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.  

Vice Principal - Senior - Mr. Sunny Thomas 

 Activities

 The Astronomy Club was inaugurated on 16^th October, 2010. The chief guest of the function was Dr. Keshav P Mandadi. Principal Mr. Achudhan Madhav launched official website of the club www.astro.eeclubs.org - designed and published by Mr. Siva Kumar.Three students, Rajat Asthana, Nishigandha K. and

  Aishni Arora represented ISM at the UN Simulation Conference at Our Own Indian School, Dubai on 9^th

    October,2010 accompanied by Mr. Biju Varghese.  Health and Eco club members celebrated Oct. as  ‘Save Envt. Month’, preparing posters and initiative to reduce use of plastic organised by the Coordinators of the club. UN Day Special assembly conducted on P.A. system depicting role of UN, UN anthem was played etc. October 14, 2010 – Khimji Award Ceremony and Inter-House English Drama Competition.October 25, 2010 – World Literary Languages Day – Special Morning Assembly.Sashtra Prathiba examination was conducted on 21^st October 2010 for classes 9 and 10. 247 students from both the classes took part in the exam. Exhibition works are in progress.Parents Teacher Meeting for Class IX & X were held on 10^th and 11^th October, 2010.

Quiz/Clubs Activities

Inter-house Quiz 2010 – conducted on 21^st October 2010. Mr. Shafeek of Ericsson , Oman as the Quiz Master.Yellow House won the first prize-Tanvi Gupta IX-I, Anjan Iyer X-I,Pranav Rao XI-E, Lakshay Sharma XII-E

  Sports

ISM EMERGES FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS AT CBSE CLUSTER  

In the CBSE Oman Cluster Football Tournament for under 19 Boys hosted by Indian School Muscat from 16^th to 18^th October 2010 , Indian School Muscat defeated Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir in the finals to lift the championship Trophy. The final match was played in an electrifying atmosphere. Both the finalists played superbly to lift the championship trophy. ISM boys won the match in the final shootout. Indian School Darsait, Indian School Al Ghubra, Indian School Al Seeb and Indian School Salalah were the other schools that participated in the Tournament. Indian School Muscat has qualified to represent Oman Chapter at the Nationals to be held at Mehsana from 8^th to 12^th January 2011 . ISM family congratulates the football team and wishes them good luck at the Nationals.  

ISM’S BASKETBALL TEAMS EMERGE CHAMPIONS

 In the CBSE Oman Chapter Basketball Tournament for Under 19 Boys and Girls, hosted by Indian School Muscat from 11^th to 13^th October 2010 , Indian School Muscat emerged Champions in both the age categories. With this ISM teams has been qualified to represent Oman Chapter at the CBSE Nationals to be held at Chhattisgarh , India from 26^th to 30^th December 2010 . ISM family congratulates the winners and wishes them the very best at the Nationals. The other participating schools were Indian School Darsait, Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir, Indian School Al Ghubra, Indian School Al Seeb and Indian School Sohar.

The team members of ISM are:-

 BASKETBALL BOYS TEAM 2010-11

BASKETBALL GIRLS TEAM 2010-11

 Coach :- Mr. Suresh M L

 CBSE Oman Cluster Badminton Tournament 2010-11

 In the CBSE Oman Cluster Badminton Tournament hosted by ISG on 19^th October 2010 for Boys and on 20^th October 2010 for Girls, Indian School Muscat emerged Champions by winning all the four age categories in the Boys section and three categories in the girls section, winners have qualified to represent Oman Chapter at the Nationals to be held at Kottayam Kerala from 20^th to 23^rd of December 2010.  

Members of the Teams are :

BOYS

GIRLS

 COACH-

1. Mr Ashutosh Pant
2. Mr. Ezikel I

 CBSE Oman Cluster Athletic Meet 2010-11

 CBSE Oman Cluster Athletic Meet 2010 was hosted by Indian School Muscat on 21^st and 22^nd of October 2010. 420 athletes from Eleven Indian Schools in Oman competed in 72 Track and Field events in six different age categories.

Indian School Muscat won the overall Championship with 274 points followed by Indian School Salalah with 194 points, other participating schools were Indian School Al Ghubra, Indian School Sohar, Indian School Darsait, Indian School Muladha, Indian School Al Seeb, Indian School Ibri, Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir, Indian School Ibra and Indian School Nizwa.

