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February 2015, Volume 5 Issue 21

WOMEN POWER

MOMENTS OF PRIDE INSIDE Page 2,3,5 Moments of pride

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ed by our Naari Shakti, the Principals of MRIS, our schools are marching ahead with leaps and bounds. Awards Mrs Dhriti Malhotra, Principal only justify our claims.

MRIS 46 The entire Manav Rachna Family congratulates the school Principals and their teams for bringing laurels to be proud of: Manav Rachna International School, Charmwood and Manav Rachna International School, MRIS 46 have received five star rankings from The

Left to right: Mrs Seema Malhotra and Mrs S.Sharma receiving the award for MRIS 21 C

Page 4 Swachch Bharat mission at MRIS 46

Page 6 Innoskill at MRIS Charmwood

Page 11 Zimriya - a Music Fest at MRIS 46

Page 12 Ispreet from MRIS 14 shares her experiences at Japan

Page 15 Manav Rachna Academic Staff College

Page 22 MRIS Ludhiana all set to take- off

Pioneer, a leading National Daily. In the recently conducted most comprehensive ranking of top Indian Schools 2014, Manav Rachna International School Sector-21C, Faridabad has been Ranked No.1 School in Faridabad and as one of the top schools of India. BloomzMRIS 51, Gurgaon has been featured in Top 10 Pre-Primary schools of Gurgaon in the Education World India Preschool Ranking 2014, adding another feather in the cap. The survey was done by globally reputed EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION.Vice Principal of the school Ms. Pooja Puri attended the Early Childhood Mrs Pooja Puri receiving the award Education Global Conference 2015 at Grand Hyatt, Mumbai on January 23, 2015 and received the award.

The Manav Rachna International Schools is a playground of education which believes in fair education for both the male and the female child alike. We also believe in the ‘power of women’ or Naari Shakti. Our Manav Rachna International Schools are guided by a group of highly experienced Principals who are the guiding stars to our students.The hard work of the Principals guided by the Management and spear headed by none other than our Chief Patron, Mrs Satya Bhalla is reflected in the top rankings and awards which have been awarded to our schools. Whether it is participating at all India competitions or state wide contests, visits to foreign countries on cultural exchange programmes or academic excellence, our schools have made us proud.

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Talent

INDIA’S GOT TALENT

Manav Rachna International School, Charmwood has crossed many milestones on its journey of success. Another success story is going to be written as the school’s talented team comprising 17 girls of the middle wing have qualified in the auditions for the most reputed reality show ‘India’s Got Talent’.

The dancers have won the judges’ hearts with their heart throbbing American Ballet on a Bollywood number.

FACE TO FACE

Mrs Sanyogita Sharma, Director Principal MRIS Charmwood, speaks on building an empathetic and safe environment for our children

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We, as a school are providing adequate spaces for mental and emotional counseling. We realize that it is necessary for us to form guidelines to help those who influence the safety of students and school staff while they are in school, on school grounds, on their way to or from school, and involved in school-sponsored activities.

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Building an Empathetic and Safe Environment Despite the fact that we involve ourselves in providing the best educational amenities to the students, it has become our prime responsibility, as a school, to provide the physical, mental as well as emotional security to each and every student. In a dynamic and challenging society where children are increasingly influenced by technology, media, public images and peers, schools are gradually becoming dependable for more than just “educating” children. They are assuming major positions in educating students to deal with such pressures. It is the duty of every school to become responsive to the changing needs of students and provide them with not just physical security but be empathetic towards their mental and emotional needs. Although the educational system in India has a responsibility to help all students cope effectively with their education so that they attain full vocational and career skills and concomitant behaviors, conducive to success and lifelong learning, it is also the duty of every school to sensitize everyone to develop empathy for others; understand and accept differences in culture, ethnicity and understand personal realities of individuals with disabilities. An awareness needs to be created to identify safety-compromising behaviors, particularly sexual, substance abuse and violent behaviors as they can have lifelong and life-threatening consequences.

We, as a school are providing adequate spaces for mental and emotional counseling.We realize that it is

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necessary for us to form guidelines to help those who influence the safety of students and school staff while they are in school, on school grounds, on their way to or from school, and involved in school-sponsored activities. We are encouraging children to talk about their concerns and to express their feelings without reducing any child’s apprehensions. It is also essential for the children to know that serious school violence is not acceptable. We stress that schools are safe places by empowering children to take action regarding school safety, encouraging them to report specific incidents such as bullying, threats etc and develop problem solving and conflict resolution skills.We encourage senior children as well to actively participate in student-run anti-violence programmes, ensuring that our child knows how to reach us (or another school member) in case of crisis during the school day. Keeping the dialogue going and making school safety a common topic in discussions rather than just a response to an immediate crisis, is the precedence.

We reinforce the interdisciplinary, collaborative, and cohesive approach that is required to create and sustain genuinely safe, supportive schools that meet the needs of a child.

Efforts to improve school climate, safety and learning are not separate endeavors and must be designed and implemented as a comprehensive schoolwide approach.

— Mrs Sanyogita Sharma, Director Principal, MRIS Charmwood

Swachh Bharat

I AM A WINNER, I DON’T LITTER They came out in huge numbers to support the Swachch Bharat Mission. Manav Rachna International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon joined the Rahagiri Movement on 18.1.15 in support of the Swachch Bharat movement initiated by Hon’ble Prime Minister

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taff and students of the school turned out in large numbers to be a part of the Cleanliness Drive. The drive began with students being educated about the need and methods of segregation by eminent environmentalist Ms. Ruchika. They thereafter pledged to implement what they had learnt.

In her address to the gathering Principal, Dhriti Malhotra shared with all the steps taken

by MRIS46 in its endeavor to be a green school and spread the message of cleanliness around.

After a street play performed by the students urging all to do their bit to clean their neighbourhood, the staff and students of the school swept clean the Vyapaar Kendra market and its periphery. Their enthusiasm was appreciated by all and had passers by joining in their support.

SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAAN’

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ounded in the memory of Dr O.P.Bhalla under the guidance of Smt. Satya Bhalla as Chairperson, the Foundation took further initiatives to strengthen the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan’. The Foundation is installing around 50 dustbins in a phased manner at key locations across the Old Faridabad Railway Station. The Foundation has adopted the Old Faridabad Railway Station for a weekly cleanliness drive.

Chief Guest Dr. Anil Jain, Prabhari, BJP, Haryana and National Secretary, BJP; Guest of Honour Sh. Krishan Pal Gurjar, MP, Lok Sabha; Sh. Vipul Goel, MLA; Smt. Seema Trikha, MLA; Sh. Moolchand Sharma, MLA; Dr. Prashant Bhalla, President, MREI; Dr. Amit Bhalla, VP, MREI; senior functionaries of Haryana Administration; Senior Officials of Indian Railways among other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

‘Smart Bins’ developed by the students of Manav Rachna Innovation & Incubation Centre (MRIIC) were also launched and installed at the Railway Station. The ‘Smart Bin’ is a smart and motivating way to keep the earth clean and produces social messages when trash is thrown inside. An innovative project of MRIIC, it encourages people to put all the garbage in the dustbin rather than on floor.

Dr. Anil Jain, Prabhari, BJP, Haryana and National Secretary, BJP appreciated the efforts to the cause and said, “Keeping the surroundings clean is a two-way process and the general public needs to actively participate in it and do

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HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW DELHI TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015

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CLEAN MY GURGAON

Bins turn into conscience keepers ON A CLEAN SLATE Twenty new garbage bins installed outside Vyapar Kendra market remind shoppers and shopkeepers of the cleanliness pledge they took on Sunday

CAMPAIGN AT A GLANCE

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GURGAON: Shoppers and shopkeepers have suddenly become cautious about garbage disposal at the Vyapar Kendra market in Sushant Lok-1. Thanks to the 20 new garbage bins installed during the ‘HT Clean my Gurgaon campaign’ on Sunday. The garbage bins have been kept in public view therefore, making it accessible for people.

T housands of people, including MCG commissioner, residents, shopkeepers, social groups, students and teachers of Manav Rachna International School, had gathered on Sunday morning at the market to kick off ‘HT Clean My Gurgaon’ campaign. The campaign is an effort to bring together people to make the city cleaner. Residents of nearby condominiums such as Hamilton Court and Nirvana Country too joined the cleanliness drive.

Availability of dustbins in public places reduces littering and therefore HT began with focusing on commercial areas.

Traders were requested to keep two types of dustbins outside their shops in an effort to keep the city clean.

Also, the dustbins are movable so that they don’t become stinking eyesores like the old concrete ones.

The market, with more than 800 shops, attracts many visitors from Sushant Lok and nearby areas such as DLF 4. The residents of the locality said that this move has motivated them and they will practice waste segregation at home.

“When we see that there is a dustbin, we automatically get conscious and throw the waste in the bin and not on the road. By installing dust bins of different colours, it is also easier for us to teach our children about waste segregation and recycling. We all generate waste and therefore managing waste is everyone’s responsibility not just the authority’s,” said Manasi Kapoor, a resident of Sushant Lok-1.

The Municipal Cor poration of Gurgaon also decided on Sunday to levy a penalty of R500 on every commercial establishment that does not place dustbins outside their shops and in public view. It also committed to provide 30 garbage bins and 10 benches for the market and assured that the bins will be cleared regularly.

Shopkeepers applauded the move and said that the imposition of penalty by the corporation is a good way to deter people from littering.

“People tend to throw bottles, plastic bags, in the market. However, now with the penalty being levied and bins being placed at every short interval, littering will reduce to a great extent,” said Surender Rathi, a shopkeeper at Vyapar Kendra.

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Children of Manav Rachna school came to support the cleanliness drive. (Right) Wet-waste bin installed by HT in Vyapar Kendra market.

HT’s Clean My Gurgaon Campaign began on Sunday at Vyapar Kendra, Sushant Lok. Highlights of the cleanliness drive

Cleaning and setting up of separate bins in the market Spreading awareness on waste segregation Graffiti/Pledge wall Quiz and games for children Setting up of recycling stations and composting pits

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GURGAON: There are only 331

regular sanitation workers with the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon against the sanctioned posts of 2,216 workers, which imply that only 14 % of the vacancies have been filled, according to an RTI query filed by city-based activist Aseem Takyar.

However, MCG Commissioner

Nirvana Country, Hamilton Court, Manav Rachna School were among participants

MCG provides 30 bins and 15 benches to Vyapar Kendra market

MCG Commissioner announced penalty of R500 for not installing bins outside shops

Over 200 school children, teachers, parents and principal of Manav Rachna school came to support the drive

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GURGAON: Armed with brooms and brushes, students of Manav Rachna International School in Sector 46 participated in large numbers in the HT Clean My Gurgaon campaign launch at the Sushant Lok Vayapar Kendra along the Raahgiri route on Sunday.

Waking up early on a holiday, around 250 students, teachers and principal of the school swept the Vyapar Kendra market and its surroundings with gusto.

Children from Manav Rachna School had also prepared a street play that they performed to spread awareness about cleanliness.

“I was excited to participate in the drive and did not feel bad that my holiday was cancelled. Every Sunday, we just laze around at home. This time, we actually did something useful. I felt like I made a small difference to my society by cleaning the market area and spreading awareness,” said Ayush a Class 9 student of the school.

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Principal of Manav Rachna International School, Sector 46, Dhriti Malhotra (right), along with MCG commissioner Vikas Gupta and MCG Joint commissioner YS Gupta during the cleanliness drive on Sunday.

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RTI ANSWER Civic authority has just 331 sanitation workers out of the sanctioned strength of 2,216 but MCG claims 2,500 are on contract Sneha Agrawal

Haryana Municipal Corporation Act 1994 provides provision of penalty

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Interactive workshops for participants Shop-to-shop waste disposal awareness drive Market and nearby plots were cleaned by volunteers

Manav Rachna School pledges a clean Gurgaon

Weak sanitation staff strength plagues MCG 4

Nearly 1,000 people, including ‘safai karmcharis’ participated in the event

Transfer orders for 12 civic body officials to hamper development Dhananjay Jha ■

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GURGAON: In yet another exercise

of administrative reshuffling by the new government in the state, 10 to 12 senior MCG officials have been transferred from Gurgaon with immediate effect.

Some of the top officials transferred are: Senior executive officer Vijay Pal Yadav has been transferred to Rewari.

Senior officer of executive engineer rank Raman Kumar Sharma has been swapped with

Teachers, on the other hand, raised slogans of “Swacch Bharat,” and “Say no to plastic.” They took out a march in the surrounding areas, carrying placards and banners to keep the city clean.

Dhriti Malhotra, principal, Manav Rachna International School, applauded the initiative and said that they support the cause. “Our school is 100 per cent green and we truly believe in this cause. A clean city reflects the attitude of its residents, and it is time now to re-shape the environment of our city and prove that we love our city. Under the aegis of Dr. OP Bhalla Foundation, students took to the streets and initiated the cleanliness drive,” she said.

Meanwhile, schools across the city have called in to join the campaign in its next leg.

HT provided gloves, brooms and masks to all participants. All of them took the cleanliness mission pledge on Sunday and participated wholeheartedly during the workshop on wastesegregation by a citizens group member Ruchika Sethi. All of them pledged to keep Gurgaon clean.

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Segregate wet and dry waste Train workers and shopkeepers to segregate waste Set up a compost pit

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THE AUTHORITY’S PARTICIPATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. THE CAMPAIGN CAN BE FULFILLED ONLY WHEN ALL OF US UNITE, SUPPORT AND WORK TOWARDS THE COMMON GOAL. IT IS A GREAT INITIATIVE.

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WHEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT, ONLY THEN CAN ANY CAMPAIGN OR DRIVE BECOME SUCCESSFUL

SUDHA TEWARI, resident of Sushant Lok 1

Dy director of safety and health Body of missing labour arrested on graft charges 9-year-old found HT Correspondent ■

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GURGAON: A team of Haryana

state vigilance bureau arrested a deputy director of safety and health labour department on Monday for accepting a bribe of R50,000 from a director of a construction company after threatening to cancel his construction licence.

The accused was identified as Ajmer Singh Deswal, deputy director safety and health labour department.

According to the vigilance department, Avkesh Kumar Gupta, resident of South City-2 is an director of a construction

The accused was demanding R1.5lakh from Gupta and on Monday the victim received a call from the accused to get R50,000 or the permission for the construction at South City would be cancelled.

Inspector Jagdish Dagar said, “The victim complained to us on Monday morning and we formed a team of duty magistrate, inspector, assistant sub-inspector and

AJMER SINGH DESWAL WAS CAUGHT RED HANDED, ACCEPTING THE FIRST INSTALLMENT

three others. A trap was laid and raid was conducted by the state vigilance team on Monday at 4pm”.

Gupta was scheduled to pay the first installment of R50,000 to Deswal on Monday evening at Mini Secretariat, Rajiv Chowk. He was caught red handed near Vikas Sadan where he had parked his car.

“A case under sections 7/13 of Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused and he will be produced to city court on Tuesday. Further investigation is in progress”, said Dagar.

“The complainant was in touch with the senior officials of the vigilance department since

GREATER NOIDA: The dismembered body of a nine-year-old boy, who was missing since December 29, was found in Surajpur area of Greater Noida on Monday.

The deceased, identified as Preet, a student of Class 2 at a government school, was allegedly spotted with two persons on the day of his disappearance. His family members suspect black magic behind the incident and accused the police for not acting on time.

“On Monday morning, some linemen spotted the boy’s body near the NTPC rail line. We have registered a case of abduction and murder against unidentified persons,” said a senior police official.

“We cannot rule out personal enmity. We will look into what the

Achievers SOME OF THE RECENT GIRL CHILD ACHIEVERS FROM MRIS AN ALL ROUNDER

MRIS 21-C proudly recognizes the ‘Jack of All Trades - Kavini Makkar’ a student of Grade II for her achievement in academics, external examinations, art and performing arts. We also recognize the efforts of her parents for nurturing their only girl child so beautifully and for setting up a strong moral foundation in her.

• Her achievements: • Inter School Street Play Competition at Ryan International School, FBD - Third position • Sportek-2011- Silver medal in Chef Race.

• Procom Quiz Contest-2014 -Gold Medal • NSO- 2014 - Silver Medal • NSTSE-2014 - Gold Medal • IMO-2014- Medal of Excellence • Learning Bharat Natyam from Creative Rhythms and has cleared Prarambhik-Part II in First Division • Spell Bee-2013 - First Rank • Excellent Orator

THE CHESS CHAMPION In the competitive world of today, where the young minds toil hard and work towards their progress in all arenas, Mrite girls have brought accolades and made the school proud by winning awards for their outstanding performances. Laurels were brought to MRIS, Charmwood when Hassi Chhikkara participated in Faridabad District Rapid Chess Championship on 25th and 26th January, 2015 at Dr. Karamveer Public School, Sector 11D, Faridabad. Hassi Chhikkara bagged 3rd position in Senior Open CategoryShe has been consistently showing her expertise in Chess by securing positions in various categories, at National Level Competitions.

