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Dear Parents,
We are proud to announce our student's achievements in Diploma Programme core components – TOK (Theory of Knowledge), EE (Extended Essay) and CAS (Creativity,activity and service).
All our students appeared for Diploma Examination DP II) May 2016 have successfully completed the core components. They have fulfilled all the seven learning outcomes of CAS by completion of student initiated and school initiated projects.
We would like to congratulate our students who got, 'the very rare (A) Grade', as the top grades in TOK. The students are:
The students who got the second highest in IB - Grades (B) are:
The students who achieved Grade B in different subjects in EE are:
Please join us in congratulating and motivating them for life to do even better in their life in future?
Ms. Saarada Ghosh, our ever dynamic Principal, has been honoured with the 'Bharat Vibhuti Award' at the award function for Outstanding Contribution towards reforming of National Education, there by Economic and Social Development by the 'Glorious Organization for Accelerated to Literacy. She was awarded for her excellence in reforming and contributing a differentiated education system and for her distinguished service to the Nation on the occasion of the National Seminar, on Saturday, 18th June 2016 at New Delhi. We are proud of her significant contribution to the field of education and development.
The school, under her guidance and expertise has attained remarkable success through the years. She has not only been able to make an impact on the culture of education, but, has also vastly contributed to molding the lives of many.
You will be happy to know that the International Magazine, Newsweek.com has featured our school Victorious Kidss Educares in, The Best of Asia's IB Accredited Programs 2016.
You all will be happy to know that our school, Victorious Kidss Educares, has been featured in the 'Teachers Magazine' - April - June 2016 edition, two (2) pages, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). This magazine focuses on the professional development community for teachers & educators. ' The key feature is to create a school, that is a truly global learning community, is to ensure every child's learning need is, addressed , not only what we learn, but how we learn. Our goal is to graduate students who, in contributing to a better world, are critical and independent thinkers with strong capabilities in solving problems and making decisions.'
Ram Navami falls on the ninth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Chaitra (April/May) eight (8) days after Yugādi and coincides with Vasant Navratri or Chait Durga Puja. This festival is spread over nine (9) days. This day, marks the birthday of Lord Rama and is also observed as the marriage day of Rama and Sita and thus also referred to as Kalyanotsavam. This year, Rama Navami falls on the Friday, the 15th of April 2016. At Victorious Kidss Educares, the significance of this festival, was delivered with an informative presentation by the teachers. Click here to view the Presentation and kindly watch the animated video
Mr. Marc Prensky, Founder and Executive Director, The Global Future Education Foundation and Institute,spoke about the field of education, in the Worldwide Conference by International Baccalaureate (IB) Asia Pacific, held recently. The first Indian lady (Dr. Siva kumari) to be the Director General of IB Worldwide Baccalaureate, along with three (3) great keynote speakers from the United States were also present.
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"Victorious Kidss Educares provided its students with an opportunity to participate in an Open Ideation Test called InnoVenture. InnoVenture, a workshop initiated by Intelligence plus, is India's first Ideation and Entrepreneurship Challenge for children aged 9- 14 years. The open test was evaluated and a few students were selected based on their creative, logical and collaborative efforts. These selected students then attended a training session outside school and were prepared to face the final challenge. The aim behind this workshop was to enhance creativity and innovation that is inherent among young children, and train them to become world leaders and entrepreneurs. InnoVenture nurtured 21st century skills through a world-class after school program that helped children apply their knowledge and skills to real life situations.
The final challenge of InnoVenture was held on Sunday, the 6th of December 2015 at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology College. Forty four (44) students from Victorious Kidss Educares participated in this challenge amongst twenty thousand (20,000) students from fifty (50) schools in Pune. The students received training by IIM entrepreneurs and CEO's. They were divided into groups of four according to their school, were presented with a problem statement and were made to design solution models. Our students came up with innovative and unconventional ideas and executed them brilliantly. The entire workshop was fruitful and worthwhile. This experience has aided our school in its vision of creating prudent leaders who are creative, confident and dynamic.
At the award ceremony, our school was bestowed with three (3) illustrious awards. For level-1, our students won the Second (2nd) Prize; for Level-2, the First (1st) Prize and Dione Fernandes Ma'am from our school received the Best School Coordinator Award. We are proud of our young champions and their achievements. All participants received certificates and the winners received trophies from InnoVenture.
Awards received :
|1st Prize(Level-2)
|Anvi Baheti
Saloni Maniar
Brahmi Khose
Ananya Nipane
|2nd Prize (Level-1)
|Daksh Sonigra
Prithviraj Ghule
Sai Agate
Jai Mundada
|Best School Coordinator Award
|Dione Fernandes
Our Diploma Programme (DP) Visual Art students (session 2014-16) would be organizing an 'Art Exhibition' on Friday the 11th of March 2016, which is a part of their internal assessment. After two (2) years of visual art studies, practices and creations, they are now ready to showcase their achievements before the audience. The exhibition would consist of a variety of manual and digital art pieces created by four (4) of our DP students. The names of the students are Shivraj Tingre, Saloni Dhoot, Ishani Pawar and Sanjana Kaushik. A total number of 42 (Forty two) art pieces including paintings, sculptures, installations, digital art, video art, print work, e-waste art etc. would be put up on display.
The inauguration is on Friday the 11th of March 2016 at 10:30 A.M. We would like to invite all our parents, teachers students and guests to visit the show and grace the event. The 'Art Exhibition' will be held from Friday the 11th of March 2016 to Thursday the 17th of March 2016, between 10:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M., only on the working days (Excluding Sunday).
"Victorious Kidss Educares has partnered with a renewable energy firm - Shekdar International, to install a 51 KWp rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system which will supply electricity to the school for twenty-five (25) years. Victorious Kidss Educares, is possibly the first International Baccalaureate (IB) school, in the country to install such a system. The solar plant will generate nearly 75,000 units of electricity every year. Shekdar International will supply this electricity to the school at a cost lower, than the tariff of the state electricity distribution company, giving the school significant cost savings in electricity bills.
The PV plant is a grid-tied system which synchronises itself with the mains supply and if that is not available, with the back-up generator. It ensures that solar power is used on a priority and any power requirement in excess of the solar plant's capacity is drawn from the state grid or the generator. It is a completely automatic system requiring no manual intervention. All the switching between solar power and regular power is managed automatically by a smart electronic controller. The plant is state-of-the-art and can be monitored remotely through internet access.
"Victorious Kidss Educares school, in keeping with its IB curriculum and Vedantic philosophy of holistic education, has implemented this system not only as a cost saving initiative, but also as a project which will save more than seventy (70) tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. This is equivalent to planting over 325 trees every year. This project demonstrates to its students, faculty and parents, the school's strong commitment towards society and environment protection. It will help inculcate in its students an awareness about environment and renewable energy. It is also the school's way of contributing towards the ambitious targets of the National Solar Mission defined by our Honourable Prime Minister."
How apt is this quote by Lao Tzu for the entire PYP journey of the very bright and extremely talented students of the prestigious International Baccalaureate (IB) school, Victorious Kidss Educares. The grand and much-awaited event that sums up this journey and celebrates the accomplishments of these budding youngsters is the PYP 5 Exhibition. It not only commemorates the Graduation Ceremony but it also marks the beginning of the MYP (Middle Year Programme.)
The year 2015-16 was a roller coaster ride for our PYP 5 students as they encountered novel experiences, exciting field trips to educational sites, tons of hands-on activities and project based learning. The culmination of the entire PYP journey is marked by the Exhibition; which is an assessment of the understanding and performance of the child throughout his/her Primary Years. It is here that we as teachers, mentors, guides and facilitators withdraw the scaffolding and encourage students to take decisions independently and apply all their learning practically and fearlessly.
The Exhibition theme for this year is "Sharing the Planet". The students thoroughly observed their surroundings and investigated the issues that have a direct impact on them as the future inheritors of Earth. Following long discussions they came up with the Central Idea: "Every human action affects the planet." They chose to explore this huge topic under three sub-topics: Pollution, Population and Resources. After studying details of causes and effects as well as the inter-dependence of these three major concerns, it was time for Action; which is the outcome of every Inquiry Cycle in the IB philosophy.
The creativity and innovation of our students produced many working models of efficient remedial measures, charts depicting important information and Action Stations with hands-on experimentations. But most of all, students are very excited with their "Best out of Waste" project which is their brainchild. They have invited parents and guests to collect and submit used plastic bottles representing the three R's of Reduce, Recycle and Reuse. In return for this, saplings will be handed out to them as a gesture of a new hope for building a better future for Mother Earth. Also the pledge that the students have taken for contributing towards the betterment of mankind is a determined effort to change mere words into Action.
It is rightly said that at the end of every journey there begins a new journey. As our fledglings spread their wings and prepare to take flight, we feel proud to watch them turn into confident, independent and enthusiastic IB Learners who have embedded in their personalities, a scientific inquiring spirit as well as the deep-rooted Vedantic philosophy of our esteemed school.
Our school, Victorious Kidss Educares had received an invitation to participate in the open Abacus and Vedic Mathematics Competition held on 24th January, 2016. We, at VKE, had an amazing number of ninety seven (97) participants for the district level competition. Rigorous practice sessions started in school right from the month of December 2015 upto the date of the competition. Students enthusiastically and wholeheartedly practised at home for the full session, including during the precious free time of Christmas holidays. All the dedicated efforts of our students, along with the encouragement from parents and guidance from the teachers culminated in numerous laurels for VKE. Amongst the talented students, from all over Maharashtra, braving the rigours of the tough competition, VKE children stood out by bagging a total of twenty two (22) prizes. It is one more jewel added to the VKE crown of victories.
