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Issue-Oct-Nov-2019

Parenting isn’t a practice. It’s a daily learning experience. - Alora M. Knight

LESSONS FOR LIVING

I SEE YOU LOOKING AT YOUR CHILDREN, WONDERING WHAT THEIR LIVES WILL BE.

IF YOU VERIFY SOME ANSWERS THEN THEIR FUTURE YOU MIGHT SEE.

HAVE YOU TAUGHT THEM TO BE TRUTHFUL?

HAVE YOU TAUGHT THEM TO BE KIND? HAVE YOU GIVEN THEM THE WISDOM

NEEDED TO BE COLOR BLIND?

HAVE YOU TAKEN TIME TO TELL THEM WHAT A MIRACLE LIFE IS?

HOW TO BE AWARE OF NATURE, SHARE THE BEAUTY THAT IT GIVES?

HAVE YOU TAUGHT THEM HOW IMPORTANT

IT IS TO HAVE RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER? TO BE GRATEFUL, NOT BE PRIDEFUL

WHEN GOOD FORTUNE YOU DISCOVER?

DO YOU LET THEM KNOW YOU LOVE THEM IN A WAY THAT LEAVES NO DOUBT, SO THEY KNOW THAT IS ONE THING

THAT THEY WILL NEVER BE WITHOUT?

WE LIKE TO THINK WE'VE DONE OUR BEST. SOMETIMES THAT'S VERY TRUE.

CAN YOU SAY 'YES' TO ALL MY QUESTIONS? I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU.

I HOPE YOUR ANSWER IS AFFIRMATIVE, FOR THEN I KNOW THAT YOU WILL SEE

A FUTURE FILLED WITH HAPPINESS LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

FROM THE PRIMARY YEARS

ACTIVE LEARNERS, INDEPENDENT CREATORS

Learning by Doing

`What we learn becomes a part of who we are.’

The enthusiastic learners of Grade P1 created an artifact depicting life cycle of a butterfly where the learners acquired knowledge about how all living things go through a process of change. The learners inquired into the different stages of life cycle and the hands-on activity of cutting, drawing, coloring and assembling had further strengthened their learning.

HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION

Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it’s about finding the imagination and

costume within ourselves. - Elvis Duran

The primary students celebrated Halloween on 1st November 2019 with great zeal and enthusiasm.

Children were dressed in spooky costumes, which was the highlight of the day. Students enjoyed

striking a pose on the photo booth and created memories. Following the photo shoot was the parade

where all students roamed around the school with pomp and show to trick or treat. The movie “Room

on the broom” was showcased which captured the essence of the festivity followed by a quiz and

scavenger hunt.

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How we express ourself- The skill of Mask Making

While working on the theme “How we express our self “the learners delved a bit into their inner self &

explored about expressions and emotions. To support the same and taking out best of their true feelings

the learners chose to create masks with the support of the art facilitator.

This task helped the learners to showcase their creativity and enhanced thinking and self- management

skills. The masks reflected various emotions and feelings.

Mask making activity was a true example of an inquiry into one of the ways to discover and express

ideas ,feelings and beliefs.

Learning Engagement: Ordinal Numbers using Beads

Learners of EY1 inquired about the Ordinal numbers with the help of beads. The learners arranged the beads on white sheet and counted them in the form of Ordinal Numbers. The Ordinal number was called out by the facilitator and they picked up the correct bead. While performing this activity, the learners seemed to be great thinkers, and showcased their self-management skills. Besides , learners also made shapes with the beads.

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Sentence Building Activity

Early Years-2 arranged the tricky word cards along with picture cards to frame a sentence. Learners looked principled as they waited for their turn with patience. They looked confident communicators when they talked about the pictures using correct structures. Through this learning engagement, learners developed their reading, thinking and communication skills.

