BRS Student Link is a monthly newsletter that carries reflections of students at BRS. It’s a platform provided by BRS for students to exhibit their talents, challenges and reflection on their learning process inside and outside the classroom. The newsletter is a digital communication medium to encourage all the students to express their views and talents Preface: Page 1 From the Publication Team…... Hard work always pays off ” We are happy and immensely proud to inform all that our school has secured ‘ Band A’ by the Abu Dhabi Educational Council. This is a great achievement for our school and indeed is due to the hard work of all the teachers, students and the staff of Bright Riders School. We would like to thank our Principal Dr Rishikesh Padegaonkar who has guided us to this success, who is always busy navigating and introducing new good reforms in our school and we would like to thank the parents of all the students who have supported us, our success lies in your hands.” -Publication Team BRS STUDENT LINK February,2017 - a plaorm for the students to express themselves Harish Umasankar (9 C) Fadil Mustafa (9 C) Benita Benoi (9 B) Anvesha Dutta (9 A) In this Publication …. From the Publication Team Poetry Article Quote of the month Book review Gad geek Class room activities Art corner Riddles
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BRS Student Link is a monthly newsletter that carries reflections of students at
BRS. It’s a platform provided by BRS for students to exhibit their talents,
challenges and reflection on their learning process inside and outside the
classroom. The newsletter is a digital communication medium to encourage all
the students to express their views and talents
Preface:
Page 1
From the Publication Team…...
Hard work always pays off ” We are happy and immensely proud to inform all that our school has secured
‘ Band A’ by the Abu Dhabi Educational Council. This is a great achievement for our school and indeed is due to the hard work of all the teachers, students and
the staff of Bright Riders School. We would like to thank our Principal
Dr Rishikesh Padegaonkar who has guided us to this success, who is always
busy navigating and introducing new good reforms in our school and we would like to thank the parents of all the students who have supported us, our success
lies in your hands.”
-Publication Team
BRS STUDENT LINK
February,2017
- a platform for the students to express themselves
Harish Umasankar (9 C)
Fadil Mustafa (9 C)
Benita Benoi (9 B) Anvesha Dutta (9 A)
In this Publication ….
From the Publication
Team
Poetry
Article
Quote of the month
Book review
Gad geek
Class room activities
Art corner
Riddles
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IF I HAD BUILT A TIME MACHINE
If I had built a time machine,
I would never want to go to the future,
For I want to reverse all the good occasions.
Oh, that would have been a great
Invention,
I could go back to the history of
Invasion.
But it’s for certain I would not get a good invitation.
But curious and oblige,
I would start my adventure.
Along with the time I would be invincible,
Till I need to be visible.
Truth is my motto,
And for it I don’t think I need an auto.
Neither do I need a shovel,
For I have this shuttle.
“Wake up” someone called from behind,
But not a step behind I determined.
Even if it took ages to succeed,
I swore.
Let this be a dare.
POETRY
Fadil
Musthafa
9 C
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THE THREE MEN Once there were three men,
Three businessmen. They were smart,
But not wise. But still they were nice.
They were always in need, Because of their greed.
Once they had a visitor.
He was a stranger. Perhaps their worst nightmare.
A friend or a foe, They don’t know.
With the vision of an old pal they welcomed, Hoping for a nice price for their wood.
As their pocket had butterflies coming out and had nothing for food.
He was no stranger,
It was death himself with a good offer. The three men stepped out of fear. But later came front with no scare.
Death offered to fulfil all their wishes, And let reality accept their dreams.
But just like the devil, death wanted their souls.
“So, accept my offer and let’s shake our hands”, “live your life like kings and cover the world with your
wings”. The first man chose knowledge,
And wished to be the man who people named as ‘wise’.
The second man asked for power, Of all of Rome and be higher than Alexander.
The third man wished for wealth, More than what was carried by the mother earth.
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Years passed…...
Time aproached……
Death returned with an old debt.
He went at first to the first man,
Who was now wisest of mankind.
But his knowledge failed in front of his fate.
Death went to the second man,
Who was the most powerful of Rome.
But his power failed to suppress the mightiness of
death.
Death went to the last man but not the least,
He had acquired huge amount of wealth.
But the man failed to pay the price of death.
Alas ! who has listened to a tale of mine,
Here is a piece of advice.
Wealth, power and knowledge are very important
indeed.
But these are the things you need to leave behind,
In this little world,
For a world, ahead.
Fadil
Musthafa
9C
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BEING SPECIAL
They say I can’t read or write, About me being dyslexic, they always fight.
But how would they know what I feel, They say what I do is no big deal.
