INTRODUCTION

Dear Readers,

Sapphire International School is proud to share its school events

and activities with you and hope you enjoy our journey with our

newsletter. We are delighted to showcase our events and activities and

we feel that our newsletter reflects the exciting developments that are

taking place in our school.

The past months have been very eventful with various events and

students representing our school in different educational programmes.

A multitude of opportunities to mould the plethora of talent – this

is what this educational institute attempts to strive for and has

successfully been doing in the recent past. Co-curricular activities are

considered the most important component of an efficient and effective

educational system and we at SIS do realize the significance of putting

before our students ample space in the curriculum to grow academically

and also to exploit their latent talents and learn from one another.

Working on the same principle, SIS Ranchi organized RENDEZVOUS –

an Inter School Meet for the fourth consecutive year. The most awaited

date in the calendar of Sapphire International School, Ranchi – 12th

August 2016, was the day when the prestigious interschool competition,

‘Rendezvous’, for schools across Ranchi, Jharkhand was declared open.

The day began with a grand opening ceremony. It commenced with a

welcome speech and a mesmerizing dance performance. To grace this

occasion we had amongst us, Dr. Harish Sankrityayan, Chairman of The

World Buddha Foundation & t Co-operative Society of Ranchi, Dr. Hari

Narayan Chaturvadi, better known as Dr. Harish Sankrityayan, is the

founder of the The World Buddha Foundation.

Many distinguished schools from all over Ranchi, Jharkhand

participated in the event. These competitions were organized to identify

the talents of the participants in various fields including fine art, oratory

skills, performing arts, quiz, webpage designing, sports, the list is

endless. The event culminated with the Grandparents’ Day Celebration

on 15th

August. It was a special day for all those who attended the

programme, as the children of SIS & HAPPY FEET entertained their

grandparents with songs, skits, dances and poems. It also gave us a

chance to interact with an age group that is most often overlooked.

To grace the occasion we had with us our Chief Guest, Shrimati Sushma

Sinha, Head of Public Relations at Cyber Peace Foundation which works

on Cyber Safety. She also gave away the prizes to the winners of

‘Rendezvous’. Then it was time for Sapphire International School to

declare the much awaited results. SAPPHIRE INTERNATIONAl

SCHOOL won the Rendezvous Trophy; Surendranath Centenary School

was the 1st Runner Up, while the 2nd Runner Up trophy went to

KAIRALI SCHOOL. It was a very successful event, indeed, and we

look forward to many more.

Finally, we take this opportunity to wish each and every student of

our school, all the best for their forthcoming Final Exams.

Our school newsletter is a great way to build a learning community

and keep parents informed about all the happenings organized inside the

campus as well upcoming events.

We would appreciate your suggestions and feedback on the same

to make our Newsletter better and further enriched.

EVENTS - 2016

HMUN (HARVARD MODEL UNITED

NATIONS, INDIA) – 2016

The sixth session of HARVARD Model United Nations India was held at the

Hyderabad International Convention Centre from Friday, August 12th

to Monday,

August 15th, 2016.

The HARVARD Model United Nations, which is headquartered at Boston, U.S.

A., seeks to bring together motivated and talented delegates from all corners of the

world and provides a forum for meaningful debate on issues significant to the

international community. Ten students of SIS had the opportunity to participate in

the session as SIS was among the chosen 350 schools.

The session was attended by eminent spokespersons like Mr. Vikas Swarup (Joint

Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs) Mr. Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog,

Government of India) & Prof. Rahul Chopra (Associate Professor, Environmental

Science, Flame University)

The students of SIS spoke at different occasions and were appreciated by the

Chairman of the committee. Considerable importance was given to the

recommendations of our students during the final resolution paper.

Taking part in this HARVARD Model United Nations India is a great

accomplishment for the school and also for the students.

