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YARA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, RIYADH

GRADE IX - XII

2017- 2018 (Second Term)

“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, He will continue the learning process as long as he lives.” Clay P. Bedford

CONTENTS

Special Assemblies

Competitions

Sports

Olympiad

Parents Teachers

Meeting

Farewell

Workshops

Field Trip

As the instructional leader, YIS focuses on discovering, developing and drawing out the hidden talents and the magic

lying dormant inside all of its students, from academics to co-curricular activities. Perseverance and a never-say-die

spirit are entrenched in the heart of every student not only for making them good students but brilliant human beings

as well. In today's dynamic world, a 360 degree development and grooming are of supreme importance and in our

campus, we are creating an environment for future leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals who possess skills and

aptitudes in an array of functional disciplines.

Our beloved Principal Mrs. Aasima Saleem motivates all the teachers to create appropriate, meaningful and participa-

tive learning situations, inculcating life skills in the impressionable children and appreciating their smallest efforts

with all generosity and broadness of vision. We are very happy with the progress the School has made by imbibing in

its students value based education synergized with modern teaching-learning methods to produce a well informed and

emotionally sound generation.

The second term has been a very busy one for the staff and the students. This newsletter highlights some of the activi-

ties in which our students have been involved.

INTRODUCTION

SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan-Man with a Great Vision

“The first requisite for the progress of a nation is the brotherhood and unity amongst sections of the society.”

― Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Day was celebrated in YIS with great enthusiasm and fervor to commemorate the birth

anniversary of one of the greatest social reformers and a great national builder of modern India. It was a special occa-

sion, marking the 200th birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. Master Ihabur rahman of grade IX in the getup

of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan delivered a speech on the thoughts and concerns of the legendry Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. The

highlights of the occasion were a skit based on education, Bait Bazi and Ghazal which were presented by the students.

Our Principal Mrs.Aasima Saleem urged the students to follow the path of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

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CHILDREN’S DAY

Children‟s Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervor at YIS. It was a fun-filled day for the stu-

dents. The teachers made the day special, as they had a lot of fun-filled activities lined up for the students.

Special assembly was conducted which had informative play, enactment, songs etc. The campus was buzz-

ing with excitement and joy.

Our beloved principal Mrs. Aasima Saleem gave the message of peace and harmony to the students and

urged them to follow the ideals of Pandit Nehru.

A special assembly was organized on October 2, 2017 to commemorate the legend freedom fighter Mohan

Das Karam Chand Gandhi by the students of grade 10 E. Students staged a Skit portraying one incidents of

Gandhi‟s life that was really inspirational for all the students. Master Nabhan delivered a thought provoking

speech on „Gandhi‟s struggle for freedom‟.

GANDHI JAYANTHI

VALEDICTORY FUNCTION

Apart from education, you need good health, and for that, you need to play sports.

Kapil Dev

Sports Valedictory function was organized on January 18, 2018 to honour our sports champs. Many sports

activities were initiated for the students to develop sportsmanship among them in the form of Inter House

Competitions. The day was marked to honour our students who have come up in Intra School as well as

Inter School Sports Competitions. This moment enlivened the children and filled the air with cheers and

applauses. The winners were given away medals and certificates.

Our school organized a competition for designing the cover page of our school diary for the next academic

year 2018-19.Students from grades VIII-XII participated in the competition. Our motto behind this competi-

tion was to develop the creativity, graphic designing skill and artistic talents of our ardent and tech-savvy

students. All the participants displayed their innovative ideas and all were vying to be placed first. This

competition encouraged the students to adopt innovative techniques and develop their ideas and skills.

The winner of this contest was Master Saif Siddique from VIII F.

DESIGN A COVER PAGE

COMPETITIONS

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DEBATE

YIS has set the benchmark for conducting activities in such a way that the students not only enjoy but also learn a great

deal from it. Keeping the same perspective in view, the English Department organized a debate competition for the stu-

dents of class IX to XII on 20/11/2017 to motivate the students to overcome their stage fear and to showcase their tal-

ents. The following topics were outlined for the discourse:

1.Does technology make us more alone?

2. Are security cameras an invasion of our privacy?

3. Can we wipe out corruption and bribery from our country?

4.How far is competition necessary in regards to learning process?

The representatives of the various houses spoke vehemently on the topics and came up with their perspective regarding

the same. They cited reasons and supported them with suitable real life examples to justify their stand. The highlight of

the debate was the rebuttal round. Every debater was cheered and clapped up for their pleasing presentation and sharp

arguments.

