HIGHLIGHTS

⮚Results 2019-2020

⮚Student Enrichment Sessions

⮚Various Competitions

⮚Special Assemblies

⮚Independence Day Activities

⮚Creative Writing

⮚Teachers’ Skill Enhancement

Issue July- September 2020

E-Newsletter

From The Editor’s Desk

Principal’s MessageMs. Seebaluck

Nelson Mandela has rightly said, “Education is the most powerful weapon

which you can use to change the world.” In these unprecedented times, if

there is anything that can lead us to normalcy, it is education. Empowered

with technology, the teachers at Cambridge are reaching out to each and

every child, ensuring adequate emotional support required at this juncture

and with online PTM sessions, the institution has strategically kept parents

in the loop.

For each one of us, to learn, unlearn and discover has become the new

mantra. Every teacher, who is nothing less than a frontline COVID 19

warrior, has adopted this new mantra to give the very best to the children.

We shall overcome – all of us together.

‘The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a

success.’ And, the CBSE results have once again reinforced the fact that the

school has kept pace with this success. Keeping up with the times, students

have been engaged in numerous activities with the help of myriad methods

and it’s overwhelming that the students and the parents have responded very

positively. In addition to regular classes, students have enthusiastically

taken part in several school activities. The teaching faculty members are

also taking part in learning programs and have successfully reinvented

themselves to give their best in these changing times.

Together, let’s create what Charles Dickens referred to as the ‘best of times’in these ‘worst of times’.

TIMES SCHOOL SURVEY 2020

The school has been ranked 5th among the top 10 schools of South East

Delhi in the Times School Survey conducted across Delhi/NCR for the year

2020. The month long research took into consideration various

parameters which were analyzed after an intensive desk research, factual

and perceptual survey based on data collected from the school teachers,

parents of existing students and students themselves.

It is also a moment to express sincere gratitude towards the parents who

have supported the school in all endeavours and helped it to evolve with

the changing paradigm of education. The unwavering support and words

of appreciation are a constant source of motivation. Let the synergistic

efforts take the school to greater heights!

CBSE BOARD EXAM RESULT 2019-20

The Class XII students have set a new benchmark withtheir hard work and perseverance to achieve outstandingresults in the AISSCE 2019-20. All the students havesecured first divisions, with 184 out of 213 studentsobtaining overall distinctions and 65 pupils scoring 90% andabove. This year the average overall performance reachedthe highest of all years with 84.66%.

Bhavya Bansal (Commerce) with 98.4% is the schooltopper, followed by Disha Sisodia (Humanities) with 98%and Shuchi Tarini (Humanities) with 97%. Yukti Rastogi andMohammad Momin excelled in the Science stream with96%.

The Class X result in AISSE 2019-20 had 221 out of 236students securing first divisions, with 155 obtaining overalldistinctions and 35 students scoring 90% and above. Thisyear the average overall performance was 78.51%.

Lakshay Neem became the school topper with 95.6%followed by Shreya Aggarwal with 95% and Saniya Firozwith 94.8% as second and third rank holders respectively.

