Visiting the past

The day started with a delicious breakfast. We visited the summer place which really a beautiful places with artistically laid out fountains which were made with very advanced technology. The intriguing fact is that it was made in 1800s to 1900s . 

~Ansh Patel 10J

Walking away...

My day 5 experience was extremely pleasant. I woke up at 9.45. After a sumptuous breakfast, I  went on an excursion, walking, along with the others at around 10.30. By the time we reached the Summer palace, were pretty exhausted. We then embarked on a cruise. I stopped at a chocolate shop and bought so much chocolate that my luggage was almost full. My next stop was the  museum of the saviour where we spent a long time waking around.
~ Arnav Sharma

A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE

We started our journey at 3.30a.m. to St. Petersburg railway station. We all enjoyed the tasty onion pizzas and the mouth-watering potato wedges. We also had a great experience of travelling the second fastest bullet train of the world. After resting at the hotel for some time we proceeded for a delicious lunch.

 We also visited the grand museums and the magnificent bronze statues. We were really thrilled to climb more than 291 steps to reach the top of St. Petersburg. We moved forward to have an appetizing Indian Cuisine at Tandoor Restaurant. We also enjoyed playing , chatting, laughing  which makes this trip a memorable one.

A MEMORABLE JOURNEY

We woke up early at 3a.m. and were very excited to visit the Moscow Railway Station. We had spent quality time there and I was lucky enough to win a Bluetooth Headset. After that we had an exciting trip in the bullet train which helped us to reach our destination that was St. Peters Burg in just 3 hours. After resting in the hotel for some time we proceeded with our journey and visited  Hermitage and  Cathedral. We climbed more than 271 stairs which was an awesome experience.

THE RUSSIAN HERITAGE

Today I got a golden opportunity to learn about the history of  Russia. We visited the Winter Palace which was the official residence of the great Russian Emperors. I was lucky enough to  know  Russia’s role  during World War 2. I was mesmerized to see the vast  collections of paintings and the history hidden behind those paintings. It was indeed a wonderful experience. Then, we also visited a beautiful church in the palace. I have seen women covering their head with any cloth as a mark of respect to their  religion.

My first day in Russia

In a peaceful night, alarm snoozed in my ear, Triiinngg….

That high pitched sound burst in my ears and woke me up. I just looked at the time it was 12am. Oops! late again man! Then luckily I reached on time.  We started to get our heavy suitcases to check and the hand bag check in. Then we had to do  Immigration formalities. After the Immigration we went straight to electronics checking. After some time we boarded the plane. The journey was around 4 hours.I spent my journey enjoying  with my friends. We reached Russia airport and it was very huge airport. I was very enthusiastic when I reached there because I wanted to know about Russian culture. We reached our hotel after an hour. After we reached our teacher told us that we had 45 minutes to get ready for an excursion. Our guide came and took us to the most beautiful metro station .There were many statues of World War II  soldiers who had sacrificed their lives for their country. We went to 5 stations while coming and 3 stations while  leaving. After the metro ride we went to Kremilin walls and then St Baisils Cathedral and more beautiful historical places. The day ended the day with a wonderful dinner  at an Indian restaurant.

~ Rishabh

Russia Trip Expectations

I expect loads of fun along with learning about Indo-Russia relationship which  will not only help us to enhance our knowledge but also to share   knowledge with others which will ultimately help us to develop as a country. I even expect an opportunity to share my own views on problems presented.

~ Aashi Worah

I expect a lot of new things to learn over here.  It’s a proud thing for me to join this trip and  we will learn about Indo –Russian relationship, explore the places and  to present my views and ideas.

~ Preet Bharwad 

Some of the expectations that I carry while being on this trip are that this trip allows me to know the differences in how various countries are run by the government. In addition to this such an exposure would allow me to explore different cultures and know various lifestyles of other people around the world .Pursuing Civil engineering in future this trip will allow me to know diverse architectures and help me know more about the designs of buildings.

~ Palak Patel

My expectation is that we will explore new technology, culture , russian people's body language and fun places in Russia etc

~ Ansh Bharwad

Amazing Experience

We had an amazing experience in the USA . On the first day, we visited the University of California, Los Angeles and it was a memorable visit. We also visited the headquarters of Intel.

I loved the Stanford University, One of the top universities in the world where they not only care about academics, but also sports. I love the US culture, the lifestyle,  and the hygiene. The people in the USA are very friendly.

~  Saloni Bharwad  XII G 

US West Coast Trip

Recently I visited USA during an educational trip organised by our school DPS-Bopal. The first stop was at Los Angeles where we visited the Dolby theatre and next day  we visited UCLA campus. In Las Vegas we visited the Hoover Dam known for its unique construction. At San Francisco we visited the Computer Science museum in which we saw things made by some of the greatest minds.  We also visited the Stanford University, it has the second largest campus in the world. I would love to study there as they emphasize on sports also along with academics. We also visited Apple headquarters. I would like visit these places again.