IIMUN (Sapphire Triumph at the Model

United Nations Conference, New York)

Having established supremacy in the IIMUN East Zone, 8 students of Sapphire

International School (Surangama Tirkey, Mohini Dewalla, Chitrolekha Ghosh,

Manas Adukia, Riya Sharma, Arisia Sahu, Debagini Bera and Vedant Taneja)

made their institution proud at the United Nations Headquarters in New York as

well. Over 250 students participated from the USA, Bahrain and India in the Model

United Nations Conference. The rare accolade of the “Best Delegate for

International Press” awarded to Ms. Surangama Tirkey was the highlight of the

Sapphire representation. Held between August 15 and 17, 2016, this session

provided the extraordinary opportunity for Sapphire students to participate in a

debate akin to the actual UN General Assembly deliberations. Besides this rare

exposure to global diplomacy, the students listened to the speeches of Mr. Kaushik

Basu, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist, World Bank, and that of Mr.

Syed Akhbaruddin, India‟s permanent representative to the UN.

Sapphire International School congratulates its students on their stupendous

success. The school is very keen that its students receive the best exposure to world

affairs to instill in them the importance of global citizenry.

Teacher’s Day Celebration

India has been celebrating “Teachers' Day” on 5th of September as a symbol of

tribute and honour to the contribution made by teachers to the society. Accorded

due respect in the society, teachers have played an important role in the overall

development of a person. They are capable of influencing and moulding a student's

life positively.

On the occasion of Teacher's Day„, a special celebration was conducted by

Sapphire International School to honour Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and to

encourage the contribution of teachers to the society. Various cultural programmes

and activities were organized for the teachers by the students and “Teacher„s Day”

at the school campus was celebrated with full zeal and enthusiasm.

Book Fair 2016

The motive of this book fair was to inculcate „reading‟ as a habit among students

as well as to encourage teachers‟ research related work, besides making quality

books easily available within Sapphire Premises.

The fair attracted Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd. National Book Trust, India, and

Parragon Publishing in collaboration with Crosswords (A renowned Book Shop of

Ranchi City).

We can genuinely claim that the book fair was eminently successful at SIS Ranchi:

we hope to repeat this kind of event to generate love of books among students.

11th

DOX Inter-School Co-curricular Competition

An Inter-School Co-curricular Competition was organized by „DOX‟, the Alumni

Association of St. Xavier‟s School, Ranchi on 30th August, 2016. Students from

around 25 schools, across Ranchi, participated in the various co-curricular events

like, Debate, Extempore, Elocution, Story Writing, Rangoli, Ad-making, Dance,

etc.

Students from Sapphire International School participated enthusiastically in all the

events. Palak Nand of V (A), was awarded the 3rd position in English Story

Telling Competition, Maanavi Makhija of VIII(B) bagged the 3rd position in Hindi

Extempore and Anish Kandir of IX(B) bagged the 3rd position in Ad-Making. The

school commends the students for participating and winning in such events.

CAREER COUNSELING PROGRAMME

A Career Counseling Programme was conducted at Sapphire International School

on 24th September, 2016 by Damini Jain Modi of IDC (iDreamCareer.com). The

programme was attended by students of class VI, VII & VIII. The students were

counseled on how to choose the right stream and career and make their own

identity.

TSA WORKSHOP

Ms. Anupama Singh, a senior academic for English Language, under Trinity

College, London conducted a workshop to train the primary teachers on Trinity

Stars Young Performers in English Award. The felicitator demonstrated various

classroom techniques, like - Interactive Story Telling, TPR (Total Physical

Response) Games, Show and Tell, Visual Stimulus, Triple A and Prop Story, to

elicit correct language.

Sapphire International School has been chosen by the Trinity Examination Centre

to conduct the Trinity Stars Young Performers in English Award.

SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS EXHIBITION

Under the able guidance of the teachers and the inspiration of the Principal, Mr.

Dhruba Das – a Science & Mathematics exhibition was organized at Sapphire

International School, Ranchi on 6th October, 2016. The honourable Chief Guest,

Dr. Sridhar Gautam, a senior scientist at ICAR, declared the exhibition open.

