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THE CYGNUS

GAZETTE We welcome you to

the revamped THE

CYGNUS GAZETTE.

There will be four issues every year and we will try to bring to you all the news and happenings in the school, important news from around the world, fun activities, amaz ing d eba t e topics, fun facts and much more. Stay tuned for all the excitement and give us your valuable feedback to help us improve further.

“Vision Without Action…Is Just a Dream Action Without Vision…Just Passes the Time

But, Vision and Action…Can Change the World” -Joel A. Barker

At Cygnus World School our Vision is to nurture the torch bearers of tomorrow who will have a well formed rather than just a well filled mind, who will have the ability to think and make decisions, who will have the confidence to assume leadership roles and who take pride in being Indian. As a result CWS tends to go to every extent to achieve holistic development of our children where we guide students to develop capacities, acquire knowledge and virtues and develop into worthwhile citizens of the world. We try to encourage our children to unleash their fullest potential through lots of Co-curricular activities thus ensuring that „Vision and Action‟ together will change the world into a better place to live in. Our education system is striving for excellence in every possible field and achieving it in a spectacular way. Besides rigorous scholastic programmes we seek to develop and nurture the different facets of a child. A committed and supportive management, dedicated teachers, caring and co-operative parents blend harmoniously to create a child- centric school. We strongly believe that every child is unique in nature with varying needs. Therefore, by fostering a conducive environment full of love, care and creativity we instill in our children a desire to be multi-faceted. This provides an appropriate blend of academics, sports, art, music, nature and value education thus making learning an exhilarating, interactive and life long experience. All the Best! Kanchan Joshi Principal

From the Principal’s Desk

What’s a bigger

shocker?

England‟s pre quarter final loss to Iceland at Euro 2016

OR

Argentina‟s finals loss to Chile at Copa America 2016

Note: Students of grade 8

to 11 participated in the poll

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Like Cygnus, all our houses represent various constellations

Pegasus– A mythical flying horse

Cygnus, the swan-shaped modern, northern constellation, aptly personifies our school‟s core aim of nurturing each and every child to be a star. The swan is a carrier of Saraswati– The Goddess of Learning, similarly our school is the vehicle of education, intelligence and skills.

Phoenix– A mythical bird which has the ability to rise from its own

ashes

Aquila– A powerful eagle attached to Lord Zeus.

Orion– A skilled hunter named after the Greek God.

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Cygnites “Sport” the Right Attitude

Sports are an integral part of the CWS curriculum. Along with the regular sports classes a specialized morning coaching has

been introduced. Children have been selected for the Soccer, Basketball, Badminton teams and are training hard.

A redesigned,

aesthetic covered

skating rink for our

students!!

The Badminton Team participated in DSO

Competition held at Sama Indoor Stadium and

put in a great effort.

Our Football Team participated

in Subroto Mukherjee

Tournament held at Rosary High

School and performed really

well.

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Name First Position Class

Manav A Thakker III A

Kayaan T Patel III B

Jania M Bakshi III C

Mohit S Tripathy III D

Rishabh N Patel IV A

Padmajaraje S Gaekwad IV B

Krisha C Gracias IV C

Namrata A Tandon V A

Kanishka Vichare V B

Shriyamwada D Kirdutt V B


Harsh Shah VI A

Savya Ansh Makol VI B

Nishi H Shah VII A

Siddhant Agrawal VII A

Nayonika Bagha VII B

Avi Patel VIII A

Aarav Singh Negi VIII B

Anjali A Tandon IX A

Sindhu Krishnan IX B

Sanchit Jain X A


Just a Minute – The perfect tool to help and enhance the skills of public

speaking and confidence building. The following is the winner’s list :-

Book Worms – To inculcate the habit of reading in the students of Grade I

and II. The following is the winner’s list :-


Kaavya K Patel II A

Maahi K Shah II B

Mahek J Prajapati II B

Deepti Rani Patro II B

Mahima Shankar II C

Tirth V Shah II D

Vyom B Shah II D

Show and Tell – Using props and PPT‘s the children shared enlightening

information. The following is the winner’s list :-


Kayaan R Mehta I A

Aarush APatel I B

Neomi RPatel I B

Zaid Md. H Fruitwala I C

Aryan S Sanghani I D

Kaavya K Patel II A

Mikhail A Desai II B

Shreeya VAkre II B

Bhavya B Shah II C

Nitya V Agrawal II D

Shaan Malhotra III A

Armaan AKhurana III A


Trisha H Shah III B

Maanya T Patel III C

Aum P Prajapati III C

Mohit S Tripathy III D

Aanya N Patel IV A

Shaan P Patel IV A

Ayana A Majumdar IV B

Krisha C Gracias IV C

Tanvi G Gupta IV C

Namrata A Tandon V A

Vedika V Chauhan V B

Some of the topics that

the students enjoyed

speaking on and listening to were...

