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20th October 2015

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The Times of India

Title : RBKEI redefines standard of education

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Article Date : 10/15/2015 RBK Educational Institutions (RBKEI), under the patronage of Babubhai Kanakia Foundation, has made a place among the best in Mumbai. The institution also has its presence with CBSE schools at Mahuva and Navsari in Gujarat. Though, each of its schools has its own ambitions, goals and educational roadmaps, what unites them are their synergy with RBK Educational mission `to inspire young minds to meet their full potential as learners. The school's intent is to create supportive educational environment which produces self-motivated students and reliable future citizens'. The corporate vision statement of RBK Educational Institutes focuses on developing its students into lifelong learners with a sense of purpose, good moral judgement and commitment to making the ' world a better place for all. All RBK institutes are in sync with this vision statement and the same can be witnessed in the culture and pedagogy of these schools. Rupal Kanakia, Director, RBKEI elucidates, “We are committed to holistic development of students. While every school has a different curriculum, underlying principles are same as we do not compromise on them. True test of a school is how it provides overall personality development without ignoring academics. And true reward for a school is that its students not only perform well in their careers but also emerge as wonderful human beings. I believe that we are doing extremely well on these counts, special credit for the same goes to our excellent teaching and support staff.“ A BRIEF LOOK AT THE RBK SCHOOLS: RBK School, Mira Road is affiliated to ICSE and ISC. In the year 2008, it obtained affiliation with the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) and now offers International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). School's vision for its children is to develop new learning skills, driven by its credo, 'Knowledge is light. From its inception, the school has grown into a premier institute. School's infrastructure, technology driven pedagogy and focus on sports, performing arts & other co-curricular activities make it a favoured school in Mira Road.

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RBK International Academy, Chembur is considered among the best International schools in Mumbai. It is the only continuum school in Wadala, Chembur, Ghatkopar and Powai zone which offers all the three programs of IB curriculum i.e PYP, MYP and IBDP. The school is a certified and registered IGCSE Centre which is affiliated with Cambridge University which is an external International examination for Grade 10. Its state-of-the-art infrastructure and 6:1 student-teacher ratio ensures an innovative child centered approach. It was rated amongtop-2 schools in Chembur Zone in Times School Survey 2014, and found a position among the top 10 International schools in Mumbai. RBK Global School, Bhayandar prides itself on providing rich, enjoyable and lasting educational experience for its learners. Besides an effective teaching programme, its physical environment, wide variety of co-curricular activities and enrichment programmes to ensure that there is abundant opportunity for all the learners to develop their potential and excel in their areas of talent or interest. It is affiliated to CBSEIGCSEIBDP. Hanumant High School, Mahuva is a reputed English Medium school of Bhavnagar district affiliated to CBSE with modern technology and excellent infrastructure, which provides an environment for holistic development. The school was founded with explicit objective of grooming the children to be global citizens with high regards for Indian culture and values. The management provides free education, books, note books, uniform, shoes and medical facilities to students of Gujarati Shala School for under privileged children which is managed by RBKEI. RBK Global School, Navsari CBSE is the `Next Generation' schooling system laying emphasis on Child- Centric Educare to foster quest for invigorating skills and to develop holistic model of preparedness to face and pace the futuristic challenges bound to accrue upon the techno-cultural global demography but with blue sky thinking. The micromonitoring of curriculum helps develop and train budding minds to explore the veiled mysteries of natural resources for the welfare of flora and fauna and the mankind at large. The management has paid special attention to the fact that environment, culture and pedagogy of all its schools has a student first approach. Some of the key universal features RBK Educational institutes are their state-of-the-art infrastructure, modern technology , roots in India culture, application oriented pedagogy and focus on holistic development. RBK International Academy Opp. Indian Oil Nagar, Near Shankara Colony Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road, Mumbai-88

Call:91-22-65218124 6521812565218126 Email: info@rbkia.org RBK Global School Indralok, Phase VI, Bhayandar (E), Thane 401 105 Call: +9192236 00749 022-6561

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Appreciation

Teachers from all across India are represented coming as far as Kolkata in the East to

Faridabad in the North and Nashik in the West and Ooty in the South.