YOU DO MRIS 51, PROUD Priya Chauhan of grade-6 sports achievemnet in the session 2014-15. in the SESSION 201415. Priya has been involved in sports for the last three years. She is an active, skilled, and capable student who deserves formal recognition. She has brought laurels to the school by winning Gold and Silver medals in various swimming competitions like NCR, Inter MRIS 3rd and 4th Open Championship under the categories – Back Stroke, Free Style and Vrest Stroke. She has shown an excellent performance in Inter MRIS Taekwondo Championship and Inter school Skating Championship at Scottish High and won Bronze medal. She has gone above and beyond as sports person. These outstanding qualities make her a worthy and deserving student for applauds.

A QUEEN OF MEDALS Havisha Sharma, a student of grade-5 who is only 10 years old is one of the rising stars at MRIS Noida. She has made the school proud by excelling in sports , she has won Gold Medal in Inter Manav Rachna Swimming Championship, a Bronze medal in Manav Rachna NCR open championship, she has also won many medals in the intra school athletics meets. She is extremely good in fine arts, and has won silver medal in Inter School Camlin Art contest. Her contribution in music and dance performances during various school events has been extraordinary.

She is constantly praised by the teachers as a disciplined, responsible and laborious student. Her ambition in life is to become a swimming champion at the International level and to make her country and her family proud.

I KNOW NO BOUNDARIES Royallika Ahuja of MRIS-14 captivated everyone with her performance at State level ‘Fancy Dress Competition” held at Karnal. She won second position.

Royallika was awarded by the Governor Of Haryana, Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki. She cleared the first level by winning the First position at Haryana State Council for Child Welfare. She portrayed herself as an atom, thus giving the message that everything is made up of atom. She used functional props and spoke with great confidence which was a pleasure to watch and listen to. It is indeed a remarkable achievement for the school.

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MRIS, Charmwood

INNOSKILL-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FEST-2014 MRIS Charmwood’s Innoskill-Science and Technology Fest left both the judges and the participants enthralled by the sheer ingenuity of ideas and innovations

Students at Innoskill put their heads and hands together to come up with amazing creations

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Participants at Innoskill 2014 with senior dignitaries

RIS Charmwood charmed both the judges and the participating schools with the sheer novelty of its Science and Technology extravaganza. The event--Innoskill-2014, a Science and Technology Fest--held on 12th December, 2014, aimed at promoting scientific temperament among the students. It provided them an opportunity to explore and evolve while challenging them to think beyond the framework of their books and curriculum.

At ‘Innoskill 2014’, students from across 25 schools of Delhi-NCR participated with great zest and enthusiasm, wonder and excitement, at what was a thrilling amalgam of Science, Technology, Innovation and Environment. With various categories to boot, students were exposed to the fascinating world of science and technology, juggling with broken parts in a tod phod jod attempt to create new and innovative products. They also spoke about the environment in a symposium that was specially conducted by them and participated in a debate that weighed the pros and cons of ‘Jugaad as the Genesis of Innovation’. Through all these intellectually stimulating sessions, the children learnt teamwork and made new friends.

Addressing students at the inauguration of Innoskill 2014, Dr Amit Bhalla, Vice President, Manav Rachna Educational Institutions, provided students with the impetus to “dream big”. As the brain behind this new and innovative concept,

Dr Amit Bhalla encouraged them to “never stop thinking and keep the fire in your minds burning.” He recalled Founding Father Dr O.P. Bhalla’s mission of bringing technology to schools, adding, “Schools are not meant only for studies. Innoskill 2014 is a platform to learn more about life for the simplest ideas can translate into big projects with mentors and teachers to hold your hands.”

Other dignitaries who graced the occasion included Dr. M.M. Kathuria, Ms Nisha Bhalla, Executive Director Manav Rachna International Schools; Professor B.S. Gill, Director Manav Rachna Incubation and Innovation Centre. The esteemed judges Mr Jatinder Sehgal, Mr Umesh Dutta, Mr Nitesh Shankar, Mr. C.B. Devgun, an avid astronomer and Dr Rashi were pleased with the knowledge and creativity of the children. They were happy with the fact that students are not only restricted to text books and are given such opportunities which give wings to their imagination—a feature missing during their school days. Professor B.S. Gill called upon the students to always ask questions because that helps them to find solutions to their problems.

The inaugural ceremony began with the lighting of the Signboard of Innoskill made up of LED lights by Dr Amit Bhalla. The Sanskrit song ‘Sang Chadwam, Sam Vad Dhvam called for coming together and working together to be successful in the field of education with the motto of creating better human beings. The American Ballet capti-

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vated the audience as children mesmerized them with their grace, poise and elegance. The event was characterised by class wise categories: Creative Recycle for Grades III, Udaan & Khoj and Prayog for Grades IV and V, Nayi Khoj and Tech Rangoli for grades VI to VIII, Symposium for Grade IX and Debate for Grade XI. There were separate judges for each event who were experts in their own field.

Manav Rachna International School Sector-14 won the first prize in the category of Creative Recycle. Students of Grand Columbus bagged First prize in Khoj & Prayog. The students of MRIS Charmwood shone in the categories of Designing a Futuristic Gadget and F-1 Racing Car. The students of DAV Sectot -37 Faridabad, MVN Sector -17 and St. John’s Sector 7 bagged First, Second and Third positions in the Symposium on the Topic: Swachh Bharat, Swasth Bharat in my city. In the debate, the speakers put their arguments convincingly for and against the topic: ‘Jugaad is the genesis of Innovation’.The students of DAV Sector-49, Kalka Public School & K.R. Mangalam World School were declared the winners and First and Second Runners-up respectively. Joel Sunny and Shiv Kumar from MRIS Charmwood and Nikunj from K.R. Mangalam World School were adjudged the best speakers of the day. Vishal Deo from MVN Aravalli Hills was adjudged the best interjector of the event. Director Principal Mrs Sanyogita Sharma congratulated the participants and invited them to come for Innoskill next year as well. She was extremely happy with the participation of the students and the quality exhibited by them. Dr. M.M. Kathuria told the participants that each one of them is a winner as they learnt many new things from the competition. The closing ceremony culminated with the Prize distribution and National Anthem. Each participant went home deeply enriched and happy with the experience.

MRIS, Charmwood

ACTIVITIES AT MRIS CHARMWOOD – EARLY YEARS Adventure matrix for early years Adventure sports are known to teach people self reliance, teamwork and to leave their comfort zone. These elements can result in better health, improved self esteem and increased confidence that translates into all aspects of one’s life. Keeping this in mind , an ADVENTURE MATRIX was organized by MRIS, Charmwood .The event for students of Blooms,Toddlers and Nursery was organized on 1st December ’14 and for Kindergarten on 2nd December ‘14. It was a daylong camp where our young champs were involved in various thrilling activities like commando crawl, Burma bridge, balance beam, team building games and much more. Our young adventurers especially enjoyed taking off inside the rocket bouncy and were brave enough to do the ‘zipping activity’ by zipping off from the first floor. All the activities were conducted by highly qualified and experienced instructors. The day concluded with a thrilling puppet show.

Aventure camps are a learning experience

“Teddy’s Royal Birthday Party” The children of BLOOMZ and Toddlers at MRIS, Charmwood came dressed as fairies, angels, queens, princesses, kings and princes from around the world for “Teddy’s Royal Birthday Party”. The children looked every bit the royalty -dressed as Indian, Roman, Greek, French and British kings and queens -- as they gathered at the “Buckingham Palace of Bloomz” for a day of fun games, dances and yummy food. They even cut a cake for cute Teddy. The party was organized as a part of the theme “Celebrations”.

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Christmas Carnival @MRIS, Charmwood Manav Rachna International School, Charmwood, Faridabad organized the Christmas carnival with great enthusiasm on 24th December, 2014 .The premises of the school was brilliantly decorated in white and Red Christmas theme.

From the games to the rides all the events were enjoyed by the children. Activities like tattoo making, pottery thrilling games like shooting and tambola, garland the Santa, hit the pyramid, non-stop foot tapping music, fun races were a big hit with the kids. . Santa Clause danced on the Christmas jingles with kids and distributed goodies to them. There were an array of appetizing gourmet like South Indian, Italian and other cuisine.. The event was enjoyed by all Mrites .

Celebrating Christmas

Ganit Week @ Mriscw

Celebrating GANIT week

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.

The world at large has witnessed the contributions of several great mathematicians. One such mathematician is Sh. Srinivasa Ramanujan. To appreciate his efforts and present our heartiest thankfulness we, at Manav Rachna International School, Charmwood undertook a small initiative of celebrating GANIT WEEK from 16 December 2014 to 22 December 2014.

During the celebrations numerous activities and initiatives were taken across the Primary Wing. Some of the activities included discussion on Sh. Ramanujan and his contribution through various presentations, the students also engaged themselves in making collages on his life.

An essay writing activity was held on topics like MATH IS FUN and USAGE

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MRIS, Charmwood OF MATHEMATICS IN EVERYDAY LIFE.The students expressed themselves in Math Art using origami sheets. A content based quiz was held in grade 5.The students enjoyed the celebration and were thankful for the learning opportunity.

Students of Grade 5, MRIS, Charmwood visit the Parliament The students of Grade 5 watched the debate on the bill to regularize unauthorized colonies in Delhi when they visited the LokSabha to witness the winter session. They have been learning about the Parliament working but ‘Seeing indeed is believing’. So, after three rounds of frisking and bodily search, biometric identification and crawling up in a long queue, when they finally entered the LokSabha chamber Visitors Gallery the students were awestruck. The session was being conducted by Honorable Deputy Speaker, M. Thambidurai and the attendees included Venkaiah Naidu, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Dr. Harshvardhan, Ramesh Bidhuri, BhagwaanMaan and Manoj Tiwari to name a few.They also learnt a lesson of discipline as visitors are not allowed to talk, move, lean forward or leave their seats during an ongoing session. The Lower House indeed had its dosage of mundane, heated debate, desk thumping and light moments.This one was a rare opportunity of sorts for the children and they thoroughly enjoyed it.

Visit to the Parliament house

Potter’s Day activity - Children’s Day Week MRIS, Charmwood celebrated Children’s Day Week. Children of grade Nursery were taken for a pottery demonstration by Mr Shyam Prasad Singh Ji where Mr Singh introduced pottery, its use, material used and the way to make different pottery items. .The children were told about mud clay and about two kinds of potter’s wheel: manual and electrical. He also showed them how to make diyas pots and vases. This activity was a learning experience which the children thoroughly enjoyed.

A TRIP TO DESERT PARADISE – DUBAI

Potter’s Day activity

MRIS Express on the go!

“Every child is a different kind of flower. Together they make this world a beautiful garden!”

The central courtyard at MRIS CHARMWOOD was buzzing like a beautiful garden when the little buds of BLOOMZ and TODDLERS took to the stage to present “MRIS Express on the go”.

This special assembly -- organized on November 13, on the eve of Children’s Day -- was enjoyed by one and all.

While the little Blooming buddies from Bloomz presented baby yoga and ramp walk, the stars of Toddler 1 showed everyone how much they enjoy playing at the learning centres created in class.

They even presented a beautiful dance on the evergreen number “Mera Joota hai Japani”. The whizkids from Toddler 2 enthralled the audience with foot-tapping rhymes like “I am special”, “Haathi Dada”, “Mamma darling”, “Found a peanut” and a ramp walk and dance on family and seasons. The proud parents were jubilated to see their tiny tots perform with such grace and confidence on stage.

MRIS Charmwood a centre for CAMBRIBDGE LANGUAGE EXAMINATIONS In recognition of the outstanding support and valuable contribution shown for the Young Learners English Examination (YLE), the Cambridge University Press India Private Limited (CUPIPL) has conferred ManavRachna International School- Charmwood with a certificate as Associate Centre for training , conducting and promoting CAMBRIBDGE LANGUAGE EXAMINATIONS . This is the only one of its kind centre in the NCR. MRIS- Charmwood, trains students for a series of exciting and motivating English language tests namely Starters, Movers, Flyers, KET and PET. These tests give students a clear path to improve in English.The school has been associated with Cambridge English since 2013. In the session 2013-14 around 50 students in the respective category of Starters (26), Movers (10) and Flyers (14) appeared in the exam. These students performed exceptionally well and brought laurels to the school.Impressive accomplishment in Cambridge English exams proved as a motivator and the number of participants in the exam in the session 2014-15 increased to 81.The school is constantly working towards achieving many more landmarks with a firm belief that excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.

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A five day educational trip to Dubai, UAE, left 25 enthusiastic children of MRIS Charmwood enthralled Twenty five enthusiastic children of Manav Rachna International School, Charmwood, along with Director Principal Ms Sanyogita Sharma and Ms Sunita Singh went on a five day educational trip to Dubai, UAE, from 6 November to 11 November, 2014.The trip was organized by Ed Terra Edventures.The tour covered all the sites which gave students a splendid idea of Islamic and Arab culture.

MRIS, Charmwood CHRISTMAS CARNIVAL

MRIS Charmwood organized a Christmas Carnival with activities like tattoo making, pottery, shooting, tambola and games like Garland the Santa being a big hit with the children Manav Rachna International School, Charmwood, organized the much-awaited Christmas Carnival with great enthusiasm, fun and frolic on 24th December, 2014.The gala event was enjoyed by one and all.The premises of the School was brilliantly bedecked in the white and red Christmas theme.

From games to rides, the Carnival had everything to capture the imagination of the children. Activities like tattoo making, pottery,thrilling games like shooting and tambola, garland the Santa, hit the pyramid, non-stop foot tapping music, fun races were a big hit among the kids.The Santa Clauses danced on the Christmas jingles with kids and distributed goodies to them.

There was a wide array of appetizing gourmet dishes like South Indian, Italian, fast food, Dominos Pizzas, etc. for the food lovers at the stalls.The food options surely satiated the taste buds of the students who savored the mouthwatering delicacies.The great event was enjoyed by all Mrites.

Christmas carnival on in full swing

NEXUS-A BONDING

A Special Assembly called ‘NEXUS-A Bonding’ organised by MRIS, Charmwood, gave glimpses of children’s multidimensional learning and progress. They presented a cultural bonanza which left the audience spellbound Strengthening the triangular relationship of the child, parent and teacher; MRIS, Charmwood, organised a special assembly NEXUS- A Bonding on 18th December,2014,with great elan. It was an action-packed day as the students from Grades VI, IX, X and XI were at their best to showcase their multi-dimensional learning and progress in all areas. The eventful day saw a plethora of multifarious activities under the stewardship of the competent faculty.

The students mesmerised the audience by performing a range of colourful progammes

which included Yoga, humorous skit- Atithi kab jaoge, robotics presentation, dance on wheels, melodious songs, skit based on mathematical fractions, street play on Swachchh Bharat, a tableau depicting the rich cultural heritage of India, English play and dance drama were presented with great finesse and style. The cultural bonanza also consisted of folk dances from various states which left the audience spellbound. The Chief Guest, Professor I.K. Kilam, Director Radio Manav Rachna and Dean Students Welfare, MRIU, lauded the efforts of the young scholars and teachers. Sharing his views with the students, he motivated them to participate whole heartedly to keep the country clean and green.

Ms. Sanyogita Sharma, Principal, MRIS Charmwood, congratulated the students and staff for their commendable efforts. The eventful day culminated with a vote of thanks

by Ms Nindiya Saket, Headmistress-Senior School, MRIS, Charmwood.

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THOUGHTS THAT MATTER

By Dr. M.M.Kathuria

To realize Truth, loyalty to Truth is essential.You must show this loyalty in all your thoughts , words and actions. It is in the practical field of everyday life that you can test your loyalty to Truth, faith in your higher self, love for your Master and sincerely in your spiritual practice. You must have a longing to lead a life of purity. You must know M M Kathuria BRAHMAN is supreme perfection and that, to experience unity with BRAHMAM (Supreme) purification of mind is essential. Concentrate your attention upon means, all the while keeping a mental picture of the goal in view.

Alongwith philosophical reflection, you must practice non attachment in every aspect and detail of yourself (जैसे कमल का पत्ता पानी मे रह कर भी िगला नहीं होता).

Temptations become powerless when the power of learned ones blessings and your will power protects you in this form of reflection and non- attachment. But success ensures only if you are sincere in your pursuit. Self effort has as much importance in spiritual life as a spirit of self surrender has. Self effort is not in conflict with self surrender.

Brave ones plunge into rigorous sadhna without waiting for grace to descend. Integrate your action and thought in the light of Truth which you received from the learned ones or scriptures or your evolutionary experiences if you assert by word the imperishability of the soul while at the same time you are overwhelmed by the fear of death & destruction, how can you remain loyal to the Divine Master within. The fact that emerges from these is this, without ethical and moral purity in your thought and conduct, there is no hope of gaining the spiritual vision.

MRIS 46, Gurgaon

Activities at MRIS 46, Gurgaon

JOYOUS JAIPUR

MRIS 46 GURGAON WINS THE CUP

MRIS 46, Gurgaon, has done us proud by winning the trophy at the 7th Manav Rachna International School Under-14 Cricket Challenge Cup 2014 Grades IV and V students from MRIS 46, Gurgaon went on a heritage trip to Jaipur and thoroughly enjoyed the experience Students of Grades IV and V from MRIS 46, Gurgaon, went for an overnight excursion to Jaipur.The heritage trip which included visiting City Palace, Sanganer paper recycling unit, Chokhi Dhani village resort, Hawa Mahal, Birla Temple and Amer Fort was thoroughly enjoyed by the 118 students who went there.