Students of class II to XI took part in the exhibition. They made and demonstrated

exceptional models of Thermal, Hydro & Solar Power Plants, Balloon Powered

Car, ATM, Curiosity Range Rover, Toll Tax Barrier, RMS Titanic and Various

Math Puzzles & Games, under the guidance of the teachers.

The guests appreciated the work done by the students and encouraged them to be

more creative and innovative.

Halloween Party

Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death,

Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated

with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and

wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts.

On 27.11.2016 our school organized a Halloween Party with a huge Bonfire to

boot. Students, Teachers and Staff enjoyed themselves a lot. All the students

participated in the event with full enthusiasm; they were looking great in their

makeup; they danced and had their types of snacks while the music went on. The

Principal was also present during the event and participated in the Halloween

bonfire party. These types of events make students happy and also bring them

closer to their teachers. The event was wonderful and quite a success.

Community Picnic for In-house Students

On 13th

November 2016, Sapphire International School organized a picnic for all

the hostellers. At 11:00 a.m., all the in-house teachers and the students gathered in

the football ground which was very well arranged and music was on. Students and

teachers were divided into 6 different groups and different teachers were allotted to

different groups to guide the students.

There was a Chaat-competition held among all the groups, for which raw materials

and utensils were provided to all the groups to prepare the chaat. The judges tasted

chaat-preparations for all the 6 groups and then announced the 1st, 2

nd & 3

rd prizes.

Students danced, played and enjoyed a lot, then lunch was served by the school

mess there on the football ground. Our Principal Mr. Dhruba Das , Vice Principal

Mrs. Madhumita Banerjee , H.O.E. Mr. B.S. Mallik and all the teachers as well as

the students had their lunch together. Under the guidance and supervision of all the

teachers, the Community Picnic was really great fun.

SST Exhibition 2016

Sapphire International School organized its 4th Social Science exhibition on

4.12.2016. The teachers of the Social Science Department along with the students

of classes II to XI worked very hard to create the exhibits. It may be noted that all

the exhibits were prepared by the students in school under the guidance of their

teachers and no professional help was taken by the students.

The Chief Guest for the event was Dr. Gaurav Manohar Marathe, Assistant

Professor of Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management at the

Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi. Dr. Marathe interacted with the students

and motivated them with his inspiring words. The Principal, Mr. Dhruba Das

appreciated the efforts made by the students and the teachers; he made an

announcement as well that a special commendation certificate would be awarded

for all outstanding exhibits.

SPORTS ACTIVITIES & TOURNAMENTS

CBSE East Zone Swimming Competition

The CBSE East Zone Swimming Competition was held at Taurian World School,

Ranchi, from 23rd to 25th September, 2016.

Eleven Swimmers from Sapphire International School participated in the

competition and all of them performed well. Maanvi Makhija dominated the pool

and won the Gold Medal in 50 mts. backstroke and the Silver Medal in 50 mts. free

style. It is a great honour for the school that she has been selected for the CBSE

National Swimming Competition.

2nd Ranchi Shooting Championship 2016

The 2nd Ranchi shooting championship 2016 was organized by Jharkhand State

Rifle Association and was held at Vikas Vidyalaya from 19.08.2016 to 21.08.2016.

The total no. of participants was 150 (boys and Girls).

RESULT:

10 mtr peep side Rifle youth (Men)

Chayan Kumar Gupta - 3rd

10 mtr peep side Rifle Youth (Women)

Mamta Kumari - 1st

Neha Kumari - 2nd

10 mtr Open side Junior (Men)

Adarsh Kumar - 6th

10 mtr Peep side Junior (Men)

Chayan Kumar Gupta - 3rd

10 mtr peep side Junior (Women)

Mamta Kumari - 1st

Neha Kumari - 2nd

10 mtr peep side Senior (Men)

Chayan Kumar Gupta - 3rd

10 mtr peep side Senior (Women)

Mamta Kumari - 1st

Neha Kumari - 2nd

3rd Jharkhand State Squash Championship, 2016

The 3rd Jharkhand State Squash Championship, 2016 was conducted from 15

th

October to 16th October at Sapphire Indoor Stadium in Sapphire International

School, Ranchi. It was conducted on a knock-out basis. 150 students from 6

Districts (Ramgarh, Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Khunti and Ranchi)

participated in this competition. The match was conducted smoothly without any

injury being incurred by anybody, under the sound guidance of the Principal Mr.

