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% Success In a special event organised at 'Ram Manch' on 7th June '17, the students were honoured with trophies. Our Principal Ms. Girija Baiju was elated to share the joy while congratulating the young achievers for their hard work, diligence and determination. Our Vice Principal Mr.K.T.Nandakumar welcomed the gathering which was followed by a brief speech by Ms.Choudhary (M/o. Dipansha) and Dr. Agrawal (F/o Arman). Parents shared their happiness and thanked our strong team of hardworking teachers. Suresh R Unnithan (Section Supervisor-G 10) proposed the Vote of Thanks. The event was also graced by Mr.Krishnakumar Das (Manager-Administration), parents and our teachers.02 PIONEER - June 2017

The proud prodigies of our first batch of Grade 10 left no stone unturned to bringlaurels to the school. Suresh R Unnithan Section Supervisor (G-10)PIONEER - June 2017 03

CASCADE TO EDUCATEIn continuation to the prominent workshops conducted by the Abu Dhabi EducationCouncil (ADEC) for the Senior Leaders, Mr.K.T.Nandakumar (Vice Principal, PIES)cascaded the prime points with regard to Student Competence Framework (SCF). Heconducted training sessions in the month of May 2017, for the Middle-level Leaders ofPIES, which was further taken across all the departments by the respective Head. 04 PIONEER - June 2017

IFTAR @ PIESPIES invited its boys of Grade 10 and 12 and their parents for the Iftar on 10.06.2017.Our teachers too joined the cause. A spiritual speech delivered by Mr.Abdul Rashid,Head Master of Model School, gave us a deeper insight on the Holy Month ofRamadan.PIONEER - June 2017 Aneesh Nair (Supervisor- Community Relations) 05

Giving For A Better LivingGiving, is an art that brings out the best in us. Throughout decades, we have lookedfor different opportunities to give the needy whatever we could. In light of this nobleinitiative, during the Holy month of Ramadan, PIES contributed its share to the suc-cess of the ‘YEAR OF GIVING’.By the Grace of God and with the magnanimous, supportive team of parents, studentsand staff, the Bhavan’s Abu Dhabi family distributed 515 food packs at three mosquesto help the hearts that struggle on the breadline. We also feel contented to havereached out to 150 people in Alain on 15th June ’17, by providing them with food pack-ets and also to have helped the struggling people in Somalia by contributing AED3000, with the support of RED CRESCENT.On 21st June ’17, our boys of Grade 11 along with some of the teachers visited a farmhouse where an Iftar was organized at Ajban, near Shahama. Our boys were morethan delighted to distribute a kit that contained 11kg grocery items, that would meettheir basic requirement for atleast 20 days, to the labourers working in the farm. 06 PIONEER - June 2017

Giving For A Better Living The fund raised towards charity, a whopping AED 17,775 was laid to use in the following manner: Iftar food kits – AED 14,775 AED 3,000 Contribution to Red Crescent – We take this opportunity to thank Ms.Etedal, Ms.Sabira, Ms.Sajitha, Mr.Ahmed Syam, Mr. Johnson and the ever-supporting family of PIES including Dazzle, the transport team. Our aim is to make such programmes as efficient as possible where the beneficiaries get the maximum of it. Like the “Little Drops Of Water Make A Mighty Ocean”, we at PIES strongly believe that such gestures will help us reach out to the needy as and when possible, with the untiring support of Parents, Students and Staff of PIES.PIONEER - June 2017 07

Aneesh Nair (Supervisor- Community Relations)08 PIONEER - June 2017

A TRIBUTE TO ARTPIES Abu Dhabi is devoted to the development of Indian Dance, Music, Literature andother Performing Arts. As an endeavour to celebrate our culture, the evening of 26thMay ’17 was dedicated to classical music and dance - Kalaanjali, a soulful offering,which was inaguarated by Mr. Sooraj Ramachandran (Director – Bhavan’s MiddleEast).The event is initiated to create a platform for parents to showcase their love andversatility in the various Indian traditional forms; and also a reason for us, ascounterparts in the upbringing of our children, to feel more connected. The eveningwas a joyous celebration when ‘Ram Manch’ witnessed the energetic parents andteachers participate enthusiastically. Parents were equally ecstatic to perform onstage after a break of few years.PIONEER - June 2017 Janarajani Malalagama (HoD-Fine Arts) 09

