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News in Brief

IAYP

Inter House Hindi Play

Inter House Punjabi Debate

Science Exhibition

Career Counselling

Teachers Day

International Events

London Trip

US Trip

ISA – Food Festival & Recycling

YFU

MUN

National Literary Events

NCC

Staff News

Book Review

Sports

Newsletter JULY-SEPTEMBER

2012

IAYP

Hatu Trip

“One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity of that oneness without which no better world is possible “

Ella Malliart

Summer vacations are some of the fondest memories that we have as students. There are some teenagers who like that fact that there is no school and like to stay and sleep in late. This is a typical teenager’s summer of fun; a time to relax and not worry about a single thing. Every year our school takes us out on treks and this year our school organized an adventure camp in Hatu for classes 9-12. We started our journey on 13th of June and after six hours of travelling by bus which was very enjoyable we reached our destination Hatu. The calmness added to the beauty of the place and from the camp the view of the valley was breathtaking. The next day we went out trekking and I enjoyed the trail thoroughly. The same night half of the students went for a night out, “a survival” as they call it to have an adventurous night in the jungle. The second day we did rock climbing and rappelling and It was thrilling and fun and also not to forget the Hatu Devi temple, so good and holy. The last day we started off for Patiala and on our way we shopped at Shimla. I’ve been on by

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far the most memorable trip and I thank my school for that. Sargun Sandhu

XI DG

Saira, Kirat and Sargun

Trip to USA

It was the day when I could feel my dreams coming true when I landed at Newark Airport on 5th June 2012 accompanied by four students and a teacher. Mr. Chad Murray, our guide, met us at the airport and took us straight away to the Time Square which is the busiest and beautiful place in New York.Here in this part of the city you can feel the cosmopolitan nature of the city.

Visiting the Head Quarters of the United Nations was an experience. We gained firsthand knowledge about American history after visiting the National History Museum. We landed at the Empire State Building which has eighty-eight floors and the view from the eight-eighth floor of the Hudson river and skyscrapers is breath taking.

Our next destination was Ellis Island a place where the immigrants came to America from all over the world. The old artefacts and records of the immigrants is kept in the museum of the Island .I was mesmerised by the huge Statue of Liberty which was designed by Gustave Eiffel who designed Eiffel Tower.

After a long journey we landed to see the most beautiful Niagara Falls and also had the opportunity to ride in the ferry ‘The Maid of the Mist’ . In the city of Philadelphia we visited the

Independence Hall and the United States Mint was quiet educational as we came to know how coins are minted. The tour of the city was rounded off with the visit to the Wharton School which is an undergraduate business school of the Ivy League.

Our next destination was Washington DC where we visited US Capitol, Supreme Court ,Lincoln Memorial and Madam Tussauds Museum.

From Newark Airport we flew to the state of Florida and stayed at Orlando. We visited almost all the theme parks, Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studio, Universal Studio and Epcot. At Disney World we had an educational tour behind the scenes to understand how sound and other special effects are created. At Water Kingdom we saw some fine performances at the Dolphin show, Shamu show etc. We also witnessed some amazing fireworks at Epcot. Finally at NASA, Kennedy Space Centre we got to see launch pads for space shuttle and also a replica of Apollo 11 Moon Mission. On the whole, the trip to the US was the best experience of my life.

Yojen Grover (Class X) & Jatin Bansal (Class XII)

Outside the White House




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Arshdeep Sandhu XI DG

A satire on corruption by Teresa House

“Dreams” a presentation by Tagore House

Tolstoy House Presentation

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Rebuttal time during Punjabi Debate

SCIENCE EXHIBITION

The purpose of the science exhibition is to develop scientific attitude in the young generation of our country to make them realize the interdependence of science, technology and society and the responsibility of the scientists of tomorrow. The budding scientists of our school presented many creative ideas as exhibits. We were able to see young Faradays, Newtons and Edisons among them. The Exhibits were creative and attractive and some were marvellous. Our school organises a science exhibition every year. It was held on 24th, 25th and 27th August. The exhibition had three sections – Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Our Principal, Rosa Ma’am judged the exhibition and appreciated the efforts of the students. In the Physics section, the model of a helicopter won the first prize ‘The Chain Reaction of Uranium’ bagged the first prize in Chemistry section and the model of ‘Human Heart’ was declared the winner in Biology section. On the second day, parents were invited to view the exhibition. On the third and the final day, the students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidayalaya visited the exhibition The Exhibition was appreciated by all.