Making the PYP happen:

Implementing Agency Category 1 in -School Workshop

Teachers attended the IB PYP Category 1 workshop (implementing agency) on 18th and 19th October

2019 in the school premises. The workshop leader was Ms. Richel Langit –Dursin from Jakarta

Indonesia Who is a renowned member of IB Educator Network with more than 20 years of experience in

Education. The session made teachers familiar with the planning process and the philosophy of the

PYP. They explored the PYP framework and could connect how voice, choice and ownership are

recognized and developed in all members of the IB community. They also understood learning and

teaching in a trans-disciplinary, concept-driven curriculum and designing it for in the school context. This

workshop helped the mentors to inquire into their own teaching practices and how best they can

develop the capabilities of a PYP teacher.

The mentors were engaged throughout the sessions in assigned different learning engagements and

collaborative tasks.

A GALORE OF CELEBRATIONS

What a lovely start to the festive season! AGSN celebrated Gandhi Jayanti, Navratri and Dussehera in

the special assembly conducted by students. The students translated their high spirits in the multifarious

performances.

A well harmonized prayer dance devoted to Goddess Durga provided a solemn opening to the

assembly followed by a small depiction from Ramayan wherein Ravan was viewed as a possessor of

the knowledge of the Vedas and Shastras. The ten evil heads of Ravan were destroyed forever and

were resurrected with the benevolent ones.

The little ones stole the hearts of all by their breathtaking ballad,’Ek they raja ram….’ medley of the

favourite songs of Gandhiji and his teachings were portrayed very creatively.

The combined message of peace highlighted through these items was summed up by lighting a candle

for world peace.

AIMUN 2019

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”

Amity Educational Resource Centre conducted 10Th Chapter of Amity international Model United

Nations, a three-day program held from 16th – 19th October 2019. AIMUN bestows upon every student

the chance to enunciate their stance, satiate their curiosities and raise their voices in a manner which

leads to the constructive resolution of the issues at hand.

Students of AGSN participated in CCPCJ, UNFGA, UNSC, UNGA and UNDP as the delegates of

Norway and Poland. The delegates were addressed on Refuse and Reduce the Plastic waste. This

year, the AIMUN conference has introduced two new committees Mars Colony Council 2040 and

Futuristic General Assembly a wide range of enthralling and mesmeric agendas and committees, to

ensure that every delegate has the chance to learn and grow, to discover the power of team work and to

contribute towards making a better world.

Our Chairperson, Dr. (Mrs.) Amita Chauhan reaffirmed her faith in the power of the youth of today, who

with their unfathomed potential to harbinger epochal change in the world, can be entrusted to lead us

towards humanity and peace.

AIMUN culminated in the Award Ceremony where Director AERC, Mrs Jyoti Arora highlighted the

significance of the AIMUN and its aim to have the delegates bridge the boundaries of region, religion

and language, break the set borders.

OUR DELEGATES

AMITY GLOBAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

Children’s Day Assembly

A special assembly was conducted in Amity Global School, Noida on Children’s Day 18th November

2019 where the teachers participated with enthusiasm and zeal. The presentation included a skit,’Masti

ki Paathshala,’ based on the pranks that students play in school and a dance performance on ‘Hakuna

Matata’ was perfect in every sense of rhythm and graceful movements. The teachers from the Primary

enthralled the audience by their melodious songs. The fashion show came as a surprise when teachers

walked the ramp with grace and confidence.

GANDHI IN ME

Seek the truth and it will set you free. – Mahatma Gandhi

The revered father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, is an inspiration for many who have persevered for

the improvement of humankind. Each action of Gandhiji was discerning and gainful to the common man.

Following the actions and theory of Gandhiji, AGSN directed an action 'Gandhi in Me' for students and

teachers wherein they were solicited to think of one trait from Mahatma Gandhi that they find within on a

colorful paper butterfly and stick it on the soft board. This movement caused them to introspect and

peep into Gandhiji's life that has propelled them to investigate ethicsin

them.

DIWALI ASSEMBLY

Happiness is in air, its Diwali everywhere let's show some love, care and wish everyone out

there.

