JSS PRIVATE SCHOOL, AL SAFA

DUBAI

School Represents Hope!

April 2011

Each child is sent to school with a hope that we will prepare the child to lead a healthy fulfilling life and

then there is collective hope that through education our world can be made a better place.

As the poet and theologian “Ruben Alvez” so beautifully said “Hope is the melody of the Future”, there

is no more hopeful sound than the excitement of kids entering the school gates on the first day.

3rd April 2011 was the first day … of what is going to be a great year!

Student Learning:-

Yearly Calendar

As per KHDA guidelines and approval, calendar was planned and posted on School’s website.

Curriculum In order to ensure that JSSites get quality education, best practices in curriculum assessment, instruction and professional development are implemented.

Semester Syllabus, weekly breakup and daily class log is operational.

Teachers are being trained to generate worksheets which initiate critical thinking skills amongst students.

Besides regular sessions of subjects like English, Math and EVS, a planned weekly time table which includes activities like music, dance, art and craft and swimming is followed for kindergarten section.

JELP JSS Extended Learning Program has become operational from

26th April, 2011 for the class III - VIII.

Almost 40 Students have opted for special activities in Cricket Swimming and Tennis.

Sports Coaching and regular classes regarding Badminton, Basketball, Swimming and Table Tennis, minor games, recreation games are organized and being conducted successfully.

Yoga classes are being regularly conducted and are quite popular with the students.

A Badminton tournament was conducted for grade 3-5 and 6-8 on 22nd and 23rd of June 2011 respectively.

House System

To inculcate a sense of belongingness and competitive spirit, the school is divided into 4 House.

To spread awareness amongst the students about the environment and wild life conservation, the Houses are named after 4 birds Falcons(Green) Flamingos(Red) Hornbills(Blue) Macaws (Yellow)

Student Council Elections

To optimize leadership in education, for responding to the challenges of 21st century, elections with Green Process were conducted.

Seed – We planned seeds of leadership

Feed – The concept of democracy was fed through voting.

Lead – The student body was elected and is prepared to take the responsibility of the school on their young shoulders.

The Investiture Ceremony was

held for the students of prefectorial board on 22nd May, 2011 where the student leaders were given their duties and responsibilities.

Robotics

A Robotics camp was arranged for JSSPS students and outside students for the first time in Dubai. The camp was conducted by ThinkLABS, SINE – IIT Bombay.

Due to the huge demand for the course, the course was repeated in the summer camp.

Field Trips For KG students a field trip was

organized.

The tiny tots were zooming around the beautiful city of Dubai in their school buses.

There was an exciting trip to the Dolphinarium for kindergarten children on 1st June, 2011 where they experienced a good time with the seals and dolphins.

Children of Grade 1 to Grade 8 had great fun in the trip to “Kidzania” on 16th June, 2011.

ASSET, MATH WIZZ and OLYMPIAD Exams

Maths Whizz was organized by the school to introduce a fun angle to math activities in class. The workshop was conducted by Sarah Kirk, who is the advisor and Country Manager for the UAE. ASSET and OLYMPIAD exams will be conducted from September2012, onwards.

Competitions A collage making and painting competition was organized on 21st April, 2011. Every child had participated and the work of each child was displayed in the library.

A Declamation competition was conducted to enhance the

speaking skills and analytical skills of the students.

A Class wise Rapid Reading Competition was conducted and kids were shortlisted for the Interschool declamation competition.

“Best out of waste” competition for grades 1-5 was conducted on 19th June 2011 through which children were educated about 3Rs i.e. Reduce, Recycle, Reuse

Talents Day for grade 1 and 2 was held on 17th May and Talents day for grade 3 to 8 was held on 18th May where kids exhibited their hidden talents. The most talented kids were rewarded.

A Folk dance competition was held for the children of grade 1 – 8.

Facilities:

Canteen The Canteen facility for staff and children was started from 3rd April, 2011.

The cafeteria menu is posted on the website.

A teacher has been designated to check the quality of food.

Fresh fruit juices and fresh fruits will be introduced in the school cafeteria by the from “Barakath” from September.

