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THE MONTHLY POST Vol #01 | Issue # 08 OCTOBER 2019

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THEMONTHLYPOST

Vol #01 | Issue # 08OCTOBER 2019

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Oshwal Academy Nairobi Nursery and Primary campuses celebrated a colourful Navratri Garba festival together at Oshwal Religious Centre on Saturday, 5th October, 2019.The programme was organized by the chairpersons of the school management committees under the umbrella

The IED and the Playgroup learners visited Under the Sea at the Village Market on 8th and 22nd October 2019. The trip was a great success since the set objectives were met. They were exposed to new experiences in acquiring skills such as social interaction as well as building independence and self –confidence.

of Oshwal Education and Relief Board. The children along with their parents were invited for the function.The programme started with the Navkar Mantra followed by Garba. Members of the Board, School Committee members along with their families, the Academic Consultant, SMTs and teachers, children and their parents all enjoyed the colourful music and dance session. The Aarti and Dandiya sections were both vibrant and full of energy.The programme ended with sumptuous refreshments for all.

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Navratri Celebration at Oshwal Nursery

Nursery

Educational Field Trips

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The Reading Workshop for Reception Parents was held on 23rd, 24th and 25th October 2019 at the School. The main objective of this workshop was to empower our parents to read with learners and partner to make the reading

mission at OANN successful. A few guidelines and ideas were shared to support their children in their reading by making it fun. The parents were urged to be the role models and exercise patience to enjoy and bond

when it comes to reading with their children. Our dear parents were very positive about the workshop and appreciated the teachers’ efforts.

Diwali celebrations were held at the Nursery campus on 30th October 2019. The learners made beautiful cards capturing the essence of Diwali and New Year and presented it to their parents and friends. Learners had great fun painting, coloring the cards and talking about their Diwali celebration with their families.

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Reading Workshop for Reception Parents

Diwali Card making activity Halloween Celebration

31st October 2019 - The Halloween day, the very first Halloween celebrated at the Nursery campus. It was great fun and very different from all the usual celebrations that happen. The learners wore Super Heroes and Harry Potter costumes to relate to the imagination and creativity. It brought out the con-cept of overcoming fear to be confident and learn good values to become a good human being. The teachers also taught learners the triumph of good over the evil and accomplishment of truth over the lies. A fashion show was held for the display of the costumes by the learners. It was a great day spent by all capturing internationalism

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It is now over three years since Oshwal Academy Nairobi Primary started implementing the Cambridge International Assessment Education Curriculum popularly known as the Cambridge Primary. Our teachers have worked very hard during those three years to align their teaching to the expectations and the calendar of Cambridge Primary Curriculum.

It is in this regard therefore,

the current Year 6 students (2019-2020) will be undertaking Check Point Exam in 2020, June Series. Check Point Exams will be conducted sometime in the month of May 2020. A meeting was held on Thursday 3rd October 2019 with year 6 parents to brief them on the checkpoint exams. All queries of the parents were answered and the parents were supportive about our decision of taking checkpoint exams from this year.

The Navratri Dhamaka 2019 was hosted on Saturday, 5th of October 2019 at Oshwal Religious Centre and was attended by our lovely parents and students to celebrate in honour of Maa Durga.The parents teachers and students together participated in the Garbha followed by Arthi and then Dandiya.

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Year 6 Parents’ Orientation

Primary

I.E.D Special OlympicsIED hosted Special Olympics floor ball tournament on Thursday 3rd October, 2019. The unified sport was happening amidst Special Olympics Youth Summit that was going on at the Trademark Hotel, Village Market, from Monday the 30th of September and ended on Friday 4th of October 2019. Kenya

and indeed Oshwal Academy was playing host to 56 delegates from the following 12 African countries: Cote D’ivoire, Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mauritius, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Kenya. Oshwal Academy pledged to be the true ambassador of inclusion for people with disabilities.

The Navratri Dhamaka

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Year Five students went for the Educational Field Trip to Meteorological Department, Nairobi on Wednesday 16th October, 2019 to learn more about Weather: Measuring Instruments, Data Collection and Recording, Changes in weather patterns.

