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Dear Parents, Greetings from Hill Spring International School! Welcome to our first “Springtimes” edition for this Academic Year. “Back to School” was very exciting with the declaration of our outstanding IBDP (Gr 12) results wherein all 47 students were awarded the prestigious diploma with the topper scoring a full 45 points. The average score for this batch was 39 out of 45. This was soon followed by the IGCSE (Gr 10) results in August with 39 students securing an International Certificate of Education (ICE) distinction certificate and only 1 student securing the ICE merit certificate. In June 2019, 24 students and 2 teachers went on a French Language Student - Teacher exchange programme to Bretagne, Annecy and of course Paris. I am also privileged and proud to share with you the outstanding success we had had where 39 students comprising of 5 Junior and 8 Senior teams participated at the World Scholar's Cup 2019 - Global Round at the Hague - Netherlands. In the Junior category, one of our HSI teams won the first place in the Global round and one of the teams in the Senior category won the second place in South Asia. All our 13 teams qualified to compete in November 2019 at the Tournament of Champions in Yale, USA. With much enthusiasm and a pertinent message the Independence Day Assembly was staged by Gr 11 for the whole school. The other events celebrated were Janmashtami, Teachers' Day, the Senior School English Elocution Extempore Competition & Gandhi Jayanti followed by our mega Middle & Senior School event “EXPRESSIONS”. Looking forward to many more prestigious awards in this Academic Year and beyond. Warm regards, Nalini Pinto Newsletter NOTE FROM PRINCIPAL’S DESK September 2019 - Issue No. 1: 2019-20 E-Edition - www.hsieducation.org Hill Spring International School is a registered Cambridge International School

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Dear Parents,

Greetings from Hil l Spring International School!

Welcome to our first “Springtimes” edition for this Academic

Year.

“Back to School” was very exciting with the declaration of

our outstanding IBDP (Gr 12) results wherein all 47 students

were awarded the prestigious diploma with the topper

scoring a full 45 points. The average score for this batch was

39 out of 45.

This was soon followed by the IGCSE (Gr 10) results in August

with 39 students securing an International Certificate of

Education (ICE) distinction certificate and only 1 student

securing the ICE merit certificate.

In June 2019, 24 students and 2 teachers went on a French

Language Student - Teacher exchange programme to

Bretagne, Annecy and of course Paris.

I am also privileged and proud to share with you the

outstanding success we had had where 39 students

comprising of 5 Junior and 8 Senior teams participated at the

World Scholar's Cup 2019 - Global Round at the Hague -

Netherlands. In the Junior category, one of our HSI teams

won the first place in the Global round and one of the teams

in the Senior category won the second place in South Asia. All

our 13 teams qualified to compete in November 2019 at the

Tournament of Champions in Yale, USA.

With much enthusiasm and a pertinent message the

Independence Day Assembly was staged by Gr 11 for the

whole school. The other events celebrated were

Janmashtami, Teachers' Day, the Senior School English

Elocution Extempore Competition & Gandhi Jayanti

followed by our mega Middle & Senior School event

“EXPRESSIONS”.

Looking forward to many more prestigious awards in this

Academic Year and beyond.

Warm regards,

Nalini Pinto

Newsletter

NOTE FROM PRINCIPAL’S DESK

September 2019 - Issue No. 1: 2019-20 E-Edition - www.hsieducation.org

Hill Spring International School is a registered Cambridge International School

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perfomed at the Seniors

Scholar’s Show. All students and teams

performed commendably to win top

ranks in the Debates, Quizzes and Essay

writing in the Individual and Team events

that comprise this immensely challenging

and stimulating academic tournament.

The entire Hill Spring delegation of 39

junior and senior scholars has qualified for

the Yale Tournament of Champions in

November 2019 to compete with the

qualifiers from the other six global rounds

Rank 1 - Anaya Sheth, Uddant Patodia,

Shreya Tandon

Rank 24 -

Rank 36 -

Rank 92 - Soham Doshi, Arhant Jajodia,

Anushka Sonawala

Jahnavi Choraria, Tarvin Arora and

Sidhant Sharma

JUNIORS DIVISION :

Mehek Vora, Aadit Zaveri, Krishaanu

Kapadia

Aashi Bagaria, Nitya Doshi, Hrishika

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TOP WSC LAURELS FOR HILL SPRING

SCHOLARS - THE HAGUE GLOBAL ROUND

Hill Spring International School furthered

its robust and credible presence at the

2019 The Hague Global Round (July 21-

26) of the World Scholar’s Cup among

1900 scholars from 51 countries.