TIME FOR TIMSSThe result analysis received for TIMSS 2015 (Grade 4 Science) shows that the levelof our children ranges between 550 and 625 which is considered to be HIGH withCODE B. Our children performed very well, maintaining the international standards set.The total number of children assessed from GRADE 4 in Science was 49.Our Average score in 2015 for Science is 569 which is categorised as High.Out of 49 children assessed:No. of Boys = 29 Average International Score = 570 HighNo. of Girls = 20 Average International Score = 568 HighOur Average score (569) is greater than the National score of UAE, which is (535) 10 PIONEER - June 2017

ANALYSIS IN COGNITIVE DOMAIN: KNOWING APPLYING REASONING 560INTERNATIONAL 587 569SCORE HIGHSCHOOL BENCHMARK HIGH HIGHANALYSIS OF CONTENT DOMAIN:CONTENT DOMAIN EARTH SCIENCE LIFE SCIENCE PHYSICAL SCIENCE 585 569 568 HIGH HIGHSCHOOL BENCHMARK HIGHThe target set, for the Average International Score for 2019 is 579.PIONEER - June 2017 Suma Pramod (HoD – Science, Primary) 11

BETTER TO TAB The Tablet invades traditional education by forming an interactive method of learning. Forget the backpack of suffocation; It’s the era of Tablet and Digital Training.Our girls and boys of Grade-7 indicated that they participate more in learning taskswhen tablets are used and enhanced levels of collaborative working was evident. Theuse of tablets has resulted in an increase in students sharing their digitally-producedwork (including interactive whiteboards) that in turn provide opportunities for teachersto offer regular feedback and to collect cumulative assessment data. 12 PIONEER - June 2017

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Students are given assignments or asked to design assignments that foster thedevelopment of various skills. Students create amazing \"artifacts\" to share theirknowledge which empowers other learners.Teachers too use tablets to modify and redefine student learning by employingtransformative pedagogical models. The Technological Pedagogical ContentKnowledge (TPACK) framework is relevant to tablet use, and teachers havesuccessfully applied their TPACK to implement tablet-based learning.A learner-centered approach may be a particularly valuable strategy for students wholearn from multimedia content on tablets. 14 PIONEER - June 2017

As s es s ment ReportStudent Profile STUDENT ID SCHOOL ID xxxxxx xxxxxx NAME xxxxxx xxxxxx EDUTOR ID UPDATED ON xxxxxx xxxxxx CLASS xxxxxx SECTION xxxxxxAs s es s ment Details DURATION NUMBER OF CORRECT 20 mins ATTEMPTS ASSESSMENT NAME 7 s oil NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 10 NUMBER OF WRONG SUBJECT ATTEMPTS Chemis try TOTAL MARKS 3 ATTEMPTED DATE 10.0 12/ Jun/ 2017 , 11:27 AM NOT ATTEMPTED 0Summary ReportStudents taken tes t:13 My Rank:3 84.62 Percentile ( *percentile is %pos ition in rank ) 70% My Score 90% Topper's Score 57% Clas s Average 7 out of 9 out of 10 S c o re 10 5.7 out of 10S c o re 100% My 100% To ppe r's 91% Clas s AverageAtte m pt Atte m pt Attempt Rate Attempt RateRate Rate 10 out of 10 9.1 out of 10 10 out ofAc c ura c y 10 70% My 90% To ppe r's 63% Clas s Average Ac c ura c y Ac c ura c y Ac c ura c y 7 out of 9 out of 10 5.7 out of 9.1 10PIONEER - June 2017 Mine To ppe r's Clas s Average 15 Time Spent Time Spent Time Spent 5 mins 21 s ecs 1 mins 38 s ecs 2 mins 55 s ecs Time per Time per