Participants

2 Day IGCSE Geography Training

Full Name Centre Name

Shikha Malhotra Jankidevi Public School

Nidhi Beriwal The Shri Ram School

Atrayee Sengupta The Sanskaar Valley School

Juri Roy Burman The British School

Meera Bhuvanesh The Blue Mountains School

Tushar B. Avasare Wisdom High International School

Rekha Shetty Bombay Cambridge School

Anita Khara JBCN International School, Parel

Samira Khoja Laxmi Global School

Vishwesh Shinde B.D. Somani International School

Joyce Jose Mallya Aditi International School

Daniel Sundaram Mallya Aditi International School

Zahra Padania Nahar International School

Madhumita Sarkar Bombay International School

Shyamala KS Bombay Cambridge School, Andheri (W)

Tanistha Chatterjee Singapore International School

Sharmila Mukerjee Calcutta International School

Garima Dongre The Daly College

Leena Pange Vibgyor High Pune

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Special thanks to the international delegate from Colombo and to Christopher Martin for

accepting the invitation to India and to conduct the 2 day IGCSE Geography training. My

thanks to Vidya Tiwari and her team at the host school for the brilliant arrangements and

making this training event a grand success.

Vinayak Sudhakar Senior Schools Development Manager India Cambridge International Examinations 1 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB12EU, United Kingdom

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PYP

Gingerbread Cooking Activity

As part of their U.O.I on ‘Stories’, K2 children were made to do a fun activity on the classic fairytale

‘Gingerbread man’. They cut little gingerbread men out from bread slices with cute little cookie cutters and

then decorated them with chocolate sauce and sprinkles. Soon after they were made, the children turned

into foxes and gobbled up their little gingerbread creations!

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PYP

Grade 1 : Guest speakers

G rade 1 has started their journey inquiring into their 2nd Unit of Inquiry

“Products”, they began their journey on the 22nd of September 2015; parents of

grade 1 students were invited as guest speakers who gave presentations based on the Central idea:

“Many products go through a process of change before they are used or consumed.”

We would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincere thanks to the following parents who did the

honors as guest speakers:

Rajitha Pillalamari ( Farm to table)

Rachana Ojha (Mines and fossils)

Anu Shah and Jigna Rambhia(Natural and man-made products)

Simran Arora and Kinjal Gandhi(Bakery products)

Harleen Pasricha and Payal Bhatia(Paper and Fabric)

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PYP Children investigated into and learned about how products go through a chain of

process from origin to its final stage, food distribution chain, difference between

natural and man – made products. They were

excited to know how their favourite pizza,

cakes and other such bakery products are

made.

Videos of APMC market vashi and Govardhan

milk factory elucidated the idea further.

Students enjoyed the role play, quiz, making

cards from recycled paper materials and live

baking experience in the presentations.

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RBK FRENCH IMMERSION PROGRAM

29th September to 6th October 2015

Places visited

Marseille

St. Tuille – French School Visit

Gorge du Verdon – The grand canyon of Europe

Manosque – Market place

Moustiers-Sainte-Marie – Artist Village

ITER Project- Cadarache

Aix en Provence

Toulouse – l’cité d’espace

Paris

Travel mode

Air France

TGV

Public buses & Private

Taxis

Paris metro

Accomodation

Centre regain- St.Tuille

IBIS - Toulouse

IBIS- Paris

Educational Trip

MYP- IBDP

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W ith excitement buzzing in the air, we all left from our individual homes. As soon as we all

met up at the meeting point, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 10:30 pm, pulse

rates started rising as the trip was officially going to start after a long wait of 2-3 months. Biding farewells

to our anxious parents, we set off to embark on this journey to discover European cultures and flavors

accompanied by our Vice Principal, Ms. Sagareeka Bhatia.

