Percolating the culture of Math Quizzing down to the Primary section, IPMC was a very sincere effort, which began as an Inter-School competition but eventually turned out to be an International event.

4 International, 3 National and 20 local teams participated in this 2 day event on 21st & 22nd August 2020. Each school team comprised students from Grade 3, 4 & 5.

On the first day 21st August, the session began on Google Meet with a welcome ceremony and the presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to the participating teams. The Chief Guest for the ceremony was Mr. Roshan Gandhi - Director Strategies CMS. This was followed by the MCQ based written preliminary round on Google forms conducted on Zoom. 21 teams were eliminated to find the best 6 teams for the Final Round.

The Final Round was conducted on Zoom on 22nd August. The finalists were - DPS-Sharjah, Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura- Delhi, DPS-Jankipuram, CMS-Station Road, CMS- Indira Nagar and CMS Aliganj2. The Welcome ceremony began with the School prayer, lighting of the lamp and prayer dance. The Principal Mrs. Abha Anant welcomed the Chief Guest Mr. Pankaj Kumar DGM-NTPC and the Guest of Honour Dr. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon - President CMS and also blessed the students for the contest ahead. Both the Chief Guest and Dr. Geeta Gandhi congratulated the students for their achievement and wished them luck. Rules and regulations were read out before the quizzing began. Principals of various branches of CMS and other schools attended the sessions on both days.

In a nail biting session the students kept outsmarting each other and were neck to neck till the end. To break the tie between 3 teams a tie breaker round had to take place, only then we could get the winners and runners up. The result in the end was -

• 1ST Team PALADINS - CMS Aliganj Campus 2
• 2nd - Team CONQUERORS - DPS Janakipuram
• 3rd - Team CHALLENGERS - CMS Station Road.
• The participating teams and the winners have been awarded with certificates.

We celebrated the magic of Mathematics through this event and were amazed with the skill of the students who participated. IPMC will now be a biennial event to be continued forever.

Steve Jobs once said, “The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come”.

Keeping this in mind, and also to inculcate the love of reading in the students, a storytelling session was organised by City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Campus 1, on the Zoom platform on the 17th of June, 2020. Erudite scholars from each of the nine sections of Class 1 participated in it.

The session began with a warm welcome extended to our honourable Chief Guest Mr Viveik Pandit, an eminent novelist, respected Founder Director Mr Jagdish Gandhi, our respected Principal, Mrs Abha Anant, our Headmistress, Mrs Saba Husain, teachers and parents by Ma’am Priyansha.

A soulful rendition of the School Prayer was given by our Music teacher, Ms Jyotisha Singh, after an introduction of the prayer by Bhavya Pawar from Class 1B. Nyra Atif of Class 1E shared a beautiful thought that learning gives creativity, creativity leads to thinking, thinking provides knowledge, knowledge makes you great. This was followed by a graceful “Vandana Dance” performed by Ritvika and Rishika Jain of Class 1B. After this, the storytelling session commenced with an introduction given by Swastika Srivastava from 1H.

Ryan Samarth David from Class 1B narrated the story of “The Helpful Crow” with the moral that one must not judge people just by simply looking at their outward appearance. Suhani Srivastava, of class 1C narrated the story of The Two Pots with the moral that one must stay away from over powerful neighbours. Naira Daswani from Class 1A narrated the story of The Oak Tree and The Shrub with the moral that one must not be proud but should always be humble. Aditya Panda of class 1D narrated the story of The Sad Peacock with the moral that one must always be content with what they have. Adway Jaiswal from class 1E narrated the story of The Ant and The Elephant with the moral that we must not make fun of those who are smaller than us. Agatsya Juyal from class 1F narrated the story United We Stand Divided we fall. Aadya Singh from class 1G narrated the story of The Three Little Pigs with the moral that one must always work hard and help each other. Arya Mishra from class 1H narrated the story of The Ant and The Grasshopper with the moral that one must always work hard for a better tomorrow. Agrima Pandey from class 1I narrated the story of The Little Cloud with the moral to just be happy and the reason to be happy will soon come along. Gurmeet Kaur from class 1F narrated the story of The Camel and Her Baby with a powerful message to not cage wild animals.