Year 3s went for two night trip to Ol-Tukai Lodge, Amboseli from Thursday 17th October, 2019 to 19th October, 2019 and Year 4s went to Savage Wilderness, Sagana for two night trip from Thursday 17th October, 2019 to 19th October, 2019.

The trips were fun filled, adventurous and full of learning experience.As part of the ASDAN

program, Employability Skills Development, Awareness of the Working World and Work right, the I.E.D department had organized a trip on Wednesday 16th October 2019 to Safari Stationers where our students were to have a practical exposure and insights to the real world of work in preparation to the outside world.

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Year 5 Field Trip

I.E.D Educational Trip to Safari Stationers in Juja Town

The Navratri Dhamaka

Year 3 and Year 4 Overnight Trips

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Numeracy Week

Primary

The students had the numeracy week from Tuesday 22nd October, 2019 to Thursday 24th October, 2019. Year groups from year 1 to 6 participated enthusiastically and children had great fun.

Rangoli & Arti Thali Display Arti Thali and Rangoli display was a non-competitive event where our students spread out a colourful and artistically made up Arthi thalis and Rangolis on Friday 25th October, 2019 from 1.45pm to 3.00pm. The parents viewed it on Saturday 26th October, 2019 from 9.00am to 1.00pm.

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Annual Prize Giving Day The Annual School Day was commemorated on Saturday 12th October at the Oshwal Centre in a well-attended ceremony. Preceded by weeks of meticulous and energy sapping preparations, the event kicked off at 7:15 a.m. with the arrival of staff and students. Everything was set and the students were seated by 7:50 a.m.The Chief Guest, an Oshwal alumnus Mrs. Shruti Dhruv Shah arrived by eight o’clock and proceeded to inspect the guard of honour, meet the prefects and the teaching staff. She was immediately ushered into the hall by the top school leadership, flanked by members of the Oshwal Education and Relief Board, and campus committee members. The congregation accorded her a hearty and cordial welcome with claps

and drum rolls. In a well-orchestrated manner, the program rolled seamlessly from the national anthem, Jain prayer and school prayer to the welcome note by the emcees and entertainment by the inclusive Education Department, Gujrati choir group and the school Music team.Three brief but punchy speeches were delivered first by the honorary General Secretary, OE&RB, followed by the Head of School and then the climax – the Chief Guest, Mrs. Shruti D. Shah, whose speech was introduced by committee member Mrs. Sejal Mansukhlal Shah.The end of the speeches was quickly followed by the awards. Students were awarded for both academic and co-curricular achievements. Particular

emphasis was afforded for the IGCSE award winners. The highlight of the day was the best IGCSE student, Sinal Lalit Shah. The head’s commendation award was awarded to Parth Jignesh Desai, for outstanding academic performance and behavioural excellence.

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Art Trip to African Heritage Mlolongo

Pink Day Diwali Art Competition

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The art students visited African Heritage House and took a guided tour to environs and housed displays. They saw architectural marvels of establishment expanded as a combination of mud architectures from across Africa. Here learners were able to explore visual information from a picturesque gallery of authentic costumes, fashion masks, textile and handicrafts.

Pink day was marked at school. The day is marked with an aim to bring awareness about cancer. The students arrived at school in pink clothes and paid 50 Ksh. to the home room tutor. An interact club members sold pink ribbons. During break time students conducted a bake sale at the pool side hall and sold food items to their fellow mates. The entire collection to go for a cause. A motivations speaker Mr. Sagar Lakhani talked to students about the super brain yoga

Diwali Art Competition has become an integral part of the Oshwal Academy Nairobi, Junior High. On Wednesday 23rd of October this year, the students and teachers were engaged in four categories of competition in keeping with the celebratory mood of the season. The four were: henna competition, flower arrangement, rangoli decorations, and Diwali card & Artithali competition. The students were wholly engrossed in the activities, a true

reflection of their deep-rooted love for culture. Amazing talent and skills were showcased across the year groups.On Thursday 24th, all classes had the rare opportunity to view the Diwali art displays alongside their teachers. This is indeed a grand season to behold. In the true meaning of the word Diwali, it is a celebration of lights - and the brightness and prosperity that comes with it. We wish everyone a happy Diwali and a prosperous Hindu New Year

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BTEC Art Trip To RongaiThe BTEC Art students had a chance to travel to Rongai on Tuesday 8th October 2019 for an educational trip. Our first stop was on Ngong Road where learners had a chance to interact with artsist who display their works by the road. They were happy to respond to the learners’ questions and also allowed them to take pictures of their finished work. We then proceeded to Kitengela Glass Factory where

we were welcomed by the staff and straight away led to the furnaces where molten glass was being cast into beautiful pieces of art. Students recorded the processes on their cameras and phones. We then took a tour of the Anslem Flass compound, meeting other artists working on coloured church windows and packing finished work for their clients.

