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Intercultural day – Talent show��

By Vedanshee and Sophie

As you may already know, last Saturday�� we hosted Intercultural Day and hosted Secondary and Primary talent shows. While the Primary Food fest was going on, there was�� the Secondary Talent Show. The talents were amazing, consisting of singing, dancing, and instrument playing – piano, guitar and drums. There are multiple group performances and many solos. Throughout all the performances, each one was a breath of fresh air, some even showing their culture through song and dance.�� The Ģ����Ƶ talent show holds a special place in Intercultural Day because everyone gets to show off their talents and who they are as people.

Even if all of the performances were as good as the others, there could only be THREE podium places:

• With first place going to Saanvi, Sizuka, Shrishti, ensemble (Ivanjali, Sanah, Shreegya) Year 11.
• Second place going to Airis 9M��
• Third place going to Minus 8, Ģ����Ƶ’s own rock band.

Food Fest 2025

By Saanvi & Bibhushan (Journalism Club)

Last Saturday, our school hosted its annual food fest, a vibrant event where students and mentors came together to celebrate the diverse flavors of different regions, such as Southern Europe, where each stall represented a unique culture, offering delicious dishes thoughtfully prepared by the students with their dedication. The event was filled with excitement as parents, teachers, and students crowded around different stalls, tasting the wide variety of foods and appreciating the effort, creativity, and teamwork that went into making the day a success. The atmosphere was lively and full of joy, and it felt incredible to see the community come together for a good cause, as all the money raised from the event will be given to our community partner schools.��

In addition to the food, there were other enjoyable activities such as henna/mehendi, which added to the lively, cheerful atmosphere and to the culture being shown off throughout the whole day. Everyone came together, not only to enjoy, but also to support a meaningful cause. Overall, the Food Fest was a wonderful success once again, celebrating diversity, unity, and compassion within our school community. It truly brought everyone together and was truly a memorable day!

(Food Fest 2025 raised over 3.8 lakh for our community partners and the four secondary houses will now start to plan projects for their partner school using the money they have raised at Food Fest. Thank you to all parents who attended and contributed to this record total. Mr Draper, Head of Secondary)

GCSE Drama Students perform their devised pieces

This Tuesday, the Year 11 Drama students performed their devised drama pieces for the IGCSE exams. Both performances were exceptionally good, especially seeing as the students wrote, directed and performed their plays.

The first group was Athalia, Saivi, Mateo and Ashvath, with their performance on the Rights of Prisoners and the inequalities that they face. This performance was incredibly heartbreaking, especially with a powerful ending scene that left an undying impression on the audience. The lighting and music was also very effective and contributed greatly to setting the tone of the play. The students made use of various creative techniques to enhance their performance – a particularly inventive scene using the popular board game Monopoly as a metaphor for economic imbalance.

The second group included Manashi, Aafia, Pranava, Fahmi and Maulik. This was another incredible performance about the journey to finding Happiness. They explored the many misguided paths people take in search of happiness, including drugs, toxic relationships, fame and wealth. Presented through the eyes of a fictional company that “sells happiness,” their performance was not only greatly impactful, but also highly entertaining. A particularly powerful scene was the ending, when the customer chose to pick option B, a path to happiness that wasn’t built on temporary fixes, but was achieved through self-improvement.��

Both groups should be incredibly pleased with their performances. They were engaging, entertaining, explored complex themes and were able to convey important messages. The hard work and creativity of the drama students was evident in these plays.��

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Written by Vedanshee and edited by Sofia��

Tihar is a festival of light typically celebrated by Hindus for 5 days. It is also known as Deepawali, it’s one of Nepal’s most vibrant and eagerly awaited festivals. The festival consists of illuminating one’s house. All around the Kathmandu valley, you will see the beautiful lights complimenting the landscape. This year Tihar falls on Sunday Oct 19, 2025 to Thursday Oct 23, 2025. Tihar is the celebration of the Goddess Laxmi and strengthening family bonds.��

In Tihar, there are not only lights on houses, but there can also be items such as fireworks that produce sparks of light as well as dangerous particles impacting air quality and loud sounds that can harm animals. This can cause dangers to the environment and vulnerable people such as the young, and can result in health issues such as respiratory complications, asthma, and eye and throat irritation. So if you’re planning to celebrate, please do refrain from using items with toxins that can lead to the above.