Keeping the fun and fervor alive, Amity Global School Noida celebrated Sangathan and Diwali festive

gusto on 22 October 2019. The whole school wore a festive look with pots, diyas, lanterns and students

in their ethnic outfits added the perfect setting to the festivity.

The special assembly was conducted to highlight the significance of Diwali and how good always

conquers the evil. The assembly began with a presentation on BHAAG- the success mantra given by

our founder president sir. Students delivered thoughts on the significance of the festival and the

relevance of Ramayan in present context. The skit was presented to share the festivals like Diwali

celebrated across the globe and in India followed by the monologue of Ravana that had stolen the show

and left the audience spell bound. The primary students apprised the assembly of their responsibilities

towards celebrating Diwali and added beauty to the show by their energized dance performance

Principal, Mrs.Jayashree Kad sensitized the students about the ill effects of crackers and blessed them

on this festive occasion.

HAPPINESS PROJECT

Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating.

Happiness is not a happening; it's a state of mind. You can have everything in the world and still be

miserable or you can have relatively little and feel unbounded joy.

AGSN believes that cheerful individuals fulfill world, henceforth, Happiness project was taken up by the

students to comprehend the degree of joy in individuals around them. It was concentrated to see how

content an individual feel in his regular daily existence.

Firstly, they explored their own reasons of happiness and listed them and then focused on how they can

make others feel happy. After enough self-analysis, they made vision board of their goals and a mind

map with visuals to showcase their efforts.

Students conveyed a well-studied authentic survey called ‘Oxford Happiness Questionnaire.’ It is a

tested way to get a snapshot of someone’s current level of happiness. that had aided in understanding

the present degree of joy in individuals. It comprises of different explanations that an individual need to

reply according to their perspective. Students collected and recorded data for people of different age

groups, gender, economic status using the given questionnaire. Thereafter, they compared and

analyzed the scores for different groups of people and present graphically through a PPT and PREZI

presentation.

Students also compared the happiness data of Finland with other countries of the world. They

researched from the economy’s perspective, government and education policies to find out the

strategies that can be adopted at individual, local and governmental level to increase a person’s or a

country’s level of happiness taking into consideration age, gender and economic status and listed the

strategies in their project file. The project concluded with comparing the happiest nations with the least

happy nations through a Venn Diagram.

ECO FORUM 2019-2020

Amity Global School Noida participated in ECOMFORUM 2019-2020, an interschool Economics and

Business Competition organized by Amity International School, Saket on 15th October 2019.

A total of 17 schools took part in the competition.

AGSN participated in three different events organized as a part of competition such as Symposium,

Fintoons and Wisdom Wands. Nourain Khan of Grade 11 won the Best Interjector award for her

powerful and appropriate rebuttal question.

AGSN @ALPHABIT 2019

Amity Global School participated in interschool technology symposium, AlphaBit, held in Amity

International School, Saket on Thursday, 10th October 2019. AlphaBit, was a day long annual inter-

school technology symposium with an objective to provide a platform to the students to exchange ideas

and explore new avenues and domains of knowledge in the field of technology.

Participants’ knowledge on tech trivia was tested through a time-bound preliminary round followed by a

grueling final round. The event tested the aptitude of students in multifarious disciplines of technology

and provide an opportunity to showcase their imagination and creativity.

AGSN @ TCS IT QUIZ

Aimed at building awareness about the growing significance of technology skills, this strongly contested,

annual quiz infused tech trends and used animation to keep the audience and the participants at the

edge of their seats. The students of Amity global School participated in the renowned TCS IT Wiz,

conducted by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, in the Delhi edition, held

on Sunday, October 20, 2019. 3 teams of AGSN participated in IT Quiz. There was a gruelling

preliminary Quiz round which was taken by the all the teams, which further gave 6 final schools

competing for the trophies.