Cross-Country At Karura ForestThe school held this year’s Annual Cross-Country on Friday 11th October 2019 at Karura Forest. In this year’s event, no records were broken. Despite the previous night’s rain, the slightly wet 10 km route did not stifle the students’ zeal

to compete to the finish line. All in all, the boys category was won by Krushil Savla of Topaz house with a time of 41.39 min while Janvi Singadia of Emerald House was the first girl to finish with a time of 57.26 min.

OERB Post, October 2019 Senior High

Wildlife Club Trip To Lake MagadiThe Wildlife Club visited Tata Chemicals And Lake Magadi on Friday 4th October 2019. The club learnt of the processes of Trona mining in the area and its uses. In addition,the club had the opportunity to travel around the lake with a KWS guide. He showed them the various Flora and Fauna that survive in that harsh weather. The lake turns pink because of the Algae eaten by the flamingoes and pelicans. The conservancy is rich in wildlife including giraffe and antelopes.

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OERB Post, October 2019 Senior HighBTEC Sport Science And Hospitality Trip To Panari Centre

The BTEC Sport and Exercise Science students were out on Wednesday 9th October 2019 to Panari Sky Centre, with the objective of learning more about indoor individual sports. Other than that, we visited their Gym, where they took our students through health screening and fitness testing. Tests administered were;

Sit and reach Muscular endurance Body composition Muscular strength

Upon visiting the Ice rink, they were taken through sports conducted on the facility i.e. Ice hockey and skating for recreational purposes. Students participated in skating and it was quite an experience.

Hospitality students visited the Panari Hotel and recreational facilities. The Panari staff received students courteously. The management and the staff of the hotel addressed the students’ questions

effectively and took them on a tour of the hotel. The team was able to interact with key Heads of departments namely Accomodation and Customer service at the hotel. The students had a chance for ice skating in the sameer premises. Transport to and fro was on time.The management promised oppotunities for work placement to the students.

BTEC Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Trip To I-Hub Lavington

As part of the course requirements, the BTEC Enterprise and Entrepreneurship students made a fruitful trip to I-Hub in Nairobi on Wednesday 9th October 2019.For Unit 1, ’the Innovative Entrepreneur ‘, the students are expected to achieve the following outcomes; Understand how entrepreneurs are creative, be able to encourage creativity, be able to assess proposals developed from new ideas, and be able to develop own entrepreneurial skills and attributes.I-Hub, an innovation and hacker space for the Technology community, was therefore an ideal organization for the students to visit.The students had the opportunity to interact and engage with a host

of entrepreneurs from diverse business areas and augment their knowledge on a variety of topical issues ranging from setting up start-ups, marketing, sourcing for funding, coding in ICT and soliciting for work placement opportunities. The amount of creativity and innovation on show at the I-hub is astounding and of great benefit to focused entrepreneurs who aspire to create great companies leveraging the unique opportunities in Africa and globally and the information obtained by the students will no doubt go a long way in sharpening their creativity as well as building the necessary industrial links for progression in the future.

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Pink Day

The school community joined the rest of the world in celebrating cancer awareness month on Wednesday 23rd October 2019. At school we received a visitor from the Faraja cancer Support group. They sent two representatives who created awareness in our students on the various programmes they run including counselling and hospital visits. The students raised funds to support this initiative which included a bake sale and two tournaments for Football and Volleyball. It was a dressdown day for wearing pink or grey.

Rangoli and Diwali CompetitionsOn Friday 25th October 2019 various competitors took to the stage for our Annual Rangoli and Diwali competitions. This year, we had enthusiastic participants with beautiful designs. The competitions included Rangoli, Pot painting, Flower arrangements and Henna. The winners included Moksha Deepak Kothari and Saloni Samir Shah, Jay Umesh Mehta, Vidhi Tusharbhai Patel and Noordeep Kaur Sidhu respectively taking first places. Our gracious judges were Mrs. Nisha Varsani and Mrs. Hemali Gami who confessed to having a hard time in picking winners since the quality of work on display was great from all competitors.