Towering over them, the School’s junior

team of

emerged victorious

with the 1st Junior championship world

team rank at this Global Round.

The senior team of

achieved the

23rd global rank and the 2nd South Asia

rank. Grade 8 student and

Grade 12 student emerged

as the top School scholars with global

ranks of 6 and 9 respectively. The senior

team of

emerged as the

top ranking Collaborative Writing Team

at this Global Round. Another honour

was that carried the Indian

flag in the closing ceremony

representing all Indian schools.

Anaya Sheth, Uddant Patodia

and Shreya Tandon

Yug Goradia, Jahnavi

Choraria and Jash Parekh

Anaya Sheth

Yug Goradia

Kiara Wassoodew, Raina Talwar

Bhatia and Maahin Jain

Anaya Sheth

World Scholars Club

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Overall Championship

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Rank 1 - Anaya Sheth, Uddant Patodia,

Shreya Tandon

Rank 3 - Mehek Vora, Aadit Zaveri, Krishaanu

Kapadia

Rank 5 - Aashi Bagaria, Nitya Doshi, Hrishika

Shah

Rank 10 - Soham Doshi, Anushka Sonawala,

Arhant Jajodia

Rank 6 - Anaya Sheth

Rank 23 - Mehek Vora

Rank 51 - Uddant Patodia

Rank 56 - Aashi Bagaria

Rank 73 - Shllok Rawat

Rank 88 - Krishaanu Kapadia

SENIOR DIVISION

Rank 23 - Yug Goradia, Jahnavi Choraria,

Jash Parekh

Rank 29 - Sidhant Sharma, Jash Shah, Prakhar

Goel

Rank 44 - Ananya Vora, Ananya Kalantri,

Zahra Hamdulay

Rank 53 - Aalia Jagwani, Harshvardhan

Zaveri, Siddh Mehta

Rank 54 - Kiara Wassoodew, Maahin Jain,

Raina Talwar Bhatia

Rank 59 - Gigi Pandole, Agastya Bahl, Ananya

Rathi

Rank 69 - Vansh Shah, Tiana Pandole, Tarvin

Kaur Arora

Rank 73 - Devarya Shah, Nysa Adurkar, Aryan

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REGION-WISE CHAMPION TEAMS:

SOUTH ASIA

Overall Champion Scholars

Overall Champion Scholars

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Rank 2 - Yug Goradia, Jahnavi Choraria, Jash

Parekh

Rank 5 - Sidhant Sharma, Prakhar Goel, Jash

Shah

Rank 8 - Ananya Vora, Ananya Kalantri,

Zahra Hamdulay

Rank 9 - Yug Goradia

Rank 44 - Harshvardhan Zaveri

Rank 45 - Ananya Rathi

Rank 47 - Sidhant Sharma

Rank 50 - Aalia Jagwani

Rank 52 - Kiara Wassoodew

Rank 68 - Prakhar Goel

Rank 71 – Raina Talwar Bhatia

Rank 75 - Jahnavi Choraria

Rank 91 - Siddh Mehta

Rank 95 - Ananya Vora

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SOUTH ASIA

Overall Champion Scholars

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HMUN, India

HMUN delegation4

state sovereignty in South East Asia,

prevention of nuclear disasters and the

Sino Indian border dispute. The

delegation earned 8 well deserved

awards:

Best Delegate in ASEAN

Best Delegate in IMF

Outstanding Delegate in

UNHCR

Outstanding delegates in UNSC

Honorable Mention in DISEC

Honorable Mention in UNDP

Diplomatic

Commendation in SPECPOL

Vansh Shah:

Aryan Shah:

Jash Shah:

Siya Bhansali and Tisha Jhaveri:

Karan Vora:

Maahin Jain:

Tarvin Kaur Arora:

