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Message from
Principal - Mr.
Achuthan Madhav 
Promoting
excellence in school is a long drawn process which
involves the coordination and support of the student
community and their parents, school staff and the
supportive management committee.
I am
convinced thus far that we have attained reasonable
score in combining above stake holders to promote and
chase excellence at ISM.
This
involves the determination and the goals of education
and strategies that should be adopted to achieve the
desired effect in our children and foster a learning
society with a life long
habit for good education.
Primarily
there are four pillars of education which stand out for
excellence. Learning
to know (emphasis on knowledge acquisition), Learning
to do (emphasis on working out applications), Learning
to live together (to adopt beyond the school level)
and Learning
to be (to grow up as a humanistic, helpful and
contributing individual in later part of his/her life).
The
four pillars, foster overall excellence in the person
and he/she would
be properly understood as being well educated.
In a small
measure we try to promote excellence of all these levels
of education at ISM. Sometimes, we
are free to analyse them in the light of school base cultural activities, sports activities, extensive enrichment programmes,
work drills
and practices of finest teaching methodologies followed
by remedial work and extended evaluation of all these
virtues. We
need to work hard to educate our children on the above four
parameters and make our children to be firm, patient and
passionate about achieving success in
any field, with hard work, dedication and
perseverance.
Day
in and day out, we pray to Almighty to help
us deliver positively on some
of the ideals outlined above.
Thus modern day schooling at
ISM is both challenging and tough, focusing on the
positive and realistic goals as well as meeting
the expectations of the parents and maintaining a good discipline,
which gradually nurtures a good student life conducive
to learning and
achieving more
than a good grade in the examinations.
I
would like to inform our parents that apart from
intensive academic sustained programmes at ISM, the
children have great enthusiasm in participating at the
cluster meets,
inter-house athletic
competitions, drama competitions, quiz competitions,
Embassy
sponsored art
competitions, a wonderful participation in International
Non-Violence day programme held at the Indian
Embassy. These
were
salient performance achievements of the last few days.
We
look forward to a greater participation of our children
in the Olympiads, ACER examinations in the coming
months.
I
take this opportunity to wish all our parents and
well wishers a very happy Diwali.
Healthy
education only comes from a healthy atmosphere. Ism is
at the forefront in providing a healthy environment for
student, in every possible manner. The huge inflow of
students in every standard is a good example in this
regard. ISM does not believe in academic excellence
alone, but in the holistic development of a child.
Therefore, ISM never fails to shine in academics and co
curricular activities at all times. The fear of H1N1
disrupted many activities such as Annual Exhibition
& Jhankar Spectrum 2009 of the calendar year.
However, the Academic Award function which we had during
the month was well appreciated by parents and students.
The special assembly organized for Gandhi Jayanti was
also widely acclaimed by staff and students.
The
parent teacher meetings that were organized for the
students of classes 9th to the 12th,
did acat as a good venue for parents and teacher to
interact. The schools is making all efforts to identify
habitual smokers and counsel them on the adverse effects
of smoking, in order to help discontinue the bad habit.
The council members are also doing a wonderful job by
taking the initiative to revive the various foc8uls
groups such as the Environment Club, Quiz club etc. The
charity club is also planning to organize a raffle draw,
in order to raise funds to help those in need. Special
coaching sessions have been arranged for a number of
games such as: Football, Basketball, Tennis, Table
Tennis, Badminton and Athletics.
The
last month has been an active period and has set in a
lot of work for a fruitful academic year in the coming
months.
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First
Parent-Teacher Meeting was held on 4th ,5th
and 6th of October 2009. There was a good
turn-out of the parents to discuss the performance of
their wards. E-Report cards with percentile and GPA were
distributed during the meeting.
í Pure
Life Annual Essay writing competition was conducted on
the 8th of October 2009 for the students of
Classes VI and VII. 144 students participated in the
competition. The topic for the Essay “My Greenworld”.
Pure Life is a platform created to invest in much needed
awareness amongst our children on issues concerning our
environment.
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The 5th Sastra Pratibha Contest
organized by Science India Forum-Muscat Chapter was held
in ISM on 25th September 2009.
476 students appeared for the exam. The main objective
of the contest is to help the students understand the
rich scientific heritage of Indian and to appreciate the
contributions of Indian Scientists to the World.
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Boys and Girls Football teams of Indian School
Muscat won CBSE Oman Cluster match held at Indian School
Darsait. They are qualified for CBSE National meet to be
held in
India
later this year.
Pure Essay Writing Competition
Art competition Winners
‘Hindi
Divas’ celebrated on 14th and 15th
September was a huge success. A special assembly on the
P.A. System (Public Announcement) was conducted.