Once again, our children have proven their worth and had emerged Victorious. We are so very proud of their achievements!
|Jack Hallquist
|Rujula Gupta
|Vedant Vijay Kakade
|Avijit Panicker
|Dhiruv Alpesh Patel
|Piyush Niranjan Soni
|Aryan Gandhi
|Pratiksha Taduvayi
|Arav Pankaj Pipada
|Ishaan Singh
|Kush Anupam Agarwal
|Dhairya Nilesh Parmar
|Ritvik Satish Agarwal
|Rujula Shetty
|Rudra Agarwal
|Nia Paras Gathani
|Shivali Sandeep Pacharne
|Kush Anupam Agarwal
|Rishabh Bora
|Rohan Bora
|Rujula Shetty
Vatsal Solanki, a student of Victorious Kidss Educares from MYP 4 B participated in UCMAS child development program based on Mental Arithmetic and the Abacus that boosts brainpower in children aged 4-13 years, which was held in Balewadi Boxing Stadium, Pune, Maharashtra. There were around 1600 (one thousand six hundred) students from all over Pune Zone (Pune, Nasik, Nagar, Kolhapur, Aurangabad etc.) who participated. Vatsal won a UCMAS championship trophy amongst other students who won Championship trophies for various other categories.
The UCMAS approach promotes whole brain development and establishes foundational building blocks like memory, concentration, creativity and problem solving along with strengthening math skills.
Vatsal brilliantly solved 100 (one hundred) out of (two hundred) 200 sums in 8 (eight) minutes in the Grand Level. The school is proud of him and congratulates him on his achievement.
The 21 km 'Our Marathon' themed on breast cancer awareness was held on 31st January 2016 at the Police ground, shivajinagar, Pune; in the presence of film actress Kajol. This event attracted a huge crowd from Pune city. Dhairya Parmar, from Victorious Kidss Educares, studying in PYP 4 C participated for the 5 km race in this event and was able to successfully complete the Marathon within 25 minutes. Dhairya received a medal for his achievement.
Along with Dhairya, his cousins namely Vatsal Solanki (MYP IVB), Diksha Solanki (MYP IC) and Labhanshi Rakha (MYP IC) from VKE also participated in the same event. The school is proud of these champions who ran for a good cause.
My daughter Sai Akhil Agate has won the Second prize in IntelligentPlus Innoventure competition level one conducted by IntelligentPlus, Pune. This was the competition to check the thinking ability which may help the society in future. She is nine (9) year old and we found it a very innovative idea to channelize kid's skills from this age.
I would like to express my gratitude towards Victorious Kidss Educares for enhancing the skills of my daughter, thinking ability and confidence level to participate in such a big competition and stand in front of 2500 kids, who had come down to participate, from all other schools. My family and I are always thankful to the school to see my daughter stand in front of people and can express her thoughts with confidence and with doable logical solutions.
"Victorious Kidss Educares believes in that when there is a great mother, there would aways be a great kid. In our teaching and learning pedagogy, we have therefore, intense interactions with parents and monthly parental workshops. VKE witnesses another great mother and has once again succeeded in sustaining creations of life-long learners and budding champions by its unique process of 'teaching and learning' through the concept of Vedanta, coupled with Inquiry based learning of International Baccalaureate (IB). Along with strengthening students academics, we also work towards their all-round character development. We help them enhance their technical, musical, athletic and leadership skills through various class activities and workshops. One of our students has made us proud by implying what she has been motivated by her mother and sincerely learned at school.
Running is one of the best fitness regimen of all times and helps the body to remain healthy along with helping to build endurance. Kids feel a sense of achievement when they finish running. Taking this mantra to a new level is a student from Victorious Kidss Educares, Nia Gathani from PYP 5B who has taken a great liking to running the five (5) kms Marathons. Nia has completed running the five (5) kms in only thirty five (35) minutes. She is extremely enthusiastic about running at different marathons and is very proud after completing the race. She has already completed five (5) Marathons in only two (2) months and wishes to keep running at every marathon held in the city. She has taken part in the following marathons held in Pune:
1. FICCI Flo Half Marathon Pune 2015 held on Sunday 4th October 2015 in Magarpatta City
2. Hutchings High School Reunion Run held on Sunday 25th October 2015
3. SBI Pinkathaon Pune 2015 held on Sunday 15th November 2015 in Aundh
4. Pune International Marathon 2015 held on Sunday 6th December 2015 in Deccan
5. Pune Smart City Run 2015 held on Saturday 12th December 2015 in Magarpatta City
We wish her Happy Running and hope that all our children get motivated to be as fit like Nia!
Once again, the stand alone processes of 'teaching and learning' through the concept of Vedanta, coupled with Inquiry based learning and differentiated classroom environment of International Baccalaureate (IB), has taken one of our child to, where most children dared to tread. Along with strengthening Math skills, the approach promotes whole brain development and establishes foundational building blocks like memory, concentration, creativity and face life with effortless attitude to problem solving
A student, Vatsal Solanki from MYP 4 B, aged twelve (12), had participated in the UCMAS (Universal Concepts Of Mental Arithmetic System) all India and International Competition, on Saturday the 5 of December 2015, where in he stood third (3rd) runner up. There were around 16,000 (sixteen thousand) students from all over the world and India, who were a part of this Competition, which was held at the Delhi University in India. UCMAS is a child development program based on Mental Arithmetic and Abacus that boosts brainpower in the children aged 4-13. Vatsal solved 105 (one hundred and five) sums out of 200 (two hundred) sums in a span of 8 (eight) minutes. He went for the Grand Level in which he did exceptionally well and stood third runner up. We are proud of his achievement.
This Learning Community, comprises of Mother, child, father and the school ambience. Our dear Vatsal's excelling has infinite contribution of Mother and then the Father; who in turn have showed to Vatsal that he can.
Self-esteem is self worth, it is the way one perceives ones self. Low self esteem can hamper one's growth intern causing low self confidence. To know more about about the role of self esteem in childhood, view the ppt based on a parental workshop at Victorious Kidss educares Read More..
The Shivganga Roller Skating Club initiated to attempt the Guinness World Record for the maximum number of skaters dancing on roller skates. Rudraaunsh Pandhe from PYP-4 E of Victorious Kidss Educares was one among the Two Hundred and Eighty (280) students who attempted this record at Shivganga Roller Skating Club in Belgaum, Karnataka. The record was attempted on the 19th of November 2015 at 7:30 P.M. Choreographic training was provided to the skaters, four (4) days prior to the final record attempt. The young skaters danced with vigor and grace to the tune of 'Jai Ho' for thirteen (13) minutes nonstop. It was impressing to see all the participants dance on roller skates without wearing any safety gears. The united and continuous efforts of the students and trainers paid off with a success in setting up a mind-blowing record of its kind. The club is anticipating a forty five (45) days period for the Guinness World of Records, to declare its final verdict on the attempt. We are proud of our young student participant, who confidently displayed his skating skills through this attempt which proved to be a brilliant success.
Please watch "Largest Roller Skating Dance Routine Guinness World Record Attempt"
Gurunanak Jayanti celebrates the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev. He was born on the full moon day in the month of Kartik according to the Hindu Calendar in 1469 A.D. at Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi, thirty (30) miles from Lahore, in the present Pakistan. He is the founder of Sikhism who believed that there is only one God in whose eyes we are all equal Read More..
Victorious Kidss Educares participated in the 2nd Students Olympic District Games (Gymnastics) 2015-16 by the Association of Pune District for the Under 8 and 10 year olds; held on Sunday the 13th of September 2015 at JPNV School, Nigdi, Pune. Two (2) of our young champions, Anish Deshpande of PYP-3 and Rujuta Patil of PYP-4 participated in the competition, amongst 150 participants from six (6) other schools. The competition was tough, but our champions proved to be gymnastic stars. They flaunted their skills with confidence and bestowed us with another moment of pride, bringing home One (1) Silver and One (1) Bronze Medal. Medals achieved:
|Age Category
|Rujuta Patil
|Under 10
|Anish Deshpande
|Under 8
Yes indeed! Anne Frank has very rightly quoted, it's a moment of great pride to see our students cross over and get admission in colleges of their choice to pursue their higher goals in life. All our Diploma Students of batch 2014-15, have secured admissions and are set to make the best in their next phase of life.
We are very delighted that our students have got the opportunity in their chosen field and are confident that they will excel wherever they are, as their foundation has been strong and their character has been etched. Students will realise with time that college is an opportunity to rummage through and luxuriate in ideas, realise how very large the world is, to contemplate their desired place in it and to be tilled, for all that its worth.