19 students from Grade 9 -11 attended

from

15th – 18th August. Jash Parekh of

Grade 12 served as an Asst. Director in

the UNHCR. The Harvard Secretariat

repeatedly emphasized the need for

“kind and compassionate” delegates

who succeeded in convincing others

and forming blocs without any

aggression or bullying. We are very

proud of the HSI delegates who steered

their way through tricky situations and

potential conflicts in committee with

diplomacy and courtesy. The

delegates debated on various issues

such as the effects of climate change,

economic growth in post colonial

nations, the plight of urban refugees,

HMUN India 2019 in Hyderabad

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BDSMUN, Mumbai

The Hill Spring Delegation to the

over the weekend of

August 30, 31 and September 1, has

emerged with flying colors and much

adulation! The school has been

recognized as The Best Large

Delegation with 15 of the 19 students

winning prestigious awards and the Best

Delegate in the Night Crisis also being

awarded to Jash Shah from Hill Spring

International School. The students

debated on a variety of topics across

the DISEC, the UNHRC, the Lok Sabha,

the Security Council and the ICJ with

topics ranging from conflict and peace

keeping issues to humanitarian ones.

Raina Talwar Bhatia, Jash Parekh, Siddh

Mehta and Aaryan Shah also served on

the Executive Board as Guest Chairs.

The school applauds the efforts of the

delegates and Guest Chairs alike, and

takes great pride in congratulating all

the

BDSMUN 2019

award winners: Jash Shah,

Siya Bhansali, Reeyan Udani,

Abishek Avarrsekar, Devarya Shah,

Vansh Shah, Sidhant Sharma,

Hitansh Doshi, Karan Vora,

Vivaan Sharma, Aadit Zaveri,

Tarvin Arora, Parth Doshi, Mehek Vora,

Tia Mittle.

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Goradia debated from the perspective of

the then Dowager Empress, and the

Historical Security Council in which

Kushaal Patel and Harshvardhan Zaveri

debated as a double delegation.

Another three delegates, namely Aalia

Jagwani, Mriganka Maroo and Jahnavi

Chorarai reported on the conference

through their individual publications in the

Press Corps. The Hill Spring delegation was

well rewarded with winning

the Best Delegate award in the Press

Corps,

winning an Honorable Mention in

the Historical Security Council, and

getting a Verbal Mention in the

Imperial Council.

Aalia Jagwani

Kushaal Patel and Harshvardhan

Zaveri

Yug

Goradia

A delegation from the Hill Spring

International School took part in the

Cathedral Model United Nations

(CMUN) 2019 over the weekend of 23rd,

24th and 25th August. The delegates

debated on some very pertinent topics

in committees like the United Nations

Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the

Special Summit on the Venezuelan

National Crisis, the Emergency Summit

of the International Civil Aviation

Organization: 2001, and the Special

Political and Decolonization Committee.

Some delegates also contested key

historical events and ideas in

committees like the Imperial Council of

the Qing Dynasty: 1895 in which Yug

CMUN, Mumbai

CMUN delegation

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ABMUN, Mumbai

Ten students of Grades 9 and 10

participated in ABMUN 2019,

. Our delegates were

thoroughly engaged in committee as

they debated on topics like China's

debt trap diplomacy, the effect of the

GST and the IL&FS crisis in India, and the

controversy over the Kohinoor diamond:

was it stolen from India or was it gifted

to Britain? Two committees also revisited

the past and had a fresh look at the

Vietnam war, and the tension between

Iran and US following the end of the

Pahlavi dynasty with the fall of the Shah,

and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini. At

the end of the conference Jayden

Dabral commented that it was

“enlightening” to learn from

experienced munners, while Agastya

Bahl described the three days as

“fabulous”! The HSI delegation won

three awards -

were judged as the outstanding

delegates of their committees, while

won an Honourable

Mention award.

the MUN

conference organised by Aditya Birla

World Academy from 20th – 22nd

September

Jash Shah and Prakhar

Goel

Vivaan Sharma

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Grade 12 students of IBDP presented a

at the school

cafeteria. The ensemble wanted the

narrative to be relevant to present day

young Indians, keeping in mind the

students from Grade 1 to 12 were the

target audience.

