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