It gives us immense joy to bring to you all ‘Sense N’ Science’ – the science magazine of Ahmedabad International School in its fifth edition. This magazine is a result of the collective efforts of students and their teachers. Click the link below to see what our students have come up with!
P.S. For a magazine like reading experience we recommend viewing it as a PDF and selecting the two pages viewing option. Happy reading!
When I look back at my perfect childhood, the only memories that trouble me are my struggles with bullying. All of these were uninvited and unwelcome incidents that damaged my morale, my friendships, my peace of mind, and my academic focus. Although that damage has long been repaired and I have lived a bully free life ever since, those incidents are etched into my memory.
The most disturbing aspect of bullying is the feeling of powerlessness and isolation after such an incident. This is because of the difficulty of reporting a bullying incident in most schools. The internal politics of an institute’s administration with its hierarchies painfully lengthens the process, and the publicity that the ‘bullied’ gains as a ‘snitch’ has an effect contrary to the intention of reporting. Hence, several cases of bullying go unreported, having a detrimental effect on the mental health of students and the facilitation of education in the institute.
That is why my friends and I came up with ‘Upstander’ – an app accompanied by a social media initiative on Instagram which allows students to directly report bullying incidents to the top school administration, with the option of staying anonymous. Its child friendly interface allows users to describe the incident efficiently, which is instantly notified to the concerned school authorities, hence encouraging students to stop being mere bystanders and to start being upstanders. Upstanders are people who stand up for themselves and those around them, allowing for the creation of a bullying free environment.
We sincerely hope that the Upstander app facilitates the reporting of bullying incidents thereby enabling educational institutes to effectively strike down on bullying and thus making these environments safe.
Written by,
the Upstander Team (Aaryan Agrawal IBDP2, Ayaan Shah IBDP2, Mohak Shah IBDP2, Rhea R Shah IBDP2)
It gives us immense joy to bring to you all ‘Sense N’ Science’ – the science magazine of Ahmedabad International School in its fourth edition. This magazine is a result of the collective efforts of students and their teachers. Click the link below to see what our students have come up with!
P.S. For a magazine like reading experience we recommend viewing it as a PDF and selecting the two pages viewing option. Happy reading!
It gives us immense joy to bring to you all ‘Sense N’ Science’ – the science magazine of Ahmedabad International School in its third edition. This magazine is a result of the collective efforts of students and their teachers. Click the link below to see what our students have come up with!
P.S. For a magazine like reading experience we recommend viewing it as a PDF and selecting the two pages viewing option. Happy reading!
We hope that you’re enjoying the learning journey you are on so far this year. We collected the highlights of our Primary Years Program’s first unit and collated them in a newsletter to share with you. This newsletter covers the work of grades 1 to 6. Do give it a read and let us know what you think!
Earlier this year, at the annual PYP Coordinators’ Gujarat Network meet held at Navrachana International School Vadodara teachers decided to create a platform where they could share best practices practised in their schools.
This led to the creation of the newsletter attached below. Teachers from Navrachana International School Vadodara, Fountainhead School Surat, Calorx Olive International School Ahmedabad and our school contributed anecdotes of the aha moments in their classes and the strategies they used that led to them.
Collaboration and reflection are a big part of the ePYP and we see our community emulate it everyday. Teachers at AIS are always striving to outdo themselves and to create a world-class learning environment. We hope that this growth mindset of our educators – to be inspired and to innovate – sparks a a similar attitude of lifelong learning in our students.
We definitely see ourselves perusing this newsletter looking for inspiration. Do give it a read and get a sneak peak of what goes into the making of a classroom.
It gives us immense joy to introduce you all to ‘Sense N’ Science’ – the science magazine of Ahmedabad International School in its second edition. This issue of the magazine is the work of our students of grade VIII, IX, and XI. Here, we plan to unfold some breathtaking mysteries of science.
In the words of Eileen Kennedy Moore, an American psychologist:
“Potential is not an end point but a capacity to grow and learn.”
And our young writers are gifted with immense potential. They have enthusiastically tried to bring information on some fascinating topics to their readers. This magazine is a sincere effort to nurture their creativity and curiosity.
Sense N’ Science is a result of the collective efforts of students and their teachers. Click the link below to see what our students have come up with!
P.S. For a magazine like reading experience we recommend viewing it as a PDF and selecting the two pages viewing option. Happy reading!
We’re excited to share with you the 2018-19 edition of ‘The AIS Times’ created by IBDP students. They bring to you the highlights of their year – the CAS Cambodia Project, the AIMUN, the IB Fest and so on. Hope you have as much fun reading it as they had making this!
Reading and writing have been my hobbies since a very young age. It is maintaining a diary that helped me develop the habit of writing. I also used to write about the trips I went for, about what I learnt, and about so much more.
I feel very content when I use colours to express my feeling and I feel the same when I paint a picture with words. When I start writing, I can’t stop! At some point, I also picked the habit of noting down even the smallest of ideas I got and I used to try to develop them.
One fine day, I got an idea and I noted it down as usual but unlike the other ones, this one just kept buzzing in my mind. Initially, I kept the idea to myself but when I had a few stories ready, I showed them to my parents. They read the first two extracts and encouraged me to write more which meant a lot to me.
The journey of writing a book demands a lot of hard work and can get tiring. But for me, it was more of an enjoyable activity: something I could not stop doing! I think it was such a great experience for me because I am passionate about writing and when you do something you are passionate about, you don’t feel tired or like giving up.
For advice regarding any ideas I’d get, I would rush to my mother. And if I needed help with my language, the first and last person I thought of was Mahua ma’am. She has been my teacher since I was a child, and she is the person I have dedicated my book to.
It had always been my dream to get my own book published and it finally came true. Honestly, I hadn’t imagined that my parents would get my book published, but when they read my stories and told me that they would, it felt like it was their dream more than mine!
I only wrote the book and edited it with my editor, but my parents worked day and night to make a book out of a few short stories. My parents made it possible to get this book published while I was occupied by my tenth grade exams.
They prioritised making my dream a reality while working as hard as they do. I would only come into the scene when something like the cover page was to be approved, or if something like the ‘About the Book’ section was to be written.
And this is how my first book ‘Home in the Hill’ became a reality. The book is about a young girl’s misadventures during her visits to her grandma’s home. From grandma’s love to humorous incidents, my book has it all. It will remind you of your own childhood days spent with your grandparents, cousins, and friends, with each story ending with a nugget of wisdom.
Writing a book of course, required hard work and determination. A few things that helped me were my habit of reading, the IGCSE English curriculum, and my constant attempts to improve. This is my first flight towards the world of literature and I hope to continue this journey to many more realms.
