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VOLUME 8 | ISSUE 1 | APRIL 2021 Prerana The Glimpse of ASIS ORIENTATION FOR PARENT MY NUTSHELL At Bhavans, we believe that a healthy raport ORIENTATION FOR NEW GRADE 10 AND 12 PARENTS with the parents is a pre requiste to learn • PARENT ORIENTATION about our students in depth. The constant On 27th February 2021, we organised the first • WELCOME ASSEMBLY support and assistance extented by our parent Orientation for the Parents fo Grade 9 and 11 in • BLUE DAY-AUTISM AWARENESS DAY community is our perenial source of inspiration preparation for the commencement of Grade 10 and • INTERNATIONAL EARTH DAY and enouragement. It is customory that we 12. Majority of the parents attended the session. • RAMADAN SPECIAL ASSEMBLY organise frequent rendevus with parents to Academic Coordinator Mr. Thomas Francis welcomed • RAMADAN CHARITY rightly transact our academic plans, projects the gathering and introduced the teachers to the • BHAVANS READING CHALLENGE and plan of action for the new academic year. parent community. Director Ms. Divya Rajesh • ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAY This year too Bhavans organised online Ramachandran spoke on the importance of Grade 10 • NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE DAY Orientation for parents in separate session for and 12 and Principal Dr. Bhavna Gupta urged the • NATIONAL PANCHAYATI RAJ DAY each category of classes. students to be singled mided in their focus towards • INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY studies. • PARENT’S CORNER • LEARN ARABIC

ORIENTATION FOR GRADE 1-4, GRADE 5-9 Separate Orientations were held on 3rd April 2021 for all par- ents from Grade 1-9 to to discuss the academic plans for the new academic year. Principal Dr. Bhavna Gupta spoke exten- sively on the significance of effective parental care towards children at this time of Online classes. ORIENTATION FOR KG PARENTS We oraganised a special Orientation for parents of Kindergar- ten on 10th April 2021. Director Ms.Divya Rajesh Ramachan- dran wholeheartedly welcomed the new parents of KG 1 and assured them a fun filled learning environement and fruitful early year program at Bhavans. Principal Dr.Bhavna Gupta in- troduced the KG faculty member and urged the parents to teach children the soft skills required to handle this pandemic situation. ORIENTATION FOR NEW GRADE 11 ON 30TH APRIL 2021 An interactive session for the parents of New Grade 11 was conducted on 30th April 2021 from 10.30 am to 12 .15 pm. AC Mr. Thomas Francis welcomed the parents and introduced the Senior teachers of Bhavans who will be handling grade 11. Director Ms. Divya Rajesh Ramachandran spoke about the career options available for students in respective streams. Principal Dr. Bhavna Gupta congratulated the students and parents for choosing ASIS for further studies and wished the students best of luck PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

WELCOME ASSEMBLY A special assembly to welcome all students to the next session was held on 11th Apr 2021. The assembly began with UAE National Anthem. This was followed by welcoming message by principal Dr.Bhavna Gupta and Academic Coordinator Mr.Thomas Francis. The assembly concluded with the various Department Heads and section supervisors welcome messages. Ramadan Special Assembly Quaran. Rishitha Harish talked about the was conducted by the Speciality of the Holy Month . Agatha Sharma students of Grade 9A. Students mentioned the Hindi word of the Day . Nidhi actively participated for the Reddy shared the values and Competencies. Virtual assembly. Assembly Anchoring and Compilation of Video was done started with the UAE National by Fathima Narmin Anthem . The prayer song was sung by Rihanna Sera, Joann Sarah and Melvin Mathews . Shafa Shanib recited the Holy PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