Themes of patriotism, national pride and

progress embellished the performance

but with a twist. Ideation team member

Pratham Sarvaiya tactfully chose the

historical event of Independent India's

first Prime Minister, Mr. Jawarhal Nehru's

delivering his famous Tryst with Destiny

speech at midnight on 15 August 1947.

Then this real life event was enhanced

with fiction, when the infamous sci-fi time

traveller character of Doctor Who

transports Pandit Nehru from 1947 to

2019 India. The confusing realities of

one-act assembly titled 'V Cycle' on 14

August 2019 to celebrate the 73rd

Independence day

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present day Independent India surprised,

and even appalled the first prime minister.

In order to bring the order back, PM

recalls the unsung hero, Venkayya Pingali,

the man who designed the Indian

National Flag to remind us what the

national tricolor stands for and what the

Ashoka chakra (wheel) in the center

represents. Audience saw these real and

fictional characters come alive on stage,

along with a personified version of the

web search engine Google as one of the

main characters.

In essence, one could say, that the grade

12 students had their own tryst with

destiny when it was decided this year's

Independence assembly will be done by

grade 12 instead of grade 11. Thus, the 26

twelfth graders: enthusiastic, motivated

and wanting to make the most of their

last year at Hill Spring International

grabbed this opportunity together to put

up this one last performance before their

graduation. It was well-received and

much appreciated for its simple yet

intriguing plot line.

Independence Day Celebration

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Senior School English Extempore

Competition

Kushaal Patel’s

first

place in the Grades 11 and 12 category.

Second prize winner Annyaa Patodia

The third place was shared by Aamir

Arsiwala and Aryan Shah.

Fourteen students of Grades 9 -12

participated in the Senior English

Extempore Speech Competition on 28th

August 2019. Addressing an audience

with very little prior preparation can be

extremely daunting, but our finalists rose

to the occasion and spoke with clarity

and confidence displaying winsome

poise on stage.

brilliant and witty speech

on his frenemy Time earned him the

impressed the audience with her views

on whether beauty should be enhanced

by Science and Technology.

English Extempore Competition

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’s passionate speech

on the Climate Crisis won her the

among the competitors from

Grades 9 and 10.

who entertained the audience

with his views on how his life could be

presented on TV. ’s humorous take

on a memorable de-cluttering experience

earned him the The English department congratulates the winners and commends all the

participants for their effort.

Harshita Aggarwal

first

place

The second place went to Sidhant

Sharma

Prakhar Goel

third place.

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choice as teachers let loose and enjoyed

themselves by dressing up in a variety of

costumes. When asked about the

carnival later that day at the assembly, a

resounding majority of the teachers said

they would like to see something similar

next year.

After the carnival, teachers eagerly

awaited the student performances and

they did not disappoint! Students from

the PYP to the IB showcased their talents

and left the teachers spellbound

including one performer from grade 6

who showed off his beat boxing skills

impromptu. Moreover, members of the

Student Council prepared a video to

thank the teachers and compliment the

Teacher’s Day Celebrations

On the 30th of August, we students were

given the opportunity to give back to

the most important people in our

academic lives: our teachers. In the

days leading up to it teachers displayed

their sartorial virtuosity managing

ensembles for Hawaiian Day, Black and

White Day and Twinning. The day began

with a bang as members of the Student

Council and volunteers from Grade 12

put up a carnival for the teachers on the

green patch. The carnival featured a

variety of stalls, such as a photo booth

stall; a minute to win it stall, and food

stalls with delicious samosas, pizzas,

cookies and cakes. The photo booth in

particular proved to be a very popular

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hard work they had put

into their outfits for the

entire week leading up

to Teacher’s Day.

Additionally, teachers

showed off their skills with

a singing and an acting

competition. Ms Palak,

Ms Sayali, Madame

Sangeeta and Sherwyn

Sir amazed everyone

with their improvisation

skills and the IB teachers

emerged victorious in

the singing competition.

It was an amazing day

and we hope to have

more Teacher’s Day

Celebrations like this one

in the future!

