News Letter – December

2017

Dec 1st – Reading Tree Workshop

Dec 3rd – World Disability Day

Dec 9th – Entrepreneur Day

Dec 18th – Children's Welfare Visit (PYP 3 – MYP 5)

Dec 20th – Christmas Celebration

Dec 21st – The Gateway Family Celebration

Dec 21st, 2017 – Jan 2nd, 2018 – Winter Break

Workshop by Oxford Reading

We had an interactive Reading Workshop conducted by Oxford University Press

on the Oxford Reading Tree Resources on 30th of Nov and 1st of Dec 2017, to

facilitate in the reading and inquiry –based learning.

The workshop further strengthened the skills of PYP facilitators to develop

students’ aptitude towards Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Viewing and

Presenting skills.

Service and Action Activity

MYP students celebrated "World disability day" on 3rd Dec

2017 as a part of Service and Action in collaboration with

'Nandavanam', a centre dedicated for the welfare of children

with disabilities, situated in Neelankarai, ECR.

Students planted medicinal trees on the streets to promote clean

air, carbon sequestration, temperature control and flood control.

After that student participated in a creative Art and Craft activity

along with the children from Nandavanam centre. Students also

culminated the programme with songs to entertain the children

and made them happy.

World Disability Day

Entrepreneur Day

November is designated as National Entrepreneurship Month (NEM), students of

Gateway International IBPYP and IBMYP students were entrepreneurs on Nov

9th, 2017. It was a time to celebrate the initiative of the students who had the

courage to take smart risks in trading, enriching and innovating their lives with

the results of their efforts: Buddy Books, Stationery, Food, Nail Art Painting,

Novels, Hand-made Books, Video games, Tattooing, Games, Art work, etc.

The enthusiasm, cheer and delight that the students experienced selling their

products, as well as hosting, organizing and bargaining, developed the sense of

leadership, team spirit, innovation and taught the values of entrepreneurship.

Students donated one-fourth of their profit for charity – Children’s Welfare

Centre, Karapakkam, Chennai.

Parents also played an active part encouraging the student entrepreneurs by

supporting the trade and the spirit of service to the society. The parents and

students of GIS PYP, MYP are now eagerly waiting for the next year to

implement new ideas and strategies to increase their sales and collect more money

to contribute to the society at large.

A Trip to Orphanage –Children’s Welfare Centre

The much-awaited day had arrived when the students of PYP3-MYP 5 were eager

to visit and give their offerings to an orphanage at

Perungudi on 18th December 2017.

Our students met the little angels and were awestruck

for their eyes each told a story. A story of loss and

despair, each set of eyes reflected a haunted little soul

beneath. The students entertained the little ones with

mime, songs and Santa cheered the tiny tots.

The students will never, ever forget these children

because their actions were etched in their hearts. The

way they eagerly reached out to touch with their

hands while receiving the sweets and cakes, craving

affection, the gratitude they felt for small things that

the students would normally take for granted.

A soft mattress to sleep on at night, a pencil box with

a pencil, eraser & a sharpener, a pocket dictionary

and a pouch with a pen for children were the things

bought with the contribution collected from

Entrepreneur’s Day and those given by the students,

teachers and administrators.

It was indeed a wonderful and lovely experience.

Christmas Celebration

Christmas celebration at GIS IBPYP and IBMYP connotated the significant elements

of Christmas. On 20th December 2017 students, teachers, principal and nonteaching

staff enjoyed the three-hours of non-stop entertainment performed by students.

The programme started with an invocation to the Lord by MYP 1. Sahasra of PYP 2

welcomed everyone with great determination and confidence.

"What is evergreen becomes a sign of undying life and remains as an image of Christ

the supreme gift of God to humanity (Genesis 2:9)”: K1-3 incognito as Christmas

trees symbolised and kindled the audience to tap their feet. Followed with the

illuminated, masked red nosed PYP 4 and 5 sang 'Rudolph the reindeer...'

Carol of Bells was tuned on the key board by Eshana of MYP 2. Nivedha and Ronicaa

of MYP 5 mesmerised with the classic English carol 'First Noel'.

"Love thy neighbour as you love yourself" - the miming theme 'caring' an important

attribute to reflect in our lives, to take away for this Christmas. Ronicaa of MYP 5

played the guitar and sang the slow number 'Blue Christmas', signifying the

importance of celebrating Christmas with kith and kin.

"Today in Bethlehem a Saviour has been born..." - Nativity by PYP & MYP revealed

the story of God's own son Jesus.

Adding on to the fervour towards the end of the programme the audience forgot to

drop their jaws when they watched PYP3 Noel Thaliyan debut performance on the

membranophones without a wink in the eye.

The grand finale was a congregation of the whole school waving and wishing ‘Merry

Christmas and Happy New Year’ to one and all.

The programme ended with heartfelt thanks by Hanaan of MYP1.

The active participation by all the students from K1 – MYP5 should be applauded

immensely as each group was eagerly waiting their turn.

HAPPY NEWYEAR 2018!

Christmas Celebration

Gateway Family Celebration

The moonlit Padur Gateway campus was filled with awe and anxiety when the

Gateway International group of Schools: Brotherhood Matriculation and Hr.