DAY 1

Leaving MUMBAI

Arrival at Marseille, travelled to St. Tullie

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On our way to Gorge du Verdon ( Grand canyon of Europe). Venilla farms were seen all along the way.

DAY 2

We had our lunch at the sommet of the gorge.

Gorge du Verdon

Enjoying the walk in the artist village at

Moustiers-Sainte-Marie

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Boating at George Du Verdon

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French school visit DAY 3

DAY 4

ITER is located adjacent to the CEA Cadarache research centre

where an outstanding scientific environment and technical

infrastructure is already in place, including the Tore-Supra

Tokamak and centre for fusion research. This site in Southern

France was chosen for the ITER project in June 2005 by the seven

ITER Members. CEA Cadarache has ambitions to become a major

actor in alternative energies in the next decades; by welcoming

the world's largest fusion experiment, it will clearly reinforce its

position as a scientific and technological hub. The ITER project will

have a major impact on both the national and regional economy of

France. The model of TAKOMA reactor at ITER

ITER at Camaderie

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Today’s day was allotted for visiting a space centre Cité de l'espace at toulouse. We watched a movie

at IMAX where we were shown a very descriptive video about the formation of nebulas and other facts

to add to our knowledge and the planetarium (360° screen and astronomical simulator), so visitors, like

us were no longer spectators of the sky, but actually in space! There were lots of other activities in

simulator mode where we actually had a hand’s on experience of being in Mars, Moon etc.

DAY 5 Visit to a space centre Cité de l'espace - Toulouse

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Visit to Eiffel Tour

DAY 6

Flight to Paris River Seine Cruise

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Visit to Louvre Musuem followed by shopping at Champs Elysée.

Back Home

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MYP T he NCO (National Cyber Olympiad) is a global search competition that aims

at identifying and nurturing cyber talent amongst the youngsters. The students from Grades 2 - 12 are eligible for appearing in it. It is conducted in two levels. In the 1st level, there are 15 questions in Section-I (Mental Ability), 15 questions in Section-II (Logical and Analytical Reasoning) and 20 questions in Section-III (Computers and IT). The students are required to answer a total of 50 questions in 60 minutes, with each question carrying one mark and no negative marking for incorrect answers. They are Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) type and the students are required to supply their responses on OMR answer sheets. All the students participating in NCO (1st level) are awarded a 'Cyber Quotient (CQ)', giving their score, school rank, city rank, state rank, international rank and percentile, as well as a 'Certificate of Participation'. SOF also generates a performance report for all participating schools, known as 'School Cyber Quotient (SCQ)'. On the basis of the 1st level exam, a 'School Whiz kid Medal' is awarded to every class topper (two or more divisions together with minimum 10 enrollments in the class concerned) in each participating school. Selected students appear for a 2nd level examination and according to these 2nd level ranks, the prizes are awarded. The criteria for selection to the 2nd level are- the student should have secured International Rank from 1- 500 (both inclusive) and/or State Rank from 1 - 10 (both inclusive) and/or School Rank 1 (where minimum 10 students have appeared) All students participating in NCO (2nd level) are also awarded a 'Certificate of Merit'. The respective school of each student with International Rank from 1 - 3 (both inclusive) is awarded a 'Cyber Intellect Trophy (CIT)' for having the winning students on their rolls. Today, the NCO exam (National Cyber Olympiad) was conducted in our school. Soon after the morning prayers, my class mate, Pavan Radhakrishnan and I were directed to reach Room No.406. With us, our senior Shravya Gowda from Grade 7, joined us to write the examination. It was the first time for me writing an Olympiad Examination and this was indeed was a good experience! The instructions were that we were not supposed to answer the questions on the question paper but to write on a separate sheet given to mark the answers. Also, we were asked to use an HB pencil or a black or blue ballpoint pen. We had one hour to answer all the 50 questions. The questions were not that hard but manageable!