Arunav Laroiya & Divyansha Singla VIII SM

Visitors from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

ISA Activities

Recycling For the International School Award the Students of The British Co-Ed High School undertook the project ‘Thinking About Tomorrow – Recycling. They made flags, masks and maps out of recycled material. The students were at their creative best as they made flags and maps of UK, China and Spain with handmade paper. They also made masks of the National animals of said countries using the technique of paper Mache.




Food Festival

The school organised Food Festival for the ISA project- A Peep into Varied Culture on 25th August. The cuisines of four countries Egypt, China, Spain and Lithuania were prepared by the students of class VII. The festival was inaugurated by our Principal, Ms. Rosa Kucharskyj and a very special guest Senorita Vanessa was also present on the occasion. The students put in all their efforts right from researching about the food of the above mentioned countries and selecting the appropriate recipes and then preparing the delicious, mouth-watering dishes. Some of the students wore traditional dresses of the respective countries.

Little Chefs

Career Counselling

“Keep learning. Every day is a new challenge”

Class 10 and 12 are often termed as crucial years for students as it`s the time to make some important decisions related to our careers. In order to decide , we need to have awareness about all streams and to fulfill the same ' CAREER COUNSELLING WORKSHOP '

was organised in our school on 30th and 31st August. Mr. Shiv Diwan told us about various new streams including Actuarial Science , Marine Photographer , Linguistics etc. It was very interactive as every career was introduced with a short clip on a day in the respective professional`s life. After attending this workshop almost every one of us were clear about our choices of career option.

Saisha Shori X AS

Career Counselling workshop by Mr Shiv Diwan

Teachers Day Celebrations

‘A teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others.’

5th September is celebrated as Teachers Day, as a mark of tribute to the contribution of teachers in our lives. The celebration for the day was organized, planned and executed by the students of class XI & XII. The Head Girl Jannat Sidhu thanked the Principal and the staff for guiding and helping them at every step. Eva Reidlsperger a student from Austria sang a Austrian-German fun song welcoming the spring season. Manroop Singh class XII, sang a Punjabi number about fulfilled days spent in




the school .The girls and boys set the stage on fire with Giddha & Bhangra. Leonardo Davila Martinez sang a Spanish song “Estas son las mananitas…..” Finally at the end of the day, there was a big smile on everyone’s face. The memories of this great day will remain etched in everyone’s memory. The teachers were made to realize how special they are and how lucky we are to have them. Cheers for our teachers. Happy Teachers Day.

Nishta XI DG

A wonderful performance by Eva and Leo

Girls performing Giddha

Manroop Singh singing a Punjabi number

YFU

Experience in India

First of all, I want to introduce myself. My name is Eva, I’m 15 years old, my home country is Austria. I’m here for a school exchange for nine months. As you can imagine, I was very nervous when I entered the plane which would bring me to India the first time. India is a land so totally different from all other places in the world, I had no idea what was waiting for me. But everybody here is so friendly and kind, I can surely say India is my second home country, although I have been here for not a month yet. Things which may seem normal for you are a new experience for me; your daily routine is my daily adventure. One of the best moments every day is coming to school by bus. The Indian street life is far more thrilling than in Austria. Seeing animals on the street and watching people are an experience in itself.

I’m leaning Punjabi and I sound very funny every time I try to pronounce Punjabi words. Now one of the things India is famous for is food. I have tried Indian food before but it’s totally different from what I had expected. It’s even better! I am also astonished by those many different festivals in India. Every week there’s something to celebrate. I enjoyed the festival of rakhi with my host family. Before I came to India, I was a little bit worried about the climate. But I got used to it surprisingly fast. Finally I want to say thank you to every one for making this exchange an unforgettable experience- especially my host family. Through them I get to know how Indian people live and think. Eva Reidlsperger It’s been almost a month in India and I must say it has been great. Everything is so different and also so similar. I love my family and my school, although some students are exactly nice but it doesn’t matter. I’m starting to feel better here far away from the big cities and technology. Because of that now I can do other things rather than spending 5 hours on the computer. People here are more connected to themselves




than in my country. I’m having Sitar and Hindi lessons. Every time I think that I may be one of the few Mexicans that know how to play Sitar and speak Hindi it makes me feel even better. I miss my home and my friends but it’s going to be a long time before I see them again, so I will try to get busy so I don’t notice it. I don’t know what will come in the future but you know tomorrow never knows. And the best part is that I can never tell how a day will be in the life here.