The energy, excitement and enthusiasm of the children knew no bounds. Students enjoyed being with their classmates and making new friends too. There was a lot to learn for these students who were staying away from home for the first time. Right from taking care of their belongings and themselves to shopping independently, making adjustments and accommodating, they conducted themselves admirably. Memories of the trip, bonds made and life skills learnt will be with the students all their life.

MRIS-46 STUDENTS EXCEL AT THE WORLD ROBOT OLYMPIAD Congratulations to the Robotics team of MRIS-46 for participating in the World Robot Olympiad held at Sochi, Russia.The team comprising of students Atreyu Balasundaram, Franshu Yadav, Jayant Sharma, Rohan Verma and teachers Ishvaneet Kaur and Deepshikha, were amongst the four teams from the country who qualified for the final round at Sochi.

The final round had around 200 international teams participating who had qualified from the national rounds respectively. It was a good learning experience for the students and teachers and we look forward to many more such events in future.

The 7th Manav Rachna International School Under-14 Cricket Challenge Cup 2014 scheduled from 27 November –6 December, 2014, kick started on November 27, 2014 in the premises of Manav Rachna International School (Sec-46, Gurgaon). This year 18 schools participated across Delhi-NCR . They competed against each other to lift the coveted trophy. DSO Gurgaon –Mr Ramesh Jangra was the honorable Chief Guest. Mr Sunny Bansal, Executive Director MRIS -46, Gurgaon and Ms Dhriti Malhotra, School Principal presided over the match.

The final match played on 6th December, 2014, was between MRIS- 46 and The Shri Ram School, Moulsari Avenue, Gurgaon. MRIS-46 won the toss and decided to bat first. MRIS emerged as winners by defeating the opposing team by 66 runs.

Man of the series----- Abhishek Chaurasia, Manav Rachna International School-46, Gurgaon.

Man of the Match ---- Abhijeet Jain, Manav Rachna International School-46, Gurgaon.

Best Batsman -Pranav Bhardwaj, The Shri Ram School, Moulsari Avenue Gurgaon.

Best Bowler-Pradyun , The Shri Ram School, Moulsari Avenue

LEARNING SCIENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE Students of MRIS 46, Gurgaon indulged in a host of activities during Science week where they conducted experiments on the blowing up of a balloon, firework in glass, making a tornado in a bottle and so much more…

‘Science is an imaginative adventure of the mind seeking truth in a world of mystery.’

A week long activity scheduled from 10 November, 2014 to 14 November, 2014, was followed for all grades at MRIS-46. Knowledge seemed to flow in the form of informative charts decorated all over the building. Activities provided all the students with the opportunity to develop abilities for scientific inquiry. Conducting experiments on the blowing up of a balloon, firework in glass, making a tornado in a bottle , lemon sudsy eruption, milk display, magic ink, lava in a cup, submarine play, were an attempt to widen their horizon and help them learn the practical aspect of science in everyday life. A power point presentation on “Imaginary Planet” by Aditya and Dev from Grade IV was helpful in explaining the abstract aspect of our universe. A workshop by the pathologist explained to the children the correct method of sampling blood and iden-

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tifying the blood groups. Students made models and displayed them with great enthusiasm .They explained the science and the concepts behind their working models. Students enjoyed the skill-oriented activities like candle making, origami, carpentry, stitching etc. Students constructed circuits, learned various methods to remove stains and performed various food tests.

Fun skilled learning activities were the ‘Dancing Raisins’ and a major attraction was the ‘Tall Painting’. The science behind every activity was well understood by each child.

Educational field trips to the ‘Biodiversity park’ and ‘Solar energy centre’ was an experience of learning by seeing. Students of GradeX attended a Workshop on ‘Solar Energy and Our Future’. They learnt to construct solar panels and its use to save energy. The final day was-‘Science Fiction Movie’ Day. Movies like ‘ET(1982) and “Sherlock Holmes’ were screened for the children. Grades IX and X were taken for the movie “Interstellar”. Students were thrilled.

Each child contributed to the activities with great enthusiasm. It was a complete week of ‘Fun Based’ learning experience.

MRIS 46, Gurgaon ADVENTURE CAMP ACTIVITIES

MRIS 46, Gurgaon, organised an Adventure Camp for students from Grades VI-X in the school grounds, exposing them to a plethora of fun and adventure activities The bright and sunny morning of 21 November, 2014, welcomed all the students of Grades VI to X to the school grounds to participate in the Adventure Camp.The enthusiasm was infectious as all the students participated in myriad activities like Rappelling, River crossing,Tent Pitching, Burma Bridge, Zorbing and Commando Crawl.

It was good to see all the students awaiting their turn patiently and encouraging their friends and classmates who were hesitant to try new activities.

The camp brought out the best in all the students thus enabling them to imbibe values and skills like team spirit, confidence building and self esteem.

The expression of achievement and pride on the face of each student on an activity well done was unmatched.

Exploring adventure activities at Day Camp

KINESIOLOGY WORKSHOP Workshop for parents on kinesiology was held at MRIS-46, Gurgaon to improve eye hand coordination, balancing, team building, cognitive and listening skills A workshop for parents on kinesiology was held at MRIS-46, Gurgaon on 22nd December, 2014. Kinesiology, also known as human kinetics, is the scientific study of human movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, mechanical and psychological mechanisms. Basic principles of kinesiology were discussed and hands on activities were conducted.

Parents actively and enthusiastically participated in all the activities. The activities and stations aimed to improve eye hand co-ordination, balancing, team building, cognitive skills and listening skills.

Feedback of the participants was quite encouraging: “Awesome workshop. We enjoyed ourselves very much and learnt activities for our children that will help them a lot.”

“Had a lot of fun and surely will try all activities at home, thanks for doing this.”

“It was a very stimulating interactive session.”

ZIMRIYA 2014 Manav Rachna International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon had thrown its gates open for the parents and guests. The occasion was the commencement of the music fest-Zimriya 2014.

The air was charged with excitement-- children in colourful, fancy garments and dancing shoes, were performing to folk music. The onlookers stood enthralled by the act of their wards The program started with the lighting of the lamp. The principal along with the grand parents did the honour. The sound of instrumental and vocal music could be heard from every nook and corner of the School.

The Alma Meter was adorned with varied musical instruments, notes and charts with details of the history and usage of these instruments. The decor showcased the creative and technical inclination of the learner.

The exhibits were all made by the children and they stood confidently in presenting the same to the guest.

Zimriya 2014, the School’s very own musical extravaganza was full of vigour, energy and enthusiasm.

The parents were thrilled to see the works of their wards in the School amphitheater as they enjoyed meaningful and melodious music. They were, in fact, quite mesmerized by the on goings.

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Experience

WOMEN ACHIEVER FROM MRIS 14 It’s all about women power. Students from MRIS have made us proud in every field. Our girls have visited foreign countries, experienced different cultures and in their own state brought back laurels for their respective schools

Ispreet from MRIS-14 shares her Japan experience in her own words A visit to the “Land of Rising Sun” The sports youth exchange programme held from 8-16 December, 2014 had participants from 3 groups playing basketball, volleyball and tennis. 80 students from different parts of India were selected for this program. The selection criterion was based on not just sports but also the overall (academic as well as other extracurricular activities) achievements of the student The Sports Youth exchange JENESYS programme 2.0 which I attended in December 2014 has The been a lifetime experience infrastructure for me. Full of learning, culof both the schools was ture exchange, fun, sports, really good, they had indoor friends from different part of wooden basketball courts. We the world, it couldn’t have had to take off our footwear at been any better! Japan is the entrances where we were the most beautiful country provided with slippers and also I have ever seen, I was exafter school all the students tremely impressed with the cleaned their entire Japanese culture, advanced school technology and gregarious

society. Despite the language barrier, the welcoming attitude of the Japanese with the gestural language helped us build a strong bond.

When I met my basketball team from across India covering Mizoram, Indore, Chennai, Guja-

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rat, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, my fears totally vanished. I also made friends from other Asian countries like Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.

Interaction with them made my journey all the more exhilarating along with helping me to strengthen my knowledge about the diverse Indian culture and world at large. In Tokyo we went to some famous places like Tokyo tower, Imperial palace and Miraikan where we saw the most advanced robot of the world- Aas-

Naari Shakti himo. Then we travelled by the ‘’shinkansen’’ bullet train to Aomori, a prefecture located north of Japan. The more I looked around Aomori the more I got lost in its beauty and purity. We lived in a Japanese inn in Nanbu town..

One day we went to Hachinohe Nishi high school, where we interacted with Japanese stu-

dents who welcomed us with a lot of warmth.

There we ate lunch with Japanese students, had fun session where we taught them bhangra and they taught us Japanese style dance, made Japanese sweets and did calligraphy. Apart from cultural exchange we also played Universal hockey and Basketball with them. I learnt a lot from their game, sport spirit and the impressive techniques they used. We also went to Nagawa Minami Elementary School where

ment support which made their life very independent and self sufficient. They lived a simple, peaceful and comfortable, and I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of their culture.

Then we had a farewell party where we Indian students performed Indian dance and sung patriotic songs, it was a moment of great pride to represent India for us. I feel blessed to be a part of JENESYS program 2.0. Every second we played local Japanese spent in this program will games like koma ,kendana always be cherished by me.

While and also dodge ball. The I will always be grateful to our host mother infrastructure of both the JICE, HRD ministry of dressed us up in tradischools was really good, India, embassy of Japan and tional Japanese dressthey had indoor woodall organisations associatkimono and taught us orien courts. We had to take ed with this programme gami, our host father taught out our footwear at the for giving me this golden us how to make rice cakes entrances where we were opportunity. This program ‘’mocha’’ by pounding on provided with slippers and was very well executed and boiled sticky rice. also after school all the stuorganised, even minute nedents cleaned their entire cessities were taken care of school. and we were provided with We had a two day home best facilities, thank you so stay with a Japanese family. My host family much for putting so much effort. I express my were farmers who owned big cherry and ap- heartfelt gratitude to Ms.Mamta Wadhwa and ple farms. Through this home stay I was able my coach Mr. Tanuj Sharma, without your to closely observe the Japanese lifestyle and support I would not have been a part of this learned a lot from it. While our host mother lifetime chance. dressed us up in traditional Japanese dress- kiThank you for always encouraging me, givmono and taught us origami, our host father ing me ample opportunities to help me Arigato taught us how to make rice cakes ‘’mocha’’ by gozaimasu! (thankyou)Jenesys programme (Japounding on boiled sticky rice. I observed that pan east Asia network of exchange for students although they were farmers living in rural areas and youths) is planned to promote potential inwith no wifi at home, they were aware of hap- terest within the youth generation to increase penings across the world and also had access to visitors to Japan as well as to facilitate global all the modern facilities. They had full govern- understanding of Japanese values.

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MREI WELCOME ON BOARD MANAV RACHNA WE WELCOME DR SANJAY SRIVASTAVA, DR NATHANIEL G. MARTIN AND MR. JAYANT K. AMBAST TO MREI Professor (Dr.) Sanjay Srivastava has joined as the Managing Director, Manav Rachna Educational Institutions. He is highly qualified in the area of Organizational Behaviour acquiring his Ph.D from Delhi University with his Doctoral Research on “Organizational Culture in Multinational Organizations”.

In his distinguished career of 21 years, he has served Amity University as Professor of Organizational Behaviour and has had the privilege of working as Dean Examination and Faculty of Management Studies, and Chairman, Doctoral Program as well. He has guided more than 200 dissertations, 450 Summer Internships at the post-Graduate level. The National Education & Human Resource Development Organization honoured Dr Srivastava with Rashtriya Sanman Award in 2012 at Mumbai.

He is a Life Member of International Psychoanalytic Society and National Academy of Psychology. With his immense experience, we look forward to his guidance and leadership.

Dr Nathaniel G.Martin has joined the Manav Rachna College of Engineering as Professor of Computer Science. The boundary between art and science has been the focus of his work.

He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Literature from New College in Sarasota, Florida. He went on to do his Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Florida in Gainesville. After earning his Ph.D, he stayed on at the University of Rochester where he led the development of the undergraduate Computer Science program. In 1998, he accepted a position as a software architect at Xerox Corporation.There he helped develop the architecture for the entire fleet of Xerox printers. He went on to pursue the more challenging task of determining the way devices fit into the workplace culture. He has also worked closely with Indian engineers using Scrum, an Agile Software Development methodology. He is the author of 19 published papers and 15 US patents. We look forward to his guidance and leadership.

FDP BY MRASC

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Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on the Administrative Systems of India was attended by several senior dignitaries including Dr N.C. Wadhwa (Vice Chancellor, Manav Rachna International University), Professor V.K. Mahna (Pro-Vice Chancellor—MRIU), Dr R.K. Mittal (Professor and Dean, School of Management Studies, GGSIP

University), Brigadier S.N. Setia (Executive Director, MRASC), Col. V.K. Gaur (Advisor, Manav Rachna Educational Institutions), Professor Suresh Bedi (Dean, Faculty of Computer Applications, MRIU), Professor Umesh Kalra (Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Humanities and Media Studies, MRIU) and Professor Anil Sarin, among others, the FDP gave Manav Rachna’s Faculty

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Mr. Jayant K. Ambast has joined MREI as Industry Chair Professor. His forte is to improve the performance of middle managers to raise the levels of standards and efficiency. He has worked for over 15 years with Perfetti Van Melle, dealing in the business of Sugar Confectionary, for their international branches. He has also served other multinational companies which include RPG Group, Searle India Limited and Cadbury India Limited.

A post-graduate from the University of Allahabad in Master of Science (Physics), Mr Ambast has a post graduate diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata. Mr Ambast has also been a teacher where he has guided students in marketing research and behavioral intelligence and has served at the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India and Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, India to name a few.

We look forward to his guiding our students to making them better managers of tomorrow.

from diverse disciplines an in-depth overview of the Administrative Systems of India complete with statistics and case studies.

The FDP spread over three insightful lecture sessions witnessed Brigadier S.N. Setia welcoming the august gathering at the inaugural FDP under the aegis of MRASC. He made reference to an 8-day FDP held under IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) two months back wherein, Brigadier Setia said, a case was made for taking Manav Rachna to the higher levels of excellence. “In that FDP, one message was very loud and clear: in a competitive world only the fittest can survive. Applying that to our field, only institutions of quality and excellence or those with very deep pockets will be able to survive,” he said. Dr Setia pointed out that examples of institutions closing down by the dozens are rampant coupled with the incursion from Foreign Universities. Hence the need to attain higher and higher quality as we go by.

Speaking to the Faculty gathered at the FDP, Brigadier Setia focused upon the primary objectives of MRASC which included: promoting computer literacy as well as use of ICT in the teaching and learning process; imbibing modern and futuristic teaching/learning techniques, skill

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TOWARDS EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE: MANAV RACHNA ACADEMIC STAFF COLLEGE The Manav Rachna Academic Staff College is yet another prestigious addition to the Manav Rachna Educational Institutions. Brig S. N. Setia has been appointed the Executive Director of MRASC , which will be a Nodal Centre for providing facilities for promotion of education and advancement of learning Aim & Objectives : MRASC AIM: The aim of setting up MRASC is to establishing a Nodal Centre for providing facilities for promotion of education and advancement of learning to meet the following objectives :OBJECTIVES: a.) Understand the significance of education in general and higher education in particular, in global and Indian contexts; b.) Understand the linkages between education and economic and socio-economic and cultural development, with particular reference to Indian polity where democracy, secularism and

social equity are the basic tenets of society; c.) Acquire and improve art of teaching at the University / College / School level to achieve goals of quality education; d.) Keep abreast of the latest developments in their specific academic related subjects to enrich their teaching inputs; e.) Understand the organization and management of a University /College / School and to perceive the role of teachers in the total system; f.) Utilize opportunities for development of personality, initiative and creativity; and g.) Promote computer literacy as well use of ICT in teaching and learning process. h.) To imbibe the modern and futuristic teach-

ing/learning techniques, skill sets and innovative tools. j.) Promote research and development. k.) Organize seminars, conferences, memorial lectures and syndicate or group discussions to exchange ideas on current and futuristic topics of interest by including eminent personalities and alumni (spread across the globe) from corporate, public and private sector and other universities including foreign universities and R&D departments as special invitees and panelists. l.) Extend membership to other schools, colleges and universities for joint participation and activities

sets and innovative tools; promoting research and development; organizing seminars, conferences, memorial lectures and syndicate or group discussions to exchange ideas on current and futuristic topics of interest by including eminent personalities and alumni (spread across the globe) from corporate, public and private sector and other universities including foreign universities and R&D departments as special invitees and panelists; extending membership to other schools, colleges and universities for joint participation and activities. At the FDP, Dr Suresh Bedi explained that the main purpose of the FDP was to take Faculty members beyond academic boundaries and help them develop an interdisciplinary approach.

This would greatly contribute towards their holistic development, which in effect, would also reflect upon the students and enrich their existing knowledge. He also welcomed key resource persons Dr N.C. Wadhwa, Professor V.K. Mahna and Professor R.K. Mittal for sparing their valuable time at the programme and speak on topics pertinent to the programme.

Addressing the Faculty members, Dr N.C. Wadhwa, with his vast experience in the administrative services, spoke on the administrative sys-

tems in India, its history and transition from being a police state to a welfare state. He also spoke about statutory constitutional bodies/offices and the main functions of the central government. Dr Wadhwa said, “India can become a super power with optimum utilization of resources available to us.”