‗My dearest Buddy‘

‗If I were a Magician‘

‗If I had 3 wishes‘

DID YOU KNOW

Bandra Worli

Sealink has steel

wires equal to the Earth‘s circumference. It took a total of 2,57,00,000 man hours for completion and also weighs as much as 50,000 Af-rican Elephants. A true engineering and

architectural marvel.


Kayaan R Mehta I A

Tveesha J Nair I B

Siya V Sharma I C

Devraj J Golani I C

Swara N Kahar I D

Creative Writing-English – A way to express ideas

and thoughts in imaginary ways

A better understanding of the usage of

language, the students tried to perfect

their writing skills to the best of their

ability. Narrative, Funny, Mysterious,

Creative and Descriptive write ups.


Class Presentation Grade III

It was a proud moment for the students of grade III as they held a Class presentation for their parents and

grandparents. At school students participate in various activities like Show and Tell, JAM, Earth Day etc. Snippets from

the same were presented before the parents. The English Play “ Just Mabel” had a beautiful message while the Hindi

skit was very hilarious and had the audience in splits.

At CWS, students have been always encouraged to participate and present so as to develop their communication skills,

build confidence and enhance their presenting skills.

The parent‟s feedback was “the presentation took them back to their childhood days”. The event was a great success as

all the parents were enthralled and overwhelmed by the performance of our students.

“ It was a great experience for us. I was a bit nervous initially but slowly did a good job due to

practice. I liked the character of Mohit in the Hindi skit, it was vey funny - Kavya Aga III D


Earth Day

A day to understand &

reflect on Earth‟s condition. A day for meaningful action oriented activities.

All the activities conducted were based on TEACH-LEARN-ENGAGE principles

An opportunity to both teach and

make tang ib l e env i ronmenta l

impacts. The Trash Can Quiz,

Segregation of Waste into Red, Orange,

Green and Yellow bins was educative,

Osmosis in Potatoes, Songs on Earth

Day were fun.

― I had lots of fun doing the Green

Earth Day activity at school. It was

quite different and I had never done

such an activity before. I was excited

holding and seeing smog from inside the

bottle — Padmajaraje Gaekwad IV B

The students of Grade III to VII

had a fun filled morning as they

headed towards ‗Champaner Fort‘ for their field trip. Stu-

dents visited the ‗Jami Masjid‖

and the ―Royal Enclosure‖. They

had loads of thought provoking

questions as to why it was in

ruins?, What happened to people who lived here?, What

does World Heritage Site

mean?, Why do we have to

maintain these ruins? etc.

Students excitedly explored the fort

and shared their findings with their

friends and teachers. The purpose

of this field trip was essentially to

educate, which was achieved but

also became a fun bonding

experience for everyone involved.

Field Trip to Champaner

FUN QUIZ !!!

1. Give any 2 words in the English

Language which

ends with ‗dous‘

2. A group of Kangaroos is

called a _________

3. A group of Rhinos

is called a _______

4. A group of

________ is called

a parliament

5. What is the dot

on top of the let-

ter ‗i‘ or ‗j‘ called ?

6. Which famous

children‘s board

game originated

in India?

Answers on the last page

DID YOU KNOW…. Earth is the only planet not to be named after a GOD !

Movie watch at INOX

Kaleidoscope

The students of Grade II to V

went to INOX to watch Kung

Fu Panda.

T h e s t u d e n t s w e r e

comfortable and had fun

during the movie show as the

3D effect made everything so

much more exciting for

them…..they would try to

catch the snow, turn around

when the arrows were thrown

during all fight scenes. There

was lot of clapping by the

students every time the

monster lost to Panda…………

They had loads of fun eating

the POPCORN……and wanted

more!!!!

Working together to create a sumptuous dish is always fantastic !!!

―A Recipe has no soul , You as the cook must bring it in‖


Chef’s Hat On – A unique way

to encourage children into cultivating healthy eating habits.

Children had fun making

vegetable sandwich, basket chart,

bhel, Mexican salad, dabeli in the

cafeteria of our school.

― The experience of

watching ‗Kung Fu

Panda 3‘ was very

thrilling and fun filled —

Namrata Tandon V A

International Yoga Day - Various Asanas and kriyas were demonstrated

and importance of Yoga was spoken about, in great detail.

Parents Orientation By Principal

Open Day

As the world celebrated Yoga on 21st June,

we at Cygnus also had a group yoga session

for all the students and the staff, under the

able guidance of our Director Mrs Bhavani

Raghuraman who is also a trained Yoga

instructor.

“Yoga is the journey of the self,

through the self, to the self.”

- The Bhagawad Gita

Parents Orientation by the Principal is a program started so as to give an insight into the

functioning of the school, its evaluation system, and code of conduct to be followed by the

students. The Principal emphasized

on the importance of parents

involvement with the child so as to

not only develop academically

successful students but an aware

citizen of the Nation. All the parents

had an interactive session with the

Principal wherein all queries were

addressed. It was a very enriching

interaction for the school as well as

the parents as it helped them to be

better informed about the progress

of their wards. Overall the program

was a great success!

