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- From the Chairman’s desk

How to build the nation? Many keep wondering and

deliberating on this and similar topics. No wonder

most of them don’t do much beyond this arm chair

planning.

The simple idea given by the simplest Indian is

“you be the change” that you desire. When everyone

changes a bit every day, it can make the strongest

and most adored nation. Our actions should reflect

our thoughts and our thoughts have to be genuine.

To a large extent Nation Building is the culture and

the mindset we inculcate at schools. Preaching,

lecturing, questions & answers, Quiz etc on Nation

Building is a national waste. Children should be

involved in activities that build the nation. Let their

thought be futuristic and about what they can do.

What should be done and can be done are just text

bookish. Doing is the thing. When done as a matter

of routine and with a positive feeling, it becomes

the culture of the person, the school and then the

community and the country.

Celebrating festivals brings a sense of heritage,

culture and community. India being a vast country

and home grown cultural festivities are galore, a lot

of national integration takes place without anyone

are prescribing it or monitoring it. No child feels

odd or questions when strange traditions are

portrayed part of celebrations; they accept and

appreciate the others and other’s

cultural moorings.

Building capable citizens is the responsibility of

schools. When the children plan, organize and feel

involved in the nitty gritty of the school, their

understanding and skills reach the next level. Even

academics will improve as their brain would be

challenged to be more resourceful and creative. It’s

holistic. Children enjoy every single bit of a tough

task or a celebration. Its seamless nation building.

Jai Gurudev.

CONNECT August, 2016-17

Nation Building Month

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Celebrations

- Rakshabandhan

-Interact Club

Investiture

Ceremony

- Janmashtami

Creative Corner

Class Activity

Achievements

Painting

with water

colours on

canvas by

Anoushka

Prabhu,

Grade-VII

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CELEBRATIONS

Sports Day

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Independence Day /Sports Day

It’s the 70th celebration of Indian independence,

time flies, doesn’t it? The efforts and the blood-

shed by millions of Indians to drive away the

British is still unforgettable. This important day

is indeed a bookmark in Indian history, which is

celebrated by millions all over the world.

GEAR Innovative Intl. School celebrated this patriotic day with much enthusiasm

and energy since it is also our Sports day. The ceremony began with hoisting of

the national flag, followed by the national anthem.

It was surrounded by an atmosphere of happiness and joy .What flickered the

audience was the march past which took place in sync with the beats played by

the band.

India’s diverse culture and traditions were well

portrayed by the students of 4th and 5th grade.

“United we stand, divided we fall”.

The students of 6thgrade and above depicted its

true meaning by recalling the unity and fraternity

amongst us. The display came to an end with the

finale, performed by the 10th graders, showing

various cultures and practices through an

entertaining dance.

The much awaited Basket Ball finals also took place amongst a lot of cheers from

parents, mentors and the students.

Every year, the phenomenal talents of our GEAR cubs are encouraged by

felicitating the winners in the field of sports and games. School blues, Chess blue

and Basket ball blue, were awarded to outstanding students. This was a

memorable day indeed, filled with great valor and patriotism. Jai Hind!

- Neeharika.B.

Deekshashar,

Grade– X.

CELEBRATIONS

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CELEBRATIONS

Rakshabandhan

Rakshabandhan is a festival to celebrate the love and duty between brother

and sister. On this day sisters tie rakhi on their brothers’ wrist, which

denotes their love and affection. The brothers in turn vow to protect their

sisters. It is a precious moment among siblings.

As part of celebrations ,the second

graders presented a colourful and heart

rendering play. It showed us the

significance and importance of

Raksha bandhan. We also got to know the

significance of the colours white, red and

orange. White signifies friendship, red

signifies love and orange signifies

honesty and prosperity.

The play was very entertaining and

informative and brought about a mood of

festivity among its varied audience.

- Vaidhehi Muralidhar, Grade - IX.

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CELEBRATIONS

Squash court

Continuing with the Olympic spirit, an in-

door squash court of international standard

was inaugurated at GEAR Innovative Intl.

School. The squash court has wooden

flooring and glass doors.