An overview of the colleges in which our students have procured admissions are as follows:
|Stella Maris, Chennai
|B.Sc in advance Zoology & Biotechnology
|Bricks School of Architecture, Pune
|B. Architecture
|Wadia College, Pune
|Taking a break (to gain experience in a law firm for few months and bank) and then he would take admission in University of London
|Bachelors in Economics
|Symbiosis Law School, Pune
|MIT, Kothrud
|B.E. Civil Engineering
|MIT, Kothrud
|BA Economics
|B.E. Civil Engineering
|Texas, US
|Business Management
|Cummins College
|Diploma in Interiors
|Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
|B.A. Correspondence
|Taking a career gap of a year and practicing Maths and plans to specialize in Economics
|Arihant Management College, Pune
|Taking a year gap and preparing for IIT-JEE
|D.Y.Patil, Pune
|Wadia College, Pune
|D.Y.Patil, Pune
|B.E. Civil Engineering
|Symbiosis, Pune
|BA-Liberal Arts
|Taking a career gap of a year and preparing for Law entrance exam
Victorious Kidss Educares participated in the 14th Speed Skating Competition for the under 8, 11 and 12 year olds, held on Sunday 30th August 2015 at the Pawar Public School, Amanora Mall, Pune. 45 of our champions participated, including 36 Boys and 9 Girls. The competition was tough as it involved around 700 young skaters from different schools and skating clubs. It was truly an achievement for any student to clear the competitive levels of the competition successfully. From among the proud skaters who completed the last level, were 5 of our champions from PYP-5. Our students, won One (1) Gold Medal, One (1) Silver Medal and Three (3) Bronze Medals. Our little Victorians proved us victorious in the true sense.
|Sr No.
|Age category
|Zara Poriya
|Under 10
|Akshad Bharadia
|Under 10
|Adity Mane
|Under 10
|Grishma Nimhan
|Under 10
|Pruthviraj Gule
|Under 10
A Specialist Computer Programming team of four (4) from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, led by Kaushal Ramesh, with Michael Mah, Lim Yong Siong & Ashwani Kumar Rai, who are completing their Masters Degree, have especially come to Victorious Kidss Educares, to conduct on Thursday the 13 and Friday the 14 of August 2015, a workshop 'Fun to learn Programming', for the school children. There are two (2) workshops - 'Scratch' and 'Python' running simultaneously, in the state of the art 'Dell Lab' and Hitech 'Apple Lab' of the school. The workshop on 'Scratch' is designed for students aged between seven (7) and twelve (12) and that on 'Python' for children aged twelve (12) to sixteen (16). The workshops are focussed for over eight (8) hours (two 4 hours sessions in these two days). It is very interactive and engaging, with exercises, puzzles and at the end of the workshop, every student takes their very own video game. This team has come to Victorious Kidss Educares, with a special message, for the digitised world, which is to make our students aware and learn that, we should make computers as our slaves; and not make ourselves slaves, because of the computers, so that they make this wonderful world of learning, fun and interesting.
A 'Certificate Of Participation' to every student, will be issued, at the end of this two day workshop.
The 'Kronosphere' Team
Michael Mah :
Psychologist by Degree, Entrepreneur by mindset, and educator at heart, Michael Mah is fuelled by his thirst for positive global transformation. He co-founded Kronosphere with a view to emphasize the universal importance of computational thinking. Well-travelled, well read and extraordinarily well dressed, Michael brings a global perspective gained from having spent a significant portion of his life in the United States, Canada, China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Lim Yong Siong :
An academic Mechanical Engineer, but a practical Corporate Accountant, Yong Siong is tranquil in the face of imminent stress, able to steer out of challenging situations effortlessly. He believes in leveraging education to solve everyday problems, which is how he pioneered the rise of Kronosphere in its formative years.
Ashwani Kumar Rai :
A heavy-duty technophile, with a futuristic view of integrating technology with education, Ashwani Kumar Rai leverages his Mechanical Engineering background to create computational monuments. His passion to share his passion with the world ignited the conception of Kronosphere.
Kaushal Ramesh :
This plate-breaking, sandbag-kicking Martial Artist spends his days studying Mechanical Engineering and his nights trying to make Kronosphere's programs interactive, engaging and insightful. His vision is simple but audacious: to make computational thinking a global phenomenon and to increase awareness of its vitality in the imminent future.
Our Principal, Saarada Ghosh has been conferred the 'BEST DISTRICT PRINCIPAL AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2014-15'. "Our school is all the more noteworthy, since during this academic year, over 31500 schools from more than 1400 cities and 19 countries registered for the Olympiads and millions of students appeared in them".
Born in a poverty stricken family in the South, Dr Abdul Kalam struggled hard and fought valiantly, in his early childhood, to receive truly a very high level of education. Became a great scientist and received, amongst many, the highest honour to a civilian, the 'Bharat Ratna' award. The entire staff and students of Victorious Kidss Educares observed a 'two minutes' silence in the morning assembly today, to pay homage to the soul of former President APJ Abdul Kalam (11th President of India from 2002 to 2007), the missile man who became popular as 'People's President'. His demise, even though untimely and sudden, indicated that even till the last moment of his life, he was working and motivating, the teachers, students and people of India. His death is an immense loss to our country.
He was a guide, motivator, a philosopher and an inspiration for the youth of our nation. He was a great President and a brilliant scientist. He was equally conversant with Koran and Bhagavad Gita. He truly brought spirituality, morality, sincerity and commitment in work. He received many awards for his great achievements. We all have lots to learn from him.
Personal Project (PP) is an extended, independent piece of project work completed by each student in the final year of the MYP (Middle Years Programme). The Personal project encourages students to demonstrate their ATL (Approaches to Learning) skills, consolidate prior and subject-specific knowledge and develop an area of personal interest. Personal projects revolves around a challenge that motivates and interests individual students. These projects help students to develop the attributes of the IB learner profile and foster the development of independent, lifelong learners.
This year all students of MYP 5 completed their personal project with great enthusiasm and dedication. Our students actively developed their topics from their areas of interest. Project topics were creative and research-based and most important they reflected student's personal interest. Through the use of a process journal, the supervisors provided guidance to the students throughout the PP process. To celebrate the end of the PP process, the school hosted a Personal Project Exhibition on 24th April, 2015 which was attended by the parents, Supervisors, Co-ordinators and the Head of the school. It was appreciated by one and all present on that occasion.
Victorious Kidss Educares, in the leading daily newspaper 'Pune Times' of Times of India Group, on Sunday the 26th of April 2015. 'Exploring Education Beyond Classrooms' (Page 34 in e-paper)
VKE has tied up,with one of the top International Budhrani Group, towards spreading this concept of Vedantic education coupled with the latest of IB and opening new branches of VKE in India as well as abroad.
Today was not an ordinary day like I have every day; I had a mind blowing day and an amazing experience. I was a part of a professional art workshop which was held in Pune. In the beginning I was a little confused and worried about what to paint and then I finally decided to do something that I'm good, my wire work. Due to this workshop I was able to understand my strengths and weakness and got a chance to showcase my talent too. My painting was simple but yet unique, I had texture background which I created through red colour and in middle I had one big maple leaf made with cycle spokes and copper wire. My theme was encouraging the nature towards life. As the cycle spokes are strong to bend I had a bit difficulty with that. I was inspired to do this painting because there are so many different types and shapes of leaves in nature which we don't acknowledge. That's what I wanted to showcase and I was able to achieve my target. I hope I keep getting such chances to showcase my talent and hope to improve.
Student Saloni Dhoot Reflection (DP-1)
Wow, today was phenomenal. I still cannot believe I completed a painting in just a day. Thanks to this art workshop, I discovered my capabilities. I discovered I was capable enough to do so much more than I thought I could do; manage my time efficiently, plan everything, utilize my skills to their extremities, and finally pass on a message to my community.
It was a whole new experience. I always breathed on the concept of artists painting for a reason, but today I learned the importance of that concept. And it felt so peaceful, almost like attaining inner peace. It felt different and exceedingly satisfying.
This workshop gave me the opportunity to break out of my comfort zone, which is what every artist looks for. I painted a semi-realistic piece. I always keep running away from realistic styles because it's one of my greatest weaknesses. Today, I am sure I empowered it.
I used this chance to paint and to pass on a message: "it's time we begin, we've had enough with this discrimination! We need to start noticing." My painting revolved around this one quote, "Everybody sees, but only one notices'" and my motive of making this painting was to make everyone notice, so we can join the fight and watch the world bloom out of it's problems. It's not only about discrimination, its also about corruption and all the other problems that block our way towards peace and prosperity. I am thrilled for I successfully (I hope) contributed my bit.
I'm so grateful to have got this lucky opportunity to express my deepest concerns, strong feelings and determined ideologies. Thank you Vishwajeet Sir and VKE for choosing me to make a difference. It was one of the most crucial and helpful experiences of my life. I had a great time.
Here are the lines written by students for his teacher:-
Saloni Dhoot - Dear sir, Thank you so much for your love and unconditional support. I'm seriously lucky to have an art teacher like you. I'm flattered to have got this opportunity, thank you soooo much! Now I can move ahead with confident shoulders. I never thought I was capable of doing what I did in these two days, thank you for helping me find myself. Now I know I can make wonders. All the credit goes to you, as always. You're the best art teacher an art student can ever get. Thanks a million times!(even that isn't enough)
Ritika Sykar - Vishwajeet sir!!! Feel very lucky to have a teacher like you! 😎 thank you so so much!
Shruti Gundecha- My dad n mom are really happy!!! All thanks to you for letting be a part of it n tolerating all my stupid questions n helping me throughout...blessed to have you as my art teacher.
Medha Ghosh - Thank u sir for the workshop it was really nice. I had a wonderful experience and I enjoyed a lot thank u for the opportunity 😄😄😄. Yes sir and none of us felt that u were rude during the Workshop actually u were very fun and awesome we enjoyed a lot with u.
Sumiran Ardhapure - Great workshop. After a long time, I played with colours. Thank you sir for having faith in me and providing me this opportunity. Feeling ecstatic.
A two days workshop is being held by Magma Finance Company for upcoming professional artists, which is being conducted in the Centurion Hotel, Shivajinagar, Pune. This event is being held today and tomorrow. There were ten (10) participants, selected only from Victorious Kidss Educares, for this professional artist workshop. Visual Art Students of DP I & DP II (Junior College) were supposed to exhibit their expertise in the field of art and paint, two individual paintings, with the use of professional artist materials (Acrylic, water colour and dry pastel). The canvas sizes were 4 ft. x 3 ft. On the first day's workshop students created paintings on various topics which were aesthetics of nature, human nature, world peace, love, equality, differentiation and music v/s life.