Hetansh Jalan

8-F

US Trip - New York film academy

 You went to UCLA( University of California   Los Angeles). There  we saw that the students of University were highly disciplined.  Then we visited the headquarters of Intel in which we learnt about type of chips and how they were made.  It is the cleanest place of the world in which people have to go in  wearing a bunny  suit.

We went to New York film academy and  they told us about the new technology of 3D printing which is used in movie making. 

We finally visited the Apple headquarters which was an amazing place and  many of us bought Apple products. All I want to say  is that it was an amazing experience and with experience I came to know about many things.

~ Harshita Pandya  VIII G

Chefs & Gifts...

Today was the second last day in Calamvale Community College for all of us. I had an amazing experience cooking food in the school. My day started with an English session with my buddy and the rest of the three sessions were on food technology. I loved my time with Mr. Bishop. He was very helpful and co-operative. We made Swiss roll and chicken sausage roll, which were awesome and we also packed some of the stuff we made to take it to the hotel. Today we were also supposed to give a gift comprising of a Yali stuff toy and a wooden pencil. My buddy was surprised by seeing a toy like that. After that, our day at school ended and we moved to Garden city for shopping. The things there were to buy were amazing. We returned to the hotel and had a delicious dinner of pizzas and pancakes.

~ Dev Chandra 

    XC

Cook & Shop Time...

Good Morning,

Today was an amazing day. I studied Health and Physical Education Theory in which I learnt about time management, and in the second session I studied maths (Translocation). After recess we had a cooking session with Mr. Bishop in which we made Chicken sausage rolls and swiss rolls. Later we went to a mall called Westfield. We had a lot of fun.

Akshat Desai

Class: 11-G

Beyond academics

Our morning started with the sports session with Mr. Brown. We did some warm up exercises and then played a variety of  games with the students of grade 8. We had a lot of fun while playing team games like passing the ball, dodge, basket ball as well as tricky mind games. The second was a games' session where we played formal   school games like cricket and badminton with the 10th graders. The  mixed doubles  matches  which we played with our local buddies were invigorating.  It was really interesting to get acquainted with students of the same age. We had an Art class with Ms. Giblin in sessions 3 and 4. We began with  some wood art for which we took inspiration from parts of trees like branches, leaves, flowers and the bark, to create paintings using different coloured inks with thin wooden sticks and unique pointed wooden brushes. This was followed by 2 different art activities. In the  first one,  we were required to use our imagination and create a creature in 3 different parts. We had to start by diving the paper into 3 different parts and drawing a face on the topmost division. We passed this on  randomly and the next person would draw the body to the face and so on.  The influence anime characters, emojis, robots, aliens and even some cartoon characters  was obvious in the faces. They also drew various types of bodies and legs like - mermaid, fish, crane, cow, tiger, alien, robot, human and even the eight legged octopus. The drawings at the end turned out to be really unique and funny. The last art activity we did aimed at recreating our first painting where we had used wood. We were provided with all sorts of art materials and we were asked to be creative and do whatever we wanted to to make our painting more beguiling. After a very colourful and sporty day, we headed towards our final university visit of the day, to the  'University of Queensland'. We were warmly welcomed by their faculty and one of the indian students who was called to make the visit more comfortable. First we attended a presentation based on the university, it's history and the courses available there, creditably presented by 2of their faculty members belonging to Science and Business departments. This presentation helped the students to get a clear idea of the choices available in the field they are interested in and how they can further pursue them to make a  successful career. The campus tour revealed astoundingly beautiful sandstones which were used to construct the buildings of the university. I  returned to the hotel with a feeling of   satisfaction at a day well spent.

Arya Shukla
10th K
DPS, Bopal

Art and sports in Australia

Today, we reached the college and  played cricket along with some traditional Australian games like Rats & Rabbits and Touch & Kickball. Following this exhilarating experience, we had our drawing classes where we drew with a bamboo stick. Then  in the break, we were with our friends and I shared  samosas with my new found friends. Our art class also began with a kind of game. We made three parts of an A3 sized paper.  A student will draw a creatures in each of these parts as a group activity. Then we went to Queensland university and learnt of the lifestyle of the people in the QU. Familiar woes consumed some of our time  as we were stuck in the traffic for a while.