70% Ac c ura c y 90% To ppe r's 63% Clas s Average 7 out of Ac c ura c y Ac c ura c yAc c ura c y 10 9 out of 10 5.7 out of 9.1 Mine To ppe r's Clas s Average Time Spent Time Spent Time Spent 5 mins 21 s ecs 1 mins 38 s ecs 2 mins 55 s ecsSpeed Total Time Allotted Time per Time per Time per Ques tion 20 mins Ques tion Ques tion 18 secs 32 secs 10 secs Un- us ed Time Un- us ed Time Un- us ed Time 14 mins 39 s ecs 18 mins 22 s ecs 17 mins 5 s ecs * Time taken may not have been captured in s ome cas esQues tion Wis e DetailsQues tion Type Attempt Details Time Co rre c tNumbe r ta ke n %in MCQ Attempt Correct(?) Marks (s ecs ) clas s 1 MCQ 92 2 MCQ 1 12 8 3 MCQ 0 75 25 4 MCQ 0 60 92 5 MCQ 1 10 8 6 MCQ 0 14 83 7 MCQ 1 61 67 8 MCQ 1 12 82 9 MCQ 1 9 92 10 1 13 82 1 55 Firdaus Fatma ( Coordinator - Digital Education )16 PIONEER - June 2017

WASTE NEVER WASTEDThe ever-increasing and rapidly growing volume of electrical and electronic waste hasbecome a serious threat to the environment in many countries. The biggest challengefaced in this area, is the ignorant nature of people with regard to e-waste. For thisspecific reason, an E-waste Collection Campaign was initiated by Natura - Bhavan’sEco Club, supported by Ms. Shera, the Business Development Officer ofEnviro-serve.The first phase included awareness on the purpose of the mission which wasfacilitated by the student members Saloni Rakholiya, Hanna Sarah, Armaan Agrawal,Sachit Kothari, Divyashri R.N., Sankalp Mallela, Ayushi Ramakrishnan, DevanandaManoj, and Aditya Satyanath. The aim of the project which was to protect MotherEarth by reducing landfill e-waste, which was highlighted in the presentation whichwas attended by the boys and girls of Primary, Secondary and Senior Secondary.The collection of e-waste was divided into two stages, the first one being from theSchool Management, Staff and Students. All kinds of electronic waste, from oldrecorders to mobile phones were brought in. The larger households like printers andscanners were also brought to school by parents.As the school collection of e-waste made headway, the second stage of collectionfrom neighborhoods across Abu Dhabi and Mussafah started where some of ourstudents reached out beyond our school, with the collaboration of parent volunteers,Mrs. and Mr. Ramakrishnan, Mrs. and Mr. Manoj Nair, Mrs. and Mr. Agrawal and Ms.Naga Pallavi, who organized e-waste collection in Hamdan street, Madinat Zayed,Shabiya and Airport Road. The support of Mr. Sasi and Janitors stands incomparable.PIONEER - June 2017 17

The students not only gained connection to their curriculum but also learntcompetences like Teamwork, Collaboration, and Leadership. The students aim tocontinue the campaign after the summer break as well. They also aim at preparingeco-friendly devices from the e-waste collected.We collected around 500 kg of e-waste and hope to collect more than 1000 kg infuture. Usha Kumari (Coordinator – SSI and Eco Club) 18 PIONEER - June 2017

INTELLIGENTSIA-2017 INNOVATION TO IMPLEMENTATIONThe Department of Computer Science pretentiously conducted the ICT Expo, INTEL-LIGENTSIA-2017 on 14th June ’17, which was proudly inaugurated by Ms. GirijaBaiju, our Principal.Conducted in 3 Cycles, the expo included challenging work done by our students - StillModels, Working Models, PowerPoint Presentations, Animations, Websites, Comput-er Games, Scratch Programming Based Projects and much more.From more than 70 participants the best 30 were chosen, whose exhibits proudly dec-orated ‘Ram Manch’ on 17th June for parents to watch.PIONEER - June 2017 19

A workshop ‘Microsoft Office Specialist Championship’ was also organised forstudents and parents, which was conducted by Mr. Nirav Shah (Founder and Mentor- FAME Training Institute, Dubai).‘Live’ competitions were also carried out for students of Cycle 2 and 3 on MicrosoftTechnologies, Web designing and debugging, in which more than 40 studentsparticipated. 20 PIONEER - June 2017

