Message from

• Principal 
• Vice Principal - Senior
• Vice Principal - Middle
• Vice Principal - Primary
• KG Supervisor
• Supervisor - Centre for Special Education(CSE)
• Counseling Centre

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 Christmas and a happy New Year.

Vice Principal - Senior - Mr. Sunny Thomas 

Academics

• First Preliminary examination for classes X & XII and 2^nd assessment for class XI are being conducted from 5th Decemeber 2009.First Prelim Practical exams were conducted from 21st November to 25th November.

• Second class test for class IX (CT-2) will be conducted from 12th December to 17th December 2009.

    Olympiads

• All India mathematics Olympiad was conducted on 23^rd November 2009

• CBSE Group mathematical Olympiad was conducted on  29^th November 2009.5 students from each of 7 schools including ISM took part.

• Zonal Informatics Olympiad was conducted on 5th December 2009.

 Competitions

• Poem recitation competition in French took place on 12^th November 2009.

• Debate competition in English  for Class XI and Class XII was held on 12^th November, 2009.

Class XII – Best Speaker - Deepan Kishore Kumar (XII D), Second Best Speaker - Anjana Nanda (XII B), Best Rebuttal Speaker - Vanlal Hruaia (XII I).

Class XI – Best Speaker - Janani Ramakrishnan (XI B), Second Best Speaker - Ashwathy Menon (XI B), Best Rebuttal Speaker - Joshua Michael Amarnath (XI E).

Quiz

1) The fifth Annual Senior Quiz pot was organized on Thursday, 5^th of November 2009 at Indian School Darsait. The first prize was won by Sidharth Wali of Class XI-E and Ashwin Menon of Class IX-C.  Anwesha Sen of Class XI-A and Srivibhav Lakshaman of Class IX-I secured the second prize for ISM.

2) ISM SENIOR QUIZ -2009 was conducted successfully on 11th of November 2009. There were eight teams of three students each, who were selected through a preliminary round quiz out of 260 participants from senior section. The quiz master was Pranav Laxmanan of XII-B. The external judge for the quiz was Mr.Shafeek M.K, Manager, ERICSSON LLC. The winners were:

1. Chirag Rajagopal (XII C)   

2. Suhas Srinivasan(XII B)

3. Varghese Alexander (XII E)  

Important events

•      Dr. Kiran Bedi visited the school on 2^nd November 2009 and gave motivational speech to the students of senior section.

•      Children’s day was celebrated on November 14^th in the new Multipurpose hall. Teachers presented various programs for the children.

•      Students and teachers had an interactive session with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam  on friday, 20th November 2009 in the City Amphitheatre.

•      Principal, Vice Principal, HoDs and teachers attended an interactive session with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on 21^st Saturday 2009 in the Indian Embassy auditorium conducted by Indian Social Club Tamil wing.

•      Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics teachers of senion section attended a two day Seminar on "HOTS" (High Thinking Order Skills) in November.

 Sports Activities

Indian School Muscat hosted the CBSE Oman Athletic Cluster Meet 2009 on 22^nd and 23^rd November 2009 to select the Oman Chapter Athletic team for the CBSE Nationals to be held at Jaipur, Rajasthan , India from 20^th to 24^th December 2009. The overall championship was won by Indian School Muscat scoring 278 points, followed by Indian School Salalah with 173 points  and in the third place is  Indian School Sohar with 145 points.

The winners of Individual Championship are as follows:

 Under 14 Girls     -  Pranati Bargi of Indian School Muscat .

Under 14 Boys     -  Suhail Mohammed of Indian School Muscat .

Under 19 Girls     - Haritha P.S. of Indian School Muscat .

Under 19 Boys     - Abhinav Murali of Indian School Muscat .

CBSE TABLE TENNIS OMAN CLUSTER TOURNAMENT 

Indian School Muscat (ISM) students proved their prowess with brilliant performance at the CBSE Oman Cluster Table Tennis tournament held recently at Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir. ISM swept the board by winning all the six categories and qualified to represent CBSE Oman Chapter at the CBSE Nationals to be held at Nagpur , India in the month of December 2009.

