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Celebrations and respect for Cultural diversity

VII The Christmas presentation was an introduction to the Nativity play performed by class 7.
The presentation highlighted the origin of Christmas, the festival's traditions and the
food eaten on this joyous day. Students and teachers worked hours to make this
presentation perfect, as it set the tone for the morning. Students across middle school
B were there to witness the hard work of the narrators, editors and teachers.
We worked tirelessly from scrambling to finish the filming, rehearsing our lines and
practising our introductions for the presentation to making last-minute changes to the
script. The calls and meeting leading up to both the play and presentation were filled with
laughter and frustrations. This was the first time a play of this calibre had been performed
in virtual school and the presentation was the perfect way to introduce our fellow
students to the history of Christmas. Anoushka Shah
The presentation and play turned out to be a major success, and it was enjoyed and
appreciated by everyone. By the end of the assembly, everyone had a little more
knowledge about this delightful holiday and festival.
In conclusion, it was a new experience for so many and a great way to end the dreadful
year of 2020 and welcome 2021.
Sustainability: Work towards Aanya Shah and Saanvi Agrawal

Over the course of many centuries, time after time, humans have been known to act without thinking of the
consequences, whether those consequences affected them, their peers, their family or even their home. Humans
have proven to be reckless and selfish in their thinking, from the time of the Romanovs in Russia, when the
peasants were denied their freedom and forced to work as slaves in the form of serfdom. Eventually those very
serfs sparked a fire of rebellion which led to the Revolution of 1905, and of course the infamous Russian
Revolution. The Romanov rulers thought selfishly, and in the end they and entirety of Russia suffered greatly.
Similarly, humans have this hunger to learn, a thirst for knowledge. Humans believe in development and
evolution. We as a species believe that we are superior when compared to the other species and animals Amartya Raje
around us. But how can we be superior when we are the ones destroying our environment? All human

activities around the world are stripping the Earth of its resources, from the oil industry in the Middle East to એક એવી આદત પયાવરણ
the deforestation of the Amazon forest. With each new day it is becoming clearer that this way of living and ને છ રાખવા મદદ કર
this form of evolution will not be sustainable. The Earth's biosphere as we know it is crumbling, animals are

dying, their species eventually becoming extinct, the oceans and seas are being contaminated with disease પયાવરણ ને બચાવ ું બ ૂ અગ ય ુંછે, નહ તો આવનાર
and bacteria, ice caps are melting faster than ever and regions are experiencing sudden climate changes. દર ક પેઢ ું વન તકલીફ મા ં ક ુ ાઈ જશ.ે એક આદત
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The planet that we have called home since the very beginning is falling apart. Although this new age of Rhea Shah આપણે પોતે, આપણી આ બા
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technology and space exploration is going to prove beneficial, there simply is no guarantee as to whether the નદ , હવા, જમીન - ને વ છ રાખવાથી ૃ વી પણ વ છ
human species will survive. We will only survive if we change our way of living. If we don't find alternatives to અને િનરોગી રહશ .
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our current methods of functioning, the world as we know it is going to experience events so catastrophic and એક એવી આદત સાનવી અગરવાલ
cataclysmic that the results will be beyond imagination.
પયાવરણ ને છ Dystopia

We as human species, as global citizens, need to find and create sustainable ways to live. Already we see રાખવા મદદ કર ऊजा क नवीकरणीय ोतो ं

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progress with the ban of plastic water bottles and bags in some countries and movements started by the My day begins like everyone else's. I wake up at 7am, not to the rays of sunshine that are
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brilliant thinking of the young minds of the new generation. But the change is slow and we need to be fast. It's અમારા મકાનની પાછળ એક ખાલી supposed to stream through my window, but to the sound of my alarm. I look outside – पर अन द
a race against time, and with each new dawn we come closer to losing Earth and that is not acceptable for we જમીન હતી, ઘાસથી ભર લી હતી. it's dark and grey. It could be 7pm for all I know. Mother walks in, reminding me not to