Library A well equipped library is set up with more than 5000 books.

Library cards to the students will be issued in September.

A library management Software has been installed.

The library has received donation of books from a few parents.

Reference books with different titles are ordered and stocked in the library for teacher and student reference.

JSS Health Clinic

A well qualified and experienced doctor and nurse are committed to deliver high quality medical and nursing care.

Medical cards are being arranged.

Dr. Sathish visits the school once in a week to do the routine checkups.

Transportation

14 buses (with 14 bus monitors) are operational. We have received good feedback from the parents.

Bus Ids are awaited.

Indoor and Outdoor Play Area for Kindergarten

Outdoor and indoor play areas are provided for kindergarten kids which are planned according to the KHDA guidelines.

There is an activity area Buzz Zone! which combines fun, learning and development of gross and fine motor skills.

There is a provision for usage of E-BLOCKS which is an interactive learning aid to reinforce the learning process.

Community and Events:

Open Houses were organized on 2nd March, 2011 and 30th April, 2011.

A Book Fair was organized on 30th April, 2011. The school earned incentives worth 900 AED by the sale of books by Alpha Group.

Dubai Autism Centre – An auction of paintings of the students of JSS was held on 30th April 2011. The proceeds of the day have gone to DAC.

“Heart to Heart with Kalam” – An inspiring interactive session with Dr. APJ Adbul Kalam, Former President of India was organized at JSSIS on 17th April, 2011. Students from JSSPS also participated in the discussion.

A Yoga session for parents was organized by the yoga teacher on 30th April, 2011 at JSSPS

A welcome party for the KG section was held on 14th April, 2011.

A trip was arranged for kindergarten kids to the well known land marks in Dubai on 2nd May, 2011.

Mothers Day celebration was celebrated by tiny tots of the KG section on 10th May, 2011.The celebration was very much appreciated by the mothers of tiny JSSites

Talents day for grade 1 and 2 was held on 17th May and Talents day for grade 3 to 8 was held on 18th May where kids exhibited their hidden talents.

The Hand wash Day was conducted by the Super Smiley SIGNAL and LIFEBUOY. The children were trained on personal hygiene.

On 22nd May, there was a motivational talk by Dr. Patel. He spoke to the students on how to become a good human being. He gave tips on how to succeed in life and cleared their doubts in the most simple and logical way.

A program “My Fit family” was conducted by VLCC for Kindergarten parents in which the entire family was involved. Preparation of a nutritious snack by the kids, Free BMI check up for the parents and sampling of Fresh Fruit Juice was the highlight ( Courtesy: Barakat).

Environment Day was celebrated on 5th June, 2011. Planting of seeds, collage work, presentations were done by children.

A wildlife parade was also organized on the same day to mark World Environment Day celebration to spread awareness on environment and wild life conservation and motivate children to put across their ideas of subject. World life week parade gave a chance to showcase the information they had gathered about endangered animals. Also kids dressed up as different species of animals based on the theme “Endangered and Extinct Species”.

Father’s Day was celebrated on 19th June, 2011 by kindergarten kids. Art work was done by children on the topic ”My Father” and greeting cards/mobile hangings were made by the children for their fathers.

There was colour week celebration by kindergarten students from 12th to 16th June, 2011. Introduction of basic colours through activities like rhymes, stories, puppet shows and art work was given to kids.

Fancy dress parade was held for kindergarten kids with the themes Fairy tale characters, Costumes of India, Famous personalities and Community Helpers.

Prize Day was celebrated where the kids were rewarded for all their talents, spirit, participation etc.

The representatives of the JSSPS were invited to witness the DEWA award function. The award was given to schools for their effort to reduce the water and electricity consumption. Inspired by this ideal, our senior pupils made a start in motivating students to follow good practices to conserve resources.

JSSPS has enrolled itself as a member of EEG (Emirates Environmental Group) for the year 2011-2012.

JSSPS took an initiative to form a Parent Forum in which the parent of each grade student is representing the parent community. The first meeting of the Parent Forum was held on 3rd July, 2011 and welfare of the school, parents communication with the school was the main agenda of the meeting.

