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Dear Readers, I have a message for you, ‘Today, mediocrity has given way to Excellence and Quality’ and so, we must all aspire to unravel our latent talent and skills to excel in our own spheres, to carve a niche for ourselves. Excellence and Quality are hard-earned words and require loads of planning and adhering to our own set targets to achieve our goals. It’s time to ponder and mull over our strengths, fortify ourselves where required and strive for nothing but the best. Hope to see you all blossom into proud human beings who will make others proud too! Best Wishes Principal Mamta Bhargava GIIS, KL English Week English is one of the widely spoken languages in the world. To commemorate and promote English language, GIIS celebrated English week from 26th to 30th October 2015. The entire week was full of activity-based events conducted in the classrooms during which logical thinking, imagination and creativity skills of the students were stimulated. It was an occasion filled with amusing activities for students to learn English in a fun and amazing way.

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The first day started with a grand opening ceremony inaugurated by our Principal Ms. Mamta Bhargava followed by entertaining activities. Students from Primary, Grade 1-5 narrated short stories, solved puzzles and played literary games which further enhanced their vocabulary skills. Apart from learning the art of storytelling, the students also learnt the elements of writing a story independently when

an introduction was provided. Secondary students enthusiastically participated in competitions such as writing acrostic poem, news reading and writing abbreviations and acronyms. All the participants were judged under different criteria like organisation and clarity, presentation style, and audience contact. The winners of each day activity were awarded with prizes like pencil case, books, photo frame and photo album. On the final day, CBSE and Cambridge students rocked the day with hilarious events. They impressed the parents by engaging them in diverse games. Students dressed up in Halloween characters such as zombies, vampire, ghosts, monsters and attempted to frighten them. Parents were thrilled by the students’ performance. Thulassi Devi from Year 10 was proclaimed the GIIS (Cambridge) English Idol. She was able to project her confidence and competence in English communication skills. The final event ended with a speech by our Principal. She highlighted the significance of English language and congratulated the teachers and students for their active participation. It was certainly a memorable week. All the students celebrated the week with a lot of camaraderie, excitement and can-do attitude.

SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES Malaysia Day The Malaysia Day celebration in Cambridge GIIS was held on 30th September. Davin Singh Gendeh of Class 9 and Kirthana of Class 10 were the emcees for the occasion. They gave a brief talk on why the country celebrates Malaysia Day and how it differs from Merdeka.



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Malaysia Day is held on 16 September every year to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963. It marks the joining together of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore to form Malaysia. The children sang Jalur Gemilang (Stripes of Glory) and waved the Malaysian Flag praising the unity and harmony of the people of Malaysia. This day reassured the responsibility of every citizen of the country to remember their loyalty to the nation, reaffirm their belief in liberty and justice, and observe the nation’s unity.

Gandhi Jayanti Celebrations at School “An ounce of practice is worth more tons of preaching.” Reminiscing the words of the Mahatma, various activities were conducted across all levels on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October, 2015. Children from Kindergarten garlanded Gandhiji’s statue at our school with beautiful flowers and paid homage to the great leader. The Tiny tots coloured the tricolor flag made by them and marched all over the campus exhibiting the true values –Courage, Peace and Simplicity of life. Children from the primary section recited poems and delivered speeches highlighting the principles of the Mahatma - truth and non-violence. In the school assembly, primary children brought out the importance of “Satya” (truthfulness) and “Ahimsa” (non-violence) and spoke about the legacy of his greatness and his ideals. Children also sang

a Hindi devotional song, “Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram” which was one of the favourite songs of Gandhiji. Teachers read books in class relating to achievements and life struggle of Gandhiji.

Secondary students were given a brief talk on the importance of trust and harmony in everyone’s lives and stressed upon Gandhian values in their respective classes. An activity combining art and language,



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highlighting the Gandhian philosophy was conducted which showcased students’ attitude on non-violence, love, compassion and peace. All events tried to instill in children that Gandhiji’s vision on social change can certainly be set in motion by selfless dedication. Hindi Diwas Celebrations Hindi is the 4th most used language in the world and Hindi Diwas is celebrated across India to show the importance of Hindi language in the country. Indian Cultural Centre, Kuala Lumpur celebrated Hindi Diwas on 17th October 2015.

On this occasion, many different competitions were organized which saw students from Vikas International School, Tanarata School and GIIS KL participating enthusiastically. in the poem recitation, essay writing and debate competitions. Winners from the preliminary round which was held at the school campuses, got to compete in the final round which was held at ICC. The event also had our school students Sukriti Sharma, Mihika Yadav and Aditi Bhatt of Grade 10 presenting a video presentation on Hindi

