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Monday, 10th March 2014

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EDITORIAL

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE

We had our PYP art exhibition on 4th and 5th March. Ms Mithu Basu an inspiring artist as well as

art aficionado and a founder of NGO called DOLNA, was our guest of honour for inaugurating the

exhibition. She started Dolna in 2010, all in order to bring forth cutting edge talent and explore new

market segments for artists. She was keen to select and nurture artists of tomorrow, rooted in one's

own ethos, free of all limitations, who would be encouraged to find their personal idiom and write

the new movement in art. Her quest for excellence and faith in one's own potential, has seen her

foray into writing, art direction, advertising, publishing, public relations, communications and teaching, explored

from a creative perspective.

Ms Basu played ‘art charade’ with our children and convinced them that each child was an artist. The kids were

also excited when they were asked to draw on a canvas board. Ms Basu wholeheartedly appreciated the art works.

The art exhibits were superb, our children are really talented I must say. The parents who did not turn up really

missed it!

Our MYP art exhibition was on 7th and 8th March and more updates in our next week newsletter. Our MYP is now

gearing up for SLC, the invitation of which has already appeared last week. Children are eagerly waiting to show

their learning outcome to their parents.

Dr. Arundhati Hoskeri

Management Representative

O ur trip to TATA Institute of fundamental Research was great. We had a good time and

learned a lot about rocket science, the solar system and life cycle. It was a nice treat for

science day!

Shree Senghani

Grade 5

PYP

SCIENCE TRIP

ART EXHIBITION

The little artists of RBKIA displayed their skills and imagination on paper during the art

week. The art work of students from Nursery to grade 5 was displayed in the auditorium. It

was an excellent opportunity for the students to showcase their aesthetic skills.

MYP

O n 25th February 2014, our classes began with SLC. Our

Homeroom Teacher, Sheetal Ma’m recalled what SLC

actually means and what is expected from us. Then she

distributed the self-evaluation sheet in which we had to write about

ourselves , using appropriate adjectives. She also gave us many

more work sheets to get ready and present to our parents when we

started the conference. We started with our portfolios work. We

were also allowed to choose our favorite assessments. Our subject

teachers gave our assessments, rubrics and reflection sheet to be

placed in the plastic inserts. Now we are ready for SLC!

-NAINA SAINI

When we started our rehearsals with our home room teacher, we

actually presented our portfolios. She assumed the role of a parent and we did our portfolio

presentations with her! Thank you, Sheetal Ma'am! -POOJA JHAVERI

We completed so many documents; the strength and weaknesses

and the goals we wanted to achieve. All the students in our class

have made their portfolios complete with tasks and assessments

with corresponding rubrics and reflection sheets thank you, Swati

ma’am, for guiding us! We all look forward for the STUDENT LED

CONFERENCE! -VISHESH SHARMA

We had a lot of fun while collecting the documents for our

portfolios. Everyone has different sheets for each subject. We all

have done many creative things throughout the year; our art work,

our brochure for I.T and other subjects. As this is our first year in

MYP, we took more time for designing the front page of the portfolio and our teachers guided us a

lot. They have answered our each and every query and we thank

them for helping us; it would be very hard to do our presentation

without their guidance. With this experience, organizing our

portfolios will be an easy task for the coming years! We now

know the importance of the different documents in the portfolio;

our GOAL SHEET 678, TIMELINE for SLC preparation,

ACADEMIC and NON ACADEMIC sheets SUBJECT WISE

CHECKLIST ,PERSONAL INTRODUCTION 2014 and how and

what to be organized on the PRESENTATION DAY!

-ISHAN BANNERJEE & PRISHA SHETH

I was very excited on hearing that our SLC is happening! I enjoy

collating work for my portfolio!

-VARUN BADRINARAYAN

MYP

Student Led Conference ‘IN THE MAKING’!!!

M y dear juniors, my Grade 6 students!

Each year our school conducts a ‘Student Led Conference’ in which we, the students,

are given the opportunity to share our year’s progress with our parents and under the

supervision of TEACHER FACILITATORS. With the SLC just around the corner on Saturday

8th of March 2014, this entire week has been very hectic for all in the MYP!

You are all ready to present your portfolios for the first time this year; your excitement is

evident in the corridors. You must be seeing your seniors rushing and rummaging to put

together an artistic masterpiece, bulging with assessments and tasks from all their subjects!

You, my dear juniors from Grade 6, use this opportunity to talk about your work (both

academic and non-academic) in a formal setting with your parents. I am sure you have also

written reflections for each piece of work in the portfolios! This will allow you to develop the

learner profile trait ‘Reflective’. This trait will indeed come in handy, later in life, when you set

out in your respective fields. It will help you further to become true IB leaners.

I feel rest assured that the SLC will be a learning experience for you dear juniors!

I wish to thank all our teachers for guiding us all through, as usual!

Neeraja Chemburkar

Grade 9

EXTENDED ESSAY VIVA

O n Saturday, 1st March, the students of IBDP –2 gave their viva for our respective

extended essays. Each student was given a specific time of arrival and they were

evaluated by three teachers – our respective extended essay teacher, the IBDP

coordinator and another teacher experienced in the subject; possibly for a new perspective on

the essay. The viva was conducted in order to assess the content and originality of the work

done in each of our essays. One day prior to our viva, all the students were asked to read their

essay to prepare for the viva next day.

My viva was conducted and assessed by my extended essay teacher – Mr. Fred Machage, the

IBDP coordinator – Ms. Kinnari Shah and the Principal – Mr. Edward Robinson. I was

questioned about the content of my extended essay and why I presented a particular view. I

was also given minor suggestions to help make my essay more presentable. I got an

opportunity to reflect on the essay that I wrote, I found areas of improvement and realized the

skills that I have achieved through this exercise. It was an enlightening experience and I

definitely learnt a few things that I would apply the next time I am given a task like the

extended essay.

Aditi Sridhar

IBDP 2

IBDP

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