Recreation at the end of the term -Class Parties!! In spite of the scorching weather, the class party was a blast. All the kids and teachers looked relaxed and were in the mood of summer vacation. The management very generously arranged the get together for the teaching and non teaching staff where everyone were looking relaxed.

JSSPS in coordination with JSSIS has arranged the summer camp called “Summer Express” where the school got a huge response from JSSites and non JSSites. The total admissions of summer express were 170. The feedback of parents who attended the inauguration of summer camp is “JSS has given heaven to kids!!”

Technology:

Epson boards and projectors are being effectively used in daily teaching.

The school website has been updated regularly.

Daily email updates to parents and weekly newsletters have drawn rave reviews from all corners.

‘Webzine’ by Grade 8 students has been posted on school website.

LMS training of teachers is in progress and teachers are using it effectively.

SMS is used effectively for communication with teachers and parents

Library software has been installed and used effectively .

Students are utilizing the Math Lab facility.

Status of KHDA and CBSE Approvals:

No Objection Certificate granted by the KHDA.

Received initial approval from KHDA to start classes till grade 8.

A Request for approval from KHDA to start co-educational environment in our school has been submitted

Health Certificate is issued.

Civil Defense Certificate is issued.

File submitted to Consul of Education and after the inspection by Education Consul Mr. Jaideep, No Objection Certificate was issued by Consulate of Education which was one of the requirements for the CBSE affiliation process.

Online application for Affiliation to CBSE till Grade 10 is processed.

Documents were sent to CBSE, Delhi to obtain Provisional Affiliation for the School and Inspection by CBSE is awaited.

Student Strength:

Grade As on 27/03/2011 As on 07/07/2011

KG1 88 115

KG2 24 33

Grade1 39 55

Grade 2 18 30

Grade 3 17 33

Grade 4 24 36

Grade 5 17 34

Grade 6 13 23

Grade 7 13 21

Grade 8 08 13

Total 261 393

JSS PRIVATE SCHOOL, AL SAFA

DUBAI

Resuming our journey in Semester II (September 2011...onwards)

In the words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, “Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one

does, what one feels, and what one achieves”. As we look back upon the time of the months that just

passed by, there’s certainly a feeling of achievement about what we set out to do. We at JSSPS were all

set to have our students back in the orchards of the institution, where he / she has been planted to

bring forth fruits of scholastic success and a reflection of values.

‘Mission growth’ in this term will strive for a perfect balance of academic as well as personal excellence.

The normal course of day will find the faculty educating the child in subjects that all go to raise overall

knowledge and awareness. This shall be meticulously assessed at regular intervals and exercises to

measure their attainment in these areas. Besides addressing the knowledge build up, JSS would in this

term embark upon specific activity based programmes which cater to helping your child to cultivate

hidden talents and interest. They would be left with the choice to opt for activities of their interests to

bring about a holistic growth than selective and by no means merely academic growth. Martin Luther

King, Jr. so very rightly said, “Intelligence plus character-- that is the goal of true education.” My

convictions are firm that achieving overall development using tools that inspire the child to participate

and submit wholeheartedly will excite them in the same manner as they would otherwise experience

while at play.

Student Learning:-

Yearly Calendar As per KHDA guidelines and approval, the calendar was planned and posted on the school’s website.

Curriculum

An Orientation day was held for the parents of grade 1 and 2 in the Month of September and the parents were very happy about the School’s performance and the care taken towards the improvement of the students.

First Summative Assessment was conducted for the students from grade 3 to 8 in the month of October.

Open house after the SA exams was held on 29th October.

The planning for the syllabus and the books for Kindergarten and the primary section was done.

Principal and the Kindergarten Supervisor visited the best schools in Dubai to get an idea of best practices to implement in the kindergarten section.

The regular meetings of the teachers with the supervisors and principal were held for the improvement in the teaching and learning methods.

Classes were conducted for the special needs students.

FA3s were conducted by assessing the students in the classrooms.