He also felt that “students can no longer afford to be frogs in a well considering the fact that the UGC has made it mandatory for students to choose electives apart from their core subjects. They need to add new dimensions to their education and learning.”

Professor Mahna while discussing on the system of governance in India emphasized upon the need to “strategize” and “dwell upon effective management systems”, citing USSR’s failure to survive because of a lack of proper governance.

He also taught the gathering to have fun with figures and how best to remember facts and figures.

It gave an interesting dimension to the whole programme. Dr Mahna also said, “If people do not evolve with the changing times and be conversant with prevailing technologies, they would become laggards in the process.”

Professor R.K. Mittal who spoke about the Budget—its various components, concepts and terminologies began his speech with, “Men are born equal but hardly is there equality on earth.” He also discussed about the history and financial implications of the budget adding that India needs to work on its governance system for it to emerge as a super power nation.

The FDP had succeeded in taking the Faculty beyond their specific domains into the larger canvas of India’s governance system, stimulating their intellect and paving the way for a fulfilling interactive session on an issue of national significance.

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MRIS, Charmwood

Activities at MRIS Charmwood Workshop on ‘Effective Teachers’ @ MRIS, Charmwood Manav Rachna International School, being a progressive institution is always ready to expand and adapt innovative and holistic ventures that are essential for the growth and development of the young scholars in all areas of learning .Keeping the teachers abreast with the latest knowledge and learning techniques followed globally, Manav Rachna International School, Charmwood, Faridabad organized a workshop on EFFECTIVE TEACHERS on 6th January, 2015. Ms. Nindiya Saket, Headmistress, Senior Wing conducted the workshop wherein, she empowered the pedagogues by imparting efficacious techniques to teach the young minds. She shared her rich experience with the august gathering of more than 60 teachers. It was an interactive session as she delivered important tips on how to be effective teachers. Hands- on- work activities like sharing own teaching experiences, where they could bring some difference in the lives of the young scholars; identifying the qualities of a good teacher, were the highlights of the session. Ms. Nindiya threw light on the code of ethics for teachers of 21st century and expectations from them very effectively. In the session, she shared different strategies that should be used by the teachers in the classrooms. She laid emphasis on the need for personalized Education Plan and child centered methodology of teaching, which would lead to world of difference for each student every day. The fun filled and vibrant session was thoroughly enjoyed by the teachers.

Special Assemblies

JOURNEY TO UDAIPUR – AN ADVENTURE BY THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF MRIS, CHARMWOOD

Dorling Kindersley, Eureka Books and Quiz Craft conducted the D.K.quiz at Manav Rachna International School Eros Garden Charmwood on 5/12/2014. The quiz had a wide range of questions from entertainment to literature, sports to architecture.. The questions challenged the wits and aptitude of the students.

The variety of rounds reinvigorated their interest in general knowledge. There were D.K. books as prizes for the audience. The Top two teams won cash prizes and books. The day saw the clash of Titans in the buzzer round which saw the turn of tide in favour of the winners Vedant Chandak & Rahul Chopra which was otherwise in favour of the runners up Hardik Goel & Arjan Singh.

It was an excellent opportunity to the students to test their knowledge and presence of mind.

The finalists will participate in the National Round at New Delhi.

Manav Rachna believes in the holistic development of a child in which outdoor experiences go hand in hand with classroom teaching. In yet another endeavor to uphold this belief, the school organized a trip to Udaipur for classes 8 to 11 for three days i.e from 5th to 8th Jan,2014.It was a group of 102 students and 11 teachers including the Director Principal, Ms. Sanyogita Sharma.

The overnight journey by Mewar Express was a fun- filled one in which the students enjoyed every moment with their friends.The dinner served enroute was relished by everyone .They checked in Hotel Ambience in Udaipur and the stay there was very comfortable and pleasant. The day was packed with visit to the City Palace, boating in Lake Pichola and visit to Moti Magri.The students were awestruck to behold the beauty of the magnificent palace and were enlightened about various historical facts related to the brave warrior, Maharana Pratap and other Rajput Kings. Boating in Lake Pichola around the beautiful Lake Palace was a thrilling experience for all.This was followed by shopping in the evening at Haathi Pol market.The hectic day ended with the DJ night. The next day included visit to Haldighati Museum and Ekling Temple about which they were given information beforehand in the buses so that they could understand the historical significance of these places. The trip concluded at the hotel after a sumptuous lunch in a closing ceremony in which students who excelled in various spheres on the trip like enthusiasm, helpfulness, curiosity etc. were rewarded .The overall experience was a perfect combination of fun and learning, the kind which the students will always cherish and will look forward to more of such trips.

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Special assembly of Grades VII & VIII was held in school. The parents were impressed with the efforts put in by their children and the faculty to make the assembly a grand success. The show stopper of the assembly was the ‘HASYA KAVI SAMMELAN’. The English play, The Tempest, left the audience spell bound.The students emoted emotions like love, anger, hatred, jealously and forgiveness and how they are an integral part of the personality.

Quizomania @ Manav Rachna International School Charmwood

MRIS, Charmwood The Making of an Author @MRIS Charmwood.

A Visit to an Old Age Home by the Students of MRIS, Charmwood To sensitize the youth of today and inculcate in them the values of empathy and compassion, i.e. –the capacity to feel what it is to live in somebody else’s skin and feel their pain, Manav Rachna International School, at Charmwood organized a visit to the Guru Vishram Vriddha Ashram situated in the bylanes of Gautampuri, New Delhi as a part of the integrated FA-3 project work titled –“Senior Citizens” for the class 10 students.

MRIS, Charmwood leaves no stone unturned in providing new avenues to the students. Quill is an organization that tends to identify young writers and polish their talent by providing them the desired training. Three rounds of story writing and interviews were conducted on 26th, 27thand 28th November, 2014 by Mr. Hemant Kumar and Ms. Ruchira Mittal from Quill. In the story writing rounds, the children were given three intriguing passages. They had to select one passage and extend it on the basis of their imagination.

This writing activity provided students with an opportunity to develop their language, imagination and ideas. Out of 115 students from Grade V to X only 20 students got selected out of which 17 students qualified for a 15 days training programme after going through a rigorous interview.The training programme that will spread over 6 months and is aimed at transforming the students into authors that would culminate into a book of short stories written by the students, which will be available for sale on Flip kart and other book stores and would fetch them Royalty as well. The aim of the programme is to metamorphose the budding writers into passionate authors.

The 5th Manav Rachna Inter School Mini Basketball Tournament@Mris, Charmwood

The three day 5th Mini Basket Ball Under-14 Tournament culminated on 22nd November 2014. In the Girl’s category, DAV Sector-37, Faridabad won `21000 cash and a magnificent trophy.The runners up were the girls of Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon.They won `11000 cash prize and a beautiful trophy. In boys category Manav Rachna International School Charmwood were adjudged the winners and were awarded `21000 cash and a trophy.The boys of Blue Bells International School, New Delhi were the runners up and bagged `11000 cash and a trophy.

For displaying spectacular feats in their game, Ms Navya Pathaniya of Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon and Sanskar Soni of Manav Rachna International School Charmwood were announced the best players in the girls and boys categories respectively. Each of them was awarded `2500/- cash and a trophy.

Mr Nisha Bhalla, ED of MRIS Charmwood was the chief guest on the occasion. She lauded the positive play by all the young players. She gave away the Trophies and Cash awards to the Winners along with Mr Sarkar Talwar, Director Sports MRIU and Mrs Sanyogita Sharma, the principal of MRIS Charmwood.

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MRIS, Noida

Activities at MRIS Noida WHERE IT IS ALL ABOUT CHILDREN

Children’s Day celebrations at MRIS Noida was filled with fun activities including an Adventure Camp that brought in an element of surprise and joy At MRIS, Noida Children’s Day was celebrated with immense joy, enthusiasm, fun and entertainment. Various events and activities were specially organized for this day.

The day started with a special assembly showcasing young children’s singing and dancing abilities, followed by an inspiring speech given by the respected Principal Ms Sunanda Grover, encouraging children to follow their dreams with faith and determination.There was a big surprise awaiting the children after the Assembly. The lush green ground of the School had completely turned into an adventure zone, with arrangements being made for adventure sports such as zorbing, commando crawl, Burma Bridge, Tent pitching and Zipline. Children also enjoyed their lunch inside the tents and had an awesome camping feel. The entire experience was rich, enjoyable and rewarding for the children as well as the teachers.

The literary competitions at MRIS, Noida, aims at targeting the propagation of the four basic elements of effective communication skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening

A SCIENCE DAY TO EXPERIMENT, EXPLORE AND DISCOVER MRIS Noida celebrated Science Day on 3rd December, 2014, in a befitting manner, reinforcing the essence of science Science as we all know refers to a body of knowledge which can be rationally explained and reliably applied. It gave an opportunity to our children to apply their thought process to their knowledge. It helped them promote curious exploration of the world, lifestyle, and thought systems. Various activities such as Science Symposium ,Project Display, PPT Presentations etc. on interesting topics like Carbon Foot-Printing, Black Hole, Project Tigers, Lifestyle Diseases aiming at strengthening the spirit of enquiry, skill in using various tools of research and analysis

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as well as building communication skills were planned. Students participated enthusiastically and it was indeed a great learning experience.

SWACHH BHARAT SWACHH VIDYALAYA MRIS Noida organised a ‘Design for Change’ programme taking up the Green Cause in a big way “Look Around, walk around, breathe clean air and don’t litter the ground.”

The ‘Design for Change’ programme was implemented in the School premises with the students of different grades enthusiastically participating in different activities, such as Slogan Writing Competition, Water Harvesting, Recycling of Waste Material, Poem Writing, Paper Bag Making, PowerPoint presentation, etc. Kids were really concerned about the ecological balance and designed placards to spread awareness. The students enjoyed making dust bins to classify degradable and bio degradable waste. Students distributed paper bags to residents of adjoining societies and took back the plastic bags so as to create awareness about the hazards associated with the use of plastic.

Children resolved to continue with lots more activities for keeping our premises and environment clean.

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A profusion of literary activities has pervaded the teaching and learning environment at MRIS, Noida. Rich exposure to literature and literary activities has added a new dimension to the aim of providing a holistic development to our students. Literary activities provide a platform for the students to showcase their language skills and build their confidence. MRIS, Noida, has always endeavored to empower the students with superlative language skills by facilitating activities such as creative writing, story composition, poetry composition, role plays, debates, declamations, spell bee, slogan writing, extempore and quizzes. In pursuance of the same mission, the school organizes weekly literary competitions which foster the spirit of competitiveness and enhance communication skills among students. The literary competitions at MRIS, Noida, aims at targeting the propagation of the four basic elements of effective communication skills, i.e., reading, writing, speaking and listening

MOVING AHEAD The launch of MRIS,Noida Newsletter will give students a great opportunity to showcase and hone their literary talents To continue the pursuit of literary excellence, the School has launched a quarterly Newsletter which will provide an opportunity to the students to showcase their literary skills, reflect their creativity as well as enhance their written expressions.

The newsletter will also provide an opportunity to the parents of our students to express themselves, offer their invaluable perspectives and opinions related to the issues of education, children’s welfare, social and moral issues concerning our children etc. through a dedicated “Parents Column”.

MRIS, Noida

‘FACE TO FACE’ WITH DR. AMIT BHALLA The ‘Face to Face’ between the students and Dr Amit Bhalla, Vice President, MREI, facilitated an engaging session of inspirational interactions and discussions. Students got the opportunity to learn more about various issues pertaining to education, society and their future careers. The discussion about human rights made the students realize that measures must be taken to ensure equality and rights for individuals and groups wherever necessary The discussion was followed by a remarkable play presented by the students, asserting the importance of ‘Human Rights as a birth right of every individual and their protection as every individual’s responsibility. Dr Amit Bhalla encouraged the students to take inspiration from the life of our honorable Founder Dr. O.P. Bhalla and always be conscious of their social, moral and ethical responsibilities.

His inspirational words left an indelible mark on the students. Here are glimpses from those precious moments…

Students: Sir, what do you think about increased incidents of child labour in our country?

Sir: I believe that every child has a right to live his childhood, he/she has a right to be educated, feel safe and secure and hope for a better tomorrow.

Every child has some inherent abilities and talents which need to be discovered and nurtured. Children are the future of a nation-- forcing a child to work against his will is immoral as well as illegal and I would really like that the MREI family including the students should make contribution at their level towards the eradication of this heinous practice.

Students: Sir, India is participating in the FIFA 2018 championship, would there be any participation from MREI? Sir: Yes, definitely, we have always encouraged our sports aspirant students and have maintained that the inclusion of sports is imperative for their all round personality development. For the forthcoming FIFA championship, sports aspirants will be provided ample opportunities and training by both national and international coaches and all the other facilities required to showcase their caliber; we hope that the sports persons from Manav Rachna will make their institution and country proud by winning laurels.

Students : Sir can you give us some suggestions regarding what can be done to make the children with special needs adjust better to the school environment?

Sir: You all should start thinking of them as one of us; that they are no different from us, it is just

that they need a little more help in attaining what comes easily and naturally to you all. All the students should do everything at their level to make them feel comfortable, extend their support and co-operation by being good classmates and peers.

Students: Sir what has been the greatest source of inspiration in your life?

Sir: My father Dr O.P. Bhallaji has always been my source of inspiration. I always saw him valuing hard work and honesty above all. He taught me to always be conscious of my social, moral and ethical responsibilities and the importance of having a dream and having the courage to follow it with all the might and determination.

Students: Sir, whenever we observe somebody begging in the street, we want to help but our elders tell us not to do so, as we might be encouraging a malpractice, we are confused, please advise.

Sir: For many years my wife and I used to observe a beggar standing at the intersection near our

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house, begging from the passersby. I used to stop and give him some money, hoping that it helped him to some extent. One day, instead of giving him money, I asked whether he would like to work and offered him a job. From the very next day, the beggar stopped approaching me. Helping somebody in need is our social as well as moral responsibility, however, it is very important to know whether the kind of help we are extending will help improve that person’s life or is it making the situation worse by making them habitual beggars. In most situations, instead of giving money, it is better to provide them with the help that changes their lives for the better, the help should always be given with the right attitude and in the right direction.

Students: Sir, what is your opinion regarding ‘Human Rights’?

Sir: We all should realize the importance of ‘Human Rights’ as a birth right of every individual and their protection as every individual’s responsibility. ’Human Rights’ convey the essence of being human, they tell us to be tolerant, empathetic and open minded and promote the attitude of mutual listening and solidarity towards each other and also towards society at large. It all starts from you and permeates the entire society, so start by bringing a change in yourself .We all must try to be the change we want to see around us.

Taking inspiration from the entire experience, some of the students volunteered to present a role play, asserting the importance of Human Rights.The heartfelt interaction and extraordinary role play made the experience memorable for all.

MRIS, Noida CHRISTMAS CHEER @ MRIS NOIDA

SANTA FOR A DAY

Christmas was celebrated at MRIS, Noida, with a special assembly and a carnival wherein children had a gala time.The pre-primary wing too had their share of fun Christmas, as well know, is the festival marking the birthday of Lord Jesus Christ, and a time for sharing, caring, spreading cheer and merriment. Christmas celebrations at MRIS, Noida, began with a special assembly and a tribute was paid to the great saviour of mankind through Christmas carols sung by the students .To spread good cheer, students presented various skits, dances and songs, portraying various festivities attached to the day.

Respected Principal Madam gave an inspirational message, encouraging the children to emulate the teachings of Lord Jesus Christ, urging them to spread the message of ‘Peace on Earth and goodwill to men’. An atmosphere of excitement and exhilaration pervaded the carnival organized in the school playground as soon as children saw their much awaited Santa entering on a Horse buggy. All the students got an opportunity to have a ride on the same along with Santa.There were a number of games and activities organized for children and they had a gala time in the carnival.

The preprimary wing of MRIS, Noida, were very excited with the preparations of Christmas Activities.They made finger puppets of Santa Claus with paper cones, beautiful snow man using paper plates, played game of putting stars on Christmas tree blindfolded, made Christmas decorations like bells, wreaths, candy canes etc. for decorating their class. All the children enthusiastically participated in the activities.

MY COUNTRY, MY WORLD Nursery children of MRIS Noida performed at a Theme Assembly based on the theme of ‘My Country, My World’ Theme assemblies are fun and a very effective medium to showcase the learning of children to the parents and also to enhance the confidence level of children. Nursery students of MRIS, Noida presented a beautiful and colourful assembly on the theme ‘My Country My World” on 9th of October, 2014.

Children wore headdresses and held props which they had created in their learning journey. Parents were amazed to see their children put up a splendid show. Little Nursery kids talking about their country with so much ease and élan was something to be proud of.The children also presented before their parents what they do first thing in the morning in Circle time, the time when children talk their hearts out, the time when they learn about the essential and important values of life.

Parents shared that they were very happy and proud to be associated with an institute which takes care of all aspects of their child’s development and where learning is fun.

