School Magazine 2021-22

Let noble thoughts come to us from every side Annual Magazine – Vol. VII BAHRAIN INDIAN SCHOOL APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN AFFILIATED TO CBSE, NEW DELHI

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela. Since the school’s inception in 2014, Bahrain Indian School has strived to provide quality education and develop the young minds of future generations. The school’s mission to make the students mentally developed, physically strong, socially adjusted, emotionally balanced, and technically talented is fulfilled every day by its efficient, hardworking faculty. It is said that teachers are the true mentors and motivators of one's life. This rings true in Bahrain Indian School, where teachers not only educate but inspire students every day. We are thankful to the kind and true mentorship of our teachers that the students of our school will make the mark in their life. Our school ensures that every student can grow to their full potential, and inspires us to aim for greatness. The balance between co-curricular and academic activities makes sure that each student is given an opportunity to learn and a platform to shine. The cooperative and interactive study environment prepares students to become global citizens in today’s competitive world and provide leadership for the future. Mahatma Gandhi once said, \"Literacy in itself is no education. Literacy is not the end of education or even the beginning. By education, I mean an all-around drawing out of the best in the child and man-body, mind and spirit.\" This message is reflected in our school’s motto, to let noble thoughts come to us from every side. The school’s holistic and practical approach to education set it apart from the rest, and make everyone proud to be a part of the Bahrain Indian School family. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII

Vision To prepare global citizens To provide leadership for future Mission To make the students mentally developed, physically strong, socially adjusted, emotionally balanced, and technically talented. Motto Let noble thoughts come to us from every side. BAHRAIN INDIAN SCHOOL APPROVED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN AFFILIATED TO CBSE, NEW DELHI Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 01

Leaders and Rulers of Bahrain His Majesty His Royal Highness Prince King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, The King of the The Crown Prince & Kingdom of Bahrain Prime Minister Kingdom of Bahrain Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 02

An Epistle by the President Message The richness of Indian Culture has universal acceptance. The multifaceted system of education that existed in India has undergone changes. Contemporary development spins over several centuries without transforming the core of Indian philosophy. And, at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan we reach out to the student community to excel in both academic and co-curricular activities giving impetus to human values raising them to be responsible citizen of the countries they live. This is unique to Bhavans’. The Bhavans’ institution both in India and abroad are committed to imparting quality education. The Bhavans School in Bahrain, Kuwait and UAE have been playing an important role in the Middle East by providing quality education. We wish all the students a bright career ahead. We take this opportunity to greet our teachers and the parents of our students. 6th January, 2022 (SURENDRALAL G. MEHTA) PRESIDENT Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kulapati Munshi Mar, Mumbai-400 007, Email: [email protected], Web: http://www.bhavans.info, Fax: 022-23630058 Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 03

An Epistle by the Secretary & Director Message Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has global presence as an institution of excellence. Apart from imparting quality education , Bhavans is committed to inculcate human values in every student. This includes providing every child the maximum opportunity to excel in academics and creativity. Our continued efforts to orient our pedagogy system by adopting state of art methods, foreseeing global needs and equipping the students with multidisciplinary tasks have succeeded enormously in laying a strong foundation among the students to be successful in every stride of their academic career. We wish our students at the Bhavans’ Schools in Bahrain, Kuwait and UAE a bright future. 3rd January, 2022 H.N.Dastur (Executive Secretary & Director General) Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Kulapati Munshi Mar, Mumbai-400 007, Email: [email protected], Web: http://www.bhavans.info, Fax: 022-23630058 Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 04

An Epistle by the Chairman 50, 40, 30, or even 20 years back – children were focused on age appropriate matters – be it their education and cultural activities in school, responsibilities at home or the social community they lived in. Character building was the essence in school and at home. Individual satisfaction and personal needs were not given importance or priorities. The change from then to now is visible at every home. The attitude of parents and children at every home – then and now is far different from the way it was back then. Change is necessary and even mandated as generations pass. But we as a school, believe that culture and values should remain the same and be the solid foundation of every home for generations. During the last 15 years of my 24/7 involvement with children, parents and teachers, I am really surprised or in fact more saddened to see the current level of attitude of children from class 3 onwards. May be I belong to an older generation or still continue with the old school of thoughts. But I believe many of the children are diverting from their proper path, and chasing things that are not age appropriate, and not at all necessary in these years of their career. This will ultimately lead to more children being trapped in a whirlwind of activities and emotions that divert their attentions and focus from matters most essential to set their future on track. Many of the children are in the trap. I am very sure that as a parent you belong to one of these parent groups – either the ‘trapped’, or the possibly ‘going to be trapped’. During several interactions with parents it has come to my notice that there are a number of instances where children lack respect, cases where they retort and answer back, and yell at, when even the slightest or basic questions are asked at home, but the very same child was obedient and mostly well behaved at school. Yesterday I heard from my senior leadership team that grade 8 children have started answering back to Principal and Vice Principals. In the last couple of months, I have seen lots of such unhealthy incidents which warrant the parents’ immediate intervention. I am sure many parents are experiencing the same, or similar situations at home, as well. Our children grow physically and they may be aware of many more things than necessary for their age because of increased social media presence – but their emotional responsibility level is still that of a child and not of an adult. They need to understand the impact of their words and actions, and take responsibility for the effects of the same. At Bhavans’ we believe in character building which is the foundation of any child for a better tomorrow, better future. Education will follow automatically. Parents are requested to communicate with the senior management team of the school as and when necessary to discuss the progress of their children in all matters of their growth or when you feel there is a visible change in child’s attitude and behavior. Let us work together for a better tomorrow. Trust us, we are with you. N K Ramachandran Middle East Chairman Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 05

An Epistle by the Vice Chairman Dear Students / Teachers / Parents, It gives me immense pleasure to contribute to this issue of our Annual School Magazine. Each year, the school magazine outlines the progress that the school has made during the previous academic year and recapitulates all events, showcasing the various activities of the school. This year has passed swiftly in a blur of achievements and accomplishments, and I would like to congratulate and extend my best wishes to all those who have worked hard to ensure that the magazine remains a treasure trove of memories. To me, the magazine will always be an event-filled journal, chronicling another exciting year that will be cherished by our students in the years to come. Through this magazine, I would like to greet all the stake holders of our school family. As a school, something that we have always believed in is, Home is the first school and school is the second home. This has come so true today with COVID19. As we continue to wrestle with the implications of the situation, homes and how our children learn have become far more important than it may ever have been. In March, when things started to fall out of place and we were forced to get ourselves prepared for facets of our life that we had never encountered and when homes were where the action moved to – learn from home, teach from home, work from home, assessments from home – I think the one thing we at Bhavans realized was that – this is going to take some time. As is often said, it is always better to use a compass over a map to navigate a world of uncertainty. We realized we needed to block the negatives out and think like a monk on how we wanted to take the academic year forward. We knew we didn’t want to sit around and wait for things to unfold, but rather we wanted to make things happen. Unfortunately, when we are a school and when there is a little chaos around and when we have impressionable minds looking at the school to see what will happen next – it leaves very little margin for the school to be unprepared and to seem unsettled. As far as we as a school was concerned, it was our topmost priority to give the confidence that things would be as normal as they could and we would continue to do what we do. That is teach – educate – provide opportunities – allow children to have their fun and much more – all while they continued to trod the path to be a Global Citizen. A disruption shouldn’t have to stop that march. We have always told parents in our school that we are keen on guiding children into the future who will be passionate about their work and who will want to strive to make a difference in whatever they do and will stay the course in a very uncertain world. True – we did improvise – like building our partnership with parents and children and getting them to correct answer papers based on our marking schemes thereby building mutual trust and honesty, being a little flexible with our time tables and increasing the class duration which gave teachers and children that little time to adapt and adjust to the online platform, continue with the numerous activities – song / dance / music all online for children, do virtual summer camps, virtual sports days, class photo sessions with children sitting at home and of course the school annual day. We were always conscious that these uncertain times would pass and would never be permanent and when our children and teachers come back to school, they wouldn’t realise that there was one year of the so called ‘new normal’. Our team of teachers at Bhavans has ensured that we stayed the course and remained committed to our task and in the process also ensured that we paid attention to not only the small things but also the bigger things like mental, physical and emotional well being of our teachers and students and ensuring that we all remained healthy and happy. As we turn the corner and start to see the glimpse of hope that sooner rather than later, we are all going to get back to, as a school we can be rest assured that our teachers have done and are doing their best to keep our children engaged and active as we all navigate and turn the corner. We may still not have reached the end of the roller coaster ride but we can take pride in the fact that we have reached the top of a mountain even if that maybe the bottom of the next one. In this regard, BHAVANS owes much to its dynamic leadership whose untiring efforts have resulted in the overall development of the School. I would also like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all our staff members for their dedication and hard work that has ensured that our flag is always flying high. Kudos to the parents and children for travelling together with us and making sure that we ended the Academic year on a high. I pray that the Almighty God continues to bless all of us and help us get through this very difficult times. Signing off with a variation of an inspired Quote of Albert Einstein – At Bhavans, we don’t teach our children. We create conditions for them to learn. Thank You Once Again. Sooraj Ramachandran Vice Chairman Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 06