STUDENTS SCORING 90% AND ABOVE

SNO NAME PERCENTAGE

1 BHAVYA BANSAL 98.4

2 DISHA SISODIA 98

3 SHUCHI TARINI 97

4 DEEPIKA BANSAL 96.8

5 MANSI GUPTA 96.4

6 HIBA HAIDER RIZVI 96.2

7 YUKTI RASTOGI 96

8 MOHAMMAD MOMIN 96

9 ARYAN VIMMI ARORA 96

10 SAMYAK JAIN 95.8

11 BHAVNA SINGH 95.8

12 ABHINAV PRAKASH 95.6

13 ISHITA GUPTA 95.6

14 SYED ALTAMISH 95.6

15 TWISHA MAKHIJA 95.4

16 D JANANI 95.4

17 NIRANJAN R RAJA 95.2

18 NAVYA REHAN 95.2

19 KARTHIK PRASHANT 95

20 SUSHANT KUMAR JHA 94.6

21 DHAIRYA KHANDELWAL 94.6

22 KRITIKA JAIN 94.4

23 MOHD DANISH ASAD 94.2

24 TUNMAY KHURANA 94.2

25 OMAR AHMED 94

26 ANJALI CHOUDHARY 94

27 SARA KHAN 94

28 PRIYA SETHI 93.8

29 PARTH PUNIA 93.8

30 YUSUF PERVEZ KHAN 93.8

31 SAMEEHA ALAM 93.8

32 ANIQA 93.6

33 ISHWARI AGARWAL 93.6

34 MOHAMMAD ZAID 93.6

35 DEVESH BAISOYA 93.4

36 ARUSH UL ISLAM 93

STUDENTS SCORING 90% AND ABOVE

SNO NAME PERCENTAGE

37 MOHD ZAID 93

38 ANAM ABBASI 93

39 ANTARA KUNDU 92.8

40 PRERNA SAH 92.8

41 HARDIK JAIN 92.6

42 GOBIND VERMA 92.6

43 RISHI RAJ SHARMA 92.6

44 SHIVANSH BANSAL 92.6

45 SAKSHAY CHAUDHRY 92.6

46 YUDISH CHAKRAWARTY 92.4

47 PRACHI KUMAR 92.2

48 RIDA KULSUM 92

49 SAMIA NAVED 92

50 ROHAN KUMAR SINGH 91.8

51 KAMRAN AKHTAR 91.8

52 SUPRIYO DAS PURKAYASTHA 91.8

53 MOHAMMED SAQIB MASOOD 91.6

54 ADITYA BORA 91.4

55 UJJWAL SIL 91.4

56 ANSHUL GARG 91.2

57 RADHIKA SHARMA 91.2

58 ALFISHA MUSTAFA 90.8

59 TEJAS BABAN JADHAV 90.6

60 ROYAL SAI 90.6

61 TRIPTI GUPTA 90.4

62 ANMOLIKA CHAND 90.4

63 YASH SHARMA 90.2

64 AKSHAY SODHI 90

65 SHIKHA DWIVEDI 90

CLASS X RESULTS

CLASS

STUDENTS SCORING 90% AND ABOVE

SNO NAME PERCENTAGE

1 LAKSHAY NEEM 95.6

2 SHREYA AGGARWAL 95

3 SANIYA FIROZ 94.8

4 SIMRAN TYAGI 94.4

5 TANMAY SOOD 94.2

6 SADHYA GUPTA 93.8

7 G KAVIN RAJAN 93.6

8 TANYA YADAV 93.6

9 GAURAV SHARMA 93.6

10 SHRADDHA BHAMBRI 93.4

11 AARUSHI KAUSHIK 93.2

12 MOHD HUZAIFA GHYAS 93.2

13 FARHA ANJUM SEHRAWAT 93

14 FALAK ANJUM 93

15 ARPITA DAS 92.6

16 AABEER GHOSH 92.6

17 AYESHA FATMA 92.2

18 ALEENA HAYAT 92

19 TANISH 92

20 SARAH KHAN 91.8

21 MOHAMMAD ARIF 91.8

22 SYED ADNAN KAZMI 91.6

23 ATIYA AHMAD 91.6

24 ZAKI MOHSIN 91.6

25 AAKASH RANJAN 91.6

26 ADITYA AHUJA 91.6

27 TANYA NAGAR 91.2

28 HARSHIT ARORA 91.2

29 LAKSHEY SAINI 91.2

30 YUVRAJ SINGH GORAYA 90.8

31 TAQUI HASSAN 90.6

32 TANISHA MORA 90.6

33 SANSSTUTI AGGARWAL 90.2

34 HARSHITA BIDHURI 90

35 MAHAK TANEJA 90

ONLINE TEACHING SESSIONS

The quest for learning is unquenchable. In order to create the best learning

environment, various online teaching learning platforms have been explored.

At present, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams have been inculcated as the primary

mode of online teaching-learning sessions. In addition to these platforms, Google

Classroom is being used to provide all the enrichment material at one place for the

students to access.

The interactive learning has got strengthened with the effective and safe use of

screen sharing to show and discuss live videos, flowcharts, PowerPoint

presentations, engaging activities, assignments, separate practical periods, doubt

clearing sessions and periodic tests through Google forms. The parents have

regularly been updated about their child’s progress through virtual PTMs.

CSS teachers are tirelessly working towards the holistic development of the

students. Various inter-section activities are organised every month to recreate the

offline school environment and to lend them a hand that helps them to step out of

their books. Regular class assemblies accentuate this feeling further.

Exploring new avenues of learning

The school resumed after the summer break with the virtual

Investiture Ceremony to appoint the Prefectorial Council for 2020-

21. The newly appointed prefects of each class promised to adhere

to the rules and regulations of the school and become role models

for others by maintaining an atmosphere of friendly cooperation,

peace, discipline and unity.

PREFECTORIAL COUNCIL 2020-21*

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to eachother."

-John F. Kennedy

STUDENT ENRICHMENT SESSIONS

The school arranged various online sessions for the students toenhance their learning that facilitates holistic development. Thesesessions were conducted by reputed institutions and professionals.The details of the events are as follows:

“Education is simply the soul of a society as itpasses from one generation to another.”

-G.K. Chesterton12

DATE TOPIC CONDUCTED BY ATTENDED BY

13 & 14 June

2020

Democratic Virtual

Model United Nations

Mount Abu Public School, Rohini Students of Class

XI

17 July 2020 Coping with the New

Reality

Mrs. Smita Barooah, mental health

therapist

Students of XI and

XII

20 June 2020 Online Aptitude Test-

Insight

CSS and University of Petroleum and

Energy Studies

Students of Class

XII

26 July 2020 Mastering the Art of

Persuasion,

Argumentative and

Public Speaking

Strategies for School,

Debating, Business &

Politics

Student group- Youthopia and Miha

Andric, internationally renowned

debating and public speaking trainer.

Sloka Vineetha

Chandra, Class XI

28 July 2020 EU - India Relations,

EU-India collaboration

during the COVID 19

Pandemic and the

Importance of

Sustainability for EU

and India

EU delegation in India and Mr.

Raimund Magis, Deputy Head of

Delegation to India and Charged

affaires

Mrs. Piyali Patra,

Mrs. Ritu Khanna

and students from

Classes X and XI.

17 and 18

August 2020

Virtual Model United

Nations

Cambridge School Noida Students of classes

VIII-XI

22 and 23

August 2020

Secular fabric of Indian

Society, Preventing

Exposure of Children

to Drug use, and the

Question on

Sovereignty with

emphasis on Syrian

War System.

Birla MUN Students of class

X and XI

25 August

2020

Elementary Shapes Cambridge School Noida Students of Class

VI

PUJA SINHA ROY

Evan Gupta of VI C secured the second position in the Jingle Mingle

Event*, organized by Air Force School, Subroto Park for reciting a musical

jingle on the ‘Discovery and Working of Elevators’.

EU Goes to School*

1st session of EU Goes to School, was

held online to connect and engage

with the youth of the nation.

Puja Sinha Roy of VIII A

participated in an online inter

school event LITERATI 2020

organised by Amity

International School, Gurgaon.

She secured the second

position for writing a novella.

The artwork of Dhrov Tikkoo of Class VII

was published in The Curious Times

Weekly under the category, Covid-19

Reflections. The Curious Times provides

a platform to young artists to express

themselves through colours.

