The Weekly Bulletin of Stonehill International School Volume 5, Issue 59

17 March 2017

FEATURED STORIES

IBDP Art Exhibition

D2 Visual Art Student with Ms. Ranmali\

IMPORTANT DATES: MARCH

20th - 24th PRIMARY STUDENT COUNCIL

PRIDE WEEK

24th – 25th

GREASE THE MUSICAL

29th

SCHOOL CLOSED FOR UGADI

HOLIDAY

31st

PRIMARY MUSIC CONCERT

CONTENTS

01/ FEATURED STORIES

04/ WHOLESCHOOL NEWS

06/ PRIMARY NEWS

16/ SECONDARY NEWS

20/ SPORTS NEWS

21/ PTA NEWS

HIGHLIGHTS IBDP Art Exhibition

End of Round II ECAs

Primary Pride Week

Learning in P2

M5 Personal Project

Exhibition

Holi Celebrations in the

Secondary School

PTA Updates

THE

TIGER

This year seven students from the graduating class of 2017 exhibited their art work at the

Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath on March 14th and 15th. Each artist had a theme and the themes

were diverse and mostly related to contemporary issues. Anna’s was “In a better world”, Eva’s

theme was “Unity” and Harish’s theme was “Cultural identity”. Olivia’s ideas centred around the

individuality of the experience of childhood, womanhood, and intimacy within romantic as well as

platonic relationships.

Rajalakshmi wanted viewers to be aware of the origin, process and post-effects of war

and depression, and Urvi felt that in today’s world people are far too busy to enjoy the quality of

life. Therefore she wanted the viewers to understand that it is critical to stop and value the infinite

number of symbols and patterns, as they enhances the way we look at things, and Venkat wanted

the viewers to be aware that rapid urbanisation and the impact of it in India has taken its top spot

during the last decade. One can easily observe nature being converted into urban landscapes and

deforestation is continually expanding from one area to the other.

Two large galleries were full

of very unique and colourful

art works covering a range of

genre and techniques. The

techniques included water

colour and acrylic paintings,

drawings, fibre art,

calligraphy, installations,

video, photography,

sculpture, illustration and

mixed media pieces. The

students engaged in

extensive research and this

exhibition was a culmination

of two years of hard work.

The exhibition drew large

crowds including students

from other schools.

Congratulations to our team of artists!

Your parents, well-wishers, the students and the school staff are indeed very proud of your

achievements. We thank everyone who came to support our student artists.

Ms. Ranmali Hapugalle

HoD Arts & Design

WHOLE SCHOOL NEWS

End of Round II ECAs

Please note that the last day for Round II of ECAs is on Thursday, 23rd March. I will be sending

more information on Round III of ECAs, shortly.

Mr. Melvin Kumar

Events Manager & ECA Coordinator

PRIMARY NEWS

Primary Pride Week

The Primary Student Council are excited to introduce the first ever Primary Pride Week. This

initiative has been created by the Primary Student Council to support one of their shared goals, to

promote friendships and community events in the Primary School.

Monday 20th March: Pyjama day

What: Students can wear pyjamas or comfortable clothes.

Why: To have fun and feel comfortable

.

Tuesday 21st March: Crazy Hair day

What: Creating your own crazy hairstyle or you can wear a wig.

Why: To feel comfortable with who you are.

Wednesday 22nd March: Twins day

What: Two or more people can dress the same.

Why: To celebrate the things that we have in common.

Thursday 23rd March: Personality day

What: For this day students can show their personality through what they wear.

Why: To celebrate being different and unique.

Friday 24th March: Tiger day

What: Show your tiger colours and support the school.

Why: To celebrate being part of the school.

We’re excited and looking forward to this special week in the Primary School.

Primary Student Council

Important Upcoming Primary Dates

Monday 20th March - Primary Pride Week (Student Council Spirit Week)

Thursday 23rd March Parent Workshop. Speaking & Listening. First steps in Literacy.