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Propagating the vision of Dr O.P. Bhalla, students of Grades IV to VII played ‘Santa For The Day’ and emulated the spirit of ‘sharing’ by distributing warm blankets amongst the domestic staff of the neighborhood societies along with a request to residents that they should make their own contributions for the welfare of the underprivileged Taking the true Christmas spirit of sharing and caring forward and propagating the vision of Dr. O.P. Bhalla Foundation of imbibing the values of social and moral responsibilities, students of Grades IV to VII took the initiative of becoming ‘SANTA FOR THE DAY’. They distributed warm blankets amongst the domestic staff of the neighborhood societies along with a request to residents that they should make their own contributions for the welfare of the underprivileged on this auspicious day. The students of Grades I to III were given blankets to take home, and distribute the same to their domestic helps. Their gesture was received with great warmth and their endeavour was appreciated by all.

MRIS, Noida LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Educational Tours at MRIS Noida are strategically organized to provide an opportunity to our students to enhance their knowledge, promote the spirit of enquiry and broaden their learning spectrum “The purpose of education is to bring out the best in you”--Mahatma Gandhi Bringing out the best in the students, that’s the challenge we face and that’s the commitment we offer to our students at MRIS, Noida. Another endeavour in this direction is the ‘Educational Tours’ , strategically organized to provide an opportunity to our students to enhance their knowledge, promote the spirit of enquiry and broaden their learning spectrum. They provide the students the opportunity of learning through travel, especially to places that they may not otherwise get to visit. Apart from this, the trips also provide relief from the monotony that academic study sometimes becomes.

Our students got a wonderful opportunity to explore the true spirit of childhood with all its creativity, innocence and originality during a daylong tour to Bal Bhawan.They learnt more about the life histories of some of the great national leaders and freedom fighters such as Mahatma Gandhi, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

A day trip to Nehru Planetarium gave them a chance to explore their awareness about Solar System, Constellations and Astronomy. The video screened at the planetarium enriched their knowledge related to various galaxies, solar system and constellations, scientists who discovered these constellations, astronomy, astronomical instruments and famous astronauts such as Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY Grade VI of MRIS Noida presented an assembly where they talked about all 30 Human Rights and gave the perfect explanation for each of them.The students also presented a street play on ‘Humanity’ exhibiting the basic concerns and the pillars of society “Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human rights, by definition, include the rights of all humans, those in the dawn of life, the dusk of life, or the shadows of life.”

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status.We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.To inform all the students about Human Rights, Grade VI presented an assembly where they talked about all 30 Human Rights along with their explanation.

Human rights entail both rights and obligations. We must understand it well and the fact that along with rights, comes our responsibilities. To emphasize on it more, the students of Grade VI presented a street play on ‘Humanity’ exhibiting the basic concerns and the pillars of society. LOVE, EMPATHY and SYMPATHY are the needs of the hour. The students gave the message that one should be the messenger of Peace and Humanity. Overall, it was quite informative and a well applauded assembly.

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF NUMBERS To promote the exploration of numbers, MRIS Noida marked the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan by celebrating Maths Day National Mathematics Day is celebrated on 22nd December. It is a day to mark the birth anniversary of the great mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. The day was celebrated at MRIS, Noida, in a grand way to promote the exploration of the wonderful world of numbers. Demonstrating their flair in the practical application of mathematical concepts, students prepared models using geometrical cutouts and sponge printing of geo-

metrical patterns.They designed their own currency notes and models representing multiplication tables using ice-cream sticks.The students displayed great creativity and ingenuity in producing various activity based games and puzzles such as dictionary of 2D and 3D shaped puzzles and crossword puzzles. Indepth knowledge of the theorems, methods and concepts was reflected in the projects based on amazing facts, challenges and riddles on mathematical concepts created by the students.

All the activities were aimed at strengthening the spirit of analysis, enhancing skill in using various mathematical concepts, investigating patterns,

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innovativeness and creativity in the concept application and representation. It was a great sight to witness the students’ zest and enthusiasm to outdo each other and finally learn in co-operation.

MRIS, Ludhiana

KIDS CARNIVAL AT MRIS LUDHIANA Superkids’ Carnival organized at ManavRachna International School, Ludhiana was a super duper hit. It has turned out to be a benchmark in the history of Ludhiana

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he aim of organising the Carnival was to give the people of Ludhiana an insight into what ManavRachna is all about and we have certainly succeeded in showcasing that ManavRachna offers a rich variety of activities and opportunities for a child’s multi-dimensional growth,making an MRite an articulate, amiable and affordable person.Today we walk tall with recognition in the city due to the able guidance given by the ManavRachna team.Team MRIS had put its heart and soul into the planning of the Superkids’ Carnival.It took two months of tireless hardwork, dedication,planning and expertise of the ManavRachna Team to put up this grand show that rocked the city of Ludhiana.

ManavRachna International School Ludhiana’s much awaited Super Kids Carnival finally unfolded on 8th February,2015 at Golden Enclave ( Basant Avenue), Dugri Road in the school premises.It was held with great enthusiasm, fun and frolic.The day was indeed a funfilled one with a mouthful of eateries, games, and exciting prizes. It was open to all.

The carnival was formally inaugurated by Sh. Gurinder SinghDhillon,IPS,DIG Ludhiana , followed by the lighting of the lamp and round of the Carnival.Dr PrashantBhalla , President, ManavRachna Educational Institutions and Mr Gene Eidelman,President ,Mosaica Education Inc.,USA were the guest of honour. The Carnival was presided over by Sh.RajeshKalra-Chairman, MRIS(Gurgaon 51 & Ludhiana). The other dignitaries were Mr GauravRai-Executive Director,MRIS(Gurgaon 51 & Ludhiana), Dr RupaliTrehan- Director MRIS Ludhiana, Mr S.P Sharma- Director & Principal MRIS Ludhiana and Mrs.Shilpi Gill,Vice-principal, MRIS Ludhiana. The main attractions of the Carnival were an array of activities like Hot Air Balloon, photo shoot with ChhotaBheem, Eateries,Meet and greet with ChhotaBheem-Dholakpur, Jumping Jaggu contest, the tail of Jaggu,Dance on ChhotaBheem Tune, Fun games around ChhotaBheem, adventure zone- Alligator walk, Balance beam, Hop ho, Tee Pee Shuffle, Tunnel, Porthole, Tyre Traverse, Commando Net, Flying Fox, Ladder Climbing Board, Rock Climbing,

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MRIS, Ludhiana

SALIENT FEATURES AT MRIS LUDHIANA Manav Rachna International School, Ludhiana is a premier-league institution. Some of its key features are: • An exact replica of Manav Rachna International Schools in the NCR • Delivery of curriculum through Paragon(U.S.A.), IPC (U.K.) in addition to • I Carnegie(U.S.A.), a Robotics programme • State-of-the-art infrastructure • A range of sports activities which includes dedicated Indoor and Outdoor play area for early years • Multiple Activity including Jungle Gym, Sand and Water Play area, Multipurpose Play Arena ( Low Obstacle Trail) Fun Run Arena, Soft Play Area, Rope Tower, Agility Play

Zorbing, Big Glove Boxing, Science Fun- Ice Age, The Alchemist, Polymers, Slimmer Making, Invisible Inc Drawing,Spin Art, Robotics Antics, Fun Zone-Golf Putting, Caricature, Circuit Maize, Tattoo,Dart Games, Emcee Led Games, Talent Quest- Singing, Dancing, Acting and Art Competition.These exciting activities pulled maximum crowd. Kids could be seen pestering their parents and hovering around the play area throughout the day.All eyes were glued to the stage as soon as ChhotaBheem made his appearance. Photo- shoot with ChhotaBheem added glamour to the Carnival.To top it all was an array of mouth-watering eateries beckoning the crowd.The Robotics Lab was among the key attractions.

The response was overwhelming and Mris Ludhiana was the talk of the town. People were excited and giving compliments to the school.

Everyone was all praise about the marvellous efforts put in by the Manav Rachna fraternity.

All the visitors appreciated the infrastructure and facilities provided by the school. The Press Conference was a success and MRIS, Ludhiana was in the headlines. The Newspapers were flooded with the Carnival write-up and pics the next morning. Children had a gala time and it was difficult for the parents to take them back.

Parents were very happy to see the school campus and children liked the model classrooms. In short the carnival was a big success. The overwhelming response of the people of Ludhiana is a clear cut reflection of their belief in us. We thank the city of Ludhiana for such an overwhelming response. We could achieve success because we had the experience and expertise

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Area, Edutainment Area Basket Ball ( Indoor / Outdoor) Table Tennis Chess Carom Synthetic Lawn Tennis Court Skating Synthetic Badminton Court Billiards and Pool Gymnastics Aerobics Splash Pool Dance & Music RDM ( with recording room) Shooting Range Cricket :Automated Bowling –Net Practice

of ManavRachna family to work with. We are basking in the glory of the success of the Superkids’ Carnival because we are the proud members of the ManavRachna family which is indeed a perfect replica of a perfect family.

The best wishes of our wonderful family have brought us to the acme. We are hopeful to reap the fruit of the hard work put in by the entire Manav Rachna family.

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· Squash Court · Boxing Air-conditioned transport facility with a teacher and nanny on board with CCTV cameras to ensure child safety Centrally air-conditioned campus under CCTV surveillance

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MRIS LUDHIANA ON WAY TO SUCCESS Mrs Shilpi Gill, Vice Prinicipal, MRIS Ludhiana all set to lead the new session

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RIS LDH is surely on its way to emerge as the most vibrant star in the world of education. With each passing day, it’s evolving into a perfect School and that too, the Manav Rachna way. From sharing with parents who we are, how our classrooms are happy learning zones to how we commit to practise relentlessly to realize ManavRachna Vision, we flavour it all with the magic potion of ManavRachna philosophy.

No wonder, we are surging ahead with leaps and bounds!

The journey of MRIS LDH that started on 22nd September, 2014 from the Admission office has been a wonderful learning experience for every member of the TEAM MRIS. Today we stand tall having won the confidence of parents and students who have chosen to get on board MRIS LDH. Winning parents’ confidence has certainly been our biggest achievement. We could achieve this fete with optimism and faith in the Omni-potent. Every member of the team, irrespective of the role has been thoroughly involved in working towards this target.

Finally MRIS LDH is home now; we have moved to the School campus on 11th December, 2014.This first step towards setting up the school of our dreams, a school that is synonymous to excellence, has pumped our adrenalin to endeavour hard to quick pace our journey. Seeing the building take its final shape brick by brick overwhelms the TEAM MRIS LDH with joy!

When we leave the campus every day, a wonderful surprise awaits us every morning in terms of progression of the building. Kudos to the Team for labouring strenuously braving the vagaries of weather! No odds are odds for all of us here at Ludhiana. The hope of our dream being realized keeps us going.

Each new day brings along a new set of challenges for us. We choose not to quit and face it all with grit. Impressive conversion rates that lead to additions to ManavRachna family are a reflection of our hard work. Every conversion brings along a moment of elation. As I see the Team developing a strong hold on their responsibilities, I swell with pride and joy and thank God for leading a team that brims with sincerity and dedication. Fellow feeling and a strong sense of belongingness towards the Institution is what

The team at MRIS Ludhiana at the TOI event

CHACHA NEHRU ART UTSAV

The hawan at MRIS Ludhiana to mark the inaugaration

we enjoy the most! TEAM MRIS LDH would not have moved at this pace towards the pinnacle of glory but for the support of our extremely supportive Management. Our worthy Chairman, Mr. Rajesh Kalra has been a constant source of inspiration for us. His guidance and vision, especially in our hour of need has benefitted us the most. We are a mere speck of dirt minus his wisdom. Having our honourable Executive Director, Mr. Gaurav Rai on the Management panel is our good fortune. He always keeps us on toes with a new target to hit. His enthusiasm and optimism is what we work with. Every initiative that we undertake is supported by the dauntless effort and support of our dear Director, Dr. Roopali Trehan. Despite her hectic schedule, she is always there to help us sail through thick and thin. TEAM MRIS LDH is certainly blessed to be lead by visionaries of this stature. The presence of the some of the members of the Core Management for the auspicious Hawan encouraged us to live upto every one’s expectations.The mails laden with words of inspiration from the

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MRIS LDH organised Chacha Nehru Art Utsav in association with Times of India on 23rd November, 2014. 193 students from Ludhiana exhibited their creativity in colour on the theme: Children’ day. Children from Grades I to X participated in three different categories: Category I (Class I-III), Category II (Class IV-VII) and Category III (Class VIII-X).The students and parents were extremely enthusiastic and enjoyed the Sunday afternoon thoroughly.

RJ Abhinandan from 95 FM tickled everyone with his wit as the judges- Mrs. Geeta Nagrath and Ms. Abha Nagrath prepared the result. The awards were given away to the achievers from all the grades and categories by our worthy Director, Dr. Roopali Trehan along with Edward Joseph Carter and Elaine Margaret Carter, Paragon Specialists from our team. The Event was surely a huge success and the entire credit goes to the team MRIS led by Mrs. Shilpi Gill for working tirelessly.

Management and Colleagues at MREI are a sure short cornucopia of encouragement for all of us.

As we continue our quest for victory, we shall seek best wishes from the Manav Rachna fraternity so that we, too may evolve into a star like each one of them. May God bless us!

—By Mrs Shilpi Gill

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WHY THE PARENTS’ CHOICE IS MRIS LUDHIANA

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MRIS, Noida

Activities at MRIS Noida BRIGHTENING UP OUR LIVES Diwali celebrations at MRIS Noida was full of colour and vibrance as children made Rangolis, cards, diyas, torans and lanterns as decorative items for decorating their class and home

torans and lanterns as decorative items for decorating their class and home. The celebrations and jubilations pervaded the atmosphere all around, lighting up the hearts and bringing a smile to everyone’s face.

Diwali at MRIS,Noida was celebrated in a grand way. The celebrations started with students presenting a special assembly in which they sang a beautiful song on being together; depicted the life of Lord Rama through a dance, offering their prayers with devotion and seeking peace, harmony and happiness for all.

Little children talking on how one can have a safe and pollution-free Diwali was a sight to witness.They also made rangolis, cards, diyas,

BISCUIT FACTORY VISIT

An educational trip to the Parle Biscuit factory was organized for children of Nursery and KG grades in an effort to acquaint them with the production and manufacture of biscuits ‘We understand that seeing is believing, but also know that believing is seeing.’

In an attempt to provide exposure to the world of production and manufacturing to our students, an educational trip to the Parle Biscuit factory was organized on 2nd December, 2014 for children of Grades Nursery and KG. The entire trip was extremely informative and exciting as children learnt about various stages of manufacturing through a movie telling them about how various products undergo a lot of processing like mixing the ingredients, mould-

MOM AND ME MRIS Noida organized ‘Mom and Me’ for mothers and children of Bloomz and Toddlers wherein they enjoyed making sandwiches and indulging in games meant specially for them.

ing, baking, cooling and packing, before they reach the market. Next, they were escorted inside to see the actual product being made.

Children saw and learned the exercise of churning, cutting and packaging. Children were amazed and surprised to see how their favourite toffee which is so small has to undergo a lot of processes before they are able to enjoy them.

Children bid adieu with a packet of biscuit and a toffee. The children had many stories to tell when they got back school! The enjoyable day ended with activities and games thoughtfully organized by the teachers to discuss, recapitulate and to further enhance the knowledge acquired.

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A mother is the first teacher of a child.

Keeping that spirit in mind, MRIS Noida organized ‘Mom and Me’ event for the mothers and children of Bloomz and Toddlers to enhance the bonding between mother and child.

They participated in many interesting activities like Non flame cooking, Silent Game, Musical Chair and decoration of stockings in which the mother had to work in tandem with the child.

All mothers showed their talent and creativity by making healthy and delicious sandwiches.

It was a very interactive and fun-filled experience for them.

MRIS, Noida HEALTH IS WEALTH

GRANDPARENTS DAY CELEBRATION

A group activity of making fruit chaat was organized for the K.G. children of MRIS Noida to reinforce the idea that the greatest wealth is health--so eat healthy and be healthy

Students at MRIS Noida participated in Grandparents Day with a lot of zest and zeal to show their love for their Grandparents

Healthy eating habits need to be developed from the very early years of a child’s life, so in order to teach children the importance of a healthy, balanced diet and the importance of fruits in our daily diet, a group activity of making fruit chaat was organized for the K.G. children of MRIS Noida. Various fruits like apple, pomegranate, papaya, banana etc. were cut into small pieces by the teacher and the children were asked to mix them in a bowl and sprinkle chat masala, salt and some sugar to enhance the taste. It was a fun filled way to promote healthy eating habits amongst young learners.

‘Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter, caring deeds, wonderful stories and love.’

An opportunity to express their love and respect for their beloved grandparents made the students at MRIS, Noida participate in the Grandparents’ Day celebration with lot of zest and zeal.

Grandparents were taken back to their childhood days with lots of singing and dancing. They were welcomed in a traditional manner by putting chandan teeka. They were very excited to visit the classes of their grandchildren. Exciting games and activities like Garland making, sorting of beans and grams, gems sucking etc were planned where grandparents participated along with their grandchildren. Children too performed before their Grandparents with a lot of enthusiasm. It was a lovely sight to see the Grandparents all smiles and the bond between the grand children and their grandparents.