Dipanshu Barua of Class VII A bagged the first position in Scratch

Programming Contest* organised by Adarsh Public School on the topic,

'Covid Ready School'. He created an attractive and persuasive project

assuring the people that our school is COVID ready. A lot of interesting

tools along with text to speech extension were used.

Abhay Gupta and Abhik Sethi of

XII C participated in Insta Biz

event of ECOMBAT 2020*

organised by Ahlcon Public

School, Mayur Vihar and secured

the first position. They have also

got an offer for an internship with

a startup firm.

E-commerce sector meet*

Swara Ved of XII C was adjudged the

best corporate representing

Walmart at the All India Business

Conclave Online 4.0 in the E-

commerce Sector held on 18th July.

Deepika Ghosh of class XII E participated in Interschool Music Competition -

CRESCENDO hosted by Amity International School, Mayur Vihar. She

participated in two events. She sung ‘Who's Lovin' You’ by Jackson 5 for Solo

Singing event and sung her self-composed song for the original composition

event. She received the consolation prize in the Solo Singing event.

The students of Fashion Studies

participated in an Interschool

Competition, Iridescence 2020,

organized by Carmel Convent School,

Chanakyapuri on 18th August. Areeba

Khan, Gargi Singh and Rupali Khanna of

XII E secured the third position in the

‘Re-style the Robe’ event to showcase

their designing skills by making new

outfits out of old or worn-out clothes.

The topic for the event was ‘SpringCollection’.

INTER-SECTION ACTIVITIES

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MEANWHILE, ON THE ‘VIRTUAL’ CAMPUS:CSS conducted an online competition, Assemblage* in which

students used various materials intelligently to portray their

creativity and redefine Fine Arts.

The winners in the primary, middle and senior categories are

as follows:

PRIMARY:

1. Tapasya IV-B - First

2. Iva Bhadana IV-A – Second

3. Saira Ahmad III-A – Third

MIDDLE:

1. Tanvika VIII-D - First

2. Anishka VII-A - First

3. Dipanshu VII-A - Second

4. Alisha VII-C- Third

5. Kirti Aggarwal VIII-D- Third

SENIOR:

1. Sloka XI-E - First

2. Krishna IX-A - Second

3. Jhanvi Madan XII-B - Third

Students of Classes VI and VII participated

in an online environmental survey, Green

School Project's Audit@Home conducted

by the Centre for Science and

Environment from 13th-20th July to assess

and improve their homes, rate their

household practices and adopt greener

ones. The main objective was to make

students understand various

interconnections that play out and add to

climate change. For instance the

relationship between waste management

and air pollution.

To encourage home learning, an

activity of making Pin-hole Cameras

was held on 30th July for students of

Classes V and VI. The activity was

conducted in sequential steps

whereby students were briefed

about its working principle. These

steps were followed by students and

they were able to make their pin-

hole cameras successfully.

To celebrate brotherhood and

togetherness, students of Classes III-

VII designed creative Rakhis* at

home using recycled materials.

A Poster Making activity was organized for Class IV students online, on the

Google Meet, on 20th August. Students were asked to create a poster on

Nature using MS –Word software and they created inspiring artwork using

the technology.

Online On the Spot Painting Competition*

was held on 20th August for Classes XI - XII

on the topic, ‘What will the world look like

on 20.08.2021?’ Students made some

interesting, thought-provoking artworks.

Muaaz Ahmed (XIIA) secured the 1st

position followed by Shreeja Dutta (XI B)

and Arshita Aneja (XII C) at the 2nd

position and Aaradhya Rastogi (XI F) along

with Dhruv Bansal (XI A) at the 3rd

position.Inter-section Mathematics Quiz* for

Class X was conducted on 25th August on

Kahoot. Harshveer Singh Chahal of X F

secured the 1st position followed by

Pratham Bansal of X D at the 2nd and

Humayl Safdar of X E at the 3rd position.

X D held the 1st rank followed by X B and

C at the 2nd and 3rd ranks respectively.

An Intersection Hindi Story Telling Competition was organised for the students of Class IV

on 25th August. The young and vibrant storytellers came forth virtually, before friends and

parents, with wonderful tales. The stories were of different genres, while some stories

provided food for thought, some strengthened moral values.

Online Inter-section English Competition,

'Stepping out of the Books’* for Class V

was held on 25th August. Vibhor Sharma

and Hamdan Shahid of V A secured the

1st position followed by Abheem Verma

of V B, Vinayak Pandey of V A, Akshara

Bhatia of V A and Tabinda of V B at the

2nd position. Omar Abdullah of V A and

Advika Ingle of V B stood 3rd.

Online Science Quiz – Qriosity* was

conducted for Classes XI and XII on 25th

August. Gungun Bansal and Kaushik Das of

XII A secured the 1st position followed by

Abhishek Thakur and J. Abhishek Rao of XII

B at the 2nd and Arijit Adhikari and

Shreeja Dutta of XI B at the 3rd position.

Inter-section Literary Quiz* for Class X was conducted online on 26th August. All the

students participated in the first round. In the consecutive rounds, the short-listed

participants had to identify the authors, poets, Nobel laureates and proverbs. The first

position was secured by Hamsa Faheem of X C, the second and third positions were

bagged by Amaan Mohsin of X F and Sukriti Chawla of X D respectively.

An Advertisement Making and Analyser Competition* was organised for the

Commerce students of Classes XI and XII on 26th August. The advertisement made by

Aditya Sinha, Arpita Das, Ishaan Saxena and Shraddha Bhambri of XI C of a

biodegradable pen got the 1st position. Abid Sarfaraz, Jasmine Kaur Uppal, Sansstuti

Agarwal and Tanmay Sood of XI D were the best Ad Analysers.

A Cartoon Making Activity* on MS Paint

was held for Class III students on 26th

August. Fariha Tabassum and Mohammad

Ibrahim secured the first position followed

by Prativ Joshiya and Shiza Shariq at the

second position. Syed Aabid Ali, Mysha Saifi

and Naba Malik stood third in this keenly

contested competition.

