Winners of Latest Events :- 1) Winners of Zonal Sports Meet 2023-24 : (i) Basketball (Girls & Boys)- Gold Medal (ii) Kabbadi (Girls) – Bronze Medal (iii) Khushii Bhatia (U14 Girls)- Gold in 200 m & Bronze in 100 m (iv) Ryka Lahoti (U14 Girls)- Gold in 100 m & Silver in 200 m (v) Vrithika Sudra (U14 Girls)- Bronze in 400 m (vi) Sri Vaishnavi (U17 Girls)- Silver in 100 m & 200 m (vii) Thanvika Reddy (U17 Girls)- Silver in 200 m (viii) Arnaz Nivelli (U17 Girls)- Bronze in 100 m & 200 m (ix) Yashika Reddy (U17 Girls)- Bronze in 200 m (x) Omkar Reddy (U17 Boys)- Bronze in 200 m 2) Winners of Hyderabad District Junior Athletic Meet: (i) Khushii Bhatia (U14 Girls)- Gold in Triathlon (ii) Ryka Lahoti (U14 Girls)- Silver in Triathlon (iii) Abhinav (U14 Boys)- Bronze in Triathlon (iv) Saatvik Thallam (U16 Boys)- Silver in Pentathlon 3) Winners of Glendale International School Sports Fest: (i) Kabbadi (Girls) – Gold Medal (ii) Relay (U-14 Girls) – Gold Medal (iii) Relay (U-12 Boys) – Bronze Medal (iv) Ryka Lahoti- Best Athlete in u-14 Girls’ Category, Gold in 100 m & Long Jump (v) Khushii Bhatia (U14 Girls)- Gold in 200 m (vi) Srikari Palle- Silver in 400 m (vii) Vrithika Sudra- Silver in 400 m (viii) Akshara Bahuguna- Bronze in 100 m (ix) Raghav Nirola – Bronze in 100 m || Birla Open Minds International School, Kollur clinched gold in the boys category and Bronze in the girls category BHEL Cluster Basketball Meet 2023-24 1)Akshara Bahuguna, Grade 7 C participated in 5th Telangana State Sub Junior Inter District Basketball secured Gold Medal. Aryan Singh & Nevan Kashyap secured Silver Medal 2)Saanvi, Grade 3C participated in the Telangana Inter District Swimming Competition in 2 events and secured a Gold and a Bronze 3)Bhaumik Yadav, Grade 8 B won a Bronze Medal at the National Grappling Contest in the Sub- Junior category 4)Tanay Kartik Verma, Grade 3 F bagged Gold in 200 m, Silver in 500 m and Bronze in 1000 m at the State Level Competition conducted by Roller Skating Federation of India (III) 1) Birla Open Minds International School is an IB World School authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme (IBCP). 2) The recent achievements of our students in Sports: (i) Sreoshee Majumder of Grade 9 participated in 400m Athletics in Sports For All Event has secured the 1st Place. (ii) E. Shruthi of Grade 9 participated in 100m & 200m in Athletics in Sports For All Event has secured the 1st Place in both Events. 3) Bomis, Kollur featured in Education World Rankings (2022-23) Ranked 5th in Co-Ed Day Schools League Table Hyderabad & Telangana, Ranked 25th in India's Best Co-Ed Day Schools League Table, Ranked 7th in Leadership Management Quality, Ranked 10th In Parent Involvement, Ranked 10th Career Counselling Leadership. 4) Congratulations to 10th Grade School Toppers 1st Topper | Janani Narayanan | 98.5%, 2nd Topper | Sudhanva Pundoor | 97.3%, 3rd Topper | Sia Agarwal | 96.0%.   5) Caie March 2023 toppers 1st Topper | Sidharth Nimmagadda | 7 A*s out 8 subjects Subject topper for 6 Subjects, 2nd Topper | Aagam Samir Mehta | 4A*s out of 7 Subjects Subject topper for 5 Subjects, 3rd Topper | Sai Sreemayi Davuluri | 4A*s out of 8 Subjects Subject topper for 2 Subjects. 6) Congratulations to 12th Grade School Toppers Purna Sunanda, P. Sree Dhruthi Reddy, Harika Chunduri   7) We have successfully achieved the International Dimension in Schools Certificate for the period 2020-23   8) Indian Green Building Council Platinum Rating in Green Schools Rating System  

Arts

Art forms encompasses Visual, Literary and the Performing arts. Art, in its broadest meaning is the expression of creativity and imagination. Our school believes in the vital role played by preservation and promotion of different art forms.

Visual Arts

Integration of Visual Arts along with Scholastics subjects is very important. It helps students to bring out their creativity as well as develop their personality. Students learn important skills like observation, self-expression, focus, discipline, perseverance, self confidence and collaboration through art education.