From the Director’s Desk THE BEGINNING OF CHANGE “Action is the foundational key to success.”- John Wooden Dear Readers Reforms or changes are always needed to shed outdated models and break the monotony. National Education Policy 2020 brought a major breakthrough in the field of education. It put forward education to an interesting inflection point, thereby opening new digital platforms of learning and innovative techniques of teaching. It further propelled global standards to create new benchmarks. NEP 2020 envisions well educated generation with high literacy rate. Additionally, it strives to make education holistic and a lot more rewarding. NEP is widely accepted as it has open doors for new platforms and techniques of teaching and learning. BIS fraternity has re-strategize the teaching learning processes in line with recommendations of NEP. It is believed that learning is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. The policy focuses on experiential learning and discovery based teaching learning methods. The school promotes activities , projects , usage of technology, classroom discussions which helps in broadening the collaborative and joyful exploratory activities for experiential and deeper student learning. The activities help in cultivating 21st century skills including critical thinking, problem solving , creativity and digital literacy. Integration of technology has been integral part of teaching learning process at BIS. Art Integrated activities as conducted in various subjects help in imbibing Indian ethos through integration of Indian Art and culture. As BIS envisions students to be global citizens hence we celebrate and conduct activities not only limited to India but equally extending to other countries globally and Multi cultural Fest was one among them. In fact it’s not an end it’s just a beginning to make skilful learners who are competent to face real time challenges. Lets innovate, imagine the future and fill in the gaps ....... Thanks for your support and cooperation. Himanshu Verma Director- BIS Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 07

From the Director’s Desk Dear Readers “We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.” – Max Depree The pandemic and new educational policies have shifted the entire paradigm of education and have taken it to a new horizon. Bhavans Bahrain Indian School stands as a testimony of adopting and adapting technology in full swing. We accepted the changes with open arms. Traditional teaching was replaced with virtual teaching while embracing technological advancements. Undoubtedly, it is foreseen that virtual reality combined with augmented reality will be the future as the learners are observed to have higher engagement and more positive emotions than otherwise. Being in a positive mood also has reciprocal effects on learning. It increases cognitive flexibility, create positive academic climate leading to high immersion on knowledge acquisition. Have you ever thought why and how the use of augmented reality create active learners? How does virtual reality differ from augmented reality? Well, virtual reality is the imitation of the physical structure from a real world or an imaginary world in a computer generated environment whereas augmented reality is the combination of real world with the virtual world. The creation of enriched environment using virtual objects, the combination of physical reality and digital holograms, or the creation of a virtual world adds to the various aspects of augmented reality. BIS teachers have taken the hearts of the students by transporting them to the world of means of transport, wild animals, letters of alphabets, numbers, fruits & vegetables and many more. In this Google era, the didactic way of teaching and mugging up of facts is no longer in vogue. Instead of dividing education into theoretical and practical aspects it is of utmost importance to deliver holistic learning in the form of multimedia rich content to hold next generation learners ever shortening attention span. Exceptional learning and teaching experience can be offered by turning conventional classrooms into an interactive and engaging environment and our school has stepped into the new world of interactive education coupled with engaging content. To conclude digitalization of education helps in eradicating time distance gap and it reinforces learning and extends understanding with a favourable approach from the student’s end as well. Therefore we need to decide – ONE DAY OR DAY ONE!! Bhavanubhav Ritu Verma Director- BIS | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 08

From the Desk of Principal Dear Readers Another year has gone by, leaving behind some of the glorious moments in the history of BIS. Since its inception in April 2014, Bahrain Indian School, under the aegis of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan- Middle East stood above the rest in its approach to education as well as in its pedagogies. This is obvious with the maiden CBSE Grade X result with all our students coming off with flying colours with all of them scoring much beyond the proficiency level and our topper with 99%. Along with academics co-curricular activities go hand in hand at BIS, as we are committed to preparing global citizens who can provide leadership for future. Yes, we strongly believe that the children educated for global citizenship are better learners, better change makers, and contributors towards a better world. Keeping this in mind, we have carried out all the activities; some were the part of our annual plan and some new like multicultural fest to strengthen the capacity and widen the vision of our students as global citizens. Together, we have excelled in every initiative that we undertook and we have stood together in facing challenges without compromising on the holistic education for which we are known for. We know that creativity and imagination are the two important skills; that students need to be successful in school and life. We agree with Albert Einstein, \"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” and Edward De Bono “There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” Hence, Bhavanubhav! Yes, the seventh edition ‘Bhavanubhav’ 21-22 is a humble attempt to channelize the imagination and creativity of the students in the right way. I congratulate the students’ Editorial board and all the students who contributed in the making of this magazine by writing articles, stories, poems and the teachers who guided them at every step. You are going to witness the year gone by with various activities and the new initiatives as well as new imaginative expression of our students as you leaf through the pages of Bhavanubhav. So let’s buckle up to surf through the pages of ‘Bhavanubhav.’ Wish you a happy browsing! Annual Magazine - Vol. VII Saji Jacob Principal Bhavanubhav | | PN: 09

Stupendous Performance by First batch of Grade X Success is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning and focused effort. BIS students stands victorious with their amazing performance in Grade X examinations. The results are :- ❖Mahima Susan Thomas is the School topper with 99% score. ❖Amrutha Phadke is at the second position with 94.8% score. ❖Ritisha Bisht is at the third position with 94.4% score. ❖Highest mark scored in Mathematics was 100% by Mahima Susan Thomas. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 10