BLESSINGS FROM THE GURUS Students of Bloomz,Toddlers and Grade I visited a Gurudwara to make them understand the importance of Guru Nanak’s birthday

AN ENDEAVOUR TO PROMOTE INQUISITIVENESS

Gurupurab, known as the birthday of Gurunanakji is celebrated with great joy and enthusiasm in MRIS Noida. Students of Bloomz, Toddlers and Grade I visited a Gurudwara to make them understand the importance of this day.While entering and taking care of the customs and traditions followed by those at the Gurudwara, the little ones covered their heads and enjoyed the opportunity to relish “Kada Prasad”.

Students of Grade V conducted a special assembly where the students were told about the importance of spirituality and connectivity to God. The ambience was deeply elevating and the air carried a special fragrance when everybody together chanted, “Waheguruji da khalsa, waheguruji di fateh.”

To promote quizzing among children, a Quiz Contest was organized for the K.G children of MRIS Noida

“Don’t just teach children to read….teach them to question…………”

Children are inquisitive by nature and questions are an inevitable part of their growing process.

Propagation of the spirit of inquiry is impera-

tive for a child’s well rounded development .Taking the initiative to propagate the same and to make learning more interesting, a Quiz contest was organized for the K.G children of MRIS Noida. The classes were divided into two teams and simple questions related to various themes were asked. The children exhibited great enthusiasm in answering the questions and immensely enjoyed the activity.

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LEARNING THROUGH LISTENING MRIS Noida recently organized a game of silence to enhance children’s listening skills MRIS Noida frequently organizes various games and activities to enhance the listening skills of early learners. A game of silence was recently played with children through which they were able to recognize different sounds in their environment. It was an activity full of excitement and joy. After listening to various sounds like that of transport, animals, clap, tap, pebbles and birds, children felt thrilled and were eager to hear more sounds. This activity not only helped in enhancing the listening skills but also the concentration of young learners.

MRIS 14, Faridabad

Activities at MRIS Sector 14 FEATHERS IN OUR HATS……

The students of MRIS-14 have proved their mettle by participating and winning positions in various Inter school Competitions. They bring laurels to the school and also motivate their peers to actively take part in large numbers.

MARVELJOUS ACHIEVEMENT AT ROBOTRONICS The students of MRIS-14 participated in RoboTronics an interschool robotics championship which was held on 26th November 2014 at Amity International School-46 ,Gurgoan.Two teams participated in senior category in which Team 1 of Aaditya Jain, Animesh Chaudhary and Saksham Sharma bagged the 1st position and Team 2 of Hardikk Madan, Arnav Prasad and Abhimanyu Singh bagged the 2nd position.

preparation and enthusiasm. He has won competitions at school as well as Inter school levels.

Skating is gradually becoming his forte’. When he is on wheels it seems as if he is celebrating freedom. He has won First position in District Roller Beginner’s Meet, District Roller Championship, Inter School Skating Competitions at various schools like D.A.V, Jiva Public school, A. V. N School etc. He also won first position in District Skating Championship.

Students of MRIS Sector 14 participated in Technology Competition, “Evolve ‘14” organized by DAV Public School Sector 37. The competition aimed at treasuring and polishing the undiscovered talent of children. Our students participated with great zeal and enthusiasm along with other 25 schools and won 3rd position in ‘Tech Style’ and ‘E Artist’.

The style and outstanding confidence of Vaishnavi Bhadana (Grade 1) and Naman Kalra (Grade KG) took away the hearts of audience with their ramp walk and presentation of Android Lollipop 5.0. The thoughtful creativity and artistic ability of Arshia Kashyap (Grade 2) and Sejal Talwar (Grade 3) displayed the worthwhile understanding of our children for Swachchha Bharat in MS Paint.

IGO EXAM RESULTS FROM EDUHEAL CLASS NAME OF THE STUDENT MEDAL 01 GRANTH MANOCHA GOLD 01 RUSHIL VIRMANI GOLD 01 PARTH VIRMANI GOLD 01 ISHMAN SINGH GOLD 01 ARSHIA KASHYAP GOLD 02 KESHAV SINGHAL GOLD 02 ANANYA DAS SHARMA GOLD 02 STUTI NIJHARA GOLD 02 MUKKUND PASARI GOLD 02 TEJAS SETHI GOLD 02 MANSEERAT KAUR GOLD 02 AMAARISA CHATURVEDI GOLD 02 VAMIKA KAPUR GOLD 02 CHARVI NAGPAL GOLD 03 ISHAAN PATNI GOLD 03 KABIR BHATIA GOLD 03 YASHVARYA GOYAL GOLD 04 ARSH CHOPRA GOLD 04 DHAIRYA GARG GOLD 04 ARYAN DHIR BRONZE 05 DIVYANSH BANSAL GOLD 05 SHAGNIK BHATTACHARJEE SILVER 05 RISHABH ARYA SILVER 06 GURJAS SINGH GOLD 06 SHREY GUPTA SILVER 06 DAKSH JUNEJA BRONZE 07 KAUSHAL SINGH GOLD 07 KANISHKA GOYAL SILVER 07 SIMARPREET SINGH BRONZE 07 SHIKHAR KAPASIA BRONZE 08 SIDDHARTH VERMA GOLD 09 ANURAG JAIN GOLD 10 RAHUL VERMA GOLD 10 TANISHQ JHA SILVER 10 NAMIT JAIN BRONZE

SKATING HIS DREAMS An all rounder Vardaan brings laurels whether at art competition, origami, handwriting, poem recitation, fancy dress, singing, dancing, quiz, swimming, he is ready to participate with great

ADVENTURE CAMP AT MRIS 14, FARIDABAD “If you want an adventure, take a step outside and experience the learning”.

Students of MRIS Sector 14 recalled the fan-

LEAVING AN IMPRESSION AT EVOLVE ’14

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MRIS-14 students winners all the way

A proud Principal with the winners

Vardaan with his trophies

tastic experiences of their learning by participating in Adventure camps. The props transformed the school and amazed the students.

The combination of fun and courageous activities like Tyre crossing, Burma bridge, Commando bridge, stepping stone, ladder climbing ,obstacle course, Zorbing, rappelling, Rock climbing , team building offered them to face their weaknesses and fight back as well as unleash their knowledge. These thrilling activities of the day provided them ample opportunities to learn the techniques of safety while climbing in a safe and controlled environment under the active support of the expert instructors who made them comfortable and ensured that kids would learn how to be part of a team. The instructors demonstrated how each equipment was to be tackled. Rapidly the children applied their initiative and embarked on the exercises as per instruction. This was followed by puppet show for the kindergarteners and borne fire for other classes.

MRIS 14, Faridabad It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it The MRIS-14 Basket ball team participated in various Inter school and National level competitions, to name some are, Youth national basketball championship, Haryana Youth state, Inter center district Pathways All India Inter School, Achiever’s club, Takshshila school Championship. In all the competitions they came out with flying colors leaving a mark on the opposite team. Apart from winning various positions for the team as a whole, players like, Deepak Choudhary and Akshay Aadhana also bagged the titles of being the “Best Players of the Tournament” which really makes the school feel proud of them. It also inspires the other team players to win more baskets.

I WANT TO READ… BUT WHAT TO READ? Bookfair at MRIS-14 To inculcate and guide students to read good books MRIS Sector 14 held a week long ‘Bookfair’ for its students. They were offered new assortment of books. Children could peruse and purchase the books of their choice.

Various activities related to story developing, title writing, slogan writing knowing about various characters from the famous stories were also conducted. The book fair gave a wide range for selection of the books to the parents too.

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AT MRIS SECTOR 14 The day dawned with vibrancy as the corridors of MRIS Sector 14 were beautifully decorated with stars, steamers, lights, Snowman, Santa Claus, Christmas Tree, reindeer and balloons. It was a festive scene all around the school. Special assemblies depicting the birth of Jesus Christ and the story of Santa Claus were presented. The whole school echoed with the laughter and songs. Grade VI added to the festive mood by presenting scene depiction on the nativity of Jesus Christ. This presentation was more special as everything right from decoration to the preparation of the activities as well as the dance was prepared by the students themselves. Students of Grade VII, IX and X learnt to make candles, and chocolates. Wnners of various competitions were felicitated by the Principal, Ms. Mamta Wadhwa .

MRIS 14 also organized a visit to Park Plaza, 21c Faridabad, for their toddlers where they had an interesting baking session. Stu-

dents had a fabulous time with Chef Manpreet Singh, who demonstrated the process of icing the cake with cream, cherries, pineapple, kiwi and gems.

EDU TRIPS Children learn as they play, most importantly, in play children learn, how to learn. Manav Rachna International School Sec-14,Faridabad believes in developing cognitive skills like Gross and Fine Motor skills, Sensory Awareness, Social & Emotional Learning, Problem Solving & Literacy. Kindergarteners and Nursery of MRIS-14 got miraculous opportunity to visit ‘Stellar Museum’ at Ambiance Mall in Gurgaon . The Stellar Children’s Museum is an interactive, play-based museum which develop foundational skills, and ignite the thirst for learning. The excitement of the children augmented when they reached seven main galleries in the museum - Invent It, Build It, Discover It, Explore It, Live It, Create It and Splash It. In each gallery they experienced many hands-on activities to blow up the curiosity. These galleries engaged children in various learning concepts through arts & crafts, science and experiments, design and construction, geography and culture, pretend play and social skills and adventure & investigation..

They spent the next hour checking out air pressure and gravity, checking their heart beat, building with foam blocks, storytelling, painting, etching and tracing, crawling through the 7 continents, sculpting their bodies on giant pin boards and so much more.

The children at play were supervised by experienced educators who have knowledge of the curriculum taught at schools and have an understanding of the emotional and academic aptitude of children . There was also a charming theatre space which hosts multiple activities, like workshops on music, dramatics and story-telling programmes for children.

The Nursery children at MRIS -14 were taken to Pizza Hut to give them a real demon-

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stration of how dough can be changed into a delicious pizza. Children were delighted to Knead and pat the dough with their hands and

enjoyed the rhyme “ roll –roll –roll the dough , roll it nice and slow , roll the dough ,roll the dough ,roll it nice and slow”. They also spread cheese and their favourite toppings on their pizza and relished their self created pizza. It was a memorable and a day full of learning for the kids as they explored the change and enjoyed their pizza party.

FITNESS WEEK A FITNESS WEEK was organized by MRIS14 for our kindergarteners from 1st to 5th December ‘14 where children were involved in many fun races, aerobics, zumba, outdoor games various other activities apart from the regular ones.

Haryana Gram Panchayat live at MRIS-14 Grade VI students participated in an activity centered on The Panchayati Raj in villages.

They were divided into two groups. First was of Panchas (the five heads) looking after the social, economic and cultural needs of the village. Second group was of the villagers sharing their problems and hoping righteousness and justice from the Panchas.

The students acted as affected villagers and placed their problems in front of the five heads. The issues related to the sanitation, hunger, poverty, water crisis, science and technology, territorial property and education were discussed. The wise decisions delivered by the Panchas satisfied all. The Panchas presented strong views about the life techniques to fight with the recession, low agricultural productivity and how to achieve development in the leading areas.

Finally all the students were encouraged by the meaningful tag lines “Padhega India tabhi to Badhega India” and focused on worthy NREGA Policy and Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan.

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MRIS 14, Faridabad LE MONDE FRANCOPHONIC À MRIS SECTOR 14

To have another language is to possess another soul.

MRIS Sector 14 gave a beautiful opportunity to its French enthusiasts by organizing French activities in which the students of grade VII presented various skits, poems, presentations etc. related to the French language and culture, in their respective classrooms.

LITERARY WEEK KG MRIS -14 organized Literary Week from 19th to 26th December’14 for the kindergarteners so that they can explore English language in a fun way. Literary Week started with independent writing where children went for a nature walk and framed sentences on anything they saw around on their inscription cards. The second day focused on enhancing their creativity even further when they were given a chance to create their own stories on topics like favourite story, jungle, beach etc and displayed their creativity by making their own story calendars.

This freedom of expression enhanced their artistic skills.

On 23rd December 2014, a magical world was woven for all of us by the elders through the interesting stories they narrated. The stories mesmerized everyone present and made a memorable experience for the kids. Kindergarteners of MRIS-14 opened their cutlery kits and learnt the tips of formal dining in the table manners club on the fourth day of the Literary Week. The children were taught not to chew with open mouth, to keep napkins on their laps while eating. The magical words thank you, please, sorry and excuse me were also woven with the activity itself to enhance their communication skills. Hence the kids learnt that good manners make sharing a meal a pleasant and

neat experience for everyone.

On the last day of the Literary Week children chose a variety of topics for their recitation .

Lohri celebrations Phir aa gayi bhangre di vari, lohri manaun d karo taiyari.

Agg de kol saare aao, sundariye mundariye jor naal gao.

Amidst the freezing cold weather and the dense fog outside, everything seems stagnant. MRIS14 celebrated the Lohri festival for their little bloomers along with their Nani and Dadi.

To make the festival special our beloved Satya Bhalla Ma’am, the dadi ji of our bloomer, graced the occasion by her presence. Mrs Deepika Bhalla, Executive Director mingled with the guests and added colour to the event.

The splash pool area was converted into a small village of Punjab. All the teachers and the guests were dressed in Punjabi attire. They were welcomed with the beats of dhol and songs.

As they settled the ritual bonfire was lit. The teachers sang Punjabi folklores and danced to its beats. The dadis and nanis could not stop themselves from dancing and singing. They all enthusiastically participated.

They also actively participated in various

fun games organized for them They had to peel and eat the boiled sweet potato to win the game.

Some tried to drink the chaas with the straw to be the winner. Tying he beautiful parandas, the treaded plait, made some of them the winners.

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excitement. They enjoyed with their grannies.

They all enjoyed the Prasad i.e. peanuts, rewari and pop corns. It certainly taught our little ones the value of being the part of joint families and the importance of the elders in the family.

The playground of MRIS – 14 turned into a typical “Punjaabi Pandaal” with ethnic decoration done with decorative pots and flowers.

Mrs Satya Bhalla addressed the gathering and initiated them to follow the path shown by our beloved Sir, Dr. O.P. Bhalla . She motivated the to take the school to greater heights. Mrs Mamta Wadhwa , the Principal, promised to keep following the path shown by her. A small musical programme was organized wherein, a medley of songs was presented, followed by a rocking performance by music teachers.

The standup comedy by Mr Manoj and Mr Ritesh was a surprise item which made everyone laugh and enjoy. This get together left an everlasting impact on the staff and also gave them a belongingness to the MRIS family.

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT SESSION FOR TEACHERS MRIS-14, Faridabad held a Personality Development session with Ms. Monika Mukherjee and Ms.Elaine Carter from the Academic Excellence team. The week long activity involved extensive discussion about the Early Years curriculum for 2015-16 for Bloom, Toddlers, Nursery and KG. This workshop was being attended by the Principal, Ms. Mamta Wadhwa, all the head mistresses of all the branches of MRIS, their co-ordinators and the teaching staff of early years of all the MRIS. This PD sessions aimed at enabling the teacher to understand and optimize the Learning Centre approach and the importance of not to confuse concepts with technical knowledge.

The consecutive sessions covered various topics like Emergent Writing, Developing early reading skills, Phonics, Assessment and its procedures and an in depth study of the Early Years curriculum.

MRIS 14, Faridabad A mesmerizing bouquet

POT POURRI

Creativity, colour and charisma : was POT POURRI which celebrated the annual event at MRIS Sector 14, Faridabad. Activities ranged from those related to Women Empowerment to launching of a rocket put together by the students which enthralled the audience and participants alike . Team MRIS kudos to a team effort !

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hether it was the Indian Parliament and Grampanchanayats or the Model United Nations or the atom which students created with material available to them, or the Launch of the rocket by the Vice Chancellor, MRIU Dr. N.C.Wadhwa, it was Pot Pourri of event which showcased a wide range of activities . The interaction in French at the “La Culture Française’’ or the issues related to Women Empowerment or whether it was the awareness of traffic rules

or the work of the Astronomy club, there was something in it for every child. Those interested in sports and Life skills had Rock Climbing Activity, Net climbing and Rappelling which made the celebration of the Annual Day totally exciting. But the grand finale : “The Awakening- A nation’s journey towards Glory”- A musical showcase of India’s history was both informative and emotional. The depth and feeling with which the children performed brought appreciation from parents, dignitaries and each

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one present at the function.

Dr N.C.Wadhwa remembered Dr O.P.Bhalla and his vision of education par excellence which the MRIS were a symbol off. Congratulations to Executive Director Mrs Deepika Bhalla, Mrs Mamta Wadhwa, Principal and her entire team for putting up such an amazing all round programme.

MRIS, 21C

Activities at MRIS 21C Preparing for Aryabhatta

Students at MRIS 21C attended special classes while preparing for the Aryabhatta exams as teachers worked hard to prepare for them for the challenge MRIS 21C believe in consistency, perseverance and continuous hard work. The qualifying Aryabhatta students were called for enrichment to the next level of the aforesaid exam. The teachers took special classes and prepared them fully for the next challenge of 32nd Aryabhatta Mathematics Competition to be held on 17th January, 2015, at Summer Fields School, Kailash Colony, New Delhi.

We wish them good luck and all the success in the forthcoming competition.