INTELLIGENTSIA-2017 proved as a fine platform for our students to exhibit theirtalents, as our slogan “Innovations to Implementation” was evidently shining in everyaspect of the expo. INNOVATION TO IMPLEMENTATION Praseedha Menon (Dept. of Computer Science)PIONEER - June 2017 21

AN ATTEMPT CLOSERThe workshop on Green School Audit was conducted on 25-05-2017, by Bhavan’sNatura. The resource person of the session was Mrs. Sheela J C Nair from MayoorPrivate School.Each Audit team (Land, Air, Water, Waste and Energy) received an effective platformfor discussion and learning. It was very effective for students and teachers to clarifytheir doubts on various activities related to audit. Ms. Sheela was very keen andenthusiastic to share her knowledge and expertise with the ever-desirous Bhavanites.The session was concluded with a feedback by Natura president, Richelle AmanBardeskar, during which she expressed her heartfelt gratitude for sharing the ideasand best practices that will further equip them. USHA KUMARI Coordinator - SSI and Eco Club 22 PIONEER - June 2017

WE ALWAYS CAREPaying tribute to Mother Nature, PIES celebrated ‘Environment Day’ on 5th June2017. An awareness programme was conducted by Ms.Arabella Willing (Marine Biolo-gist & Head of Conservation & Community Engagement, Park Hyatt, Abu Dhabi), inwhich our students from Grade 6 to 8 participated.All the students participated in poster-making competition based on the theme‘Environment’.The event was registered in the UNEP website.PIONEER - June 2017 Janarajani Malalagama (HoD-Fine Arts) 23

SASTHRA PRATHIBA The Department of Science conducted the Sasthra Prathiba, an examination using OMR sheet. The objective was to build an affinity for students towards Science. It is a part of Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM), the national level contest for students organised in India. All students of Grade 5 –9 participated in the examination. The teachers from the Department of Science delivered a practice session to the students during their respective classes. 40% of questions were from the study material provided by Vijnana Bharati in the respective category – Science & Technology and Mathematics, another 40% from the school syllabus and the remaining 20 was from Current Affairs and Reasoning. Firdaus Fatma (Dept. of Science – Secondary) 24 PIONEER - June 2017

COMP-O-ROUNDAs a part of various literary activities, the Department of English (Primary) conductedCOMP-O-ROUND for Grade 3. The objective of the activity was to enhance thecomprehension skill of students.The activity on comprehension, involved two rounds- the Preliminary Round held inthe class rooms and the Final Round conducted in ‘Ram Manch’ on 22 May ‘17.Three winners from each section were selected based on their comprehending abilityas well as time management. The selected 24 proceeded to the final round and thewinners are:First Position- Hansuja Gopalakrishnan - Grade 3CSecond Position – Sivani Sivaji - Grade 3F & Aaransh Rajesh - Grade 3HThird Position – Muhammed Abdulla- Grade 3BPIONEER - June 2017 Primi Prajith (Dept. of English – Primary) 25

‘STYLO’‘First Impression is the Best Impression’. This befits handwriting too!Neat and beautiful handwriting always attracts attention. To reiterate this fact and tocreate love to write better, a competition was conducted by the Bookers Club an initia-tive of the Department of English, on 7th May ’17 for the students of Grades 6 to 8.All the students participated enthusiastically where they were asked to write, a pageon display, in their best cursive handwriting. They were judged on the basis of neat-ness, letter formation and spacing. The competition brought out the skill of the stu-dents. One student from each section of the Grade was chosen as winner.Watch out - the best entries will be on display on the Bookers Club Board in ‘Munshi’Block ! Asha Jain (Dept. of English – Secondary) 26 PIONEER - June 2017