A virtual Inter-section Science Quiz for Class VIII on Agriculture and its Practices in

India was conducted on 27th August. Two participants from each section were

selected through a Preliminary round in the second week of August. The quiz

comprised of seven rounds- MCQs, Identify the tool and tell its purpose, Who Am I,

Unscramble the Jumbled names of plants, Audio-Visual Round, Crossword Puzzle

and True-False round. Students enjoyed participating and learnt interesting facts.

Patriotic Theatrical Presentation by Class X*

Students of Class X presented a patriotic

endeavour Jashan-E-Azaadi wherein they

dressed up as various revolutionaries and

delivered monologues.

An Inter-section Story Narration

Competition for Class IX was held on

27th August. The twelve young vibrant

storytellers came forth with wonderful

tales of famous authors like Ruskin Bond,

O.Henry, Guy de Maupassant to name a

few. Some stories were also self-written.

Aadittayan Roy of IX C bagged the first

position. Kulsoom Parveen of IX C and

Somin Sajid of IX F shared the second

position and Azqa Arif of IX E was

awarded the third position.

On 27th August an Inter-section Activity- Just a Minute was organised for the

Psychology students of Classes XI and XII. The aim of this activity was to

encourage students to express their views on various topics such as psychological

disorders, social media addiction, unconditional positive regard, emotions,

overthinking and contributions of famous psychologists. Paridhi Joshi of XII E

secured first position for touching upon the impact of depression. Saima Nida of

XI B secured the second position for articulating her views on Freud’spsychosexual theory of personality development. Third position was secured by

Shubhr Arora and Nabiha of XI E. Shubhr shed light on bipolar disorder while

Nabiha talked about social media addiction.

The Mathematics Tangram Activity

for Class V was held on 28th August

wherein participants used their

imagination to put different pieces

and shapes into different pictures.

The school organized virtual Theatre in

Education - Cut it Out - Toon Enactment

for students of class VI on 31st August.

Students enacted the roles of various

famous cartoon characters caught amidst

the pandemic. Some of the characters

who were brought to life were Elastic Girl,

Chhutki, Shinchan, Oggy, Princess Sophia,

Minnie Mouse and Cinderella. They

presented various scenarios like online

classes and panel discussion about the

pandemic. Students from all sections and

teachers from other schools joined to be a

part of the event.

३ सितंबर को कक्षा िातव ं के छात्ों द्वारा ' रंगमंच में शिक्षा' के अंतर्गत 'प्रशिद्द श ंदीकशिताओं की नाटकीय प्रसु्तशत' आयोसितसकया र्या। सििमें केम्ब्रिि सू्कल क िभ शाखाओं के अध्यापकर्ण क र्ररमामयउपम्ब्रथिसत रह । इिमें िातव ं कक्षा के िभ अनुभार् िे दो-दो छात्ों के द्वारा अलर्-अलर्कसव एवं कवसयत् के द्वारा रसित कसवताओं क नाटक य प्रसु्तसत क र्ई।

Online On the Spot Painting Competition

for classes IX and X was held on 29th

August. The topic was ‘Make an Abstract

Painting inspired by Nature’. Students used

their brilliant ideas and creativity to create

artwork with different mediums. Chesta

Singh of X C and Hiba Ali of X F secured the

1st position followed by Inshirah Amir of X E

and Mariya Jamal of IX D at the 2nd

position. Aafreen Mairaj of IX E, Samarth

Aggarwal IX F and Sumit Yadav of X C stood

third in the competition. Aryan Sandhu of IX

F received a special mention for his artwork.

ONLINE ASSEMBLIES

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The school observed World Environment Day on 5th June with

Biodiversity as its theme this year. Biodiversity makes it possible for

humans to survive on this earth as it is an intricate web of

interdependent species and the removal of even one can lead to the

alteration of life as we know it. On this occasion, the students took a

pledge to protect, restore and preserve biodiversity for a better

future.

On 22nd June, the school resumed online classes after the summer

vacation and students began the day with a tribute to the Indian Army

and healthcare workers guarding the country in these unprecedented

times. The special assembly began with the school prayer followed by

a two-minute silence to pray for the martyred soldiers and Covid-19

victims. It was followed by inspiring speeches, songs and poems

presented by the students on the courage and grit of our soldiers

protecting the nation from foreign invasion and medical warriors

fighting the battle against the pandemic.

Each class conducted virtual assemblies in July on various themes such

as Never Give Up, Patience, Music, Positivity, Confidence, Gratitude,

Strength, Mental Health, Time Management, Meditation, etc. The

students presented inspirational speeches, recited heart-touching

poems and presented mono acts from home.

ONLINE PARENT TEACHER MEETINGS

Online PTMs were held on 4th July 2020* and on 29th August

2020 for classes III - XII. Parents joined the online platform

sessions at the specific time slots provided by each class teacher.

The teachers discussed the well being of each student with the

parents, besides sharing the academic plan, assessments and

overall performance reports of their wards. Parents

acknowledged the efforts of teachers for creating an engaging

virtual classroom environment and assured to cooperate with the

school in this joint venture.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. -Albert Einstein

SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES

CSS celebrated Independence Day 2020* with patriotic fervour

and virtual unity. The events and activities started from 11th

August and culminated on 15th August with the Flag Hoisting in

the school premises.

The day was graced by Mr. Vikram Roy, Manager, Ms. Aanchal

Ahuja, Alumnus (Batch of 2011), Senior Analyst, Ernst & Young

and Mr. Akshay Ahuja, Alumnus (Batch of 2015), Tax Consultant,

Deloitte, Ms. Seebaluck, Principal and school staff members.