Before the school closed for winter vacation Kindergarten section had an Open House on 21st Dec 2011. It was the day that all the parents expressed their happiness about the success of the

school in every aspect of curriculum, extracurricular activities and sports.

FA4s were conducted in the month of Jan-Feb. SA2 for grades 1 to 8 was conducted from 26th February to 5th March 2012.

JELP and other environmental activities.

JSS Extended Learning Program became operational from 23rd October 2011 for the class III - VIII.

Almost 40 Students opted for special activities in Cricket Swimming and Tennis, Dance, Gymnastics and others.

Different clubs like Health Club, Housekeeping Club, Cooking without Fire Club were operational during the JELP activities.

Winter camp was arranged in the school.

Environmental Club created awareness amongst students about the environment. The Club initiated Paperless Day, Can collection, collection of old mobiles.

The students participated in the collage competition, drawing competition and photography competition held by EEG.

Robotics Robotics camp was arranged in the winter vacation. The camp was conducted by Coriental Consultancy Dubai.

Forums and Committees

The Parent Forum was formed in the month of July. Five PF meetings were held and the suggestions of the parents were taken into consideration for School Improvement Plans

The Supervisory and Advisory committee of the schools was formed.

KHDA Self Evaluation team was formed which is actively working towards the achievement of KHDA requirements.

Action plan for the improvement of teaching and

learning methods was formulated

The Self Evaluation document which is required for KHDA was successfully drafted by the SE team after taking inputs from all the stake holders.

KHDA Action plan document was completed and it will be updated as and when required.

The school policies were being drafted by the respective departments and review meeting with the Principal and the SMT were held

The concluding meeting of Parent Forum for the academic year 2011-12 was held on 25th Feb 2012.

Sports Coaching and regular classes on Badminton, Basketball, Swimming and Table Tennis, minor games, recreation games were in full swing.

Yoga classes were being regularly conducted by our teacher and were quite popular with students.

Yoga classes and swimming classes for the parents were being conducted on the weekends by our school yoga teacher.

After the Inauguration Soccer Field in the month of February, a friendly foot ball match was arranged between JSSPS students and JSSIS students.

A friendly badminton match was organized amongst staff members of the school.

To strengthen the relationship between JSSPS and JSSIS staff, friendly cricket matches and

throw ball and badminton matches were organized

House System Inter House competitions were held regularly and the house marks were recorded on the respective house boards.The competitions were… Arabic Quiz, Recitation completion and others

Based on House Points Falcon house won the Best House Trophy

Field Trips and Tours

Kindergarten children were taken for a trip to vegetable market. With colourful badges representing different fruits and vegetables, the children of the KG section were all set for an adventurous trip to the Al Aweer vegetable market.

Students of Grade 1 to 8 were taken to Dhow Cruise on the event of Children’s Day on 14th Nov 2011.

Kindergarten students were taken to Dubai Zoo on Children’s day.

The students of the primary section were taken for a visit to the nearby clinic.

Grade 1-4 students were taken to Al Rawabi Dairy Farm

The students were taken Sharjah International Book Fair The students got a golden opportunity to meet world famous authors like Chethan Bhagath, Ruskin Bond etc.

The educational and entertaining trip to Malaysia was attended by 10 students and 4 teachers.

After SA2 children enjoyed a trip to the Dubai Bowling Centre. Also the KG students

had fun in Safa Park on the last working day of the Academic year.

The management was generous to arrange an outing to the desert safari for all the staff members. The trip was full of grand success.

ASSET, MATH WIZZ and OLYMPIAD Exams

Maths- Whizz was organized by the school to introduce a fun angle to math activities in class. The workshop was conducted by Sarah Kirk, who is the advisor and Country Manager for the UAE.

ASSET and OLYMPIAD exams were conducted in the month of October and the school students received the excellence certificates from ASSET.

ASSET week was organised

ASSET Quiz was conducted on 22nd Nov 2011.

Detailed Assessment for the students was held for the first time in Gulf for our school students and is in Action.

Vedic Math and Rubric Cube Course were organized by the School in the winter vacation form 24th Dec 2011 to 1St Jan 2012 for the students of grade 5-8.

