Participants:

Participants: 
9 students from Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Year 8 and 9, as follows:

• Salone Atal – 9B
  
  
• Ayushi Gupta – 8C
  
  
• Palak Mistry – 8C
  
  
• Chaitya Jain – 8C
  
  
• Abhishek Dalal – 8B
  
  
• Abhay Narain - 7A
  
  
• Abhimanyu Vasisth - 7A
  
  
• Aditya Pandey - 9A
  
  
• Divyanshu Jog - 9A
  

Accompanied by the Round Square representative of the school – Ms. Mou Maiti

Theme for the Conference:

The theme for the Conference was – “Mosiac, the Colours of Life”.
The theme wishes to focus on the impact of colours on the IDEALS and encourages participants to use the concept of colours to highlight any aspect of the IDEALS (Eg.Green – Environment, Multiple hues –Integration or harmony, White – Purity or world peace.

The theme also makes us realize and remember that despite cultural, economic and religious differences, we are all basically one. We can envision our life as a beautiful mosaic, with tiles of all sizes, shapes and colours.

Participating Schools

• Chittagong Grammar School, Chittagong – Bangladesh



• Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai, India



• King’s Academy, Jordan



• Mayo College, Ajmer



• Pathways World School, Gurgaon



• Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior



• The Assam Valley School, Assam



• The Daly College, Indore



• The Doon School, Dehradun



• The Lawrence School, Sanawar



• The Punjab Public school, Nabha



• The Sanskaar Valley School, Bhopal



• Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar



• Vivek High school, Chandigarh

ITINERARY

Day 1 : Thursday, 18th December

• Arrival of Delegates



• Registration



• Address by the RS Representative and the Principal



• Ice Breaker - with students


• Games


• Musical ensemble


• Team-building activities



• Dinner and Movie

Day 2 : Friday, 19th December

• Opening Ceremony


• Songs and dance by the school choir


• Welcome speech


• Chief Guest, Mr. Burjar Patel, VP Khaleej Times


• The ceremony ended with a taste of traditional treat – dates, Mehendi and wonderful Arabian hospitality



• Art Festival
  Each school was given a canvas and colours
  to draw/paint/depict their perspective of the
  conference theme and its intersection of the IDEALS. Student and teacher groups created beautiful canvases, which were then displayed in the Auditorium.









• Desert Safari – Adventure trip
  This gave a genuine “feel” of the desert ! Walk through the sand, desert culture and food were all sampled by students gleefully.

Day 3 : Saturday,20th December:

• 1st Speaker – Ms. Aida Al Busaaidy,
  
  
  • - The keynote speaker was the first woman journalist and co-anchor of a talk show “Her Say”, in Dubai. An inspirational media personality, she spoke about woman empowerment, bringing about changes in the society and daring to be different
  
  
  
• Baraza Sessions
  Every keynote speaker is followed by a “Baraza” – an African word meaning group discussion. Students from different schools come together and the chair of the session, conducts an informal question answer session, with all. This highlights the students’ viewpoint, perspective on the speech. More importantly, the Barazas, bring in people together where they listen and learn about each other.



• A Day with Dolphins at the Dolphinarium
  
  
• Shopping expedition
  
  

Day 4 : Sunday, 21st December

• 2nd Speaker – Mr. Brian Wilkie
  The keynote speaker was the co-founder and chairman for “Gulf for Good”. This organization undertakes adventure projects which are funded and the collections used for charitable outcomes.



• Baraza Sessions
  The keynote speaker is followed by a “Baraza”



• Practice time for all students, for the cultural programme

Day 5 : Monday, 22nd December

• Dubai City Tour



• Closing Ceremony



• Cultural Performance of each school



• Christmas cheer and Carols, with socialize

POINTS TO HIGHLIGHT :

• Our students created a poster, highlighting the current terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The poster was displayed in the school and students signed up for the pledge for Peace.


• Students made some wonderful friendships


• Met with some wonderful faculty from schools in India


• New ideas, vision of further activities in Round Square

FROM THE STUDENTS......

“The round square junior regional conference in Dubai was a great learning experience for me. We met and interacted with many students our age from all over India and many other countries too. This conference broadened my perspective on many topics such as women empowerment and service. We got to share our ideas and understand the other students’ viewpoints on these topics too. This exchange of ideas made me think about a lot of sides to a topic that I had never thought about. During this five day conference I have made some really good friends I will always stay in touch with. I had a lot of fun during this conference and have returned back with a broader mindset”

“The Round Square Junior Regional Conference was truly an exhilarating, fun filled yet educational experience. From this conference, I have learnt the importance of making new friends and gelling with different people who are usually out of your comfort zone. Throughout the conference the delegates were made to interact with different children, and believe it or not it was great fun. However that was not the main motive of our visit. to add to that they had planned speakers to come and enlighten us on various world issues. The first speaker Ms Aida Al Busaidy shed light on women empowerment in the middle east and the second speaker Mr Brian Wilkie gave a speech on ‘How one could make a difference!’ revolving around charity and social service in a unique way. Both the speakers were truly inspiring and we really enjoyed the discussions that followed each speech because there was a lot we had to say, comment or suggest.

Summing it up The Round Square Trip was truly a once in a life time event where we learnt a lot in a fun way.”

“I think our trip was a great learning experience since it gave me a lot of exposure in terms of interacting with many different people. The best part was that we were put in real life situations, which just made me more confident. It was a very different feeling and nonetheless worth a repeat. Whether it was the safaris, the shopping, the games, the cultural shows or the sightseeing – everything was packed with adventure. The theme itself was mosaic, which relates a lot to our own fun experience”