Raina Talwar Bhatia,

Grade 11

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Janamashtami CelebrationThe festival of Janamashtami was

celebrated with much awaited

excitement and enthusiasm by the entire

school. Our young 'govinda's' danced to

foot tapping music and cheered on for

their friends, who broke the dahi-handi

under the careful supervision of the

teachers.

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flora and fauna in their pristine

environment.

Creativity, skills in problem solving and

collaboration were triggered through

activities like the catapult-building

contest. The Ingredi-Hunt, where students

learned to cook from scratch with organic

ingredients and minimal additives, proved

thoroughly enjoyable to them. And finally,

the Village Immersion programme

sensitised students to the workings, the

rigour and the challenges of rural life

making students appreciate their own

position of privilege and the values of

patience, fortitude, harmony with nature,

to be imbibed.

Thus, the Camp integrated the 3 strands of

CAS namely Creativity, Activity and

Service. Creativity includes exploring the

intuitive child in us. Activity includes

physical discipline leading to a healthy life

style. The Service component calls for an

awareness of the needs of the socially

and economically disadvantaged and

responding to it. The Camp helped

students identify their strengths, explore

new and unfamiliar challenges through

creative learning styles. It further helped

the students to communicate and

collaborate with their peers and become

more sensitive to the economically less

privileged. The Camp helped the students

move out of their comfort zones and

infused a strong group morale within the

class.

Nature Turks CAST away Camp

Grade 11 students from Hill Spring

International School participated in a

CAS camp called the “Nature Turks CAST

away” programme from August 11th to

August 14th, 2019. The camp site was in a

picturesque village called Shahpur, a

two-hour drive from Hyderabad, which

allowed students to enjoy the exquisite

mountains with unique rock formations

en route.

The camp days began with training in

basic camping knowledge such as

navigation, using a compass, rope skills

and bushcraft, where students honed

skills and abilities that they could not in

the city. Then followed the extremely

strenuous activities such as rappelling,

zip-lining and long treks at the Golden

Boulder and the Khilla Ganpur fort

through which students enjoyed nature’s

lovely sights and appreciated the rare

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¡Viva España!

As part of their Spanish Ab Initio course of

the IBDP, 13 students of Grade XI

travelled to Spain from June 2-14, 2019,

accompanied by their teachers, Ms.

Anuya Naik and Ms. Kaushalya Patel. This

trip enabled the students to immerse

themselves in Spanish language and

culture.

CELEI, an institute based in Granada, was

the centre for the students' language

lessons. The frequent interactions in

Spanish, in class and outside, with natives

of the country, have been a tremendous

boost to the students' confidence.

The Spanish lessons were interspersed with

day trips and visits to historical and

cultural sites in different cities: Madrid –

Prado museum, Royal Palace, Santiago

Bernabeu Stadium (Kushaal Patel

motivated all his friends to sing the

anthem of Real Madrid in the stands);

Granada – Alhambra; Córdoba –

Mosque-Cathedral; Nerja – pre-historic

caves; and Toledo – Synagogue and

Cathedral.

714

Spain Trip

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A major highlight of this trip was a

'Tablao de flamenco' which

proved to be an amazing

culmination to the Flamenco

lessons for students. Another

interesting activity was a

scavenger hunt involving the

wonderful and creative graffiti

artwork in the Realejo

neighbourhood of Granada which

allowed for a discussion on various

social issues. HSI students also

thoroughly enjoyed a game of

football against children of a local

school; and incredibly, our kids

won it in a penalty shootout!

Food is a window to any culture

and helps one learn more about

the people of a region. Spanish

gastronomy is varied and colourful,

made of fresh ingredients and

produce, and the students and

teachers had a splendid time

trying various local delicacies like

paella, gazpacho, churros con

chocolate, piononos, assorted

meats and ham, and much more.

Our students' enthusiastic

participation in all the activities

and their zest for learning,

combined with incredible learning

experiences and the amazing

Spanish people, made this an

unforgettable school trip.

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Weaving Histories in Varanasi

The Hindi Students of Grade 9-12

undertook a cultural tour of the historic

city of Varanasi, the oldest living city in

the world and arguably the cradle of

Hindi culture and civilization, from 5th-

7th September.

