Monday, 16th December 2013
Opp. Indian Oil Nagar, Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road, Mumbai-400088 Tel: +91 22 65218124/25/26 www.rbkia.org
FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE
EDITORIAL
H ello,
It is Christmas time again! Time
to celebrate, time to enjoy and
get ready to welcome the New
Year.
Friday, 20th December 2013, is RBK
International Academy‟s annual Christmas
Carnival. This event filled with amusements,
games and activities, will definitely be an experience to
remember! Entrance fee to the event will be Rs. 450 for one
student and his/her parent and will cover the cost of all the
joy rides! Mouth watering snacks will be available in the food
stalls for purchase.
We encourage all our students to attend and make this event a
great success and look forward to seeing you on 20th December
2013. If any parent who would like to assist with the Carnival or would
like to assist by selling food items can contact Ms. Paminder
Kohli,latest by Tuesday.
Please note: The School will be closed on Friday in order that the grounds and building can be prepared for
the event. We encourage all students and their parent to come and enjoy the festivities!
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE STRIPES AND DOTS AND PLAID
Christmas Carnival Fun Zone...GAMES... Moon Walker
Mini Train
Basket Ball Football Shoot Ball Angry Birds
Tattoo Artist
Santa Claus-Mascot
Magic Show
Puppet Show
Bull ride
Bowling Alley And more
Live DJ and Dancing
And a parting gift for children
F rom Monday 16 to 19 December 2013,
RBKIA will be having medical check-up
for our students. These check-up will be
performed in the school by a team of qualified
Paediatricians arranged through Med-Mondial, a
company committed to promote healthcare and
awareness in school children.
Your permission will be required before these
medical checks are down. More detailed
information including the medical book and the
permission form are already sent to you through
your ward.
Dr.Arundhati Hoskeri
Management Representative
P re-primary Black and White Day.
Children in the pre-primary enjoyed a visit
from the Principal as part of the Black and
White Day. “Plaid scarf, dots on the tie, striped
socks” some new words for our growing
vocabulary.
Edward Robinson
Principal
La semaine de la francophonie
L ast week, RBK MYP level celebrated its first Semaine de la francophonie. Floor 3 was abuzz with
French activities.
Monday students-had to map countries in the world where
French is spoken; To their surprise, they learned that French is spoken in
over 50 countries!
Tuesday was French music day as RBK rocked to the music of French
Canadian, Robert Charlebois, the Eccentric singer Philippe Katherine,
the French Icon Édith Piaf, the former French first lady, Carla Bruni.
But the most popular song that even made its way to PYP wasCoup de
boule written by Sébastien et Emmanuel Lipszyc. Meanwhile in the
music room, M. Félix played Creole music to his grade 7-9 students,
they discussed French influences and played a game of general
knowledge of France.
Mme L.M. dancing with grade 3
students to Coup de boule!
At Wednesday Assembly, students
were introduced to the American
Hallowe‟en. French Canadians are
particularly fond of this tradition. Dr.
Jacques, Mme L.M.‟s husband, who
claims to be a master pumpkin carver,
initiated students to the « art » of pumpkin carving while Rashmi Ma‟am
supervised. The certificate for best Hallowe‟en poster went to 6th grader, Veer. Félicitations Veer!! In the
afternoon, students made Hallowe‟en masks. On Thursday students discovered that French Canada has many
festivals:The tulip festival in the Canadian Capital Ottawa; the world‟s biggest Winter Carnival held in
Quebec City and finally La fête des Acadiens, in New Brunswick Canada. The day ended in the canteen
when Mme. L.M. showed students how to make crêpes.
Friday Grade 6 / 7 students dressed up in their Hallowe‟en costumes for Bâton ou Bonbon. Ghouls visited
all the MYP teachers and even ventured down to the Principal‟s office.
Stay tuned next March 2014 for the
Int ernat iona l DAY of La
francophonie.
SCHOOL EVENTS
SPORTS DAY
A cademic learning and Sports Education actually, complement each other. They are the two sides of
the same coin. A healthy and strong body is not possible without sports. All our degrees and
achievements will be of no use without a good physique and healthy personality. When we are
physically active, our brain is active and it gives our brain a wakeup call to work more.
PYP
Little ones of Nursery spreading the
message of saving the habitats of animals
K1 Girls enjoyed running on the tracks
hunting treasure from the sand pit tub
K2 Little
gardeners !
How can we be protected from cold? Sheep gives us wool and we make
sweater with wool. K2 Here are our little Tarzans and Hawaiian
girls ready for a race. Isn‟t it fun to watch
our tiny tots running to win?
K1 Our little students are stacking the cones to make a tower.
OUR WEDNESDAY ASSEMBLY THAT WENT BY…………
O n Wednesday, 11th December 2013, our
assembly was a part of the French Week
celebrations! Every one enjoyed it because
some carved pumpkins, while the others
answered questions or received certificates.
The Science Quiz Competition was held on
Tuesday, 10th December 2013.
Results:
Topaz: POSITION 1
Ruby: POSITION 2
Emerald: POSITION 3
Sapphire: POSITION 4
Certificates were given away by the IBDP
Cocoordinator, Ms Kinnari Shah and the team of
Science Teachers! Well done winners and thank you
science teachers for dedicating so much of your
precious time in making this event a grant success!