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INTERNATIONAL EARTH DAY E arth Day is an annual event Leaf Journal Activity learning of children. It may offer on April 22nd to them a new way of thinking about demonstrate support for This activity was given to G1 and G2 something. Our students of G6, G7 environmental protection. First students where the activity begins with and G8 participated in poetry writing held on April 22, 1970,U.S children observing leaves in hands-on competition and shared their Senator Gaylord Nelson created ways. As the seasons change, so do the thoughts under the theme – Restore Earth Day as a way to force this plants around us. Leaf journaling is an Our Earth. issue onto the national agenda, it now includes a wide range of Grain Art Activity - Me and Nature –Photography events coordinated globally by Contest EarthDay.org including 1 billion With this activity our students of G3, G4 people in more than 193 and G5 learned about the various kinds Nature photography helps to raise countries. of grains, seeds, pulses etc. which we the profile of our planet and the get from our mother earth. environment. It allows people to Celebrating Earth Day serves experience things they may not see as a conscious reminder of how They have done beautiful artwork using themselves, and therefore fragile our planet is and encourages them to care about its how important it is to protect it. different kinds of grains like Rice, preservation. Our students of G9 to We celebrate Earth Day to wheat, nuts, pasta, pulses, beans of G12 participated in Me and Nature continue promoting environmen- various colours, seeds like sunflower photography contest and in a small tal awareness and to remind us seeds, watermelon seeds etc. that exist way they helped to raise awareness that we can protect the earth in in all shapes, sizes and colours. of the natural world and work to our everyday lives as well. promote its conservation. Poetry writing competition Our students at Bhavans Al Saad Poetry is a form of expression, writing it Indian School, Al Ain celebrated the day by participating in lets us get out our feelings and thoughts different activities and on a subject while reading it encourages competitions. us to connect and find meaning in our experiences. Poetry can have a positive impact on the social and emotional PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

”Every child is a master in his own BHAVANS MASTER CLASS AND LAUNCH OF READING creativity and there is no master CHALLENGE is greater than a child.” A day marking the inaugural ceremony of Bhavans Master class and launching of Bhavans Reading Challenge was convened in Zoom platform, Al Saad Indian School, Al Ain at 5.30 PM on Monday, 26th April 2021. The ultimate agenda of Bhavans Master Class programme is to expose the welcome address by Ms. Nkshathra, Books help us understand without a student from Grade 5 A. The chief even experiencing it ourselves. children to an arena of guest began her speech with a short story which she read from ‘Cities of opportunities to interact with experts Stories’ by Rukmini Banerji. After telling the story, to from various walks of life from far and highlight the importance of reading Books help us understand other books, she talked about “Why do we people’s stories. wide. Thus, preparing them with various need books in our lives?” The significant points she emphasized in leadership competences to her speech were: At the end of her speech, she become global citizens. The same way, Books help us do time travel. launched ‘Bhavans Reading Bhavans reading challenge bedrocks Books don’t care who we are and Challenge’. Then it was taken over how we are. on enriching children’s reading and by Ms Divya Rajesh Ramachandran, imaginative skills. Director of Bhavans Middle East. The programme commenced with the She shared the flyer of Bhavans great vigour and enthusiasm of children from grade 1 to 5. It was chaired by a Reading Challenge with the distinguished personality, an India born American, Ms.Sweta Ganesh Kumar children. Eventually, the a voracious reader renowned author and well acclaimed programme ended with the journalist. The programme started with the UAE National Anthem, followed by concluding thought from Dr Bhavna Quran recitation by Mr Salman, a faculty from Arabic department and a lovely Books help us connect with your Gupta, Principal of Bhavans Al Saad grandparents. Indian School, Al Ain. PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

Language is one among the integral ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAY parts of communication. Learning another language is not only learning their video presentation while the students of Grades 3 to 5 created a different words for the same things but portrait gallery in the form of a journal of their favourite book characters learning another way to think about and writers in different styles and in collaborative murals to depict settings things. English Language Day at the from classic stories. Grades 6 to 10 students prepared book trailers of the UN is celebrated on 23 April every year, best books they have read - a short personal book biography in words and the date traditionally observed as both images of their favourite reads of their own from collection: preschool to the birthday and date of death current day. of William Shakespeare. The event was All the students thoroughly enjoyed the activities and submitted their best established by UN's Department of works that could showcase their talent. Public Information in 2010 \"to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization\". As English is the international language, it influenced people and it turn out to be the medium of communication in learning at almost all the schools. Bhavans Al Saad Indian School also uses English as the medium of communication. When the whole world celebrates the English Language day, at Bhavans Al Saad Indian School the students got engaged into various interesting activities. Grades 1 and 2 students dressed up as their favourite book character and enacted beautifully in PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