The students visited several temples

such as Kashi Vishwanath Temple,

Durga Mata Mandir, Sankat Mochan

Mandir and the Museum of Manas

Mandir, which depicted the chapters

of Ram Charit Manas electronically. This

reinforced the values and traditions of

Indian culture and enlightened them

about the origin of these holy places.

They visited Assi Ghat, (one of the

several ghats of the Ganges), wherein,

they witnessed the spectacular Ganga

Aarti and Chanting of Mantras, thereby

elucidating the culture and heritage of

Indian legends and mythological

stories. At the Bharat Kala Sangrahalay

(Indian Art Museum), Asia's largest

University Museum, students visited

among other exhibits: the Sculptures

and Medieval Art Pieces tracing back

to the 1st Century, Artefacts of the

Indian Textile Industry, the Coins

Gallery, the Terracotta Gallery and the

Archives of Mythological Characters.

The students also visited the Hindi

Department of the Benaras Hindu

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Trip to Varanasi

University where a University Professor

gave a talk about the interdependence

of Indian languages, the impact of

Globalisation on Hindi and its role in the

contemporary business world. Students

thoroughly enjoyed a visit to a Saree

factory, where they learnt about the

operations and techniques of production

of authentic Banarasi Sarees. Lastly,

through a visit to a Stupa, a Chinese

Temple, a Monastery and a Thai Temple,

students obtained an understanding

about mindfulness depicted through the

life and teachings of Gautam Buddha.

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Sheth's mother) an

interior designer had

an interactive session

with the Jnr kg learners

about how a house is

turned into a home.

The learners

understood that in

order to make a home

the interiors have to be

as per the choice of its

inhabitants which

makes their home a

reflection of them.

Junior Kg

As part of their ongoing unit-Stories, an

author -Ms Lubaina Bandukwala,

visited the learners of Snr KG and

spoke to them about what it takes to

make a 'Story'. The inquisitive young

learners were curious to know about

where she gets her ideas from, who

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illustrates her book and how they get

printed. They concluded that different

imaginations give rise to different ideas

and thus- 'the world of stories'.

Senior Kg - World of Stories

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mother ) had an

interactive session with the

Jnr kg learners about the

similarities and differences

between their

homes(culture, religion,

beliefs and values)

The learners understood

that every home is uniques

and is a reflection of an

individual.

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Grade 8 Build an Atom

In the first week of August,

students of grade 8 did a

group activity called ‘Build

an Atom’ during Chemistry

class. Students were given

clues to identify atoms.

After identification students

had to show the structure

of the atom using coloured

stickers.

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Mrs. Shah came in as

a guest speaker to

talk to the students

about social and

table ettiquttes.The

students enjoyed the

inteactive session

and were engaged

in the games she

planned for them.

Grade 1, Social & Table Ettiquttes

Grade 2 Nutritionist- Ms. Damaria

Ms. Damaria spoke to

the students about the

five different

foodgroups, the

importance of eating

a balanced meal, rest

and exercise in our

day to day life.

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Students of Grade IV

learnt how digital

technology is extensively

used in the field of art and

animation. They also learnt

about the various devices

that aid artistic expression.

Grade 4, Digital Technology

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Priyanka Sethi spoke to

the students about:

Mindfulness, Its

advantages and ways in

which one can attend

mindfulness.

Grade 4, Mindfulness

Students of Grade IV learnt how digital

technology is extensively used in our

school. They got acquainted to various

apps used by our school like Edu

Cloud, Outlook, Google Maps etc.

Aksh Dudeja from Grade V introduced

the students of Grade IV to digital

technology and Robotics.

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During the first two weeks of August,

Grade 7 GP learners understood the

formation of rocks and reasons for

differences in colour and texture by

comparing them to different types of

chocolates. Next, they learnt about the

transformations rocks undergo, by

playing the rock cycle game.

The concept of weathering was

introduced by demonstrating the

changes a cube of sugar undergoes

when exposed to physical, chemical

and biological stimuli.

Overall, learning made fun!

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Grade 7 learners built upon their

collaboration and communication skills

via the GP topic, Digital World. The

learners collaborated in teams, to come

up with a plan for a school of the future,

which was then presented using a

mindmap.