Peer Counselling Club Trip to Kamae Girls Institution

The Oshwal Academy Nairobi -Senior High Peer Counsellors made their way to Kamiti maximum prison to extend mentorship to juvenile peers. This was well coordinated by the school counselling unit and our students adequately prepared to handle the young juveniles.This was on Friday 25th October 2019 from morning till late afternoon.

The peer mentors had a three hour session with a group of 50 juveniles where they sang, danced, played

various games with them and later sat in small groups for group counselling. Among the topics handled were stress management and identity issues which are prevalent among our young adults today. For the love of education and firm belief in the transformational power of education, the students donated over 300 exercise books to the juvenile students to motivate them in their pursuit of knowledge even while in prison.

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OERB Post, October 2019 Senior HighECO Club Visit To Kenya Wildife Service Headquarters

On Saturday 26th October 2019, Eco Club members had a clean-up exercise in Nairobi National Park where students learnt about wildlife and their adaptability in various eco-systems. Senior warden Mr. James Kiparus had an informative talk with our students before commencing the clean-up. He explained the importance of NNP, importance of keeping it clean and what KWS is doing to reduce human wildlife conflict not only in neighborhoods of Nairobi National Park (NNP) but in all other parks we have in our country. KWS appreciated our students’ initiative being in the frontline in cleaning NNP and being the voice of the voiceless (animals too requires clean environment.)

Our students also interacted with other students from a group of schools that participated in the NNP cleaning exercise. Through harmonious interaction and team work, several sacks of litter were collected, and then separated at their recycling bins. The KWS rangers were impressed with zeal and vigor that our students had in the clean up exercise. Our students maintained good discipline throughout the exercise.Senior warden Mr. James Kiparus offered students a game drive for their initiative. The KWS is looking forward for more projects to be completed by Oshwal Academy Nairobi students, who will soon take over the initiative to take care of the environment and be the voice of the voiceless.

Careers In The Month Of October

At Oshwal Academy Nairobi - Senior High, we have held a variety of visits from different universities and their representatives. Our students have gained valuable information on the different study destinations and courses available enabling them to make informed decisions. Our highlights include; Warwick University Business and Law department visit and a trip facilitated by the careers department to the USA Embassy on Thursday the 31st of October 2019, to enlighten students interested in studying in America.

Inter-House Debate Finals

The Inter-house Debate second and final round was held on Wednesday the 30th of October 2019. Topaz battled it out with Ruby for the third position. Ruby emerged winners and the Best Speaker in this debate was Chetanya Arvind Saxena.The finals were between Sapphire House and Emerald House where Emerald won. The Best Speaker in this debate was Aqsa Magan Malik.The Best Overall Speaker was Aqsa Magan.

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OERB Post, October 2019 Mombasa

IEYC (International Early Years Curriculum) is structured in Units of Learning. Parents are notified at the beginning of each unit what learners will be learning. Depending on activities, we cover moments of children’s work and play at school. Where possible we supplement children’s learning with visits and field trips all across the four level of classes. The IPC (International Primary Curriculum) is a comprehensive, thematic, creative curriculum with a clear process of learning and with specific learning goals for international mindedness and for personal learning based on the IPC personal goals of cooperation, communication, thoughtfulness, respect, resilience and morality. The IMYC (International Middle Years Curriculum) responds to the specific development needs of 11-14 year olds, providing structures and systems that support the needs of the adolescent brain. With specific subject and personal learning goals, it provides a clear structure to develop knowledge, skills and understanding whilst making subject learning more connected.

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OAM Kindergarten

Learning in the Early Years is explorative, As part of learning colours the learners have been exploring and playing with the colour ‘yellow’. They brought yellow toys and fine motor games from home. By participating in these activities learners are not only learning about colours but also exercising and developing many other important skills like, descriptive language skills that use diverse vocabulary to describe the world around them. “Yellow is her best colour now! She had a lot of fun learning about the colour Yellow and the variety of activities they had in class. The excitement in the house is just priceless!” - Parent.