EXPERIENCING EXTEMPOREExtempore is the art of public speaking that is delivered without preparation orforethought. It puts to test one’s ability to think on-the-spot and also the spontaneity.Extempore is a platform which assists students not only in thinking on their own butalso in voicing out their creative ideas with precision.To imbibe the true spirit of learning and to enhance communication skills, asection-wise Extempore Competition, was held at PIES on 15.06.2017, for thestudents of Grade 4 and 5.The participants were given the choice to pick chits for the topics, that were associat-ed with varied subjects such as current issues, spoken English, Science, SocialStudies and Computers. There were two rounds in total – the first conducted on varieddates in the classrooms, after which one student from each class was selected to thefinal.The judges Ms.Primi Prajith and Ms.Geetha Chandran, from the Department ofEnglish were given a tough time in choosing the winners, as the participants werejudged on content, relevance to the topic, confidence, clarity of speech, timemanagement, use of language including grammar, presence of mind and bodylanguage. The winners are:Grade 4 - Sampath-4 C1st Position - Jennifer - 4 D2nd Position - Nived - 4 G3rd PositionGrade 5 - George Antony - 5 E1st Position2nd Position - Alka -5C3rd Position - Atharv -5G and Fawaz -5 DPIONEER - June 2017 Aneesh Nair (Dept. of English – Primary) 27

MORE TO ARTIt gives me enormous gratification to pronounce that 18 of our students were the proudfinalists of the Mother’s Day Art Exhibition (in collaboration with the Guinness Book ofWorld Record) held at the Central Atrium of Dalma Mall, Mussaffah, on 14 April ‘17. Name of Student Grade1 Khushi Mathur 7A2 Salma 7A3 Diya Sabir 7B4 Naomi Maria Mathur 7B5 Vaishnavi Kumar 7B6 Nandana 7B7 Abhay Lejith 7E8 Vaisha Rajeesh 7F9 Anjali Unnithan 7C10 Hrishikesh Dileep 8D11 Abraham Emanuel 8E12 Gopaki Santosh 9B13 Ritu Ravi 9B14 Chethan Mark 9D15 Abishek Shyjith 9D16 Afreen Saheed 9D17 Sayanath Ramesh 9E18 Chris Anish 9EThirty-two of our students from Grade 7 to 9 participated in this exhibition that waswidely recognized and welcomed by schools, where our student Sayanth (Grade 10D)topped the list.We thank our sponsors Dalma Mall and the Event Managers of Door No 1 Events, fortheir encouragement and support. They have given these awards because theyrealise the fact that our work brings the future closer for all of us. They have faith inwhat we do and in what they hope we will continue to do. David Ebenezer (Art Instructor) 28 PIONEER - June 2017

ANOTHER ASSET TO OUR CREDITASSET is a chance to identify and realise the academic gift and explore it throughInternational Learning opportunities in English, Math and Science. Students whoscore in the 95th Percentile or more in any of these Subject are declared ASSETTalent Scholars and are awarded Special Scholar certificates and Medals. Studentswho top the ASSET Talent Search in any subject are awarded special ASSET TalentScholar- Gold Certificates and Medal.In the ASSET Talent Scholars Competitive Examination 2016-17 Sreelakshmi Menon-6B won the esteemed title ASSET TALENT SCHOLAR for her exemplaryperformance with 96 percentile in English.13 students participated in the Competitive Examination, and our children whoscored 50 -94 percentile in the Subjects are:PIONEER - June 2017 29

Devananda Manoj -6AKamalika, Mrinal Khadilkar and Neha Ray - 6CAayushi Ramakrishnan -6CAabhas Narang -6EAditya Sathyanath -8FArshia Narang and Kalyani Jijith -9BKautilya Raval -9D andShaziya WafeeqaTeam PIES congratulates all the participants for the hard work. Geeta Pillai (Coordinator – Special Education Needs) 30 PIONEER - June 2017

FRENCH TO TOPThe Department of French is pleased to announce the winners of International FrenchLanguage Olympiad organized By Silver Zone that saw the participation of around 63of our students from the department.The following are the winners who received Certificates, Medals and Wristwatches asprizes.1st - Megha Grade 8 A -Position 6th2nd - Hariharan Grade 7 F -Position 8th3rd - Vishal Grade 10 C -Position 9th4th - Ankur Grade 10 C -Position 10th5th - Chris Roshan Grade 6 E -Position 23rdPIONEER - June 2017 31