ASSET and OLYMPIAD exams were held for the students.

Competitions Many inter class competitions were held .

JSS Students (both JSSPS and JSSIS) participated in the Bolly Rock Competition Organized by one of the best Dance Academy of Dubai and won the Prize for Best Creative and Thematic Dance.

Competitions were held in drawing, Essay writing, photography, speech etc for the students as well as for staff on the occasion of UAE@40 celebration at school.

Spell Bee competition was held for the students in the school.

JSS students (Both JSSPS and JSSIS) participated in the Christmas Carol Singing Competition on air which was organized by 101.6FM Radio.

Our students participated in

DEEP SPORTS TABLE TENNIS

RANKING TOURNAMENT and

won the First Place in sub

Junior category

JSSPS students participated in singing competition of the UAE and Indian National Anthem at Dubai Dolphinarium on the occasion of Republic Day of India on Jan 26th.

Facilities:

Canteen Canteen facility for staff and children is operational.

Cafeteria menu is being posted on the website for the parental information.

A teacher/NURSE has been designated to check the quality of food.

Sale of Fresh fruit juices and fresh fruits was introduced in the school cafeteria by Barakat.

A bakery and the canteen is set up in the school by Britania Co.

Library

Well equipped Library is set up with more than 5000 books.

Library cards to the students were issued.

Library management Software had been installed.

Reference books with different titles are available in the library for the reference.

ID Card Printer

for Student ID Cards

Barcode Label

Printer for Books ID

Student IDCaptured by Barcode

scanner

Book ID

Captured by

Barcode Scanner

Library Management Software

to manage all the activities

FUNCTIONAL PROCESS OF HARWARE AND SOFTWARE

JSS Health Clinic

Doctor and Nurse are committed to deliver high quality medical and nursing care.

A First Aid Course was conducted by Dubai Health Authority for the School bus Drivers and the Bus Monitors.

A conference was arranged for the Principals of all the private Schools in Dubai by the Dubai Health Authority on the new guidelines of the Health Management in the Schools and principal attend the Conference.

A Dental Camp was arranged for the students in the school in association with Nicholas Dental Clinic on 19th January 2012

Transportation

20 buses (with 20 bus monitors) were operational. We have received good feedback from the parents.

Bus Id cards were issued

School will be having its own Fleet of transport with 10 buses in the coming academic year.

Special Assemblies

Tiny tots of KG2A put up a marvelous show on 18th of Oct in their special assembly. The theme chosen was “Environmental Awareness and Cleanliness”

“Unity is Strength” was aptly proved by the little children of KG2B at their Special Assembly on 17th of Nov.

KG1D kids proved their talents in their special assembly on 8th of Dec with the theme “Parts of the Body”.

Little stars of KG1B proved how special they are in their special assembly with the theme “Vegetables” on 12th of Jan.

On 16th of Feb, KG1E kids dressed up as various community helpers; a doctor, a teacher, a policeman, a pilot…. to prove themselves in their special assembly with the theme “Community Helpers”.

KG1C kids were ‘Bright as Bright can be’ on their Special Assembly day on 1st March. They performed with the theme “COLOURS”

Special Assembly of KG1A was conducted in a very innovative manner with old McDonald who was

trying to teach everyone about the “Shapes” which in fact was a theme of the assembly.

In the primary block, Special Assemblies like Environmental Assembly, Islamic Assembly, Arabic Assembly, Yoga Assembly, Thematic Assemblies etc are happening regularly.

Community and Events:

GOLDEN WORDS DAY was celebrated on 22nd September 2011 by Kindergarten section where the kids learned to use the magic words “ Please, Sorry, Thank You, Excuse me, May I”

ETIQUETTE WEEK was celebrated by kindergarten section from 25th to 29th September. Teachers had planned to teach the kids the meaning and a few basic rules about etiquette. Each day of the week was eventful as children learnt about table manners, telephonic conversations, walking quietly in a line, speaking politely, good posture and about personal cleanliness.

SPECIAL ASSEMBLY was conducted by KG 2 children based on the theme Environmental Awareness and Cleanliness.

