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It gives us immense pleasure to share that Aditi Sridhar, our student of Batch of 2014 has

been placed on the Dean's Honor list at New York Institute of Technology for the

spring 2015 semester. This distinction is in recognition of outstanding performance by full

time students as exemplified by a grade point average of at least 3.50 for the semester.

Many Congratulations to Aditi Sridhar!!

We wish her Good Luck for her bright future.

25 AUGUST 2015

RBKIA- ALUMNI’S ACHIEVEMENT

CONGRATULATIONS!

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PYP

GUEST SPEAKER: DIETICIAN (DR. MANASIDAKE)

G rade 2 students had an interesting session with

dietitian Dr. Manasi on the topic “Eat healthy-Role of

Dietitian in making the right choice” as part of our on

going UOI healthy and balanced lifestyle.They learnt

about dietitians and their roles, healthy eating habits

and also got some tips on healthy lifestyle.

Here are some tips by Dr. Manasi for students:

Sleep well

Have warm milk before sleeping as it’s a natural

sedative.

Avoid too much sugar and soft drinks. They make

you feel sleepy.

Do not skip meals.

Eat about 5 pieces of almonds and walnuts as they

are best memory enhancer.

Drink a lot of water.

Reflections by students:

Dhruan 2-C: Today I met Dr. Manasi and learnt about vitamins and other nutrients. I had a lot of fun.

Atharva 2-C: I learnt a new term “obese”.

Ayan 2-B: Madam taught us that little amount of fat is important for us because when we fall down they

help us not to get hurt so much.

Shyla 2-B: Dietitians go to villages themselves (community service) to talk to poor people about healthy

habits as they cannot go to a clinic.

Amitha 2-A: I am very happy. She explained very nicely. We learnt so much about healthy habits.

Rithvik 2-A: Dr. Manasi told us if you want to be fit, you have to eat healthy food.

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I am very proud to be an Indian but I am also very sad that so many people were put in jail, hung and

were killed. All this was done to give us a free country. But the day the Indian Flag went up,

Independence was the best day in people’s lives, especially those who fought for the freedom of India.

– Keyana Marfatia 4A

In our school, we did a fabulous activity.We had to choose any freedom fighter. I chose to become

Sarojini Naidu. We had to get information and had to present it in the class. Sarojini Naidu started

contributing towards freedom struggle by joining politics during the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905.

Thank you for organizing this activity.

– Bhavee Senghani 4A

PYP

IT’S INDIAS’INDEPENDENCE DAY, SO SAY IT OUT LOUD…

FOR OUR COUNTRY WE ARE PROUD!

Here are a few reflections and pictures of students

from Grade 4A on how they celebrated

Independence Day and what they think and feel

about freedom fighters.

In this activity, I was Annie Besant. She was a

prominent British Socialist, orator and a supporter

of Irish and Indian Self-rule. She influenced the

evolution of Women’s and Workers’ rights. I

enjoyed this activity a lot.

– Mahek Gala 4A

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We all had a great day.

Finally it was Independence day.

We all had dressed up as Freedom Fighters,

and we were dressed fancily, not in clusters.

All were in for photo shoots

but had made lines for information loots.

After all it was a fun day

because it was Independence Day.

- Tejas Chakrabarti 4B

Independence Day at school was fun, fun, fun. It was really a great day. We played games and took

pictures. Even though the day was tiring, I can't wait for another special day like this.

- Drishya Desai 4B

PYP

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The little mermaid

The little mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson is

my most favourite fairytale because it has lots of

love, thrill, magic, suspense and lots of fun. It is

the best fairytale movie and book I have ever read

so far!

-SAIRAJ MENON

MYP

FASCINATING FAIRY TALES

For our English lessons, we do a lot of researching! This is fun. Lots of

discussions on the reading that we have done or on the films we have watched!

Recently, we are studying short stories from our anthology. Also, we have been

viewing videos on The Selfish Giant and Dragon Rock. These are great fairy

tales in my opinion.