Inaddition, one of our French teachers, Ms. Diane
came on stage to talk about Halloween and how it is
not a French festival but a French – Canadian
Festival.She talked about the different countries where
French is spoken as a first, second or and an official language. Later, we had an activity; she invited
some of the students come on stage, for the pumpkin carving activity. Ms Diane‟s husband, Dr Jack
volunteered for the activity.
Dr. Jack showed and explained the students how to carve it. It took a lot of time to carve, as you have
to be very patient. Ms Diane also told us about her experiences of pumpkin carving with her family.
Even Mr Robert told us his experiences about carving pumpkins, and how he was very impatient. To
end the assembly she told of the event coming up for the „La Semaine de la Francophonie‟ and what
had already been done. I had lots of fun during the assembly and I hope even the others enjoyed it as
much as I did it.
Joyeux Hallowe’en!
Simran Kaur
GRADE6
MYP
FINALS FOR SPELLINC COMPETITION
A s we had been selected as one of the finalists for Spellinc Competition, escorted by Ms.
Swati Joshi on 10th of December, Gr 7 Pranav Lakan, and I went to the „to compete in
the Mumbai Finals. On reaching there, we saw a throng of of students waiting outside the
gate. After an antagonizing wait of roughly half an hour, we were finally allowed to register in a
hall upstairs. After the opening ceremony and a brief explanation of the rules and regulations, we
took our seats in the auditorium. The first round was writing-based, which was a relief as I was
terrified of going and speaking on stage. It was divided into two rounds– straightforward spelling
and unscrambling anagrams. The spelling round was challenging with words like doyenne and
pugnacious. After the spelling portion (in which we had to correctly write down 20 words) we
moved on to the anagram round.
Before we started, the host gave us an important clue – all the words were based on cars and
travel M.s/, Renault being one of the partners. At the end of that round, our sheets were collected
and we were treated to a quick snack. After that, the students of Fine Arts staged short skits
designed to teach us about safe driving, in the hopes of us becoming better citizens. The top eight
schools were announced and called on stage to compete in the next round! Lady luck did not
smile on us! We were not in this prestigious list. Howeve,r I think we could very well be a part of
the top 8 next year.
We stayed back to watch the top 8 in action, they had to go through a number of rounds: Direct
Spelling, Anagrams, Crossword, Word-making and Rapid Fire. It was an intense affair, with
Pranav and me constantly rattling spellings of one another. Last year‟s champions – Campion
School, won again and will go on to represent Mumbai in the National Spelling Event. I think we
have an opportunity to embody the „REFLECTIVE‟ IB learner profile, by taking time to think
about what we could have done better. Overall it was an interesting experience, one that I have
never before experienced; it was fascinating to see the hard work some of the schools had put in
and their vocabularies were impeccable! We hope to participate again next year.
Thank you Swati Ma‟am for escorting us!
Neeraja Chemburkar - GRADE 9 , Pranav Lakhan - GRADE 7
SCIENCE QUIZ
P hysics, Chemistry and Biology? Oh no, not again! Well, this was my
reaction towards them; I was not a typical science student and so I didn‟t fancy activities involving science as much as I would other
subjects. I mean, how can science ever be fun? Who wants to know about
the gravitational force or acids or which enzyme does what? However, after
the Science quiz on Tuesday 10/12/13, my views about science completely changed. I never knew science could be so much fun. Being an inter house
event, the 4 houses were divided into smaller 4 individual teams, each
representing a house. The quiz contained 3 rounds and each one of us had to try our best to get those 50 points for the house. Eventually Topaz won, my house Ruby was the first
runner up and then Emerald, followed by Sapphire. Overall, it was a fun filled activity and I learned so
much about science. I am sure all of us would want to thank the science department of our school for their
effort and enthusiasm to ensure that the event was more than just successful. It was a great experience. Monil Shah
IBDP 2
MYP
IBDP
Note: All salads served will be boiled
- Ms Payal Sinha
Consultant Dietician
PARTICULARS
TUESDAY 17.12.2013
WEDNESDAY 18.12.2013
THURSDAY 19.12.2013
PLAY GROUP / PRE-PRIMARY SHORT BREAK LUNCH SPECIAL MEAL
Pancake
Chocolate Sauce Masala Idly With
Chutney Chapatti Onion
Rice Mix Dal/
Carrot Peas Vegetable Corn
Masala/
Cucumber Salad/
Butter Milk
Capsicum Peas
Pasta In Tomato
Sauce
Palak Thepla
Chunda Rice Porridge/
Batata Vada With
Pav
Chole Peas Pulav
Bhature/Mix Paneer Vegetable/
Boondi Raita/Rice
Kheer Jal Jeera
Paneer And
Crunchy
Vegetable Franky
Corn Flakes With Milk Cheese Chilli Toast/
Vegetable Upma With
Chutney
Chapatti/Plain Rice
Dal Fry/Moth Masala/Beans Aloo Vegetable/
Kachumber Salad/
Buttermilk
Veg Fried Rice With
Manchurian
CHRISTMAS BREAK
begins on Monday 23rd December, 2013. School reopens on Thursday 2nd January, 2014.
NOTICE