To all the fellow students out there, we are lucky to have every Saturday and Sunday off which leads to a total of a wonderful 9 days off for Tihar Break! Enjoy your Tihar and make sure to take care!

Year 7 Rangoli

In celebration of the Tihar तिहार festival, Year 7 students took part in the Mandala Challenge House Competition. Students learned about the Tihar तिहार festival in Nepal, applied their understanding of reflective and rotational symmetry and colour theory to create largescale mandalas, discovering transferable links between their subjects and the festival.

The confidence with which our students decorated the Ģ����Ƶ lakeside with colourful mandalas was something to behold, as was their creative energy and ability to work together modelling the 5C’s towards one goal.��

After a hard fought event, Makalu 1 featuring Aamod, Aradhya, Rayman, Araya, Sachi and Anurupa were crowned overall winners and we commend all Ģ����Ƶ students on their superb final pieces.��

1st Place: Makalu 1: Aamod, Aradhya, Rayman, Araya, Sachi and Anurupa

2nd Place: Annapurna 1: Kosuke, Nessa, Sanghamitta, Aaryav, Juhi and Yashaswi

3rd Place: Kanchenjunga 1: Mannan, Haku, Ayaan, Romeo, Bibhatsu and Alianna

Dhaulagiri 2: Sama, Isadora, Renee, Savannah, Karunesh and Shivansh

On Saturday, 11th October, we celebrated Intercultural Day – one of our favourite days of the school year!
Our House Captains did a fantastic job leading the primary section of the Intercultural Fashion Show, confidently sharing fascinating facts about the traditional outfits on display.

After the fashion show, families took part in a variety of fun activities. Early Years, Year 1 and Year 2 families explored activities related to Nepal, Years 3 and 4 practised their Nepali dance moves, and Years 5 and 6 got active with sporty challenges from around the world – including handball, cricket, and uni-hockey. It was wonderful to see so many parents joining in and enjoying the activities with their children.

The Food Fest treated us to delicious flavours from around the globe! A big shout-out to all our secondary students for surprising us with such an incredible variety of foods and drinks.

We ended the morning with our Primary Intercultural Family Assembly, where students from Early Years all the way up to Year 6 gave fantastic performances. It was especially lovely to see family members also take the stage. From songs and dances to cultural presentations, the assembly truly celebrated our diverse community.

Together with Ms Quigley, we took a musical journey around the world and wrapped up the assembly with energetic performances from the Primary Dance Club and Ģ����Ƶ staff.

A wonderful ending to an amazing Intercultural Day!

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Little Yetis��

This week, our learning was inspired by the beautiful story Owl Babies and the theme Forest Friends. We explored the book in our library and then created our very own owl families using shapes, cotton wool, and lots of imagination! Our sensory area was filled with excitement as children searched for�� letter stones hidden in ooey, gooey oobleck, a fun way to explore sounds and letters through touch and play. Outside, our forest adventures continued with a sensory walk on the mound, where we discovered the textures and colours of autumn. Using pine needles and cones we made clay hedgehogs and practised counting by adding the right number of spikes to match numbers 1–5. It’s been a week of creativity, curiosity, and exploring the world through all our senses! We look forward to our Little Yetis joining us again next week for our Pumpkin Patch adventures!��

Primary Assembly

We are also very excited to announce our new Leading Linguists and Student Librarians who were announced in assembly this afternoon.

Student Librarians: Freya, Adira, Aashna, Arteen, Seira, Dzedron, Ariana, Swornim, Kasvi, Aadijay, Arwen, Mayvi

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Leading Linguists: Year 4: Gavin, Jasmine, Sarvani, Kaychok

Year 5: Auggie, Sahil

Year 6: Sereen, Samara

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Happy Tihar and we look forward to seeing you after the break.