Career Awareness presentation by UNIVARIETY

Dear Parents,

At Oakridge, we recognise the importance of investing in our children. We endeavour to provide high quality education in a supportive environment and aim to equip our students with the tools necessary to succeed in the world.

We recognise that very soon your child will be completing his/her school and probably is already
evaluating higher studies options. For a number students & parents this evaluation process can be very confusing & strenuous. The confusion is justified on account of complicated admission processes, highly competitive entrance tests with sky-rocketing cut-offs and lack of clarity on which courses to pursue based on interests and strengths of the student.

Over the last couple of years, a large number of students and parents have approached us,requesting the school to assist in navigating through this complex process of college planning. Continuing our tradition of putting the interests of the students first, we now have tied up with ‘Univariety’!
Univariety specialises in the field of university access and higher education counselling. It is a part of the Singapore based ‘International Education Gateway’ and also has operations in UK and India. Over the last 10+ years, the team of counsellors at Univariety has assisted a large number of students in making higher education choices. They have helped students in successfully applying to colleges and universities within and outside India. Some of you had attended a presentation made by Univariety a few weeks earlier at our school. The response to that presentation was very positive.

The Univariety program will be delivered through a combination of workshops conducted in the school
(you will be requested to participate in some of these workshops) and supported with online systems for the entire university access process.

The first workshop for students and parents of class 11^thwill be held on: 04thFebruary,2012.PresentationTime:10:00 am – 12:30 pm.

This will be the first workshop covering the Univariety services and providing overall guidelines around the higher education process.
By providing this essential service, we hope to help our students in taking the correct first step on the journey to realise their true potential. Your presence will ensure that your child can reap the maximum benefit from this effort.

Yours Sincerely
Principal – Oakridge International School

Musicadenza” with Republic Day Celebrations 26th Jan 2012!

The Republic Day is a day of national rejoicing and a red letter day in our country. The day is celebrated with pomp and show, zeal and spirit, throughout the country as India won her freedom on the 15^th of August 1947 and became a Republic on 25^th of January, 1950.The new constitution of free India came into force with effect from this day.

The Republic Day was celebrated in our school with great éclat. The flag hoisting ceremony began at 9:00m.Our Principal Capt. Rohit Sen Bajaj unfurled the national flag amidst the lilting tunes of our National Anthem sung by the school choir after which he addressed the gathering followed by stirring speeches by the students.

This was followed by breakfast in the dining hall after which there was “Musicadenza” a showcase of performing arts in the Multipurpose Hall from 10:00am to 11:00am.

The chief guest was Mr. Joe Koster Director of the Hyderabad Western Music Foundation (Oakridge is a member) HWMF-purpose is: propagation of Western Classical Music and Jazz through concerts and workshops, giving a platform and exposure for local talents. He is a music teacher at ISH, as well a conductor of a local choir, called the "Deccan Voices". Besides that he does NGO-Development work for a Swiss organisation, mainly involved in the rural areas of AP. The parents of the participants were also invited.

The program began by lighting of the lamp by the Chief Guest and the SMT as Nikhila Swarna of grade 7 recited a shlokha to invoke the Blessings of God. This was followed by welcoming and felicitating the chief guest. The school song book was released and the chief guest made an impressive speech which left the audience spellbound. This was followed by a variety of music and dance performances by the students of junior and senior school which enthralled the audience. The sequence of performances were as follows

· Eastern song by the junior school students

· Beat Boxing by the senior school students

· Western group song by the junior school students

· Western group song by the senior school students

· Acapella by the senior school students

· Senior School Band

· Peacock dance by the senior school students

· Rock and Roll - western dance by the junior school students

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· Creations eastern dance by the senior school students

8th round of the Chairman's Cup of Grade VIII

The participants were drawn from all the 8 sections of Grade VIII.The topic was "Positive Attitudes".The judges were Ms Sulochana & Ms Priyanka.The students once again came up with interesting visuals as well as strong , convincing points.The event was anchored by Kavya & Alekhya of Grade VIII F.The winners were VIII D & E securing the first and second positions respectively.Priyanka gave the audience a few tips on speaking with more confidence and better presentations.The event wound up with a performance of Beat Boxing by Aditya of VIII E and his group.

ROB- WORLD OF SURPRISES

A visual treat of the event where everyone was immersed in the world of colours, creating things and enjoying the spectacular show by ROB.

PYP Exhibition-The G3 (Go Green Group)

 

 

The issue selected by this group for inquiry is pollution. The students feel it is a burning issue, which if not controlled can cause a lot of havoc. The earth is already over burdened with the ever increasing population and add to it the fact that the humans seem to be bent upon wasting precious resources. The students are inquiring into the causes and effects of pollution and then think of innovative ways to combat the problem. As a part of this, they brought seeds and saplings to school and planted them in an empty piece of land in the school.

Bringing people across the Globe into our learning community...

Grade 2 learners showed immense curiosity to know how the world works in connection with their unit of Inquiry - “Changes in the earth’s natural cycle affect our activities”. The parent community provided a lot of support in arranging for Skype and telephonic calls from different parts of the world. Learners connected with people from Portland, California, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Washington, Kashmir, Delhi and Singapore. The students learned to compare the weather of these countries with those in Indian states and also relate it to the global climatic changes in recent times through this activity.