The judges for the day, Mr. Sanjay Kharate and Mr.Rashid Hasan were deeply engrossed in the ideas of the students.

Speaking on the occasion the judges praised the school management and the Principal Mrs.Aasima Saleem for providing

the opportunity to conduct the competition and appreciated the participants for their debating skills.

The students of grades IX to XII, who were the audience to the show thoroughly enjoyed the event.

General Knowledge or General Awareness is all about being updated about general facts in a wide range or awareness

about past and present events held around the world.

Social Science department conducted the quiz competition on 30th January, 2018 for the students of grades V to XII. It

was conducted in 2 phases, toppers from the first phase were divided into five teams for the finals.

Children enjoyed being a part of the competition and they also got the opportunity to know about the facts which they

were not aware of. There were few current affair questions as well that encouraged the students to be aware and updated

with daily news. Our students Master Anirudh Babu and Master Bijo John participated in cluster meet Quiz Competi-

tion hosted by International Indian School, Riyadh and brought laurels to our school.

QUIZ

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YIS hosted “Open House” for the parents as well as the students on November 18, 2017.The event provided

an opportunity for the parents to align them to Yara Family and to observe growth and development of their

wards in academics and co-curricular activities. The event had a number of programmes which entertained the

parents‟. Boys section put up a galaxy of cultural activities like English Poem Recitation, English Elocution,

Kavi Sammelan and Urdu Mushaira, Malayalam Group Song, Arabic Group Song, Mime, Skit etc. which

mesmerized the audience. The Department of Social Science exhibited a photo Gallery that was appreciated

by the visitors. Parents enjoyed different types of regional dishes in food corner as well.

OPEN HOUSE 2017

FAREWELL

This Year‟s farewell function holds its unique place in the history of our institution as the first batch of Grade

XII was bid farewell along with Grade X. The event was organized by Grade IX and XI students collectively

to bid farewell to our outgoing students.

The highlight of the function was the powerful and eloquent speeches delivered by some of our outgoing stu-

dents who expressed their love and gratitude towards school and teachers.

Our honorable Principal Mrs. Aasima Saleem delivered a thought provoking speech on the occasion and urged

the outgoing students to imbibe moral values, to be strong and face the world and not to stop their education

process throughout their life.

Excellence awards were presented to the outgoing students in three categories, “Sports and Games Excellence

Award” was bagged by Master Riyan Nadresh of Grade X and Master Naseeruddin of Grade XII. The

“Excellence Award for Creativity” was bestowed upon Master Naveen Sunil Kumar of Grade X and Master

Abin Baby Samuel of XII. The prestigious “Best Outgoing Student Award” was given away to Master Bijo

John of grade X and Master Shibil Nasser Palavilla of grade XII.

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SPORTS

NSTSE

Unlike regular tests which try only to find out how much a child knows (or has memorized), NSTSE measures

how well a student has understood the concepts and gives detailed feedback so that immediate action can be

taken to correct the aberration and pave a path for improvement.

So to provide valuable and detailed diagnostic reports for specific improvement and further development of

our students „National Level Science Talent Search Examination‟ (NSTSE) was conducted in our school on

24th January 2018. We encouraged our students to participate in the exam as well as provided them enrich-

ment classes. With their talent, hard work and proper guidance our students came out with flying colours.

Three of our students have brought laurels for the school. Master Bijo John (class X) has secured 86th rank of

the top 100 National Achievers of class X, Master Naveen S Kumar (class X ) has got 3rd rank of the class X

across all countries excluding India and Master Anirudh Babu (class XI PCB) has secured 2nd rank of class

XI across all countries excluding India.

Parent -Teacher Meetings were conducted on 14th Oct.2017 and 10th Feb.2018 to create a common plat-

form, where teachers and parents come together to enrich the students‟ educational experiences and discuss

variety of issues, regarding the all-round development of the students. In PTM, the parents were given feed-

back on their wards‟ performance in periodic tests and during classroom activities.

It was a great interaction between the teachers and the parents for the development of their children where

they discussed both the strengths and the area of improvement. In this session, we have initiated ILP( Individ-

ual Learning Programme) for the low performing students to help them in their subjects individually. We also

had some interactive sessions under the supervision of the Principal with the parents to seek their cooperation

for the betterment of their wards. We take this opportunity to whole heartedly thank our parent fraternity for

their kind support and encouragement.