FRENCH TO TOP Fidèle Furado (Département de Français)32 PIONEER - June 2017

िहदं ी ितयोिगता आयोजनिहदं ी तलु सीदास पिरषद् की ओर से इस माह दो ितयोिगताओं का आयोजन िकया गया जो थम िहदं ी लेखन ितयोिगता व दूसरी कहानी लेखन ितयोिगता तथा दोनों ितयोिगताओं म क ा छठवीं से लेकर नवमीं तकके िव ा थयों ने भाग लेकर अपनी ितभा का प कट िकया है I िहदं ी लेखन ितयोिगता 31/05/2017को अिं तम चरण म आयोिजत की गयी थी तथा दूसरी कहानी लेखन ितयोिगता 05/06/2017 को थमचरण म आयोिजत की गई I इस ितयोिगता के मा म से िव ा थयों का आ ान व िचतं न शैली के साथ-साथ वण-लेखन - पठन कौशल आिद का िवकास िकया गया I िहदं ी तलु सीदास पिरषद् िव ा थयों के िलएवरदान प है िजसके मा म से िहदं ी भाषा का िवकास िनरंतर प से होता रहगे ा IPIONEER - June 2017 Harwinder Kaur (Dept. of Hindi – Secondary) 33

HELPING EACH OTHER GROWIt is critical for teachers to have opportunities to learn from each other. ProfessionalDevelopment sessions keep us updated on how children learn, emerging technologicaltools for the classroom, new curriculum resources and much more.As a part of Continuous Professional Development, various departments at PIESconducted sessions on CPD for its team members:DEPARTMENT DATE CONDUCTED BY TOPICScience (Primary) 29.4.17 Ms. Sharmila ‘ClassroomScience (Primary) Pranesh Management’ ‘Assessment Criteria’ 29.4.17 Ms. Suma Pramod ‘Happiness In School’Computer Science 13.5.17 Ms. Dhivya.T.S (a cascading session basedEnglish (Primary) 17.6.17 Ms. Geetha on the workshop organized Chandran by BETT in partnership with Abu Dhabi Education Council and Microsoft, which was held in May ‘17) ‘Gifted and Talented’34 PIONEER - June 2017

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Professional Development Sessions – ExternalDATE VENUE CONDUCTED BY22.5.17 Sunrise English Dr. Mark Evans Private SchoolThe session was for the teachers of Abu Dhabi and Alain schools. PIES Abu Dhabi wasrepresented by Ms. Divya Sharma (HoD-English, Primary), Ms. Subitha Shaju (SectionSupervisor-Grade 7) and Mr. Renae R Nair (Section Supervisor-Grade 5).The objective was to understand different learning styles and maximize learning usingthat understanding. The session was presided by Dr. Mark Evans, a renowned Interna-tional educator. The session focussed on how students learn most effectively accordingto their personal learning styles and the need for identifying those learning styles –namely Auditory, Visual, Reading/ Writing and Kinesthetic which were discussed intri-cately. Plethora of activities were conducted to make the session insightful.The session concluded with a brief word about the teachers’ opening move to help stu-dents find ways to adapt so they can learn information presented in any style to givethem the best chance of academic, career and personal success in future.36 PIONEER - June 2017

DATE VENUE CONDUCTED BY22.5.17 Sunrise English Dr. Mark Evans Private SchoolThe topic for this session was ‘Differentiation Techniques’ that was attended byMs. Margaret Clarence (HOD- Dept. of English, Secondary), Mr Manoj Prabhakaran(HOD - Dept.of Mathematics, Primary) and Mr. Jojo Martin (HOD- Dept. of SocialScience).Differentiation needs to answer the question- How? This will lead to the question whatmethods should one follow. These points will be decided by what product we aim for.To elaborate we can use various approaches such as set the class in groups, smallgroups, stations, cooperatives or take a one on one teacher student approach. Theprocess can be either traditional, cooperative, compacting, independent contract orchoice opportunities. The product we are aiming for can be traditional answers, writtenreports, oral presentation, PPT and skits with either a song or dance. - Geesha Nair (Dept. of Science-Primary) - Praseedha Menon (Dept. of Computer Science) - Primi Prajith (Dept. of English – Primary) - Divya Sharma (HoD-English - Primary) - Margaret Clarence (HoD- English - Secondary)PIONEER - June 2017 37

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