While

playing

squash in

a such a court, one should wear

non-marking shoes. Non-marking shoes

are those shoes that don’t leave a mark

while playing. There are also separate

shoes meant only for playing squash.

Squash is the only game where one

doesn't face ones opponent. The players

hit the ball making sure they don’t hit the opponent with the racket, as it

may cause serious injury. The players must observe the opponent and try to

find out their weakness and strengths to improve themselves.

- Aarya Tiwari, Grade-IX.

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Janmashtami

The birth of Lord Krishna was

celebrated with a lot of pomp and

show. The weather was lovely

during the assembly at GEAR.

The stage was set with bright

lights. Energetic and vibrant

children of grade V staged a

beautiful play with Yoshoda and Radha discussing Krishna’s birthday plan.

They came from heaven and

observed how the people on earth

celebrate Krishna

Janmashtmi. Our heart melted like

Krishna’s butter as we rejoiced

watching the wonderfully executed

dance by grade I.

During the dance, a

child who dressed up

as Lord Krishna went around the dancing

gopikas .The audience rejoiced with great applause. It was a lovely

assembly and an enthusiastic way to start the day.

- Riddhi Rao , Grade -VII G.

CELEBRATIONS

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ASSEMBLY ACTIVITIES

GEAR INTERACT CLUB INVESTITURE CEREMONY

On Thursday, August 11th, the Interact Club’s prestigious in-

vestiture ceremony took place at GEAR Innovative Intl.

School. It was a prestigious ceremony. The students warmly

welcomed the Rotarians who were present to grace the occa-

sion .

The ceremony began with lighting of the lamp by our Chair-

man Sir and Savi Ma’am and the Rotarians ,which was

accompanied by an invocation

song sung by Rakshita of Grade

IX and Prerna of Grade VI. The event began with the collaring

of the former President, Akankhya Satapathy, by the former

Secretary, Kavya Subramaniam.

Next the former President Akankhya, shared the agenda taken

up by the Interact Club in the previous year, followed by Yash

Lothe’s appointment as the new President.

Following this, the hosts introduced each of the guests who had

arrived from the Indira Nagar Rotary Club. After this, the Rotarian uncollared the former

President and passed on her duties to the new President Yash Lothe, by collaring him. Follow-

ing this, the honorable Rotarians appointed the Secre-

tary, Rakshita L. of Class IX; the Vice-President,

Srishti Ranjan of Class VIII; the Treasurer, Maria

Abraham Pynadath of Class X; the Directors, Surya

Krishna and Tanushree Bansal ,both of Class VIII; and

the others members of the Interact Club by giving

them badges.

This was followed by a speech by Yash Lothe. He spoke

about the steps the club would be

taking to protect the environment in the academic year 2016-17. After this, the Rotarians,

Pradeep Vishwanath, President, Kartik Reddy, Zonal Director and the Principal of our school

spoke about what they expected from the Interact Club and how the members could achieve

their goals with persistent hard work. They encouraged the members to help under-privileged

children and also to help educate people on

waste management.

The well organised event encouraged and

motivated the members of the Club to

think more about the problems in our

society and take action to eradicate them .

- Maria Abraham Pynadath. Grade X.

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CREATIVE CORNER

Diary Reading:

WHEN I WAS SICK

Once when I was sick

The time went tick tick tick

I took rest in the bed,

And ate some sweet and sour bread.

I slept for a long time,

And woke up when my mother sang me a rhyme.

At night, my mother gave me some bitter medicine,

And in return I gave her a sweet kiss on her chin.

In the morning when I woke up,

My mother was putting some glittery makeup.

When I asked her why,

My mother said soon u will come to know why.

I was puzzled,

And very troubled.

Then I had many people clapping,

And softy tapping.

Children came into my room,

They were dressed like wizards and witches with a broom.

The children had come to cheer me up and give some hope,

Collectively they gave me a telescope.

I love that telescope,

So I decided to give each of them a bar of scented soap.

They refused to take it,

But they didn’t want to break my little heart so they accepted it.

When I was feeling little better and all well.

In the excitement everybody yelled.

