INTER-HOUSE DEBATE COMPETITION

CLASSES: IX-XII

DATE: 31st July 2018

Debate is one of the best learning tools one could possibly have. No matter what profession one enters, he/she needs to acquire the skills for debating. Keeping this in mind, debate competitions are held in Arwachin International School every year to give the students the tools they need to be more successful. Debating helps the students to enhance their critical thinking skills and also improve their speaking skills and make them more confident.

This year the Annual Inter-house Debate Competition for classes IX-XII was held on 31^st July 2018. The motion for the debate was:

“Stone-pelters of Kashmir should be treated as terrorists”.

The participants who spoke for the motion were:

Shruti Kishore                                      X C                             TILAK HOUSE

Uttara                                                   IX B                            SHASTRI HOUSE

Padmalaxmi                                         IX A                             BOSE HOUSE

Parth Aggarwal                                    XI A                            TAGORE HOUSE

The participants who spoke against the motion were:

Soumya Chaudhary                              X C                             TILAK HOUSE

Sneha Mishra                                       IX C                            SHASTRI HOUSE

Shivangi Sharma                                  IX A                            BOSE HOUSE

Smriti Aggarwal                                   X C                              TAGORE HOUSE

The debaters had put their best effort and convincingly expressed their views. They all answered the rebuttal questions with utter promptness and confidence.

The result of the competition is as follows:-

Tagore House was declared the winner with 124.5 points

Shastri House bagged the second prize with 121.5 points                

Tilak House stood third with 118 points

Bose House stood fourth with 114 points.

Smriti Aggarwal of X-C was declared the Best Debater in the competition.

Importance Of Learning  About the Parliament  Session
2018- 2019

Mock Parliament was conducted on 31^st July, 2018. The students of classes 10 to 12 participated in the zero hour session of the Parliament. The session was on the topic ”Ganga Rejuvenation”. The questions were raised by both the ruling and the opposition party. It was a successful session which was informative for students. All the students immensely enjoyed the session. 

Debate Competition(IV & V)

Under the learned and visionary leadership of our Director Mr. Sharma, Arwachin International School places a lot of importance on developing the language proficiency and public speaking abilities of its students. The school students are always encouraged to participate in an In-house and other Oratory Competitions in order to challenge, test and hone their communication skills. On 21^st July, 2018 Arwachin International School, Dilshad Garden held an Inter House Debate Competition for the classes IV and V. The topic was ‘Technology should replace teachers and notebooks’. The competition was adjudged by Mrs. Grover, Mrs. Kaur and Ms Tanya.

The participants of all the houses spoke with lot of zeal and presented their unique, thought- provoking ideas. Also, they took active part in the ‘Rebuttal Round’ and answered all the questions with great confidence.

Following students represented their house:-

The results declared were as follows:-

Bose House was declared the winner with 113 points.

Tagore and Shastri House bagged second position with 110.5 points each.

Tilak House secured third position with 99 points.

Khushal Sharma of Class V-B was declared the best debater.

Finally, Mrs. Grover felicitated the students for their effort and applauded them.

DEBATE COMPETITION 2018-19 (VI-VIII)

An Inter-House Debate Competition was held in Arwachin International School on 17th ^July. The students of classes 6 to 8 participated in it. The competition provided a platform to the students to demonstrate their critical thinking and persuasion skills. The topic was ‘Humans are too dependent on computers’. The competition was adjudged by the honorable teachers Mrs. Pooja Malik, Ms. Natasha and Mrs. Thanayal.

All the four houses Tagore, Tilak, Bose and Shastri formed their team of two speakers each, one speaking for the motion and the other against the motion. The participants presented their thoughts vehemently on the issue and came up with their perspective regarding the same. They cited reasons and supported them with suitable examples from real life, to justify their stand.

The highlight of the event was rebuttal round. The questions were asked by the eminent judges and the audience from the debaters.  The judges declared Tilak house the winner with 116 points. Shastri house bagged second position with 108.5 points, Bose house secured third position with 107 points followed by Tagore house securing 103.5 points. Arpita of Tilak House was declared the best debater.

The audience to the show thoroughly enjoyed the event.

FRENCH NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATED
AT
ARWACHIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, DILSHAD GARDEN

14^th July 2018, Arwachin International School

A two day event “Namasté Bonjour 2018” was organized on 9^th July 2018 (prelims) and 14^th July (Grand Finale) by the French Department with a lot of fanfare in commemoration of the French National Day at Arwachin International School with immense support and guidance from Mr. Arun Sharma, the Director of AIS.  The event was sponsored by Rachna Sagar Publications and The Times of India. Ms. Babusha Verma, Professer from Delhi University and Editor at Langers Publications and Ms. Meenakshi Chauhan  a scholar from JNU and ex Arwachin Faculty were the Hon’ble Chief Guests on the occasion. 

It was an attempt towards showcasing and experiencing the intercultural connection between the two countries and facilitating the children towards being a global citizen. On 9^th July a prelim round ­of various competitions (visual arts and performing arts) was conducted where more than 250 students participated and 85 were shortlisted as the finalists. On the day of The Grand finale of Namaste Bonjour 2018, the final round of the competitions “Allez-Allizee” (dance) and “Chantez-moi d’amour”(singing)  was conducted amidst great zest, vibrancy and elation. All the 85 finalists gave mesmerizing performances thereby rendering an enthralling experience for the audience. At the end, the winners along with all the finalists were felicitated by the Chief guests and dignitaries. With a heavy applause, this two day event was a spectacular show, conferring strength and encouragement upon every Budding Francophone Arwachinian. 