A FRUIT WEEK was celebrated by kindergarten section where children were introduced to fruits . Also the activities like Fruit salad making and apple printing were conducted.

A Mock shopping Centre organized for KG Students

A welcome party was organized for all the students after the school reopening.

The School Inauguration ceremony held amidst a lot of fanfare and grandeur. The entire school worked extremely hard to make this event a grand success. The children also took part enthusiastically in various ways. The chief guests who witnessed the Inauguration were Mr. Veerappa Moily, Minister of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India, and the esteemed Director of KHDA etc. There was a huge appreciation from all the parent community for the celebration of Inauguration Function.

To celebrate the month of festivity, school organized, cultural day “JASHN”

Swimming Gala for the students of Grade 3 to 8 was celebrated on 30th Oct and 31st Oct of 2011.

The students were taken to a workshop on Environment Conservation which was conducted by EEG Dubai.

UNESCO Director and former Minister of Education of Mauritius Dr. Parasuraman Arumugam visited the school. During the visit, there was a brief interaction and exchange of ideas on school participating in the UNSECO programmes.

Arabic day was celebrated on the 15th and 16th of November by the Primary section students.

40th National Day of UAE was celebrated in the School with the children of Dubai Autism Center.KG students displayed their arts and crafts creations based on UAE Day theme.

JSS Champions League – 2011 a Sports Day event was held on 17th Dec 2011. The cricket Legend Padmasree Syed Kirmani was the chief Guest.

An event by the Radio station 99.3 FM with the theme “Gingerbread Man” was arranged. Students of Grade 1-2 enjoyed decorating the Gingerbread Man with colourful gems, marsh mellows and other cake dressings in presence of well known RJs of the Radio station.

Before the school closed for the winter vacation, Christmas party in the school was organisedwhere all the students and staff enjoyed distributing the sweets and gifts.

The school celebrated 63rd Republic Day of India . The day began with hoisting of the Indian National Flag by our respected CEO followed by the Indian National Anthem. Parents were present to witness the celebration.

JALSA a carnival day of Kindergarten was celebrated on 11th Feb 2012. Mr. Radhakrishnan Nair, Principal of Sharjah Indian School and Convenor for CBSE Schools in Gulf was the Chief Guest for the event.

Our school had its first Literary Fest on 13th and 14th of March. From time immemorial books have been man’s greatest friend. Books, are still elegantly maintaining its place among men, in spite of the technology revolution. Keeping this in mind, our literary fest was aptly named Bookmate. On the 13th of March, we had Prof C.F. Joseph – motivational speaker and co author of the book, ‘I too am a teenager Born to Excel’ amidst us. He addressed our students and left no stone unturned in inspiring them. On the 14th of March we were honoured by the presence of the teen fiction writer – Dedra . L. Stevenson. With her best selling series ‘Hakima’s Tales – a trilogy’, she has definitely won the hearts of many. Ms. Stevenson gave tips on creative writing to our students and our young JSSites were eager to find out a lot more. The session was very interactive .

Kindergarten section organized the Graduation Day ceremony for the KG2 students. The school as well as the parents were very much proud of little stars of KG2 who were promoted to grade 1.

JSSPS held its First Science Fair on 12th of March .The

theme was “The Everyday Science”. The students were

very enthusiastic and came up with various projects and

experiments which ranged from concepts like simple

density to complicated circuits.

Workshops and Seminars

A volunteer from MEVEG (Middle East Vegetarian Group) addressed our students about the Health and eco benefits of being vegetarian.

The primary students participated in “Conservation Award –For a Better Tomorrow” conducted by DEWA in association with KHDA.

The Role of Parents in Education – The forum was held by Dubai School of Government in partnership with KHDA. Two of the teachers from school represented our school in the forum.

Perpetual Resources Group International in association with CACET (Child Abuse consultancy Education and Training) conducted a workshop on Child Abuse Exploitation- Understanding and Reporting on 22 of January 2012 in our school campus. This programme was attended by School Counselors and Principals.

