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THE OBERAI SCHOOL OF

INTEGRATED STUDIES PULSE – Issue 11, May 2019

Making May Day Special

Labour Day is celebrated on 1st May, and, at The OASIS, students

of the Spread Cheer team left no stone unturned to make this day

special and memorable for all the helping staff on our campus.

Preparations started on Saturday, 27th April, by making paper

baskets and using all kinds of recycled material to decorate them.

By the end of the day, we could make beautiful and colourful

baskets, and earned good memories while crafting them. Teachers

also helped and joined hands to spread the service vibe across the

campus joyfully.

On 30th April, students invited all the support staff with those

baskets and cupcake served in it as a small token of gratitude. This

was followed by orientation of the team, with the intention to

sensitise them with the importance of this day, so that they serve

them on May day with humbleness, care and love which the helping

staff shower on us every day.

On 1st May, Wednesday, students were asked to report at the

skating rink at 11.45 am. They spread the mats and kept a plate,

glass, and spoon besides each mat, ready for the lunch. They

welcomed everybody by tying moli (thread) on their wrists and

served them lunch with full enthusiasm. Students were excited and

they enjoyed this service to the fullest. They thanked everybody

with folded hands for coming. It was indeed a great experience

where actually the team could spread cheer with their service on

every face.

Spread Cheer Team: All the students of class 9 along with Hargun

Manchanda, Manya Khera, Dhriti Malhotra and Ishita Prasad.

Arushi Patil

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Skill Development Camp-Basketball

A Skill Development camp was held on 10th May, 2019. Mr Dinesh

Kumar, an international basketball player and the coach of the

ONGC basketball team, came to campus with his student, Mr.

Abhishek. He taught us the basics of basketball. He also taught us

how to protect the ball and dribble, jump stop, triple threat position,

left hand dribble, side shuffling and passing. He gave us a lot of

information, which will help us improve our skills. He also shared

his personal experiences with us. We all were very excited to meet

him and also took his autograph post the camp. This was a very

memorable experience.

Pratika Patel

Class VI

Table Tennis Tournament

Along with studies, it is always nice to have a bit of sports and

competition in school life. A few days back, our school conducted

an Inter House Table Tennis Tournament on 6th of May, 2019 and

ended on 13th of May. The enthusiasm amongst the players was

very high.

We had the league matches in which participants who won two sets

played semi-finals and those who won three sets played the finals.

The audience supported the players at the finals and semi-finals.

The semi-final in the boy’s division was played between Rudraksh

Agarwal and Shaurya Veerbhan in which Rudraksh bagged the

third position. The final was played between Aditya Soni and Arnav

Maitreya. It was a tough competition but Aditya made it and won

the match.

In the girls category, in the semi-final match, Aanya Soni bagged

the third position and the final was played between Mayuri Rawat

and Yashasvi Kandwal and Yashasvi won.

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This tournament would have not been possible without the hard

work of Mr. Bijay Khadka, Mr. Devendra Taneja and Mr. Jonathan

Paul.

Rudraksh Agarwal

Class VIII

Rabindra Jayanti

On 9th May, our school celebrated Rabindra Jayanti. It was the day

on which Rabindranath Tagore was born. Rabindranath Tagore is

famous for his poems, stories, plays and songs in Bengali. Tagore

was the composer of the national anthem of India and Bangladesh.

He was a great artist.

To celebrate this day our music teacher, Mrs. Anita Sharma, sang

a song written by Rabindranath Tagore. The crucible was filled with

loud applause for the beautiful song sung. The students of Prassatti

House conducted the assembly and they gave us a brief of his life.

Our art teacher, Mr. Manoj Rawat, had sketched a portrait of

Rabindranath Tagore which was displayed. Rabindranath Tagore

was truly a brilliant man!

Yashasvi Kandwal

Class VII

My School Uniform – Class V A Production

The drama show which was held on 10th May was named ‘My

School Uniform’. This drama featured two children, namely Parvati

Chopra and Ibrahim Khan, who went to a new school. The drama

revolved around their first day in school where they met their new

class mates who bully and bother them throughout the day. Parvati

was taught wrong things and offered spicy ginger while Ibrahim

experienced being locked up in a class room. As a result, they were

trapped in their various schemes. In the end it all comes to the

notice of the Headmaster and the teacher who calmed the children

and addressed the whole class. The teacher asked the class why

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they did all this, but the new children did not want to embarrass their

fellow classmates so they made sure to dismiss it so that none of

their new friends were in any trouble. As a result, the students of their

class becomes friends with them. It was really fun to do these drama

presentations but there was a lot of hard work that went behind its

success. Jaaniya Kaur Arora

Class V

Inter-House Indian Music Competiton

(Ankuram)

The Inter - House Indian Music Competition was held on Thursday,

9 May, 2019. The theme of the competition was "Bhajan Gayan". All

the participants were seated according to their respective houses.

The participants were from classes II to V. A minimum of 8 and a

maximum 12 participants presented a 5 minute long bhajan. Starling

House stood first with the bhajan "Prem Mudit Man Se Kaho"

followed by Pelican House who sang "Jagat Janani Bhavatarini".

