SUNRISE ENGLISH

PRIVATE SCHOOL,

ABU DHABI

November 2011

SUNRISE ENGLISH PRIVATE SCHOOL ANNUAL

SPORTS MEET 2011 – 2012

Sunrise English Pvt School organized its 23rd

Annual

Sports Meet on 23rd

and 24th

of November 2011 with

great enthusiasm at the Armed Forces Officers

Club Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Physical activity is as essential

as the intellectual growth for the all-round development

of the child, as the saying goes “A healthy mind needs a

healthy body”.

PRINCIPAL’S CORNER

Dear Parents, Welcome to our first edition of monthly electronic news magazine. This effort to reach you periodically with updates of events and activities taking place in Sunrise English Private School, where your precious one is being taken care of for his/her overall development, is part of our continued effort to achieve excellence in education. Sunrise in its 23 year old journey has reached the level of one of the most sought- after Indian schools in Abu Dhabi due to the earnest efforts of its dedicated team of teachers and whole hearted support of the management. We take pride in presenting our students fully prepared for the CBSE examinations and are happy with the results thereafter. The present gesture is the first step towards a series of innovative ideas in education that are intended to be implemented in future with the involvement and contributions of our students. Thank you for your continued support and co-operation. Principal

DAY BEGUN WITH THE RECITATION OF THE

HOLY QURAN BY NABEEL OF GRADE-VIII

After the prayer, the school song and the UAE National

Anthem were presented by the school choir.

OATH

In order to excel one must be completely dedicated to

one’s chosen field. Our student’s council took Oath

with dedication and sportsmanship.

LIGHTING THE TORCH

The torch is the symbol of harmony, goodwill,

peace and human achievement. Chief Guest

Captain Abdulla lighted the torch. Our Head Boy

passed the torch to the Captains of the four houses.

After this event, The Principal declared the sports meet open.

STUDENTS PARTICIPATED in different Track and

Field events with great enthusiasm and sportsman spirit.

MARCH PAST

Our Head Boy Geo John Mathews led the parade

accompanied by the Head Girl Salimah Hasnah and

they were followed by the Assistant Head Boy Aditya

Govind and Assistant Head Girl Pratikshya Mohanty.

The students representing four houses - Emerald, Ruby,

Sapphire and Topaz clad in their traditional colours of

Green, Red, Blue and Yellow respectively presented a

well disciplined and co-ordinated march past which was

highly appreciated by the Chief Guest and other guests.

The 1st position for March past was shared by two

houses; the Energetic Emerald and the Imperial

Topas.2nd

position was bagged by Super Sapphire. And

the 3rd

prize went to Royal Ruby house. The result was

announced by the Principal and the trophies were given

by the Guest of Honour Mr. Mohd. Al Shalan to the

winning houses

DRILL DISPLAY Students of the sub junior group displayed the drill in

their colourful uniform with beautiful formations like

flowers and rainbow.

WINNER HOUSE

Emerald secured the highest points, Topaz secured

2nd

highest points, Ruby was 3rd

and Sapphire was the

4th in the over- all medals tally.

To encourage and appreciate the students the

Principal, the Vice-Principal, the Head Mistress, and

the Supervisors were present on the occasion and

presented the medals and trophies to the winners.

Vice Principal Mrs. Sheela John, Head Mistress

Mrs.Sheela Swaminath, the Supervisors, Mrs. Shaji

Rajaratnam, Mrs Annamma Chacko, Mrs.Susan Babu,

Mrs.Anita Krishna Kumar, Mrs Suja Thomas, Mrs Ann

Felix and all the teachers of the Sunrise coordinated the

event with dedication and perfection.

Our Sponsors – AL MARAI

Almarai sponsored refreshments to all the students

and staff during the sports meet.

Traditional Arabic dance was performed by the

girls and boys of grade VII and VIII.

SPIRIT OF THE UNION - UAE AT 40

4Oth UAE National Day was celebrated in our

school with great enthusiasm and patriotic spirit.

Various cultural programmes were presented by

our students to express our gratitude and respect to

the United Arab Emirates on its 40th birthday.

Traditional Arabic song presented by our boys

of grade IX and X

HOLY QURAN RECITATION

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION

Teens India competition organized at Al

Maali Pvt school on 18th Nov 2011 On the occasion of 40

th anniversary of the UAE

National Day, students were honoured with awards

for competitions in which they had participated in the

month of November.

1. DRAMA: Our students bagged the 1st prize in

Drama competition under the guidance of our

English Master Mr Sajjad.

2. PENCIL DRAWING: Aishwara Siddarth of

grade XI secured 2nd

position and Neena Sussanna

Thomas of grade XII secured 3rd

position.

3. TALENT EXAM: In Talent Exam Anirudh

Pisharam of grade VIII bagged the 2nd

place.

4. ESSAY WRITING: Karunya Manoharan of

grade XI secured 2nd

position for Essay Writing.

