26-02-2019

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EYP Cultural Week & Dance Concert

On the 15th of February, we celebrated Cultural Day and held a dance concert where our little wonders gave incredibly fantastic dance performances. Our little ones gave their little introduction of the dance forms with confident delivery before their performances and stole the audience’s hearts. They all looked impressive in colourful costumes, and their adorable dancing to the foot tapping music made the morning memorable. Flamenco dance of Spain was performed by the Playgroup and Nursery kids, México hat dance - Jarabe Tapatio was performed by the kids of K1 K2A kids danced on the Singaporean song “One Singapore” Kids of K2B danced on a traditional American song “Cotton Eye Joe”. After watching the Dance Concert, the parents visited the beautifully decorated classrooms, and they were stunned to see such spectacular work done by teachers and kids. All the classes looked child-friendly as more of kids work was displayed. Take away related to their respective countries were given to the kids as a fond memory of the cultural week. The entire week was celebrated with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm. This was observed to inculcate Unity in Diversity in our kids and make them aware of the diverse cultures in the world. Children had a potluck lunch; they bought different food items and shared with their friends and had a multi-cuisine lunch experience. All of them appreciated and enjoyed the varied cuisines of different nationalities.

Unity in Diversity was indeed the feeling that was imbibed and displayed by our little ones during this Cultural Week.

Playgroup & Nursery

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EYP Cultural Week & Dance Concert

K1

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EYP Cultural Week & Dance Concert

K2A

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EYP Cultural Week & Dance Concert

K2B

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EYP K2 - "Photographs of their Journey"

K2B

As the students of K2 are inquiring into the unit "Journeys, create change and can lead to new opportunities"

under the theme “Where we are in place and time”, the kids were asked to get photographs of their favourite

journey and share their experiences with their peers. It was an exciting and enriching experience.

K2A

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EYP K2A - Introducing "ar" words with a story

The students of K2A had an interactive 3D and real objects story session to understand "ar" words family. They

used stick puppets of the letters to form the "ar" words making it easier to get familiarized, relate, remember and

recollect those words.

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EYP Parent’s reflection for cultural week

NURSERY This is Vidhi mother of Thiaan Shah nursery .one of the best concerts I saw today....What a fantabulous show it was.... beautifully choreographed ....could act see kids enjoying...Meenaa ma'am what an amazing show in the concert as well as in the classroom....How much efforts teachers and non-teaching staff have put in to show case these countries and cultures was just amazing ...it was unbelievable.... Please continue with efforts and would love to support in whatever way we can.. Proud to be a part of this RBKIA family.... Thiaana's mom A big thank you to the teachers for taking all the efforts... the event was fabulous. Kids looked wonderful in their outfits and their performance was worth the excitement. As always it was a wonderful event… Thank you to the entire team of EYP. Kiaan’s mom

K2A This is a heartfelt gratitude for all the efforts that your team takes to put up a grand show like this. All the performances were well planned, practised and well performed. It was a delight and visual treat for all the parents am sure! Being a parent myself I am so happy to see the drastic developments taking place in my child be it her confidence, her intellect or her personality, is worth applauding. Really thankful to Ms. Bhavika and Ms. Jyoti, the HRT's of K2-A for putting up a great show on Singaporean culture. Thank you , Sharmistha Acharya Mukherjee (mother of Kenisha Mukherjee) The international day that was held in school was very well organised and the coordination of kids and teachers was fantastic. The efforts and hard work put up was truly seen. Also the class decorated as per the country looked lovely overall a double thumbs up to the whole team of RBK to put a great show. Thanks. Kajal Kundnani (mother of Simrita Kundnani) If talents and hard work meets together the result is always success. Wishes and many thanks to the whole team for all the efforts you have put in for preparing the little ones for the awesome performance they have delivered, It was definitely an emotional moment for me as a parent to see my kids on the stage dancing happily and confidently. Thank you each and every one for organising the concert so well, we all had the best time. Learning about different countries of world, their culture, their music, etc. . The concept of cultural week for kids is he best way to explain them. My kid from K2A Kiara Mehta learnt not only about the country which her class was doing, she enjoyed the tour were all the kids went in each class and learnt so many new cultures and places they haven’t heard of, also as they have learnt about new places now they are so excited to visit the countries they have not been yet, so again thanks to all the teachers for your efforts. Jini Mehta (mother of Heer Mehta) We are parent of Raaisha Moghay of Class K2-A. We really enjoyed the cultural week celebrations at school and wanted to appreciate all your effort. It is not only a very territorial educational program but also exposes child to the other side of the world at such a small age. Starting from class decoration to guest speakers to the local dance. Everything was great! Thanks Renu Moghay (mother of Raaisha Moghay)