During their exit point to the unit ’The World Around us’ the learners explored details about their surrounding at wild waters.They also had fun playing and talking about the natural and man-made features they could see in their immediate environment. This unit explores their thinking skills and personal capabilities. This was one fun-filled activity! The learners enjoyed their day swimming and playing in water and most importantly, they learnt a lot.

OERB Post, October 2019 Mombasa

FIELD TRIPS

Learning Colours - Yellow!

Trip To Wild Waters

Field trips are valuable learning experiences for learners outside class. They are exciting and thrilling. They allow learners to gain a better perspective of the world around them because the events are hands-

on. This helps boost their cognitive development. Apart from that, educational trips allow our learners to socialize with their peers while building up their self-confidence at an early age. Therefore, it can create a

sense of teamwork and responsibility. While providing a new experience, our field trips also offer diverse learning opportunities for students to understand and master their unit of study better.

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Trip To The Airport

Year Ones Exploring Cubism With Picasso Potrait Renditions

Our International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC) unit of learning ‘Going Places’ explores the theme of ‘Journeys’. Learners will learn ‘Independence and Interdependence’, by learning about the links between school and the wider world. For their entry point on ‘Going places’, the learners went to the airport. They were taken round right from the entry following

airport procedures passengers encounter before boarding a flight.Later, they toured the runway and saw a few of the planes which were at the apron. They were also able to see how luggage is lifted on and off the plane. The learners had the opportunity to develop language and enquiry skills whilst talking and listening to the hosts.

OAM JUNIOR SCHOOL

Each child has a creative streak. At OAM, we find it, help develop it and every learner shines in Art.

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There are 8 IPC Personal Goals – enquiry, resilience, morality, communication, thoughtfulness, cooperation, respect and adaptability. Opportunities to experience and practise these are built into the learning tasks within each unit of work.

During their science lesson the learners participated in investigation on seeds in different fruits. They were required to identify the number of seeds in each fruit, colour, shape, size and edible and non-edible seeds in groups.

“We are making 3D shapes using straws and plasticine-cube, cuboid, tetrahedron and prism. We will also be identifying it’s properties-number of faces, vertices and edges.”

In line with the lPC learning goal - ‘International mindedness’, The OAM junior French students Interacted in both French and English with the French Navy Officers. During the trip, the learners had the opportunity to learn about the voyage duration of the Nivose (ship) from France to Kenya, the mechanical aspects, the number of the crew and the importance of each crew member on board. They gathered a lot of information and had fun as well. They cannot stop talking about the experience of visiting the ship.

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Junior School Day Trip

Mombasa

IPC Science Task

Time For Math!

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This IPC unit gives learners a chance to learn about habitats and where they live. They will be able to find out about homes around the world, different habitats within school grounds, how to design a comfortable shelter to stay in, about different habitats and homes in different countries, also about the different

homes they have lived in.To start off the unit, they were required to build shelter out of clay, stones and sticks. The requirement was, the shelter would have all the necessary requirements of a house such as, doors, windows, roof and many more. The learners built beautiful houses and put them on display in class.

The Interact Club of Oshwal Academy Mombasa (OAM) is an organization of students that create the chance to make a real difference in the community around while having fun. The Club organizes a variety of events, fund raisers and activities to improve lives of the community members who are less privileged.This term, the team, under the patron-ship of Mr. Bakari, visited the schools owing to a previous visit they made last year. They gifted Bofa school with story books, desks, and food supplies. They also visited Brightmoon Academy and donated a printer, food supplies and many more.This club has been a significant example of servant leadership at OAM.

Entry Point ‘Homes And Habitats’ ‘Do You Live Around Here?

Interact Club Of OAM

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OAM SENIOR SCHOOL

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The inauguration ceremony for the elected students for the school year 2019-2020 took place during their Friday assembly. During the inauguration, the team read their pledge to the other students promising to serve to the best of their ability. The newly-inaugurated prefects will be

responsible for maintaining discipline among the students and ensure there is a conducive atmosphere for learning for all students.We wish to thank all OAM parents for the support and work they put in in raising learners who possess confidence and display exemplary character.