Tomorrow, they would be continuing with the workshop and they will be creating ten (10) different paintings on ten (10) respective topics.
The ten (10) students who are participating are:
This is a school which looks into not only the mind but also the soul of a child. The needs of each individual child is different, is unique in itself.This system of education has undertaken the herculean task of " not repeating "the same pattern for each child .In this system of education ,each child is given the knowledge that he or she has great potential, they get the great assurance that elders and teachers do not think of them as being inferior to anyone in any way. It is this innate strength that will help the child to grow.
Once the child feels proud of himself or herself, half the battle is won. There is no fear which will restrain them, hence they will grow fearlessly. Positive thinking propels a child forward. Swami Vivekananda spoke of "man-making", it is wonderful to see the tiny tots slowly forming a fearless ,inquisitive mind which is blooming into a fragrant flower. We have almost forgotten that growing-up should be full of joy, free of all kinds of inhibitions. The freedom from back-breaking ,drudgery of monotonous study material is a welcome change.
My heartfelt admiration and wholehearted appreciation for the innovative , creative,fresh approach to learning being used here. Swapna Majumdar
On Sunday 22nd February 2015, Metro Kidos Preschool, Tingre Nagar, Lane No. 7, had organised an inter-school skating competition for the age group under 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. With Victorious Kidss Educares participating, many schools had participated, which were Lexicon International School, Podar International School, Symbiosis International School, Army Public School, Lohegaon, Kolhapur International School and Metro Kidos Preschool. The parents accompanied the kids with a great enthusiasm.
Victorious Kids Educares was also a part of the competition, where in ten (10) students took part, overall 250 students were there in the competition. The competition was tough enough, but our kids did a great job with lot of hard work and dedication. The performance of the kids was fabulous and the results were outstanding. We won two (2) Gold medals, three (3) Silver and one (1) Bronze medal. The achievement of these kids was great and they made us feel very proud. The student's name are:
Judging an international art competition is an unlimited experience all together. Getting selected as a jury member for an international art competition, where number of children participants are seventy two lakhs (72,00,000), brings more and more responsibilities of taking care of those lakhs of emotions, which are presented in visual form by the little and the teens future of tomorrow. A jury is expected to have an expert vision who can notice even the smallest visual expression or the emotions painted through colours, be knowledgeable, be well aware of the child's, student's and an artist's psychology, emotions and ways of communication, be able to view and judge from multiple perspectives, be impartial with no biases, be persistent while judging and be able to make decisions with open mind.
Mother Saraswati has blessed me with abundance of artistic qualities and skills that I have been percolating down to these children and artists with mother's blessings. It's the Divine blessings of God & Babaji that my students are doing extremely well in the field of visual arts. I train my students to be different rather than being just good. I guide them to be themselves; yet be creative, innovative, aesthetically pleasing and let people notice their differentness. There is no boundary for my students, in terms of art mediums that they can't use in any respective age or there is no art work that they can't do. The freedom and encouragement that I provide them is the most loving zone for them to feel confident. I respect the creative mind and differentness of every child because they are the one who will bring revolution in the current visual culture. It is very important to let their individuality take its own shape with the richness of past history, its knowledge and an effective vision of better tomorrow. My students are introduced to all those master techniques in early schooling which can only be taught in higher education.
I have got a shining feather and an HOD stamp of a very well reputed, one of the school out of two complete IB World school's in Pune city, named 'Victorious Kidss Educares' – 'A School With A Difference'. This school is way different than other schools across the country, which brings the Ancient Vedantic education coupled with the latest of Western Science; taught to our children, so that they become holistically knowledgeable and open minded. We guide them to become the best example of 10 IB learner profile Inquirers, Knowledgeable, Thinkers, Communicators, Principled, Open-minded, Caring, Risk-Takers, Balanced, and Reflective. We conduct art exhibitions twice a year. Our students participate in international competitions and workshops that provide them all artistic exposure.
I had a great experience to judge the grand finale round of the international "Camel Art Contest" which was held at Mumbai regional office. I got a chance to see the art practices that are happening all around India and the world. The competition was really tough which made me feel delighted about the level of art, children and their dedication towards arts.
I am thankful to Mother, God and Babaji for blessing all these children with so much of artistic skills and love for art.
Vishwajeet, HOD Arts department, has received a letter of special invitation, from Mr. Achin Kumar Jha, SAT Manager of Kokuyo Camlin Ltd.,to be a jury member for the largest Camel art competition of India (2015). The final judgments will take place in Mumbai on 4th of February 2015.
Nancy Nameirakpam Ma'am, teacher of PYP I E has prepared an 'Origami'. 'Origami' comes from the word 'Ori' mean 'folding' and 'Gami' meaning 'paper'. It is the art of paper folding, which is often associated with the Japanese culture. In modern usage, the word 'Origami' is used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat sheet of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques. Modern origami practitioners generally discourage the use of cuts, glue or markings on the paper. Origami folders often use the Japanese word 'kirigami' to refer to design which use cuts, although cutting is more characteristic of Chinese paper crafts. The types of Origami are Action, Modular, Wet folding, Pureland, Kirigami and Tessalations.
The Association of International Schools of India
7th TAISI Sports Meet
The Seventh (7th) TAISI School Sports Meet of The Association of International Schools of India (TAISI) was held at MIT Vishwashanti Gurukul from the 15th to 17th January, 2015. Around fifteen (15) International Schools participated in this three (3) day meet. The students of Victorious Kidss Educares, through their extraordinary performance, outshined others in most of the events. Our students won three (3) trophies, four (4) Gold Medals, twenty (20) Silver Medals and ten (10) Bronze Medals. On behalf of the entire VKE fraternity, we congratulate all our students for their brilliant performance and bringing home the laurels and accolades.
There was tremendous display of great team-manship and good characters. Just as they have been guided on the lines of student's profile of being caring, sympathetic leadership, great risk takers, highly principled, etc. Each and every one played their roles, as they should have. In the Junior Boys team, Kaif Kutchwala and in the Junior Girls team Shrutika Gupta stood out with their performances. It was, as if they were possessed for perfection and gave their heart and life for the name and fame of the school. Both played like the great soccer masters, Pele and Roberto Carlos, in their respective matches and the team went ahead and brought laurels. The other players showed brilliant display, have also been placed with their ranking, names and the medals won. The badminton team played against the MIT Vishwashanti Gurukul School – Team A, in the final, after having won the semi-finals against the hosting school, MIT Vishwashanti Gurukul School – Team B. Karan, Vedant and Advait, played brilliantly, to bring in three (3) Gold Medals. One could see the brilliant display of stroke and stamina in all three (3). However, Karan and Vedant stood out with their performance and one could see that they have been really practising. One could similarly see the effort of Neil Gaikwad's hard work. He was the winner of the Gold in the backstroke and a bronze in the free style swimming.
List of schools which participated:
|Sr. No.
|Participants Name
|Karan Rathi
Vedant Kasat
Advait Tattu
|Badminton Junior Boys
3 Gold
|Kaif Kutchwala
Sahaj Zalavadia
Karan Rathi
Rohit Cheruvathoor
Mayur Shitole
Aryan Tupe
Advait Tattu
Om Gaikwad
|Football Junior Boys
8 Silver
|Shrutika Gupta
Nikita Takale
Mariya Rehmani
Krutika Shitole
Isha Apte
Laranya shah
Shrushti Mundada
Tisha Solanki
|Football Junior Girls
8 Silver
|Aditya Shelar
|Tisha Sholanki
|Sumiran Ardhapure
|Sumiran Ardhapure
|Isha Apte
|Mayor Shitole
|Kshitij Palekar
|Neil Gaikwad
|50 mts back stroke
|Neil Gaikwad
|50 mts free style
|Vedant Kasat
|50mts breast stroke
|Samrudhi Shinde
|50mts breast stroke
|Nihil Darda
|25mts back stroke
|Tanveer Narwani
|25mts back stroke
|Vihaan Darda
|25mts breast stroke
|Vatsal Solanki
Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.
Sidney Sheldon
The VKE school library is one of the biggest libraries in schools around Pune. The double storied library is the heart of Victorious Kidss Educares academic and research culture and is an integral part of teaching and learning at school. The Library with 9600 square feet of floor space, houses of wide variety of resources for Early Years Programme (EYP), Primary Year Programme (PYP), Middle Year Programme (MYP), Diploma Programme (DP) and advanced Wi-Fi environment of digital world. The library has a rich heritage of several decades of collection of rich books on literature to spirituality to stopics, which would answer all questions of a sincere seeker. The salient feature of the library is not only the resources within the library but also the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) of 'Destiny Library Manager' through which…
Click Here Access OPAC Catalogue of Victorious Kidss Educares Library ( https://victorious.follettdestiny.com/common/servlet/presenthomeform.do?l2m=Home&tm=Home)
Now the Victorious Kidss Educares Library is being opened for parents at a nominal annual fee of Rs. 5100/-. Parents are invited to become a member and generate an environment at home for " Love for reading". A culture can never be taken away from the children.
Remember a very famous poem:
You may have Caskets of jewel and coffers of gold. But you can never be richer than I As I had a mother, who always read to me.