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EYP Parent’s reflection for cultural week

A big thank you and congratulations on a well organised cultural week. The teachers at the school are excellent. The class is organised well and there are imaginative ideas used to help the children share ideas and learning. I feel my child has been recognised for her skills. I feel it develops a great sense of community and gets children interested in learning and ready for the next stage of their lives .thank you for all your efforts Thanks Dimple Asrani (mother of Araina Asrani)

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PYP PYP Cultural Week 11 - 15 February, 2019

A Kaleidoscope of Colours, Music and Dance

Every year with great enthusiasm PYP students celebrate the cultural week-a creative week that allows students to

explore different cultures and traditions from around the world. It broadens their horizons and raises the students’

awareness of other communities.

It is the most anticipated event of the school calendar wherein at the beginning of the school year each PYP class

chooses a country to explore and showcase. The students learn about the customs, culture and language of the

place and decorate their class. On 13th February, parents were invited into our classrooms to see the display and

enjoy the potluck. It was a day where the primary school came together to learn about other cultures and

understand the diversity that exists in our world.

The week culminated with the Dance and Music concert on 15th February featuring music and dance from different

countries. Performed by over 250 students of the primary school each dance performance was well

choreographed. Students danced with poise and grace and dazzled on stage in their colourful costumes.

Thanks to all the teachers, children and parents for making the cultural week a great success. It was a real privilege

to walk around the school and see everyone working together to make learning an enjoyable experience for our

children.

Paminder Kohli PYP Head

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PYP Cultural Week Celebration

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PYP Cultural Week Celebration

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PYP International Mother Languages Day

PYP celebrated the mother languages day on 21st February with the aim of preserving linguistic diversity and promoting intercultural understanding and respect. The day was celebrated with a cultural programme that included songs, dance and role plays in various Indian Languages.

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PYP Grade 5A - Timeline on Technology

Timelines are graphic representations of the chronology of events in time. Students become more actively engaged in learning the sequence of events by constructing the timeline themselves. For the unit ‘How The World Works’, students of Grade 5A, made a creative timeline of any one gadget/ device themselves and showcased how technology and its role has changed and evolved over time. They used visual aids for identifying and recognizing how topics overlap in time. Timeline helped the students develop a long-range understanding of historic chronology.

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PYP Grade 5A - PISA Reflection

The Pisa Exam was a very good experience. It was giving an examination without having to think it was an examination. It was fun and creative and I did not have a lot of trouble with it. I really liked the concept of an online examination, which as everyone (including me) in our class loves computers and I found it very unique and interesting to give an examination like this. This examination also assured me that examinations are not always hard. And in all I really liked the concept and way it was executed.

Riva Mehta Grade 5A

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PYP Grade 5B - PISA Reflection

PISA exam is an exam of English and Math, it is an online exam were teachers can know how much we know. We had two math and English exam one was trial and one was final. The final one was quite hard than the trial exam. We had five practice questions in the start of the trial and the final exam. For me the PISA exams were a little hard. I really like the writing test because the first writing test I did was a creative writing were we had to build a story on a picture, the second writing test we wrote was a opinion writing were we had wrote our own opinion on a statement. The PISA exam was really fun and interesting to do and I think that the exam was amazing and mind-blowing.

Siddhi Gupta - Grade 5B This was my first experience of an online exam and it was fun. I learnt how to answer questions that are related to logic and reasoning. This improved my English and Maths both. Most of the questions in Maths were based on real-life which made it a little hard because we had to think a lot. Doing Math workings on the computer for some questions were hard for the first trial exam but then I got used to it. The English questions had most of comprehensions with questions which were quite easy. This test helped me in my typing skills and my timings. Although this was little difficult and I faced many challenges, my test went well. I think I could do much better in this exam.

Aarav Shah - Grade 5B This was our first online test. It was mind boggling. In total we finished 4 exams. They are: Writing task A, Writing task B, Mathematical Literacy Task, and English Reading Task. These tests could be even harder but was kind of easy. The test had many different types of problems. Most of the problems were real life problems. Well, I think online tests are way better than a paper pencil exam. I think an idea of an online test would make the test even more fun with real life pictures.