The Individual Championship was won by the following students:

 Under 14 Boys

Mohd. Ziaul Haq of Indian School Salalah and

Anish S L of Indian School Muladha  

Under 14 Girls

Pranati Bargi of Indian School Muscat

 Under 16 Boys

Sujeervan K of Indian School Muscat and

Arshil H Rizvi of Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir

 Under 16 Girls

Aishwarya Ravi of Indian School Muscat and

Shorya Bist of Indian School Muscat

 Under 19 Boys

Pathik Aravind of Indian School Sohar and

Vinu Stewart of Indian School Al Ghubra

 Under 19 Girls

Saniya Noor of Indian School Darsait and

Haritha P S of Indian School Muscat 

 All the athletes who have scored First positions have qualified to represent Oman Cluster at the CBSE Nationals to be held at Kottayam from 20^th to 24^th December 2010.

 ISM’S VOLLEYBALL TEAMS EMERGE CHAMPIONS

 In the CBSE Oman Cluster Tournament held at Indian School Darsait on 10^th October 2010, Indian School Muscat Boys and Girls won the championship trophy, and have been qualified to participate in the CBSE National tournament scheduled at People’s Public School, Bhopal form 5^th to 9^th December 2010.

Indian School Muscat, Indian School Darsait and Indian School Ibri participated in this tournament. The following are the members of the teams represented ISM:  

Volleyball Boys team  

 Volleyball Girls team  

 Coach :- Mr. Vijayaraja Kumar

Vice Principal (Officiating)- Middle - Mr. Jacob Zacharia

 PARENT-TEACHER MEETING

­      The first Parent-Teacher meeting was held on the 18^th, the 19^th and the 20^th of October 2010. Report cards were distributed during the meeting. There was a good turn-out of the parents to discuss the performance of their wards. E-Report cards were distributed during the meeting.

í   The 6th Sastra Pratibha Contest organized by Science India Forum-Muscat Chapter was held in ISM on   21st October 2010. 688 students appeared for the same. 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.  

­      The students of Std VI visited Oasis Water Company as part of class Excursion  

í   Hindi Recitation for Classes V & VI was conducted on the 19^th of October 2010 by the Dept. of Hindi. The winners of these competitions are as follows.  

í   Hindi Handwriting Competition was conducted by the Department of Hindi. The results of the same will be declared in November 2010.

 ­      The department of Arabic conducted Arabic Handwriting Competition this month.

 í   The department of Computer Science conducted CYBER QUIZ for the students of Class VIII on 23^rd October 2010.  It was quite encouraging to see the young minds keep abreast with the technology and latest development in the field of computers.

 ­      Quiz whiz kids comprising of Sean Menezes (Class 8), Satvik Anand (Class 7) and Rutwik Vishwamitre (Class 6) won laurels to the school by winning the Ambassador’s Cup at the National Quiz conducted on the 14th October 2010, in Indian School Al-Ghubra

­     The team comprising of Mubasshir Althaf (V N), Gayathri Shankar(V N) and Mifzalu Rahman(V N) won first prize in the Junior Category and the Team comprising of Anjali Ramakrishnan (X F), Aashiya Ashok (X J) and Nikhil Raj (X K) won Second Prize  in the Senior Category in “Ente Keralam Prasnothari -2010 (Malayalam Quiz) organized by Indian Social Club, Malayalam wing on 22^nd  October 2010. 

Vice Principal- Primary  - Mr. Anand Prabhu  

The spectrum of activities for the Primary Section of Indian School Muscat in the month of October is as follows:

 v     Gandhi Jayanti Assembly 

 Gandhi Jayanti Assembly was put up by the students of Std I and Std II on 4^th of October. Students of Std III and Std IV had their assembly on the 5^th. Children enacted scenes from the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Important episodes from Gandhiji’s life, like scenes from his childhood, fight for injustice, non violence and the Dandi March, were some of the topics which were highlighted in the assembly. The wonderful Gandhian values which is still revered today was all  brought alive again when children held placards showing hard work, simplicity, truth and discipline. This was indeed a wonderful occasion for Gandhian ideology and vision to be passed on to the younger generation.  Parents and students enjoyed the foot tapping dance and the songs.

 v     Hindi Divas Celebrations

The children had an opportunity to display their love for the Hindi language when they performed at the Indian Embassy on the Hindi Divas Celebrations held on the 7^th of October. They put up a humorous skit called ‘Hindi Bolne Mee Sharm Kyon’? This was followed by the recitation of a poem called ‘Ma’. An entertaining Qawwali  programme  was also put up  by the students of ISM.

 v     PTA Meeting

Parents, teachers and students of Std III and Std IV had an interactive session on the 11^th, 12^th and 13^th of October. Their wards progress in class, behaviour, discipline and other issues pertaining to academics was discussed.

v     Maths Day

 Students of the Primary Section celebrated Maths Day on the 20^th of October. Half the morning was devoted entirely to activities, worksheets, puzzles, songs and poems connected to Maths. Interesting charts were put up on the corridors to bring out the essence of Maths Day. The Vice Principal in his address to the children said that Mathematics is the queen of all Sciences.  The Principal said that there is maths all around us. He adviced the children to look at the sky and study it as nature is a wonderful teacher.