In India, ‘Civil Services Day is celebrated NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE DAY on April 21 every year. The Government of India chose April 21 as the National All participated students were appreciated by giving them chance to Civil Service Day, and on this day the discuss the same in the class and it helped all students to understand country’s first home minister, Sardar the top administrative positions in our country and the role of those Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the newly people for the effective policymaking and their merit, efficiency and appointed Administrative Services above all loyalty to the nation. The quality of services to the citizens Officers in 1947. The historic occasion that are essential to the advancement of economic and social took place at the Metcalf House in development. Delhi. In his address, he called Civil Servants, the ‘Steel Frame of India’. “A quality education provides citizens with the tools to participate fully in their society.” We, AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL also observed the day to appreciate the tremendous work done by officers engaged in public administration, in various departments of the Central and State governments. The Department of Social Science initiated Grades 5- 9 students to do research work on the Civil Service in India such as IAS, IPS, IFS etc. and to create a ppt/video on it. PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

orld Autism Aware- AUTISM AWARENESS DAY-2021 ness Day is an inter- Blue is the colour symbolize a feeling of calm and W nationally recog- acceptance in a world that can be very loud nized day on April 2 and challenging. The awareness campaign aims to every year, encouraging Member States increase public understanding of autism, highlight the of the United Nations to take measures plight of families affected by autism, as well as to raise awareness about people promote community acceptance of children with the with autistic spectrum disorders includ- condition. ing autism and Asperger syndrome throughout the world.  With the objective of supporting Autistic community in the world, April 2nd UAE celebrated as blue day with the theme 'Inclusion in the Workplace: Chal- lenges and Opportunities in a Post- Pandemic World'. On behalf of 2nd April 2021, Bhavans' Al Saad Indi- an School celebrated blue day on 18th April 2021. All students were re- quested to wear blue dress in support of understanding and acceptance for peo- ple with autism. Boys were in blue PE pants/Blue pants with Blue T shirt and girls with blue frock /PE pants with blue T shirt. PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

“Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”—Robert Fulghum. Lifestyle is a \"way or style of living.\" When it specifically heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, comes to our family, we will always want the best for them. No matter who you are or where metabolic syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary you live, you will find the best possible life for your children. But sometimes, we really do not disease etc. know the best way to go about that. So, we start to ask many questions to ourselves. Like, what So, it is our responsibility to keep ourselves healthy by exactly I could do to improve my family’s overall lifestyle? Do I need to make any changes from following certain tips… the existing lifestyle? Am I providing nutritious diet? Are we doing exercise daily? Do we have • Eat nutritious diet. good relationship with neighbors? Do we take • Measure and watch your weight. proper rest? Do we have enough savings for kid’s • Limit the intake of sugar, fat and salt in your diet. future? and so on… So, do not wait till • Drink enough water and stay hydrated, limit sug- tomorrow, keep these in mind and think what you need, to stop doing today in order to create ared beverages. the life you want in the future. • Sleep seven to eight hours a night. • Keep company with good people. • Do regular exercise. • Stop taking things personally. • Do something meaningful each day. • Minimize your screen time. Healthy lifestyles improve people’s health and well- being. Healthy living is a gift of god. Many factors influence our lifestyle example our Mrs. Sheeja Pency John Dioses socioeconomic status, education, family, kin and Parent of social networks, gender, age, interpersonal influences etc. How does these factors affect our Lazzaro Pency John Dioses 5B lifestyle? A variety of lifestyle and health related Nazzario Pency John Dioses 3C habits can have a major impact on a person’s health, includes smoking, alcohol, skipping a meal, poor diet leading to obesity or malnutri- tion, lack of physical exercise etc. Prolonged exposure to these risk factors leads to the development of chronic diseases, PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