Annual Report 2021-2022 Dear Readers, ADVANCED NATIONAL GENIUS \"Children want the same things we want. SEARCH EXAMINATION To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.\"- Dr. Seuss Its our proud privilege to share that Arnav Tushar Yeola, a student of Grade V has With this burgeoning thought we welcome proven his mettle in the mind boggling you all and we yearn to retrospect on the Advanced National Genius Search achievements for the year 2021-22. Ever Examination (NGSE) by grabbing the 1st since the lockdown struck the country in position in his class category among all the February 2020, the school has been upfront participants. Exemplary performances have in keeping pace with changing times. also been exhibited by Fareez Aynudeen of Remembering the fact that learning is not Grade IV, Pritha Singh of Grade V and the product of teaching but it is the product Darwina Manoj of Grade VI. of activity of learners, we completed yet another year full of challenges. The various TIMSS inputs of cognizant activities, workshops and seminars added to the improvement to IEA’s TIMSS 2019 is the seventh bring quality education to the classrooms assessment cycle of TIMSS, the Trends in through virtual mediums and platforms. International Mathematics and Science The committed efforts of the teachers, Study. Inaugurated in 1995, TIMSS has students, parents and other staff helped in been conducted every four years providing achieving the goal we aspired for. 24 years of trends in mathematics and science achievement.We are proud to share To take part is what counts in competition that performance in Science by Grade IV and Grade VIII students was at advanced and lessons of victory and defeat are what level and the performance in Maths by Grade IV and Grade VIII students was at we get in return. The environment was high level. sufficiently created through inter-school INDIA BOOK OF RECORDS and inter-class competitions such as Arin Pon Nesraj of Grade V has made 31 lego models at the age of 10 and made Debates, Doha recitation, Quizzes, everyone proud by entering in India Book of Records 2022. Rangoli, Declamation, Spelling-Bee, Drawing and many other competitions. Our students took part in various inter- school and international level competitions and brought laudable laurels to the school. Here are the glimpses of the glories. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 11

TABLE TENNIS CHAMPION Silver Titles at the World's largest Abacus competition for kids. 8 students of our Amruta Amit Phadke travelled to Jordan school bagged gold medals. with A’ali Cultural and Sports Club , Women Table Tennis Team and CHESS COMPETITION participated in Arab Ladies Championship. She won singles Bronze, team silver and Chess is the struggle against the error. It is doubles gold medal in the Arab believed that chess is everything – an art, a Championship science and a sport. We are delighted to share that Pranav Bobby Shekhar received RAMANUJAN MATH SCHOLARSHIP first prize for his meritorious performance Counting well, a dedicated maths learning in a Chess competition as organized by app, conducted Ramanujan Maths Bahrain Chess Academy wherein he Scholarship for school going students of defeated 30 students from different Grades VI to VIII. Syed Hrehaan Ahmed schools. of Grade VI bagged Platinum Award. Furthermore, Bahrain Schools Chess Further 5 gold medals, 5 silver medals and Championship for the 2021-2022 was 6 bronze medals were won. organized by the Department of Physical Education under the generous sponsorship ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BRAIN O of His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin BRAIN Mubarak bin Ahmed, Director General of Schools Affairs. Brain O Brain is one of the world’s leading children institute for self empowerment. We feel delighted to share that Pranav The academy is manned by professionals Bobby Sekhar of Grade VIII won gold who have had a decade of international medal in Boys middle category, Suyash experience in kids education and training. Sunil Bayalan of Grade IV won silver Aayesha Tekriwal and Arnav Singh Dewan medal in Boys primary category and of Grade IV were the champions. Also 11 Priyasruthi Srinivasan of Grade X also gold medals and 15 silver medals were bagged silver medal in senior secondary bagged by BIS students. category. 7th INTERNATIONAL BRAIN O GULF MADHYAMAM QUIZ BRAIN ABACUS COMPETITION To commemorate the golden jubilee of 23,537 students from 72 Countries India’s independence, Gulf Madhyamam competed to make an edge over their peer- Quiz was organized which was sponsored genius kids to grab the Champion, Gold & by Indian Embassy, Bahrain wherein a Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 12

participation of more than three hundred conducted on 23rd October 2021. 68 teams students was witnessed. Amrutavarshinee from various schools from UAE, Kuwait, Murugan and Pranav Bobby Sekhar of and Bahrain competed and top 2 teams Grade VIII qualified for the second level. from each country qualified for the Grand Additionally, stupendous performance was Finale. The best two teams which qualified exhibited by Pranav Bobby Sekhar who the preliminary round from Bahrain were stood first with a clear margin of 100 Bahrain Indian School and The Indian points. School. These teams competed with teams from Indian Education School – Kuwait, EXCELLENCE AWARD IN SINGING Carmel school – Kuwait, Our own English Boy’s High School- UAE,Gems Students of BIS staged choral excellence in Millennium School- Sharjah UAE, Abu music. The virtual choir sang a blended Dhabi Indian School-UAE, The Indian composition of patriotic songs thematically School – Bahrain, Bhavans Bahrain Indian titled as ‘We sing in the love of the School – Bahrain for the final glory. Motherland.’ It was organized by Gifted Care Centre, a division of Ministry of BIS proved their mettle and won laurels by Education, Kingdom of Bahrain. securing third position in the quiz and BIS choir comprised of Nithya Susan bagged 500 USD along with the Chaly (X), Nivedya Babu (IX), Atharva certificates. The excellent performers were Aditya Balvalli( VIII), Sathvika Amirtha Pritha Singh of Grade VII, Advay Auti of Gowri Pradeepkumar (VII), Satchinmayee Grade VI , and Harshvardhan Murugan of Manoj Kumar (VI) and Krishnan Grade V. Manikandan (VI ). BHAVANS INTERNATIONAL BHAVANODAYA SCHOOL QUIZ Bhavanodaya is an event organised by BIS Its rightly said confidence is when one on the eve of Republic Day. Seven CBSE believes in one’s abilities and oneself. schools of Bahrain participated in Bhavan’s International School Quiz is an Bhavanodaya competing for various apt platform to exhibit one’s quizzing competitions. talent as it is an attempt to quiz young minds on current affairs, sports, literature, Veda Nair won first prize in fancy dress science, social Science and many more. competition, Esha Ashik won second This spectacular event was hosted at position in Mono Acting competition, Bhavans Bahrain Indian School on 30th Atharva Aditya Balvalli bagged second October 2021. The preliminary round was prize in solo singing competition. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 13

The rolling trophy was co- shared by two malevolent beings of darkness whose only schools – Bahrain Indian School and The goal is to destroy Planet Earth using New Indian School. natural disasters. YOUTH LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ONE DAY RJ BIS, in collaboration with ICAB Students of BIS participated in Lulu Toastmasters Club conducted the Youth Mirchi Junior RJ Talent Hunt. The event Leadership Program, a workshop was organized by Radio Mirchi- Bahrain at consisting of eight weeks session to enable Dana Mall. young pupils under the age of 18 to develop their communication and The Talent Hunt gave an opportunity to 9 leadership skills through practical to 14 years old students to showcase their experience. talent of communication, spontaneity etc. We are delighted to share that Siya Shubh Dimri of Grade VII bagged first Surender Singh of Grade IX was the top prize, Utkarsh Karthik of Grade VII performer of the day and she was given an bagged second prize, Dhruv Sathish opportunity to co-host a radio show with Kumar of Grade VIII won third prize in RJ Mandy on Radio Mirchi Bahrain. We International Speech competition. are equally elated to share that Shreya Kulkarni of Grade IX, Aneena Bibu Peter Raima Shefi of Grade VII bagged first of Grade IX, Avaneesh Karanamu of prize, Fareez Anyudeen of Grade VII Grade VIII and Raima Shefi of Grade VII bagged second prize and Dhruv Sathish were the top finalists . Kumar of Grade VIII won third position in Table Topics competition. YOUNG INNOVATORS COMPETITION TEEN AUTHOR ARNAB SENGUPTA’S SECOND BOOK The Young Innovators competition challenges students to come up with an PUBLISHED innovative and enterprising concept and prototype that has a positive impact in a Our accomplished writer Arnab Sen Gupta sustainability domain in health, food, also published his second book titled as energy, waste reduction, green ‘NOMD: Will Five Teens Save the Day for entrepreneurship, education or future Planet Earth?’. This science fiction is about living spaces. five teens who try to save the world from natural disasters created by The Three teams from BIS participated for the International Criminal Syndicate, Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 14