BLOOMZ IN ACTION@ MRIS-21C Students of Bloomz at MRIS 21C are given ample opportunities through various activities for balanced growth and development MRIS 21C believes in bringing up its students in a holistic way. Students of Bloomz are given ample opportunities through various activities for balanced growth. The Bloomz kids have a wonderful day, wherein they have story time, eating time, sleeping time, muscle flexing and rhythm time. The objective behind these activities is to develop gross and fine motor skills to make them ‘school ready’.

‘Universal Bindusar, a journey through India Lanes Manav Rachna International School, Sector 21 – C hosted the Annual Fest ‘Universal Bindusar…a journey through India lanes’ providing glimpses of Indian art and culture MRIS 21C hosted its Annual event ‘Universal Bindusar…’ –meaning the central point of energy flow and depicting how India is emerging as the next superpower. The theme of the event was a glimpse into the art and culture of India, a deep insight into the different states - their achievements, famous personalities, cultural heritage, monuments and India’s contribution to the world through Vedic Math, Ayurveda, Surgery (Sushruta) and the discovery of Zero. Robotics was an added flavour to the event which came live when two robots danced to the tune of a song.The science and technology corner promised to capture attention with LIVE experiments being demonstrated by the kids.The varied flora and fauna throughout India also came alive.

The programme started with the arrival of the chief guest followed by the lamp lighting ceremony.

The occasion saw the presence of Mr Bhaskar Chatterjee, (Retired IAS Officer) who was the chief guest for the occasion along with Dr Amit Bhalla (Vice President, MREI), Ms Nisha Bhalla (Executive Director – MRIS 21C and Charmwood), Ms Sangyogita Sharma (Director, MRIS 21C), Ms Seema Malhotra (Principal – MRIS 21 C) and other senior dignitaries.

Ms Seema Malhotra delivered the thank you note and expressed that events like Universal Bindusar create awareness amongst the children about Indian Heritage, values and the cultural ethos. Kids learn about their past cultural era and also about India’s contribution to the world.

A lot of research by the students and teachers were undertaken to make this event a success which earned praises from the guests and parents who made it to the event.

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TINY TOTS LEARN ABOUT CELEBRATIONS As part of hands-on experiential learning, MRIS 21C celebrated mock Birthday party under the theme ‘Celebrations’ We, at Manav Rachna, believe in imparting knowledge through hands-on, experiential learning. For the purpose, we celebrated mock Birthday party under the Theme ‘Celebrations’ at MRIS 21C. The objective behind the exercise was to make children aware of various aspects and significance related to birthday celebrations. Children enjoyed singing birthday songs, cutting cake and eating snacks. The classroom was decorated according to the birthday theme. Children wore birthday caps and eye-masks to enjoy the event and get the feel of a party.

MRIS, 21C Joy of Giving Students of Grade III of MRIS 21C visited the ‘National Association for the Blind’ and came back deeply moved by the students of that School In the pursuit of inculcating good human values through various activities which are not only captivating, but also enriching, the MRIS 21C family decided to celebrate Diwali in their own special way. The week before Diwali was celebrated as ‘Joy of Giving’ week. In this connection, students of Grade III went to visit the National Association for the Blind, KC Road, No.5, Faridabad. Students were amazed to see the blind students working efficiently. They even sang beautiful songs. The students saw one blind and deaf person writing ‘Ramayan’ in Braille, which was astonishing. It made students realize how fortunate and well-provided for, they are.The National Association for the Blind had a well-stocked Library, full of Braille books. All the students and staff members came back emotionally moved, feeling fortunate and thanking the Almighty for the privileges they have.

Declamation Activity A declamation contest was conducted at MRIS-21C on various topics wherein students put forward their ideas convincingly MRIS 21C organised a declamation contest at MRIS-21C, wherein various topics such as ‘Face to Face Or Face Book’, ‘Narendra Modi, a right choice for PM of India’, ‘Trying is better than Crying’, ‘Swach Bharat- PM Modi’s initiative – do we need it to drive ourselves’, ‘India’s Budget Mission to Mars’, ‘Junk Food – How Often?’ and ‘Which mode of studying is most effective-Group Study or Individual Study’ enabled students to give vent to their ideas and thoughts.

The students persuaded and tried to convert the thinking of everyone present there. It was a delight to see how effectively students were presenting themselves and putting across their ideas and thought processes in front of an enraptured audience.

The competition included Intra class contest and then it was an interclass competition and winners were applauded and awarded badges.

One Nation Reading Together Day MRIS-21C in association with Scholastic organized the One Nation Reading Together Day campaign to inculcate reading habits among children ‘Books are our Best Friend’--saying is one thing which we try and instill in our children. MRIS 21C in association with Scholastic organized the One Nation Reading Together Day in order to inculcate good habits among students, right from the formative years. The entire School read together at 8:30 am today for the drive. The students were very enthusiastic and participated zealously. The School was awarded a certificate issued by Managing Director of Scholastic for participating in the movement.

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Exchange of Warmth and Ideas Students of MRIS 21C had gone to visit an orphanage ‘Arya Kanya Sadan’ in Sector 15, Faridabad and came back deeply enriched and humbled With belief in continuous benevolence and good deeds to give back to society in one’s small little way and in continuation of the ‘Joy of Giving’ week, MRIS 21C students and team members had gone to visit an orphanage - ‘Arya Kanya Sadan’ in Sector 15, Faridabad. The students exchanged their ideas and thoughts with the not-as-fortunate friends there. Students of MRIS 21C had the pleasure of distributing gifts to all the girls aged 4-13 years and wished each other ‘Happy Diwali’. All the students danced and sang together. They all enjoyed drills together.

Our students felt very happy, warm and enriched with the experience. The entire objective behind the exercise was to make our students feel humbled and thank God for what they are enjoying in their lives.

Unique way of Appreciation from Parents Parents of students at MRIS-21C expressed their deep appreciation for Universal Bindusar through a gift and a letter of appreciation MRIS 21C witnessed a unique way of appreciation from the parents Mrs and Mr Rajeev Saikia for Universal Bindusar. The parents of Aarush Saikia (GradeII) and Prayan Saikia( Toddler II) had expressed that, “The school gives certificate when our children do well, same way we want to appreciate the School for conducting an excellent Annual Event.” It was a very special and heartwarming moment when the parents presented a beautiful hat from the Northeast. Another parent Mr Sunil Paliwal, father of Ananya Paliwal, wrote an appreciation letter to the school. We appreciate their gestures.

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More Shine & Spark MRIS-21C is proud of Roneek Gupta of Grade I for winning the First Prize in the 5th Annual Drawing Competition organized by the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad As part of its endeavour to encourage students to participate in various internal as well as external competitions, MRIS 21C gives students an opportunity to explore their hidden talents through competing with other participants from various schools.

Roneek Gupta of Grade I, MRIS 21C, had participated in the 5th Annual Drawing

Competition organized by Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad. We are proud to announce that he won the ‘First prize’ by drawing ‘Powerpuff Girls’ showing their power on the paper. He was awarded a certificate and INR 15,000/- cash prize for the same. We congratulate Roneek, his teacher and the proud parents.

MRIS-21C Comes Out With Flying Colours Math Prodigy at MRIS 21C With immense pleasure and pride, we would like to share a heartening news: In the recently conducted IMO (International Math Olympiad), MRIS 21C students Keshav Singhal and Urvi Kapoor have brought laurels by securing the First and FifthInternational Rank respectively.

Both of them have been awarded gold medals and certificates of excellence. In all, 258 students had appeared for the exam and out of them 18 students have received medals in var-

ious categories. We applaud their perseverance and immense hard work put in by the students, parents and teachers alike.

Code 2014

To expose children to the best of competitions available and for inculcating the winning edge among students, MRIS 21C encourages its students to do their best. Saumyak Anand of Grade V appeared in SIP Abacus on 9th November at Delhi and brought laurels by winning SIP PRODIGY 2014. The C.E.Os in the making Saanvi Gulati and Tanishq Tuteja won first prize in CODE 2014 at Apeejay Noida.We applaud the efforts of the children, teachers and the parents.

Investiture ceremony at MRIS 21C

Students Tanishq Tuteja of Grade IV and Sanvi Gulati of Grade V had gone as IT Whiz Kids of MRIS 21C to the National Annual Interschool IT Symposium ‘CODE (Confluence of Digital Experts) 2014’ held at Apeejay School Noida. Sanvi Gulati delivered the keynote address as C.E.O. of a company called Pinnacle – a gadget used for multitasking – an upcoming product (wearable technology) through a presentation in MS Powerpoint.

MRIS 21C won the ‘First Prize’ for the same.

We applaud the efforts of the students, teachers and parents.

MRIS 21C Investiture Ceremony was held to officially administer the oath and hand over the charge of various posts of school council. Shaurya Verma and Saanvi Gulati took charge as the Head Boy and the Head

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MRIS, 21C Guru Purab at MRIS 21C To celebrate Guru Purab, MRIS 21C organized a special assembly wherein the significance and religious belief behind celebrating the festival was explained to children along with ‘Shabad kirtan’ and ‘Nagar kirtan’ to make the environment serene and pious With Guru Purab being celebrated on 6th of November, MRIS 21C organized a very special assembly, wherein the significance and religious belief behind celebrating the aforesaid festival was explained to children along with ‘Shabad kirtan’ and ‘Nagar kirtan’ to make the environment serene and pious. Gidda presented by the students had made the entire atmosphere of celebration charged with positive energy. It made everyone present there clap and tap their feet to the captivating music. Students who brought in laurels in the District Roller Skating Championship 2014 and in the dance performance organized

by Jan Kalyan Sanstha at DAV Sector 14, Faridabad, were also felicitated by Principal Mrs Seema Malhotra. Ms Sarabjeet Kaur was also given a farewell as she was getting married and moving on.

All in all, it was a fun-filled and enriching day for the students at MRIS 21C.

Laurels Brought to MRIS 21C MRIS 21C believes in exposing children to the best of the opportunities available, be it academics or extra-curricular. Anushka Devgan of Grade II and Tript Balihar of Grade III brought laurels by winning gold and silver respectively in Inter school Roller Skating Championship organized by SFS Sports Academy Faridabad. The event was held at JIVA Public School, Sector 21B, Faridabad.

We congratulate the students, parents and teachers.

Santa Claus Visits MRIS 21C

Face to Face MRIS 21C organised a declamation contest at MRIS-21C, wherein various topics such as ‘Face to Face Or Face Book’, ‘Narendra Modi, a right choice for PM of India’, ‘Trying is better than Crying’, ‘Swach Bharat- PM Modi’s initiative – do we need it to drive ourselves’, ‘India’s Budget Mission to Mars’, ‘Junk Food – How Often?’ and ‘Which mode of studying is most effective-Group Study or Individual Study’ enabled students to give vent to their ideas and thoughts.

The students persuaded and tried to convert the thinking of everyone present there. It was a delight to see how effectively students were presenting themselves and putting across their ideas and thought processes in front of an enraptured audience. The competition included Intra class contest and then it was an interclass competition and winners were applauded and awarded badges.

Girl respectively. Along with this ceremony, proficiency awards for the session 2013-14 were also given to students excelling in academics, extra-curricular and external exams. The parents were invited for the event and they went back very happy and satisfied after enjoying the precious moments in their child’s life.

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Santa Junior came calling at MRIS 21C where students celebrated Christmas with class party, jam session and sumptuous plum cake We, at MRIS 21C were delighted to see Santa Junior visiting each and every classroom and greeting children ‘Merry Christmas!’ The festive air in the school created a lot of cheer, warmth and happiness as everyone sang ‘Jingle bells…jingle.. all the way’. Students enjoyed class party, jam session and sumptuous plum cake. Santa’s ‘ho ho ho’ created so much excitement among children that everyone started jumping with joy and happiness.

We take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year 2015 from Team MRIS 21C. Wishing everyone a year full of success, warmth and sunshine.

MRIS, 21C Welcome Back Students of MRIS 21C were given a traditional welcome after their winter break MRIS 21C welcomed the students to School in 2015 with tikas and blessings. It was a very auspicious day as it marked National Youth Day which is the birthday of Swami Vivekananda. The day began in the classes with prayers and chanting of the Gayatri Mantra through which everybody prayed to God for a new beginning of a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Winter celebration through ‘Lohri’ Lohri at MRIS 21C spread plenty of warmth as a bonfire was lit with students and staff dancing all around it Warmth spread throughout MRIS 21C on Lohri celebrations. The bonfire was lit and students, staff danced all around it. They enjoyed offering rewari, moongphali and popcorns, and ate them as Prasad. To grace the occasion, Director of the school, Mrs. Sanyogita Sharma, and Academic Excellence Team comprising of Ms. Monica Mukherjee, Ms. Elaine Carter and Mr. Edward Carter were present and encouraged children by participating in the celebrations. Director Ma’am spoke about the festival and congratulated everyone for the same.

Day Camp for Children

Editorial Team Learning To Interview The editorial team at MRIS-21C interviewed the Principal Ms Seema Malhotra and asked her pertinent questions The Editorial Team of MRIS 21C interviewed Principal MsSeema Malhotra and asked her questions like, ‘How is her experience in being with MRIS-21C; ‘What does she like the most about MRIS 21-C’; ‘Where does she see the school after 3 years.’ They were taught how to handle the mike, ask the right type of questions and voice modulation.

Ms Seema Malhotra also asked them questions to which they replied very enthusiastically and happily. It was an enriching and learning session for the school Editorial Team.

To mark Children’s Day, students were taken on a day camp to Family Kingdom on Agra Mathura Highway. The Students enjoyed a fun filled day which included adventure games, various rides, feel of the village life, a mini zoo, puppet and magic show At Manav Rachna, it is our constant endeavour to make National and International days enriching and fun-filled for our students. As far as Children’s Day is concerned, the entire week was dedicated to the children. All the students were taken on a day camp to Family Kingdom on Agra Mathura Highway. The students enjoyed a fun filled day which included adventure games, various rides, feel of village life, a mini zoo, puppet and magic show to name a few.They enjoyed a sumptuous meal along with taste of yesteryears food.The day culminated with a traditional farewell and souvenirs to remember the fun-filled day.

Diwali Celebrations at Mohna As part of the The ‘Joy of Giving’ week, children of MRIS 21C visited Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Mohna village, to share the joy of Diwali with the students MRIS 21C believes in caring and sharing its happiness and joy with others. The ‘Joy of Giving’ week was celebrated at MRIS 21C from 14th to 21st October 2014. In connection with the same, children had visited Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School, Mohna village, to share the joy of Diwali with the students. The children of MRIS 21C presented a mesmerizing dance performance, sang beautiful songs and presented an interesting skit based on how Diwlai can be celebrated without crackers through ‘Joy of Giving’.

The students greeted the girls at Mohna school with a token of love -small gifts.

The students of Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School also participated whole-heartedly, sang songs along with students of MRIS 21C.

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MRIS, Noida A SPECTACULAR CELEBRATION OF LEARNING Students of MRIS Noida again celebrated their journey of learning about ‘Revolution & Independence’ in Unit –6 of Paragon with great fervour and joy ‘Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.’— Albert Einstein KG students explored that art is categorized into four types —dance, music, theatre and visual art.

Students of Grade – I prepared interesting Sioux village 3 panel murals, wagon, animal skin painting and Davy Crockett hats. All the guests were delighted to see their art work exhibited in the class.

Students of grade – II displayed their learning about many tribes that live in the North West Pacific Coast-the Kwakiuti, Haida, Tlingit, Bella Coola, Makah, Quileute and Nootkah. They demonstrated great creativity and ingenuity while presenting the themes of ‘Action Verbs’ and ‘Measurement’. Students of Grade III presented the biographies of famous leaders, artists and innovators of the Western World like Thomas Jefferson and George Washington etc. Grade IV students explored and presented how the United States came into being. They presented various activities related to: Delegates’ attires, Political Cartoons, Independence puppets. The students even created their own historical newspaper—‘The American Gazette’. Students of Grade V presented the activities related to the themes of ‘Storming of Bastille’, ‘Napolean’ and demonstrated great ingenuity while displaying various activities like making of wigs, collars, currency and hats. Overall, it was a great show of enthusiasm, endeavour and the great fun lies in learning.

MRIS NOIDA STUDENTS SHONE LIKE STARS Mrities celebrated their journey of Unit – 5 of Paragon with splendid performances and unbeatable presentations of their learning through an Assembly Little kindergarten kids learnt about various harvest festivals like Thanks Giving of North America,Trung Thu festival of Vietnam etc. Apart from this they learnt a lot about the Indian festival as well like Holi, Diwali, Pongal etc. They enjoyed making masks, decorative items like rangolis, diyas and torans and made a book of celebrations putting their birthday, civic holidays and birthdays of great leaders.

Students of grade – I enjoyed learning about pilgrims who left their home and shifted to an altogether new place. On their journey of learning they learnt to create murals of ship, made longhouses, created different styled hats to answer the essential question “How do people create communities?” Their presentation through role-play and mesmerizing song explaining the voyage on ship left the gathering spellbound. Little feet tapped on a dance number, filling excitement in each and every corner. Grade – II students gained knowledge about the four main islands in Japan—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. They created beautiful murals of Japanese environment, enhanced with origami animals, map work on places in Japan, a picture of islands in Japan, Venn diagram showing the comparison between Japanese and American food, Kimono, Japanese landscape, Japanese homes, swords used by Samurai warriors and Japanese garden.