Thumbelina

My favourite fairy tale is Thumbelina by Hans Christian

Anderson. It is about a tiny little girl about the size of a

human thumb who is taken away from her family by a toad and

lives with a mouse for the winter till she finds her way back

home. She was also almost forced to marry a mole but she

helps a swallow who is hurt and on the day of the marriage,

the swallow carries her away and brings her to the pixies that

live in her family’s garden. At last she finds her home! I

learned that no matter what your size, if you have courage in

your heart, you can do anything you wish to. It also taught me

about seeing life from another perspective. Overall, I think

this story is very creative and pretty adventurous. This could

be a perfect book for teaching children that it’s not the size

that matters, but the amount of courage in your heart is what

will help you for the rest of your life.

- SAESHA AYYAR

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Cinderella

The fairy tale I want to always read is Cinderella. I

like it because it talks about a young girl about my age

and how she is ill-treated by her stepmother. She is

forced to do all the work in the house all by herself

though she is a part of the family. But, at the end of

the story there is joy for all.

- KASTURI IYER

MYP

Aladdin and the magic lamp

Long, long time ago there lived a boy named Aladdin who

found it difficult as he lived in utter poverty. One day

an old man walked up to him and said he was his uncle.

As Aladdin had lost his father and did not know if he

really had an uncle. The next day, this uncle gave

Aladdin good clothes to wear and a tour of the city

gardens. But, this old man was none other than a wicked

magician who wanted to use the services of the boy. So,

he took the boy along with him until they reached a

mountain. The magician lit a fire and murmured some

words the ground beneath them opened. Aladdin was

afraid but the magician assured him that nothing would

happen to him.

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Then the magician told Aladdin to pass through the tunnel, he would then come to a path

with three ways, and he should take right and lead on until he comes to the gardens. Right

in the centre of it would be a lamp that is glowing; he should put off the light, remove the

oil from it and bring the lamp back without touching. When he reached the magician was

glad and reached out his hand to take the lamp. Pull me out first, said Aladdin but the

magician refused. So Aladdin too refused to give lamp. So the angry old man closed the

ground above him. Sobbing away, Aladdin’s hand rubbed the lamp by mistake and out came

a genie! “You are my master and I will do anything you command”, it said. “Take me home”,

said Aladdin and before he knew it, he was with his mother. He related the entire story

to his mother. She summoned the genie to bring forth those shiny fruits and food. Life

went well for a few years as every wish of theirs came true. One day, he saw Jasmine, the

daughter of the king and fell in love with her. His mother and he impressed the king with

rich gifts. Looking at this the king decided to marry his daughter with the boy. Aladdin

wished for a palace and the same was granted for the newly married couple. The news of

the grand palace spread far and the evil magician got to know of it. So one day he went

with a cart full of lamps shouting new for old. As Jasmine did not know the value of the

old lamp she exchanged it for a new one. And soon the magician transposed the palace and

the princess to Africa. Hearing this, Aladdin set out to rescue his love. With the help of

the flying carpet and his beloved monkey he found the lamp and summoned the genie to

redo the act. He then punished the magician by adding poison to his drink that led him to

death. Thereafter Aladdin, his mother and Jasmine lived happily forever.

I really enjoy reading this story again and again! It is full of suspense!

- DHAIRYA J.GADA

STUDENTS OF GRADE 6

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MYP 17 August 2015

We, students from MYP and DP and our teachers had gathered in the auditorium to be a part of

the audience to hear the shortlisted candidates present the election manifestos! The nervousness

was felt in the air as well as the excitement! It was time for a new team for the

STUDENT COUNCIL2015-16!

SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES for STUDENTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2015-16

President Sports Captain

House Captain Vice-Captain

Veer

Joisher DP 1

Diksha

Das DP 1

Dharmee

Mehta

DP 1

Surya

Ramesh DP 1

Sheila

Lumuba DP 1

Kanishk

Arora DP 1

Devarsh Siraj

DP 1

Ruby Emerald Topaz Sapphire Ruby Emerald Topaz Sapphire

Aditya

Aiyer ( 10)

Mahek

Sewani (10)

Kavya

Shah (9)

Sakshi

Parikh ( 10)

Yash

Ganti (9)

Ishan

Jindal

(9)

Adya

Agarwal

(10)

Pranav

Lakhan (9)

Harshi

Ramjiya

ni (9)

Dhun

Poptani

(10)

Aashna

Parekh

(10)

Saumya

Dave

(9)

Vansh

Bansal

(9)

Sriya

Srivastav

a (7A)