Quizmaster Giri ‘Pickbrain’ Balasubramanium took the contestants through five buzzer rounds – Data

Scientist, Data Analyst, Tech-Patriot and Block the Chain – besides an exclusive round on TCS. The

questions were focused on the application of information technology, the business, people, new trends,

and legends.

AMITY GLOBAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

Swiss delegation visits Amity Global School, Noida

The Swiss delegation comprising of twelve students and three teachers visited Amity Global school

on 9th October,2019. The Swiss students have been regular visitors to the school since past few years.

They were accorded a traditional welcome by our students and teachers who applied vermillion tilak’

and greeted them.

The students were first introduced to an hour-long session on “Lipan art” followed by an interactive

session where Swiss students and faculty indulged in a variety of conversations ranging from education

system, food, politics, sports, music etc. with their Indian counterparts. This session was moderated by

the student council and served as an ice breaker in letting both sides know, more about each other’s

culture and way of life.

Mrs. Jayashree Kad, Principal Amity Global School Noida, presented the faculty delegates with token

souvenirs comprising of handmade pottery items.

VISIT TO TERI GRAM

The students of Amity global school visited TERI Gram on 18th October 2019 which houses state-

of-the-art facilities for developing green technologies, along with a residency called RETREAT. It was

an extraordinary experience for students who witnessed not only the beauty of nature so closely but

also some real sustainable and viable solution which are milestones and one of its kind state of art

facility.

Students were demonstrated about the key elements of TERI which includes, retaining the original

rugged terrain to plan the campus, planting species indigenous to the region to avoid disturbing the local

ecosystem, discouraging frequent weeding thus ensuring carbon rich soil, using dualia-daana for the

exteriors of the building which makes sure that the buildings are cleaned naturally every monsoon,

constructing earth air tunnels to heat or cool the residency building as required, using water harvesting

methods to conserve water through the year; using solar panels, solar pumps and Smart Mini Grid to

power the campus; and using electric vehicles for transportation inside the campus.

The students got an opportunity to see TERI-Deakin, a collaborative initiative between TERI and the

Deakin University (Geelong, Australia), the Centre for Mycorrhizal Research, TERI's Enhanced

Acidification and Methanation (TEAM), Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), Water & Waste Management

System - Root Zone, Forestry Research Centre – Nursery & Vermicomposting.

It was a huge learning opportunity and the students got some saplings from the TERI-gram forestry as a

token.

Message to the Future

Peep into Future

Its 400,000 years into the future. Mankind destroyed itself around 2025 when a planet wide nuclear

war broke out. Every superpower in the world sought out to assert its dominance and evidently, the

best way to do that was to drop a ballistic missile on a major city. As the war went on, the population

started to dwindle.

Eventually, the entire planet went into chaos. Like a severe case of schizophrenia, Mother Nature

went crazy. The Antarctic was burning. The Deserts were freezing. The plains were flooded. All the

major cities were oozing with radiation. Those who managed to survive the onslaught were then

greeted literally by breathtaking radiation which sent them to the afterlife. The sky, which used to be

sky blue or greyish was now a depressing, sad shade of green which would manage to remove the

smile from even the happiest person alive. Eventually, not a single living being was left alive and the

planet was left in the same state as it was a billion years ago, completely lonely with no one to give

it company. Well, aside from the polluted environment and the modern grim reaper that was

radiation.

Now, 400,000 years into the future, the dust has settled. The radiation has cleared and has left

behind mutated species of organisms such as giant mushrooms, purple trees and bushes the size

of an SUV. All the smoke, pollution and chemicals in the atmosphere have dissipated and repainted

it deep bright blue. Every single concrete structure built by man has been brought to the ground by

nature’s fury in the form of typhoons, hurricanes and earthquakes. Not marble, nor the gilded

monuments that people thought would etch their names in history could survive the wrath of time

and as much as Shakespeare may have wished, not even his powerful rhyme could survive

humanities implosion. Even plastic, which people thought would last forever has become one with

the soil. All that is left of humanities mark is tiny, broken pieces of glass that act as a sign of our

presence to any future intelligent species that may be lucky enough to control the planet. If only they

could realize before us that the earth can survive without us but we cannot survive without the earth,

then maybe they don’t suffer from the same fate that we did.