Leonardo Davila Martinez

Eva in class

Leo in class

MUN

BVC MUN

The Model of the United Nations conference is a simulation of the real United Nations where each school represents a foreign country and each student is a delegate. It gives the students an opportunity to develop critical thinking, understand international challenges, contribute to its effective solution, in an attempt to usher in a new world order and to focus attention on the preservation of environment and of human rights.

BVCMUN’12, took off on a zealous note, unfolding a wide spectrum of riveting events. I , along with SIX other students from the school, participated in this great learning convention. All delegates presented themselves as active and responsible citizens of the global community. I will never forget this amazing experience and I recommend everyone to participate in it if they get a chance. In a nutshell, MUN was a wonderful experience! Unforgettable indeed! Looking forward to the next MUN.

Kritinder Kaur IX-DK

National Literary Events

The school participated in 16th National Literary events organized by the Association of Schools for the Indian School Certificate Examination. The school participated in various events like Creative Writing, Quiz declamation, Debate and sports which were held in Chandigarh at the Zonal Level. In the debate held at St. Xavier School our school team was declared the Best Team (Karan Attri and Shiven Shridhar) . Karan Attri (Xth) was declared the Best Speaker at Zonal and as well as at Regional level. He will represent the school at the National Level which will be held at Kolkata in the month of October.

NCC Camp

A camp for NCC cadets was held during the summer break from 20th to 29th June 2012 at Patiala Cantt. 26 students (11 girls and 14boys) were part of this camp. The students at the camp were trained in Para gliding, Flying, and Rifle shooting. Competition was also held for various activities like rifle shooting, cross-country and march past. Mallica Saluja won gold in cross-country. Akashdeep Dhillon got silver in shooting. Manvi Seth, Chetna Sharma, Tulip Saluja and Nikhil Bansal were awarded bronze in the same category. For March Past Manvi Seth got gold, Amitoj Kinger and Chetna Sharma got bronze




NCC Cadets

A Visit to the Botanical Garden

Recently our school organized a visit to The Botanical Garden and Museum & Art Gallery at the Punjabi University campus as the part of our SUPW activity. We arrived there at ten o’ clock in the morning. First we all lined up and explored the dome shaped Art Gallery. Each corner of the gallery showcased rich Punjabi culture. The Sculpture Park around the building adds glory to the Art Gallery. Then we went to a beautiful botanical garden there we saw the

tropical forest arrangement in a separate enclosure It was like a roller coaster, something new at every turn. There was also a cactus house where different species of cacti were planted. Some were very beautiful. It is very difficult to describe something beautiful so we leave you here with your imagination and sincerely hope you pay a visit.

Dhruv Trehan, Pooja Goyal & Janvi Arora IX- DK

Visit to the Verka Milk Plant

We buy Verka products but never imagined how the milk is processed, packed and delivered to us. We had this great opportunity provided by our School to visit the Verka Milk Plant. We were warmly welcomed by our guide. He explained to us the purification; processing and flavouring techniques, we were amazed to know that the plant has the capacity to process one lac liters of milk per day. The Plant is managed by qualified professionals and is committed to supply quality and safe milk and milk products to the customers.

Srishti R.V. Singh

Visit to Village School

In order to deliver some playground material, a see-saw, a merry-go-round and rockers plus chairs, Rosa Ma’am took students of X AS to the village school to meet the students and hand over the equipments. I was pleased to see the spirit of learning and simplicity among the students of the village school. We played a few games and also sang and danced with them. We made many friends over there and it




seemed as if our kinder-garten days were back. It was indeed a wonderful experience which I will not be able to forget.