The students of Grade 8 attended the “The World Energy Summit” at Abu Dhabi.

The School gave an excellent opportunity to the teachers to attend an Educational Workshop called “Read Road Show” held at Dubai Women’s College on March 7th, 2012 Sponsored by The British Council

Ministry of Education, Dubai had organized a Forum GESS (Gulf Educational Suppliers and Solutions) for all the schools in which few useful training programmes and workshops were arranged for the teachers based on the theme “Teaching and Learning in the Knowledge and Technology Era”. Many of the teachers from the school attended the workshops and they are effectively implementing the tips they received in the workshop.

Technology:

School website had been updated regularly.

LMS training of teachers was organized and teachers are

using it effectively.

the Math Lab facility.

PupilPod and LMS were implemented in the School.

A mass mail facility was introduced to send the circulars to the parents.

Online results and report cards facility was functional.

Inhouse and External Trainings

There was an enriching workshop conducted by Dr. Karajagi Gururaj from 30th October to 1st November 2011 on Effective Communication Skills.

The training was conducted for all the teachers on the usage of Promethean Board

The training was organized for the teachers in the 3rd week of November on Creative Teaching by ACT, Bangalore.

“Sharing of Best Practices” co-ordinated by the Principal

Training was organized for the teachers on “Setting up of a Model Classroom”. Resource person Mr. Richard James who is working for the Ministry of Ras Al Khaima conducted a workshop

The Training Programme of 5 days for the teachers was organized by the school in the month of March. The Resource persons from ACT Bangalore trained the teachers on collaborative learning.

Prominent Visitors to the School

The present power minister of Karnataka Mrs. Shobha Karandlaje, visited the school in the month of April.

D B Jayachandra MLA and an opposition leader in Karnataka legislative Assembly visited the school in July.

In October an array of designated guests graced the occasion listed below are some of them: Mr. Veerappa Moily, minister of corporate affairs, Republic of India was invited as the Chief Guest. The Guests of Honour were M K Lokesh ambassador of India for UAE, Rev. Dr. Jose Aikara chairman of the council for

the ICSE Board of Education, Dr. Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman of the KHDA Dubai, Mr. PNC Menon, Founder and Chairman of Sobha Developers Ltd.

The cricket legend Padma Sri Syed Kirmani was the Chief Guest for our Sports Day

Former Education Minister of Mauritius and UNESCO director Dr. Armugam Perasuraman also visited the in the month of December.

Board member of DPS Society Bangalore and Rajya Sabha member Mr. Rehman Khan visited the school.

Status of KHDA and CBSE Approvals:

There was an Inspection of the permit related documents of the school by KHDA on 3rd Nov and the copies of the documents were submitted to KHDA.

The final approval from KHDA is obtained for Principal.

The Permit from KHDA is obtained for School.

There was an inspection by CBSE on 27th November 2011 for the affiliation. The required additional documents were submitted to Joint Secretary of Affiliation Mr. MVV Prasad Rao.

CBSE confirmed the affiliation for school till the Secondary Level.

Application from School for the CBSE-I Affiliation is processed.

Application for the membership for Gulf CBSE Schools Council is processed and confirmation is awaited.

Application to KHDA for Co Education Permit is processed by the school.

An Approval from KHDA to start grade 9 is obtained.

Updated Student Strength for the academic year 2011-2012:

Grade As on 27/03/2011

As on 07/07/2011

As on 12th November 2011

As on 31st March 2012

KG1 88 115 144 135

KG2 24 33 39 37

Grade1 39 55 56 51

Grade 2 18 30 38 38

Grade 3 17 33 39 37

Grade 4 24 36 40 37

Grade 5 17 34 38 36

Grade 6 13 23 26 23

Grade 7 13 21 24 24

Grade 8 08 13 16 15

Total 261 393 460 433

New Admissions for the academic year 2012-2013 as on 22nd March Feb 2012

Grade Students

KG1 220

KG2 38

Grade1 40

Grade2 23

Grade3 26

Grade4 34

Grade5 27

Grade6 28

Grade7 13

Grade 8 18

Grade9 8

Total 475