From 19 till 28 November Oasis changed from a school into a sport centre. All the students went regularly to the playground to practice sports. Different from last year, all the finals were held before the actual sport meet and there were a lot of different exercises. The semi-finals and finals took place for every grade and all children did the best they can!  It starts with Montessori and reception children on the 19^th of November. Teachers prepared a lot of exciting exercises; Butterfly Race, Citron race, one shoe race and not to forget balloon bursting! Thying laces around each others leg and running together was fun for the children.

The higher grades did 100 meter runs and even 400 meter races. The physical education teachers didn’t only focus on races, but there was attention for trowing and jumping as well. The children get an explanation and then they could try to trow as an old greek discus thrower!  The days were very intensive for the children, especially at the end when the preparation for the 7^th annual sports meet was there. They worked very hard to prepair a great day for the parents.

A NIGHT OUT

by Sarah Nazish: Golden Corals

It was about twelve O’ clock at night when Tom and Kate got home. Their sister, Jane, had been asleep since eight O’clock and the house was dark and quiet.

“Be very quiet” said their mum. “We don’t want to wake Jane or your grand mother, do we?”

Dad closed the door as quietly as he could and then whispered, “You two are going to bed now. its school in the morning and little boys and girls should be fast asleep by this time of night!”

Kate and Tom hated it when their father called them little boys and girls. They knew he was only trying to make them laugh and they loved him very much, but he could be very annoying at times.

“Come on, get up those stairs and clean your teeth, and don’t run the water too loudly or you will wake people up!” said mum. The brother and sister did as they were told. They were too tired to argue and besides it had been a wonderful evening. First they had been

To a café and had eaten cake and drunk some tea. Next they had been to the circus. The clowns had made them laugh when they tipped water over one another and fell about on the ground and threw custard pies at each other. There had been many animals, but the children’s favourite was the elephant who drank water and then blew it out of his trunk at the clowns. They had never seen mum laugh so much.

After the circus, mum drove them home, but on the way they stopped for fish and chips. Mum didn’t want the car to smell of fish and chips, so they had walked up and down the street eating the hot food out of trays with their fingers. Dad had said that it was the only way to eat fish and chips and the children had to admit that food had never tasted so good.

Now they were back at their house and all they wanted to do was go to bed and think about the circus and fall asleep. Just as they were getting into bed, they heard a loud crashing noise. Kate and Tom ran to the window at once and when they looked out they could not believe what they saw-All the houses were shaking, everything was turning upside down and crashing to the ground. An earthquake had struck. Quickly Tom took out his magic ball and threw it down the road! The crashing immediately stopped. Everybody cheered Tom, but Kate and Jane were still frightened and crying.

When Tom threw the ball an alien came out of the ground and entered the town, everybody got frightened and ran into their rooms and hid under their beds. But the alien quickly caught Tom and Kate! Everybody screamed at once.

Grandmother took out a pin and poked the alien in the eyes, and the alien died instantly. Tom and Kate came running to grandma.

Everybody cheered grandma.The aliens never came back to their lovely town again .All went back to sleep. And they lived happily ever after…….

Grades 4-7 competed in painting on the 14th of March. The subject of the painting was nature. The students had 1.5 hours time to paint.

All the paintings were very beautiful. The 6 best paintings were made by:

There were also many other excellent paintings that were recognised:    

Grade 7 students conducted surveys in their statistics studies. The topics of the surveys were various:  “Is Bandh an Effective Form of Protest?”, “Do parents expect a lot from their children?”, “What sports do students of Oasis like to play?”,  ”Internet site preferances of the students”, “Students’ use of computers at home”, ”Readership of newspapers”, “India – West Indies cricket series”, “Eating habits of the students”, “Favourite sports of the students”, “Annual profit of a company”, “Preferred tourist destinations”, “Student’s use of mobile phones” and ”Different trees of a farm house”. The students presented the results in the form of a colourful, illustrated book. All the surveys were very well conducted and beautifully presented. Below you get to know a few nice examples of the surveys.

Students’ use of computers at home – Aamina Mohammed

Favourite tourist spots in India – Rukhiya Taskeen

Trees of my farm house - Shuja Mohammed

The children from grades 2, 3 and 5 painted pictures of festivals of India on Paint Brush.

Grade 2 pictures

Grade 3 Pictures

Grade 5  pictures

Grade 5 students visited the Lal Bagh Gardens on the 14th of February. 

Grade 7 boys and girls painted pots with the techniques of marble painting and crack painting.

Simple ceramic pots transformed into beautiful artwork in the hands of the students.

The grade 7 girls wrote articles and edited a newspaper of Oasis, “The Herald of Oasis”. The newspaper contains general school news, sports news, news about school events, fun activities and information about leisure and tv. Girls clearly have some journalistic talents!

