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PULSE – THE OASIS October, 2019

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THE OBERAI SCHOOL OF INTEGRATED STUDIES

THE OASIS

Midterm Excursion

A Day Out

A day out and picnic for classes I, II and III was scheduled for Monday, September 30th, 2019, at Maldevta Farms. All the students came in comfortable, casual clothes and were looking colourful. On reaching Maldevta Farms, the students and teachers were warmly welcomed by the Camp staff. The children were asked to indulge in a start up dance activity followed by numerous other activities like Zip Line and Commando Net. The students also got into the pool for a Splash Party. For snacks we were served chips and juice and for lunch we had burgers, fries and macaroni. The food was really delicious! We had a lot of fun and it was a fantastic experience.

Anvita Singh, III A

Corbett National Park

On 1st October, 2019, we, the students of classes 4 and 5, set off on our

excursion to Jim Corbett National Park. We travelled to Jim Corbett in a

tourist bus. It was a great scenic journey. On the way we stopped at a

restaurant for lunch.

We stayed in a hotel named ‘The Forest Vines’. Our group was escorted

by, Ms. Anshika Kumar, Ms. Upasana Bangarwal, Mr. Amit Tomar and

Mr. Pranav Vashist. The day came to a close with a lot of dancing, singing

and enjoyment.


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We woke up early the next day and went to Garjiya Temple. We had to

stand in a long queue as there was a huge crowd of people visiting the

temple. The temple was at a great height. We had to climb 67 large stairs

to reach the temple. On returning from the temple we had our lunch and

went for a jungle safari at The Dhangari Gate. We saw many animals like

deer, peacocks and elephants. After we returned we watched a movie on

Jim Corbett which was highly informative and entertaining.

We began the next day by playing soccer in the morning which was

followed by a trek later in the day. Mr. Satyapal Singh, our guide during

the trek, told us about several plants and weeds in the jungle. The trek

was about 1.5 km long. On our way back we had our lunch in a nearby

hotel. 0n returning to the hotel we had a pool party which was the most

enjoyable part of the entire trip. The evening was followed by snacks and

another movie on Jim Corbett. On the final evening of the trip there was

a surprise dance party. Everyone was in seventh heaven. The next

morning we got an early wakeup call and travelled back to school. This

brought us to the end of the most enjoyable trip which will always be

remembered.

Sia Khandelwal (V A)

To Chopta – Tungnath - Deoriatal

For a teenager who has spent a few years in a boarding school, Mid-

terms are a part of school life and brings to mind a few things - time spent

with friends, teamwork and a lot of fun. When I read the Itinerary for my

third midterm at The OASIS, I was expecting all of the usual things. The

itinerary listed a lot of places that we would cover on our bus journey to

Kund and Jayalgarh over a period of five days. We were to pack a lot of

activities into this period.

Day 1 started with a long bus journey from school to Kund. This was an

8 hour journey with a few breaks and we finally reached Kund at 7.30 pm.

We were pleasantly surprised to see the bamboo cottages that we were

to share. I settled myself into our cottage that housed me and three other

friends. The cottages dotted a beautiful hillside with a little trek up to the

dining hall. After a chilly but peaceful night, we woke up to a crisp

morning.

After a sumptuous breakfast, we were driven to a village called Sari.

Carrying a bag with a few things in it, we started our trek to Deoriatal.

After a three hour long trek we reached the lake. The lake was beautiful!

It was surrounded by trees and it reflected the Chaukhamba peak in it.

After a packed picnic lunch by the lake, we headed back to Sari and back

to our cottages in Kund. After a short rest, we had a Maggi-making

competition which was a lot of fun.


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After a much-needed night’s rest and breakfast, our buses drove us to

Chopta on Day 3. It was a beautiful drive, more so because we passed

three waterfalls and a breath-taking view of snowcapped peaks. From

Chopta, we did a four hour trek to the famous Tungnath Temple, which

is the highest Shiva Temple in Asia. Despite the clouds, it was still a

beautiful view and I am sure we returned with blessing from paying our

respects at the temple. A group of 10 students even volunteered to walk

further and scale up the Chandrashila peak. This took them a little over

an hour to reach. I have to admit that I did not do the Chandrashila trek

and I definitely enjoyed the walk down the slope more that the walk up.