On
the first day our principal Mr.Achuthan Madhav was
interviewed by the students of Std IV in Hindi. Students
took delight in interviewing one of our Omani Assisting
Staff Mrs. Beevi who is very fluent in Hindi, on the
second day.
Program
Highlights
·
The
students of were encouraged to speak only in Hindi these
two days.
·
Class
room soft boards and corridors were decorated with a
display of charts, slogans and quotations.
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Hindi
Handwriting competition for all the students of class
III and IV was held and prizes were given out by Vice
Principal Mr. Anand Prabhu and Assistant Vice Principal
Mrs. Lalitha Premkumar.Every class had three prize
winners.
The
programme was planned and well coordinated by Head of
the Hindi Department Mrs. Asha Bhatia and her team of
dedicated teachers.
This
rekindles the spirit of belonging to one country where
we hold on to our great virtue of ‘Unity in
Diversity’.Our ‘Mathrubasha’ Hindi makes us feel a
great sense of belongingness.
……..Special
Assemblies were also conducted on the P.A System to
celebrate ‘EID’ and ‘Gandhi Jayanti’. Students
made beautiful greeting cards with special messages to
mark the occasion of EID. The little children of primary
section expressed their love for ‘Bapuji’ by singing
his favourite song ‘Vashnava Janatho..’ The assembly
reflected those great moments of ‘Truth and Ahimsa’
for which he ardently stood for till his final moment of
life.
………...The
Parent Teacher meeting for students of class III
& IV is
scheduled to be held on 26, 27 and 28 of October
and class I & II is scheduled to be held on 3rd and
4th of November between 6.30 and
8.30 p.m
in the evenings. This provides a good opportunity to
discuss the progress made by the students and thereby
strengthen the understanding between the teachers and
the parents.
COMPETITIONS:
ACE-SPELLERS:
The prime aim of Ace-Spellers is to improve the spelling
of our students. This would help the children with
learning difficulties in great deal. This is conducted
once a month for the students of Stds 3 & 4.
WRITE-WELL:
This is conducted for the students of Std II every
fortnight. The aim of this competition is to motivate
them to develop legible writing. It also helps the
students to increase their speed.
UNIT TEST:
As we believe in Comprehensive and continuous evaluation
in the Primary level, periodic testing is conducted
after every unit in all subjects. There will be four
rounds of unit test conducted in an academic year. The
schedule and the portion are given to the students one
week in advance so as to enable them to prepare for the
test. The second
round was conducted from 3rd October to
11th October, 2009
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Maths
Wizards Competition
The
objective of Maths Wizards Competition is to help the
students to do quick and easy calculations mentally. It
is conducted once in a month for the students of Std 3
& Std 4.
The
Mathematics & Science
Olympiad for Std 3 & 4
The
Mathematics & Science
Olympiad is a highly motivating and rigorous
aptitude testing platform with special and exclusive
focus on Mathematics and Science.
Math
Day on
21st October, 2009
for Std 2,3,& 4
Celebration
of Math Day is a fantastic way to promote numeracy
within the school. The various activities conducted in
class will
make significant improvements in the mental arithmetic
skills of the students and have fun in the process.
Kindergarten
SuperVisor - Mrs. Prema
George
The
staff and students of the Kindergarten, were briefed
about preventive measures to be undertaken against the
Influenza A
(
H1N1). They were sufficiently informed by the supervisor
and the precautionary methods of using sanitizers, masks
and tissue was advised. Sanitizers & tissues were
provided to each class. Though we have no reported cases
of H1N1 ample preventive methods are undertaken.
The
special assemblies and the children’s educational
excursion have been cancelled as a precautionary measure
to avoid spread of Influenza A.
The
annual Parents Teachers Meeting was held at Jibroo on 15th
and 16th September”09, it was a platform
for parents to address the teachers with regard to any
problems their ward was facing, Most of the parents were
able to attend the meeting and thus update themselves
with the happenings in school and the general
performance of their ward.
The
K.G class photos were taken on 5th and 6th
September.
The
K.G children had an exotic experience watching tortoises
at display when a parent brought 2 tortoises to school
as part of visual learning. It was more of a visual
treat just watching the excited tots go berserk at the
sight of the tortoises on the stage.
The
month of September and October were a welcome period of
fun, frolic and gaiety as the children of KG enjoyed
festival fiesta. Though the special assemblies were not
conducted Onam, Teachers day, Eid, Gandhi Jayanthi,
Navrathri & Dussehra were celebrated in the
classrooms. The children of each class helped to
decorate their respective classrooms. The ambience of
celebration prevailed as sweets were distributed within
the classes under the guidance of the classteachers.
Children enjoyed making Onam boats and magic painting
for Eid.
With
Diwali round the corner the campus is enlightened with
lamps and the aura of festivity continues.
