Monday, 2nd February, 2015

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BEING BROWN!

There’s so much excitement in dressing up ‘a colour’. Brown is beautiful! Tree trunks, bears, and bread

………can you think of any others?

Preprimary honors this earth color by representing it in all its forms. Masks to be monkeys and clothes in shades of this hue……. Just so delightful and down to

earth!

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Agastya Bhat, a student of 2B attended the

international soccer camp at 'Toekomst', the world

famous soccer training academy of legendary soccer

club, Ajax Amsterdam. (The club that produced

players like Johann Cruyff and Dennis Bergkamp)

In the Under 8 category that featured players from

Sweden, USA, Turkey, Japan, Holland and

Germany, Agastya Bhat won the 'Winaar' gold medal

for the best forward.

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A WEEKEND WORKSHOP

Heralded by Dr. Carolyn Coil, Lilburn, Georgia USA. “Activities and Assessments for the Differentiated Classroom” was the theme of the day .

Introductory and interactive sessions on research and practically based principles and

strategies of differentiation techniques within the classroom.

Team work to successfully analyze and

incorporate valuable techniques of

‘assignment and assessments’ to enhance

learning styles in the classroom.

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Two days of interesting Speaker and teacher discussions, form filling, rubric creation etc. with important conclusions and final commitments for improving methods of Differentiation. To conclude the seminar, RBK staff stand along with the workshop leader Dr. Carolyn Coil to capture themselves together in this memorable photo.

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A SESSION ON PEER PRESSURE

O n Wednesday 30 January 2015, the

students of Grades 6 to 10 were

ushered to the secondary library for a

session organized by MED MONDIAL,

our in-house medical service. An

interactive session and a power point

presentation on „Peer Pressure’ were

organized by Ms. Prachita Dixit, a

renowned child psychologist. Ms. Dixit

ensured that she will interact with the

students by staging various role plays to

illustrate what is peer pressure. She

embellished the fact that the word

pressure has to come to have negative

concoctions, whereas in reality pressure

can indeed be a motivating factor to better us. When it came to dealing with negative peer pressure, she

advised us to follow certain ethics and ideals, whilst ensuring that we were able to say a “no” confidently!

She also discussed with how to combat peer pressure by giving alternative options to the ones being forced

upon us. We were all „reflective‟ and by the end of her presentation, we understood what it truly meant to

be „caring‟. We thank Ms. Dixit for sharing her knowledge with us!

- Neeraja Chemburkar

Grade 10

We got an opportunity to interact with

the MED MONDIAL team to know

more about peer pressure. How an

individual should tackle peer pressure

was what I learned and I confidently

make use of it in times of need. I hope

to attend many more sessions like

this. I am among the lucky ones to get

tips on how to even tackle bullying!

Thank you MED MONDIAL team

and of course my school!

- Dhun Poptani

Grade 9

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The session we had was helpful because peer pressure is a very common problem amongst teenagers and

many have no idea how to tackle it. What I understood from the session was, “No matter what anyone says,

I should be able to think rationally”. I was able to identify that at the end of the day it is “ME” who that

matters. The role plays we did gave me a very clear idea of how to tackle complex situations. As I reflected

upon this session, I can say at any given situation, it is important to be cool and composed but it is also

important to be right.

- Adya Agarwal

Grade 9

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IB LEARNER PROFILE

PRESENTED BY STUDENTS OF GRADE 10

A n assembly is when the school community, or a part of it, meets together to share aspects of life

that are of worth. It acts as a medium for communicating matters of significance from one

generation to another. Its potential to nurture a positive school ethos that stresses care for the self,

others and the pursuit of all forms of excellence should not be underestimated. It powerfully nurtures

the development of intrapersonal intelligence.

The morning assembly is one of the sessions in RBK International Academy, where the entire

members, be the students or teachers or the staffs come together and make the entire day a good one

by sharing important events, encouraging and motivating students for their achievements in their

school life. Morning assemblies in the schools are kept not only to get the entire crowd of the school

together but it is also a feature of discipline.

On 28th January 2015, students of grade 10 highlighted the importance and need of the IB learner

profile. Students focused on all the 10 IB learner profiles, explained them with short and crisp daily

life examples. They elaborated on the fact that these IB learner profiles stay with students

throughout life and it helps them to outgrow in their day to day activities.

THE 10 IB LEARNER PROFILES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Thinker, Caring, Inquirer, Reflective, Open-Minded, Balanced, Principled, Knowledgeable,

Communicator & Risk-Taker

Following were the enthusiastic students who participated in the assembly:

Script: Neeraja Chemburkar

Comperes: Atharva Sunil & Dhruv Parikh

Presenters of IB Learner Profile: Het Shah, Niharika Vora, Khushi Dutt, Pooja Aryamane, Arnav

Sachdev, Surya Ramesh, Dhanashree Sapre, Kanishk Arora, Diksha Das

Vote of Thanks: Dharmee Mehta

Master Varun Badrinarayan - Grade 7A shared his experience about his presence at the NIE

newspaper held on 16th January 2015, at Marine Lines. Maharashtra‟s Chief Minister-

Mr. Devendra Fadnavis was also present at the event to encourage and motivate the young

generation and everyone felt fortunate to be able to be a part of an important event like this.

The Assembly ended with the Vice Principal Ms. Sagareeka Bhatia’s valuable inputs on body

language, stage presentation and voice modulation. She congratulated the students who presented the

assembly and called for the dispersal of students to attend the regular classes.

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Note: All salads served will be boiled

- Ms Payal Sinha

Consultant Dietician

PARTICULARS

TUESDAY 03.02.15

WEDNESDAY 04.02.15

THURSDAY 05.02.15

FRIDAY 06.02.15

MONDAY 09.02.15

PRE-PRIMARY

SHORT BREAK LUNCH

SPECIAL MEAL

PAV BHAJI

WHEAT

FLAKES WITH

MILK / CHEESE

AND TOMATO

TOAST

SANDWICH

ROTI CAPSICUM

RICE TADKA DAL GATTE KI

SABZI FRENCH BEAN

BHAJI SALAD BUTTERMILK

PANEER AND

VEG FRANKY

HANDVO

WITH SWEET

CHUTNY

LAPSI

PORRIDGE /

DUDHI

THEPLA WITH

CHUNDA

BHAKRI ZEERA RICE DUDHI CHANA

DAL SINDHI

KADHI BABY POTATO

DRY VEG SPROUT

SALAD ROASTED

PAPAD

VEG

SPHEGETTI IN

WHITE SAUCE

MIX DAL ADAI

WITH

COCONUT

CHUTNY

CORN FLAKES

WITH MILK /

VEG UTTAPA

PLAIN PARTHA ONION RICE MAA KI DAL PALAK PANEER CHANA

MASALA GRATED

CARROT

SALAD BUTTERMILK

VEG NOODLES

WITH

MANCHURIAN

BEETROOT

AND PALAK

POORI WITH

MINT CHUTNY

OATS WITH

MILK / MINI

VEG SAMOSA

WITH CHUTNY

CHAPATI/ PAV BHAJI KACHUMBER

SALAD BUTTERMILK JALEBI

VEG CHOLE

PULAO WITH

VEG RAITA

PUMPKIN THEPLA

WITH VEG RAITA

CEREAL WITH

MILK/ WHITE

DHOKLA WITH

CHUTNY

CHAPATI PALAK DAL CARROT RICE CABBAGE PEAS

VEGETABLE MOTH BHAJI VEG RAITA ROASTED PAPAD

SPRING ROLLS