event. We are happy to share that in Inter- Bhavans competitions (as held to mark Team 1 From Grade X presented ‘Biotop’. Vishwa Hindi Diwas) Amrutavarshinee The participants were Arnab Sengupta, Murugan of Grade VIII won first prize in Ridha Shefi, Manoj Subramanium and Doha recitation organized by Bhavans , Al Indraneil Thekkepat Rajesh. The students Ain. Shivangi Sarogi of Grade VII bagged were involved in the manufacture of a second prize in advertisement presentation laptop with biodegradable materials and organized by Bhavans, Abudhabi. Parina bio-source of energy. Dholakia, Grade VI clinched the second prize in the poetry recitation competition Team 2 from Grade VIII presented the organized by Bhavans Bahrain Indian topic ‘Wastage of food by supermarkets’. School. The participants were Suchika Panjwani, Shaun Prabhu, Aseem Verma and INTER - BHAVANS WORD BUSTER Vidhyuth Sanyal. The students were COMPETITION involved in reusing the extra food and vegetables from supermarkets to convert it English language is the widely known and to renewable energy. most sought after language for the people worldwide. BIS students won third Team 3 from Grade VIII presented The position in Inter Bhavans Word Buster AVDAS Bottle. The participants were competition as hosted by PIES, Abu Varda Pisharasiar , Dhruv Satish kumar, Dhabi. The rounds tested the knowledge of Atharva Balavalli and Anushka Jaydip students on vocabulary, logic , idiomatic Tayde. The students were involved in expressions and the like. Ayush Salin Nair designing a water bottle which contained of Grade VI, Raima Shefi of Grade VII and nutrient rich foods. In the first elimination Amrutavarshinee Murugan Grade VIII round, 145 teams were selected. In the made us proud by demonstrating their second elimination round, 59 teams were stupendous performance. selected out of 145. And, in the third elimination round, 19 teams were selected INTER - BHAVANS POETICA out of 59. It is a matter of pride to state that COMPETITION BIS team is the only one selected from Bahrain to go for the finals and the team Inter Bhavans Poetry recitation got fourth position. competition was organized by Bhavans Al- Ain. Students of BIS won majority of the INTER-BHAVANS COMPETITIONS- prizes. Amit Bijesh Nambiar won first VISHWA HINDI DIWAS position in category 2, Saira.M.Sabu won second position, category 3, Pritha Singh won third position in category 3, Arnab Sen Gupta won third position in category Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 15

4. Shubh Dimri won consolation prize in BRITMUN is a Junior Model United category 3. Nations conference opened to students in years 7- 11, which aims at giving an YOGA COMPETITION opportunity to younger students to engage in the procedures and debate modelled Yoga is the journey of the self, through the after the United Nations. BRITMUN was self, to the self. Amrutavarshinee Murugan organized by British school of Bahrain on of Grade VIII has brought laurels to the the theme ‘Nuclear power’. We feel elated schools by grabbing the fourth prize in a in announcing that Adesh D. Shaiju and quiz competition as organized by Bahrain Arnab Sen Gupta exhibited their Chapter of Institute of Chartered intellectual prowess . Arnab Sen Gupta Accountants of India, under the patronage was applauded and felicitated with a of Embassy of India. certificate of merit for his stupendous speaking skills. He was equally adjudged INTER SCHOOL POETRY as the Best Speaker of the event. RECITATION HINDI WEEK We are delighted to share that Abhirami Kaimal of Grade IV, has proved her mettle Knowledge of languages is the doorway to at 'Wings of Poetry' , an inter-school wisdom. Hindi week was celebrated recitation competition organized by Asian through an array of activities like Hindi School ,Bahrain as a part of Founder's Day Poem recitation, Doha recitation and Essay celebrations. She has secured the third Writing competition which definitely position among participants from different helped in paving way to creativity and Indian schools. excellence in students. Pritha Singh of Grade VII, Nivedya Babu of Grade VIII INTERNATIONAL FRENCH and Swastika Saraogi of Grade X won first TEACHERS DAY prize. The students were felicitated with a certificate and a trophy by Embassy of On the occasion of the International French India. Teachers Day, an online French contest was organized by Laurels Academy of BAHRAIN SCHOLAR’S CUP Languages, Bahrain. The students Our students participated in the World displayed their talents by sending recorded Scholar’s Cup- an international event. videos for the contests. On the basis of the Founded by Mr.Daniel the first World recorded performances, the winners were Scholar’s Cup took place in Korea in 2007. determined. Ahan Prabhu of Grade V and The idea behind the World Scholar’s Cup Daryl Shyju of Grade VIII won the was to create something different than competition from our school. Shaurya Giri got special award too. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 16

traditional academic competitions and DEAR TIME was initiated to build conferences. Sarah Ann Roy of Grade VII, reading as a regular habit amongst students Sriya Anish of Grade VII and Anubha by sharing popular short stories through e Begur of Grade VII have grabbed the – library and personalised books. second, fourth and fifth position respectively at the Bahrain Scholars CELEBRATION OF FESTIVALS: The Competition. Yuvraj Agrawal of Grade school celebrated all festivals and shared VIII has also secured second position in his the meaning behind these at assembly category all over Bahrain. time. WORKSHOP ON BIOBLITZ INTRA-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES were organized which provided students to To break the monotony of virtual display their talents. These include games, technological life it is of utmost social activities, artistic skills, spoken importance to venture out, observe and skills, drama, elocution, recitation and appreciate our surroundings. Students were other such events. given an opportunity of getting to know more about nature, by organizing a NATIONAL DAYS AND OTHER workshop named ‘BioBlitz’ which was IMPORTANT DAYS were observed with headed by Ms. Rahma Aleskafi, a very piety and pride and students learnt more talented Science Researcher at the about the significance of these days renowned Bahrain Science Institute. The through poster or banner making activities, students were asked to download an app, singing of patriotic songs and assembly named ‘iNaturalist’, which gave its users presentations. the chance of taking pictures of various plant and animal species in their locality VIRTUAL SESSIONS ON CAREER and to post them on the app, which would AND AWARENESS aid in research. Further to identify a suitable field of a We feel delighted to share that Mahikaa career in higher grades, career guidance Pathak and Yuvraj Aggarwal students of week was organized with experts. Grade X and Grade VIII have been awarded with certificates of merit. AWARD CEREMONY BIS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ITS Getting felicitated with awards and UMBRELLA AND CONTINUE THE certificates of merit is the greatest moment LEARNING DESPITE ALL ODDS. of joy for students. The Annual Award ceremony for students of Grade I to X was Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 17

the first ever virtual Annual Prize Exchange Program was organized by BIS distribution ceremony conducted to in joint collaboration with Al Saad Indian felicitate the students based on their School, Al Ain (UAE) for the students of accomplishments in the Academic Year Grade VII and VIII who gave the 2019-20.The certificates for Academic presentation on the topic – “Tourism and Year 2019-20 were awarded for 100% its impact on UAE Economy” and Attendance and Achievement Award for “Tourism and its impact on Bahrain scoring meritoriously in academics. The Economy”. students were felicitated by the Chief The endeavour of seeking and sharing Guest, Chairman – Bhavans Middle East, knowledge continued with another Vice Chairman and Directors. collaborative work as done with Laurel Global High School, India The journey of motivating students continued as the school organized another The topic of study for Grade V students virtual Prize Distribution Ceremony along was ‘Aluminum, Petro Chemical and Oil with Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony. refineries present in Bahrain’ and the topic The young graduates of Kindergarten were for Grade VII students was ‘Generation of felicitated with Graduation Certificates Electricity in Bahrain’. Students shared whereas students of Grade I were awarded their knowledge with the students of with certificates of merit for winning Laurel High Global School on the virtual accolades in various Olympiads like platform and shared their experience too. Summer Olympiads, Winter Olympiads, International General Knowledge and VIRTUAL SCIENCE, MATHS AND International English Olympiads. Also ART EXHIBITION students of Grade I received their certificates for extra-curricular activities Zeal without knowledge is fire without such as Hindi Story Telling, Show and Tell light and it was clearly reflective in the and English Story Telling Competition. Dr. Science, Maths and Art Exhibition which Nada Naeem Al Riffai, Head of Academic was organized for the students of Grade I Talent, Ministry of Education, Bahrain was to IX. The virtual exhibition was the Chief Guest of the day. inaugurated and appreciated by Mr. Jeyaprakash Elango, Hon. Chairman, The STUDENT KNOWLEDGE Institution of Engineers (India) Bahrain EXCHANGE PROGRAM Chapter. “Knowledge is like a garden; if it is not CHARITY DRIVE cultivated, it cannot be harvested.” Keeping this aspect in view, Knowledge Giving for a noble cause strengthens Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 18