We had a bonfire gathering that night and each cottage came up with a

little act. We sang a song, accompanied by my Ukulele. That gave us

the confidence to give our ‘ensemble’ a name – ‘Fourth Harmony’. What

a wonderfully deep sleep we had that night!

On day 4, enroute to Jayalgarh by bus, we had a very exciting stopover

– 16 kms of river-rafting on the river Alaknanda, which later becomes

the holy Ganga. We were the first rafters of the season. Since I had

never experienced rafting, it was very exciting for me and a little scary

too. When we finally got to Jayalgarh in the afternoon, we had a hot

lunch waiting for us and well-equipped tents for the night. After a much

needed rest, we took part in activities like knot-making, tree-jummaring

and climbing commando nets. They were all interesting activities and

fairly difficult. But it was fun doing them as a group.

The next morning, we left Jayalgarh and headed back to school. We had

a wonderful lunch enroute at Rishikesh and got back to school, tired but

very satisfied with the way the Midterm had turned out. Besides all the

activities, we also returned with stronger bonds of friendship between

us.

I would like to mention here that without the teachers who accompanied

us, this trip would not have been the happy experience that it was.

Thank you, teachers (Ms. Stuti Paul, Ms. Rohini Rawat, Mr. Gaurav

Kumar, Mr.ManojRawat) and many thanks to the GIO team that

organized this wonderful excursion for us. Thank you The OASIS!

Zainab Fatima Ali, Class VIII


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National Postal Day is celebrated on 10th October every year. In our school, the morning assembly regarding the same was conducted by Mrs. Himani Kala. During the assembly we were told that this day is observed to celebrate the contributions of the Indian Postal Services. Our school organised a field trip to the Raipur Post Office on 10th October for classes I, II and III. We got to know a lot of things from the Post Master himself. He showed us simple and printed post cards, inland letter and different kinds of stamps. Inside the Post office, we also saw the sorting room where all the mails are sorted out before being delivered. The Post Master also told us that Post Offices also work like a bank where people can open a savings account. We were also told about a scheme where we can print our own personalised stamps. It was an informative and enjoyable experience. We are very thankful to our school for this field trip.

-Janvi Gopalakrishnan, Shehaan Kaul Sharma and Pratham Gupta (III A)

We Remember the Post Office

District Reliance Sports Tournament

“The key is not the will to win, everybody has that. It is the will to

prepare to win that is important.”

On the 29th of September, our school participated in the Dehradun District

Junior Athletics Meet and on the 6th and 7th of October in the Reliance

Tournament.It was held at the Maharana Pratap Sports College, Raipur.

Our school participated in many events such as long jump, shot put,

hurdles and races such as 100 m, 200m, 400m and 600m. We also

participated in the relay race.

I participated in shot put sub junior category. I was quite nervous but gave

my best. Our school didn’t win anything but we qualified for the finals in

400 m relay (boys).


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Unfortunately, we did not win anything but. It was a great experience and

we had a lot of fun.

Vanshika Rawat, Class VII

The Royal Rangers Football Academy Soccer camp

On the 15th and 16th of October, 2019, the Royal Rangers Football

Academy held a soccer camp in our school. They had five coaches and

among them was a Bundesliga legend – Wynton Rufer, who played for

Werder Bremen and was awarded the Player of the Century Oceania.

They made us perform various drills and exercises which helped us to

enhance our basic football skills. We played a few fun games and learnt a

lot of new tricks and techniques to improve our game. A quiz was also held

and the winners of the quiz were given stickers.

At the end of the camp, we were all given Wynton Rufer’s autograph and

the best players were given a t-shirt signed by the legend. We were very

happy to meet him and learn from him.

It was a very informative and educational camp and our school ’s football

teams have picked up a lot from this camp which will help them strive

towards better performances in the near future.