Diwas for the audience. Winners of the final round from GIIS KL S.No Student

Name Class Event Topic Award

Category 1 Niyati Anam Grade 4 Poetry recitation Poem on

1. Nature 2. India

3rd Prize

2 Swara Singare Grade 7 Essay Writing Competition

1. Cultural contribution of India towards world peace. 2. Contribution of Indian Cinema in popularising Hindi

1st Prize

3 Rahul Thaker & Shayan Rizvi

Grade 10 Debate Nature and Industrial Development

1st Prize



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The Indian Deputy High Commissioner Shri. Nikhilesh Chandra Giri presented awards to the winners. All participants received their participation certificates as well. HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION IN CAMBRIDGE Evolving from the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain, modern Halloween has become less about literal ghosts and ghouls and more about costumes and candy. The Celts used the day to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, and also believed that this transition between the seasons was a bridge to the world of the dead. Over the millennia the holiday transitioned from a sombre pagan ritual to a day of merriment, costumes, parades and sweet treats for children and adults. Cambridge celebrated Halloween day on 28th October 2015. There was a special assembly staged by Year 10 and 11 in the auditorium which was decorated with the Halloween theme and this created an eerie atmosphere that blended with the celebration. The students dressed up in costumes like pirate or pumpkin, paraded on the stage in appropriate attires. We had a few funny characters such as the octopus pirate, the pumpkin pirate and the headless pirate. We also had dark angels and cute vampires that were a treat to watch. There was a lot of innovation from the students and they lit up the atmosphere with their performances.



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SCHOOL EVENT

GIIS-KL Kindergarten Project Day: GIIS GMP Kindergarten Malaysia conducted a Project Day on the 30th of October 2015. Parents were invited to see what the children had learnt in the month and were entertained with various activities in the classroom. The project day themed, “Bringing Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales Alive” was designed top help children learn and appreciate the morals and teachings in nursery rhymes and fairy tales. The KG 1 Teachers explored with the children the nursery rhymes like The Five Little Ducks and Old MacDonald’s Farm. They used it to creatively teach children the ways to spoon feed animals through the Practical Life exercises. Touch and Feel different animal products helped them to learn texture in sensorial exercise, count numbers of animals and explore the use of different parts of language. KG 2 classes worked on Fairy Tales such as The Three Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, The Gingerbread Man and Goldilocks and The Three Bears. Teachers used the fairy tales to teach them core values - caring, cooperation and being an effective learner. This helped the children to understand the concepts better.



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Club Activities The new academic year (Sep 15-Aug16) of Cambridge started with all students showing interest in participating in different clubs to enhance their skills. Club- Incharges elected the new team of students based on their interests and briefed them on the various activities scheduled for the upcoming year. The Horizon Club The Horizon club focused on Teambuilding activities for the month of September and students were made to work collaboratively to accomplish tasks. Activities like Chinese pasta and making of longest straw saw children participating with full zeal and energy. Chinese Pasta Chinese pasta is a game where each team has to run to the chair with pasta, use the chopstick to pick up the pasta, run back and drop it on the other chair. The trick is to remember to go around the chair with pasta before running back. Each team was given exactly 90 seconds. The team with the most pasta at the end was the winner!

Students engaged in the “Chinese Pasta” team building activity Longest Straw Contest In this game, each team had to connect straws to make a gigantic straw. The trick for this game is to make sure that the straw doesn’t fall apart. If it does fall apart, those straws will not be counted. The team who made the longest straw at the end was the winner!



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Students engaged in the “Longest Straw” team building activity

CLUB ACTIVITIES Talk by Ms Rupali Gautham: On Friday, the 25th of September 2015, a talk on basic etiquette and grooming by Ms. Rupali Gautam, a Certified Image Consultant was organised in the School Auditorium and all the members of the Horizon Club, Give Club & Sense Club attended it. She spoke to the children at length about basic school ethics, dining etiquette and dressing styles. She gave a power point presentation and motivated the children to bring about a change in their lifestyle.



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Creative corner: PEACE Why do people like to fight? Is it because they have the might? Or is it because they think they are right? Or perhaps it is out of spite? But fight gives your heart a fright, It makes your muscles tight, And makes your face an ugly sight, Turning your life into a gloomy blight. But love is very light, like a kite, It soars high, and brings your spirit delight, Remember, it is as simple as being polite, To forgive and be merry despite the slight. In the darkest hour of your night, When the plight had reached such a height, Remember you are the wise knight, So drop the sword and embrace the other in loving delight. So my friend, the answer is always in your plain sight, Hold the other in an embrace tight, Coz the other and you are one, the differences despite Peace is always right. THEME - Earth Oh! What a wonderful place is this, To stay with robins and sparrows. Nothing can substitute this planet’s beauty, Even if they stood in the line for the party, What a beauty with flowers and light, Any one from outer space would like to have this delight. Oh! What a wonderful place is this, To stay with robins and sparrows. The beautiful sea is so much perfect, That most of the creatures stay here day and night. Oh! Why do humans want to spoil such a beauty? Because of them our planet is getting dirty. Oh! What a wonderful place is this, To stay with robins and sparrows. Cars and trucks crawling on roads, Remaining water in every lake and pond has dirty toads.



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Because of this we have global warming, All the creatures suffering from forest burning. Oh! What a wonderful place is this, To stay with robins and sparrows. Oh! Why would anyone want to harm such a beauty? Because of them our planet is dying early. So let us try our best, To make the planet the choice of the rest.

Composed By: M. Poorvaj Class V

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