personal values and it teaches the students Indian Council for Cultural Relations as the importance of generosity. To give back part of the India @75 celebrations. The to the society for various noble causes, and Ambassador H.E. Piyush Srivastava, support the needy, BIS Management and felicitated Arjun with a certificate of merit. the staff members stepped in to organize a Charity Drive for the distressed sections of MULTICULTURAL FEST the society utterly affected during the pandemic. The donations, comprising To prepare our students as global citizens, perishable and non-perishable items were Multicultural Fest was organized that further given to Dr. Babu, Vice Chairman provided a way to learn more about the of ICRF, a non-profit organization working countries in detail and to demonstrate the under the aegis of Indian Embassy. learning through the fest. Eleven countries were represented by students from To support the Breast Cancer Society,the Kindergarten to Grade XI. Students put up School donated BD 300 to Bahrain Cancer the stalls for their respective countries. Society. Executive Managing Director- Mr Each grade displayed one selected country. Ahmed Ali Nowakhda and Treasurer Mr. Students not only got information about Yousif Ebrahim Fakhro received the the countries but also learnt to appreciate money and thanked BIS Directors Mr. their culture and way of life. The fest Himanshu Verma, Ms. Ritu Verma for helped in celebrating the diversity of our supporting the patients. neighbouring countries. TREADING ON THE PATH OF 8TH FOUNDERS DAY MAHATAMA GANDHI CELEBRATION Mahatma Gandhiji remarked‘ If we want to Founders Day- a day for recollecting the reach real peace in the world, then we must years of its existence since 2014 was educate children’. Its praise worthy to state celebrated with great pomp and show that Arjun Maheshkumar of Grade III has which became more alive through the vehement interest in Gandhiji’s inclination presentation of a cultural program. towards nature and the art of weaving Mr. N K Ramachandran – Chairman, clothes on charkha. Bhavans Middle East, was the Chief Guest He attended an online course conducted by of the day. Mr. Sooraj Ramachandran – renowned Gandhian scholar, Smt. Sobhana Vice Chairman, Mr- Himanshu Verma- Radhakrishna. The course was organized Director, Ms. Ritu Verma- Director, Ms. by the Gandhian Forum for Ethical Divya Ramachandran – Director , Corporate Governance in collaboration Principals, Vice Principals, Coordinators with the Embassy of India, Bahrain and the and teachers of Bhavans Middle East were Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 19

also invited for the Founder’s Day Devna Pulinamparambil Anish of Grade II celebration. Certificates of merit were also bagged Zonal Topper Trophy , Medal , awarded to the students for their Badge & Certificate in Mathematics stupendous performances at CBSE board Olympiad. Devna PulinamparambilAnish examinations. The teachers who’ve served of Grade II won International Topper the institution for more than five years Trophy , Medal , Badge & Certificate in were also felicitated on Founders Day. Science Olympiad. Nathaniel Jiffy of Grade IV bagged International Topper THE CELEBRATION OF Trophy , Medal , Badge & Certificate in CONSTITUTION DAY English Olympiad. Rajapriyan Gopi of We celebrated Constitution Day Grade V won Zonal Topper Trophy , (Samvidan Diwas) also known as ‘National Medal , Badge & Certificate in Cyber Law Day’ on 25thNovember, 2021. This Olympiad. year Samvidan Diwas was celebrated as a part of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'. To GK OLYMPIAD 2021-22 commemorate the day of adoption of our Constitution, the school had organized Devna Pulinamparambil Anish of Grade II various activities such as Grade III and IV bagged gifts worth Rs. 1000 along with took the pledge, Grade VI, VII and VIII zonal gold medal and certificate of zonal wrote the preamble of the Constitution, excellence. Aaron Pon Nesraj of Grade III Grade IX presented a presentation on the and Pritha Singh of Grade VII bagged gifts members of the Constituent assembly. On worth Rs 500 with medal and certificate of 26th November, the students participated in distinction. Additionally 5 gold medals of the programme hosted by The Ministry of excellence and participation certificate Parliamentary Affairs on the portal for were bagged and 8 students got medal & reading Preamble to the Constitution in 23 certificate of distinction. languages i.e. 22 official languages and English. (https://readpreamble.nic.in). ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 2021-22 Results Of Competitive Examinations Zoey Sood of Grade III and Serena Garg of IFFCO OLYMPIAD Grade IV won gifts worth Rs. 1000/- , Zonal Gold Medal and Certificate of Zonal B.P. Jaikrish of Grade I, Neharika Anand Excellence. Vedanta Kapil Iyengar of of Grade II won Zonal Topper Trophy, Grade V bagged gifts worth Rs. 1000/- , Medal, Badge & Certificate in Cyber International Bronze Medal and Certificate Olympiad. Ishana Dheeraj Raj of Grade II of Outstanding Performance. Daryl Shyju won International Topper Trophy , Medal, Mathew of Grade VIII won gifts worth Rs. Badge & Certificate in English Olympiad. 1000/- , Zonal Silver Medal and Certificate Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 20

of Zonal Excellence. Veda Nair of Grade II MELIO bagged gifts worth Rs. 500/- , Medal of Distinction and Certificate of Distinction. Once again, it is a moment of rejoicing for Additionally 8 students bagged Gold the praiseworthy presentation of talent at Medal of Excellence and Participation Melio Competition. Melio is an IIT-IIM Certificate. alumnus initiative who conducts online challenges in Speed Math, Storytelling, SOF ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 2020-21 and Spelling Bee for students across the entire world. The challenges are conducted Mishika Aneja of Grade III won gifts online and Live via Zoom calls. BIS worth Rs. 1000/-, International Gold students outshone in various competitions Medal and Certificate of Outstanding and emerged as winners. erformance. Suyash Sunil Bayalan and Serena Garg of Grade III won Gifts Worth In Speed Math Challenge seven students Rs. 1000/- , International Silver Medal and won first prize. In Public Speaking Certificate of Outstanding Performance. competition two students bagged first Satakshi Dev and Vedanta Kapil Iyengar prize. In Story Telling competition two of Grade IV won Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/-, students bagged first prize. In Spelling Bee Zonal Gold Medal and Certificate of Zonal competition two students won first prize Excellence. Krishna Variar of Grade I, and in GK competition one student bagged Pranav Vinesh Menon of Grade IV and first prize. Arnav Singh Dewan of Grade III bagged gifts worth Rs. 500/- , Medal and INTER - SCHOOL MATHLETICS certificate of Distinction. Furthermore 9 students won Gold Medal of Excellence Reasoning, mental prowess and confidence and Participation Certificate and 3 helped our young mathematicians to bag students won Medal of Distinction and the third position at the Inter-school Certificate of Distinction. mathematics quiz organized by New Indian School for students of classes VII – IX . SOF MATHEMATICS 2020-21 BIS team comprised Pritha Singh of Grade Ayush Singh and Serena Singh of Grade 7, Pranav Booby Sekhar of Grade 8 and III won gifts worth Rs. 1000/- , Zonal Gold Adesh Deepthi Shaiju of Grade IX. The Medal and Certificate of Zonal Excellence. competition truly assessed the Rajapriyan Gopi of Grade V won Gifts mathematical skills, proficiency and Worth Rs. 500/- , Medal of Distinction and aptitude of the students. Certificate of Distinction. 12 students bagged Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 21