Entrepreneurship WeekThe Entrepreneurship Week marked the 3rd Annual Business week anniversary. The event, themed, Explore, Create, Innovate! took place from the 30th of September to 4th October 2019. This saw students engage in profit making ventures individually and in groups.A total of over 10 business ideas were pitched on Friday the 4th of October and ranked by external judges. The criterion for evaluation was dependent on the viability and sustainability of the

business. Keya Shah won the business title operating her own line of bags ‘K-TOTES’ while the first runner up was ‘Biogas’ which is ran by Maha Shahid and Natalia Wairimu. ‘Ooh La La Organisers’, operated by Kreeshi Shavdia and Neeshi Shavdia took third place tying in the third position with ‘Jumpstar Jewels’ which is operated by Attiya Bhagha, Rheya Shah and Herr Pandya.

Students’ Leadership Team Inauguration Ceremony

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OERB Post, October 2019 Mombasa

Early this year, OAM was awarded a partnership agreement by Standard Media with Emerging Leaders Foundation (ELF). The focus of this programme is to educate and empower students to become better leaders with both moral and innovative capacity.The workshop enlightened the students to become exemplary leaders with problem solving skills, conflict resolution skills, communication skills and character. They learnt about themselves as well as others and the existing differences in each personality. They were later required to work in groups and share with the teams what they had learnt from the workshop.

The wildlife Clubs of Kenya organized an Art and Essay Competition for both primary and secondary school students in Kenya last term.The competition was funded by African Fund for Endangered species for wildlife- AFEW. The theme of the competition was;‘The Future of Wildlife lies in our hands̀ .Participants were expected to write an essay or produce an art piece that relates to the theme. Oshwal Academy Mombasa had 4 entries from both Junior and senior category. 3 of the 4 participants emerged among the winners in their various categories as follows:

1. Neeshi Rakesh Shavdia- Runners Up primary Art category

2. Kreeshi Rakesh Shavdia- Runners up, High School Art

3. Shwetaditya Ghosh- Runners up, High school Art.

We congratulate all the OAM students who took part in the competition for their effort.

Trevor Mwamisi (middle) posing for a photo with his gold medal

Emerging Leaders Foundation (ELF) Workshop

Wild Life Clubs of Kenya, Art and Essay Writing Competition

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The under 11 boys’ soccer team travelled to Nairobi on Friday for the PIPSSA mini Olympics tournament held on the 11th, Saturday October 2019 . On Friday evening, the players did their light training at Oshwal Academy Nairobi primary campus in preparation for the match. Overall, 9 teams played in the OAM category in two pools; one with 5 teams and the other with four teams respectively. OAM emerged first after winning all the matches and qualified for the finals in matches where they lost to the hosting team.

OAM team played MSB in one of the MISL league matches and won. OAM currently holds the title of the league having won all the matches played with two matches to go.

SPORTSPIPSSA Mini Olympics TournamentThe Under 11 Cricket

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Oshwal College in conjunction with ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Kenya held yet another annual conference on Friday 20th September 2019 at Oshwal Center Auditorium. The conference was opened by Oshwal College Principal, Mrs Jayashree Prathap. In her opening address, she underscored the need to acquire the right employability skills necessary to thrive in an environment which is characterised by a growing skills mismatch, shrinking job market and increasing competition for limited opportunities.Over 900 Accounting and Business Students from

various institutions such as USIU Africa, University of Nairobi, KCA University, Kenyatta University and Strathmore University, among others, were greatly inspired by the speakers of the day who included Satyajit Turumella of PKF, Elvis Ogeto- RSM Eastern Africa, Margaret Wangui -Barclays Bank, Evans Mulera-Capabuil Ltd, Robert Belle-SMIP Consultancy, Albert Emomeri-GEMS Africa Limited and Steve Obuogo-ACCA Kenya.The conference theme was ‘employment prospects from the employer’s perspective’. The purpose of this was to give young accounting students an idea of the current

state of the accounting, finance and investments environment, and shed light on the skills needed to boost their employability in the 21st century job market.In this forum, the participants also had an opportunity to experience Oshwal College’s hospitality and its unparalleled quality in delivery of all round education in ACCA, CPA and other finance and business related programmes.Thanks to the sponsors of the conference including PKF, RSM Eastern Africa and ACCA Kenya who made it possible to realise the objective of the conference.

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