My family and I were very happy,

I tripped and fell very badly.

Everybody shouted,

And crowded.

I fell,

Everybody knew that very well.

After many days of rest,

In school I had a test.

I was all ok and got full marks in that test,

I had tried to my best.

I was happy that I got good marks and I was not sick at all,

So now I can play my favourite sport basket ball.

- Antara Chhabra, Grade -IV

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CREATIVE CORNER

Diary Reading:

Namaste, my name is Pranay . I am from 5K

Last night I realized that in my life so far I have never

encountered an advertisement for a rocket sale, so I decided to

create one myself. So here I go. A rocket has many advantages. If you

are a roller coaster fan, you could sit inside a rocket and blast of in

zigzag patterns. There would be no line and you could control the

rocket however you want. If you need to get to school or office a

rocket would transport you there in fractions of a second. On

weekends you could fly to space and try fly, your rocket. It would be

an amazing sight having proof of the size difference between the plan-

ets. Perhaps you could owe a star birth! Possibilities of using a rocket

are infinite. All this would cost some billions but it is also available for

rent as well. But why rent when you can buy? If you are late to school

or office call 98978927 and get a free trial. You can buy or rent as-

tronauts or rockets at star sight.com, Astrogear.com and

blastoffnow.com

Here is a poem about rockets

First you blast,

Then go fast.

Zoom! You’re there

You’ve reached somewhere

Instant teleportation

Wonderful sensation

Treat yourself show-off

You deserve to rock-et off

Now I will share some interesting facts about rockets.

Astronauts drink water out of a tube because with no gravity

water levitates.

Food is sticky so it doesn’t fly of the plate.

An Atlas V rocket stands more than 19 stories tall.

A rocket produces more than 10 lakh pounds of thrust.

Rockets were first used for fireworks and signaling for help.

Rockets use enormous parachutes to fall back to earth.

The company space X is trying to make reusable rockets!

Rocketry is a popular hobby in the US.

Rocket booster that fall back to earth can be used again.

Heat from a rocket can heat 85000 homes for one day.

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CREATIVE CORNER

Diary Reading:

Friends We are best friends forever,

We will always stay together,

We may also be clever

We fight and play but cry never,

We have great smiles

We have a great sense of style,

And we are together for lot of years,

When we are together we have no fear.

Our duty is to care for each other

But also to share,

And we are always fair,

We make a wonderful pair.

God, we always want to stay together,

So please bless us with some showers

We want to bloom like flowers.

Winter, Summer or any season,

We always carry smiling reason,

We are best friends for ever.

- Vrishti Ahuja, Grade- VI.

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CREATIVE CORNER

A teacher- friendly or a friend?

The age old shloka which we all grew up with,

GururBrahmaa Gurur Vishnu

Gurur Devo Maheshwarah

Guru Saakshaata Parabrahma

Tasmai Shri Guruve Namah

definitely does not work with the current generation. Children of this

amazingly bright generation, not only need, but also expect a teacher to be

more than just a “Guru”. Having taken the decision to get involved in the field

of education, I came in with the opinion that teachers could be friends with

their students so as to bridge the generation gap, but then I realized I was

confusing, "friend," with, "friendly." Being friendly allows you to be there for

them when they need a friend and at the same time be able to inspire them to

bring out the best in them. But in every interaction, we remain

teacher/student, mentor/mentee, not true friend, but definitely friendly.

The special bond which I developed with my students because of “Being

friendly”, is something I cherish each and every day of my school life. It is

heartwarming when students whom I used to teach, feel free enough to share

their problems or issues at home, school, social life, as a friend. And there are

times where I run into them in the school corridor or canteen when they will

expect the mentor in me to give them some ideas on their assignments or get

my opinion on their handwriting to know if they have improved or even which

competition they should enter for that academic term. An overwhelming

situation on one of the days was when a first grade student came up to me and

said,” Ma’am, you used to teach my cousin when he was in the fourth grade. He

said that you were the friendliest teacher ever!” And thus, I rest my case.

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CLASS ACTIVITY

Mathematics Class Activity , Grade –VII .

GEAR cubs converted 2D images to 3D and vice versa.

