3 February 2014 - RBK International Academy

Monday, 3rd February 2014
Opp. Indian Oil Nagar, Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road, Mumbai-400088 Tel: +91 22 65218124/25/26 www.rbkia.org
EDITORIAL
FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE
W
e had our National flag hoisted on 26th January, early in
the morning on the occasion of republic day but since it
was on Sunday children were not called in.
Last Thursday our PYP children had a wonderful time at
KIDZENIA and you will see more details and photographs in our
next newsletter.
Last Thursday we also had a special guest speaker to share her knowledge on a
science project, “Vertical Farming”. Yes Mahek Vora, a sixth standard student of
Balmohan Vidya Mandir, Dadar expressed her ideas so confidently, our MYP
students couldn‟t help admiring her.
Now we are all gearing up for our next event “Indian Music and Dance
Concert” scheduled on 8th February.
Dr. Arundhati Hoskeri
Management Representative
PYP
KUDOS
Varun Badrinarayan, Gr 6 A recently
appeared for
National Science Olympiad
&
International Math Olympiad
and won the following prizes!
National Science Olympiad
State Result - 567
International Result - 891
He won a Bronze Medal for this.
International Math Olympiad
State Rank - 277
International Rank - 591
He bagged a Gold Medal for this feat!
Also, he has qualified for the 2nd Level for the
IMO to be held in February 2014!
Varun, Congratulations! You have done us
all proud!
We wish you best of luck to add more laurels!
Swati Joshi
Home Room Teacher - Grade 6A
PYP
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MYP
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FEELING PROUD!
n the 24 January 2014, we had our Personal Project
Exhibition and Presentation. Each one of us from Grade
10 had displayed and explained our projects very well.
As my personal project I had made a personalized home decor
magazine using my paintings and digitally displaying them on
different applicable surfaces. For the exhibition, I brought all
my paintings to school and displayed them. Many people
appreciated my work and were very happy with what I had
done!
It was an amazing experience when we got the feedback from
parents and guests!
Anoushka Balan
Grade 10
THE IGCSE ORIENTATION
A
s they always say that at some point
of time, a person has to pull up their
socks; we know that the Grade 8
will soon be in IGCSE and need to work
harder! As students in the IGCSE, they have
so many subjects to concentrate upon and so
many tasks to complete! They usually get
confused about which is the field they need
to get into and which are the right subjects
to opt for. Therefore, it is not only
important for the students to focus upon
their careers, but also their parents must be able to guide their wards. Last
week, the school organized an orientation session to make it easier for the parents as well as the
students of Grade 8 understand the IGCSE curriculum and how to choose subjects! The best part
of this orientation was that both the students and we parents were supposed to understand from
this presentation so that we are clear in what we want ! We were pretty relaxed after the
orientation because the pattern of IGCSE had been simplified and explained well. Also there
were so many options and we realized that our wards are guided for the right path of careers!
Thank you from all the parents of Grade 8!
Ms. Neha Dharmani
Parent of Aanchal Dharmani (Grade 8 )
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F
CELL MODEL PROJECT BY GRADE 6
irst I got a thought. I told myself let me do a nerve cell. After that Ii went on the net saw
some nerve cell projects I saw one which was very interesting but with no labels then I got an
idea I will make a nerve cell but with the labels inside. Then my dad bought the materials - a
round Styrofoam, clay, a cap of a bottle, sketch pens and a Styrofoam sheet. I made it by cutting the
round Styrofoam and carving another small piece of Styrofoam inside then I took a rod and put blue
clay an on top of that I put yellow clay but there were spaces. Then I placed some blue clay on the
surface of the Styrofoam and inside it I put the parts and I fixed pins on the outside. After that I
made a hole at the back and connected the rod. In the end, I stuck the Styrofoam ball on the cap
and the rod was connected to it and the cap was lying on a Styrofoam sheet.