Aditya Hari

Nair (8)

Rakesh

Dhaval

(7B)

Riya Dama

(7B)

Urja Hansraj

(7B)

Hoshie

Vikamse

y (7A)

Vishesh

Sharma (8)

Arnav

Bansal

(7A)

Om

Doshi (8)

Shravy

a

Gowda

(7B)

Khushi

Parikh

(7B)

Kinjal

Parikh (7A)

Aryan

Chauhan (8)

Keval

Mehta (8)

Varun

Badrinar

ayan

(8) Shree

Senghani

(7B)

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SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES for STUDENTS COUNCIL

ELECTIONS 2015-16

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It was exciting to hear all of them were promising to bring in changes and focused on discipline.

Many even talked about leadership and team spirit!

19th August 2015

Everybody knew well what this day was, the much

waited….. ELECTION DAY! The candidates and

voters were extremely excited for this day. The

procedure was simple, take the ballot paper, make a

conscientious decision fold the paper and drop it into

the respective box. Everything went off smoothly and

everybody wanted to burst out of enthusiasm and ask

each other that they voted for! But, we all had to hold

on until the elections were completely over.

Tomorrow which is the 20th August, will be the day

when the results will be announced. Till then, we will

wait for the day to pass by and for the results to

amaze everyone! Good luck to all the contestants!

20th August 2015

This morning, students from the DP and MYP

gathered in the auditorium to hear the results! Nail

biting suspense! Mr. Duke Getonto invited the

Management Representative, Dr Arundhati Hoskeri,

and Principal Mr. Neil Sookoo, Vice Principal Ms.

Sagareeka Bhatia and DP Coordinator, Ms. Kinnari

Shah to declare the results! This is how it went!

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STUDENT COUNCIL 2015-16

RUBY HOUSE:

CAPTAIN

ADITYA AYIER

VICE-CAPTAIN

URJA HANSRAJ

JUNIOR CAPTAIN

TANIA SALASKAR

EMERALD HOUSE:

CAPTAIN

ISHAN JINDAL

VICE-CAPTAIN

VISHESH SHARMA

JUNIOR CAPTAIN

BHAVEE SENGHANI

TOPAZ HOUSE:

CAPTAIN

PRANAV LAKHAN

VICE-CAPTAIN

KHUSHI PARIKH

JUNIOR CAPTAIN

SIDDHARTH SONI

SAPPHIRE HOUSE:

CAPTAIN

VANSH BANSAL

VICE-CAPTAIN

SHREE SENGHANI

JUNIOR CAPTAIN

ZIYA SETH

PRESIDENT

DIKSHA DAS

VICE-PRESIDENT

DHARMEE MEHTA

SPORTS CAPTAIN

KANISHK ARORA

PREFECTS:

DEVARSH SIRAJ

SAKSHI PARIKH

TEJAS CHAKRABARTI

SHRUSTI LINGE

MAHEK GALA

ALISHA UJAGARE

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWLY ELECTED TEAM!

- SAANVI SONI

Grade 7

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MYP

MY FAMILY TREE

In our French class, we were assigned with a project called,

“My family tree”.

I started out with my idea of a Christmas tree theme which

turned out to be brilliant. I was so happy!

On it I put circular flags, pop out pictures and the tree too

turned out to be a pop out! I also named the family members

in French; as it was my French assignment.

I had lots of fun making this Christmas tree themed FAMILY

TREE.

My work was judged the best in the class.

I feel proud of myself for this project.

Thank you Ms Rashmi Talreja!

- SAIRAJ MENON

Grade 6

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IBDP

RBKIA ELECTS NEW STUDENT COUNCIL

On the 17th of August 2015, the school faculty nominated students from grades 7 to 11 for

the respective student council posts. These students gave moving speeches and appealed to

the students to vote for them. There was rigor and excitement all around the school. The

campaigning went on for two days and on the 19th of August the students cast their votes to

select their chosen representatives to the Student Council.

After the elections the atmosphere was intense as nominees anxiously waited for the results

to be announced. The entire school assembled in the auditorium to receive the results. The

winning candidates were announced amidst cheering and clapping from excited students.

Many of those candidates that had not won were seen congratulating the winners as a sign of

concession. This was truly a democratic exercise that prepares us for our future roles in

decision making and participation in national affairs.