Shaurya Linge & Svea Ravjiani - Grade 5B

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MYP Grade 8 - PISA Reflection

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a worldwide study by the 0rganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Pisa examination is held in large number of schools around the globe to evaluate education systems of different schools . It gives me a lot of pride to say that our school has taken this golden opportunity for all the students of Grade 5 and Grade 8 to see where they stand in subjects like Mathematical Literacy, English writing, English reading, and Scientific literacy . In the examination the students were assessed on their basic knowledge about the various subjects. The PISA exams really boosted up our confidence level a lot . All in all the PISA exams were a great experience and it was also very fun filled and we got to learn a lot from it .

Mahzbin Maloo Grade 8

Our class Grade 8 was given a PISA exam which tested our general knowledge on three subjects: Math, English, and Science. Many students around the world also took part in this program. PISA allows us to see where we stand against the rest of the world. We can view our ranking and see what the standard is. Overall, this assessment was a really good experience and gave us an idea of where we may need improvement.

Malini Iyer Grade 8 Recently, I took my PISA tests, it was quite an experience. I had taken tests for 3 different subjects, those were English, Math and Science. Under that came English Reading, English Writing, Math A & B and Scientific Literacy. All the questions were fairly simple and straight forward, they were also very general and relied on our over all knowledge. The tests were taken online in our MYP Design Lab. For me, it was a new approach for taking an assessment online rather than on paper. The assessment didn't only check our knowledge in the particular subject but also gave us a brief understanding of how fast we type, knowing this could help us through other E- Assessments I would encourage the coming generations to take PISA exams as they help us know where we stand among everyone else in the world. It is also a good way to understand where we can improve and also where we went wrong.

Cahir Jomraj Grade 8

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MYP English Reflection: Proud to be a reader

In the present day we see a rapid decline in book reading habits among children. In an attempt to counter this, Grade 7 had a session, Proud to be a Reader, scheduled on 20th February. In this activity, we had to read a short story or a novel at home and talk about it in class. Each one of us presented a short summary followed by a discussion about some significant ideas in the book. The session improved our understanding about life, friendship, success, education and more general things in life through some stories which we all talked about. There was a lot of variety in the genre and categories of the tales and this aided us and played a major role in the session. This informative activity has helped us and has been a splendid success. I am certainly Proud to be a Reader.

Srushthi Linge Grade 7 On February 20, 2019 we had a special session in our English class titled, Proud to be a Reader. In this each one of us had to read either a novel or a short story written by a famous writer, and speak a few lines about the book and say if we are proud enough to be a reader. So we had this amazing session that was extremely successful and interesting. Each student came out with their chosen book and spoke a few lines about it and how proud he/ she was to be a reader. Every story was different and gave a different message, that we the readers read carefully and identified. Each message had a deep meaning that keep us all interested throughout the session. It was a wonderful session that was carried out really well by the whole of grade 7 and our enthusiastic English teacher. Therefore, after this awesome session my whole class and I can say with pride that, ‘WE ARE PROUD TO BE READERS!!’

Brittnee John Grade 7

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MYP Grade 6 - Visit to the Kala Ghoda Art Festival at R-city Mall

On 21 Feb 2019 The students of Grade 6 from RBKIA visited the Kala Ghoda Festival at R city mall. There were over twenty extremely creative installations in the mall. Many of the famous brands also made installations for example Bombay times. The students went around the mall observing the installations one by one which was a fun activity. They were accompanied by Mr. Manish Hatkar and Ms. Krina Chauhan our Art teachers. Here are a few of the installations at the mall: Bricks, beams and mortar The iconic Ghoda installations The Infinite Spindle The cloud of diamonds Bombay times XX change 20 times-life is infinite Kala Mandal Roots to the sky Warping Time These are just a few of the marvellous artworks there. It was a very memorable experience and something very important to learn is that all of us can create a unique art as one of the installations was make up of over 24000 rubric's cubes.

Pratham Mehta Grade 6

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MYP-IBDP Sports and Games updates

During this month MYP students started practicing Basketball skills. They learnt and practiced rules and regulations of the game. They were taught the basketball skills – dribbling, passing, shooting and techniques to play games, to practice deeper they were taught 2on2, 3on3 person play. When they developed a good understanding of the game and were ready to play Inter-house match. It was interesting to watch all of them performing what they learnt. They showed good coordination, communication and cooperation in a team. They also showed teamwork and sportsman spirit.