ADVANCED NATIONAL GENIUS INTERNATIONAL RANK 1 SEARCH EXAMINATION- IBT ACER SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL RANK 1 Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 22

Achievements & Accoldades SOF MATHEMATICS 2020-21 S.NO STUDENT'S NAME GRADE AWARD WON Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , Zonal Gold Medal and 1 Ayush Singh III Certificate of Zonal Excellence Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , Zonal Gold Medal and 2 Serena Garg III Certificate of Zonal Excellence Rajapriyan Gopi Gifts Worth Rs. 500/- , Medal of Distinction and 3 IV Certificate of Distinction 4 Priyanka Gopi I Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate Devna Pulinamparambil Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 5 Anish I 6 Burhanuddin Hussain I Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 7 Suyash Sunil Bayalan III Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 8 Mishika Aneja III Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 9 Ahaan Singh III Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 10 Arin Pon Nesaraj IV Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 11 Satakshi Dev IV Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 12 Kushagra Sah IV Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 13 Syed Hrehaan Ahamed V Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 14 Advay Rajesh Auti V Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 15 Neha Ganti V Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 16 Arnav Singh Dewan III Medal of Distinction and Certificate of Distinction SOF ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 2020-21 S.NO STUDENT'S NAME GRADE AWARDS WON Suyash Sunil Bayalan Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , International Silver Medal and 1 III Certificate of Outstanding Performance Mishika Aneja Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/-, International Gold Medal and 2 III Certificate of Outstanding Performance Serena Garg Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , International Silver Medal and 3 III Certificate of Outstanding Performance Satakshi Dev Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/-, Zonal Gold Medal and Certificate of 4 IV Zonal Excellence Vedanta Kapil Iyengar Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , Zonal Gold Medal and Certificate 5 IV of Zonal Excellence 6 Krishna Varia I Gifts Worth Rs. 500/- , Medal and certificate of Distinction 7 Pranav Vinesh Menon IV Gifts Worth Rs. 500/- , Medal and certificate of Distinction 8 Arnav Singh Dewan III Gifts Worth Rs. 500/- , Medal and certificate of Distinction Devna Pulinamparambil Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 9 Anish I Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 23

10 Jemmie Annie.P.S I Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 11 Burhanuddin Hussain I Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 12 Sujay Sunil Bayalan III Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 13 Ayush Singh III Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 14 Nilesh Biswal III Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 15 Yashwanth Dipesh III Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 16 Rajapriyan Gopi IV Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 17 Fareez Aynudeen V Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 18 Pranav Bobby Sekhar VII Medal of Distinction and Certificate of Distinction 19 Snehal Sharma III Medal of Distinction and Certificate of Distinction 20 Ahaan Singh III Medal of Distinction and Certificate of Distinction INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD FOUNDATION RESULTS 2021-2022 S.NO STUDENTS NAME GRADE OLYMPIAD PRIZE 1 Ishana Dheeraj Raj II IFEO (English) International Topper Trophy , Medal , Badge and Certificate Devna Pulinamparambil II IFSO (Science) International Topper Trophy , Medal , 2 Anish Badge and Certificate 3 Nathaniel Jiffy IV IFEO (English) International Topper Trophy , Medal , Badge and Certificate 4 B.P. Jaikrish I IFCO (Cyber) Zonal Topper Trophy , Medal, Badge and Certificate 5 Neharika Anand II IFCO (Cyber) Zonal Topper Trophy , Medal, Badge and Certificate Devna Pulinamparambil II IFMO Zonal Topper Trophy , Medal, Badge 6 Anish (Mathematics) and Certificate 7 Rajapriyan Gopi V IFCO (Cyber) Zonal Topper Trophy , Medal, Badge and Certificate 8 B.P. Jaikrish I IFEO (English) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 9 Neharika Anand II IFEO (English) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 10 Sharvari Sameer Golam II IFEO (English) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 11 Priyanka Gopi II IFEO (English) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate Devna Pulinamparambil II IFEO (English) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 12 Anish Devna Pulinamparambil II IFHO (Hindi) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 13 Anish 14 Neharika Anand II IFMO Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate (Mathematics) IFRAO Neharika Anand II (Reasoning & Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 15 Aptitude) Devna Pulinamparambil II IFRAO 16 Anish (Reasoning & Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate Aptitude) Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 24

17 Sharvari Sameer Golam II IFSO (Science) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 18 Neharika Anand II IFSO (Science) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate IFRAO Cyril Michael Arakkal III (Reasoning & Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 19 V 20 Arthi Nandhika S V Aptitude) 21 Rajapriyan Gopi V 22 Prabin Kumar Behera II IFEO (English) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate II Shreesha Sushil II IFEO (English) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 23 Bandekar II II IFEO (English) Gold Medal , Badge and E-Certificate 24 Sharvari Sameer Golam III III IFEO (English) Silver Medal , Badge and E- 25 Priyanka Gopi III Certificate Shreesha Sushil III IV IFMO Silver Medal , Badge and E- 26 Bandekar IV IV (Mathematics) Certificate 27 Priyanka Gopi IFMO Silver Medal , Badge and E- 28 Dhruv (Mathematics) Certificate 29 Cyril Michael Arakkal IFSO (Science) Silver Medal , Badge and E- 30 Cyril Michael Arakkal Certificate 31 Cyril Michael Arakkal IFSO (Science) Silver Medal , Badge and E- Certificate 32 Angelena Anil IFEO (English) Silver Medal , Badge and E- 33 Nathaniel Jiffy Certificate 34 Nathaniel Jiffy IFEO (English) Silver Medal , Badge and E- Certificate IFMO Silver Medal , Badge and E- (Mathematics) Certificate IFSO (Science) Silver Medal , Badge and E- Certificate IFEO (English) Silver Medal , Badge and E- Certificate IFMO Silver Medal , Badge and E- (Mathematics) Certificate IFSO (Science) Silver Medal , Badge and E- Certificate Rajapriyan Gopi V IFRAO Silver Medal , Badge and E- 35 (Reasoning & Certificate V 36 Rajapriyan Gopi I Aptitude) II 37 B.P. Jaikrish IFSO (Science) Silver Medal , Badge and E- Certificate 38 Priyanka Gopi IFSTO (Spell Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Talent) Certificate IFCO (Cyber) Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Certificate Priyanka Gopi II IFRAO Bronze Medal , Badge and E- 39 (Reasoning & Certificate Aptitude) Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 25