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have nowhere else to go. This is our home and we have to fight for it, and not just for ourselves but for all the ગયા વષ ચોમાસા પહલ ા, મારા સમાજ open the window as she doesn't want the gush of dust to pour in. I march to the ऊजा क अ य ोत हमार जीवन म मह पण भिमका िनभात ह।
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species around us, for this is their home as well. ારા આ જમીનને સાફ કરવા માટ bathroom. Brush my teeth with the filtered water kept in the bottle by the sink. The water इन ोतो का मानव की उ ित म मह पण योगदान ह।
ૃ ારોપણ ું આયોજન કરા ું હ . ું મ from the sink – a remnant from my past. I head to the kitchen to pack a light salad for नवीकरणीय ऊजा क कार सौर ऊजा, पवन ऊजा, जल ऊजा,

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We want to live to see a sustainable future, a future where our successors will thrive, and for that we need to ઘાસ કાપવા, જમીન ખોદવા અને ઝાડ lunch. I find the salad leaves are soaked in a potassium permanganate, too corrupt to eat ारीय ऊजा, भतापीय ऊजा और बायोमास ऊजा ह। एक

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come together as a global community. We need to work together. We need to work towards change. રોપવા વી િૃ ઓમા ં ભાગ લીધો
raw. I put on my coat, sling on my bag and fasten on my mask. This is no mere K95s or मह पण उदाहरण सौर ऊजा ह। सौर ऊजा सय स ा ऊजा ह ै
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હતો. વયસેવક હોવાથી, મ મારા
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Aanya Shah N95s, but a certified gas mask. I don't leave home without it. Outside is a mess. There is an िजस थमल या िवदयत ऊजा म प रवितत िकया जाता ह। सौर ऊजा
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ocean of cars on the road that explain the greyish black clouds in the sky. One would think
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આ યો. આ ર તે મ િવ ને વ ુ ટકાઉ का कई कार स उपयोग होता ह, िजसम िबजली पदा करना,
पाऊस બનાવવા માટ મા ું યોગદાન આ . ું it was about to rain seeing those clouds, but this is what it looks like outside all year काश दान करना और घरल, ावसाियक या औ ोिगक
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around. Around me there is more concrete than trees and the heat outside forces

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રયા શાહ उपयोग क िलए पानी गम करना शािमल ह। मन , अपन अ
पिहला पिहला पाऊस सखावतो मनाला everyone to use air conditioners at home. A droplet of sweat starts forming at my hairline, की श आत स, कित ारा िदए गए लगभग सभी ससाधनो को
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िहरवळी ा आगमनाची चा ल दतो आ ाला and I feel like I am getting scorched in the sun. Sweat trickles down my face inside my बबाद कर रहा ह। जस जल, वाय, खिनज, तल इ ािद। अब, हम
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heavy gas mask, and I wish I could get back to my air-conditioned classroom sooner. Next
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सगध दरवळतो िभजल ा मातीचा सभी अपनी गलितयो का एहसास आ ह, अब हम इन ोतो क
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time, I am going to ask my Mother to drive me to school but then I think about the traffic
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on the street and how early I would need to wake up to reach school. Never mind. I finally डरत ह िक अब ब त दर हो चकी ह, पर ठीक ह अधर स दर भली।
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पश, प ी, झाड आिण वली reach school, already exhausted from the burden on my shoulders and on my head. My हम अपनी गलितयो स सीखना ह। ऊजा क ोत जो नवीनीकत
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सग ाना िचबक न पावसाची सर गली school days are restricted to indoor activities, since it's too risky to expand my lungs and िकए जा सकत ह, उ एक वरदान क प म माना जाना चािहए,
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play outside. Indoor football, indoor recess, indoor this, indoor that.
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This is 2050 and this is my world. This is my reality. I hear that humans are survivors, just like हम उस सभालना ह अपन िलए तथा

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पावसान झालली पाऊलवाट
our distant cousin the cockroach. But isn't the sun supposed to be brighter? Isn't the air आन वाली पीढ़ी क िलए । हम धरती स े
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नवीन ह प जण धारण कल भमीन े supposed to be crisper? Isn't the sky supposed to be clearer? I feel like I have read about ह धरती हमस नही।
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िहरवगार एक साकारल मनान े this world. Was it a dream? A fantasy? Or an altered reality? I will never know.
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