Mr. Roy stressed on the need to liberate minds from rigid ideas

of living with disagreements and finding flaws in everything. The

Principal thanked all the students, staff members and parents

for their active participation in the week long Independence Day

celebration activities, encouraged them to utilise every

opportunity of learning and to be good citizens.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS

CSS initiated the celebration of Independence Day 2020 on 10th

August* through a myriad of activities. These included video

projection of documentaries, role play, singing patriotic songs,

sharing of memories and live chat with students' grandparents on

India's achievements in the last 73 years. The Freedom Platter,

English Volte Face competition on 'Independence is only defined by

individual intelligence and courage’, Hand and Face painting,

planting of saplings by students and teachers, Kite Making, also

saw enthusiastic participation of the Cambridge fraternity.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS

The celebrations continued on 13th August* with various

activities. These included Rangoli Making, Non-fire Cooking,

Panel Discussion, T-Shirt painting and Poster Making on Unity in

Diversity.

DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS

‘The way to success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge’. To enable the members of the teaching faculty continue their pursuit

of knowledge, department presentations were made as follows:

Physics Department gave a

presentation on the Physics of Modern

Transport Solutions on August 07,

2020*

English Department made a

presentation on 'An Introduction to

American Fiction’ on August 14, 2020*

Economics Department gave a

presentation on Economic Growth

and Sustainable Development on

August 21, 2020*

Sociology Department made a

presentation on 'Living

Traditions Of India- Do They

Have a Future?' on 28th August

2020

The Hindi Department made

a presentation on 'अंगे्रजीसू्कल में श ंदी पढाना/शिखाना' on 18th September 2020*

The Chemistry Department

made a presentation on ‘Air Pollution-Prevention and its

Measurement’ on 4th September 2020.

The Biology Department gave

a presentation on 'Body and

Mind-Are They Connected?'

on 11th September 2020*

OUR CREATIVE PURSUITS…THE MYSTERIOUS ICON

Once upon a time,

There was an online class,

There are three types of matter,

The class is full of chatter,

About a form called Gas!

Then, our teacher receives a sudden request,

To join the meeting,

After all,

It is not a real class,

Because there is no arrangement for seating.

" Does anybody know him?“The teacher asks.

A kid scratched his head with his video off,

" I have finished all of the home tasks!“A girl told the ma’am.

" Is he a hacker?'' Everybody thought,

Everybody wondered,

with panic all around

On second thought,

panic is not around,

'cause social distancing is in town!

Arisha Tripathi V-B

AN ANGRY SUN

Once upon a time the Sun lived on land. He was

very friendly. He had tried to make friends. He

wanted to play with children but no one would

play with him because he was very hot. One day

he was very angry because no one played with

him. He did not know the reason behind it. So,

he started to tease people. Now people were in

trouble. So, they prayed to God to get rid of the

Sun. God heard their prayers. He appeared on

land and sent the Sun to the sky. In this way,

Sun started to live alone in the sky.

Tanush III-A

WE ARE PROUD INDIANS

We are Indians proud and free

We are Indians who forced the British to

flee

This is the land of gurus and sages,

Learning and growing in wisdom for ages,

We are proud of our mountains and hills,

No matter how sick, our soldiers never take

pills.

India’s culture none can beat,Ours is a nation none can defeat.

Whether you are a Hindu or Muslim people

live here in unity,

We are Indians proud of our diversity.

Our nation’s forests are very pretty, They indeed reflect prosperity

So let’s pledge not to fight,Rather be our own light.

Vibhor V-A

Suvansh Atal VII-F

RAINY SEASON

The rainy season is also known as monsoon

season. It starts in the month of mid of July

and lasts until mid- September. It is an

enjoyable season but enjoying too much in

rain can cause some diseases like fever, cold

and flu, malaria, dengue, typhoid and many

more which can harm us a lot. We must not

collect rainwater near a dirty place and

maintain hygiene properly. We should not

drink any cold beverage and eat warm items.

Avoid eating any uncovered food. We must

eat foods that build our immunity like garlic,

bitter gourd, etc. We need to drink soup,

ginger tea, warm milk, etc. They would build

our immunity. We should wear clothes made

with the cotton fabric which are perfect for

the monsoon season. All of us must take

precautions against diseases.

Muneeb Danish V-B

IF I HAVE NO FREEDOM

If I have no freedom

I will be locked in my kingdom

I cannot go outside

I cannot see the world far wide

I cannot go anywhere in the

countryside

My happiness will be dead

If there is no freedom in my kingdom

I cannot see the trend

And cannot talk to my friend

I will be very sad

Because no freedom is very bad

Mohd. Hammad IV-B

FIRST TIME EVER

It was a pandemic,

With things happening for the first time ever.

Two superpowers being polemic,

Among the doctors who endeavoured.

Every country was locked down,

And the people were locked in.

Though unwillingly in their own towns,

Hoping someday they could win.

Now when everyone was aware,

Of a hindrance to success,

Of an emergence of despair,

They started finding ways to de-stress.

People envied a different world,

Free from unknown viruses,

Which once become a lesson their lives had

learned,

And made them suffer from sleeplessness.

Puja Sinha Roy VIII A

COVID SUPERHEROES

Stay safe and stay at home,

Enjoy family time and don’t roam,Eat healthy home ‐ cooked food,Try to stay in a positive mood.

Wash your hands for 20 seconds,

Order online and stop all your errands,

Read a book or cook a recipe,

Believe me it’s a great therapy.Policemen are doing their best,

Working for every hour without any

rest,

They tell us to do whatever you may

like,

And request to stay inside.

Doctors are working day and night,

Please understand their plight,

They are risking their lives for us,

So that we live long without any fuss.

Let’s pledge to help them,By staying at home and take the helm,

Only you can stop it from spreading,

Stay safe and stay home the world is

begging.