Kedar Yagnik
9K

My Australian diary

7th August, 2019

Today, was our third day at Calamvale Community College. Our schedule today included a Sports lesson with Mr. Brown and an Art Lesson with Ms. Giblin. Playing simple games with year 10 International Baccalaureate students, kindled a sense of team spirit. We had a great time with Ms. Giblin who encouraged us to get our creative juices flowing with incredibly interesting art exercises. These exercises were in fact, really therapeutic. All in all, it was a highly enriching session.

Mahek Sadhwani
XI H, Delhi Public School, Bopal.

Dream comes true

Today was our second day as proud students at Calamvale Community College. I got a golden opportunity to  attend the English, Business Studies, Geography and  the CAS classes. In our Geography class, we were introduced to one of the most significant and  seldom prioritized concept of hand-washing.

 I was lucky enough to get introduced to  many people today and spending quality  time with them helped me  to learn a lot about their countries and their authentic cultures.

~ Mahek Sadhwani  XI-H

Turning vision into reality

               

In the first session we got an excellent information about the various industries where people can take up jobs. I understood the expected time of existence and details of several industries like Health Industry, Mechanical Industry, Entertainment Industry, Hospitality Industry etc.  I also attended the ‘Connect’ session where I discussed about my strengths and weaknesses with my buddy. After an effective interactive session with some students of CCC, I headed towards the Digital Tech.

In Digital Tech. I learnt the sequence, selection and repetition of flowcharts and pseudocode. We were also taught the importance of flowcharts in repetition, its use in algorithm along with different hard wares and soft wares. During the second break I happened to meet some of the Indian students in the school. It was an awesome experience to interact with them. Lastly, in Humanities I analysed the working of children in factories and Mills during the Industrial Revolution. I summarized all the sources and determined their reliability.

~ Jeanie Kumar  XI-H

An Industry & A Sanctuary...

6/8/19-Tuesday 

Today was the second day of school. Our first session was on career guidance in which we were told about industries around the world. The second session was a Chinese class which gave us a reflection about what happened in an assembly unit. Then we had a break, where we met a XII grader Ripan Singh, an Indian who became a good friend. The third session was on business management, in which they talked about an adventure to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, which they visited the last week. Today was a fun day and we hope for more amusement this week.

~ Ansh  X-A

One Fruitful Day...

DAY 3 at CCC

After having a luscious breakfast at Robertson, we left for CCC to spend another delightful day with our buddies and to accompany them to spend their lectures according to their schedule. 

Firstly, I attended a seminar for career counselling by the expert teachers of the school. The experts discussed about the wide range of industries for the students to choose their course wisely. Furthermore, I had a connect session which mainly links the common student-teacher updates for the upcoming events. 

After having a long connect session, I had my first break with my fellow mates. And bought my lunch from the school canteen. With the end of our first break, I went to my second session i.e. sports. I enjoyed playing Rugby in the session with soothing weather around. 

And the last session I attended was science, with the interesting chapters of chemistry. The teacher described the common base for the new chapter that was going to be taught in the next term.

With this informative lecture of science we ended up our today's day of CCC.

~ Aryaa Shiwalkar IX-F

ISA activity, Science exhibition

SCIENCE EXHIBITION

DPS conducted a Science Exhibition as a part of ISA activity on July 21, 2018. The students of our class (VIII H) were given 4 topics for this Science Exhibition. The topics were – Sprinkler Irrigation, Mixed farming, Drip Irrigation and Greenhouse Effect. My group made the model on sprinkler irrigation. For that, we assembled at my place. Everyone brought some material for the model. It took 2 to 3 hours to complete our project on Sprinkler Irrigation. We made a working model of the same. After 2 to 3 days our class teacher asked us to bring the model and explain it in the class. So the next day we brought it and explained it. Ma’am liked our model and this is how our model got selected for the exhibition. Ma’am selected two students from my group. My friend and I were the ones selected for the big day. We were told that we needed to explain the models to the parents in the science exhibition on the day of the PTM. We prepared accordingly and explained our model to the parents. They liked our model very much and gave us an excellent feedback. Our Science Exhibition was a success. We are looking forward for our participation next year too.

~ Manit Das  VIII H 

Science ISA Experience

ISA Activity (Science) !!

I am going share my experience on ISA Activity (Science) which was the project given during summer vacation. For this project, we have to make working/non-working models of several agricultural practices like Drip Irrigation, Inter-cropping, Vertical Farming, etc. This project was to be done in group of 4-5 students. For this project, I have made a group with Rachit Upadhyay and we both have decided to do the project on Inter-cropping. While making project, I have been very curious, finding information on Inter-cropping. Inter-cropping means, ’Growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land.’ Our project was selected for science exhibition in our school on the day of PTM for class 8. During this project, I have enjoyed finding many other information on agriculture related practices. I really enjoyed doing this ISA Activity…..!!