Every student at Oasis International School eagerly awaits the annual sports meet. It is a day when children, right from Montessori, celebrate their athletic abilities, giving tribute to their physical prowess with a spirit of fairness and enthusiasm. It’s a much awaited day even for parents to witness the spirit of sportsmanship in their children.

The 6th annual sports meet was held for two consecutive days, i.e., on 8th and 9th December 2006, at the Mount Carmel College Sports Stadium. On 8th, the toddlers, from Montessori and Reception, were in action. Their eagerly awaited sports day began with a bang. The winter chill in the early hours of the day didn’t stop our tiny “Sport stars” from beating the chill and running to victory. At the word “GO”, the tiny tots ran as fast as they could, as parents cheered on. The novelty races such as the Butterfly Race, Hopla Race, Threading Beads Race and Frog Jump were interesting, each one laden with meaning.

The highlight of the day was the Aerobics Show put up by the girls of Grades 5, 6 and 7; so graceful and in perfect rhythm to the band.

The sports meet was made complete by “mothers” who participated in a special event – “Find your shoe”. Children cheered their mothers as they moved towards the finishing line.

The meet came to an end with the vote of thanks proposed by Ms.Disha Batra, head of Montessori.

On 9th December, 2006, hectic activity had started in Mount Carmel College Sports Stadium. The tents belonging to the four houses were abuzz with activity with children and teachers decorating their respective tents with banners, posters, ribbons, balloons and every other colourful material. By 8.45 am, the captains had assembled all their house members for the opening march past. The Guards of Honour had the privilege of welcoming the Chief Guest Mohamed Sanaulla, Secretary to Government of Karnataka Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment. The programme commenced with Surat-Ul-Fatiha, followed by the welcome speech given by our school principal, Mrs. Azeeza Easa. After the school flag hoisting by the Chief Guest, the sports captain took the oath. The Chief Guest spoke words of appreciation and encouragement. He was impressed with the values and discipline of the school which was so evident in our children, and thereafter he declared the sports meet open.

The excitement began with the first race- a 400 mt sprint by grades 5, 6 and 7 boys-and built up as the day progressed. The enthusiastic cheering from students and parents encouraged the competitors to do their best.

Apart from various colourful theme based drills, students displayed their karate skills, which was commendable performance.

Prizes were distributed during the course of events by the Chief Guest, members of the School Management and PTA members.

The commentators added to the exhilaration with their witty and encouraging remarks. The ticking scoreboard kept the teams elated. Yells of delight echoed as the scores fluctuated. The “Balloon Bursting” game specially planned for fathers and the 100 mt dash for the school gent’s faculty, had children on their toes cheering and encouraging them.

The event culminated with the final march past and the distribution of individual championships and house prizes.

The green house won the honour of being the best disciplined house and also they pulled away to victory with the highest score.

The yellow house won a prize for their march past. Ms. Disha Batra, proposed the Vote of Thanks and then the crowd stood to attention for the National Anthem.

All good things must come to an end and so did our 6th annual sports meet. The lovely weather, enthusiastic participants and vigorous cheering made this year’s sports day a grand success.

On the 15th of December the 2C students acted Little Red Riding Hood-play in the school assembly. The cast was following:

Little Red Riding Hood: Ifrah Mariam,
Mother: Ruqayia,
Grandma: Maleeha,
Wolf: Aazib,
Woodcutter: Hisamuddin and
Narrator: Shariq Faraz

Once upon a time there was a little girl named little Red Riding Hood, who lived in the forest with her mother and father. One day while little Red Riding Hood was playing, her mother called out to her and asked her to visit her sick grandma.

Little Red Riding Hood took the basket of food which her mother had given her to take to her grandmother who lived in the deep woods. She was asked not to talk to the straingers on the way. But little Red Riding Hood stopped on the way to pluck some flowers that she could not resist, and what happened? She met the bad wolf.

Little Red Riding Hood meets the wolf (At the back you can see grandma)

The wicked wolf planned to eat Little Red Riding Hood, but since there were some woodcutters around, he enquired from the Red Riding Hood where she was going and rushed to her grandma’s house to receive her there.

Grandmother heard a knock on the door and opened the door only to have the bad wolf spring upon her and locked her up in the cupboard. The wolf then got dressed in grandma’s clothes and lay on the bed ready to receive Little Red Riding Hood.

The wolf in grandma’s clothes

Little Red Riding Hood arrives and gets such a shock to see grandma look so different… The wolf tried to attack the Little Red Riding hood, but luckily the woodcutter arrived.

The woodcutter threw the bad wolf over the hills and saved little Red Riding hood and her grandma from being killed. And they all lived happily without the fear of the wolf ever again.