Dhruba Das, Vice Principal Ms. Madhumita Banerjee, H.O.D. (PHE) Mr.

Mahendra Pandey & Squash the Coach Mr. Ashish Kr. Banerji.

The Following Students bagged GOLD/SILVER/BRONZE Medals in the 3rd

Jharkhand State Squash Championship, 2016:

GOLD: SILVER: BRONZE:

Janvi Poddar Sumeir Singh Ayush Kumar

Manas Adukia Vedant Taneja

Tanay Bajaj

Shuruti Sarogi

CBSE East Zone & Far-East Zone Rifle

Shooting Competition 2016

The CBSE East Zone & Far-East Zone Rifle Shooting Competition 2016 was held

at SIS SHOOTING RANGE from 22.10.2016 to 26.10.2016. A total of 7 students

represented Sapphire International School, from which 5 students ( Saurav Singh

IX B, Rishav Ranjan IX B, Chayan Gupta IX C , Mamta Kumari IX B and Anurag

Kumar VIII A) were selected to represent the school at the CBSE National Rifle

Shooting Competition to be held at SUN BEAM ACADEMY VARANASI (U.P.)

from 25th November to 8th December, 2016. A total of 41 students from 16

schools of the East Zone & the Far East Zone participated in the CBSE East Zone

& Far East Zone Rifle Shooting Competition 2016. Our Principal Mr. Dhruba Das,

Vice Principal Mrs . Madhumita Banerjee, and Rifle Shooting Coach Mr. Manik

Kumar have always encouraged and inspired the Rifle Shooters to excel in their

performance.

CBSE Lawn Tennis Cluster Meet 2016

We are very glad to inform one and all that a total of four students ( Kushal Goyal

IX C , Harshit Aditya IX C ,Mohini Dewella XII Arts, Ishita Priyadarshini VII

Std.) from Sapphire International School participated in the CBSE Lawn Tennis

Cluster Meet, 2016, held at DAV Public School, Bhubaneshwar from 30th

September to 2nd October 2016. The boys reached up to the Pre-Quarter stage and

the girls reached up to the Semifinal and tried to put up an excellent performance

with sincere effort.

CBSE East Zone & Far East Zone Chess

Competition 2016

The CBSE East Zone Chess Competition 2016 was organized at Sapphire

International School, Ranchi from 22nd

October to 26th October, 2016.

A total of 328 students from 31 schools of East Zone participated in the

competition and our students exhibited a scintillating performance and proved their

latent talent. Under 19 girls (Shruti Pandey, Utkarshita Verma, Maanavi Makhija

and Shruti Saraogi) gave their best performance and scored the 4th

position,

missing the mark by just one point for being selected at the Nationals.

CBSE Basketball Cluster Meet, 2016

We are very pleased to inform that a total of nine students ( Ankit Raj IX A,

Kishlay Vats IX A, Ritesh Bharti IX B, Shreyash Bhardwaj IX C, Mielek Tathagat

IX C, Aditya Kumar IX B, Adarsh Rupam IX B, Harsh Kumar Choudhary, X C

and Siddharth Pandey X C) from Sapphire International School participated in the

CBSE Cluster III Basketball Tournament, 2016, organized at MGM HS School,

Bokaro Steel City, from 16th

November to 18th November 2016. Our students

proved their potential and talent in the tournament by winning some matches

Academic Competition 2016 – 2017

Education acquired through rote memory is of little use if children are not

competent to apply the knowledge gained by them. However it is difficult to apply

the knowledge in the empirical world until it has been tested and validated.

