyful experience reading so many different types of books
and collecting money for a noble cause. A very innovative activity that our
community service group co-ordinated, was the muffins and the lemonade sale so
that we could collect more money for Goonj.
I enjoyed it most because I liked
reading with all my friends in the atrium while the music was on, we even got
cushions to sit on and mats to lie on and read. We read in any position that we
were comfortable in. We hope Read- a- thon comes every year.
Neha Gupta
Form 6B
Golf and Squash Inter School Competition
Albatross International Junior Golf championship held at Jaypee Greens, Greater Noida
3.Anandita Ralli – Form 2 – 3rd Position in Girls under 10
4.Diva Chabara – Form 2 – 6th Position Girls under 10
The different
schools from Noida have participated in this competition. The school
participated are Amity International, Step by Step, Kothari International,
Mayor School, Lotus Valley School, Genesis Global School, Delhi Public School –
Noida, Delhi Public School – Ghaziabad, Apeejay School – Noida and host school
Pathways School Noida. The entire players below are now a seeded player in
Noida district.
3. Pratyush Gupta –Form 11 – 2nd Position – Boys U/ 17
4. Ifra Khanyaree - Form 12 – 4th Position – Girls U/19
5. Apoorva Bhiyani - Form 12 – 5th Position – Girls U/19
6. Shivam Khuller - Form 12 – 7th Position – Boys U/ 19
7. Agman Diwan – Form 9 – Boys U/ 15
8. Saideep Ganesh - Form 6 - Boys U/ 13
9. Dhruv Sahani - Form 6 - Boys U/ 13
Deepak Thakur
Head of Physical Education Department
It is always a pleasure to update
you all about the recent sports activities taken place in last week. Our 4
student have participated in Albatross International Junior Golf championship
held at Jaypee Greens, Greater Noida from 20th to 23rd November 2012 and also 9
students in Noida District Squash Inter School Championship at Pathways Noida
from 23rd to 25th November 2012. I am happy to say that all the students have
performed well and some have secured laurels in the competition. The following
are the details of student performance:
Albatross International Junior
Golf Championship: The participants from different countries have participated
in Golf championship.
1.Tanmay Rakheja –
Form 5 – 3rd Position in Boys under 13
2.Aadhar Dewan –
Form 11 – 25th Position in Boys under 193.Anandita Ralli – Form 2 – 3rd Position in Girls under 10
4.Diva Chabara – Form 2 – 6th Position Girls under 10
The experience of Golf
championship is shared by Tanmay Rakheja of Form 5:
It was a very good experience in
the golf championship. There were more than 60 participants from outside the
country. We had to play 54 holes over three days. The greens were very fast and
the ball didn’t stop. It was a very tough competition in each category. One of
the Indian players got a hole – in - one and a boy from Malaysia won the
albatross. Whereas I have secured 3rd position in boys under 13 i.e. D group
and lost the second position with one stroke to an Indian player from DLF,
Gurgaon. All our team mates have performed well. We really learned and enjoyed
the championship and I am looking forward to play again in the near future.
Noida District Squash Inter
School Championship
All the details of competition will be available on the
Noida Squash association website-
The different
schools from Noida have participated in this competition. The school
participated are Amity International, Step by Step, Kothari International,
Mayor School, Lotus Valley School, Genesis Global School, Delhi Public School –
Noida, Delhi Public School – Ghaziabad, Apeejay School – Noida and host school
Pathways School Noida. The entire players below are now a seeded player in
Noida district.
1. Parth Aggrawal - Form 12 – 4th Position – Boys U/19
2. Arunav Jain - Form 12 – 3rd Position – Boys U/ 17 3. Pratyush Gupta –Form 11 – 2nd Position – Boys U/ 17
4. Ifra Khanyaree - Form 12 – 4th Position – Girls U/19
5. Apoorva Bhiyani - Form 12 – 5th Position – Girls U/19
6. Shivam Khuller - Form 12 – 7th Position – Boys U/ 19
7. Agman Diwan – Form 9 – Boys U/ 15
8. Saideep Ganesh - Form 6 - Boys U/ 13
9. Dhruv Sahani - Form 6 - Boys U/ 13
Deepak Thakur
Head of Physical Education Department
Frisbee Workshop
On 7th November 2012 a Frisbee
workshop was held in Pathways School Noida. This workshop was held in the
double P.E. lesson on a Friday morning. People came in from the Delhi Frisbee
Ultimate Group. At first we were
reluctant to join a Frisbee workshop. We all were pretty sure we knew how to
throw a Frisbee. The workshop started
and we were quickly proven wrong.
We started with a brief
introduction and then quickly proceeded to the exercises. The instructors had
us throw a Frisbee back and forth for a while. We realized that most of us
could barely throw straight. The instructors corrected our stance and throwing
styles. After this had happened for a while, we were split into teams. These
teams were for the game Ultimate.
Ultimate is a game played with
Frisbees. Teams throw the Frisbee back and forth and try to cross the
opponent’s base line. If the Frisbee is dropped in the middle, it becomes the
other teams. Fouls include tapping the Frisbee out of someone’s hands, trying
to snatch the Frisbee and deliberately pushing someone when they are in
possession of the Frisbee. We played this game until the end of the workshop.
The whole experience was
enjoyable and it actually taught us some skills. The game was enjoyable and we
also received free passes to the finals National level match which was held in
Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on 18th November, 2012. I wouldn’t mind having more
workshops on such sports. Though they are not as well known as sports like
basketball and soccer, they are quite fun.
Ayona Sengupta
Form 8