-Tarush Chaudhary Grade A1

Brown eyes

Her eyes didn't sparkle. They were like illuminated sunbeams, warm & bright on a winter day, broken by the clouds ,radiating through a bottle of bourbon. It could've been half full, it could've been half empty. Some days her eyes are dark. A caliginous galaxy buried deep, A dept. that you cannot ever reach. There are no gold streaks, but somehow, they’re still enchanting. To them it's just brown eyes. To me, they’re the scent of earthy wet mud, they're the taste of a hot chocolate cake, they're the feeling of a cordial hug. They don't sparkle, they gleam.

--Gauri Rathor Grade IG1

DELHI- A Gas Chamber

Delhiites, I plead in front of you to lend me your ears,

The pollution in our city is tarnishing the beauty,

which is admired by all enthusiasts and dears,

Isn’t it funny how we are just slowly and slowly killing ourselves?

By setting up huge industrial buildings as if they are our realms.

The neighbors of our city are burning crops like rice stubbles,

Leaving the pollutants led by the wind to enter in our small world and trouble.

We all go for drives to avoid the pollution without really realizing their impact,

The vehicular emissions are ruining our lungs as a matter of fact.

The stagnant winds in this chilly season lock the pollutants in the air,

Which in turn causes smog and to the ones who are concerned, it isn’t fair!

So, what can we do? How can we contribute?

To pay back to the capital city that has done so much for us, maybe with a tribute.

I wonder if we could ever get the privilege of inhaling fresh air,

Would this be the end of the human existence,

would it not be possible to encounter our heirs?

The thought of this frightens me to the core,

I yet strive to see the world and so much more.

So, to avoid shattering the dreams of so many others,

Let’s work towards the solution to this cause, my fellow sisters and brothers.

Let us start by carpooling with our friends to avoid the harmful effects,

As well as aiding the government to eliminate any defects.

Drastic steps should be taken indeed,

Apprising the neighbors to provide the crop they are burning to maybe solely feed.

There are innumerable methods to prevent this from happening,

Only if we ensure to go to any extent to stop this from dampening.

Well I am just a teenager, concerned about our future,

Who desires to make an impact just like Greta Thunberg, to amend this wound with a suture.

Suhani Kaur

Grade AS

“GOOGLE CAN BRING YOU BACK 100,000 ANSWERS,A LIBRARIAN CAN BRING YOU BACK THE RIGHT ONE.”-NEIL GAIMAN

Many schools are in the transition stage from passive learning environments into active ones. There is a significant shift away from the typical classroom overhead teaching, beginning with facts, ideas and then moving to applications. They construct their own meanings or create something while processing the available information intellectually. Collaborative practices in education represent an attempt to transform education into a community of learners where each member is considered capable of achieving academic success. Collaboration is based on shared goals, a shared vision, and a climate of trust and respect. The results of the collaboration are more powerful and significant than the results of their individual efforts. Teachers and teacher-librarians get opportunities to work and connect with each other in meaningful ways by enhancing student achievement which is the basic goal of any educational institution. Teacher-librarians get a new entree into the classroom curriculum. Librarians are designing a variety of outreach programs to work more closely with teachers to integrate information skills into the curriculum. One of the biggest roles that teacher librarians have is to ensure that information literacy strategies are embedded across the curriculum. These outcomes are taught to all students through the development of an effective collaboratively planned information literacy program. Added to this partnership is the student learner in recommending strategies, teaching use of technology connecting it to the curriculum and instructing students and teacher in optimal information seeking methods make the librarian an important component in curriculum development.

PARUL GUPTA

TEACHER LIBRARIAN

AMITY GLOBAL SCHOOL, NOIDA