40 Aurav Dayananda II IFSTO (Spell Talent) Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Certificate 41 Cyril Michael Arakkal III IFCO (Cyber) Bronze Medal , Badge and E- 42 Dhruv III IFMO (Mathematics) Certificate 43 Syed Yousuf III IFSO (Science) Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Certificate 44 Haziq Hezin Chomayil III IFSO (Science) Bronze Medal , Badge and E- 45 Cyril Michael Arakkal III IFSTO (Spell Talent) Certificate 46 Rajapriyan Gopi V IFMO (Mathematics) Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Certificate 47 Sriya Anish VII IFMO (Mathematics) Pulinamparambil Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Certificate 48 Jenna Dave VIII IFEO (English) Bronze Medal , Badge and E- 49 Jenna Dave VIII IFSO (Science) Certificate 50 Priyasruthi S X IFRAO (Reasoning & Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Aptitude) Certificate Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Certificate Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Certificate Bronze Medal , Badge and E- Certificate GK OLYMPIAD 2021-22 S.NO STUDENTS NAME GRADE AWARDS WON Devna Pulinamparambil Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , Zonal Gold Medal and 1 Anish II Certificate of Zonal Excellence Gifts Worth Rs. 500/- , Medal and certificate of 2 Aaron Pon Nesaraj III Distinction Gifts Worth Rs. 500/- , Medal and certificate of 3 Pritha Singh VII Distinction 4 Jemmie Annie.P.S II Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 5 Priyanka Gopi II Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 6 Veda Nair II Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 7 Arav Sudhij Nambiar IV Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 8 Arthi Nandhika S V Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 9 Satakshi Dev V Medal and certificate of Distinction 10 Vedanta Kapil Iyengar V Medal and certificate of Distinction 11 Shubh Dimri VII Medal and certificate of Distinction 12 Amrutavarshinee Murugan VIII Medal and certificate of Distinction 13 Naman Sharma IX Medal and certificate of Distinction 14 Neharika Anand II Medal and certificate of Distinction 15 Arin Pon Nesaraj V Medal and certificate of Distinction 16 Rajapriyan Gopi V Medal and certificate of Distinction Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 26

ENGLISH OLYMPIAD 2021-22 S.NO. STUDENTS SCHOOL AWARDS WON NAME RANK 1 Zoey Sood I Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , Zonal Gold Medal and Certificate of Zonal Excellence 2 Serena Garg I Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , Zonal Gold Medal and Certificate of Zonal Excellence 3 Vedanta Kapil Iyengar 1 Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , International Bronze Medal and Certificate of Outstanding Performance 4 Daryl Shyju Mathew 1 Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- , Zonal Silver Medal and Certificate of Zonal Excellence 5 Veda Nair I Gifts Worth Rs. 500/- , Medal of Distinction and Certificate of Distinction 6 Medha Raj I Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 7 Burhanuddin Hussain III Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 8 Devna Pulinamparambil IV Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate Anish 9 Neharika Anand II Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 10 Aaron Pon Nesaraj II Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 11 Sujay Sunil Bayalan II Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 12 Rajapriyan Gopi II Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 13 Krishnan Manikandan I Gold Medal of Excellence and Participation Certificate 14 Amrutavarshinee II Medal of Distinction and Certificate of Distinction Murugan Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 27

S.NO STUDENTS NAME GRADE POSITION COMPETITION Speed Math Challenge 1. Sahana Karthik II I Public Speaking Challenge Speed Math Challenge 2. Neharika Anand II I Speed Math Challenge Story Telling Competition 3. Devna Anish II I Speed Math Challenge 4. Neharika Anand II I Speed Maths Challenge Speed Maths Challenge 5. Cyril Arakkal III I Speed Maths Challenge 6. Ayushi Dash VI I Beginners Spelling Bee Challenge 7. Devna P.Anish II I Beginners Public Speaking Challenge 8. Sahana Kartik II I G K Quiz Challenge 9. Nilesh Biswal III I 10. Sujay Sunil Bayalan IV I Story Telling Challenge Beginners 11. Esha Ashik III I Spelling Bee Challenge 12. Kushagra Sah V I Story Telling Challenge 13. Esha Ashik III I Public Speaking Contest. 14. Richa Randhir II I Speed Math Challenge 15. Priyanka Gopi II II Story Telling Challenge 16. Cyril Arackal III II Public Speaking 17. Kushagra Sah V II 18. Dishhi Sharma II II Beginners Spelling Bee Challenge 19. Esha Ashik III II Beginners Gk Quiz Challenge 20. Devna P.Anish II II Spelling Bee Challenge 21. Adharv A R III II Speed Math Challenge Aces 22. Angelena Anil II II Speed Math Challenge 23. Kushagra Sah, V II 24. Priyanka Gopi II III Gk Quiz Challenge Speed Math Challenge 25. Ayushi Dash VI III Speed Math Challenge 26. Richa Randhir II III Public Speaking Challenge 27. Ayushi Dash VI III 28. Nanma Thomas V III Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 28

29. Shauraya Giri VI III Speed Maths Challenge 30. Dishi Sharma II III Speed Maths Challenge 31. Devna Anish II III 32. Amit Bijesh Spelling Bee 33. Gaurav 34. Gaurav IV III Speed Maths Challenge 35. Amit Bijesh 36. Ayushi Dash III III Beginners Speed Math Challenge 37. Esha Ashik III III Beginners G K Quiz Challenge IV III Beginners Spelling Bee Challenge VI III Beginners Speed Math Challenge III III Filmy Dance Challenge 7TH INTERNATIONAL BRAIN O BRAIN ABACUS COMPETITION S.NO STUDENTS NAME GRADE ACHIEVEMENTS 1 Aurav Dayananda II Champion 2 Aayesha Tekriwal IV Gold Topper 3 Adhuna Banerjee II Gold Topper 4 Aditya Agrawal VI Gold Topper 5 Divyanshu Nanda II Gold Topper 6 Kushagra Sah V Gold Topper 7 Rishabh sharma IV Gold Topper 8 Ritvik Ramapura Patil Gold Topper 9 Sahana Karthik KGII Gold Topper 10 Ayushi Dash II 11 Leanne Mariam Jenji VI Silver Topper II Silver Topper III NATIONAL ONLINE ABACUS COMPETITION S. NO STUDENTS NAME GRADE ACHIEVEMENT IV Champion 1 Aayesha Tekriwal IV Champion IV Gold 2 Arnav Singhdewan III Gold II Gold 3 Leksha Sree Rakurthi VIII Gold VI Gold 4 Cyril Michael Arakkal VI Gold II Gold 5 Aurav Dayananda VI Gold I Gold 6 Shaun Prabhu V Gold 7 Meagan Prabhu 8 Ayushi Dash 9 Divyanshu Nanda 10 Aditya Agrawal 11 Chinmayi Manikandan 12 Jishnu Dhanasekar Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 29

13 Aravind Rajesh Vijayan II Gold 14 Gopika Gokulan III Silver 15 Hiba Aynudeen II Silver 16 Kushagra Sah V Silver 17 Audithya Varadan IV Silver 18 Param Anand III Silver 19 Parinitha K III Silver 20 Helez Frigith III Silver 21 Helena Frigith I Silver 22 Adhuna Banerjee II Silver 23 Pranav P Pillai VI Silver 24 Aparnaa Shrithar I Silver 25 Mahathi Dhanasekar II Silver 26 Olive Maria George II Silver 27 Adhuna Banerjee II Silver 28 Gaurav Mariraj III Silver 29 Keerthana Kameswaran VII Silver INTER SCHOOL EVENTS AND COMPETITIONS Arnav Tushar Yeola bagged first prize ADVANCED NATIONAL Exemplary performances have also been exhibited by:- GENIUS SEARCH Fareez Aynudeen of Grade IV EXAMINATION Pritha Singh of Grade V Darwina Manoj of Grade VI. INDIA BOOK OF RECORDS Arin Pon Nesraj of Grade V has made 31 lego models at the age of 10 and has entered in India Book of Records 2022. TABLE TENNIS CHAMPION Amruta Amit Phadke won singles Bronze, team silver and doubles gold medal in the Arab Championship RAMANUJAN MATH Syed Hrehaan Ahmed of Grade VI bagged Platinum award. SCHOLARSHIP BRAIN O BRAIN Aayesha Tekriwal and Arnav Singh Dewan of Grade IV were the champions. 7BtRhAININTEARBNAACTUIOS NCAOLMBPERTAIITNIOONAurav Dayanand was a champion CHESS COMPETITION Pranav Bobby Shekhar received first prize. Pranav Bobby Sekhar of Grade VIII won gold medal in Boys CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2021- middle category 2022 Suyash Sunil Bayalan of Grade IV won silver medal in Boys primary category Priyasruthi Srinivasan of Grade X also bagged silver medal in senior secondary category Amrutavarshinee Murugan and Pranav Bobby Sekhar of GULF MADHYAMAM QUIZ Grade VIII qualified for the second level. Pranav Bobby Sekhar stood first with a clear margin of 100 points. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 30