Yes, I have a special quality, I can really sing,
And if I keep practicing I can make it a thing.
So what if I get zero, so what if I fail,
So what if I don’t pay attention, so what if I can’t send an e-mail.
But you don’t worry, To overcome my disorder I will try, How much ever you put me down,
I won’t cry. You keep teasing me each and every day,
When will you understand even I am special in my own way.
Rahul M.
Shirke
7-B
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INDIA MY PLACE
India my place…….. In which every ride is a race.
The Great Britain once captured the golden bird,
The place where main food is rice and curd. Here you might see a lot of pollution and
dirt, And the worst men are here to flirt.
When you come here you will feel like home. Only here the best vegetables are often
sown. The greatest of the warriors were, are and
always will be born here, And our soldiers they have absolutely no
fear. If you ask for one thing you will get ten here.
In this place everyone’s heart are near, A place where everybody helps each other, A place where people respect their elders. You can talk about this country everyday,
You will love this country in every way. Whatever event it might be,
India will always be protected by the Almighty.
Rahul M.
Shirke
AWAKENING OF MY DREAM
I had a dream,
That I could read.
I wish it would be true
I’m really a rotten reader,
Who cannot even spell (is).
I used to spell (and) as (dan)
My teachers rage out,
When they see me.
They know in dyslexic,
They still don’t care
I don’t care about,
What they think.
I am who I am,
The one who likes gaming.
When I step into the school,
Everyone would stare at me.
Whispering something about me.
I can’t wait for,
The dream to come true.
The day when I will be able to read,
Better than anyone else in the school.
I was inspired from the poem
“Color of my dreams” written by Peter Dixon
Ummar
Razeen
7-F
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THREE KEYS FOR A HAPPY LIFE
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody
else up.” These words spoken by Mark Twain are abso-
lutely true. This blissful journey of ours called life is a
short one with lots of ups and downs. We are to be grate-
ful for being able to live on this magnificent planet and
make the most out of this dynamic and marvelous jour-
ney. Happiness is by far the most vital thing of our life.
Being happy and joyous can be both easy and difficult at
times. However, there are three main keys, I believe, to
fix that beautiful curve on our faces for the rest of our
life.
The first one is to be positive and optimistic. Considering
the bad and difficult times we all tend to and have to face
in our lives at some point, being positive might seem to
be a tough job. However, despite all hardships and obsta-
cles one comes across, one should never give up and con-
tinue to be hopeful about the future. Being hopeful that
something better awaits us keeps us going and helps us
deal with failures and disappointments. We should main-
tain our distance from negativity and simply by looking
at a yellow object and letting positive thoughts flood into
our mind, we could make ourselves happy. Being con-
tented and satisfied with what we have could give us a
peaceful mind. A person radiating positivity is much
more attractive than an unhappy person.
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Anvesha Dutta
9 A
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Secondly, as stated by Mark Twain, being kind, benevo-
lent and compassionate towards others lifts up our spir-
it. A selfish and self-centered person, who may be money
oriented or unpleasant is unlikely to be happy in his or
her own life. We might not realize the fact but instead of
just being concerned about our own selves, helping
someone else adds to our joy. Making one person smile
every day, lending a helping hand to anyone around us
who needs it, expressing our love towards our dear ones
or making anyone joyous will only add to our satisfac-
tion and contentment. There is an incredible pleasure in
seeing anyone smile due to a kind act of ours.
Thirdly, having good health also plays a great part in
keeping us happy. Having good health means being
physically, mentally and socially fit. Taking a morning or
an evening jog in the fresh air routinely, eating a nutri-
tious and healthy diet, taking good sleep, exercising reg-
ularly and going for regular health check-ups help to
keep us fit and physically healthy. Avoiding unnecessary
strain or tensions and meditating can help us to be men-
tally fit. Having people around us, who make us feel
loved and happy boosts our spirits. A person having
poor health is more likely to be socially isolated and un-
happy due to bad health conditions. Therefore, we
should focus on being a healthy person in order to be
happy. I would like to conclude by saying that our life is
too short to be disheartened or sad for too long as it
would be a waste of our precious time in this wondrous
world. Hence, never let anything take away that smile
and keep yourselves and everyone else around you
happy.
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Quote of the month
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GAD-GEEK
-AN ARTICLE FOR THOSE WHO LIKE
GADGETS.
Here is the phone you should buy right now: This
one. What catapults the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge to
such heights? Is it the excellent camera, the beast of
a battery, the expandable storage or the seductive
design that's worth more than the sum of its parts?