Monday 27th March CIS/NEASC Evaluators in School for one week

Wednesday 29th March - Ugadi Holiday (School Closed)

Friday 31st March - PYP Music Concert at 8:00am

Friday 31st March - Half Day (all buses depart at 12:40pm)

Tuesday 4th April - PYP Cross Country Run

Friday 7th April - Mid-Semester Two Reports issued

Learning in P2

Over the past several weeks the P2 children have been inquiring into stories. They have learned that

stories can be created and shared using a variety of media. The children have been working hard to

re-tell some familiar stories using role-play, puppets, movement and dance.

The Student-led Conferences were a big success in P2. The children were excited to become the

teachers and share their learning activities with their families.

Mr. David Gostelow

P2 Class Teacher

EAL in the PYP

During their unit of inquiry studies, the P4 students investigated how communities create systems

to meet their energy needs. They saw how electricity is made at power stations and renewable

energy locations, how it is delivered to our homes and what appliances use electricity in the home.

To showcase what they have learned, the students made a house, a power station and electricity

pylons for the wires and created electrical appliances to place inside the home. These props form

the focus for them to talk about what they have learned

Aske and Casper apply the finishing painting touches to the house

Inside the house is a TV, a refrigerator, a mobile phone and a fan. All need electricity to make them work.

Mizuki is making a TV from an old chocolate box

The P5 EAL students have had a very creative time with their unit of inquiry in which they

investigated that the arts are a form of expression to communicate and entertain. All the P5

students staged a fantastic performance of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and the EAL students had a

great time helping to make the props used in the play. The EAL students have had fun making

shadow puppets to use in their very own shadow puppet play.

Mai, Yusei and Karlijn help to build a beanstalk that has grown all the way from the ground to the clouds.

Yusei and Ayaho stuff newspaper into the giant’s arms

The children have had a great time creating their own shadow puppets and will stage performances for the P1

and P2 students over the coming weeks

The P7 students have been investigating migration as part of their studies with the current unit of

inquiry. In this project they are pretending that they are a refugee fleeing the conflict in Syria.

Using their ipads, they seek photos from the internet and create a ‘documentary’ of their journey

across the Mediterranean Sea to their new home in Europe.

Mr. Jeffery Wildman

PYP EAL Teacher

Book Week in Primary School

Students in the Primary School had a busy week enjoying lots of exciting activities during Book

Week. Below you can read about some of the activities that took place during the week.

Musical Books - Early years and lower primary grades got to play Musical Books in the Library during Book

Week.

DEAR - (Drop Everything and Read) where students had to “drop” what they were doing and pick up a book

instead to “read”.

Extreme Reading - To enter this competition, students sent a picture of themselves reading their favourite

book in a strange, unusual or exciting location.

Mystery Reader - A big thank you to the mystery readers in the MYP/DP who read to the primary children. A

first time initiative, it was quite a favourite with the primary students.

Read to the Head - Children were given a choice to read to one of the Heads or Principals.

Book Fair - The Primary Hall was transformed into a children's mobile book shop from Monday to Thursday.

Book Nook - A reading area was set up outside the Primary Office and children were encouraged to use the

cosy corner to enjoy listening to stories read by their teachers during break time.

Book Quiz - All classes attempted a Book Quiz to win books as prizes.

Guess how many books in our Library! - Children had to estimate the number of book titles in our Primary

Library, for which the closest guess won a prize.

Visiting Author - Jane De Suza, a leading author came in during Book Week and led two sessions with the

Primary grades that were undiluted fun.

Her first session with P3 - P5 was a dramatized version of her book The Party in the Sky, where the children

volunteered to act out the crazy version of the planets in the solar system. The children were enthralled

throughout and it was a very interactive hour.

The next session was with P6 - P8. This was an activity based on her best-selling SuperZero series. After an

initial warm-up where all the children threw themselves enthusiastically into imagining super powers for

themselves, Jane read from the first SuperZero book.

Buddy Reading - Homeroom teachers arranged buddy reading sessions throughout the week.

Book Swap - Students brought in books which they had read to swap with other books they could choose

from the Book Swap Shop.