- Gaurav Iyer and Mardav Gala

DP 2

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CAS - TREE PLANTING PROJECT.

It all started with the idea of giving back something to

Mother Nature. Then we came up with a proposal to

plant saplings in our school garden. The minute our

CAS coordinator gave us the green light, we were on

it. The first task was to find and negotiate a deal with

the nursery. So the next day I went over to a nursery

and fixed the deal, this taught us negotiating for a fair

pact and budgeting as well.

On the planting day, we (DP1) and DP2 students and

our CAS coordinators came together and went to the

gardener who guided us on the process of planting the

saplings in the pot. We all learnt how to transfer the

plant from the temporary bag to the pot, it was a new

experience for us and we really enjoyed doing it

together. The activity brought us; friends and

coordinators together, as well as closer to nature. It

feels amazing planting your own plant; you start to

have feelings of ownership. I feel this will make us

more responsible. This was a great kick start for our

CAS projects and I personally can’t wait to visit my

plant again!

-Veer Joisher

DP 1

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GUJARATI DIVAS

O n the 18th of August the DP students celebrated

Gujarati Divas with our CAS teachers Ms. Rashmi

and Ms. Rizwana. We came early to school to help

our CAS teachers to decorate the 7th floor with a

rangoli at the entrance of the floor to welcome them

and also decorated the corridor. The event started

during the lunch break and we changed into

traditional Guajarati clothes before munching

different traditional delicacies, such as jalebi, dokhla

and ganthia in the canteen. Everyone enjoyed lunch

so much that we finished everything! After lunch

there were many activities that took place such as

the pot decorating competition, where different

groups were asked to compete in decoration of pots

and the group that would win this competition

would get a certificate. We enjoyed this activity and

we all tried our best to make an amazing and

dazzling pot with the stuff we got from home. There

was also mehndi for the girls of DP 1 & 2, which

saw girls get various spectacular designs on their

hands that were done by some ladies and they did a

job. To crown the series of events we finally had a

class where Dr. Hoskeri gave an introductory

lecture on how Guajarati was developed from

different languages. This was an amazing experience

for all of us and we learnt a lot about how the

Guajarati language has formed. We hope to have

similar events in the future.

- Dharmee Mehta

DP 1

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Canteen

PARTICULARS

TUESDAY 25.08.15

WEDNESDAY 26.08.15

THURSDAY 27.08.15

FRIDAY 28.08.15

MONDAY 31.08.15

PRE-PRIMARY

SHORT BREAK

LUNCH

SPECIAL MEAL

VEG CHEESE

SANDWICH

WHEAT FLAKES

WITH MILK / VEG

POHA

PUDINA

PARATHA PLAIN RICE MAA KI DAL DUM ALOO PANEER TIKKA

MASALA BOONDI RAITA CUCUMBER

SALAD

VEG PIZZA

CARROT RICE

WITH TOMATO

SAR

LAPSI

PORRIDGE /

TOMATO

UTTAPA

CHAPATI MASALA BHAAT MAHARASTRIAN

DAL VAL KI SABZI BRINJAL CURRY MASALA PAPAD BUTTERMILK

VEG AND

PANEER WRAP

SPROUT AND

CORN BHEL

OATS WITH MILK /

VEG DABELI SEV

FULKA PEAS RICE SURATI DAL PATRA KI SABZI

(ALU VADI) BHINDI MASALA BUTTERMILK GREEN SALAD

CHEESE AND VEG

PASTA

MULTIGRAIN

POORI WITH

SHREEKHAND

CEREALS WITH

MILK / MUNG

DAL BHAJIYA

CHAT

PAV/ CHAPATI BHAJI KACHUMBER

SALAD MASALA CHAAS MUNG DAL

HALWA

VEG FRIED RICE

WITH

MANCHURIAN

KANJIVARAM IDLY

WITH SAMBHAR

CORN FLAKES WITH

MILK / CHEESE AND

VEG TOAST ROTI CORRIANDER RICE SINDHI KADHI DUDHI CHANA STUFF TOMATO SPROUT SALAD BUTTERMILK

VEG BURGER

MENU

Note: All salads served will be boiled

- Ms Payal Sinha

Consultant Dietician