So dear parents, VKE is creating an opportunity for you to develop a reading corner in your home. Develop, even if you do not have a similar mind set right now, an ambience of reading culture. Children would learn from you. And no one can take away his or her richness. Should you want to recommend purchasing of any book, as a member, your request shall be treated with earnest priority. When, as a member, you are desirous of reading a particular book, kindly intimate the resources; in terms of procurement.
When you open a book, You open a Giant's mind.
Surprise your child this Summer with thrills and adventures!
Our school Victorious Kidss Educares has been rated as No. 2, in Pune's Top-International Curriculum Schools survey by the leading daily newspaper, 'Times of India' which appeared on Tuesday the 23rd of December 2014.
The 14th NES Sri Jayendra Saraswati National Award for Best Teachers, by H.H. Jagadguru Sankaracharya, was, for the Year 2014, being awarded to our Principal & Vice President, Ms. Saarada Ghosh. This award was conferred on Saturday, the 13th of December 2014 In Mumbai.
We are happy to announce that Victorious Kidss Educares has appeared today on Page nine (9) in the 'Punya Nagari' daily Newspaper (Marathi). The school is celebrating the '19th Foundation Day' and it is our school's birthday.
MYP Evaluation Visit - 18th September 2014 to 20th September 2014 Victorious Kidss Educares crossed another milestone in its journey towards perfection. The underlying philosophy of Victorious Kidss Educares dictates that perfections for the children, for the teachers and for the school, have no limits. Our team is continuously working with this motto and are achievers of great standards.The school had a very successful MYP (Middle Years Programme) evaluation done by IB (International Baccalaureate) officers. The two (2) IB officers, Mr. Patrick Ritterand Ms. Gurpreet were at VKE from 18th September to 20th September, 2014. During the three (3) days visit, they interacted with all the stakeholders of the school. They received a very warm welcome by our President, Robbin Ghosh and Vice President, Saarada Ghosh and theother Heads of the school. They conducted meetings with the MYP Coordinator, Ms. Jaya Kalsy, the Principal Saarada Ghosh and the MYP Head, Dr. Bonila Sinha. They interviewed the subject teachers,regarding their knowledge and understanding in teaching of the IB, MYP curriculum, the inquiry based methodology used to deliver the subject contents to the students, the assessment process, and various other aspects of learning of the programme. They also interviewed teachers from library, Physical Education, SEN (Special Education Needs), Personal Project Leader, Service Leader, Global Context Leaders, etc.They interacted with the MYP students to discover their awareness about the different subjectmodulesof the programme. They also interacted with the parents of MYP students, the students themselves,to discuss the clarity in understanding of their acquaintance, role and involvement in the whole process.
Victorious Kidss Educares received MYP authorisation in the October, 2010. Over the past four (4) years,the school has worked diligently to reach this point in its growth and development. The IB Visiting Team made a tour of the sprawling campus and commended the new facility for its modern laboratories, libraries, music rooms, art roomand sports facilities. They appreciated the enthusiastic students who showed their love and excitement of learning throughout the visit.They particularly made remarks that each one of the teachers and the children have always a bright smiling face. That it was great and quite uncommon to see a wonderful vertical and horizontal communication process existed, between the teachers and the team.
They particularly complemented on the presence of a great sense of belonging, in each teacher and student, and for the flow of excellent energy.
Brand building activity at the Cinepolis Theatre,Season's Mall, of Magarpatta. "We conducted a brand building activity, an activity of awareness, on 6th July in the Cinepolis Theatre, at the Season's Mall, of Magarpatta. There were various VKE slides running for those visiting the theatre. Through digital board, advertisements were also placed. All staff of the Cinepolis Theatre, wore the school T- shirts".
Students enrolled in IB early education receive strong academic foundation that supports school 'readiness'
Singapore - Sept 3rd, 2014
The International Baccalaureate (IB) has focused its most recent research efforts toward investigating the processes and outcomes of pre-school students enrolled in its Primary Years Programme (PYP).
Researchers from Deakin University examined four early years programmes - two in Singapore and two in Melbourne, Australia. Top findings from the research include:
Find the full report, Early years education in the Primary Years Programme: Implementation strategies and programme outcomes online, along with a research summary of the report.
New Research Finds IB Middle Years Students to be Self-Aware, Resilient, and Engaged in School
Findings from exploratory study suggest IB Middle Years Programme has a positive impact on students' social-emotional well-being
Singapore, August 13 Increasing amounts of research continue to support what educators have long recognized: social and emotional health plays a key role in determining students' social and academic outcomes, not only in schooling but also later in life. In a new study conducted by Flinders University, researchers explored this issue by studying the well-being of students, ages 11-16 in Australia, who were enrolled in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme(MYP), an educational framework in which social emotional learning plays a significant role.
In this particular study, researchers examined students' social-emotional well-being using three different scales to assess student self-perceptions of their mental health. The researchers found:
Message from a DP Student for Youth Social Service Day
Dear Parents and Students, I am Ritika Saykar, an IB Diploma student at Victorious Kidss Educares. I believe, our school has always initiated projects that make people aware of the global issues, connecting them to our local situations and ways to change and act accordingly. The CAS week celebrations have come to an end, but continue your little gestures of kindness to make the world a better place. As most of you might know, our population comprises of majority of youth. At the peak of their lives, where career and education is prioritized, they have to channelize their energy and time as such that they can also play their role as a citizen of the global society and contribute to the developing era. I am honored to be one of the UN Youth Ambassadors in Pune and have taken an initiative of feeding the hungry, in association with one of the most socially active youth team APD (Action for Pune Development). I would appreciate your support to help me make this campaign a success. For contributing in the project, you may choose to donate a few grams of grains (Yellow Dal), which will then, be donated to the homeless and underprivileged citizens of the city.
Safety & Security Standards for The Children of Our School The Largest IB World School In Pune
Dear Parents, As you read this message, please accept love and warm Greetings from Victorious Kidss Educares. The recent unfortunate incidents, in some cities, involving the safety and security of school going children, being a matter of deep concern, has been drawing our attention. And as a school, keeping in view of the gravity of these incidents, we have worked out certain procedures, so as to implement, higher standards of safety and of security of the school. The aim of this message now, through the media of website and the face book, is to remove the anxiety and worries, from the minds of the parent. From the onset of the Kharadi complex, we had laid down very high standards for security and safety of kids of VKE. These processes however, just like at home, or in the workplace, must remain as continuous ongoing processes and all of us must stay away from complacency. Though we at VKE have a reasonable and strong system as regards to security and safety of our school children, yet keeping in view of the present developments, we have strengthened further and have tied up, even with the Police, Education & RTO Department of The State. Should you, as you go through these ideas and action plans, get any more ideas, want to recommend for inclusion, and further strengthen the plans, please write or contact us?
A. Chief Administrative Officer
B. PTA Member
C. Police Representative
D. RTO Representative
E. Education Department Representative
F. Bus Contractors Representative
G. Representative of an NGO
This committee would be the watchdog to monitor and guide the school management in matters related to security and safety of the students using the outsourced transport. 6. School floor coordinators are keeping a look out all the time. Every floor and the toilets are manned by house keeping staff. The Core Team is taking rounds and supervising, inspecting continuously. In addition, maids attend every classroom. There are more than 240 teachers; senior members like the Administrative Team, Home Room Teachers, the Grade Level Coordinators, the HODs, Program Coordinators, the Principal are continuously monitoring the classrooms and the floors. While these measures are physical, so called of the 'earthly real world' and yet we must not keep thinking (be unduly worried) about it, as your children are, by the blessings of God and Babaji, in very safe ambience. It is good, as per ancient philosophy of Vedanta, to be concerned and take necessary corrective measures. However, do not allow it to rule your mind and make you get worried. Because a worried mind, meditates on the negative aspects of life. And there by pre-empts, the same negative thing, which you worry about? We, as the parents, as the seniors, as the teachers, need to remove worries, from our mind, we tend to do the most. Because this worry is, nothing but meditating on the negative aspects of life and paying attention to those negative activities; which we do not want in our life. The golden rule from Vedanta is, "What ever you pay attention to, would increase".
Therefore we need to pay attention to, visualize and expect those good things, we cherish the most. We need to see the good qualities in our children, healthy environment around us and in our society, in our homes. Those good thoughts for the safe, peaceful, secured ambience around us, would increase and become more prominent. Sure, when you are concerned about something, take corrective actions, and plan well. God's support would be there, even more. We cannot, of course, ever be complacent. And yet we must not worry and see only the negative things. Unknowingly, we would only invite those things, in our life. We certainly, should take notice of those negative areas, in our life, around us and take necessary corrective actions. Have unshakable faith in God and our Great Masters. Know that we are, our children are 'The Children Of God' and 'The Divine Grace' is protecting our school and us all the time. A Booklet on 'Health & Safety Policy Of The School' would soon be made and distributed to the parents and in the website, laying down responsibilities of the school and guidelines for the parent.
On 6th of August 2014, from the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Mr. Sudhakar Vishwanath and his team had visited our school, to understand the philosophy of VKE and had a tour of the school campus. I have attached their positive feedback and reply written to us, after their visit.
"Warm greetings and best wishes from Sadhu Vaswani Mission, Pune.
Thank you so much for the courtesies extended during our visit to your School on 6th August, 2014. Every aspect of the school environment showed a great focus on teaching and learning. Victorious Kidss Educares is a solid temple of learning in its real sense and we were indeed very inspired by your vision to keep our Vedantic tradition and teaching alive, besides, making it a world class school. Your open and transparent outlook and willingness to assist us in the process of setting our school has also immensely touched us. I would bank on your guidance and will certainly take some liberty to reach out to you and your team at an appropriate time. Our sincere thanks is also due for your best wishes and prayers that you conveyed for Dada's complete recovery and we do hope that you would spare some invaluable time to visit our mission to view the program of Darshan that we discussed about. Renu Madam will be in touch with Ira Madam with more details about Darshan and activities associated with KK Eye Institute. We thank you once again for the wonderful time that we had in your campus."