- FARAH AL- NISHAM Grade 6

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MYP

GRADE 10 SPECIAL ASSEMBLY

S tudents from Grades 6 to DP 2 along with our teachers, Coordinators, Vice Principal, Principal and Management Representative were ushered to the

auditorium for the usual weekly assembly program. It all started with Mr. Duke Getonto welcoming us and giving a brief about the events on the agenda. Mardav Gala from DP 2 explained to us about the importance of the upcoming ‘Dandiya Dhamal’ a CAS event to be organized by the DP students.

GRADE 6 held signboards on ESSENTIAL AGREEMENTS as a part of SERVICE as ACTION activity. Ms Meera Rangarjan, Service as Action In- charge explained to the audience about the goal of this task: To make the students understand the concept and use of signboards

To unify the students to work collectively on a single task

To create awareness among the students of other grades

This activity originated from English Literature & Language. While studying the fairy tale, “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde, the students understood the concept of signboard writing. Having got a clear picture about the importance of writing signboards, they were asked to Design signboards on “Essential Agreements”. Each student before embarking on their selected signboard had to clearly identify an essential agreement which is important for the school community. Then, they went ahead to create their signboards. They proudly held their signboards when their seniors headed to the auditorium for the weekly assembly.

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MYP Soon, the prime event began with Grade 10 Aaryan Pandit’s’ outstanding

anchoring from the RBKIA TV Studio. Their theme was focused on Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam’s

well- known quote: “You have to dream before your dreams can come true”.

The welcome dance for Dr. Kalam was choreographed very well. Grade 10Aditya Aiyer transformed himself into

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Soon a talk show ‘Koffe with Kalam’ was aired; both Aaryan and ‘Dr Kalam’ discussed a

whole lot of things. The video on Dr. Kalam’s early school days was an eye-opener! Importance of religious

tolerance, caring for others, planting saplings, community & service and team work were certain key words

that, we as students, carried home today. We sang Happy Birthday for Dr. Kalam whose birthday falls on 15

October! Later, after the talk show he was escorted back to the audience. Aaryan and thanked all who put in

their best for this program and signed out.

Mr. Duke called upon our Management Representative, Dr Arundhati Hoskeri and our

Vice Principal Ms. Sagareeka Bhatia to give away the certificates to students who won prizes

during the Literacy Week Celebrations.

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MYP Here are the results of activities during the Literacy Week.

RIYA DAMA PAWAN RADHAKRISHNAN & ARJUN JAIN NISHTHA DAS

URJA HANSRAJ FARAH AL- NISHAM & PALAK SHAH VEER SANGHVI

GRADE 7 GRADE 6 GRADE 8

VENIKA VACHANI SHEILA LUMUMBA KANISK ARORA

KAVYA SHAH VEER JOISHER DHANASHREE SAPRE

GRADE 9 SURYA RAMESH DIKSHA DAS

GRADE DP 1 GRADE DP 1

VISHNU BALAJI ARYAN D’SILVA

STUTI THALESHWAR DRISTI WADHWAN

MARDAV GALA GARIMA SOI

GRADE DP 2 GRADE DP 2

Grade 10 students had worked very hard throughout the previous week and this assembly reflected their team

work! Thank you seniors, for your Service as Action assembly!

- PRANAV LAKHAN AARAV BANSAL ISHAN JINDAL Grade 7 Grade 9

Poster Making: Library Quiz (Top 2 Groups): Shakespeare Quiz:

Shakespeare Quiz: Debate: (Winning Team) Debate: (Participating Team)

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MYP

STUDENTS’ WORKSHOP FOR GRADES 9 & 10 AND DP 1 & 2 PENN HUB

Date: 7/10/15

Time: 8.00 am to 9.30 am

1. Life Sciences Workshops by Dr. John Cigliano and Dr. Jeanne Berk for DP 1 and DP 2 in the Physics Lab

2. College Life Workshops by Dr. Allen Richardson & Jonathan Squire for Grades 9 &10 in the Secondary Library.

Today, we had representatives from Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania. This college is a private

liberal arts women college. Dr. Richard who successfully majored in Hinduism as well as Sanskrit accompanied

by Mr. Jonathon who guided us through the whole prospective and why one should consider applying for this

college. Added to that it was explained to us that leaving your country does not always mean losing one’s'

culture and heritage- as there are many developing temples and religious centers, approximately twenty

minutes from the college campus. We took part in activities like planning your weekly college schedule which

taught us time management and critical thinking and not to forget, to list down our priorities! We hope to

have more opportunities like this to witness the outer world!