Parts of the body ‫أعضاء جسم‬ (in Arabic) ‫الإنسان ( بالعربية‬ body jasim ‫جــسم‬ head ras ‫رأس‬ Hair ‫شعــر‬ Eye shaear Mouth eyin ‫عـين‬ fam Nose ‫فـم‬ Ear 'anf ‫أنف‬ Face Hand uzhin ‫أذن‬ leg wajh ‫وجـه‬ Belly yad Back ‫يـد‬ rigil batan ‫رجل‬ zahar ‫بطن‬ ‫ظهر‬ PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

INTERNATIONAL EARTH DAY : 22-04-21 ACTIVITY: LEAF JOURNAL, G1 and G2 WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 1A WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 1B S.N House POSITION S.N STUDENT House POSITION O STUDENT NAME SHRADDHA FIRST O NAME SHRADDHA FIRST SHRADDHA SECOND SHANTHI SECOND 1 VIHAN SATYA SECOND 1 AARON SHANTHI THIRD 2 FABIO SHUBHAM THIRD 2 KAIRAH SHUBHAM CONSOLATION 3 ANYA MARYA JINS 3 ELIAS SHANTHI CONSOLATION 4 AHIL 4 YAAMIS 5 SYEDA WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 1C WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 1D S.N House POSITION S.N House POSITION O STUDENT NAME SHUBHAM FIRST O STUDENT NAME SATYA FIRST SHRAD- 1 SIDHARTH SATYA SECOND 1 ENRIQUE DHA SECOND AADHYA RAJIVKU- SHRAD- THIRD 2 shane DHA THIRD 2 MAR CONSOLATION SATYA CONSOLATION 3 AKSHIT SHUB- 3 THARUN SHRADDHA CONSOLATION 4 PAUL HAM CONSOLATION 4 THERESA SATYA 5 ADINATH 5 ZAIN ABDUL SHANTHII WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 2A WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 2B S.N House POSITION S.N STUDENT House POSITION O STUDENT NAME SHRADDHA FIRST O NAME SHRADDHA FIRST SHANTHI SECOND 1 SIVA SATYA SECOND 1 NEVIN 2 ANEK NITHIN SHUBHAM THIRD 3 SAHANA SHUBHAM CONSOLATION 4 ARCHANA SHRADDHA CONSOLATION 5 PRAYAG 6 AJAY WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 2C WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 2D S.N S.N STUDENT O NAME O STUDENT NAME House POSITION House POSITION FIRST 1 AKSHITHA SHANTHI FIRST 1 AMEYA SATYA SECOND 2 RICHARD SATYA FIRST 3 ALVIN SHUBHAM SECOND 2 NIHARIKA SHANTHI PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

INTERNATIONAL EARTH DAY : 22-04-21 WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 3B ACTIVITY: GRAIN ART, G3, G4 and G5 WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 3A S.N STUDENT House POSITION S.N House POSITION O NAME SHUBHAM FIRST O STUDENT NAME SHANTHI FIRST 1 LAIBA 1 PRATYUSH FIRST SECOND 2 POORVIK SAI SHRADDHA SECOND 2 SHREYANSHU PARIDA SHANTHI THIRD 3 KARTHIKEYA SHRADDHA THIRD 3 NIVAN JIMMY SHUBHAM 4 BOBBY SHANTHI WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 3C WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 4A S.N STUDENT House POSITION S.N STUDENT House POSITION O NAME SHANTHI FIRST O NAME SHUBHAM FIRST SHUBHAM SECOND SATYA SECOND 1 ADWAID SATYA THIRD 1 AANN DILEEP SHUBHAM SECOND 2 ISHA JOE SHUBHAM CONSOLATION 2 DHAKSHINA SATYA THIRD 3 ARYA SHRADDHA CONSOLATION 3 NANDHINI 4 JOANNA 4 JOANNA 5 AARON WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 4B WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 4C S.N STUDENT House POSITION S.N House POSITION O NAME SHRADDHA FIRST O STUDENT NAME SATYA FIRST SHUBHAM SECOND SATYA SECOND 1 TEJUS SHANTHI THIRD 1 ANANDHITA SHUBHAM THIRD 2 ANIRUDDH 2 DIYA 3 GAUTAM SHRADDHA CONSOLATION 3 ALFTY TOM SHANTHI CONSOLATION 4 DEVIKA AL AYAAN 4 ANEESH WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 5A WINNERS' LIST - GRADE 5B S.N House POSITION S.N House POSITION O STUDENT NAME O STUDENT NAME SATYA FIRST SHRADDHA SECOND 1 NAKSHATRA SHANTHI FIRST MOHAMMAD ZI- SHANTHI THIRD 1 YAN SHRAD- SECOND 2 MAHADEVAN 2 JAYANI DHA THIRD CONSOLATION 3 ANAND R SHUB- 3 JAHNAVI RAJESH HAM 4 GAYATRI SHUBHAM