 Std IV students were initiated into the concepts of Vedic Mathematics by a Vedic Maths Teacher

Ms Sujaritha Raghavan. This was followed by a worksheet for the students to solve. They also had to fold and make a 3 D model of a cube and a worksheet on space activity.

 Std III students put up humorous a skit ‘Mickey Maths ’followed by worksheets which kept the children busy and very much involved. They also learnt about numerals from other countries too.

 Std II students put up a skit about a boy who hated maths and what happens when numbers disappear from his life. They had to complete an animal suduku and also solve puzzles.

 Std I students had to complete a worksheet and do vegetable printing. They also shared different shapes of sandwiches amongst their friends. Children of class I and II enjoyed singing songs and reciting poems on numbers.

 v     Computer Workshop

The teachers of the Primary Section attended a computer workshop to improve and hone their computer skills. It was ably conducted by the computer teachers Ms Shail Suman and Ms. Soumya.

Kindergarten SuperVisor - Mrs. Prema George 

The festive Season began with Gandhi Jayanti being celebrated on 2^nd October. It was followed by the Navratri Dusshera Assembly on 19^th of October. The air at Jibroo is electrified with the practice of Sports Day to be held on 3^rd of November.

Gandhi Jayanti Assembly- Gandhi Jayanti was celebrated at ISM Jibroo by the KG Department. The assembly was conducted by the children of KG I D and was organized by their class teacher under the guidance of the KG Supervisor, Mrs. Prema George. The special guest was Mrs. Dimple Barnes- administration coordinator- Institute of Auditors . She is also an alumni of ISM.

An array of white attire with sashes in orange, green, white and blue adorned the stage. Gandhi’s ideologies and philosophies of simple living were highlighted. The charka and the “Quit India” were showcased.

The assembly was a tribute to the Great Mahatma who ventured into the path of non-violence to bring about a phenomenal change in the history of Independent India.

Navratri-Dusshera Assembly- The Navratri and Dusshera Assembly was conducted at Jibroo. It  was organized by the children of  KG I E & F under the guidance of the their class teachers and KG Supervisor Mrs. Prema George. The Special Guest,  Mr.Binay Shukla, Director, Ernest and Young presided over the show. Amongst the august gathering we had our Principal, Mr. Achutan Madhav and the Vice- Principal of the Primary Section, Mr. Anand Prabhu and the parents of the children of both the classes.

An aura of festive gaiety prevailed in the campus. The show began with the children presenting a tableau depicting the story of Dusshera. The decoration of dolls-“golu” – the South Indian tradition of celebrating Navratri was novel and brilliantly set with lights and fancy arrangements.

To add to the fun, pomp and show, a tantalizing dance number- a dandiya by the children took the audience in a wave of dance mania. A visual treat it was to see the adults become one with  children and take the show in their stride, fast music to match their mesmerizing steps, the dance was a major hit. The right way to kickstart the festive season from Navratri through Eid until Christmas.  

Children of the Kindergarten were taken for a picnic to the Riyam Park which the children thoroughly enjoyed with all their friends and teachers.

Supervisor - CSE  - Mrs. Vani Mahadevan   

Core programme:

There was a classroom based volunteer and parent training programme addressing the issues pertaining to individualized  educational programme on seven different days for seven different groups. Specific queries of volunteers and parents pertaining to each child were addressed in the presence of muti-disciplinary team.Follw-up of class wise suggestions will be taken up by individual therapists in co-ordination with the special educators in-charge of each class.

Co-curricular activities:

*Painting and drawing competition was conducted as a part of monthly child talent development programme in relation to festivals and celebrations pertaining to that month. Free self expressions were also encouraged.

*Dance Therapy classes have been initiated by Mrs.Kala Srinivasan with the support of teachers in-charge in every class. She is planning to visit the centre twice –a-week in this regard.

Staff Development Programme:

There was a presentation on the topic, Importance of touch” by the occupational therapist as a part of Journal Club. Volunteers and staff benefited by the programme.

•        The Rakhi sale, held in August 2010, generated an income of RO 70.  

•        Journal club to discuss research based topics  was inaugurated in the month of  May 2010 was inaugurated..2^nd session was  conducted in the month of September2010.  

•       As a part of chid development programme  we had independence day special assembly,monthly talent display contest and Onam  celebration   in the month of August 2010.

•      Teachers Day celebration was organized in the month of September 2010 .

•       IEP initial meetings with parents are in progress.

•      Volunteer training programme was organized by integrated group at their level.

Counseling Centre   

 Career fair conducted Career fair on Thursday, 21^st and Friday, 22^nd of October 2010.Career Fair 2010