Varun Billa
One of the most important chapters of science was cells. We finished studying it and Ms. Swati
discussed with us about our personal project presentation. She told us about making a cell model
which should be 3D. She gave us some notes about how to make it and all of that. The project
deadline given by Ms. Swati was 17 January 2014. I started to research on the internet for pictures
and ideas for the model. I finally found a very good picture of the cell and started to collect
materials for the project. When I finished collecting them, I started my project. It nearly took me
around 4 hours to finish my model. We had labeled all the parts of the cell too. Then it was just to
submit it. I was very scared about the comments and grades by the teacher and my friends. When I
reached school I gave it to Ms. Swati. Then Ms. Swati took my project and told me to sit near it so
she could take a picture. But when my friends saw it and appreciated it, it encouraged me. I got
better comments than I thought I would. I am very happy about my project because my hard work
gave a good fruit. I thank Ms. Swati and my friends who had encouraged me. I wish Ms. Swati
gives a similar type of task next time which should be more challenging!
Om Doshi
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I had made a 3D model of a plant cell as my homework assignment. In the beginning I collected ideas
from the internet. I couldn't find such good models to make so then I started off with some of my own
ideas. I used all different materials like some thermocol, pea pods, raw beans, beads, clay and a sponge.
At first I thought that it was a very difficult task to do but as I went on making the cell I got the hang of
it. I chose to make a plant cell as mostly all of my classmates were doing an animal cell and I wanted to
do something unique. Overall this was a fun, creative and knowledgeable and a very helpful project.
Prisha Sheth
I was in a cheery mood on 03 January2014, when Ms. Swati told us that we had to make a cell model
and submit 2 weeks later. I was very excited on this topic. I started raking my brains on deciding what
cell to do- plant, or animal? I chose animal and I started my research. There were many interesting ways
to make it, and I finally decided to do it in a Styrofoam ball way, but instead of the Styrofoam, I would
be using 2 baskets. My mother and I stuck the baskets together, and then stuffed them with newspaper
chunks. I then put a layer of Styrofoam on the 1st basket, and half on the 2nd. I stuck sheets of A4 paper
on the 2 baskets. I painted the Styrofoam green in color. The next thing was to make the organelles. I
made all of them with clay, with the exclusion of the cell membrane, the lysosomes, the ribosomes and
the centrioles. I stuck all of them on the cytoplasm (the green paint, now dried up) and arranged them
neatly. To add the final touches, I labeled them with their names and their functions. When I showed to
Ms. Swati, she immediately appreciated me for putting in so much of hard work. From this task, I have
learnt to be a risk taker, well-balanced, an inquirer, to manage my time and to be cooperative.
Varun Badrinarayan
When I got this project I was very excited and confused. This was a really interesting project that helped
me learn about the nuances of composition of living organisms. Since I had never done a project like this
in my old school I went on various websites to know on how to make a cell but none of the websites
really helped me as all the material, the model needed was not available in India. This made my project
more difficult. Then I started to research about the various cells and their functions. I even used many
books to help me out with my project. After looking out on many books I finally came across my science
checkpoint text book. I saw a palisade cell and thought that this would be perfect and a simple project
that could be worked with ease. Then I started to think about the various ways of making the cell. I saw a
chocolate box at home. I thought that I could use the box as the model base. First I took the chocolate
box and filled it with cotton. Next I gave it a base with cardboard on the top to place the parts of the cell
like vacuole, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplast etc. The cardboard was painted yellow so that cytoplasm
could be prepared. Leaves were used to make chloroplast due to its green color. I took bubble wrap,
stuck it on a paper and cut in a rectangular shape the make the vacuole. I made the Nucleus by cutting a
round shaped black chart paper and placing it. The exterior was covered with a black chart paper to
represent it as a cell wall and a boundary was created with the same paper for the cell membrane
Yash Ranjan
I chose the plant cell. This is how I built my plant cell. I used Styrofoam and then put a green sheet of
card glued. The green sheet of paper is the cell wall. On top of the green sheet of card I put a pink
colored sheet of chart paper which would be the cytoplasm. Then I filled green balloons with newspaper
with green beads acting like chlorophyll I used red, blue and yellow to make the nucleus. Which had the
nuclear membrane which was red and the yellow was the nucleolus. Next, I used green papers for rough
E.R. I put ribosomes to differentiate and placed it near the nucleus then I made ribosomes which are the
white dots. After making the ribosomes I made the Golgi complex using pipe cleaner. For making the
vacuole I used jelly which I put in a plastic cover. For the mitochondria I used cut up pipe cleaner and
orange clay which I flattened. I enjoyed working on this project and would like to do some more projects
once again.
Aditya Nair
Well done and keep it up students!
Swati Joshi - Science Faculty
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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF GREEN INNOVATIONS?