- MAHEK SEWANI GRADE 10

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MYP Date: 8/10/15

Time: 1.15 pm to 2.45 pm

1. Life Sciences Workshops by: Dr. John Cigliano and Dr. Jeanne Berk for Gr. 9 and 10 in the Physics Lab

2. College Life Workshops by: Dr. Allen Richardson and Jonathan Squire for DP 1 and DP n the Secondary Library.

Today, we were visited by the representatives from the esteemed Cedar Crest College, Pennsylvania. We got

a chance to interact with the faculty of the Cedar Crest College and we had an informative workshop. We

were enthralled by the experiments demonstrated by the Cedar Crest faculty members; learnt a lot about the

threats to the environment, primarily to the marine life; for which we were made to do an experiment too. It

was based on oil spills and we established it using baby oil and water with food coloring. We added a

particular polymer to it which absorbed all the oil and it was riveting! Also, we learnt about oil spills and how

the seas are having higher pH levels than usual. We were demonstrated a perfect experiment, this was more

interactive than the previous ones because we were made to volunteer and do the experiment as an entire

class. It was a remarkable experience and we look forward for such sessions in the future!

- AANCHAL DHARMANI AAKASH RAKHASIYA RISHAY LULLA GRADE 10

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MYP

WE ARE COMMUNICATORS

O n the 09 Oct 2015, Jahnavi Pandit and I had TRINITY COMMUNICATION EXAMINATION. This is based on

how openly we can communicate with the examiner using formal language in spontaneity! During the

examination, we build different skills. I appeared for Grade 3 communication exam. This time we had to

summarize an article from the newspaper and had to design a chart based on that too! Next, we had to

persuade the examiner, as our friend to go on to a holiday with you!

I thank Ms. Meenaa Sampat, for having guided me throughout the preparation for this task. After

participation, I learnt that coming up with ideas on the spot and to convince the examiner and summarizing

about a particular thing was the focus! I personally enjoyed a lot and this is a very helpful exam it builds one’s

confidence.

- URJA HANSRAJ Grade 7

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IBDP

Professional Development Alive and Well at RBKIA

O n Saturday August 29th, 2015, the TOK department took part in a TOK teachers’ meeting hosted

by the Bombay International School, Mumbai. The meeting was attended by teachers and senior staff

from various international schools in Maharashtra. The Keynote speaker at the meeting was Justice

Gautam Patel who spoke about Truth and Justice and how he applies TOK concepts in his work. This

was a very enlightening session and our teachers gained valuable insight from it. There was also an

interactive session in which participants shared best practices from their schools. The professional

skills and contacts thus established will lay the basis for future collaboration and resource exchange to

boost delivery of the subject at our school.

- Duke Getonto TOK - DP

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IBDP

Literacy Week Debate - Books or Movie Versions of the Books

L ast week, as a part of the Literacy week celebration, the students of IBDP took part

in a lively and hotly contested debate. The topic of the debate was "What has better impact– A book

or a film based on the same book" The students were divided into two groups of six. The two teams were

made up of "students who prefer books" and the other one was "students who prefer movies over books".

During the debate, each student was given 90 seconds to put forward the desired points according to the

allotted team. The judges for the debate were Ms. Meera and Dr. Arundhati Hoskeri. After the completion of

the debate, the judges were of the opinion that the points put forward by the team which prefers books was

very well organized and framed which convinced them to a certain extent. The audience was also allowed in

the end to give their opinion to show which team they support with a valid reason. Overall, everyone enjoyed

the debate and learned new skills. The participants will get certificates for their effort.