The winners who brought laurels to the school in different categories are:

Under 14 Girls

Under 16 Girls

Under 19 Girls

Under 14 Boys

Under 16 Boys

Under 19 Boys

  Inter House Athletic Meet. 2009

Inter house Athletic meet for senior and middle sections was held on 19^th November 2009 , following were the winners of individual championships:

Samantha Pinto       -                       Sub junior girls

Mohammed Ajmal Roshan`             Sub junior boys

Pranati S Bargi                                Junior girls

Zulqurnain Ahmed                           Junior boys

Shorya Bist                                     Intermediate girls

Rolton Coelho                                 Intermediate boys

Aishwarya Ravi                               Pre Senior Girls

Surjeervan K and Darshan Babu –   Pre Senior boys

Sabahat Khan                                  Senior Girls

Troyes Dique                                 Senior Boys

Athletic Trophy was won by Green house, overall championship cock house trophy was also won by Green House by scoring 154 points followed by yellow house with 150 points.

CBSE National Tennis Championship 2009

CBSE National Tennis Championship 2009 was held at Chennai , India . ISM under 19 girls won the Bronze medal the members of the team were

 Under 19 Girls

1.      Malvika Raju

2.      Krushika Uday Patankar

3.      Chinmoi Nathan

 Under 14 Boys

1.      Nevile Philips

2.      Armaan Satikar

3.      Shuvankar Goswami

  Under 19 Boys

1.      Karan Negi

2.      Areeb Usman

3.      Aditya Mohan

 CBSE Badminton Nationals

CBSE Badminton Nationals were held at Mohlai, Punjab , following teams represented the school,

 Participants-          

            Under 14 Boys

a. Percy Coelho                VIII G

b. Govind P V                   VI I

Under 14 Girls

a. Niyati Rao             VIII D

b. Rithu Thomas               VIII I

Under 16 Boys

a. Pranav Rao                   X H

b. Anuj Saji Varghese        X G

CBSE Football Nationals

CBSE Football Nationals were held at Meerut , Up, India , ISM represented the Oman Chapter.

Vice Principal - Middle - Mr. S. I. Shareef

    Academics

    Second Class Test for the students of Std V-VIII was conducted from 27^th October 2009 through 4^th November       2009. Corrected answer scripts were distributed on 6^th November 2009. 

    Olympiads

 AIMSO (All India Mathematics and Science Olympiad) is the largest and most  popular junior Olympiad in India which follows the NCERT national curriculum. The AIMSO 2009 was held on 8^th and 10^th November 2009. 643 students appeared for the Math Olympiad and 642 students appeared for the science Olympiad.

I B T (International Bench Mark Tests) is organized by the ‘Australian Council for Educational Research’ (A C E R), one of the leading educational organizations in the world. The “International Bench Mark Tests” for improving learning – 2009, was held on the following dates:

• 15th Nov: 2009  - English
• 16th Nov: 2009 – Mathematics
• 17th Nov: 2009 – Science

335 students appeared for English and Mathematics and 351 students appeared for Science

Middle Section Celebrates Children’s Day with Fun and Gaiety

The teachers of the Middle Section of ISM made this year’s Children’s Day on 14^th November 2009 an occasion to remember for all the students.  

The day began with a painting competition, where nearly 2500 students participated. A wide array of topics ranging from Global Warming, Landscape of Oman, Scientific achievements of India , etc. helped the students give free rein to their imagination in kaleidoscopic colors. The latter part of the day saw a variety entertainment programme in lovingly put up by the teachers for their beloved students. The students were absolutely mesmerized to behold their teachers in a different role.

  ISM mesmerised by His Holiness Swami Swaroopananda

The students of the middle section were privileged and blessed by the gracious presence of His Holiness, Swami Swaroopanandaji on the 9^{th of} Nov’09. The visit of His Holiness to the school was an auspicious culmination of spiritual aura blended with humour, as the Swamiji, delved into the depth of life and its purpose on earth.

Oman National Day Celebrations

 The 39^th National day of Oman was celebrated by the students of the Middle Section in the New Multipurpose Hall. Greetings were extended to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said and the people of Oman , on the occasion, in a perfect blend of Arabic and English. The grand finale of the programme was an Omani Song sung by the assisting Omani Staff of the school.The function ended with the singing of the Omani National Anthem by the Omani Staff of the school.  

Workshops/Seminar  

A workshop on “Classroom Behavioural Skills” was conducted on 15^th  October 2009 by Dr. Meenakshi for the teachers of Middle Section.

A training session on Bhartiyavidya was conducted by Mrs. Kusum Bist on 26/10/09 for the new faculty members of Science, Mathis and Social Science departments.

 Prof. Gopichand Narang, Emeritus Professor of Delhi University addressed the students of Classes VIII, IX and XI on 18th November 2009.

Competitions  

Inter School Hindi Poem Recitation Competition was organized by Embassy of India on 28^th October 2009  in connection with Hindi Diwas Celebrations. Tanvi Joshi of Class 8 and Rohit Tripathi of Class 9 won second prize in the Junior and Senior Categories respectively.  