Sapphire International School, has always striven to create opportunities for its

students, so that the children can get hands-on experience and can learn by

performing various activities. With this end in view, the school has initiated

Academic Competitions, where children can put their knowledge to test and gain

meaningful insights. Different topics for different subjects & for different

competitions are mentioned below:

ENGLISH: Activity Schedule

DATE EVENT CLASS

18-07-16 Paragraph Writing II

18-07-16 Extempore III to VIII

19-07-16 Picture Reading II to V

19-07-16 Story Writing VI to VIII

20-07-16 Elocution IV & V

21-07-16 Group Discussion IX

22-07-16 Debate VI to X

25-07-16 Declamation X

SOCIAL SCIENCE: Activity Schedule

Class Activity Date

II

Word Search where children will try to find out how much

they know about the clothes they wear. 20.6.16

III

Quiz on the topics “Playing is Fun” and “Plants around us”. 20.6.16

IV

Vocabulary test on the topic 'Photosynthesis'. 24.6.16

V

Crossword puzzle on the topic 'Circulatory System'. 22.6.16

VI

Poster Making Competition on the topic „Understanding

Diversity‟. 21.6.16

VII

Speech competition on issues of 'Social Inequality'.

VII A - 23.6.16

VII B - 22.6.16

VIII

Poster Designing on the topic 'Population Explosion'. 21.6.16

IX A

Essay writing competition on the topics:

a) Refugees- Where will they go?

Or

b) Role of Students in Shaping Public Opinion.

22.6.16

IX B/C

Quiz competition based on the S. St syllabus for FA II. 22.6.16

X

DEBATE on the topics:

1. Should Supreme Court members be elected by the

27.6.16

people instead of the government?

2. Should the practice of physician-assisted suicide be

allowed?

3. Is it a good policy for schools to ban the sale of soft

drinks and other junk foods in order to promote better

eating habits?

4. As a means to preventing terrorist activity will you

allow the government to have access to your e-mail

account and other personal information?

5. Does the internet cause more harm than good?

6. FDI in retail- will it really affect the farmers of India?

7. Depreciation of the Indian rupee has only negative

impact on the economy?

8. US war on Iraq – justified or not.

HINDI: Activity Schedule

Name of the Competition Date Class

Hindi Day 14.09.2016 -

Hindi Calligraphy 26.09.2016 II to VIII

Hindi Model Reading 27.09.2016 II to VIII

Hindi Story Telling 28.09.2016 II to V

Hindi Poem Composition 28.09.2016 VI to VIII

Hindi Poem Recitation 29.09.2016 II to V

Hindi Speech 30.09.2016 IV to VIII

Hindi Dictation(Words) 03.09.2016 II to VIII

Hindi Essay Writing 04.09.2016 IV to VIII

SCIENCE: Activity Schedule

MATH: Activity Schedule

The Math Academic competitions will be held between 18.01.2017 to 25.01.2017

and will be conducted class wise. We urge our parents to guide their wards so that

they can participate enthusiastically as participation in the competition will be

mandatory. The topics for the competition and the tentative dates are mentioned

below:

Date of competition Subject Class Section

22.8.16 On the spot diagram

making X B and C

23.8.16 Quiz IX A,B,C

24.8.16 Scientific Extempore VIII A,B

26.8.16 Scientific chart paper

work VII A,B

27.8.16 Model making VI A,B

29.6.16

V : Cross word

IV : Word Search

V

IV

A,B

A,B

DATE NAME OF THE COMPETITION CLASS

18-01-17 Seminar X

19-01-17 M.C.Q. IX

20-01-17 Geometric shapes VIII

21-01-17 Quiz VII

20-07-16 Quiz VI

21-07-16 Areas V

22-07-16 Extempore III

25-07-16 2-D Shapes II