Brand building activity at the Cinepolis Theatre,Season's Mall, of Magarpatta.
"We conducted a brand building activity, an activity of awareness, on 6th July in the Cinepolis Theatre, at the Season's Mall, of Magarpatta. There were various VKE slides running for those visiting the theatre. Through digital board, advertisements were also placed. All staff of the Cinepolis Theatre, wore the school T- shirts".
Seven (7) Girls & Two (2) Teachers Selected, Out Of Twenty Four (24) Girls, From The Globe, To Take Training To Change & Create A Better World In The ThinkPeace Workshop, New York - 3rd July 2014 To 14th July 2014.
Once again, here is one more feather added to Victorious Kidss Educares, cap. 7 dynamic girls, aged 14 to 18 have been selected from Victorious Kidss Educares – the IB World School in Pune, Situated in Kharadi to attend a ThinkPeace Workshop in New York City. The girls will be working together to discover what they have within themselves, that can make a real impact in the world!
ThinkPeace Organisation is committed to guide, nurture and inspire 24 girls selected from all over the world, to play a unique role in creating a more peaceful world. They believe that the girls are the SOLUTION! ThinkPeace workshop for girls, teaches global awareness and sensitivity to girls, who want to embark on a journey of self-awareness that will empower them to make a difference in their lives, their communities and the world. The ThinkPeace Organisation is committed, to provide this opportunity, to a selected few girls, every year.
These self-motivated and committed girls, will get to discuss the latest global issues with some of the renowned and known people from United Nations Foundation, the Somaly Mam Foundation, Global Citizen, Occupy Sandy, The V-Girls and attend sessions conducted by some of the International Heroes and social workers such as Shannon Galphin from Mountain to Mountain and Orly Wahba from Life Vest Inside.
We are proud of these girls who will be representing India in this workshop and hope they come back, inspired, motivated, planned and ready to change the world starting from their community!
India, is once again, speeding ahead, to become economically and spiritually, the number one (1). These students, specially the 'girls' would be the leaders to inspire and guide?
FLYING COLORS IN OLYMPIAD EXAMS Our Victorious Kidss Educares Champions have added another feather to the cap by being successful with flying colors in Olympiad exams. Hearty congratulations to our students and their parents.
This year our school had provided our children the platform to participate in Olympiad exams conducted by Firefish Networks Pvt. Ltd, who are authorized by Cambridge University Press.
Overall 335 students from our school from PYP1 to PYP5 participated in English, Mathematics and Science Olympiad examinations at school level. Out of which, 28 students for English and 7 students for Mathematics were selected for the national level exam, which was conducted in the month of March.
5 students were declared winners in Maths National level exam and 1 student was declared winner in English Olympiad Exam. The names of our students, who performed well are:
|Mishthee Gathani
|Ava Aniket
|Arav Pipada
|Deethi Gandhi
|Nihil Darda
|Shravani Chaudhari
|Shreyansh Pallod
|Deethi Gandhi
|Devik Agrawal
|Nihil Darda
|Ava Aniket
|Shravani Chaudhari
Deethi Gandhi makes Victorious Kidss Educares proud. She tops the Primary Olympiad National Competition by securing 100% in Maths and 97.14% in English
'Our Children of Pune From Victorious Kidss Educares - The Largest IB World School in Pune City Creating History & Making An Impression In The World Map Of Education - Teaching & Learning' From The 29th of July 2013 Till 10th of August 2013 At Beijing, China.
United Nation has organised WEMUN Expo 2013 (WE Model United Nations), as an academic simulation of United Nations and its organisation. This time it has been organised at Beijing, for about one hundred and fifty (150) students, chosen from Various Schools and Colleges, from across the globe. Seven (7) children from Victorious Kidss Educares, are participating presently. The other schools / colleges participating are from Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, from India Welham's school, Doon school and many other school's coming from across the globe. Victorious Kidss Educares students are continuously showing their higher performance and making impressions in the World Map of Education.
Twenty (20) girls from this Globe have been selected for a 'Think Peace Workshop For Girls - 2013. The aim is 'To Empower Them To Change The World'. The workshop is scheduled to be held from July 1st to 7th 2013 at Berlin - Germany. Out of the twenty (20) girls from this Globe, five (5) girls, on a scholarship, from Victorious Kidss Educares, India; have been chosen.
Our children of the five member team performed very well and were adjudged to be the winner.
Winner Of The World Peace Congress Award - Skit Competition - held on 12th January 2013, 2nd Prize. Five (5) students of Victorious Kidss Educares, chosen from 7000 children - 1400 schools from 58 countries. Conference Organised By NES - Blessed by Dalai Lama, was attended by Mr. Ian Chambers, Regional Director IB Asia Pacific, Mr. Tom Oliver, Founder and President and CEO of world Peace Foundation Berlin, Mr. Pule Malefane - Counsel General of South Africa Mumbai, Dr. Zimmerman - Academic Secretary and Director of Research, Interdisciplinary Centre Israel, Liet. Gen. Satish Nambiar, UN representative USA, Mr. Whitney Sterling, Ms. Kia Scherr, President of One life Alliance, USA, Anil Kapoor, Actor & winner of Oscar, and Terence Lewis, Master of Contemporary dance, held at Mumbai.
On our recent Annual Inspection Visit by The Heads Of School Services Of Asia Pacific, Mr. Nigel Forbes has declared, Victorious Kidss Educares - "A Model School For Others To Emulate".
Out of 1500 schools in India aspiring to become IB, only 96 have cleared the examinations for 1, 2 or all 3 of the IB examinations. Out of the 96 schools in India, only 9 have reached the qualification of complete IB schools; there are all three programs - PYP, MYP & DP. We are one (1) of them.


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Cailleach Bheur
Genteel crone. Scottish
A giantess associated with Winter. She is said to be blue in color, and a peculiarity of hers is that she emerges on Samhain as a ancient hag, gradually ages in reverse, and disappears at Beltain as a young and beautiful maiden.
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As the proud owner of my brand new shiny new "New iPad" (did I mention it was new?) I have recently spent a lot of time researching the vessel in which it will travel… Yes, much like people do not wander around in the buff, it seems that mobile devices must also be suitably 'attired' for a journey outside the home.
On this quest I have looked at every case Amazon has to offer (453,457 by last count) and run through every possible scenario my zippy little tablet will encounter. In the end I went for the ever-popular ROARTZ Slim Fit Smart Stand Case with a Tech Armor Screen Protector. But what I did not expect to find was the huge number of iPad cases for kids. Not just your regular case with a picture of Elmo, these are designed from the ground up to engage, entice and endure play with children of all ages.
So, as I waded through the thousands of options to smartly dress my iPad, I collected the 9 most fun, practical and (in some cases) insane iPad cases for kids. See what you think!
Best iPad Cases for Kids
1. Gumdrop Drop Tech Color Case
Built for for durability, the Gumdrop Drop Tech Color Case is made for little hands that are still a little clumsy with expensive devices. Coming in a series of colors, the Gumdrop case has an outer silicone skin that absorbs shock and vibration. The case has reinforced bumpers corners, protecting the most fragile part of the device as well as a textured finish making the device easier for small hands to grip. The case is also available for iPad Mini and iPad Pro.
2. ArmorBox Kido Series
You could pretty much launch your iPad off the roof in this little baby (please don't try it). Built to withstand anything a little one might throw at it, the ArmorBox Kido Series is a really neat design that not only protects the device, it also acts as a cute carry case and a portrait/landscape stand.
With models for all generations of iPad, iPad mini and iPad Pro, this case is a real winner if you think your device might have rough times ahead.
3. Caseable – Design your own case!
A wonderfully creative project for kids, caseable is a super cool site that lets you design your own iPad case. From color, to printed text, to images and designs, every aspect of your case is completely customizable. Whether you want to select a design from the huge caseable collection or upload your own artwork or photos you can visualize and preview the whole process right there on the site. With options for all iPad models as well as phones, Chromebooks, and pretty much every device under the sun, you can spend hours messing with ideas for your very own personalized iPad case.
4. iGuy Freestanding Case
I've always wished my iPad had arms… Well now it can. The iGuy is one of the more fun and colorful iPad cases for kids. With short legs that allow the iPad to stand free as well as cute foam arms to help small hands grip the device, the case does a lot more than just protect your iPad from drops and knocks. Coming in three colors, the iGuy comfortably fits all iPad generations.
iGuy comes in all sizes, for the iPad 1/2/3/4, iPad mini, iPad Air and iPad Pro.
5. ROARTZ Slim Fit Folio Smart Stand Case
The ROARTZ Black Slim Fit Folio Smart Stand Case is one of the most popular choices of iPad cases for kids because of its simple design, high quality build and exceptionally good price. The iPad case is virtually identical to cases provided by Apple but is less than half the price. It protects the iPad on all edges, back and front as well as containing the inbuilt magnetic strip that allows the iPad to wake automatically when the case is opened.
6. Snugg Shock, Drop and Kid Proof Case
The Snugg Kid Proof Case is one of the best iPad cases for kids who need a little extra grip holding such expensive devices. All four edges of the iPad are equipped with large ergonomic handles made from durable cushioned material, making sure your iPad is fully protected while still allowing for perfect viewing in both portrait and landscape mode.