International Earth Day ENGLISH POETRY WRITING CONTEST-(Gr.6-8) Date:22/04/2021 S. NO NAME OF THE PARTICIPANT REMARKS HOUSE 1 ANUM OMEIR 1st SHANTHI 2 DEVANANDA 2nd SHANTHI 3 TANMAY DEEPAK 3rd SHUBHAM Me and My Nature Photography Competition Grade 9 - 12 27TH APRIL-2021 House SL NO. NAME CLASS/DIV. Position 1 2 FATHIMA NARMIN SHRADDHA 3 ANUSHKA ANN 9A 2 SANDY SHANTHI 10A 1 SHANTHI 10A 3 NATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE DAY PARTICIPANTS 5 A- Jahnavi Rajesh SHUBHAM 7A- Adithi Abhilash SHUBHAM Advika Nithin SHANTHI 7B- Akhil Reny SATYA Nakshatra SHANTHI SHUBHAM SHUBHAM Abhinav Girisankar SHANTHI 5B- Jai Narayanan Adwaith Anilraj 6A- Nikitha Ginka SHANTHI 8A- Anum Omeir SHANTHI 6C- Krithika Baiju SATYA Erin Riju SHRADDHA SHRADDHA Tiya Ramanathan SHUBHAM Nova Ann SHUBHAM Avanthika Biju SHANTHI Aishwarya SATYA Moukthika Sumesh SHUBHAM Adya Reny SHANTHI Jestina Johnson SHANTHI Devananda 9A- Anna Abhilash SATYA 9B- Ruben Mathew SHRADDHA Ellin Mary SHRADDHA

TH PRATHEESH SHRADDHA Grade 3 Grade 4 FIRST ASHWIN SHUBHAM 3A Grade 5 SECOND SHUBHAM 3B THIRD ISHA JOE 3C SATYA FIRST DHAKSHINA SHUBHAM 4A SECOND ANN DILEEP SHANTHI 4A THIRD R.V.SAMRHUTHI 4A SHANTHI FIRST NAKSHATRA SHANTHI 5A SECOND HANSIKAA SHANTHI 5A THIRD 5A ADVIKA BHAVANS BOOKMARKED/BHAVANS SPOTLIGHT PARTICIPANTS NAME CLASS HOUSE AARON GR 1A SHRADDHA AKSHIT GR 1D SHRADDHA ANEK NITHIN GR 2A SHANTHI ADITI RIJU GR 2A SHRADDHA PRAYAG GR 2A SHUBHAM ADVIKA NITHIN GR 5A SHANTHI JAYANI GR 5A SHRADDHA PRERANA | AL SAAD INDIAN SCHOOL ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 8

03-7852232 www.facebook.com/ASISALAIN INTERNATIONAL MOTHER’S DAY BHVANS FEST 2021 TAGORE JEYANTI SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTION INVESTITURE CEREMONEY INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY Edited By Swati Euscbius & Reeba Mary Designed By :Elsie Terrence