OLYMPIAD

PARENTS TEACHERS MEETING

CLUSTER MEET

CBSE Gulf Olympiad 2017-18 (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Accountancy)

"The mind grows by what it feeds on". YIS has been striving to train students and achieve excellence. In this

pursuit of ours, the school is providing extra coaching classes to prepare students to excel in various competi-

tive exams at National and International levels.

The students are provided with complete study material & assignments. Master Bijo John (class X), Master

Mohamed Jafin (class XI) and Master Shibil Nasser (class XII) brought laurels to the school in Maths and

Chemistry Olympiads and distinguished themselves.

Students of Yara International School have made all of us proud with their stupendous performance in the

XXVII Cluster Meet 2017 held at Dammam & Jubail. Our promising students won the admiration of one

and all with their energetic spirit. Our Senior Secondary Students brought laurels in different categories. They

bagged Five Bronze Medals in 4x400 M Relay Race. Silver Medalin Long Jump and Bronze in (400M under

19 Boys) were bestowed upon Master Naseeruddin K.N( Class XII). Our Principal Mrs. Aasima Saleem con-

gratulated the winners and motivated them to do the best in future Sports Events.

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The session was organized on December 15, 2017 for grade IX, X and XII students along with their parents to

impart information on their future career planning and Higher Education by BIT, Mesra ( Birla Institute of

Technology).

They were provided all the required details related to the Institute, Admission Procedure and fee structure by

Mr. Jayanthi Kumar, Senior Manager, Admissions and Students Services (BIT).

HIGHER EDUCATION CAREER GUIDANCE FOR GRADE IX, XI AND XII

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

In Service Teacher Development Programmes gives a platform to address some academic issues, challenges,

problems and doubts that support the stake holders to get deeper understanding on various subjects and con-

cepts. In pursuit of this, YIS has always been organizing In-House Training Programmes and workshops to

enhance the level of competence, commitment and performance of teachers.

A number of workshops were conducted on March 10, 2018 in the school by the various departments. English

Department conducted workshop on "Effective Communication Skills for English Teachers” and “Effective

Teaching and Learning Techniques."

Hindi Department laid emphasis on "Shabd Kosh ka Vikas Kaise Karein" (How to Develop Vocabulary).

Science Department had a session on "Classroom Management Skills" and Social Science Department con-

ducted the session on "Teaching Social Science a Challenge" .

Counselling session was scheduled for Grade X and XII students by Dr. Abdussalam on December 3,2017 in

the school auditorium. The Resource Person resolved doubts of students related to their exams. Students were

given some tips to cope up with Examination Stress, Time Management, Marks Oriented Study and How to

secure higher marks. After the session, the students felt more confident and motivated. The event was marked

as a huge success. In house counselling to face examinations was also conducted by Mr. Venugopal Reddy,

faculty of Maths, on 17th December, 2017.

COUNSELLING

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As we all know that competitive sports activities help to teach teamwork which translates into selflessness,

cooperation and better communication skills. The structure of game fosters important life skills, such as lead-

ership, goal-setting and time-management skills. Moreover, when children go together to a particular field

trip, it gives them a choice to socialize with each other. So to ensure the holistic development of the students,

YIS organized a field trip to Via Court Academy, Riyadh on 28th December,2017.All the students enjoyed the

field trip with great enthusiasm.

FIELD TRIP

Editorial Board:

Vice Principal: Mr.Anandan Sebastian

Staff Editors: Mr. Rashid Hasan and Mr. Sanjay N. Kharate

Design and Layout : Mr. Madar Abdul Rahman

An Industrial Visit was carried out at Scheinder-Electric on October 19,2017 by the commerce Department

for the students of Grade XI-XII. Students were taken to the venue accompanied with faculty of commerce

and the Vice Principal.

As per the guidance of CBSE Board, the visit was organized to make the students familiar with various activ-

ities that are carried out within the company. Our Students observed all sorts of activities very closely and

understood theoretical concepts and their real life applications.

INDUSTRIAL VISIT FOR COMMERCE STUDENTS

Indeed the plethora of events and activities organized by Y.I.S made the academic year 2017-18 a memorable

one. Students exhibited their excellence in curricular and co-curricular activities. We wish our students all the

best for their ensuing exams. We encourage parents and guardians to continue supporting their children as

their support and guidance is very important for their success.

May God bless you as you help us to nurture and train the children the way they should go. They will ever

remain grateful to you as they tow the right path.

CONCLUSION