Grade 10 - 12 Boys

Grade 10 - 12 Girls

Grade 6 - 7 Boys Grade 6 - 7 Girls

Grade 8 - 9 Girls

Grade 8 - 9 Boys

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IBDP IBDP1 Reflections

Reflection on Second Cycle Test Week

The MYP and the DP sections are currently sitting for the second semester cycle assessments which will last about a week. As a DP1 student, I have realized that the cycle assessments have become a lot tougher, and cover a wider portion of the syllabus. In my honest opinion, I don’t really think cycle assessments should be conducted for diploma students (any cheers?) as we already have plenty on our plate - with all sorts of plans and a myriad tasks to finish off! A lot of the students in our class have had to postpone working on the really important stuff like their English Written Tasks, and lab reports for the sciences. Seriously though, the IAs are very important component of the programme, challenging and time consuming, but ultimately rewarding. The whole week by itself has been quite a stressful one. However, they don’t call the IB rigorous for nothing. Going forward, managing one’s time to finish all the work assigned whilst being able to post decent grades will be a skill that will be invaluable to all students.

Tanay Shenoy IBDP 1

This was DP1’s second meeting with Callido and like the last time, it was eye-opening, fun and immersive. The sole purpose was to introduce us to the Extended Essay, a requisite for the IB Program. Callido is an educational resource made of teaching modules that makes learning easy and approachable. There were two speakers who wanted to guide us through the process starting at the very beginning - choosing a subject, topic, and research question. Since the Extended Essay is a base-level research paper, these three elements that lay its foundation are of utmost importance. Like they did in their last session, they started off with a game and within 5 minutes we learned about the DOs and DON’Ts of the EE. Since most of us had already chosen and finalized our subjects, we just went through the Subject-Specific EE Guides, filled in a form which further confirmed that this was what we wanted to write the 4000-word essay on. For me, that form helped narrow down my interests in the width of my subject, and helped recognize what about it was interesting to me. Then, the research question. The module regarding how to frame a research question was in-depth and went through all the requirements for an RQ that we wouldn’t have to change 5 months into the project, which was their main focus - how to stray away from a possible problem later on. All in all, it was a great experience and every second of it was helpful. They answered each question with patience and clarity. We’re appreciative of having help at this stage where other DP students probably have to fend for themselves, relying solely on their thinking.

Nishtha Das IBDP 1

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IBDP Break the Stereotypes

I work hard as a bee in the day, without recognition and pay. I am used day and night, in books, and on screens to gain attention and pay. I can convince a man to buy the products I sell. But to buy what I want, I have to beg and pray. I wait for the day when my work will command respect and pay. When I control the wallets of those who use me today. Eureka!! I have found my freedom. I lead the military and the corporate world. Respect I had to demand, not just earn. But now I command and stand shoulder to shoulder with the men who once looked down upon me but now burn.

Rajveer Ajmera IBDP 1

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Canteen Menu

Note: All salads served will be boiled

Ms Payal Sinha Consultant Dietician

PARTICULARS

TUESDAY 26.02.19

WEDNESDAY

27.02.19

THURSDAY

28.02.19

FRIDAY

01.03.19

MONDAY 04.03.19

PRE-PRIMARY

GINGER MUNG DAL DOSA WITH KHAJUR CHUTNEY

FRUIT SALAD VEG VERMICILLI PULAO

BEETROOT AND CHANA DAL CUTLETS WITH TOMATO SAUCE

VEG MINI UTTAPA WITH CHUTNEY

SHORT – BREAK

MILK AND OATS / VEG POHA

MILK AND WHEAT FLAKES/ VEG PARATHA WITH BOONDI RAITA

MILK AND CEREALS / SPROUT DAHI PAPADI CHAT

MILK AND CORN FLAKES / SCHEZWAN IDLY CHILLY

MILK AND MUSELI / BHAJI (SOYA KEEMA) STUFF BREAD ROLLS

SPECIAL MEAL

PANEER BHURJEE MOMOS WITH TOMATO GARLIC CHUTNEY

VEG MACRONI CHEESE MASALA GRILLED SANDWICH

VEG SPROUTS TEHERI WITH CUCUMBER RAITA

PANEER TIKKA FRANKY

LUNCH

CHAPATI STEAMED RICE TREVTI DAL JACKFRUIT KOFTA METHI BHAJI SALAD BUTTERMILK

RICE DOSA LEMON RICE TOMATO SAR AVIAL FRENCH BEANS PORIYAL BUTTERMILK SALAD

CHAPATI CORRIANDER RICE PACHMELA DAL GREEN CHAWLI STIR FRY PEAS AND POTATO MASHED STUFF TOMATO SALAD BUTTERMILK

PAV BHAJI KACHUMBER SALAD BUTTERMILK PINEAPPLE SUJI KA HALWA

GREEN PEAS KI KACHORI TAMATER ALOO KI SABZI MASALA BHAAT VEG RAITA PAPAD