Grade – III studied about how Europeans and Native Americans interacted during the early colonial era. They enjoyed creating Beaver’s hat, Wimpum (house of Algonquian), leggings made of fur. Students of grade – IV explored Colonial America where they answered the essential question “How do people plant the seeds of a new civilization?” and considered the motives for colonizing and problems the colonists encountered during the settlement. During the session, they made colonial houses, clay buttons, butter churn, capes, bonnets and broadsides. Grade – V students learnt to answer the essential question “How do the arts enlighten us above the past?” by creating sand dolls and botanical paintings.

They also heard opera and music of that era and danced Minuet. Grade - VI students embarked on a study of our very distant past (3 million years ago – 30,000 years ago), and have been exploring the essential question, “How did humans live before the dawn of civilization?” They made the Time-lines of the Middle Paleolithic Era, Hunting tools, posters of animals belonging to that era along with the presentation. Students of grade – VII explored the rise of a new origin “Islam”. With astronomy, art, music, medicine and other streams, they learnt the contribution and impact on religion. While researching they experienced Persian music and made handmade paper and Persian Ney. The Paragon team along with Principal Ms Sunanda Grover appreciated and congratulated each and every performer for their spectacular presentation.

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INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE To commemorate and promote belief in tolerance, a special presentation was organized at MRIS Noida ‘The heart of wisdom is Tolerance.’

At MRIS, Noida, we believe that tolerance is necessary between individuals and at the family and community levels. Taking this commitment forward, a special assembly was organized to promote and shape the attitudes of openness, mutual listening and solidarity towards each other and also towards society at large, amongst the students on International Day for Tolerance.

To commemorate and promote this belief, a special presentation was organized. Discussions and speeches that followed propagated the message to the students that we all should advance against the forces of division and unite for our shared future.

MRIS 51, Gurgaon

Activities at MRIS 51, Gurgaon grandparents with lot of warmth and love.

Cartoon Parade was yet another mesmerising activity. A picnic to a nearby garden followed by a cake making activity was fun too where the children relished their self made cakes.

PUPPET SHOW FOR TODDLERS@ MRIS -51, GURGAON

INTER HOUSE RADIO JOCKEY COMPETITION To develop the personality and confidence of students an Inter house Radio Jockey competition was organized for Grades V and VI. Students from all four houses participated with zeal and enthusiasm. They presented the 3 minute witty Radio Jockey acts filled with fun, humour and songs.

For grades III and IV an Inter house ADMAD Competition was conducted where students endorsed the products in the most sellable way with jingles and rhymes. The Vice Principal, Ms Pooja Puri, congratulated the winners and encouraged the children to enhance their communication skills.

Puppets are a wonderful tool to use in the classroom for all ages. It helps in leadership, performance, and sometimes, even the courage to stand in front of our peers but also help in improving social interaction, communication, role playing, imagination, storytelling, listening, and much more. Keeping the same in mind, a puppet show was organized by the teachers for the children for Bloomz and Toddlers at MRIS-51, Gurgaon wherein our little ones had lots of fun……..

FRUIT SALAD MAKING ACTIVITY FOR BLOOMZ

A Fruit Salad Making Activity was organized for our little kids from Bloomz to inculcate the habit of eating fruits. The children learnt the importance of fruits to keep us healthy and strong GRAND PARENTS DAY, CARTOON PARADE AND VISIT TO A GARDEN Activity based teaching has always scored high where children enjoy while learning. Children celebrated Grandparents Day and welcomed their

FRIENDLY BASKET –BALL MATCH A friendly Basketball Match was played on 9.10.14 held between MRIS51, Gurgaon and the DPS INTERNATIONAL EDGE. . In the girls match, MRIS defeated the visiting team by 16 points. Both the teams immensely enjoyed the match and played with amazing skill and team spirit.

Sports is a healthy platform for interaction.

CHILDREN’S DAY MRIS-51, Gurgaon, organised Children’s Day on 14 November, 2014 which was commemorated with immense joy, enthusiasm and magnificence this year. It was a fun-filled day for the students. The teachers made the day special, as they had a lot of fun-filled activities lined for them. All the cultural items were organized and performed by the teachers.

The day began with an informative and entertaining assembly by grade 4.The special assembly was held at different levels which had informative play, enactment, songs etc.

The best part of the Children’s Day this year was, a carnival which was organized in the school premises where games stalls, tattoo corner, hair- do corner were set to surprise all the kids. The students did not wear their regular uniforms to school. Instead, they put on colourful and floral dresses as the theme was HAWAIIN for the day. The children danced to the tune of Hawaiian songs and played their hearts out by dancing with balloons around. A surprise card was also given by their teachers. The part of the assembly was organised and carried out by teachers who disguised themselves as children and presented programmes like cartoon parade, a theme based dance & drama programme named celebrating childhood etc for their beloved students.

The Vice-principal, Mrs. Pooja Puri greeted the students on this occasion and taught them to follow the path of honesty, hard work and urged them to follow the ideals of Pandit Nehru.

Paying respect to ‘Chacha Nehru’ the children from early years at MRIS-51, Gurgaon celebrated Children’s day with great passion and enthusiasm. A house garden picnic for all the early years classes was organised and the children shared their party food and played games .

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MRIS 51, Gurgaon CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas was celebrated in all its splendour at MRIS-51. The whole school wore a grand festive look with beautiful festoons and balloons. Students of grade 5 & 6 presented a program to celebrate the birth of Lord Jesus. They showcased the Nativity play with full enthusiasm. Through the play the participants encouraged the whole school to share love and compassion, brotherhood, peace and harmony. Students of Kindergarten presented beautiful carols and dance on Rudolph -the red nosed reindeer. Santa’s visit to the classrooms with chocolates for all raised the Christmas spirits. Activities like cake making and muffin making tingled the taste buds of one and all! Students and teachers alike made New Year resolutions and vowed to make this Christmas special for someone. School’s Vice Principal Ms. Pooja Puri wished everyone a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. An Inter House Christmas Carol Singing Competition was held for Grades 1-6 which created an aura of festivity. It was a treat to the ears listening to beautiful carols like Joy to the World, Carol of the bells, Silent night etc in the competition. firmed that — When the going gets tough, the tough gets going!

ADVENTURE CAMP AT MRIS-51 “Leadership is not learnt in the comfort of home.”

To encourage the spirit of adventure and discovery among students, the adventure camp for classes KG-VI was organized for two days on 30th October and 31st October, 2014 in the school campus with the expert support of Scat Adventure Cell which is a well established name in the field of Adventure Sports Activities. 292 students from class KG-VI participated in this camp.

The School field was transformed into an adventure camp. A large Commando Net, River Crossing, Burma Bridge and Trampoline had been set an arena of fun and learning. The children enjoyed activities like Double Rope, Net Crawl, Tunnel Crawl, Australian ,the nasty Harry Potter race, Trolley, Ladder, Tent pitching and confidence building exercises like Burma Bridge, Artificial wall climbing & Commando bridge,Wriggling,Tire crossing, Stepping stone, Balance walk,Velcro wall etc.

They seemed to recognize the equipment as perhaps seen in a newspaper or magazine or a sports show on television. Some even offered to describe, for the others, the thrills they could expect! The organizers then patiently explained the activities that were going to occupy the children and why these would be good for them. The games, they explained would help them to overcome their fear, learn discipline and timing, learn safety rules, besides use motor skills for better coordination.

The instructors began to demonstrate how each equipment was to be tackled.The children applied their initiative and embarked on the exercises as per instruction. Some were quicker than the others and some were cautious and more mindful of each step they took. The adventure camps only con-

NGO CHILDREN LEARN NEW SKILLS AT ADVENTURE CAMP “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

Keeping this thought in mind, MRIS-51, Gurgaon took the initiative to organize an ‘Adventure camp’ for students of an NGO ‘Literacy India’. We at MRIS-51, Gurgaon truly believe that happiness never decreases by being shared and it was evident on the faces of these children. They enjoyed many adventure activities like Burma Bridge, Commando net, river crossing, net crawling etc. Lively music and dance session pepped up everyone’s spirits.

“THERE IS NO FRIEND AS LOYAL AS A BOOK.” Katherine Patterson truly said in her words: “It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations, something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out towards people whose lives are quite different from their own.”

Keeping this wonderful saying in mind MRIS-51, Gurgaon organized the ‘BOOK WEEK’ from 8.12.14 to 12.12.14. The week got off to a sparkling start where children from class Nursery to VI participated enthusiastically in many activities i.e. e- Book Reading, Riddle time, Word Hunt, Picture Composition, Scavenger Hunt Sheet, Spooky Story Time etc. Class teachers held lively discussions with children about their favourite book and their favourite characters. During this week, we aimed at encouraging children to enjoy reading for pleasure, explore libraries and scholastic book fairs..

Children prepared their own wish list of books. They were given tick lists to fill different types of reading to spot and practise through the week. Our junior readers learnt many new terms like Thesaurus, Encyclopedias, Travelogue, Manual, Atlas etc.

Students of Grade I-VI made beautiful book marks. Vocabulary enrichment session was held through discussion and worksheets. Students of Grade V-VI made beautiful book covers and Comic strips.The last day of the ‘Book Week’ was the most enjoyable day for Nursery and K.G classes as they came dressed up as their favourite cartoon character and spoke few lines about the same. Some were dressed up as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Doraemon, Chhota Bheem etc. Children had a gala time enjoying and learning during the week…

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Activities at MRIS 51, Gurgaon EDUCATIONAL VISITS VISIT TO PETROL PUMP To provide first-hand experience and to create awareness among our little learners, a visit to petrol pump was organized under the theme “ON THE MOVE”. Children were given an effective demonstration on the delivery of petrol to the tanks of vehicles; our tiny tots were then shown underground tanks and fuel dispensers as well.

VISIT TO A BLIND SCHOOL

The students of Grade III A from Manav Rachna International School,Sector-51, Gurgaon visited Captain Chandan Lal Special Middle School for the Blind, Chandan Vihar Bahrampur, Gurgaon on 24.11.14. It was a learning experience for the students as they met blind students and understood about their lifestyle and their way of education.

They learnt about the special language for blind i.e. ‘BRAILLE ALPHABETS’. They were also made aware of the fact how learning takes place using talking clock, talking calculator and how computers are used with the help of talking software. It was a learning experience for all the students.

Health Camp at MRIS 51, Gurgaon MRIS-51, Gurgaon together with Manav Rachna International University, Faculty of Applied Science, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics organised a two day Health and Dental check-up for all the classes from BLOOMZ-VI in the school premises on 19th and 20th November,2014.

The camp commenced with dental awareness talk, educating students about common

dental ailments, especially stressing on tooth decay and gum diseases and measures to prevent them. The doctors also examined the nutritional status of the school by measuring their height and weight and counselled all the students about Healthy Eating Habits. The students were also made aware about the eating patterns and food choices which cause tooth decay.

Paragon Gallery Walk Students of Early Years and Primary Years have been thoroughly enjoying their Paragon classes.

The curriculum is very interactive and provides lot of hands- on -experiences to the students. As part of the process, students took part in lots of individual and group activities. A beautiful range of craft items as per the units (Units 5& 6) were created by our little ones.

To showcase their talent and creativity MRIS51, Gurgaon organized a Paragon Gallery Walk for Parents.

NURSERIES CREATED- Big Project: ‘Flag Banners’ • KG GALLERY- ‘Book on Celebration’ • Grade-I 2D and 3 D models of beautiful longhouses, mayflower and the teepes exploring the life of the pioneers and the Sioux.

• GRADE 2- Shamisen, tatami houses, crests and many more things.

• GRADE-3 Different kind of hats, wigwams • GRADE 4- The houses, the tube puppet • GRADE 5- Enlightenment doll, the wigs of the French elite • Special Assemblies at MRIS, 51, Gurgaon • Human Rights Assembly Human Rights Assembly was conducted by Grade II-A, on 9.12.14. Through a simple presentation, students made everybody realise the importance of human rights. The Vice Principal,Ms Pooja Puri sensitized the students towards equal right of education for all. She urged the students to make an effort to teach at least one underprivileged child for an hour every

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Sunday. The assembly concluded with the National Anthem.

“International Day of the Girl Child” On the 13th of October, the students of Grade II-D conducted the assembly on the theme “International Day of the Girl Child”.

Through a simple skit, the students of Grade II-D, made every one realize the importance of Education in empowering girls to prevent and eliminate the various forms of violence. This was followed by a talk by Ms. Susmita, class in-charge of Grade II D where she spoke about the Nobel Peace Prize which has been shared by Mr Kailash Satyarthi and Malala for “showing great personal courage” and their struggle against the suppression of children, young people and the right for all children to education.

SPIRITUS-14 Manav Rachna International School, Sector – 51 organized a Sports day Extravaganza-“SPIR-

MRIS 51, Gurgaon ITUS – 14”from December 12, 2014 to December 24, 2014 for Grades Toddlers to Grade VI. The motto was “Just play, Have fun, Enjoy the game…”. Students participated in various fun filled races (hoopla race, cone race, pack your bag race etc), theme based games (join the puzzle, Christmas bingo), Inter House events like basketball match and much more…. The excitement concluded with appreciation of the participants and winners in a Special Assembly.

Winning accolades @ MRIS 51, Gurgaon The young skaters of MRIS-51, Gurgaon brought laurels by winning six gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals in SHRI RAM POLICE PUBLIC Skating Championship-2014.

Innovation is also not left behind by MRIS-51, Gurgaon which was reflected in Inter school Ad Mad Show at Blue Bells Public School where the participants fetched II position and came out with flying colours. Another feather in the cap

was fetching II position in the event UDAAN organised by MRIS Charmwood in which a futuristic chair was designed and explained by our students brilliantly. Speaking is about good communication skills, clarity of thought and ability to express one’s own view point. With an intention to make students confident so that they fearlessly express their views on every topic they come across, competition like extempore is conducted as a platform to the students at school and Inter school level to speak their heart out.

Another Inter School Competition was organised in K.R. Mangalam where Priyanshi Singhal of Grade 6 stood III and brought laurels to school.

Assemblies at MRIS-51 are conceptualized to initiate introspection and reflection.

Gurupurab celebrations@Mris-51, Gurgaon The life and teachings of Guru Nanak Devji in-

Workshop on Essential Skills With the aim of providing soft skills for students,a workshop named‘Training Soft Skills and Assessment Tools’ was conducted by Ms. Sonia Gupta at MRIS-51, GURGAON on 22.11.14 for teachers. The objectives of the workshop were -Imbibing the value of Empathy, Enhancement of communication skills, Personality development, Development of vision of our goals and how to achieve them.

spire us eternally. On the occasion of gurupurab, children pledge to follow the path of compassion, truth and peace as shown by him. To celebrate the auspicious day of “Gurupuab” Students of grade II C of MRIS-51, Gurgaon conducted the assembly on Guruprab. Children came dressed up in Punjabi attire with their heads covered with dupattas n patkaas .They started the assembly with the shabad followed by the teachings of Guru Nanak Ji .

The Astronaut in Me!!

A workshop named “Lift Off!” and “Rocket a Space Vehicle” was conducted on 8th November for grade 1 to 6 in which 69 Students participated. The duration of the workshop was 90 minutes for each grade. Participants were introduced to the idea of rockets as a space vehicle and its working principle. The working principle i.e. Newton’s third law of motion was introduced and demonstrated to them through a balloon rocket and a car, without actually stating the same. Once they understood it, they applied the same in different types of rockets. Students then enjoyed launching their own pop rocket flying high by using easily available kitchen material i.e.

Eno and water, as rocket fuel.

WORKSHOPS To develop a close relationship between the Parents and the School various Parent-Teacher programmes were organised. These interactive programmes keep the parents informed about the overall performance and learning of their child.

Sound and letter workshop @ MRIS-51, GURGAON Keeping the same in mind, we at Mris-51, Gurgaon organized a sound and letter workshop for parents where in Ms. Elaine and Ms. Monica made parents aware of the phonics concept in a detailed way.

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Workshop on Values A workshop was conducted for teachers on “Values and teaching”. Teachers were briefed about the ‘Standards for professional educators’.

The workshop also focussed on, professional educators have some responsibility and obligations towards students, parents, society and community, colleagues.

Art and craft workshop @ MRIS 51, Gurgaon “A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER” A workshop based on reduce, reuse and recycle was conducted by Mr Ravinder Singh at MRIS 51, Gurgaon for the teachers and parents.

Teachers and parents thoroughly enjoyed the hands on activity and made beautiful flowers.

They were highly inspired to be constructive and took pledge to use the waste material to turn into the best usable product.

Teaching children to be safe: by Ms Deepa Aggarwal, School counsellor A talk organized from 9 September 2014 - 8 October 2014 for students of classes Nursery Grade V was followed by a cartoon clip which was shown to the children helped them to understand about good and bad touch. The aim of the workshop was to make children understand the importance of being safe and made them aware of how to be safe.

Keeping healthy MRIS-51 organized a workshop on Breast Cancer Awareness on 20th December, 2015 by Dr. Rachna Singh, an experienced gynaecologist, currently associated with MAX Hospital. Teachers and Mothers of our little Bloomers attended the workshop. Dr. Rachna Singh explained its types, symptoms, causes and cures. Early detection and increased screening and tests were explained and stressed upon. It was a fruitful session for everyone.

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Superkids’ Carnival @ MRIS Ludhiana

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