Our honourable Chief Guest, Mr Viveik Pandit, was filled with marvel after listening to our little raconteurs rattle their anecdotes, with utmost flair. He encouraged the children to go after their mother and grandparents and to listen to the stories that they had to tell. He suggested that they would not just listen to stories with happy endings but ones having sad endings, as well. He encouraged them to create their own story which everyone would love to tell everyone else. He shared how he himself, had had the privilege of writing the story of our respected founder director Mr Jagdish Gandhi.

Our, respected Principal Mrs Abha Anant ma’am exclaimed and marvelled at the intonation, the voice modulation and flawless pronunciation of all the participants. She was overjoyed to see how well the parents and teachers had collaborated with each other to make this event a huge success.

Thereafter, a synchronised bhangra performance was given by the mother daughter duo of, Meenakshi and Deveshi Dubey from class 1I.

Subsequently, the felicitation of the Certificates of Appreciation was done by Ruchika Kapoor ma’am. Eva Upadhyay of class 1C gave a vote of thanks followed by the national anthem being played by the nimble fingered Samarth Srivastava of class 1B.

The event would not have turned out to be such a great success had it not been for the immeasurable support and guidance provided by our respected Principal Ma’am Abha Anant, our Headmistress Ma’am Saba Husain and our Coordinator Ma’am Rinki Devnani.

Jai Jagat!

Steve Jobs once said, “The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come”.

Keeping this in mind, and also to inculcate the love of reading in the students, a storytelling session was organised by City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Campus 1, on the Zoom platform on the 17th of June, 2020. Erudite scholars from each of the nine sections of Class 1 participated in it.

The session began with a warm welcome extended to our honourable Chief Guest Mr Viveik Pandit, an eminent novelist, respected Founder Director Mr Jagdish Gandhi, our respected Principal, Mrs Abha Anant, our Headmistress, Mrs Saba Husain, teachers and parents by Ma’am Priyansha.

A soulful rendition of the School Prayer was given by our Music teacher, Ms Jyotisha Singh, after an introduction of the prayer by Bhavya Pawar from Class 1B. Nyra Atif of Class 1E shared a beautiful thought that learning gives creativity, creativity leads to thinking, thinking provides knowledge, knowledge makes you great. This was followed by a graceful “Vandana Dance” performed by Ritvika and Rishika Jain of Class 1B. After this, the storytelling session commenced with an introduction given by Swastika Srivastava from 1H.

Ryan Samarth David from Class 1B narrated the story of “The Helpful Crow” with the moral that one must not judge people just by simply looking at their outward appearance. Suhani Srivastava, of class 1C narrated the story of The Two Pots with the moral that one must stay away from over powerful neighbours. Naira Daswani from Class 1A narrated the story of The Oak Tree and The Shrub with the moral that one must not be proud but should always be humble. Aditya Panda of class 1D narrated the story of The Sad Peacock with the moral that one must always be content with what they have. Adway Jaiswal from class 1E narrated the story of The Ant and The Elephant with the moral that we must not make fun of those who are smaller than us. Agatsya Juyal from class 1F narrated the story United We Stand Divided we fall. Aadya Singh from class 1G narrated the story of The Three Little Pigs with the moral that one must always work hard and help each other. Arya Mishra from class 1H narrated the story of The Ant and The Grasshopper with the moral that one must always work hard for a better tomorrow. Agrima Pandey from class 1I narrated the story of The Little Cloud with the moral to just be happy and the reason to be happy will soon come along. Gurmeet Kaur from class 1F narrated the story of The Camel and Her Baby with a powerful message to not cage wild animals.

Our honourable Chief Guest, Mr Viveik Pandit, was filled with marvel after listening to our little raconteurs rattle their anecdotes, with utmost flair. He encouraged the children to go after their mother and grandparents and to listen to the stories that they had to tell. He suggested that they would not just listen to stories with happy endings but ones having sad endings, as well. He encouraged them to create their own story which everyone would love to tell everyone else. He shared how he himself, had had the privilege of writing the story of our respected founder director Mr Jagdish Gandhi.