Book Character Parade

The highlight of the week was on Friday where students and staff arrived dressed in a book

character costume. Children came to school excited to show off their costumes. I am sure you’ll

agree that everyone looked fantastic! A band then led us from the Cafeteria to the Primary Hall for

our Book Week Assembly.

The Book Week led to a productive week of reading, leaving children to talk about great books,

characters and authors. We hope that children learnt that books empower us, entertain us, educate

us and bring us closer to others!

Ms. Lamiya Bharmal

Primary Librarian & Information Literacy Teacher

SECONDARY NEWS

Personal Project Exhibition

The M5 Personal Project Exhibition was held on Thursday, 9th March. It was fantastic to see so

many parents, visitors, students and staff enjoying the projects done by our students.

DP Subject Options Information Session

The Personal Project Exhibition was followed by the DP Subject Options Information session for all

M5 parents and students in the Drama room from. It was an extremely useful session, and was

attended by over 30 parents and students.

Holi Celebrations

Holi, the Indian festival of colours, was celebrated by the Secondary students and staff on

Monday, 13th March. Dry organic colours were used, as students and staff celebrated with much

gusto! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the festival.

Francophonie Day

The International Francophonie Day is being celebrated at Stonehill today. Organised very well by

the Language Acquisition department, there was enthusiastic participation from French students of

Stonehill and Trio World School. More details to follow next week.

IBDP Art Exhibition

The IBDP Art Exhibition by our D2 students was presented at the Chitrakala Parishath on Tuesday,

14th March. The opening ceremony witnessed a huge number of parents, staff and students

admiring an outstanding exhibition from our students. Thank you to all our D2 Visual Arts students

and Ms. Ranmali for a magnificent show.

Early School Closure on 31st March

Please note that on Friday, 31st March there will be an early closure for all students due to

CIS/NEASC workshop for the teachers. The buses will leave at 12:40pm after students had their

lunch

Kind regards,

Narendra Mehrotra

Secondary Principal

Personal Project Exhibition: A Culmination of Learning.

March brings an onset of the period of a short spring season in India. Along with it brings a myriad

of celebrations, right from the colour festival of Holi to various harvest festivals across India. March

also brought festivities to M5 batch of 2017. On 9th March we celebrated the culmination of

personal project through an exhibition.

The MYP personal project is a student-centred and age-appropriate practical exploration in which

students consolidate their learning throughout the programme. This long-term project is designed as

an independent learning experience of approximately 25 hours. The personal project formally

assesses students’ ATL skills for self-management, research, communication, critical and creative

thinking, and collaboration. The personal project encourages students to practise and strengthen

their ATL skills, to connect classroom learning engagements with personal experience, and to

develop their own interests for lifelong learning.

The exhibition was lauded by the school community and had visitors from across the school.

Students worked on projects like a voice operating housing system, a remote controlled car that can

be used for surveillance. While we had these tech projects exploring the nature of scientific and

technical innovation, we also had projects exploring the various dimensions of the essential

question “What it means to be a human?” From posters fighting against substance addiction to

documentaries around body language and gymnastics, from books exploring various aspects of

human psyche to a design of a sustainable house,we had it all. Students came up models of high

tech car exhibitions to braclets promotion equality and fraternity.

While some students created their own computer systems, we also had students creating

awareness about human rights, ranging from students using poetry as a strong tool to express their

inner voice, to students creating ways to save the coral reefs. This variety did nothing but assure us

that students can do wonders when they are driven by their interests. Supervisors have started

grading the projects and in the next two weeks, we go through the process of Internal

Standardization to settle on the final grades. The projects and the grades will be sent to IBO for

final grading. Students addressed the personal project objectives through documenting the process

they followed, the product or outcome they created and the report they made explaining what they

have done and learned. Students documented their thinking, research process and development of

their initial ideas by developing an outline of a challenging but manageable goal.

The 2 hours of fun, learning, gusto and smiles made this event a huge success. A big

congratulations to M5 student and heartfelt gratitude to the school community and families for

extending all the support.