There was a tie between The Oriole House and Cardinal House for

the third position who sang "Ramaiya Main Toh......" and "Avdhu

Mera, Man Matvara" respectively. The tabla was played by Mr. Anuj

Bharadwaj and the harmonium was played by our music teacher,

Mrs. Anita Sharma.

At the end there is always a winner and a learner.

Sia Khandelwal

Class V

Smile, it is time for dental check-up

A dental check-up was held on the 6th ,8h and 10th of May. Dr Pooja

Raturi had come to check our oral hygiene. During our morning

assembly she told us what we can do to keep our teeth healthy.

Some Ankuram children were scared of the check-up so she told

them that the dental check-up is nothing to be afraid of. A class at a

time, children went to get their teeth checked. Ma’am noted down

what problems we had in the teeth and gave a written prescription to

the children. We were gifted a dental care kit at the end of the check-

up.

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There was much learning from this. Now we are aware of the care

we need to take to keep our teeth healthy for this life time.

Vanshika Rawat

Class VII

Heart to Heart

On the eleventh of May the senior students along with the students of the activity, Spread Cheer, were taken to an old age home called “Prem Dham”. This old age home is situated in Dalanwala in Dehradun. The students were able to meet elderly people who were unwanted and were left there by their own children. To cheer them up the children sang songs on their request. We had carried some rusk biscuits along and shared them with the elderly people. Looking at their condition all the students were heartbroken but they made sure that they put a smile on each ones faces. After this heart wrenching visit all the children were willing to visit the old age home regularly. This trip taught all the children a very important lesson- Respect your parents and love them with all your heart.

Veer Borkakoty

When words fail, music speaks

William Shakespeare Music is more than just some rhyming words with background music. Music is more like a tool to help express oneself when we fail to convey our feelings to others in the form of words. The students, here at The OASIS, have always been encouraged by our music teacher, Mr. Jonathan Paul, to work hard, figure things out on our own and learn from the mistakes we make while working towards our goal. I think it’s safe to say, that the students who participated in the very first solo singing competition, conducted here at The OASIS, on the 16th of May, showcased just that.

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Preparations for the competition had started almost two weeks prior

to the day. Four students were selected from classes ranging from

VI upwards to represent their respective houses. The students were

given the songs they would be singing at the competition, and got to

work on them. The four songs were very different, in terms of genre.

They included, pop, rock and country. After two weeks of practice

that seemed to have just flown by, the students arrived at school,

cracking their knuckles, nervous for the big day. After all, you never

do know what exactly will happen out there, on that stage, no matter

how much you may prepare and plan.

With not much delay, after the parents and students were seated,

the competition began. The three guest judges were introduced and

the so was the order of singers. All the vocalists did an exceptional

job with vocals, showmanship, improvisation and presentation. The

OASIS school band, “TYB”, played the music for all four houses.

Everyone surely put up a great and entertaining show. While the

results were being tabulated, one of the guest judges, Mr. Marshall

Tyagi, sang us a snippet of “Rolling in the Deep”, by the famous

singer, Adele. Finally, it was time for the results to be announced. It

was a nerve wracking few minutes before they were declared by our

Headmaster.

The positions of the singers along with the songs were as follows:

Jishnu Rana – Riptide by Vance Joy

Tarana Kapur – Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns n’ Roses

Zainab Fatima Ali – Let her go by Passenger

Arjun Arya Dutta – Rolling in the deep by Adele

The program was a great success and the students received very

positive feedback from the audience. A special thanks to Mr.

Jonathan Paul and Ms. Zara Fatima Ali, without whom this program

would not have been possible.

Tarana Kapur

Class VIII

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Editorial Team:

Mr. Mohit Sharma, Aarini

Mehta, Arav Chaturvedi

Panchhi, Tarana Kapur,

Siddhant Gupta, Sarvani

Kaur

Design & Layout:

Mr. Devendra Taneja

The OASIS, Sports City, New Raipur – Thano Airport Expressway, Raipur, Dehradun – 248008.

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Bullying – Class V B Production

Class VB presented a play - Bullying on 16th of May. It was scripted by Ms. Shweta Vij, our drama teacher. Everyone practiced hard to

perfect their role. As there were many new students participating in the play, many were nervous while practicing, but gradually everyone overcame their nervousness.

The main aim of the play was to make all aware of the ill effects of bullying and teasing, and to make students confident. Our play was successful, and many parents of students of class VB came to watch the play and enjoyed. The characters were the -victims, bullies, parents, friends, voices and teachers. The play showed us that no matter how you look, it is always about how you react and behave. There was a huge round of applause at the end of the play. For our success I would like to thank Ms. Shweta Vij and Mrs. Divya Singh, our class teacher.

Charvi Kunal Class V

On the last two days, before the summer vacations began, there

was a Book Fair organised by our official Book supplier, Surya

Madan (Book Chor). All class teachers had supplied a reading list

to encourage reading habits amongst children. The Fair had a wide

array of books and authors ranging from Ruskin Bond to J.K.

Roling, Amita Ghosh, Shobha De, Edward De Bono and the list

goes on. All the Children were excited to purchase books from the

fair and start a holiday full of ‘Happy Reading.’

Vanshika Rawat

Class: VII