Mohammed Rayed VI-D

Gargi Singh XII E

GLOBAL WARMING

Hello everyone good morning

We have to look after our global warming,

If you're done with your breakfast

Then get up and give water to plants,

If you're planning to buy a car then share it

with your locals till far,

Hey, have you heard about floods,

droughts, wildfires and earthquakes?

They all are caused by global warming, so

get up what are you waiting for friends?,

This world has become very dirty,

So we have to take care of it's beauty,

Get up and plant trees in our self made hell

So that we can breathe well,

Start planting trees, saving water, saving

electricity and using carpool etcetera,

So our Mother Earth will be pure in the

new era.

Zaynah Khan VII-E

A STORMY DAY

I love rainy days as we can jump in

puddles, wear raincoats and play in the

rain. It is always fun on rainy days. But I

hate rainy days if I am at home. It is so

boring, we can’t go out and play,

especially when I am alone in the house.

So as I was alone at home one day, I

thought of having fun in the house. I

started playing tennis in the house. After

playing I noticed that I have made a

mess. I broke all the kitchen utensils and

my mother’s favourite vase. When I went

into the room, I saw that I broke my little

sister’s favourite soft toy (My sister had

gone shopping with my mother).I was

doomed! If I didn’t fix this all, my

mother would kill me. Then I got an idea!

I thought to tell my mother and my sister

that a thief broke into the house and

when I started fighting with him, he

made a mess and went away. I thought

my mother and sister would fall for this

trick. I waited for them and told

everything as I planned. But my mother

understood that I was lying, and I don’teven want to think what happened next.

From that day onwards, I hate sitting

inside the house on rainy days.

Samanvaya Rajesh VII-D

GHOSTS

Ghosts are around us, they peek,

With us, at night ,they play hide and seek!

They give you a fright ,

On dark stormy nights!

You see their shadows on the walls

And on dark empty halls!

You can hear their spooky cries,

Through the walls, here & there they fly!

In an old fearful haunted house they live,

Spine chilling cries they give.

Outside the building, people don't dare

To go near the Ghost's Spooky Lair.

Priyam Aneja IX-B

A GIRL

Lil’ one asked God, ‘What is my mistake?’Why did they forsake?

How did I cause so much heartache?

The love that was so fake.

I told them I was born as a girl,

Born, to shine like a pearl,

In my own little world,

To swirl and swirl.

They confined me at night,

Emancipated me by twilight.

This misogynist and patriarchal mind,

Was the reason of my plight.

They blamed my clothes,

As the reason behind provokes,

I considered them as jokes,

And still had big hopes.

I felt distraught.

When I was caught

I had this forethought,

So, I fought and fought.

Then, I rose,

And gave them blows.

I showed them, I was not low,

And, I could glow and glow.

God, power to you!

Because only you knew,

That all I need,

Is freedom indeed.

Sana Alvi X-B

MAHIRA KHAN IX-E

In a Pensive Mood…

Why is that we often take for granted the very things that deserve

our gratitude the most? Why are we not grateful about the

blessings bestowed upon us? Have you ever thought where you will

stand if all of your existing blessings were seized?

The problem is that people take things for granted on a daily basis,

they think all of their possessions will last with them forever. You

only know how cold it is when you are no longer protected by

layers. You only feel pain when it is inflicted. You only feel power of

light when you’ve spent time in darkness. You only realise true

significance of something when you’re devoid of it.

Instead of chasing for a better thing, don’t forget that you have a

treasure lying beside you. Appreciate what you have before it

becomes what you had. Prioritise your family, friends and loved

ones over work. Allocate time for people you care. Value them for

you never know when you’re seeing someone for the last time. The

best token of appreciation is from the heart. Praise and gratitude

can go a long way in uplifting your lives.

Parneet Kaur Bhullar XII- A

THROUGH THE LENS OF THE MIND

On the eve of our Independence Day, I am reminded of a quote by Albert

Einstein, “Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by

individuals who can labour in freedom.” This makes me ponder on how

important is an individual’s role in defining and upholding independence?

It is true that our country became independent 73 years ago, but in terms of

individual freedom, are we not slaves to

the societal, cultural and

religious pressures and taboos? As a

family-oriented society, we make

others happy at the cost of our

suffering and color it as a great

sacrifice when we observe our

freedom sabotaged through intrusion, interference and emotional

pressure. Do we, as a society, really appreciate and encourage individual

independence and freedom?

Across the times, freethinkers have been attacked by totalitarian forces-

Galileo Galilei, Leonardo da Vinci, Martin Luther King and even Malala

Yousufzai. It points to the fact that the political situation of a country

determines what independence is, and not an individual's intelligence and

courage. Only when we have the freedom to celebrate our choices and

savour the unique experiences of life instead of sticking to the age-old

formulae, we can evolve as individuals and help the society to evolve too.

Having said that, it is also true that the sense of independence is much

more than just individual independence. It is the sense of togetherness,

belongingness and freedom from social evils, myths, taboos, prejudices,

stereotypes and much more. Man is a social being and the sense of

belonging and togetherness is an essential human need, just like the need

for food and shelter. In this generation of selfies, we, as a society, need to

understand that independence is not just a matter of an individual’s choices

and decisions but of mankind at large.

True independence as an individual and a society can only be achieved

when we are intellectually independent and free from irrational beliefs cited

above. To summarise, in my opinion, individual and collective

independence go hand in hand.

Surbhi Arora XII-A

MOVIE REVIEW

DISNEY’S MULAN (1998)

I really liked Mulan. It was such an eye opening and unconventional movie that it almost didn’tfeel like it belonged to Disney. Since Disney movies have always been known for their dreamy

protagonists and handsome princes and their typical fairy-tale stories, Mulan was a refreshing

watch.