Students who are visual learners, learn faster through the practice of art and craft. They develop aesthetic sense, understand and appreciate good art work. The school has age appropriate activities which are integrated with the curriculum to broaden the students’ thought process and creativity.

We believe in holistic development, freedom of expression and creativity in the field of the students choice. For the primary years, exposure to the different forms of performing arts like dance, theatre and music where they learn the basics is very important. When they come to the middle and higher grades they are given a choice to explore the skills further, in the area of their choice.

Each art form helps the child to open up and gain stage confidence, to be able to speak out without any inhibitions and also participate in cultural activities boldly. This also promotes the Multiple Intelligence and opens up doors to their future prospects and probabilities.

Performing Arts

Dance

Dance is an expression of joy through body movement and rhythm. Through dance students learn team work, focus and improvisational skills. Dance is a wonderful physical activity and provides rigour for healthy life style. Students are exposed to various dance forms and regularly participate in competitions.

Theater

To enable our students to be good orators and confident speakers, we offer theater as regular co-scholastic activity. This enhances the freedom of expression and stage confidence. Our in-house theater experts train our students in voice modulation, voice throwing, facial expressions and body language.

Music

It is a research fact that Music helps plants grow better, calms and soothens the human mind. Plato once said that music is a more potent instrument than any other form of education. It offers the growth of the child’s brain academically, emotionally, physically and spiritually. Our students are trained in western vocals and Indian music. The school choir functions as the base group for all school events.

Sports

The importance of sports and games in school encompasses more than just the benefit of physical activity. Sports increase self-confidence, team spirit and mental alertness. This makes school sports and games necessary for every age group.

At primary, the school offers Specialized Sports Programme SPEED to help develop sports skills and create health awareness. Exposure to team and individual sports encourage a sense of team spirit, and individual effort and accomplishment. It includes free play and organized sports activities. The students physical progress is documented and reported.

For the Middle, Secondary and Senior Secondary, the school is associated with a professional sports provider – Trugame, a grassroot level sports development organization for professional, regular sports training and after school sports programme. This programme, gives the students an opportunity to learn, build the skills and awareness of their favorite game.

The school has the facility and offers the following games:

  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Tennis
  • Football
  • Table Tennis
  • Taekwondo.

Along with professional guidance on sports, Trugame also includes nutritious diet guidance, access to tournaments and leagues, international academies and coaches, strength and conditioning programmes and sport travel programmes. The progress of the student is monitored, recorded and reported

After School Sports Programme

The school provides a 90-minute session, 5 days a week after school sports programme for a period of 5 months which includes healthy snack. The student can choose one game to be professionally trained in and enables young athletes to set the foundations in their respective sports along with improving fitness levels.

The school is associated with Kerala Blasters, a National Football League Championship. The school has hosted football matches for the same.

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Clubs

Birla Open Minds understands the importance of honing the skills of the students in the areas of their interest and passion. Therefore students from Grades 5 to 12 are given an opportunity to participate and be a member of one of the clubs offered in the school. Clubs are integrated in the regular timetable.

The clubs offered are as following:

  • Master Chefs – Cuisine
  • The World of Words – Literary
  • Artisans – Arts, Crafts, Sewing and Stitching
  • Cyberites – Computer Science
  • Inheritors – Citizenship
  • Theatre- Drama
  • Melody – Music
  • Eco-warriors – Ecology
  • Rotary Club – Social

The culmination of club activities at the end of the academic year is a celebration where all stake-holders of the school come together.

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Field Trips

K1 and K2 Nehru Zoological park

As part of the Fun Forest theme culmination, a field trip was organised for our Preprimary children to Nehru Zoological Park Zoo. Our young learners experienced real forest animals, had fun filled train ride, visited aquarium and enjoyed nature walk. They were able to relate to the theme and made real life connections.

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Museum
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Birla Science Museum

"Field trips provide authentic, hands-on, experiential learning opportunities where students connect to what they are learning in the classroom, in a real-world context" _ Stephnie Smith Budhai Absolutely!! As part of field trips, our CAIE grades 5-7 visited Birla Museum, and grades 8-10 visited the NIPHM(National institute of plant health management). It's amazing to see the excitement and engagement when they are on the field!

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G1 and G2 Nehru Zoological park

“It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal”

Zoo visits enable children to learn about animals effectively, foster cognitive development and promote empathy and compassion. Our young explorers of Grade 1 and 2 visited this beautiful world of animals at Nehru Zoological Park and learnt a lot about various animals, their behaviour, habitat and food habits. Observing and discussing animals created an interest in conservation and the realization that animals too have feelings and emotions.

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Ramoji Film City Field Trip

School days are the most cherished part of one’s life and to make it a memorable one, students of Grade 10 & 12 took a day out and made wonderful memoirs at Ramoji Film City as a part of Fun Trip organized on 26th November 2022. The gleaming faces, the chuckle of laughter, the adventure taken made perfect life-long reminiscences for them to remember, that are vivid and heart- warming.