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Global Perspectives

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The students of

Grade 3 visited Hind

Musafir Travel

Agency. The purpose

of the visit was to

understand how

good planning and

interpretation of

maps helps develop

cost and time

effective routes for

travel.

The focus of the field trip was

to tie-up with our LOI1 —

Resources to build a home.

The learners understood the

properties and uses of different

materials and reasons why

they are used to build a home.

They also realized the

importance of following

precautions such as wearing

helmets, safety shoes, jackets,

harness etc. while working at

the construction site.

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Grade 3, Travel Agency

Grade 1Junior KG Construction Site

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The students of

grade 1 visited the

NSS Balwadi. The

purpose of the visit

was to understand

that there are

various factors

that influence a

persons

behaviour/lifestyle.

The students of Grade 3 visited the Dr.

Bhau Daji Lad Museum. The purpose of

the visit was to view the different maps

of Mumbai and understand that maps

are a valuable resource. They also

understood the history of how maps of

Mumbai have evolved.

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Grade 1Grade 3, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum

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The visit to the Nehru Science centre was

an enriching on for the grade 5 students.

They were able to explore various system

in human body and were able to develop

and appreciation of the

interconnectedness and functionality of

all our internal organs. Students reflect,

thought and wondered about the marvel

that is the human body and its intricacies

The students of Grade V visited

the BMC’ D’ Ward in connection

with their unit. They had the

privilege of interacting with the

Assistant Commissioner of ‘D

Ward, Mr Vishvas Mote who was

gracious enough to provide the

students with an insight into the

roles and responsibilities of the

BMC. The students played their

part as responsible citizens and

discussed issues and solutions

with the commissioner with an

open-mind.

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Grade 5, Nehru Science Centre

Grade 1Grade 5, BMC Ward

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Students of Grade IV visited a

cloud kitchen to experience the

scope of digital marketing in this

field.

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Grade 4, Dessert Street

Students of Grade IV visited a club

house which uses digital

technology for sport,

entertainment and fitness.

Grade 4 at the Intelligent Game

Court - Sumer Trinity

Grade 4, Sumer Trinity

Grade 5 went on a field trip to

NCPA on Monday – September 16,

2019 to be part of an open

rehearsal of Symphony of India

conducted by Mr. Zane Dalal. The

orchestra performed the

works/compositions of the great

German composer ‘Richard

Wagner’.

Grade 5, NCPA

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Vis

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Hill Spring International School is

committed to providing its students

with a range of options for higher

education and career guidance.

Universities from Hong Kong,

Canada, France, Singapore,

Germany, Switzerland, India and the

United States, offering diverse

courses and programmes in the Arts,

Humanities and the Sciences, visited

the School orienting them to their

countries and courses.

07th Aug

CANADA

University of British Columbia

13th Aug

USA

Rutgers University

Indiana University

University of Minnesota

16th Aug

Hong Kong

Hong Kong University of Science and

Technology

19th Aug

USA

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

(SAIC)

23rd Aug

USA

Middlebury College

Claremont McKenna College

Davidson College

20th Aug

CANADA

University of Toronto

Carleton University

Dalhouise University

McGill University

University of Calgary

University of Guelph

26th Aug

CANADA

Huron at Western University

27th Aug

SINGAPORE

Singapore Management University

USA

Lynn University

California College of the Art

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Campus University Visits

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30th Aug

USA, UK, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY

Tulane University

Northeastern University

Tufts University Franklin & Marshall

Babson College

Smith College

Kings College, London

Imperial College, London

University of St. Andrews

Jacobs University, Germany

École hôtelière de Lausanne

Jacobs University Germany

9th Sept

USA

New York University

University of Notre Dame

Emory University

Washington University in St. Louis

11th Sept

USA

Colgate University

Bates College

Bryant University

16th Sept

USA

University of California

Irvine

17th Sept

USA

University of Southern California

Johns Hopkins University - Public Meeting

at School

18th Sept

USA

University of Tulsa

19th Sept

USA

School of Visual Arts (SVA)

Washington & Lee College

INDIA

Krea University

30th Sept

Abu Dhabi

NYU Abu Dhabi

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Campus University Visits

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