The
supervisor and staff of the K.G department extend
Diwali wishes to all the parents and students
celebrating Diwali.
Since
the time of its inception CSE primarily caters to
children with cognitive challenges of varying degrees
and nature even though children with other impairments
and multiple challenges get benefited.
Brief report of the
activities at the Centre
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On Tuesday 29 September 2009 there was a staff
development session titled ways to facilitate learning
process in children with multiple impairments followed
by 3 power point presentations as a part of a volunteer
training programme on the following topics.
1) Role of volunteers and computers in the
classroom.
2) Role of special educator in the inclusive set
up
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There was a group discussion initiated by
special educators and class in charge on the topic class
profile and individual educational profile of each child
in their classroom. Our therapists with their rich
professional expertise answered the related queries.
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As a part of the resource
development activities to create awareness among our
school children there was a teacher's day sale and Pre-
Diwali sales are on.
ISM
counseling centre is located on the mezzanine floor of
the back side of ‘A’ block, above the primary/middle
section canteen. There are 3 counselors and a special
educator available in the centre. Consultation Timing of
counselors and special educator is given below for
Saturday to Wednesday.
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1.
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Mr.V.Preshob
(Student
Counselor)
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From
7.00am to 2.00pm and 4.00pm to 6.00pm
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2.
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Dr.Benny
Varghese
(Student
Counselor)
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From
7.00am to 2.00pm and 2.30pm to 4.30pm on Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday) Sundays and Wednesdays he will
be available at Indian School Seeb during the
working hours.
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3.
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Mrs.Bubly
Vinoy
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From
7.00am to 2.00pm and 4.00pm to 6.00pm on Sunday,
Tuesday and Wednesday) Saturdays and Mondays she
will be available at our
Jibroo
School
during the working hours.
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4.
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Ms.Priyanka
Das
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From
7.00 am to 1.00pm
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Workshop
for student council
A
workshop covering modules on Leadership Skills, Team
building and Communication Skills for conflict
resolution was conducted by the counselors for the
members of student council on 21st May 2009.
Workshop
for primary teachers
A
workshop on “working with children with learning
disabilities and autism was conducted by the counselors
and special educator on 2nd and 4th
August 2009.
Workshop
for senior teachers
A
workshop on “Understanding Academically Low Achieving
Students” was conducted by the counselor on 27th
August 2009.
Aptitude
Test for Class X students
205
students of class X have registered for Aptitude Tests
this year. Tests were administered on 10th and 17th of
September 2009. Scoring is in progress and career
counseling along with feedback report sessions are
expected to begin by mid November.
Careers
through biology
A
career counselling session for class XII biology
students and their parents was conducted on 1st
October 2009 by biology department in association with
counselling centre. Mrs.Lalita Mallya Teacher of Biology
department welcomed the gathering and initiated the
discussion. Mr.Radhakrishnan HOD of Biology Department
spoke about the developments in the biology careers.
Mr.V.Preshob, Student Counselor clarified doubts of the
listeners about careers and courses in the field of
biological sciences through a power point presentation
followed by a question answer session.
International
University
Representatives Visiting in Oct. 2009
Friday,
October 16
:
Linden
US University Fair, 6-9pm,
Crowne
Plaza
Monday,
Oct 19
:Qatar Foundation, www.qf.org.qa,
6pm at the Hyatt
Saturday,
Oct 24
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UK
University Tour, 5:30-9:30 at the
Crowne
Plaza
Entrance
examination notifications so far from
India
Indian
Institute of Technology, Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)
2010. For details please use this link http://www.jee.iitm.ac.in/index.htm
Date
of Examination: April 11th , 2010 (Paper 1:
09.00-12.00 hrs, Paper 2: 14.00-17.00 hrs)
Online
application process: Sun.Nov.01, 2009 to Mon.Dec07,
2009-10-09.
Offline
application process: Mon.Nov.16, 2009 to Tue.Dec15,
2009-10-09
Last
date for receipt of completed hardcopy of application
forms at IITs: Sat.Dec.
19, 2009.
Kerala Entrance
Examinations
for admission to Professional Degree Courses for
the
year 2010 will be conducted as per the following
schedule:
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Stream
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Subject
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Date
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Time
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Engineering
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Paper
I
Physics
& Chemistry
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19.04.2010
(Monday)
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10
AM - 12.30 PM
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Paper
II
Mathematics
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20.04.2010
(Tuesday)
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10
AM - 12.30 PM
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Medical
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Paper
I
Chemistry
& Physics
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21.04.2010
(Wednesday)
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10
AM - 12.30 PM
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Paper
II
Biology
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22.04.2010
(Thursday)
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10
AM - 12.30 PM
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For
details please use this link http://www.cee-kerala.org/engmed/2010/timetable_e.pdf
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