SPELL WELL COMPETITION(1-5)
Date: 13^th July 2018

In order to polish the spelling proficiency and pronunciation skills of the students of the primary wing , The Spell Well Competition was held in Arwachin International School on 13^th July 2018. The students participated with great zeal. The finalists were:

BOSE HOUSE: Ranya (IC), Aditi (II B), Kanav Garg (III A), Armaan (IV A), Hardik (V A)

TILAK HOUSE: - Rudra (I A), Keshav ( II C), Ansh Bansal (III B), Vasu ( IV A),  Vanshika ( V B)

TAGORE HOUSE:  Vaibhav ( I A), Ojita ( II C), Akshit ( III A), Mayank ( IV A), Kushagra ( VA)

SHASTRI: Vihaan ( IC), Vatsalya ( II A), Aarush ( III A), Kartik ( IV A), Gaurav (V B)

There were three rounds in all -

1.       Round I- Spell the word

2.      Round II- Identify the picture and spell the word

3.      Round III- Rapid Fire (time limit-30 sec)

SPELL WELL COMPETITION (6-12)
Date: 10^th July 2018

The Spell Well Competition was held in Arwachin International School on 10^th July 2018 to hone the spelling proficiency and pronunciation skills of the students. Every student participated in the competition and the finalists were selected on the basis of their merit. The finalists were:

BOSE HOUSE:-  Himaghn Gupta – VI, Ananya Sharma- VII, Ashuman- VIII, Ashika Tewatia-IX, Rishabh Dandriyal-X, Aamna Hashmi-XI, Suomya Singh- XII

TILAK HOUSE:-  Pratishtha Mishra – VI, Ansh Kumar - VII, Aarushi Aswal-VIII, Keyur Sharma- IX, Piyush- X, Navodit Singh-XI,  Shefalika Ghosh- XII

TAGORE HOUSE:-  Avishi Aggarwal- VI, Lavanya Prakash-VII, Vedant Agarwal- VIII, Kaushiki Gupta- IX, Devansh Singh- X, Bhavya Arora- XI, Akshit Pradhan- XII

SHASTRI:-  Devesh Dev- VI, Lavanya Singh- VII, Ananya Jain- VIII, Sneha Mishra - IX, Rohan Arora- X, Manaswni Joshi- XI, Shrutee Porov-XII

There were four rounds in all:-

1.       Round one- Spell the Word

2.      Round two- Check your Vocabulary

3.      Round three- Rapid Fire

4.      Round four- Unjumble the Word

Namasté Bonjour 2018 (Prelims)

Date : 9.07.18

Venue : Dance Room of Arwachin International School

Timings : 8.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.

On Monday, 09.07.18 Arwachin International School, in collaboration with Rachna Sagar Publishers held the prelim of a grand event- Namasté Bonjour . The event was organised by the school in order to celebrate the French National Day and to demonstrate the bubbling talent of the Arwachinians. There were approximately 250 participants for the same.

This competition gave an array of exposure to the learners of the French language of classes 3- 12. The competition comprised  visual arts namely, poster making, collage making, model making, greeting card  making and painting turned out to bring the hidden talent of the competitors. The competitions such as, reading and interpretation, poem recitation, singing melodious French songs and dancing to the tunes of French songs gave the students much needed exposure in the area of performing arts. The competitors were judged by the esteemed judges, Mrs. Lahiri (Ex. Arwachin faculty),  Ms. Rachna Sachdev (Faculty of Alliance Française de Lucknow) and Ms. Lochan Tulsi (the dance faculty of Arwachin) on the criteria set by the French language teachers of Arwachin International School. The judges were amazed to note the stupendous performances and marvelous art work done by our students. After the tough judgment, 85 finalists were selected for the ‘Grande Finalé’.

 We, the French Department feel elated to state that this event proved to be a grand success and we perceive that this event is one of the stepping stone to the glorious future of French language in the Arwachin International School.  

ORGAN DONATION AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 
AT 
ARWACHIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

An organ donation awareness campaign was launched at Arwachin International School on 5^th July 2018 sponsored by Payasuni Charitable Trust and Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Delhi, under the able guidance of Dr. Sandeep Aggarwal.

Life struggles when end stage organ failure sets in. The one hope left for the fellow human beings is organ transplantation. But for transplantation we need organs. Since organs cannot be manufactured in labs, we need to either go for live organ donation or deceased organ donation. Out of the possible options available to us deceased organ donation is the safest of all.

Every year lakhs of people wait to receive organs for their survival. Out of which 1% of people do get organs on time and rest just die waiting for it. This is due to poor organ donation rates in our country (which is 0.8 per million population).

As a responsible citizen, Arwachinians formulated a S2S project on organ donation for checking the current knowledge of the high school students for which they prepared a pre intervention questionnaire. After filling up the questionnaire the students and teachers were imparted knowledge about deceased organ donation. To see the change in the knowledge and mind set of the students, a post questionnaire was also prepared and feedback was taken.

After the end of the seminar, the students and teachers responded very positively. Students were motivated to discuss about the project with their family members. A booklet was provided to the students so that they can refer to it while spreading awareness about the issue.

The main aim of the project is to change the mindset of the future generation. 

HINDI ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION 2018

The Hindi Essay Writing Competition for classes 2 to 12 was held on 3^rd July, 2018 . The competition helped the students to improve their creative writing skills and imaginative skills. It enabled the students to demonstrate their thoughts, ideas and emotions through words. The students understood that it is important to put our ideas in a proper sequence while keeping the word and time limit in mind.

Following are the names of the winners: