Main Student Comperes Script:

Fillers for onsite and online audience

(Comperes to use discretion and presence of mind to execute on this):

12.45pm – NMS Ed Tech Team goes LIVE on LIVE STREAMING LINK

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Mr Shoaib on the console: 0556573734
Mr Michael for music and background score on the console: 0545195331

● Ladies and gentlemen, we will commence the Prize Day shortly.

● Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience. We are ready to start
proceedings and are awaiting the arrival of our special guests to the Zayed
Hall.
● (for online parents/audience if there is a further delay):
Thank you for your patience. We will commence the ceremony shortly.

ORDER OF SCRIPT
EVENTS

Filler Samantha:
announceme (once senior leadership team and guests of
nts honor arrive):

Ladies and gentlemen, we are / joined now / by

(12:45 to 1:00 our Guest of Honor and the NMS Senior
pm) Leadership Team.
UAE (From Backstage as the Chief Guest and Ms Martin
National have arrived at their seats.]
anthem
Daniel

Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the UAE

National Anthem led by the Middle School Choir.

[Parnika]

Please be seated.//(Pause)

Continue to remain / in the solemn mood, / for

the Quran recitation by Hisham Shaikh from
Grade 11D/ followed, / thereafter / by the prayer
by Ehan Suhas of grade 7.

INTRODUCTI Soham: Good afternoon everyone and a warm

ON welcome as we celebrate the excellence that is
garnered by hard work and integrity.

Samantha:

Assalamualaikum.

I Samantha _____________ from Grade 9C.

I Soham __________ from Grade 9C.

I Daniel_______ from Grade 8E and

I am Parnika_______ from 8C

(say together) / welcome you to ‘ Yawm Kotinos’

the Grades 6-9 Prize Day for the Academic
Year 2022-2023.

Introduction to Samantha:
event

Oprah Winfrey said and I quote: "You define your

own life. Don't let other people write your script."

[PAUSE]
We are here to celebrate a few of these defining
moments that have been shaped by the commitment
to excellence displayed by our meritorious award
winners.

Parnika:

Today we will recognize and applaud the

accomplishments of the students of Grades 6 to 9 in
diverse academic and co-curricular domains.

Daniel:

Students will be awarded in the categories of -

Attainment, Effort, NMS GEMS Award, NMS S.T.A.R
Award, and Outstanding Achievement.

Soham:

The theme for our Prize Day is Yawm Kotinos.

Yawm is an Arabic word while Kotinos is a Greek

word. The blend of both these beautiful words
translates to Today’s Olympians.

The phrase is a tribute to the spirit of grit,

perseverance and resilience that has spurred on our
students to strive forever higher and secure their
position as award winners this afternoon.

Felicitation Samantha:
of Special
Guests It is now my privilege to introduce a woman of
substance and impact. She has been an integral part
of GEMS for the past 27 years, Beginning her journey
as a Secondary School teacher. She has since held
several leadership positions across various GEMS
schools, continuously developing and growing
professionally. She presently serves as the Senior Vice
President -Gems education and ensures that the
school under her guidance continually strive to be
exemplary models of the GEMS core principles.

Soham:

Ms Anand is a committed educationalist and a

passionate leader. She is dedicated* to enable pupils
from a rich cultural mix and of all abilities, to receive
the most challenging educational opportunities and
achieve their full academic potential while
understanding their cultural needs.

Samantha:

Her personal belief in servant leadership allows her to

serve and develop leaders who in turn give their best
to create a learning environment that inspires pupils
to deliver the best outcomes.

Soham:

Please welcome Ms. Ranju Anand, Senior Vice

President at GEMS and our esteemed guest for this
afternoon’s ceremony. Thank you for making the time
to be with us today, Ma’am.

Soham: May I request Ms. Masha our Head of

Innovation and Ms.Valrina to felicitate our guest of
honor.
introduction to Daniel:
performance: Dietrich Bonhoeffe said that “Music… will help
Music dissolve your perplexities and purify your character
and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will
keep a fountain of joy alive in you.”

Parnika:
We would now like to welcome on stage the Middle
school choir as they present songs centered around
the indomitable spirit of Youth

Daniel:

Ladies and gentlemen, the Middle School Choir now

presents,

I Just Wanna Shine- originally performed by Fitz

and The Tantrums

[After the performance]

Daniel:

Thank you for the reminder that music, determination

and the will to succeed will always make us shine
bright!

Parnika:

Well done, indeed to the students of Grade 7 / and

much gratitude / goes out to their teacher mentors /
from the NMS Performance Arts Team - Mr Alvin
Datt and Team.

[PAUSE]
[Welcome for Soham:
the
Principal’s An exceptional leader / who inspires others / to
Speech] dream big / learn more / work harder / and become
better.

Samantha:
Our Principal / Ms.Fatima Martin / is the catalyst for
our school’s exponential growth.

Soham:
May we welcome you, / Ma’am, on stage / to share
your thoughts with us this afternoon.

{PAUSE]

After Ms Martin’s Message:

Samantha:
Thank you Ma’am!
Your words never fail to encourage and inspire us to
achieve more and never settle for mediocrity.

INTRODUCTI Soham:
ON TO THE
AWARD Each time / you stop looking fear in the face, / you
gain strength, / confidence, / and courage.

Samantha:
ATTAINMEN
T AWARD The prizewinners here this afternoon / are a true
GRADE 6-8 representation of everything / that we stand for here
at NMS/. It is through such achievements / that we
are clearly able to see the skill,/ high expectation /
and commitment of the staff / and students at NMS.

Soham: May we now invite our Chief Guest and our

Principal / on to the stage / to honor the high
achievers from Grade 6 to 9 who have a multitude of
meritorious achievements to their credit.

(Move to podium)

[Once Chief Guest and Principal are on stage…]

Soham:
Let us begin with the first category of awards which is
the ATTAINMENT AWARD.

The Attainment Awards are being given to those

students who have scored the highest in their core
subjects in their grade and section in the past
academic year 2022-2023.
Parnika:

Presenting to you / the winners of this category.

Parnika:

The Attainment Award for Grade 6

From Grade 6A: Ivan Bennett Mampilly

From Grade 6B: Ehan Suhas

From Grade 6C: Aashman Rao

From Grade 6D: 1.Saanvi Nayak

Again from Grade 6D Jagvitha Kodali

[PAUSE]

Congratulations Grade 6 awardees for winning your

attainment award

Daniel:

Moving on to The Attainment Award for Grade 7

 From Grade 7A: Faadil Fiaz Parakot

From Grade 7B: Kaushiki Chakravarty

From Grade 7C: Parnika Bhatnagar

From Grade 7D: Advaith Sajith

[PAUSE]

Keep applauding our Grade 7 achievers on receiving

the attainment ward.

Daniel: The Attainment Award for Grade 8:

From Grade 8A: Kushagra Shyam Gupta

From Grade 8B: Shreya Dhil

From Grade 8C: Tisha Khan

From Grade 8D: Kavya Maheshwari

From Grade 8E: Om Mahale

[PAUSE]

Congratulation Grade 8 students on winning the

attainment award.

Samantha:
ATTAINMEN
T AWARD Ladies and gentlemen, moving on to the attainment
GRADE 9 awards from grade 9 for the academic year 2022-2023

From 9A, the Attainment Award goes to

SUNDARESAN MEYYAPPAN.

Soham:

From 9B, the Attainment Award goes to TULIKA

RAWAT.
Soham:

And / the 9C Attainment Award recipient is

AGNES BINOSH

Congratulations to the winners!

[PAUSE]

Samantha:

As we come to the end of the attainment

award.

We request our Principal and Chief Guest to

remain on stage for the next category of
awards.
EFFORT EFFORT AWARD GRADE 6-8
AWARD
GRADE 6-8 Soham:

Determination teaches us to focus /- to have a

simple / yet clearly defined goal,/ to capture the
imagination and inspire passion,/ such/ that it can cut
through the most/ difficult/ barriers and be a beacon
of light.

Samantha:

The next category of awards is the EFFORT AWARD.

The effort award is awarded to those students who

have shown remarkable progress from the start of the
school year. / continuously aspiring, doing better than
their best in the last academic year 2022-23.

Parnika:

Winning the Effort Award from Grade 6

From Grade 6A: Ethan Vinodh Cherian

From Grade 6B: Vedhika Joshith Nambiar

From Grade 6C: Samaira Safiyoddin

From Grade 6D: Saina Deep Richard

[PAUSE]

Congratulations Grade 6 effort award winners

Daniel: Effort award for Grade 7 goes to

Muhammed Rahil From Grade 7A:

From Grade 7B: Izaan Ahamad

From Grade 7C: Varun Rangaraj

From Grade 7D: Luqmaan Syed

[PAUSE]
EFFORT EFFORT AWARD GRADE 9
AWARD
GRADE 9 Samantha: We move on now to the effort award
winners from Grade 9

From 9A, we have AMAL VIDYADHARAN

From 9B, - AKSHARA KARTHICK

From 9C, - AKSHAY DUBEY

Soham: Congratulations winners!

Thank you Ms. Martin and Ms. Ranju for felicitating

the awardees.

(Pause) until Ms. Martin and Ms. Ranju go

down.
Chief Guest’s Daniel One way in which a student is inspired to
Address achieve excellence is by listening to the wise words of
people who have achieved great heights of success. Ms
Ranju Anand a dedicated educator and a passionate
leader is one such person .

Parnika : she is committed to providing challenging

educational opportunities for students from diverse
backgrounds and abilities.We would now like to invite her
to share her views on leadership , grit and achievement with
todays award winners

Parnika: After the address: Thank you, Ma’am, for

your motivational words that are sure to inspire us to
strive for excellence.

NMS GEM Pranika: The next category of awards is the

Award NMS GEMS Award.

Daniel: One student / in each section / in every

grade, each month is awarded the GEMS Star
Student of the Month. The student who gets
the most GEMS Star Student of the Month
receives this coveted award.

Parnika: The award serves as a positive

incentive / for all-round achievement. The
criteria/ encapsulates class engagement,
/qualitative learning outcomes,/contribution
to school life/, leadership and exemplary
Conduct/, Behavior / and Discipline.

Daniel: May we please request Dr Remya Ranjith,

head of IGCSE and Ms Nahmiya Kandy, Head of
Assessment to felicitate the award winners.

Parnika:

From Grade 6A the winner is Vedhika Karthik

Grade 6B: Saya Vijesh Karayil

 Grade 6C: Hadiya Jumseer

Grade 6D: Anya Arora

[PAUSE]

Congratulations students. Please put your hands

together for the winners,

Daniel:

We will now felicitate the NMS Gems Award winners

of Grade 7

Grade 7A: Anchana Sreerej Nair

Grade 7B: Suhani Gupta

Grade 7C: Sanjana Thakur

Grade 7D: Arya Thanki

[PAUSE]

Congratulations to the NMS GEMS of Grade 7

NMS GEM Parnika: The NMS Gems award for Grade 8

Award Grade
6-8 From Grade 8A: Niharika Kannan

Grade 8B: Mannat Chauhan

Grade 8C: Raphael Rusten

Grade 8D: Soham Janjirkar

Grade 8E: Rohit Suresh

[PAUSE]

Congratulations to the Grade 8 winners of the NMS

Gems award.

Samantha:

Receiving the NMS GEM award ….

 From Grade 9A- HUMEIRAH THASBIHA

From Grade 9B- ARUNABH LAHA

NMS GEM From Grade 9C - GUNBIR SINGH ARORA

Award Grade
9 [PAUSE]

Congratulations winners!

We come to the end of the NMS Gems Award.

We request Dr. Remya and Ms. Nahimya
remain on stage for the next category of
awards.
IXL Award Parnika: Mathematics is the language in which God
has written the universe." - Galileo Galilei.

At NMS we are committed to ensuring that all

students are fluent in this universal language.

The IXL award is presented to the student who has

gained exceptional mastery over the skills on this
online platform.

Daniel: The Winners for the IXL award

From Grade 6A the winner is Huzaifa Irfan Ahmad.

Grade 6B: Abay Acsyuth Vasanth

Grade 6C: Samrudh Reddy

Grade 6D: Arsh Saurabh Sharma.

Garde 6D: Saanvi Nayak

[PAUSE]

Congratulations students. Please put your hands

together for the winners,

Parnika: We will now felicitate the IXL Award

winners of Grade 7

Grade 7A: Anant Mishra

Grade 7B: Nikhilesh Kakkar

Grade 7C: Tejesh Vijayabhaskar

Grade 7D: Srinihas Akkineni

Congratulations to our IXL wizards of Grade 7

Parnika: The Winners of IXL award from Grade 8

From Grade 8A: Modit Deepak

 Grade 8B: Arjun Ajay

Grade 8C: Emmanuel Bonny Thomas

Grade 8D: Alyna Mariam Moncy

Grade 8E: Elvin Jose Thomas

[PAUSE]

Congratulations to our NMS Math Wizards from

Grade 8.

[PAUSE]

Daniel:

Congratulations students on mastering Math skills

As we culminate the IXL award we thank, Dr. Remya

Ranjith and Ms. Nahmiya Kandy, for felicitating our
awardees.

outstanding Samantha:
awards:
In the category of Outstanding Achievement
Breakthrough Awards / the first subset/ deservedly/ is that of
Award Eduvation at NMS.

Soham: Innovation in the curriculum and in the

weekly well-planned Genius Hour sessions / lends
organically /to the Science and Innovation Festival at
NMS, better known as the INNOFEST.

Samantha:

The FLL, /that is the First Lego League teams/ who

made a remarkable progress in Robot Games and
Innovation Project at the FLL UAE National Finals.

Soham: Ladies and Gentlemen, to felicitate the First

Lego League Breakthrough Award winners may I
please call on stage our VP Ms. Christine de Noronha
and Ms.Shalini Fernandes our Inclusion head to do
 the honors.

Our first breaththrough award winner in this category

is:

ARADHANA MISHRA 9C

ROHIT SURESH 8E

CHRIS ABHILASH 9B

TANISHQ SHEKHAR 9C

KARTHIK ANNAMBHOTLA 9B

RONALD MONIZ 10-I2

ROSE JACOB OLAKENGIL 10-I1

GISELLE LINELL DSILVA 10-I1

SHAYAN AMIN USMANI 10-I2

Samantha: Without a doubt, Innovation at NMS

owes its roots, shoots and fruits to our NMS
Innovation Lead, Ms Masha Nazeem. Thank you, Ms
Masha and Team.

Heartiest Congratulation to all the winners of the

breakthrough awards.

Soham: Another set of outstanding awards is the

INSPIRE2022
#INSPIRE2022 competition/ in the category
competition
of Depictions -Graffiti NMS bagged the 2nd
position in this prestigious interschool event:

The winners from this competition are

1. PRISHA BHARDWAJ 11A

2.SOUMYA SHARMA 10A

3.JUHI KANUNGO 9A

4.MADHUVANTHE MANJUNAATH 10A

 5.OSHIN TIWARI 11B

Samantha: We express our sincere appreciation and

gratitude to Ms. Sidra our Art Mentor and team for
their outstanding work and unwavering commitment
to excellence.

Congratulations to our Artistic winners.

Daniel: French is offered as a second language

subject at NMS, In the 'La fete de la Francophonie'-
French competition organized by GEMs, Modern
Academy, Middle school students who won first place
by showcasing their talents in various literary
categories.

Parnika: May I call on stage the winners of the

French Competition:

Kaushiki Chakravarty 7B

Venushka Shetty 6B

Anushka Kishore 7C

Anirudd Balaji 6B

Mithun sendilKumar 6B

Trisha Varma 8E

Soham Janjirkar 8D

Daniel: We Thank our teacher Mentor

Ms.Shehrebano Ali Asghar for her support and
guidance.

Please put your hands together for our winners.

Daniel: The next set of outstanding awards is for

Xanadu’22 Xanadu’22 an ‘ONLINE ART’ competition themed on
ART sustainability organized by The Bangalore
International School
It gives me immense pride to share with you’ll that
NMS won the first Prize across all phases of school in
2D, 3D and digital drawing categories.

Parnika: Please put your hands together to welcome

on stage the winners of Xanadu’22 ONLINE ART
competition from Middle School

1. YADAVI ANANTH from 7D won in 2D category

2.Eva Raj Verghese from 6C in 3D category

3. FAZEELAH REEM from 8E in Digital art category

Daniel: From the senior school, we have

4. Harshita Rairikar from 9B won in 2D category

5.Agrata Dutta from 10i-1 in the 3D category.

Daniel: "We congratulate Ms. Sidar and the entire

Art team for their tremendous achievement in
winning this accolade, which brings great honor to
NMS.

Congratulations, Xanadu’22 ART winners!

Daniel: The best is for the last ‘The Waxing Eloquent

2022’ one of the most prestigious Elocution
competitions across Dubai/

We are delighted to have our winner who brought

laurels to middle school and bagged the first position.

Please welcome Raphael Rusten from 8C, on stage to

collect his award.

Parnika: Congratulations Raphael!

(PAUSE)

Parnika: As we culminate the outstanding award

segment, May we please request our Vice Principal
Ms. Christine de Noronha and Ms. Shalini Fernandes
our inclusion head to remain on stage for the next
set of wards.
NMS S.T.A.R Daniel:
SPECIAL
AWARD S.T.A.R is an acronym for Sanguine,
GRADE 7 Tenacious, Amenable, and Resilient.

This award recognizes the Sanguine and

resilient spirit of the award recipients.

Parnika:

The S.T.A.R Award goes to Aarnav Baikadi

from grade 7A

from 7B Ashrith Abhimanyu George

and 7B Gurvinder Singh.

(PAUSE)

Congratulations Aarnav, Ashrith and Gurvinder!

Daniel: As we culminate the outstanding award

segment, we thank Ms. Christine de Noronha and
Ms. Shalini Fernandes for felicitating our awardees.
Annual Daniel: Please welcome our, Head of Middle
Report School, Ms. Venetia Jayaraj, who will present
the annual report. She has led the Middle
School section with dedication and expertise,
and we look forward to hearing about the
achievements of the past year.

After the annual report

Soham:Thank you Ms.Venetia.

Soham: Introducing our Head of Section, Ms. Teresa

Rusten, presenting the annual report. Her leadership
and expertise have been instrumental in the
achievements of the Senior School section in the past
year.

(After report)

Pranik:Thank you Ms.Teresa

Zoya Parnika: We now have an award that has been
Memorial instated this year in memorial of a dear student, Zoya.
Award for May I invite Ms. Venetia our Head of Middle school to
Resilience tell us more about this meaningful award.

Ms. Venetia: Zoya Ahahd was a part of the GEMS

family since 2012. She joined NMS in 2021. Despite
her brief tenure, Zoya made a tremendous impact at
NMS as a Grade 8B student. Despite her challenging
medical condition, Zoya’s unwavering positivity,
strength, and determination inspired us all. Even
through all her pain she did not Zoya fail to express
her love and gratitude to her friends through a video
clip she shared with them, reflecting her remarkable
resilience.

The Zoya Memorial Award for Resilience now honors

individuals who, like Zoya, demonstrate remarkable
courage in the face of adversity. Her spirit lives on,
inspiring others to approach life's challenges with the
same fearlessness, courage and positivity that she did.

The Zoya Memorial Award for Resilience is a tribute

to the vibrant life of Zoya, a fearless and enthusiastic
young girl. At NMS we salute Zoya’ s courageous spirit

May I please call on stage Mr and Mrs Rafi Abdul

Ahad, Zoya’s Parents to give away the Zoya
Memorial Award for Resilience.

After they come on stage;

The recipient of the Zoya Memorial Award for

Resilience is Aditya Purkayastha from(8D)

Daniel:Thank you, sir and ma’am, Zoya will be

in our hearts and Prayers always.
Showstopper Soham: We are sure none of us can resist the urge to
join in on the foot-tapping strains of Bhangra music.
(Dance)
Samantha: So brace yourselves as our Millennial
Maestros bedazzle you with their award-winning,
highly energetic performance that earned them the
first place on International Dance Day recently!

(after the performance)

Soham: Thank you, Mr. Javed, our Dance

Mentor, for this amazing showstopper
element.

School song Daniel: Ladies and Gentlemen, with that we come to

the end of our celebration of ‘ Yawm Kotinos’, may I
request everyone to stand in attention for the School
song.

Soham: Please be seated as the guests leave the hall.

Thank you, and have a great day ahead.