Saisha Shori X AS

Class X As with the village school children

Report on The British Co-Ed High School’s shared partnership with Hatch End High School, Harrow London Ms Kiran Harika and Ms Bhalwinder Kaur, senior staff members, went to Hatch End High School, Harrow, London to share projects and interact on a global level. The shared projects were under the banner of: ‘Solutions to sustainable living from examples of our heritage’ a) Looking at the Mughal system of baolis and their relevance to the present day b) The Green School. The Hatch End students were fascinated by the lesson -Introduction to Medieval history (the Mughal period) and modern Indian history (the partition of India)

Students were extremely pleased to interact and gain firsthand knowledge about Indian history from an Indian teacher. One student suggested that they should have more guest teachers from India to share views and ideas. Mr P. Richards, Assistant Head teacher, shared information on motivational workshops for the students. It was also interesting to know that for community service the students of Hatch End school visit old age homes , orphanages which we at The British Coed school lay a lot of emphasis on. It was an enriching experience as we got firsthand knowledge about the British education system which will help us to improve our teaching, mindset and attitude. At the same time as the visit to Hatch End by High school staff, four teachers from the Junior school, Ms. Manpreet, Ms. Jaspreet, Ms. Jeetinder and Ms. Tina visited and interacted with Staff and students at Our Lady of Peace Junior School, Slough with a view to improving and enriching our respective curricula and starting teacher exchanges.

Ms. Marina Dunford, the Deputy Head with Ms. Harika & Ms. Bhalwinder




ISC Batch 2012

Where are They…….

We congratulate Cadet Gunjar Thakur on clearing NDA. He is presently undergoing training at Khadakwasla Pune.

Bhanuraj Kashyap is studying for B.Tech in Humanities from Delhi University

Dilpreet Taggar is studying B.Com from Daulat Ram College New Delhi.

Dikshant Jindal is studying for B.Com from Guru Teg Bahadur College. New Delhi

Shivani Sharma (ISC 2012) is studying for B.Com (Hons) from SD College Chandigarh.

Bisman Trehan is studying for Mass Communication from Hyderabad.

Staff News

Ms. Venessa Maria Sanchez-Fructuoso Colegio Santa y San Rafael, Madrid is on a year’s leave which she will spend at the Junior and High School teaching Spanish.

We welcome Ms. Vidushi Sukam and Ms.Prabhjot Kaur – English Department, Ms. Gurleen Maan – Science Department, Ms. Rajvir Kaur Punjabi Department and Ms. Akanksha Garg & Ms. Kirandeep Kaur Thind for Social Sciences.

Good Bye to Ms. Damini Sood and Ms. Harneet Brar

Book review- The Last Song

The word that strikes my mind when I describe the story of “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks is ‘beautiful’. My eyes glittered with tears of sorrow and joy as I flipped through the last pages. After reading the book, I had a satisfying smile on my face admist all the tears. The story takes you on a roller coaster ride of different emotions and appeals to all the senses. The novel,in a very wizard manner, touches the aspects of almost all the important relations in one’s life: parent-children, brother-sister and friendship in general.

It is a story about a seventeen year old, rebellious, Ronnie Miller, who resents her parents after their messy divorce. She is forced to spend her summer with her father, with whom she has not spoken for three years, on Wrightsville Beach. She has even given up the common hobby that always united her with her father-playing the piano. Initially she dreaded the summer but in the end, gave her an opportunity to know about love, family and faith. What the book unfolds is a treasure to behold!

Nishtha Gupta XI DG

Sports News Inter House Football High School 21st August, 2012 Tagore House was declared the winner The final positions are:- 1. Tagore 2. Tolstoy




3. Teresa Yuvraj Sandhu, Varun Partap, Amreen Somal, Sidharth Dua made their House proud by brilliant display of football skills. Inter House Football Middle School 11th September,2012

Teresa House was declared the winner The final positions are:- 1. Teresa 2. Tagore 3. Tolstoy Amreen Somal, Rahul, Navjot Singh and Jaiveer Singh made their House proud by brilliant display of football skills. Inter House Kho-Kho High School 31st August 2012

Tolstoy House was declared the winner The final position are:- 1.Tolstoy 2.Tagore 3.Teresa Sanatveer, Sidharth Dua, Lalit,Amitoj Kinger and Sahildeep Singh gave a fine performance.l