The whole class was involved in the activity.

They enjoyed challenge given to them.

They also shaded it with different colours which gave it a

different effect altogether.

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I-TECH ACADEMY

Technology is the new cool. Celebrating technology is what

I – Tech Academy strives to do. I-Tech Academy of our school is the only one

of it’s kind. This academy provides a stable platform for the budding ‘techies’

of today. Having fun and learning fundamentals of the fast-developing world

ahead, their journey began by interacting with a computer. Knowing the lan-

guage of a computer is a skill students have honed. Python, one of the most

commonly used computer languages, was practised. Spider, one of the most

renowned gaming platforms; stykz, the basics of movements to make a film;

and other interesting facilities Microsoft provides, were all carried out. The

students organised and presented a fantastic show of all the knowledge and

experiences they have gained during their academy time . It was an encourag-

ing experience , memorable, fun and motivating for the spectators to look for-

ward to their subject of interest next year.

- Vibha ,Grade –IX

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ACHIEVEMENTS

VOLKSFIESTA held at Deens Academy,

GEAR Team was the runner up in

Basket ball tournament.

Thomas Tarang Joseph secured the

Second place in ‘Concerto’.

GEAR teams got the First and Second places in ‘Treasure Hunt’.

BERSERK - 2016 Six GEAR cubs, were selected for three days residential training .

Anjali Promod, Grade –VI ,

Shriya Pochiraju, Grade –VI were selected for Music.

Diya Unni, Grade – IX for Theatre.

Stuti Hegde, Grade –VII,

Vedang Nitin Mahajan, Grade –VII,

Yashodhara Heggade,Grade –VII,for Visual art and Design.

British Council International School

Award 2015 - 16 GEAR Innovative Intl. School has been

successfully awarded with the British

Council International School Award for the

period 2016-2019. It is our third consecutive

award.

Grades I-X were involved in projects where they were in contact with people across

the globe. Each grade was working on topics which

varied from ‘handicrafts’ to ‘watches’ to ‘green building’. Overall it was a very

enriching experience for all GEAR cubs as well as mentors.

Shriabhay ,Grade-VII, secured the First place in swimming.

- 25 mts breaststroke,

- 25 mts Freestyle and

Third place in 25 mts Backstroke,

at SPORTSTOP,

an interschool swimming competition,

held at The Cathedral High School on,

9th and 10th of August - 2016.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

ASSET TALENT SCHOLARS

2016 Ayaan Khan, Grade-VI,

Aarav.U.Majithia, Grade-VI,

Arya.J.Narang, Grade - VIII,

Arusha Gomber, Grade –VII,

Shrishti Kulkarni, Grade –VII,

Rishi Nambiar, Grade –VII,

Yash Abhijit Lothe, Grade –VII.

Avanthika, Grade –II,

won in the Chess tournament

conducted by Mandya Chess Academy.

Medhavi Nanda, Grade –VI,

stood first in

In-line Skating ,

conducted by Holy Cross School,

Whitefield.

Preeya Kirani,won the

Third prize in Carnatic Vocal (10 –12)

completion and

Third prize in Drawing (8-12)

competition, organised by

Naadaabrahma

Kalakendra,Bangalore.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Game Jam Titans-2016- Winner Category- Junior from Grade –VII.

Team Name- Game Designers

Team Members-Bharath Kumar, Pranav

Agrawal, Aayush Manapat, Anish Ray-

aguru, Rohan Aanegola,

They also received a cash prize of

Rs.10,000/-

Team Name-Skidoosh

Team Members from Grade –VIII

Surya Krishna, Srishti Ranjan,

Yash Lothe.

Graphics Design- Runner Up Category-Junior

Team Name- Naruto Max Fan

Team Member- Aaryan Rennie,Grade-V.

Game Jam Titans-2016- Jury's

Choice award Category-Senior

Team Name- Anonymous

Team Members- Hari Haran,

Karan Bhatia, Ajit Joseph, Shashank

Industrial Design- Jury's Choice

Design

Championship

- 2016

organised by

MINDBOX at

Dayanandsagar

University