Our, respected Principal Mrs Abha Anant ma’am exclaimed and marvelled at the intonation, the voice modulation and flawless pronunciation of all the participants. She was overjoyed to see how well the parents and teachers had collaborated with each other to make this event a huge success.

Thereafter, a synchronised bhangra performance was given by the mother daughter duo of, Meenakshi and Deveshi Dubey from class 1I.

Subsequently, the felicitation of the Certificates of Appreciation was done by Ruchika Kapoor ma’am. Eva Upadhyay of class 1C gave a vote of thanks followed by the national anthem being played by the nimble fingered Samarth Srivastava of class 1B.

The event would not have turned out to be such a great success had it not been for the immeasurable support and guidance provided by our respected Principal Ma’am Abha Anant, our Headmistress Ma’am Saba Husain and our Coordinator Ma’am Rinki Devnani.

Jai Jagat!

On June 16, 2020, City Montessori School (CMS), Gomti Nagar – I, convened a virtual World Parliament Session spearheaded by the students of Class V. Carried out closely on the lines of the Model United Nations (MUN), the session saw representatives from 10 member nations of the United Nations assemble to discuss “What kind of world we wish for after this pandemic is over.”

Dr Bharti Gandhi, Founder Director of CMS, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The session also witnessed the eminent presence of distinguished Guests of Honour Mrs. Sushmita Basu, Head, Quality Assurance and Innovation Department (QAID); Mrs Manjeet Batra, Senior Principal, CMS, Gomti Nagar-II; Mrs. Abha Anant, Principal, CMS, Gomti Nagar-I; Mrs. Saba Husain, Headmistress, CMS, Gomti Nagar-I, among others.

The Corona virus Covid-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge humans have faced since World War-II. Since its emergence in Asia late last year, the virus has spread globally.

The moderators began the session by stating the grim situation the world has been facing in the wake of the outbreak of this global pandemic. However, it was hope that they focused on, rather than despair.

The young minds spoke with conviction and articulated their views about the life-lessons this lockdown has taught them with reference to the current scenario in the countries they were representing. They also elaborated on the measures their countries are taking to recover from the pandemic.

The Delegate from Spain emphasised on the importance of investment in healthcare as a priority. The Delegate from India, the second most populated country in the world, remarked how their Government has warned people with the portentous statement, “Coronavirus won’t be casual, even if the lockdown is lenient.”

A common, underlying thread of hope, humanity and cooperation ran through the speeches delivered by the Delegates from Italy, Iran, France and Germany. The representative of City Montessori School, though representing just a school and not a country, talked about how even a fairly small institution can make a difference in a period of crisis.

As the first segment of the convention drew to a close, all the Member Nations took a solemn vow to rebuild trust and cooperation within and among nations, and between people and their governments, to stay home and follow the government guidelines and to help provide the underprivileged with basic needs and essential services. They acknowledged that it will require all of society to limit the spread of Covid-19 and to cushion the potentially devastating impact it may have on vulnerable people and economics.

The Honourable Chief Guest, Dr Bharti Gandhi, lit up the session with her endearing child-like enthusiasm as she marvelled at the capabilities of the young students from the Primary Section. Greatly appreciative of their efforts, she showered them with her blessings.

The Principal and the Headmistress of the host school applauded this unique endeavour of the students and remarked at their well-researched and articulate deliberations. They also expressed gratitude to the attending dignitaries.

To culminate the session, the Principal, Mrs. Abha Anant, reiterated the message of hope in the face of crisis, and encouraged all to look at the silver lining. She concurred that this different time has given us a chance to do something extraordinary. As we head out of this pandemic, we can change the world. We are going to create a world of love; a world where we are kind to everyone.

As Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam said, “Let difficulties know that you are difficult.” Crisis does not only bring the forces of regression to the fore; it can also create greater solidarity. When people unite, miracles can happen. The world needs solidarity.