Quizzing is an important activity in the Middle Section. Various Quiz competitions are held in and outside the school.  

Intra Class Quiz for Class 8 was conducted on 20^th October 2009. Teams from VIII H, VIII K and VIII E secured first, second and third positions respectively.  

ISM team comprising of Shuvankar Goswamy of VIII H, Sean Menezes of VII J and Vidya Venkatesan of VI H won the second prize at the National Quiz conducted on 22^nd October 2009 by Quiz Pot Muscat.  

ISM team comprising Achyut A Jha of 8 E, Aarajv Kothari of 8E Rohan Karnavat of 8F, Srujan Keskar of 8F, Balasurya S of 6A and M Arun of 6K won the first prize in the Hockey Quiz conducted by Bhojpuri wing of Indian Social Club on 30/10/09.

 Cyber Quiz is a quiz on Information Technology conducted for the students of Std VIII to instill interest in the field of technology. This year, Cyber Quiz was conducted on 11^th November 2009 by the Department of Computer Science. Teams from 8F, 8J and 8I won the first, second and third prize respectively.  

Sports/Games  

ISM Junior Cricket Team emerged as runners up in the Cricket Tournament organized by the DPS, Sharjah.            

Vice Principal- Primary  - Mr. Anand Prabhu

The air was thick with challenges and festivities in the last fortnight. The students of Primary Section had a variety of competitions and assemblies……..

 Children love to express creatively in artistic strokes and gamut of colours. Children’s Day

(14^th November) is one when the primary section students spend the day in art and handwriting competitions most enthusiastically. The results were declared and prizes given away on 8^th of December. Every section had three winners in the First, Second and Third positions. Students were distributed sweets and snacks on this day. The teachers of Primary

Section in their colourful costumes put up dances. The highlight of the day was ‘A SKIT’ put up by the Hindi teachers directed by the Computer Teacher Mrs. Shail Suman.This hilarious play took the children by surprise as they burst into peels of laughter, when they saw their beloved teachers imitating and mimicking them.

 Special Assemblies:- The students put up special assemblies to mark the occasion of Children’s Day, Eid and National day of Oman .

18^th November saw the students celebrating NATIONAL DAY in a unique manner. The Omani assisting staff along with the students spoke with such fervour and patriotism about Oman and its great, benevolent ruler who is also a great visionary. The assembly concluded when the National Anthem of Oman was sung by one and all with pride and honour.

The corridors were adorned with Oman National Flags and the pictures of H.M Sultan Qaboos Bin Said.

HIGHLIGHTS OF VARIOUS COMPETITIONS

• Maths Wizard Competition for the students of Std 3  was held on  15^th November 2009 . The sections which secured the first thre e positions are as follows:

First Position-  Std 3 I

Second Position  - Std 3G

Third Position - Std 3 K

•   Maths Wizard Competition for the students of Std 4  was held on  1^st  November 2009 . The sections which secured the first three positions are as follows:

First Position-  Std 4M

Second Position – Std 4K

Third Position – Std 4E

•   Ace Spellars Competition for the students of Std 3  was held on  1^st  November 2009 . The sections which secured the first three positions are as follows:

First Position-  Std 3A

Second Position – Std 3J

Third Position – Std 3G

•   Ace Spellars Competition for the students of Std 4  was held on  15^th   November 2009 . The sections which secured the first three positions are as follows:

    First Position-  Std 4K

Second Position  - Std 4L

Third Position – Std 4M

        All India Mathematics & Science Olympiad was held on 2^nd  and 4^th  November 2009 .

325 students of Std 3 and 359 students of Std 4 took part in the Olympiad.

  International Benchmark Tests ( ACER ) in English,Mathematics & Science were conducted on 15^th , 16^th & 17^th  November 2009. 197 students of Std 3 and 242 students of Std 4 participated in these tests.

  The third round of Unit Tests for Std 3 & 4  was conducted from 18^th November to 25^th November 2009

    Report Cards for the Second Term –Std 1 & 2  was given on 7^th December 2009 .

With the year 2009 coming to an end and with the advent of 2010, we wish to convey our greetings to all the parents and students of the primary section.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!!

Kindergarten SuperVisor - Mrs. Prema George 

 The children of Kindergarten gathered for the Christmas assembly on 7^th December 2009 at Jibroo. The Administration Manager, Col.Mani presided over the show. Under the guidance of the K.G.Supervisor  and the class teacher the children of KG 1-C presented a wonderful depiction of Christmas as it is celebrated in one of our homes.

