SCIS BUZZ

February

2017

Volume 11, Issue 11

In This Issue

From the Principal’s Desk Page 1

Interactive Session by Huanying

Clean Kolkata Movement 2017

Regional Summit of School Principals

Survey conducted on river Ganga

Page 2

Workshops Page 3

Student Council Election 2017

Interactive Session by Representatives from 4 Leading US Colleges

Friends FM Inter School Quiz

Page 4

Interactive Session on Community Service

with Sister Nirmala

Road Safety Fiesta By HONDA

Student Of The Year Award by TIMES

NIE

Investiture Ceremony 2017

Page 5

Activities Page 6

Graduation Day

Sports

Accolade

Page 7

Bookworms

Morning Assemblies

Page 8

Editorial Team

Ms. Dolly Chowdhury

Ms. Mondira Sarkar

Ms. Deepti Bhattacharya

Ms. Sawandipa Banerjee

Ms. Manisha Pandey

Mr. Abhishek Guha

Ms. Asmita Kapoor

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Dear Parents, Students and Well-wishers

Within a short span of fifty years Singapore has developed from a sleepy island to

a developed metropolis which emulates and at times surpasses the best in the

world. It is a place which thrives on urbanization and shows no signs of decay

which many metropolises are associated with.

I was therefore pleasantly surprised to receive an invitation to join a select group

of thirteen Principals across India for Worldview Institute of Learning and

Educator’s immersion program titled FutureSake Educator’s Immersion. The

programme revolves around urbanization, its impact and solution.

Singapore’s meteoric rise involved a method. As far as availability of technology

and resource is concerned, there is level playing field, as most developing

countries are concerned. What differentiates Singapore from the rest is the will of

the people to prevail over odds and an immense capacity to adapt to changes. Now

that they are willing to share and educate, we must avail of all opportunities being

offered.

My participation in the program would only be the beginning. All that I learn will

be rapidly transmitted to everyone in school and even those remotely connected

with school. My intent is get all of you involved and be partners in the

development process. Please remember just above fifty percent of the world

population live in urban areas. In India the percentage may be lower but we are

galloping towards that mark. By 2025 the world population is likely to touch 8

billion. To sustain this large population we have to ensure that cities that come up

have adequate infrastructure and amenities. It is time to develop those ideas

which transform the future.

The board examinations have started. I am confident that students of our school

will deliver as usual. The entire school is now in midst of examination.

My best wishes to all students.

Warm regards

John Andrew Bagul

CREATIVITY ON BOARDS

Special points of interest:

Student Council

Election

Investiture Ceremony

Graduation Day

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Interactive Session by Huanying

Preparing for ISA project , the students had an interactive session with the

Managing Director of Huanying - The Chinese Language Teaching School.

The presentation was based on History, Geography, features and culture

of the Yangtze River.

It was enriching and a good learning experience for the students of Class

VIII. They had a number of queries and Mr. Choudhury patiently

answered them to the satisfaction of one and all present there.

Clean Kolkata Movement 2017 South City International School participated

in Clean Kolkata Walk on 5th February, Sunday. It was

organised by St. Xavier's Collegiate School. The walk was

organised for Classes IXand XI. A total of 100 students and

20 teachers were present in all. It was declared open by

Father Benny Thomas (S.J.), Principal St. Xavier's

Collegiate School. Shruti Tiwari, Sasha Agarwal, Spriha

Pal, Srishti Kashyap, Snigdha Negi, Roshni Banerjee, Sanjana Mukherjee, Teesta Ghosh, Hiya

Bhattacharjee, Aditya Mohanty, Kaustuv Pradhan had a wonderful experience participating in this

movement. The programme was flagged off at 8.15a.m. with a short prayer followed by a speech

emphasizing the importance of Swacch Bharat Abhiyan to

keep the environment clean. The host school’s band

performance was pleasing to the ears . The walk started at

around 8.30 a.m. from the main gate of St. Xavier's School.

The procession passed through Wood Street, entering

Shakespeare Sarani and the students marched

forward cleaning the streets. An awareness of Swacch

Bharat was created for the people around. The programme

ended at the primary section of St. Xavier's School at 10 a.m. Our students did a marvellous job.

They were highly appreciated for their diligence in cleaning the streets.

SCIS Participates in the

Regional Summit of School Principals

Date : 10th February 2017

Venue : Hotel Hindustan International

Attendees : School Principals / Management Heads / Management Represen-

tatives .

Seminar conducted by : Dr V.S. Ravindran [Counsellor Trainer & Education

Psychologist] and Dr Sailendra Raj Mehta [Economist]

Contemporary issues faced by schools and strategies and ideas to equip school Principals with knowledge skills and attitude which are sim-

ple to adopt in everyday practice and easily transferable to teachers, students and parents were discussed at length.

Survey conducted on river Ganga

On 4th February 2017, a group of students from Classes IX and X from South City International School were

taken for a survey on the banks of river Ganga in the Howrah region . In this region, the distributary of River

Ganga is called Bhagirathi-Hughli. The students surveyed on the local people of the area such as the hawkers,

the commuters, people who travel through the ferry Ghats for crossing the river, and the local police. They

conducted the survey based on a questionnaire prepared by them. The students while surveying learnt a lot

about the area, especially about the people and their opinion regarding the pollution that is prevalent in the

river Ganga in this region. The students also learnt about the causes of pollution in the river - The most

common polluting agents in the region being domestic sewage and industrial waste. By survey the students were

able to raise awareness amongst the local people on this critical issue. This survey thus had an overall positive

and enriching impact on all those who were involved.

