Our flowing heritage

Inter-Amity Heritage Quiz On Rivers, AIS Saket

School held 15th edition of annual Inter-Amity Heritage Quiz 2018-19 on January 30, 2019. The Inter-Amity Heritage quiz, envisioned by Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools & RBEF in 2004 aims to instill in Amitians pride, reverence and care for precious heritage and cultural diversity of India. Around 200 students from different branches of Amity Group of Schools across Delhi/NCR participated in the quiz based on rivers of India namely, Indus, Godavari, Mahanadi and Krishna.
The quiz was conducted by Sidhharth Kurapati of ‘Quizcraft Global’, a renowned name in the world of quizzing, in two rounds  ie written and stage round.
There were three categories namely junior (Class IV-VI), middle (Class VII-IX) and senior (Class XI-XII). With one medal in each category, AIS Noida won the overall rolling trophy while AIS Gurugram 46 and AIS Gurugram 43 stood first and second runners up respectively.

Dramatic winters

AIS Gurugram 46

In association with ‘Gateways to Theatre’, a weekend theatre workshop for students of Class II-XI was conducted on December 15-16, 22-23, 2019 and January 7-11, 2019. The objective of the workshop was to acquaint theatre as a creative medium of learning and imbibing life skills in children, to help them grow into confident and creative individuals.
The final presentation of the workshop titled ‘Dramatic winters’ was held on January 12, 2019. Students enacted scenes from ‘Mirror mirror’, ‘The aviator’ and ‘Jackie’. Through this theatre workshop, the students enhanced their communication skills, learnt team work and the nuances of production. All the participants were also felicitated with certificates.

NTSC 2018

AIS Mayur Vihar

Senior educator, Vikrant Manchanda (PGT Physics) presented his paper titled ‘Kinesthetic learning in Physics’ in the 9th National Teachers Science Congress (NTSC) held at Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre, Ahmedabad from December 14-17, 2018. Out of 270 papers presented, Vikrant’s paper was selected among the top 28 for special mention. The paper emphasized on how to make learning physics fun and simple by weaving games and exercises into the normal classroom teaching methods. Vikrant received a certificate of merit for the same.

Winter carnival

AIS Vasundhara 1

A fun-filled winter carnival was organised on February 2, 2019.
Everyone immersed themselves in the spirit of the carnival through a multitude of events. There were a variety of rides and games like Glowing Ghost, Challenge the Dice, Lollipop Tree, Tricky Trick, Lighting Candles, Rocket Blast, Columbus, Giant Wheel, etc. The gathering was much enthralled to participate in fun filled activities like Talent Hunt, Art and craft, Tattoo Making, Tambola etc. It was a day full of thrills and shrills where the children enjoyed a plethora of activities. An array of edible delights, raffle draw and exciting prizes ensured an unforgettable time with near and dear ones. The main attraction of the event was a special bumper prize along with other attractive prizes which included several electronic gadgets.The carnival served as a great opportunity to instill in the kids the skills of planning, organising and managing an event.

An annual fiesta

Celebrating Change Rejoicing Growth

On December 21, 2018, the school organised its 9th annual day on the theme ‘Change - An eternal truth’. Rahul Srivastava, Additional Superintendent of Police, Uttar Pradesh, graced the occasion as chief guest and Arti Chopra, school principal, AIS Gurugram 46 was special guest of honour. The event started with traditional lamp lighting ceremony and welcome song by school choir. School principal, Rachna Mishra presented the school annual report highlighting the achievements of school during session 2018-19. Pawani house was declared the cock house for winning maximum number of competitions.
Students presented different cultural programmes to celebrate the spirit of change. A western music mash up named ‘Jon de Vivre’ was performed by the school band and Class VI-VIII girls gave dance performance themed ‘Shakti’. Plays titled ’Shrishti ka Srijan’ based on the story of evolution of mankind from Manu and ‘The dear departed’ based on teaching respect for elders were staged by the students of Class VI and Class IX respectively.
Depicting the importance of Science in eradication of evils like superstitions was projected through a drama on Indus Valley civilisation by students of Class VII. A skit titled ‘Jevehe karma kamaavadaa tevehe phalate’ by Class VIII focused on how man carves his own destiny. Class IX presented a Ballet dance and a mime. A soulful qawwali and vote of thanks by headmistress concluded the celebrations.

Sports day extravaganza

A Day Full Of Activities And Fun In Sports

‘Udaan’, the annual sports day festival was celebrated pm December 1, 2018, on the theme of ‘health & happiness.’ The occasion was graced by Gulab Chand, Arjuna awardee and medal winning athlete at Asian Games as the chief guest while Jabar Jeet Singh, an international table tennis player was guest of honour. Amongst other guests were acclaimed doctors Dr. Deepanshu D Mallan and Dr. Divya D Mallan.
The evening commenced with  traditional lamp lighting ceremony followed by school principal, Rachna Mishra extending a warm welcome to all the guests. The event kickstarted with a race by torchbearers led by Kartik Bablesh (Class VI), a state level junior badminton player. Tiny tots of Class Nursery and KG enthralled everyone with their emoji drill. Class I students mesmerised everyone with beautiful formations they made during their satin cloth drill while Class II and III students presented fusion drill: a combination of yoga, aerobics and karate. Students of Class II, IV and V participated in a 50 metre dash race.
The sports day also included  fun games and races like ‘catch the jelly fish’, ‘thirsty crow’, ‘the funny bunny’s carrot relay race’, ‘tunnel and hurdle race’. The highlight of the day was ‘tug-of-war’ between the moms and dads, that was won by the moms.
The day concluded with a felicitation of all the winners and a vote of thanks proposed by the headmistress. 

Moms’ special

A competition titled ‘Healthy Tiffins’ was held for the mothers of Class IV students on February 2, 2019. The aim was to instill awareness about balanced diet and its importance as well as give the mothers an opportunity to showcase their culinary skills. During the competition, the participant mothers shared their special recipes with high nutritive value for the kids. The winners were then felicitated by school principal, Rachna Mishra.