The Snugg Kid Proof Case comes with a lifetime guarantee and also comes in sizes for the iPad Mini.
7. Mosiso – Canvas Fabric Sleeve
Available in a myriad of different colors and styles, the Mosiso Canvas Fabric Sleeve is one of the best options if you are looking for protection that will not stay fixed on the iPad. This can be especially useful if the device is being used for multiple purposes or for taking the device from place to place. Recommended for older kids, the tablet sleeve comes in a range of sizes for different devices and is perfect for students who need cheap and simple protection for carrying their iPad in their bag or backpack.
8. Heavy Duty Beetle Defense Case
One of the strongest iPad cases for kids there is, the Beetle Defense Case is built to handle just about any accidental drop, bump or shock. The case uses a dual layer design that combines a polycarbonate hard shell and a softer inner material to absorb shocks and bumps. The case includes a built in screen protector for additional protection also comes in sizes for the iPad Mini and iPad Pro.
9. Laugh and Learn Apptivity Case
Created by everyone's favorite toy company, Fisher-Price, the Laugh and Learn Apptivity Case is made for much younger children.
One of the larger and more durable iPad cases for kids, the frame includes beads and handles to engage younger children as well as hiding all clickable iPad buttons (including the home button) to prevent any accidental clicks.
[BONUS] Trent Airbender Clamshell Keyboard Case
While all of the above iPad Cases for Kids offer excellent protection and a number of child-friendly features, the Trent Airbender takes iPad cases to a whole new level. With an integrated keyboard, this case converts your average iPad into a portable and flexible mobile PC! Perfect for students or kids who are iPad power users, this simple case can transform your iPad into a much more versatile machine.
Do be careful on choosing any keyboard case as different devices require different fittings. The Trent Keyboard Cases come in fittings for both iPad 2/3/4 and iPad Air 1/2.
So, what iPad cases for kids have caught your eye while on the lookout for iPad outfits? Which of these eight could you see appealing to your children. Let us know in the comments below!


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Man arrested with $78,000, nuclear info
Court records say suspect was carrying cash, data about nukes and cyanide
Updated: 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
DETROIT - A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying more than $78,000 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide.
Sisayehiticha Dinssa, an unemployed U.S. citizen, was arrested Tuesday after a dog caught the scent of narcotics on cash he was carrying, according to an affidavit filed in court.
When agents asked him if he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000, authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional $59,000. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they found the mysterious files.


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The Elasto Gel Open Patella Knee Wrap is made utilizing a tough, flexible high glycerine gel that is covered with a four-way stretch material that allows maximum conformity, hot and cold transfer and comfort. It is designed to help provide either hot/cold therapy for minor muscular and soft tissue cervical injuries. The Elasto Gel Open Patella Knee Wrap is especially suited for use in the home, on the athletic field or in a health care facility. Individuals using the Elasto Gel Open Patella Knee Wrap can move about once the wrap is secured in place. If the product is used for cold therapy, the product will remain flexible even at a -20 F. The tough, flexible gel will not leak if punctured and the special shapes are designed to fit the knee area to ensure even and complete contact and coverage. Elasto Gel Open Patella Knee Wrap Features: Microwaveable Single Product Hot or Cold Will not leak if punctured Will not dry out Exceptional Conformability Durable and Comfortable Easy View more
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With personal differences set aside, Fear Factory are back with a vengeance. Thankfully, it's now all about the music for the Californian alternative metal outfit.
Guitarist Dino Cazares has buried the hatchet with singer Burton C. Bell after years of public stoushing, which saw members leave the band.
"Burton and I are in a good space," Cazares says backstage in New Jersey, where the band are on tour in support of their recently released eighth album, The Industrialist.
"We had to bury the hatchet to work together again. We also realised that what we argued about and what we were in a fight about was nothing important. It was just a combination of being around each other for 14 years straight, recording and touring."
Fear Factory have now been on the road in the US since March and Cazares says all is as it should be, on the music and friendship front.
When the band head to Australia this month, it will be part of a run of dates including New Zealand and Japan, followed by shows back at home and in South America as well as co-headlining a tour with Devin Townsend around Europe.
As one of the first countries to fall in love with Fear Factory, Cazares says they have a special place in their hearts for Australia. We were also the first country to see their 1995 album Demanufacture to gold status after their debut visit in 1993.
While Fear Factory is Cazares' main focus at the moment, he also has a history with his other bands, Divine Heresy, Asesino and Brujeria. For the moment, though, his enthusiasm for this year's gigs is coming from his excitement about The Industrialist and the "amazing" response from fans to the new tracks.
"The plan was to make a classic Fear Factory record," he says. "The last album, while still Fear Factory, took a little bit of a different direction with more thrash. With this we wanted to go back to the Demanufacture era."
The guitarist says touring is still the best way to make a living and he reckons about 20 per cent of their music sales come from downloads compared to physical albums. To that end, the band won't road-test songs anymore. They save them all up for the album tour, lest someone record one at a gig and share it around before the album is done.
Fear Factory play Capitol on September 30. Tickets from the venue or Oztix.


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Karl Lagerfeld Went to Moscow, But He Would Have Been Happier at Home
The men just aren't hot enough for him. Neither was the soup, for that matter.
Karl Lagerfeld made his first trip to Moscow last week to show his Paris-Moscow pre-fall collection for Chanel. He also squeezed in a photo shoot of Naomi Campbell, who has a Russian boyfriend and modeled the collection for V magazine. But just because Karl was inspired by Moscow and named the collection after the city doesn't mean he has to like it. After just a day in town he'd already racked up a list of complaints, first and foremost that the men in Moscow aren't hot enough. From WWD:
"I think the women are better than the men. I think if I were a woman here, I would be a lesbian," he said sardonically, wearing dark glasses, a custom-made high-collared shirt and a Martin Margiela suit and tie.
But then, remembering whom he'd just photographed, he added: "I met only one very handsome man — that's the boyfriend of Naomi [real-estate mogul Vladislav Doronin]. He's quite stunning. With the others, maybe I don't have the right eye."
After the severe dearth of eye candy, Karl lamented over the cuisine. He hates borscht, because he was forced to eat it once a week as a child. Also, none of the restaurants could prepare the steamed fish and grilled vegetables he subsists on to his liking. Luckily he brought his own food — "cornbread and a protein source," according to WWD.
He said he didn't do any sightseeing because he is an "informed person" and has already read about all the old buildings there are to see. And besides, he prefers to read about places rather than go to them, because in his mind things are perfect, while in the real world, they are ugly. And taste like borscht. "You're never disappointed by your imagination, but you can be very disappointed by reality," he says. Anyway, people in Moscow really enjoyed his fashion show.


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Bristol, U.K., producer Eats Everything, the party-starting DJ-producer otherwise known as Daniel Pearce (and who indeed looks like he has a somewhat healthy appetite), has a sound that takes in deep house, bass music, rave and more. He returns to NYC tonight to spin alongside the Italians Do It Better label's mastermind Mike Simonetti and the Dog & Pony Show's Paul Raffaele.