T
he students of Grades 6 and 7 were ushered to the MYP library
today to watch a student Mahek Vora, of the 6th grade from a
different school share the ideas and information that she had about
the world and how we can help it. After we all were hushed into a pin
drop silence, she began. First with the topic: green innovations. Then,
with the problems that she thought the world had. She seemed to think
over population was the main reason of global warming and she
showed a couple of slides on that. Later, she showed some truly
creative pictures of the pockets that hang on the wall or the grills on
the balcony filled with lightweight soil and she grew plants in them. I
think I too need to try that. So, she showed the pros of having these wall
hanging planters and I have got to say, I truly like the idea. Thank you dear friend!
Aditi Bhatnagar
Grade 6
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THE SUPERMOON ON 30TH JANUARY
t‟s the end of the first month in 2014 already, I think it‟s safe to use the statement “time flies”
and not sound like a cliché. This year holds new opportunities and surprises at every turn.
One of the incredible things happening this year is the two super moons in January. The first
marked the beginning of the New Year – it was on the 1st of January and the next one is now,
the 30th, making January 2014 the only month with two super moons until January 2018 „What is
a super moon?’ you ask? Well basically a super moon is when the moon makes its closest
approach to Earth in its orbit than usual, which is seen clearly when there's full moon. This isn‟t
just some astronomical phenomena, to the common man like us, I guess you could say seeing
two super moons in a year is a glorious opportunity and obviously the fact that it looks
extremely beautiful. So on the eve of 31 st January, keep your eyes open for this giant
Magnificence.
Raena Menon
Grade 9
DP
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SCHOOL AND TALENT; A GOOD BLEND
‟m Vikram Bam. I‟m a student of the IBDP program at RBK International Academy. Our
school recently took part in an interschool event at SVKM International School. I took part in
the music event among many others. It was in this event, in the solo category that I was
crowned the winner. The competition was pretty fierce and to be honest, I really didn‟t expect to
win. But when the curtain came down, and it was time for the judges to decide who they thought
was first among equals, they saw something in my performance that probably stood out more
than the others. I really should say that I couldn‟t have won if it wasn‟t for the full support of my
school. The school gave me all the practice time that I required to give a good performance. Our
music teacher helped out a lot. Not only did he help me in preparing my piece, but he gave me
some invaluable training in performing that I will always remember wherever I may perform.
Overall, it‟s a wonderful feeling to win something, but even better when you know that your
school has backed you 100 %. It is pretty awesome.
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PARTICULARS
TUESDAY
04.02.14
WEDNESDAY
05.02.14
THURSDAY
06.02.14
FRIDAY
07.02.14
MONDAY
10.02.14
PLAY GROUP/
PRE-PRIMARY
Dudhi Thepla
with Chunda
White Dhokla
with Chutny
Veg Noodles
Manchurian
Sprout Bhel
Veg Khichadi
with Curd
Wheat Flakes
with Milk/
Mysore
Masala Dosa
Corn Flakes
with Milk/
Veg Poha
Lapsi Porridge/
Yellow Dhokla
Milk
and Cereals/
Chinese Bhel
Milk
and Oats/
Veg Paratha
with Raita
Chapati,
Steamed Rice,
Tadka Dal,
Rajma Masala,
Matar Aloo
Vegetable,
Salad and
Buttermilk
Chapati,
Zeera Rice,
Masala Dal,
Dudhi Chana,
Beans Potato
Vegetables,
Cucumber Salad,
Papad and
Buttermilk
Chapati,
Coriander Rice,
Matar Paneer,
Baingan Bharta,
Salad and
Buttermilk
Chapati,
Pav, Bhaji, Veg
Pulao, Boondi
Raita, Salad, Jal
Jeera and Mung
Dal Halwa
Chapati,
Zeera Rice,
Dal Tadka,
Dudhi Kofta,
Cabbage Peas
Vegetable,
Salad and
Buttermilk
Tomato
Capsicum Pizza
Veg Noodles
with
Manchurian
Vegetable
Franky
Veg Fried Rice
with Hot and
Sour Vegetables
Capsicum Peas
Pasta in
Tomato Sauce
SHORT BREAK
LUNCH
SPECIAL
MEAL
Note: All salads served will be boiled
- Ms Payal Sinha
Consultant Dietician
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