The morning was a riot of colour and music, in harmony with the serene atmosphere of peace and the magic of Christmas. As stars & tinsels, bells and balloons, gifts & candles decorated the elegant Christmas tree, it evoked a sense of soothing tranquility transcending us to the nostalgic comfort zone of contentment and bliss. The carols stanchion the aura of goodness and well-being in everyone.

As the little ones wished the audience, “ Merry Christmas & Happy New Year “ it was an ethereal experience having a small Santa Clause prancing amidst the crowd wishing everyone too.

The audience applauded enthusiastically as confetti poured down the dais, reminding everyone of the message of Christmas – the message of peace & happiness, the message of joy and happy days to come along with the holiday hungama.

A tour around the classrooms at Jibroo enhance the winter season with an array of winter display, a warm welcome to the cold winter days along with a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.  

Supervisor - CSE  - Mrs. Vani Mahadevan 

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  

•    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  

•    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.

Counseling Centre  

  I)        AIEEE 2010

Please visit the aieee website www.aieee.nic.in for information and applying online. The last date for application to reach THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY(AIEEE), CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, PS 1-2,INSTITUTIONAL AREA, IP EXTENSION,PATPARGANJ NEW DELHI – 110092 by Registered/Speed Post (NOT BY COURIER) is 5.01.2010.

   II)      Kerala Entrance Examinations 2010

 1. Online application procedure started: From 07.12.2009 (Monday)

2. Last date for submission of Application Form: 06.01.2010 5 pm, (Wednesday)

         For details please use this link   www.cee-kerala.org

III)    Aptitude Test for Class X students

Career counseling along with feedback report of Aptitude Test has begun on 15^th November 2009 and almost completed for the tested 206 students and their parents of class X 2009-10 batch.

IV)     Workshops/Seminars/Presentations organized/conducted by Counsellors.

i)For pre-primary teachers

A workshop on “working with children with autism, ADHD and other behavioural problems was conducted by the counselors and special educator on 15^th October 2009.

ii)Seminar by Dr.Gerry D’costa

Dr.Gerry D’costa, Specialist Psychiatrist of Badr Al Sama Polyclinic did a presentation on Healthy Living for some students of senior school on 21^st October 2009.

iii)Presentation by Ed.CIL & EFL UNIVERSITY

A career counselling session for class XII students was conducted on 28^th October 2009 jointly by the officials of Educational Consultants of India Limited (a Government of India Enterprise) and EFL University Hyderabad, India. Mr. N. S. Padmanabhan, Chief General Manager (P&A) EdCIL, has done a power point presentation on all services of Ed.CIL for NRI’s and PIO’s. Mrs.Anju Banerjee, Chairperson and Managing Director of Ed.CIL answered the questions of students on admissions into various Indian institutions through DASA, SPDC and Self financing schemes. The Officials from the English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad explained about various undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by the university.

iv) For student council of Indian School Seeb

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 of Indian School Seeb on 12^th November 2009.

V)       University / Institutional representatives visited the counseling centre

The following university representatives visited the counseling centre

1)     Mr.C. Parameswaran, Director Corporate & International Relations of Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham , India

2)     Dr.M.N.Channabasappa, Director, Siddaganga Institute of Technology , India

3)     Mr.Stuart Brumhill, Senior Marketing Manager of the University of Plymouth , England .

4)     Ms.Ksenia Valkovich, Admissions Coordinator, the American University in Dubai .

5)     Mr.Mohammed Al-Sabahi of Middle East College of Information Technology

6)     Mr.K.Ezhil Kumaran of SRM Gate way (Al Hayat Educational Consultants) for IIT-JEE and AIEEE coaching in Muscat .

Information on these universities / institutes is available with the counseling centre.

VI)     Workshops/Seminars attended by counselors for professional development

1)     Attended a workshop on 16^th October 2009 conducted by Dr.Mathew paediatric neurosurgeon from CMC Vellore on neurobiological aspects underlying special needs.

2)     Attended a 2 day workshop on 22^nd and 23^rd October 2009 by Dr. H.S Srivastav on Continuous and comprehensive evaluation.

3)     Attended presentations on higher education in U K by Mrs. Jack Jill, head careers British School Muscat (5^th October, 2009), Psychotherapeutic Services by Ms.Claire Al Turihi and Ms.Renate Delikhan, psychotherapists of Al Harub Medical Centre and psychological testing services by Al Ahlam Psychological Services (16^th November 2009).

4)     Attended a professional development seminar on 8^th December 2009 organized by ministry of education at American British Academy .