Perfection is Possible

A unique initiative

started by our Director

wherein one to one interactions with the

parents are held to

discuss the academics

a n d o v e r a l l

development of each

cygnite. Amazing!!


The first Open day on May 7th, of academic session 2016-17 was a day for parents to interact

with the new class teachers and subject teachers. To know and understand how well the

students had settled down in their respective classes. The day was marked special as the parents

got the opportunity to discuss goals for their wards. They also found out about the goals the

teachers have set as well the goals the students have set for themselves.

Tata Edge Classes

The schoo l has

introduced a new smart

board system called

Tata Edge classes. The

children can look forward to loads of

e x c i t e m e n t w i t h

o u t s t a n d i n g

animations, interactive

games etc.

Workshops at School

- A speech and drama

workshop by Helen

O‘Grady was conducted for the teachers. The

trainer guided the

teachers on various

aspects of soft skills,

i m p o r t a n c e o f

express ion , vo ice modulation and lateral

thinking.

- A 2 days workshop by

―Heartfulness‖ was organized by the school

for the teachers. It

talked about the

t e c h n i q u e s o f

meditation and its benefits.

- Teachers attended

CCE workshop to

reinforce the value of C C E , c l a s s r o o m

transactions, different

types of assessment,

designing questions

etc.

- Jodo Gyan Shiksha

held a two day

Mathematics workshop

for the teachers showcasing innovative

methods of teaching.

“If we don’t shape our kids, they will be shaped by outside force that don’t care what shape

your kids are in.”

Opening of 3 streams in Grade XI

As we grow from strength to strength a

new milestone has been achieved at

Cygnus World School as we opened our

Portals for Grade-XI, in the new

academic session 2016-17. The Senior

Secondary wing with grade XI started

with 3 main streams Science,

Commerce and Humanities.

We congratulate all the students for their hard work and determination and also to their parents for

their constant support!!


Excellent Result of Grade X

(First Batch)

We are extremely proud to

announce the results of our 1st

BATCH of Grade X students at

the CBSE Board Examination.

Sr. Name of Student CGPA

1 Mehakk Negi 10

2 Moxit Jain 10

3 Suhasi Chawla 10

4 Vishwa Patel 10

5 Urvi Sharma 9.6

6 Jayshree Hazra 9.4

7 Yashodhar Parmar 9.4

8 Anuj Shekhawat 9.2

9 Dilkhush 9.2

10 Mihir Shah 9.2

11 Manan Kanani 9.2

12 Akshada Munshi 9.2

13 Ritika Yadav 9.0

14 Pavitra Patel 8.2

― When I got to know that I got 10 CGPA, honestly I

was shocked and happy

at the same time !! The

appreciation that I got after

achieving such good result in

10th Grade has actually driven me to perform even better in

Grade 11...my parents have

great aspirations from me and

I would love to make them

proud!‖ - Vishwa Patel Grade XI, Humanities

― The hour my Grade X

result was declared, my

heart was in my mouth,

but no sooner had I seen

my e-mark sheet showing 10 CGPA my joy knew no bounds

for I felt I was on the seventh

heaven. I felt thrilled, overjoyed

for my achievement.‖ – Moxit

Jain Grade XI, Science

“ I love learning by doing during

science practicals. I improved my estimation of measures using

devices like the Vernier Calliper -

Shaifali Patel XI, Science

“ I love to be a science student.

After wearing a lab coat, I feel as if

I‘m a professional which gives me

inspiration to work hard - Urvi

Sharma XI, Science

“ The best part about class XI Commerce is studying Business

Studies on Tata Class Edge with

animated movies. It attracts me

the most - Kirti Jilobani XI,

Commerce



PARENT’S TALK

Parent of Anjali Tandon

Class IX – Thanks for all the efforts and

helping our child

become a confident and f o c u s e d / d r i v e n

individual with an all

round exposure.

Parent of Aarav Doshi V A –

Very happy with the school in

all areas. Really appreciate all the new improvements added.

The methods introduced for

making the teaching concepts

m o r e i n t e r a c t i v e i s

applaudable.

Parent of Hasit Arora IV A – Everything is upto the mark and outstanding. We are totally satisfied about the school and teachers approach.

Quiz Answers : 1. hazardous/horrendous/stupendous/tremendous 2. Mob 3. Crash 4. Owls 5. Tittle 6. Snakes & Ladders

A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO…

Upcoming events - Olympic Fortnight, Teacher‘s Day, 90 Seconds to Fame, Navratri Celebration, The Pinnacle (Inter School Competition) and many other fun facts, quizzes, news etc.

Introducing a brand new section “The Big Question” where a student, a parent and a teacher will express their views on certain hot

topics of the world.

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