- Stuti Thaleshwar IBDP2

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IBDP

Improving Learning in IB: Business Management activity in DP

L ast week, the DP -2 business students took part in an activity known as

'Flipped Classroom'. We were divided into two groups: girls and boys. The boys taught us chapter

4.7 which is International Marketing and the girls taught chapter 4.8 which is E-commerce. The sections of

the chapter were divided among the members of the team. We covered the various concepts of the chapter

using examples from our daily lives. After both the groups were done with the presentations, each group

prepared a task for the other group based on their topic. After the other group completed with their task

they submitted it for correction. Ms Kinnari provided us with a task based on both the chapters. This activity

was a lot of fun and I learnt a lot from it. It was a new experience teaching the class and preparing a task for

them. This improved our communication skills.

- Roshani Chaddha

IBDP 2

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IBDP

REFLECTION ON COUNSELLING SESSION

O n 29th September, 2015 Ms. Pratibha Jain, our Guidance Counsellor came to our school to help familiarize

us with the university admission process. We had an interactive session wherein she told us what needs to be

done from our side to build up a strong profile for our university applications. Since we were a small lot, she

discussed with each of us what our statement of purpose (SOP) should include and how it could be developed

further. She pointed out the difference between UK, US and Canada application requirements and also what the

SOP’s should include for specific countries. She told us how we can connect our strengths with the courses we

want to choose. This was a very informative session as she enlightened us about the pertinent points we should

keep in mind during our application process.

- Anoushka Balan IBDP 2

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IBDP

Joint RBKIA and RBK Global Professional Development Workshop

O n the 25th of September 2015, the RBKIA and RBK World School had a joint Professional training workshop

led by an experienced international education practitioner Mr. John Zola from Boulder, Colorado, USA. The

RBKIA hosted colleagues from their sister school for the training. Teachers dedicated their entire day to this

important seminar in which they gained valuable skills that will have a positive impact on their classroom

practice. The theme of the training was establishing student voice in the classroom through more effective

questioning. There were several interactive sessions in which the workshop leader modeled best practice and

the teachers got a chance to try it out in mixed groups while at the same time exchanging valuable tips from

their varied backgrounds. The sessions were fun and full of exciting activities. The participants were awarded

certificates of participation.

- Duke Getonto DP – Newsletter Team

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Canteen

PARTICULARS

TUESDAY

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WEDNESDAY

21.10.15

THURSDAY

22.10.15

FRIDAY

23.10.15

MONDAY

26.10.15

PRE-PRIMARY

SHORT BREAK

LUNCH

SPECIAL MEAL

KACHUMBER SALAD

WITH KHAKRA

WHEAT FLAKES WITH

MILK / YELLOW

DHOKLA WITH

GREEN CHUTNEY

AJWAIN PARATHA

PLAIN RICE

TREVTI DAL

DILL POTATO DRY

VEG KOLHARURI

CUCUMBER SALAD

BUTTERMILK

SPRING ROLL

JALEBI FAFDA

MUSELI WITH

MILK/ KALA

CHANA WITH

MULTIGRAIN

POORI

CHAPATI

CAPSICUM RICE

TADKA DAL

STUFF TOMATO

BHINDI NARYALI

SPROUT SALAD

BUTTERMILK

GRILLED MASALA

SANDWICH

VEG CUTLETS

WITH SAUCE

CEREALS WITH

MILK / CHEESE

AND TOMATO

TOAST SANDWICH

CHAPATI/

BHATURE

CHOLE

KACHUMBER

SALAD

MASALA CHAAS

GULAB JAMUN

VEG HAKKA

NOODLES

CHUTNEY BHEL

CORN FLAKES WITH

MILK / RICE

NOODLES UPMA

CHAPATI

TOMATO RICE

GUJRATI DAL

STUFF BRINJAL

GREEN CHAWLI

BHAJI

VEG RAITA

ROASTED PAPAD

SCHEWAN NOODLES

WITH HOT N SWEET

VEG PIZZA

Note: All salads served will be boiled

- Ms Payal Sinha

Consultant Dietician

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