Yes, and more. This phone kicks the already-
fantastic (just slightly smaller) Galaxy S7 up a notch
with a bigger battery and that wrap around design
on both sides that never fails to draw me deeper into
whatever I'm viewing or doing.
Everything about the 5.5-inch S7 Edge excels from
the inside out, and Samsung has refined the extra
navigation software that dresses up the screen's
physical curves. There are of course a few minor
drawbacks -- there's no such thing as a perfect de-
vice -- but something about it feels more organic
than your garden-variety phone, more complete.
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HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has pulled off a
transfiguration challenge worthy of Professor
McGonagall: Converting the visually arresting
world of Harry Potter into stage play. Currently in
previews and officially opened July 30 in Lon-
don’s West End, Cursed Child goes far beyond du-
tiful brand extension with an entirely original and
hugely ambitious sequel to the Potter books, pre-
sented in two parts and nearly five hours long.
Author J.K. Rowling, working with London theatre
veterans Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, have de-
livered a production that’s as spectacular as it is
ambitious, stuffed with special effects and twists
that had a preview audience gasping, Cursed
Child is a story that doesn’t play it safe with the
Potter canon and will change how fans see certain
favorite characters forever. The plot, kept under
an invisibility cloak of secrecy until now, has a
very grabby premise. Cursed Child starts precisely
where the books left off, staging the epilogue from
Deathly Hallows where a 40-year-old Harry (Jamie
Parker) and his wife Ginny gather at King’s Cross
Station to send their middle child Albus Severus
off to his first year at Hogwarts School of Witch-
craft and Wizardry. In a uniformly strong cast, No-
ma Dumezweni is a powerful Hermione and Jamie
Parker a finely furrowed grown-up Harry.
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Sam Clemmett is unnervingly crumpled and quaking as Albus, the son who thinks he can’t live
up to his father’s wizardry . Two young actors should make their names with this production.
Annabel Baldwin gives the most amphibious per-formance I’ve ever seen as Moaning Myrtle. As
Scorpius, son of Draco Malfoy, Anthony Boyle is a one-person embodiment of human rather than
magical transformation. A boy who in his unhap-piness looks like an old man. An adolescent with
a fixed gaze, a voice that slides up and down the scale. An outcast hoping for a convivial future. An
actor with a marvellous future.
I have until now been resistant to the Hogwarts background: too much exposed to boarding-
school capers on the page and in political life. Thorne’s sequel slithered me round to seeing it as
one version of the bewildering, bullying, beguiling nature of institutions. Perhaps other theatre-goers
will be converted to the books. But I don’t think the traffic will be one-way. The live thrill of Harry
Potter and the Cursed Child must bring new faces
into the stalls.
Avani
Karandikar
4 A
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SKIT ON ‘CHILD LABOUR’
On the 2nd of February, all the students of Grade 9A and 9B (girls) with Hindi as their second language, performed two short skits on ‘Child Labour’. Our teacher, Mr. Rama-kant Tripathi, gave us the opportunity to present a role play in the class and accord-ingly we made our own story with the script
and performed with colorful costumes, Pow-erPoint presentations and props. It was a very good learning experience for us as through our research, we got to know and see the harsh and cruel life lived by the child labourers in India. We could also im-prove our stage performing skills, acting skills and the competences of collaboration and team work were followed throughout. The hidden talent of acting came out of many students who acted admirably. We would heartily thank our teacher and our school for providing such a good opportunity and a platform for us to showcase our tal-
ents.
CLASS ROOM ACTIVITIES
Report by
Anvesha Dutta
9 A
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PERIMETER AND AREA
Perimeter and area was a lesson which was intro-
duced with a lot of activities. Ppt’s were made for
making others understand.
Our teacher gave us group activity worksheets.
She puts interesting questions on the board for us
to solve.
We were given a geoboard for drawing shapes with
perfect units.
We were enjoying this lesson like anything.
We learnt about perimeter, area and geoboard. But
for that we should tell you what it is.
We will tell you about perimeter, area and geo-
board.
WHAT IS AREA?
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a 2
-dimensional figure or shape. The area of a shape
can be measured by comparing the shape to
squares of a fixed size. In the International System
of units (SI),the standard unit of area is the square
metre (written as m2), which is the area of a square
its sides are 1 metre long.
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WHAT IS PERIMETER
Perimeter is the distance around a two dimension-al shape, a measurement of the distance around
something; the length of the boundary. A perime-ter is a path that surrounds a two-dimensional
shape. The word comes from the Greek peri (around) and meter (measure).
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A geoboard is a mathematical manipulative used
to explore basic concepts in plane geometry such
as perimeter, area and the characteristics of trian-