Sec. School, CBSE (Neelankari & Padur), The Complete School, IBPYP

IBMYP World School, Tuition centres, Creative School, and other institutions

created for the benefit of the underprivileged, congregated to celebrate

Christmas on 21st December.

The students from School of Transformation hosted

the programme. Tutors from all the Gateway family

institutions enthusiastically exhibited their talents

with choir, dance and skit.

Open Mindedness is the apt word for the occasion as

the audience included not only principals, facilitators

and admin staff, but the house-keeping staffs,

drivers, gardeners, security personal and all those

who worked for the upliftment of the Gateway

community. Also, the performances were not only in

English but from different national languages like

Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam. Santa’s from

across the globe was a highlight as they wished

everyone for the season in their native languages.

Our PYP & MYP Teachers presented a humorous

skit on the importance and belief in prayers that

could change anything and everything. They also

sang a song that depicted the birth of Christ and

wished everyone Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

The most special moment was when our Chairman Father Anton Cruz

introduced the powerful word 'Complete' as the theme for the year 2018. His

encouraging and inspiring speech on how to become and think about being

'Complete' made the audience conscious and courageous to move forward for a

creative and prosperous year, and to fulfil the dreams of becoming 'Complete'.

The programme became a memorable and glorious moment for the Gateway

family when they were gifted with dresses, cakes and sumptuous food.

The Organic Garden

Healthy, nutrient-rich soil holds carbon dioxide and keeps it

out of the atmosphere, where it contributes to the greenhouse

effect and a warming planet— a warming planet that's

causing more severe storms, weird swings in temperature,

more severe allergies, an increase in the spread of insect-

borne diseases, and all manners of other health and

environmental problems. Chennai has seen drought, flood,

heavy rains, and winds of epic proportion in the past two

years. The city is witnessing all symptoms of climate change.

Research centre predicts that Chennai's climate will become

more unpredictable and aggressive over the coming years

because of global warming.

The above is brief description, a short summary by MYP

students who planned to form an organic garden in the school

campus to save the environment from global warming, as

well as its positive impact on the environment.

Proceeding further, students tilled the land at the backyard of

our campus with the help of GIS gardeners, sowed different

types of seeds like mustard, lady finger, tomato etc and

watered it, with the hope of producing successful organic

products.

Stars of GIS IB PYP

Congratulations Noel & Sahasra!!!

Four years back Noel from PYP 3 started learning Martial Art, Taekwondo. He

has now reached the Green level with “A”.

Sahasra from PYP 2 a talented young story teller is also an outstanding skating

champion who has won the following laurels:

1) Silver Medal by RSFI, Kancheepuram District.

2) Gold & Bronze in Mahaboobnagar District.

3) Silver Medal in 4th Telangana State Champion.

Gia is very knowledgeable and can communicate

her best by inquiring. She reflects on her actions

and mingles with her peer group. She has

attributed the IB learner profile of being caring.

Vishva is principled and pays close attention to

details and ensures that his daily work is

accurate and meticulous. He is patient and

displays the attitude of being tolerant and

committed.

Harshita has shown initiative to strive and reach

new challenges on “Entrepreneurs Day” which

has made her a risk taker. She independently

handled her stall with her own creative work,

which exhibits a positive outlook and self-

confidence.

Gateway family wishes you all with immense joy a prosperous New

Year 2018.

We would like to share the fantastic news of getting accredited as IB

PYP World School.

This is quite a breakthrough as we are now one of the pioneers in IB

education in Tamil Nadu. The accreditation has been possible only due

to the collective and relentless efforts of our teachers, students, parents

and management.

This is a remarkable achievement as IB has very stringent quality

checks for authorisation. We are now determined and confident to

continue our journey as IBPYP World School.

Uniforms

Wearing the school uniform helps to build pride and school spirit but when the

correct uniform is not worn and or it is dirty or sloppy it does not build a culture

of pride or care for one’s school, hence we are asking parents to assist us by

requiring their children to dress in appropriate uniform before leaving to school.

Boys: (K1 – K3 & PYP) - dark grey shorts, half sleeve white shirt, grey /

black socks, tie, belt and black sports shoes; (MYP) - dark grey long pants,

white half sleeve shirt, grey / black socks, tie, belt and black sports shoes.

P.E. – House T-shirt, black track pants, grey / black socks and black sports

shoes.

Girls: (K1 – K3 & PYP) dark grey pinafore, half sleeve white shirt, grey /

black socks, tie, belt and black sports shoes; (MYP) - dark grey long pants,

white half sleeve shirt, grey / black socks, tie, belt and black sports shoes.

P.E. – House T-shirt, black track pants, grey / black socks and black sports

shoes. Formal & sports uniform must be purchased from the school.

Please be informed that the child will be sent to come back if he/she does not

wear the proper school uniform.

Thank you for your support.

Water Bottle - Gateway requires all students to have water bottles in school. These water bottles are important to make sure our students stay hydrated throughout the day. Please send a metal water bottle for each student, which also promotes plastic free zone.

TRANSPORTATION - Please don't forget to contact Ms. Sumita Sen (proib@gatewaytheschool.in) for transportation arrangements.

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