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Kandlakoya oxygen park

Field trips provide authentic, hands-on, experiential learning opportunities where students connect to what they are learning in the classroom, in a real-world context _ Stephnie Smith Budha Absolutely!! As part of field trips, our CAIE grades 5-6 visited Kandlakoya oxygen park. Students experienced the nature walk alongside the games and activities based on the life cycle of seeds. They thoroughly enjoyed the activities seed-pod race, seedy twist and seed-pod music.

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Gandipet Landscape Park

“Roots of understanding grow deep when curious minds are nourished in nature “ As part of our theme “Famous Flowers “the Kindergarten kids visited "Gandipet Landscape Park" .The park was surrounded by widespread trees, flowering plants and creepers were a feast for the eyes. The students walked around the enclosures and were fascinated by various flowers, also caught glimpses of birds and a small lake. They played group games in the well-leveled green area.

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Masqati Dairy Farm

Every moment is a fresh beginning! Passionate learning is just an extension of a child's everyday world. Our learners have a million questions as they wonder, discover, and explore. Learning is not something that happens within the four walls of a school, our curious learners of Birla Open Minds International School explored the Masqati Dairy Farm as an educational trip as every corner is a new curiosity.

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Golconda

The fieldtrip to Golconda Fort was truly an enriching and learning experience. The architectural marvel of this fort such as the well-planned water system, ventilation systems and underground passages have captivated the attention of our young learners. It also helped students' bond efficiently as they discussed and shared their reflections with each other.

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Shilparamam

“Nothing beats an exciting hands-on experience to deepen learning. The magic of field trips isn’t just the subject. It’s the break in routine and adventure that opens up children’s minds to new things”.

Our enthusiastic and excited children of Grade 1&2 visited “Shilparamam-My Village “as part of their educational field trip. The children experienced village culture and heritage. They observed different stalls that displayed the art and crafts of India, huts that showcased rural and tribal lifestyle, sculptures, and pottery.

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IKEA

As part of experiential learning, Birla Open Minds International School, Hyderabad has organized Field Trip to IKEA, Hyderabad for the students who successfully completed their Summer Internship Program-2022. 24 students from grades 9 th to 12 th (CBSE and CAIE) have participated in the field trip. The induction was conducted by various departments of IKEA, like Safety and Security, HR, Interior Designing, Graphic Designing, Visual Merchandise and Marketing Department. Students learnt about backend operations of IKEA and how they manage the largest retail outlet in India. It was an amazing learning outcome for the students as they had wonderful interaction sessions with the extremely professional and experts of the field. They also had an opportunity to meet and interact with the Leadership Team of IKEA from Sweden, Canada and Belgium. Students explained them about our summer internship program and the IKEA team was really impressed with our students’ learning outcomes and they applauded our school for providing these kinds of opportunities to our students. Post induction students were taken to the store tour and were briefed with each department and their operations in live. Students had great fun and a wonderful learning experience with this field trip.

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Hyderabad University

Learning is a process and it never stops. The students of CAIE Grade 8 had an exuberating experience when they visited the Hyderabad University and explored their skills of being an RJ at the University Radio Studio, 'Bol Hyderabad'. They were also exposed to the various equipment at the Jiva Rehab center and gained insight as to how patients with PTSD require healing. On the whole, it was an enriching experience and the young learners were complimented for their active participation at both venues.

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Mrugaveni National Park

Our little observers were taken for the field trip to Mrugaveni National Park and didn't miss a single minute of enjoyment and learning as they sang rhymes and played the Word Antakshari while they travelled from school to the park. They keenly observed the plants, trees and animal habitats and connected them to their learning from the unit ‘Plant and Animals Habitat’. The articles displayed at the National Park gave an insight into the birds, reptiles and animals that were habitants of the park. It was indeed a fruitful experience for them.

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Nature Trip to Prashanth Vanam

CAIE students of Grades 6 and 7 went on a nature trip to Prashanth Vanam, at Jeedimetla to witness and admire the lush green beauty of nature. The visit sparked great excitement and students were engaged in making artefacts using leaves and twigs, and understood the harmony between nature and humanity. An active participation from all the learners made the trip enjoyable and memorable.

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Nursery at Pragati Resort

A visit to the Nursery at Pragati Resort was a real time experience for the students of Grade 2. The feel and the smell of various herbal, medicinal and spice plants like Sugandha, Peppermint Tulasi, Maruvam, Alpinia, Ajwain, Lemon grass, Insulin etc. fuelled their curiosity to know more about them.

This experiential and hand-on-learning was facilitated by Dr S V Rama Rao, the Plant Scientist at Pragati Resort and the young inquirers returned with immeasurable excitement, contentment, ample learning and a few leaves with them.