~  Om Makadia  VIII G

Fresh class room experiences

The first session of the day was Chinese. The examinations which were after 3 days, ensured that everyone was busy revising and studying. Exams here are more practical than theoretical. They learnt how to attempt their assessments. 

During the next session which was the Fitness Session, they completed their Fitness records. This was followed by English. They discussed Question - Answers of a play, I am not familiar with. They discussed certain elements like Poetic Devices, importance of them, how to build up answers and character sketches. The next session was on Drama. We all watched a play called 'Billy The Kid' to learn about Magical realism, which included swapping of characters by an actor, going to the flashback and other techniques.

~ Akshat Desai  XIG

University learning

Today started with a delicious breakfast in our Hotel. We then departed for Calamvale Community College where we would be treated as 'international students', We spent the dat learning new activites and interacting with our buddies. I enjoyed the first session which was on career building. The other sessions which I attended with my buddy were sports, math and chemistry. I also learned that the students in college learnt more practically rather then theoretically. After spending the day at the college we went to Griffith University for a visit. I really enjoyed the beauty of the surroundings and the contrast it provided with their digitalized buildings. The whole tour of the university was conducted by Mr. Steve. I wish I could have spent more time at the university 

~ Dev Chandra XC

My IB experience

The first day at school was fun as I experienced new things like studying through research. The classes I attended followed the IB pattern and it was really interesting to see how interactive the class was. The business class I attended was exciting as we researched and learnt about the 2008-2010 recession and economic downturn because of credit crunch. All in all, I it was an enriching experience.

 

-Yashvi Bhagat 12H

Captivating Brisbane

The first weekend at Brisbane, Queensland was full of exciting and adventurous events and experiences. We started our day with a delicious breakfast at the hotel followed by an interesting local bus journey through the city to our destination, that was the South Bank. On reaching there  we were cordially  greeted by the Principal of the Calamvale Community College , Ms. Lisa Starmer. She was kind enough to show us  the place and make it a fun filled moment for us.

We started our excursion with a fascinating ferry ride  which sailed us  into the beautiful Brisbane River. The weather and the beguiling sight of the sky scrapers captivated us all the way throughout the ride. On the  way we got down at a river bank garden for a small walk where Ms. Lisa generously showed and explained us about the diversity of the  flora and fauna found in  Australia.

We also took a ride  on the gigantic Ferris wheel situated on the river bank showcasing the mesmerizing view of the whole area. After an enjoyable ride we visited one of the most ancient Buddhist Nepalese temple besides the Ferris wheel .The holy place was peaceful and it reflected the traditional origin of Nepal with its intricate designs.

It was followed by a stroll along the banks of the river and an artificial beach .We  proceeded for a tasty lunch after that. We also enjoyed shopping at the city shore market which helped us to buy some authentic showpieces of the native place , along with few  souvenirs  as a memory of our visit to this delightful place.

~ ARYA SHUKLA (X-K)

My experience...

Today we had visited the Sea World amusement park. We had a great time observing a wide variety of species including the Polar Bear, Dolphins and even the Sharks. I was extremely thrilled to see them as it was my first-time experience. I even got a golden chance to touch the most beautiful Star Fish and the Manta Ray. We are all excited and enthusiastic for the next week journey.

~ ANSH (X-A)

Thunder Lake show at SeaWorld, Brisbane

Campus Trip

Today was our first day at school and we made new friends and met new people. Later, we took pictures with animals like snakes, alligators and even squirrel gliders. We (Dev, Kedar, Eshaan, Ansh) roamed around the CCC campus as our buddies had cooking classes, and we weren't allowed to attend it with them.We are excited about the next whole week...

Quest for learning

Good Morning! I am Akshat Desai. Today, I was curious to know about the whole program, it's organisation and which subjects are included in it. My queries were all answered. I am really excited about the Program. I also enjoyed the time when we were at the botanical gardens. I liked the QUT art museum too. I asked some questions regarding the Graphic Designing courses and I received some information about them. In the following days, I will find out about the people whom I should contact. I also liked the Cube. It was impressive.

Exploring Horizons

I, Dev Chandra of Delhi Public School- Bopal had one of the best experiences of my life visiting Brisbane in Australia.  The day had begun with an appetizing breakfast at 'The Croft House' which gave the perfect impression of being abroad. I was so amazed to visit the government building, which was considered as the education house, where all the students and school leaders had an interaction with the Australian educational leaders.
After a fruitful interaction, we all had a lunch at the Botanical gardens. We moved around the garden and met some children from local Australian schools.  I strongly believe that everyone had a wonderful time there. We also visited the Queensland University of technology and had an awesome experience of 'The Cube’ and its magnificent art gallery. I indeed had a great time today and am looking forward for more wonderful and memorable experiences in the days to come.