Firstly, I loved that it focused around such a sensitive yet relatable topic as I’m pretty sure

every female has at some point of her life felt disadvantaged because of male dominance. The

movie handled the whole theme of male domination very well. Then, I also liked that this was

probably the first Disney movie to have a not-so-perfect protagonist and I think everyone must

have found that very realistic.

Moreover, the movie had an actual terrifying villain rather than the typical ugly singing

creatures that are portrayed as villains in animated movies.

Throughout the movie, I’d also thought about how much that could’ve gone wrong since the

movie was based in China and hence represented a whole different race. However, the movie

turned out almost flawless.

I was really happy of how humour had been showcased in the film through side characters.

From the eccentric grandmother hobbling blindfolded down the street to Mulan being targeted

as an enemy by idiotic men, everything was hilarious. Overall, Mulan is an amazing watch for

anyone who’s looking for an animated movie that’s rich with content and isn’t a cringe fest.

Ifrah Ahmed IX-A

MEINE FAMILIE

Mein Name ist Saumya Yadav. Ich gehe in

die 6ten Klasse. Ich besuche Cambridge

Schule, Srinivaspuri. Ich bin elf Jahre alt und

habe vier Mitglieder in meiner Familie.

Meine Mutter heißt Punita Yadav und sie

liebt es zu kochen. Der Name meines Vaters

ist O.P.Yadav, er ist sehr schlau. Meine

Schwester heißt Tanya, sie ist Studentin und

sehr hilfreich. Wir leben alle in

Maharanibagh, Neu-Delhi in Indien.

Saumya Yadav VI-D

Kannst du die berühmten

Persönlichkeiten erraten?

1.Die Person, die taub war, aber immer

noch schöne Lieder spielte und

komponierte?

2. Die grausame und mächtige Person, die

über Deutschland und die Nachbarländer

Deutschlands herrschte?

3. Die berühmte deutsch-amerikanische

Schauspielerin von 1901-1992?

Antworten:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Adolf Hitler

Marlene Dietrich

Filzaa Danish Khan VI A

Mi Habitacion

Mi habitacion is muy grande.Tiene cuatro

ventanas.

Tiene una alfombra blanca.Guardo mis libros en

mi estantería.

Tiene una cama donde duermo.

El color de las paredes es blanco.

Tiene una mesa en la que estudio.

Tiene muchos carteles de lionel messi y virat

kohli.Soy un gran fan de ellos.

Tiene un estante donde he guardado mis

videojuegos.

Tiene una puerta que nunca se abre antes de las 10.

Me gusta me habitacion.

Hasan Haider VII-EAlishba Khan X-F

A PROUD MOMENT FOR US ALL!The Rotary Club of Mumbai, West Coast, a

non-profit organisation that operates under the

motto ‘Service above self’ has recently

honoured Ms. Seebaluck, Principal, CSS with

the Nation Builder Award 2020- Pan India as

a part of its Literacy Mission. The award is

given to educators who have showcased

exemplary work towards the enhancement of

quality education in India.

The CSS teachers attended various webinars conducted by

renowned resource persons and organisations to enrich the

online teaching sessions. These sessions were related to multiple

facets of education as well as subject-specific pedagogies. The

details of the sessions are:

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TEACHERS’ SKILL ENHANCEMENT

DATE TOPIC CONDUCTED BY ATTENDED BY

9 June 2020 Assessing Reading and

Listening Online

Cambridge Assessment English

Resource Persons -Mr. George

Heritage and Ms. Victoria Pena

Ms. Shyama Chowdhury,

Ms. Supriya Mukherjee,

Ms. Shradha Mulchandani,

Ms. Rachana Chattopadhyay,

Mrs. Prachi Anand and

Ms. Anusree Raj

10 June 2020 Effective Pedagogical

Strategies in Teaching of

Social Science in Virtual

Classrooms

Cambridge University Press

Resource person - Ms. Devyani

Kapoor

Mrs. Ranjana Sharma

11 June 2020 Principles of Item Writing The Australian Council for

Educational Research (India) in

collaboration with Samanvay

Sahodya

Mrs. Sharmila Bhalla

11 June 2020 Training session on

Microsoft Teams

Cambridge School Noida

Resource Person – Mr. Sainil

All CSS teachers

15 June 2020 Arts Integration in

English

All India Educators Forum

Resource Persons - Ms. Ruchi

Sengar, Ms. Nirmala Raghavan,

Dr. Sandesha Rayapa and Ms.

Jamila Marayam

Ms. Shyama Chowdhury

15 June 2020 Pedagogical Leadership Chrysalis Mrs. A Seebaluck,

Principal

16 June 2020 Beyond Motivation:

Engaging Students (online

and offline)

Cambridge Assessment English

Resource Person -Mr. Pablo

Toledo

Ms. Anusree Raj

16 June 2020 The Need of Online

Teaching in Today’s Scenario

New Saraswati House

Publishing

Resource Person -Dr. Vinod

Prasoon

Mrs. Rukmani Maurya

15-16 June 2020 Capacity Building

Workshop for Fashion

Studies

CBSE

Resource Persons -

Ms. Gagandeep Kaur,

Mrs. Seemamona Singh,

Mrs. Danielle Flanagan and

Mr. Ankur Gulati

Mrs. Anu Thomas

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TEACHERS’ SKILL ENHANCEMENT

16, 22 and 23

June 2020

Virtual Master Class

Series - Leading Digital

Learning, Digital and

Social Media Strategy for

School and Iterating

Workplace Practices Post

the Covid-19 Crisis

CBSE in association with

Australian Trade and

Investment Commission

(Austrade)

Mrs. A Seebaluck, Principal

17 June 2020 CBSE training on

Pathways to Critical

Thinking

CBSE

Resource Person -

Mrs. Kalpana Kapoor

Ms. Ashima Mehta and Ms.