5. A.D.University SPELLING BEE CONTEST: Ten

students are selected for final round.

The Principal, the Vice Principal and the Head

Mistress cut a cake made in shape of the UAE

national flag on this occasion.

10TH

TOPPERS Students of Grade X, who secured A1 grades

in all the subjects of the CBSE March 2011

Board examination were honoured with

certificates and mementos.

PRINCIPAL ‘S MESSAGE ON THE UAE

NATIONAL DAY

The Principal praised and congratulated

UAE on its completion of 40 years of its union

and highlighted the role of Indians here. Indians

constitute the majority of expat community.

Hence we are indebted to be grateful to this

Nation and its rulers and do everything possible

to sustain the warmth and cordiality of our

relationship with UAE.

KG section presented the logo of UAE.UNION

National bird -Falcon, National animal- Camel,

National tree -Palm tree.

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FANCY DRESS COMPETITION FOR KG

SECTION

On 15th

November our school organized Fancy

dress competition for kinder garten section. All

the students participated with excitement. The

day was full of fun for our little angels.

FANCY DRESS COMPETITION KG

Children's Day Celebration

On 14th November the school celebrated

Children’s Day with great pomp and show. Students performed various cultural programmes

The day was started with songs presented by the

students of the KG section. One of our student was dressed as Pt. Jawaharlal

Nehru.

Our hon'ble Principal Mr. P.Rajendran also shares

his birthday with Chacha Nehru. He addressed the

assembly and expressed his feelings.

Students of grade V danced to a patriotic song.

Selected dance groups also performed on the stage.

Students also shared their feelings for Chacha

Nehru on the stage in English as well as in Hindi.

Prize Distribution Inter- school Sports winners were given prizes.

Sunrise school grabbed the 1st prize in the Inter

school football tournament. After the prize

distribution chocolates were distributed to the

children on the occasion of Children’s Day.

ECOS ,our environment club,under the leadership

Of Dr.Manu Kamaljith organised a GO GREEN

campaign,where the children made paper bags out

of old newspaper and distributed it to the groceries

nearby, which was highly appreciated by EAD.

Other Events and Activities

Brain Hunt Quiz: On 2

nd of November two students

of grade XI Sylvester and Ayush participated in this

quiz at Dubai.

ADIS---Badminton Championship: Our badminton

teams of boys (Abhay, Shiffin & Fayas) secured 2nd

position and girls (Treesa, Neethu & Anu) grabbed the

3rd

position in UAE in the CBSE cluster sports meet.

Quiz Competition--Organized by Bharathiya

Vidhya Bhavan’s: On 3rd

November Aditya Krishna

of grade IV and Abel Soman Mathew of grade VII

bagged the third position.

Painting Competition at Our Own School, Abu

Dhabi: On the3rd

of November, six students

participated.

KG Yellow Day: KG Section organized Yellow Day

on 13th November. All the staff and the students of KG

were arrayed in bright yellow.

ADACH--- Painting Competition: On 14th

November on the occasion of Children’ Day, nine of

our students participated in a painting competition

organized by Indian Embassy Abu Dhabi,

Secured 1st Place in Senior category (Pharis Shajeer)

and 2nd

Place in Junior category (Tiwin)

DPS Dubai---- Football Tournament: On 21st

November our football team participated in the

football tournament organized by DPS Dubai.

Inter School Declamation Competition: On 30th

November four of our students participated in the

Inter School Declamation Competition held at Indian

Islahi Islamic School, Abu Dhabi. Linda Charly K.

of grade XI bagged the 1st prize in the Girls senior

category and also the overall Girls Championship

trophy along with Nikita Nath.

Workshop and Seminars

ADEC: On 15th November Our senior faculty

members Mrs. Susan Babu and Mr.

Nujumudeen attended a seminar organized

by ADEC.

ADEC-- Seminar for Supervisors: On 18th

November all the Supervisors of our school

attended the seminar organized by ADEC.

AD Environment Agency-on-Mangrove: On

21st Mrs. Wajeeda Bano attended a workshop

conducted by AD Environment Agency on

“Mangrove” and its importance in coastal

areas.

Conducting a Survey: On 22nd

of November,

Mrs. Amrita Banerjee and five girl students of

grade X attended a workshop on “Conducting a

Survey” at Al Mamoora building.

Paperless Day- The Environment club co-

ordinator Dr. Manu Kamaljith organized a

paperless day campaign along with students.

SRM University: On 27th of Nov. our students

of grade XII attended \a seminar on “Career

Guidance” conducted by SRM University.

ADEC : On 29th Nov. Mrs. Amrita Banerjee

and Mr. Sajadh KV attended a seminar at

Brighton College conducted by ADEC.

Dr, Tharaka Rani, Clinical child

Psychologist: Our 12th graders attended a

seminar by Dr.Tharaka Rani on Coping with

Examination Stress etc and various other related

problems .

Design & Layout. Mrs. Harmeet Kaor

TALENT SHOW ON CHILDREN’S DAY