BIS choir students- Nithya Susan Chaly (X), Nivedya Babu EXCELLENCE AWARD IN (IX), Atharva Aditya Balvalli( VIII), Sathvika Amirtha Gowri SINGING Pradeepkumar (VII), Satchinmayee Manoj Kumar (VI) and Krishnan Manikandan (VI ) BIS secured third position in the quiz and bagged 500 USD BHAVANS INTERNATIONAL along with the certificates. The excellent performers were Pritha SCHOOL QUIZ Singh of Grade VII, Advay Auti of Grade VI , and Harshvardhan Murugan of Grade V. Veda Nair won first prize in fancy dress competition, Esha BHAVANODAYA Ashik won second position in Mono Acting competition, Atharva Aditya Balvalli bagged second prize in solo singing competition. Varda Pisharasiar , Dhruv Satish kumar, Atharva Balavalli and YOUNG INNOVATORS Anushka Jaydip Tayde of Grade VIII were involved in designing COMPETITION a water bottle which contained nutrient rich foods. The team got fourth position at an International level. INTER - BHAVANS WORD Ayush Salin Nair of Grade VI, Raima Shefi of Grade VII and BUSTER COMPETITION Amrutavarshinee Murugan Grade VIII won third position. Amit Bijesh Nambiar won first position in category 2, Saira.M.Sabu won second position in category 3, Pritha Singh won third position in category 3, Arnab Sen Gupta won third position in category 4. Shubh Dimri won consolation prize in INTER - BHAVANS POETICA category 3. YOGA COMPETITION Amrutavarshinee Murugan of Grade VIII grabbed the fourth prize INTER SCHOOL POETRY Abhirami Kaimal of Grade IV Maple, bagged third position in RECITATION inter-school recitation competition organized by Asian School ,Bahrain. INTERNATIONAL FRENCH Ahan Prabhu of Grade V and Daryl Shyju of Grade VIII won the TEACHERS DAY competition from our school. Arnab Sen Gupta was applauded and felicitated with a certificate of merit and was equally adjudged as the Best BRITMUN Speaker of the event. Amrutavarshinee Murugan of Grade VIII won first prize in Doha recitation INTER BHAVANS HINDI DIWAS Shivangi Sarogi of Grade VII bagged second prize in COMPETITIONS advertisement presentation Parina Dholakia, Grade VI clinched the second prize in the Poetry Recitation competition. Third position was won at mathematics quiz organized by New Indian School MATHLETICS Pritha Singh - Grade VII Pranav Bobby Sekhar -Grade VIII Adesh Deepthi Shaiju -Grade IX. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 31

“Competitions among schools is always a great motivator.” – John Rowland Interschool competitions provide numerous platforms and opportunities for students to showcase their talents which in the future acts as a stepping stone to achieve excellence. It prepares the students for real life competitions which await them post the school life. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 32

To a problem, there are many solutions and opinions. BISQ was conducted in order to sharpen students problem solving skills in a limited amount of time. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 33

Poetica- an Inter Bhavans Poetry Recitation Competition projected the flair of rhythmical words, amazing modulation of voice and stunning expressions. Amit Bijesh Nambiar Saira.M.Sabu Position- II, Pritha Singh Position- Position- I, Category-2 Category- 3 III , Category- 3 Arnab Sen Gupta Shubh Dimri Position- III, Category 4 Consolation Prize, Category 3 Word Buster - A quiz that covered a variety of language topics including synonyms, antonyms, phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, grammar and syntax, usage, prefixes, and suffixes, spelling etc. Bagged Third Postion Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 34

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From the Counsellor’s Desk Positivity is more about one’s overall perspective on life and their tendency to focus on all that is good in life. Positive thinking, or an optimistic attitude, is the practice of focusing on the good in any given situation. Researches are done and result shows positive thinkers are psychologically and physically healthier and less stressed. Broadly speaking, positive thinking is a force which helps a person to handle their emotions, behaviour and help to overcome depression. The major characteristics associated with a positive mind-set are:- •A person is willing to make an effort and take a chance instead of assuming that the efforts won’t pay off. •Acknowledging that things don’t always turn out how one want them to, and try to learn from the mistakes. •A person is more resilient and has better ability to face crises or trauma. They try to solve problem and eventually overcome such adversity, and failure instead of giving up. •They continuously appreciate the good things in the life. •They are righteous, and straightforward, instead of deceitful and self-serving. Negative attitude is like a giant wall which holds a person from moving forward in life. Some common forms of negative self-talk include: •Filtering. You magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filter out all of the positive ones. •Personalizing. When something bad occurs, a person automatically blames himself. •Catastrophizing. This means a person anticipate the worst with small simple incidence. •Polarizing. In this situation a person see things only as either good or bad, perfect or total failure. There is no middle ground. Setbacks are part of life and in this situation we can teach the child to keep the chin up by few simple methods which provides positive reinforcement. To help child to develop positivity in life one should be an example and show how optimism creates an ideal environment for happiness. Sometimes it is said “seeing is believing” and children follow their parents. A child finds difficult to accomplish his goals. Parents can help their child to change negative attitude by cognitive behavioural therapy. The basic concept is to replace negative thought with positive one. Few examples are - write statements displaying child positive qualities in a room so that the child can read several times. Prepare a chart of few short comings which are easy for child to overcome. This will boost self-confidence in child and change. Post some motivation quotes. Even it can be placed at different places. A positive environment can do wonders for eliminating negative thinking and encouraging healthy thoughts as your child tackles new learning challenges. It's important to regularly plan goals with your child, and clearly set the stage for what success looks like. Show your child you are with him. A little motivation and support from parents during this time will help them to overcome difficulty. Negative thinking can be turned into positive thinking. The process is simple, but it does take time and practice as one has to create a new habit. To change negativity into positivity identify areas of life that you usually think negatively about. Talk to the child and evaluate his or her thoughts periodically during the day. If you find that the thoughts are mainly negative, try to find a way to put a positive spin on them. Seek humor in everyday happenings of your child. This will help him to feel less stressed. Encourage your child to do exercise everyday for about 30 minutes on most days of the week. Follow a healthy diet to fuel your mind and body. Start by following one simple rule: Don't say anything to yourself that you wouldn't say to anyone else. Be gentle and encouraging with yourself. If a negative thought enters your mind, evaluate it rationally and respond with affirmations of what is good about you. Think about things you're thankful for in your life. Dr Preet Kamal Bhatnagar Coordinator Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 37

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It is said that families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach greater heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter. The kids show their love to their families by participating in various parental activities and events. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 40

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To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. Immersing in fun activities and engaging tasks is essential for kids as it hones their observation skills. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 42

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They say health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. Join the fun as we learn about the food that gives us energy to learn and play, while learning which ones to eat, and from which to stay away. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 44

Shapes, numbers, colours and words- the world around us is filled with patterns. Fun- filled activities and games for pattern building encourage logical thinking and develop one’s fine motor skills. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 45

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”- Dr. Seuss. Let us travel the world through pages of books, and improve our creativity and knowledge along the way. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 46

1,2,3 and we’re off to practice our numeracy skills! Math is fun when you learn while you play, and our math activities ensure our budding geniuses are equipped with the knowledge they require in the future. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 47

Literature helps us to connect with the past, and dream of the future. Engaging stories, fun rhymes and creative role plays connect us with what we learn, and make classroom learning even more interactive and fun. Bhavanubhav | Annual Magazine - Vol. VII | PN: 48