ICSE/ISC Zonal Athletic Meet Swimming Competition held at Chandigarh Sargam Bansal (Class IX) won gold medal in 50m Free Style in and Mullica Saluja (Class IX) won gold medal in 100 m Free Style . Athletics Relay 4 ×100m (Girls)

1. Gaganpreet Punia (Class XII) 2. Shreen Punia (Class XII) 3. Simranpreet Kaur (Class XI) 4. Manreet Chahal (Class XI)

Won Bronze Medal

Relay 4 ×100m (Boys) Harmanveer Singh (Class XII) Navrattan Singh (Class XI) Mandeep Singh (Class XI) Gurdit Singh (Class X) Won Gold Medal Shotput Ravneet Singh (Class XII) won Silver Medal 100M Girls Annie Sandhu (Class X) won Silver Medal Northen Region Athletic Meet held at Amritsar

1. Shot put – Boys Ravneet Singh (Class XII) won Bronze Medal

2. Relay 4×100m Boys Harmanveer(Class XII),Navrattan Singh (Class XI)Mandeep Singh (Class XI) Gurdit Singh Birdi (Class XII)won Bronze Medal. Fencing Ena Arora (Class IX) participated in National Championships held at Gwalior. Chess U-17 Rideymeet Singh (Class X) won Silver Medal in DistrictU-17 and represented school in the State Chess Competition. Football U-17 Six players from our school Gurdit Singh Birdi (Class X), Sanatveer (Class IX), Varun Pratap (Class IX), Jaiveer Singh (Class VIII), Yuvraj Sandhu (Class IX) were selected to play at District level and were declared Runners-up. Gurdit Singh Birdi will represent school in the State Football Tournaments. Air Rifle Shooting Harmanveer Singh (Class XII), Parteek Mathur (Class XI) and Chitwanveer Singh (Class X) won Bronze Medal in the Inter School Open championship. Parteek Mathur (Class XI)won Bronze medal in Inter State School open championship held at Mohali.




Hockey U-17 Hockey Five players from our school Lalit Barwal (Class IX) Sumit Nehra (Class X) Ayush Bansal (Class X) Arunav Laroiya (Class VIII) Rajdeep Singh (Class VIII were selected to play at District level and secured First position. Lalit Barwal (Class IX) Sumit Nehra (Class X) and Arunav Laroiya (Class VIII) have been selected to represent the District in State Level Competition. Hockey U-19 Four Students Ayush Jindal and Ekansh Narula (Class X), Hitesh Handa and Gurkeerat Singh (Class IX) were selected to play at District level and were declared Runners-up. U-14 Seven students Raghav Garg (Class VII), Tushar Goel (Class VIII), Pranav Joshi (Class VIII), Sehaj S. Gill (Class VII), Amninder Singh (Class VII), Jobanpreet Singh (Class VII), Hirdey Malhotra (Class VII) were selected to play at District level and were declared Runners-up. Badminton U-14 (Boys) Abhinav Bansal (Class VII), Madhav Singh (Class VII), Piyush Mehta (Class VIII) won Zonal and District Championship. U-17(Boys) Kunal Kaushal (Class IX),Abhinav Bansal (Class IX),Anshuman Walia (Class IX) and Rohil Gaba (Class IX) were selected to play at District level and were declared Runners-up. U-17 (Girls) Vasundhara and Saisha Shori (Class X) were selected for District Championship

Archery U-14(Boys) Gunjan Mishra (Class VII) participated in the District Archery championship held at Punjabi University and won gold medal. Cricket U-14 School team secured second place in Zonal Competition Gitnash, Pran Gobind were selected for District Championship. Basket Ball U-14(Girls) School team bagged First position in Zonal and District competitions Yoga U-14 Manaya Sood (Class VI) won Bronze Medal in District Championship. Lawn Tennis U-17 Harnoor Inder Singh (Class X) and Amandeep Singh (Class IX) won silver medal at the District Championship held at Y.P.S. Patiala and have been selected to represent in the State Championship.




Class IX celebrating Spanish culture and festivities

Learning Spanish Cuisine

The students of Class V engrossed in ISA Activities

Thinking about Tomorrow -Recycling




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