Arnav Maitreya, Class VIII

Geography Quiz

On Friday, 18th of October, students of classes V to VIII along with our escort,

Miss Upasana Bangerwal set out in the school bus to the Survey of India, to

participate in a quiz that would question their geographical knowledge.


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All the students had been earlier arranged in pairs. The students had

successfully qualified the first round held in the school.

While last minute revisions took place, the students sat down in the

auditorium where the quiz formally started. The participants were divided

into two categories, Sub-Junior and Junior. After a quick snack, the

participants headed into different directions according to their categories.

The Junior participants warmed up doing a treasure hunt where they were

supposed to run around writing down the various landmarks that had been

allotted numbers, thus learning more about navigation. Meanwhile, the

Sub-juniors had a skill test, where they marked the approximate measure

of weights, lengths and other things like poles and bags and then the vice-

versa. After this, the participants were constantly engaged in completing

their quiz, where in an auditorium, each question was put on the screen for

10-15 seconds and the participants had to tick the correct answer on the

sheets provided to them. The last test was the viva consisting of five

questions that each pair had to answer.

At last, with all the tests given, the participants returned to the school. This

was a learning experience for all the participants.

Anshulika Gupta, Class - VIII

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AUTUMN RUSTLE

DAY 1

The Autumn Rustle was held on the 23rd of October. The Ankuram students put up a well organised event with the prime focus on music, dance and drama. The program started with lighting of the lamp ceremony, followed by the insightful school introduction. The speech by the Head of School was very informative and encouraging. The House Cup for the year 2018 – 19 was won by Pelican House. This was followed by the school report. The first program of the evening was the ‘Naad Jog’ which was a mix of western and Indian classical music. This was followed by two actions songs performed by the youngest members of the family. Next in line was a theatrical act, “Kalpavrisksha”, which was directed and executed by the joint efforts of our staff and students. The play was about the tree of life which also finds mention in the Vedic scriptures. The final performance of the evening was a Kathak performance called ‘Nrtiya Paramelu’. The evening ended with the vote of thanks and the National Anthem. The whole event was very successful and created beautiful memories for all of us.

Aveer Prakash, Class V DAY 2 The second annual day at The OASIS was celebrated on the 24th of October, 2019 for the Satva students and parents. The crucible was decorated with flowers which were made using 600 plastic bottles, as an attempt to reuse plastic waste. Before beginning with the programme, everyone witnessed exhibitions on endangered animals of India, extinct animals of the world, STEM, The Model of the Doon Valley, art, craft and pottery. All the exhibitions were marvellous and parents were delighted as they went through each one of them.


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Editorial Team:

Mr. Mohit Sharma, Ms. Stuti

Paul, 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.

www.theoasisdoon.com

The programme began with the shloka recitation and lighting of the lamp followed by the school report and a speech by the Head of School. The House cup for the year 2018 – 19 was lifted by Vinaya House. Certificates were awarded for Academic Excellence for the year 2018 – 19 to Yashasvi Kandwal of Class VII and Anshulika Gupta of Class VIII. Tarana Kapur and Arnav Maitreya of Class VII were awarded Certificates for High Standards in All Round Performance for the year 2018 – 19. Arnav Tomar and Hargun Manchanda of Class VII were recognised for their all round effort through the year gone by. The school report and the speech threw light upon the 4 pillars of our school, namely, academic excellence, emotional maturity, spiritual richness as well as shouldering social responsibilities. This was followed by welcome song which was aptly named as ‘Suswagatam’, followed by the western music band, TYB, featuring the school choir. It was a melodiously enthralling performance. The whole auditorium was echoing with loud sounds of claps. Then we proceeded towards the last performance of the evening which was a play, named 'Parasympatico'. This featured the world famous cartoon character Casper-who was a friendly ghost. It had been written and directed by our drama teacher Miss Shweta Vij and executed by the team of our staff and students. The Autumn Rustle was a huge success because of the hard work put in by the staff and students.

Mayuri Rawat, Class VIII

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