Kaaveri Dhingra

17 June 2020 Implementation of Art

Integrated Learning in

English Language

Goyal Brothers Prakashan

Resource Person -

Ms. Jyoti Swaroop

Mrs. Premalata Srinivasan

and Mrs. Prachi Anand

17 June 2020 National Income and

Related Aggregates

Cambridge School Noida

Resource Person - C. A. Parag

Gupta

Mrs. Suparna Saha,

Ms. Payal Kukreja

18 June 2020 Phanishwarnath ‘Renu’ Hansraj College, University of

Delhi

Resource Person - Dr. Manish

Mrs. Rukmani Maurya and

Mrs. Shikha Bansal

18 June 2020 Using Cambridge English

Kahoots in online

teaching and learning

Cambridge Assessment English

Resource Person -Ms. Helen

Allen

Ms. Shyama Chowdhury

19 June 2020 Teaching Strategies in

English Writing

COE, CBSE

Resource Person -Ms. Indu

Goswami

Ms. Rachana Chattopadhyay

and Ms. Supriya Mukherjee

19 June 2020 How to Engage Students

in Virtual Classroom

School of Design, UPES,

Dehradun

Resource Person -Ms. Manisha

Mohan

Mrs. Rukmani Maurya, Mrs.

Prachi Anand and Mrs.

Shyama Chowdhury

20 June 2020 Teaching Strategy in

Political Science

CBSE

Resource Person –Mr. Sunil K.

Chaudhary

Dr. Sonali Chattopadhyay

20 June 2020 Virtual Learning in the

New Reality

Pearl Academy Resource Person

-Mrs. Nandita Abraham

Mrs. Anu Thomas

26 June 2020 Communicating with a

Difference

Cambridge School Noida Mrs. Rachna Sethi, Ms. Inka

Soni and Ms. Lakshi Singh

29 June 2020 Accessible School for

Children with Disabilities

Springdales School

Resource Person -Dr. Ameeta

Mulla Wattal

Ms. Kaaveri Dhingra and Ms.

Pavni Chopra

10 July 2020 The New revised Syllabus

Assessment and

Transaction in

Conversation

Springdales School

Resource Person - Dr. Joseph

Emmanuel

Hindi Department

13 July 2020 Bridging the Gap between

Language Practitioners

and Researchers

Linguistics Empowerment Cell,

Jawahar Lal Nehru University

Resource Person -Prof. Ravinder

Gargesh

Ms. Rachana Chattopadhyay

and Ms. Shyama Chowdhury

The Editorial Team:Ms. Rachana Chattopadhyay

Ms. Anusree Raj

Mr. Samarth Grover

TEACHERS’ SKILL ENHANCEMENT13 July 2020 The New Model of Leadership for

Children with Disabilities

Mr. Rajiv Kumar Sharma

Dr. Paramjit Kaur

Dr. Deepa Dogra

Ms. Poorna Saini and Ms. Kaaveri

Dhingra

14 July 2020 Scientifically Speaking: Season 2 The Ashoka University

Resource Person - Prof. L S Shashidhara

Mrs. Ritu Khanna along with students

of Class XI B

17 July 2020 Orientation Programme on Alternative

Academic Calendar

CBSE

Resource Persons – Dr. Saha and Mr.

Ahuja

Hindi Department

19 July 2020 21st Century Competencies Full Marks Pvt. Ltd.

Resource Persons -Mr. Surya Narain

Bahadur and Ms. Vinita Kher

Ms. Rachana Chattopadhyay

20 July 2020 The future of education post-Covid, aka

What is the new normal?

Graham Carr, Ananya Mukherjee- Reed,

Mathew (Matt) Hebb & Matthew McKean

Mrs. A. Seebaluck, Principal

21 July 2020 Leading School Transformation in an

Era of Digital Learning

Rashmi Swarup (Ontario Ministry of

Education’s digital Learning Partner, Toronto)

22 July 2020 Transitioning to remote or online

education

Michelle Fach & Lena Kushnir

(University of Guelph, Ontario)

23 July 2020 A foundation for Change: Leveraging

Change Today to prepare for the Future

Patrica Gartland & Stephen Whiffin,

(Metro Vancouver)

24 July 2020 Assessing Students throughout an online

course

Ellen Watson, (University of Alberta,

Edmonton)

24 July 2020 Reassessing Assessments: New

Alternatives

CBSE

Resource Person - Dr. Sanyam Bhardwaj

Hindi Department

28 July 2020 Interaction with Students and Parents Springdales School

Resource Persons - Dr. Ameeta Mulla

Wattal and Dr. Sudha Acharya

Psychology Department

28 – 31 July 2020 OUP Webinar Series

‘Reading- the Adventure Within’, ‘Teaching grammar in context using the digital platform’ and ‘Sure Fire Methods to Teach Vocabulary’

Oxford University Press

Resource Persons - Ms. Deepti Gupta,

Ms. Shefali Ray and Jacopo D’AndriaUrsoleo and Kate Gralton

Ms. Shyama Chowdhury and

Ms. Rachana Chattopadhyay

*Click on the title to view details

21 August 2020 Microsoft Teams –Remote Learning Microsoft Teams-Mr. Kaushik, Mr. Azhar Mrs. Kumud Kumar, Mrs. Alka

Gupta, Mrs. Pooja Manchanda, Ms.

Namita Srivastava, Mr. Yogesh

Arora

26 August 2020 Competencies and the English

Question Paper

CBSE-

Ms. Ruchi Sengar, ELT Expert

Ms. Rachana Chattopadhyay,

Mrs. Prachi Anand and Ms. Supriya

Mukherjee

27 August 2020 Online Assessment Mr. Rahul Singhal Mrs. A Seebaluck, Principal, Mrs.

Kumud Kumar, Mrs. Alka Gupta,

Mrs. Pooja Manchanda, Ms. Namita

Srivastava, Mr. Yogesh Arora