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text: Department of Physics http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3056 2016-10-28T19:45:44Z Synthesis and characterization of long persistent phosphors using combustion method http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20709 Synthesis and characterization of long persistent phosphors using combustion method Colen, Manaka Mmakgabo In this work, alkaline earth aluminate phosphors doped with rare-earth ions and manganese were synthesized using combustion method. Several characterization techniques were used to study the structural and luminescent properties of the as-synthesized phosphors, namely X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-Vis) Spectroscopy, Photoluminescence (PL), and Thermoluminescence (TL). The structural properties were studied by collecting the XRD patterns of the samples using an X'Pert PRO PANalytical diffractometer with CuKα at λ = 0.15405 nm. The particle morphologies of the as-synthesized powder phosphors were investigated using a JEOL JSM-7500F field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). The optical properties of the phosphors were studied using Perkin-Elmer Lambda 750s UV-Vis spectrometer, Jobin Yvon/SPEX FluoroLog spectrofluorometer (Model FL-1040) and Riso TL/OSL reader (Model DA-20). The as-prepared SrAl2O4:Eu 2+ ; SrAl2O4:Dy 3+; SrAl2O4:Mn 2+; phosphors were synthesized at an initiating temperature of 600 oC. The XRD patterns were consistent with the low temperature monoclinic structure of SrAl2O4 for all the as-synthesized phosphor powders. SEM measurements showed nano-rod like particles. The SrAl2O4:Eu 2+ ; SrAl2O4:Dy 3+; SrAl2O4:Mn 2+ samples were excited using a 450 W Xenon light source at 364 nm, 390 nm, and 426 nm respectively. A broad blue emission peak at 500 nm shown by the SrAl2O4:Eu 2+ sample is attributed to the 6 1 7 4f 5d 4f transition of the Eu 2+ ion. Also, the red sharp emission lines due to the 4f-4f transition of the Eu 3+ were observed. SrAl2O4:Dy3+ samples exhibited blue, green, and red emissions which can be atributed to the 4 6 9/2 15/2 F H ,4 6 9/2 13/2 F H , and 4 6 9 11 2 2 F H transitions of Dy 3+ ions respectively. The two broad emissions (green at 513 nm and red at 650 nm) shown by 2+ 0.98 2 4 0.02 Sr Al O :Mn sample can be atributed to the 4 4 6 6 1 1 T ( G) A ( S) transition of the Mn 2+ ion in the sample. The SrAl2O4:Eu 2+ , Dy 3+ ; SrAl2O4:Eu 2+, Mn 2+ ; SrAl2O4:Dy 3+, Mn 2+; and SrAl2O4:Eu 2+ ,Mn 2+, Dy 3+ phosphors were synthesized by combustion method at an initiating temperature of 600 oC. The blue emissions were observed in all the samples except SrAl2O4:Eu 2+ ,Mn 2+, Dy 3+ sample. The SrAl2O4:Eu 2+ ,Mn 2+, Dy 3+ phosphor showed the longest afterglow intensity. The BaAl2O4 doped with Eu 2+ , Mn 2+ and Dy 3+ phosphors synthesized at an initiating temperature of 600 oC using combustion method. The XRD patterns confirmed the hexagonal structure of BaAl2O4 in all the as-synthesized samples. A broad blue emission of the BaAl2O4:Eu 2+ sample at 490 nm is attributed to the 6 1 7 4f 5d 4f transition of the Eu 2+ ion in the sample. A red emission peak observed at 611 nm is due to the 4f - 4f transition of un-reduced Eu 3+ ions during the combustion reaction. A blue emission at 482 nm, a green emission at 575 nm, and a red emission at 663 nm of the BaAl2O4:Dy 3+ sample can be associated with 4 6 9/2 15/2 F H ,4 6 9/2 13/2 F H , and 4 6 9 11 2 2 F H transitions of the Dy 3+ ions respectively. The green emission peaks exhibited by BaAl2O4:Mn 2+ sample at 512 nm is due to the 4 4 6 6 1 1 T ( G) A ( S) transitions of the Mn 2+ ions. Barium aluminate phosphors doped with different concentrations of Dy 3+ ion were synthesized by combustion method at an initiating temperature of 600 oC. The XRD patterns confirmed the hexagonal structure of BaAl2O4. The emission peaks observed at 482 nm, 575 nm, and 663 nm are due to4 6 9/2 15/2 F H ,4 6 9/2 13/2 F H and 4 6 9 11 2 2 F H transitions of Dy 3+ ion respectively. The PL measurements also confirmed the quenching of luminescence at higher concentrations of the Dy 3+ ion. The UV-Vis measurements has confirmed the increase in the band-gap of the BaAl2O4 sample followed by a decrease and an increase again as doping concentration of the Dy 3+ increased. The X-ray diffraction patterns of the Ca0.97M0.3Al2O4:Eu 2+ , Dy 3+ (M = Ba, Mg, and Sr) powder samples prepared by combustion method confirms the monoclinic structure of CaAl2O4 in all samples. A broad emission peak at 490 nm for both Ba 2+ and Mg 2+ substituted samples and the one for Sr 2+ substituted sample at 485nm are attributed to the 6 1 7 4f 5d 4f transition of the Eu 2+ . The decay curves confirmed that the Mg 2+ substituted sample has a longer persistence (phosphorescence) than all the other samples. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Regulation of kinases by synthetic imidazoles, nucleotides and their deuterated analogues http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20129 Regulation of kinases by synthetic imidazoles, nucleotides and their deuterated analogues Nkosi, Thokozani Clement Deuteration is the replacement of a hydrogen atom by deuterium atom in a molecule. The replacement begins at the most acidic hydrogen in the molecule. In ATP, the deshielded hydrogen is C8-H which is the first replaced during deuteration. During ATP deuteration some of the ATP is hydrolysed to ADP concurrently. Using kinetic analysis, it was confirmed that the ATP hydrolysis that occurs is 1st order in ATP concentration, while the hydrogen replacement is 2nd order. The ATP and its C8 deuterated analogue were tested against three enzymes shikimate kinase (SK), acetate kinase (AK) and glutamine synthetase (GS) to determine if a kinetic isotope effect (KIE) exists in these systems. With AK and GS, the KIED increased as the KIEH decreased, while with SK the KIED decreased as the KIEH increased as the concentration of the ATP or deuterated analogue increased. Deuteration of imidazole and purine compounds reduced the specific activity of AK or SK at low concentrations in an enzyme-catalysed reaction. From a library of imidazole-containing compounds that inhibited SK, three compounds were selected and their IC50 values were determined on the SK-catalysed reaction. These compounds show a differential potency and efficiency between their protonated and deuterated analogues when compared in a 1:1 mixture. Synthesized purines incorporating three different substituents at N-9 were tested against AK or SK for their ability to lower the specific activity of the enzymes used 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z On the use of optimized cubic spline atomic form factor potentials for band structure calculations in layered semiconductor structures http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20116 On the use of optimized cubic spline atomic form factor potentials for band structure calculations in layered semiconductor structures Mpshe, Kagiso The emperical pseudopotential method in the large basis approach was used to calculate the electronic bandstructures of bulk semiconductor materials and layered semiconductor heterostructures. The crucial continuous atomic form factor potentials needed to carry out such calculations were determined by using Levenberg-Marquardt optimization in order to obtain optimal cubic spline interpolations of the potentials. The optimized potentials were not constrained by any particular functional form (such as a linear combination of Gaussians) and had better convergence properties for the optimization. It was demonstrated that the results obtained in this work could potentially lead to better agreement between calculated and empirically determined band gaps via optimization 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z Non-resonant microwave absorption studies in SmFeAs(O,F) iron pnictide superconductor http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20032 Non-resonant microwave absorption studies in SmFeAs(O,F) iron pnictide superconductor Onyancha, Robert Birundu As an electromagnetic response detection technique, non-resonant microwave absorption (NRMA) has been without doubt, one of the fundamental tools in characterizing high temperature superconductors (HTSC). The technique can explicitly give factual information on flux pinning, granularity, magnetization, and detection of iota superconducting phases among many more. The emergence of iron pnictides superconductors has brought an enormous impact on HTSC field due to their relatively high 𝑇c, high critical fields 𝐵c2, huge critical current density and low anisotropy. Accordingly, they look appealing candidates in industrial applications more especially in high magnetic field applications. As of yet, its electromagnetic response particularly the low field microwave absorption (LFMA) or the non-resonant microwave absorption (NRMA) is relatively unknown. Consequently, in this work, systematic studies have been done on SmFeAs(O,F), superconductors to determine the low field sweep microwave absorption. Furthermore, effect of varying temperature, microwave power and field modulation amplitude on NRMA line shape have been addressed and the results obtained are compared with NRMA results of cuprates superconductors. Interestingly, the NRMA line shape has been found to evolve as a function of temperature, microwave power and field modulation amplitude. A structure i.e a broad peak 1 and a narrow peak 2 have been identified. Furthermore, the line shape shows a phase reversal at moderately high microwave power. This dissertation presents the theoretical background of superconductors, experimental techniques, working principles of the equipments, results, discussions and conclusions. As pertains to the future work, recommendations have been suggested in trying other forms of sample and also different sample materials of iron based superconductors to fully understand the NRMA and ensure a progressive and continuous work in this field. Also, we will carry out extensive studies on critical current density, fluxon dynamics and irreversibility fields on iron-based superconductors by means of NRMA technique. 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z


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Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm - Berlin
Your hotel has a restaurant where you'll find good menu choices for lunch and dinner. Wellness Area is the place to be for rest and relaxation, offering facials and body treatments, as well as a steam room, a sauna and massages. There is also a bar/lounge where guests can enjoy drinks.
In addition to the on-site spa, a health club and a sauna are among the leisure facilities on offer. Guests can make use of the free WiFi.
Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm - Berlin
Hotel Info: 1-877-214-4288from $121
- Luxury Room, 1 King Bed
- Luxury Room, 2 Single Beds
- Club Sofitel Luxury Room
- Executive Suite, 1 King Bed
- Junior Suite, 1 King Bed
- Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed
- Deluxe Suite, 1 King Bed
- Club Room, 1 King Bed (Club Sofitel)
- Executive Suite, 1 King Bed
- Junior Suite
- Luxury Room, 1 King Bed
- Superior Room, 1 King Bed
- Executive Room, 1 King Bed
- Prestige Panoramic Suite
- Deluxe Suite, 1 King Bed
- Luxury Room
- Club Suite, 1 King Bed (Prestige)
- Premium Room, 1 Queen Bed (Luxury)
- Club Suite, 1 King Bed
- Luxury Room
- Superior Room, 1 King Bed
- Twin Room, 2 Single Beds
- Superior Room, 1 King Bed
- Junior Suite - 1 king-size bed, lounge area
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 311 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 11 floors
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Children (16 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets allowed *
- 2 per room
Extra people
- Roll-away beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Valet parking *
In the hotel
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop/café
- 24-hour room service
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Health club
- Full-service spa
- Steam room
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Sauna
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 23681
- Conference space size (meters) - 2200
- Conference center
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Hair salon
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 2005
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Library
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Soundproofed rooms
- In-room massage available
- Private bathroom
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Flat-screen TV
- Pay movies
- Satellite TV channels
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
Special features
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa, Wellness Area. Services include massages, facials, and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a sauna.
DiningRestaurant Le Faubourg - This restaurant specializes in French cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Saint Germain - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast only.
Lounge Bar Le Faubourg - Onsite bar.
Awards and affiliations
Green / Sustainable Property
This property participates in Green Globe, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.
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Also known as
- Berlin Sofitel
- Sofitel Berlin Kurfürstendamm
- Sofitel Kurfürstendamm
- Sofitel Kurfürstendamm Hotel
- Sofitel Kurfürstendamm Hotel Berlin
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Valet parking costs EUR 25 per night
Rollaway beds are available for an additional charge
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 30 per person (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
Pets are allowed for an extra charge of EUR 22 per pet, per day
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.