Mr. Jitendra Pandey

MYP & Personal Project Coordinator

Celebrating the Indian Festival of Colours

Holi was celebrated in the secondary school on Monday, 13th March. Two DP students, Sayed and

Vaishnavi, gave a brief introduction to the festival which heralds the Spring season and why it is

celebrated in India. Then Ms. Manpreet, DP Coordinator, added further information to its

background story which is steeped in Indian mythology. The message was clear and simple – good

triumphs over evil, and the riot of colours is symbolic of this victory.

The students then played with organic colours, splashing each other with them amidst music and

dance. The air wore a festive look with students and teachers wishing each other a “Happy Holi” in

the traditional way, by applying a dash of colour on each other! It was a fabulous experience for all

students.

Ms. Preethi Menon

English Teacher

DP Options Information Session

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is an academically challenging programme

widely regarded as the best university preparation available to 16 ‐ 18 year olds. The two year

programme culminates in a series of external examinations that lead to the International

Baccalaureate Diploma. This qualification is widely accepted and, most importantly, highly regarded

by universities throughout the world. An information evening was held on Thursday, 9th March to

share information about the structure and requirements of the IB Diploma Programme and its many

advantages.

The Stonehill IB Diploma subject offerings were also presented, along with information regarding

options possible, and their impact on college applications in the future. In addition, information on

possible alternatives to the IB Diploma Programme available at Stonehill, together with the Diploma

admissions requirements and Stonehill graduation requirements were also discussed.

There was a representative teacher available from each subject group to talk with parents regarding

course specifics and advice. Additionally, two of our D2 students also spoke about their IB journey

and its expectations. The options form needs to be submitted to the DP Coordinator by 21st March.

Here’s to the beginning of a new journey! I’m very excited to welcome students to the Diploma

journey. We welcome you to get in touch with us should you have more questions.

Ms. Manpreet Kaur

DP Coordinator

SPORTS NEWS

PTA NEWS

Important PTA Dates

28th of March - Morning Star Ashram Visit

22nd of April - Stonehill PTA Charity Gala

Glamour and Glitz at the Ritz….The 2017 Charity Gala is 22nd of April!

Stonehill International School PTA is thrilled to invite you to an evening of "Glamour and Glitz at the

Ritz". Come celebrate with delicious food crafted by Michelin-Starred Anupam Banerjee, drinks,

music, dancing, auctions, raffle, games and even a surprise or two!

All funds raised will go to support Stonehill's adopted charities; The Stonehill Government School,

Morning Star Ashram and the Iksha Foundation.

The event will start at 6:30pm with welcome drinks followed by the evening's program and then

ending by 12:00am. There will be an auction, so please remember that we will NOT be accepting

Credit or Debit Cards. We Will accept Cheques made in favour of "Stonehill Education Foundation -

PTA " and/or Cash.

Invitations are going out next week and will be placed in the backpacks of your youngest child.

Please be on the lookout for a message from your Class Rep as to what day to expect them.

If you wish to be seated with your friends, please email Events: jillsudharsan@gmail.com or

waiyin-wong@hotmail.com

*** Note that tables will only seat 8 people maximum***

If you wish to book a room at the Ritz for the night, the following rates apply:

All rooms must be booked by 15th, April 2017.

Please drop your payment, along with the tear-off RSVP portion of your invitation, to Nijika at the

PYP Administration Office on or before 12th, April 2017.

We're looking forward to your presence at this year's PTA Charity Gala. It won't be the same

without you!

Morning Star Ashram Visit

Don’t forget, the PTA will be hosting a visit to Morning Star Ashram on 28th of March. This will be

a time to drop off food, drop off Summer Angel Gifts, and meet some of the children. Please plan to

attend.

Summer is coming, get your Stonehill Tees and Hats now!

The PTA is selling a great variety of Stonehill athletic wear in all sizes. Show your Tiger support!

Please email Sal if you are interested in purchasing items. She can be available during drop off (7:30

am) and pick up time (3:00 to 4:00pm) if your child wants to try them on for size. Sal’s email

address is: salmoonsamy@gmail.com

Questions or Comments for the PTA?

If you have any questions, comments, or feedback for the Stonehill PTA, please drop us an email

at: pta@stonehill.in

We look forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,

PTA Communications

Stonehill International School

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