British Council Workshop

The British Council is the UK’s International

Organization for cultural relations and educational

opportunities delivering education and social

program, empowering and equipping young

enthusiastic and proactive minds with current

trends of teaching learning process and techniques. The British Council conducted four workshop

sessions in Kolkata which was attended by teachers

from reputable Institutions across Kolkata,

Bhubaneswar, Kolkata and many more. The details

of the programs are as under:-

VENUE: Hotel Park , Garcha Road, Ballygunge Kolkata – 700 019

DATES: 16th September 2016, 11th & 12th November 2016 and 18th February 2017

PARTICIPATING TEACHERS: Ms. Anjali Burman, Ms. Dolly Choudhury, Ms. Sejal Arora and Mr. Edwin Lawrence

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS:

Sri Sikshayatan School, Sri Sri Academy, Indus valley School, South City International School, Techno India, Mahadevi Birla,

La Martiniere for Girls, and others.

DETAILS OF THE EVENTS OF EACH WORKSHOP SESSION

SESSION 1 (16TH September 2016) : In the first session we were introduced to various core skills that demanded self divested

learning, identification and introspection of four major skills within us for bringing out more potentialities as a teacher in a teaching

learning process such as :- a. Deep learning: Encourage deep learning in students by allowing them to become their own teacher. b. Critical thinking and problem solving: To facilitate deep learning in students by effective questioning to

help them to connect between their learning by critical thinking. c. Creativity and Imagination: To embrace creativity in children in classroom situation by encouraging by

rating original, imaginative ideas as purposeful and valuable. d. Communication and Collaboration: To empower communication effectively orally, in writing, actively

listening to others in diverse and multilingual environments, understand verbal and non verbal

communication, co-operating, leading, delegating to produce new innovative solution. At the end of the first session, the teachers of various Institutions were required to enroll names for the next two session on in-depth

learning on any one core skills : i) Creativity and Imaginations and ii) Communication and Collaboration. We opted for Creativity and Imagination SESSION 2 & 3 (11th and 12th November 2016) : The next two consecutive sessions were conducted on selected Core Skills

Imaginations and Creativity. Details of the program are listed below:

a. Identification of creativity in children and make most of it by encouraging and nurturing it through

pedagogical approach. b. Implementation of creativity in workplace c. Designing creative use of teaching learning material in classroom for better achievement of learning

objectives, in other words creative teaching as well as teaching for creativity. d. Teacher role in promoting creative learning e. Ways to assess creativity in a child.

At the end of the two day programs, participants were instructed to create at least two lesson plans on any selected topics which include

creative use of teaching method and teaching learning methods in a classroom situation which was to be presented on the final session

scheduled for February 18, 2017 for feedback and review. SESSION 4 (18th February 2017) : On the final session or reflection day, we all presented and submitted our lesson plans and shared our

plans and ideas with other participants which were well appreciated and encouraged. After a few group activities and discussions the session ended. The workshop concluded with awarding of certificates.

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Workshop on Learning with Moving Images using Science Films

Date : February 15, 2017

Venue : At Birla Industrial and Technological Museum ( BITM )

Organizer : Conducted by Bichitra Pathshala in association with Vigyan Prasar and Birla Industrial and Technological Museum.

Participating Teachers : Arjita Das Gupta , Edwin Lawrence , Moumita Chatterjee

The program started with the lecture of Dr. T.V. Venkateshwaran and his lucid interpretation of the art of Science

communication, the concepts of inertia, satellite launching, weightlessness in free fall , the story mountain were really

motivating. His discussion was mainly to make science communication in such a way so that it is like a story with a dif-

ference, to start from the Known to Unknown and from Simple to Complex and The students can easily relate with the

real life experiences and understand accordingly.

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When SCIS exercised their franchise…..

Student Council Election 2017

The Student Council Election 2017 was held at South City International

School on 13th February 2017. The Returning Officer's Observation regard-

ing the Council Election is as follows :

Voting Time : 9.10 Am-12.45 Pm

Election Booth No. A, B,C,D

Venue : South City International School

Voter's turn out from classes : V -XII,NIOS

Teacher voters from Primary and Secondary

90% voters turned out

Security arrangements were satisfactory

No malpractices were observed

Interactive Session by Representatives from 4 Leading US Colleges

On the 13th of February 2016 class XI students of South City Interna-

tional School attended an interactive session by the representatives of

four leading US Universities The following speakers were present in the

session:

Mr. Seth Walker from Indiana University, Ms.Chelsea from University

of Minnesota, Mr. Jackson Yu Pong from University of Nabraska and

Ms. Amber Longtin from University of llionois interacted with the stu-

dents during the session. The representatives did speak in detail about

the admission procedure of the Universities. Students came up with

many questions at the end of the session.

It was indeed an extremely enriching session for the students.

Friends FM Inter School Quiz

On 18th February 2017, the grand finale of the Friends School Quiz: Science and Technology 3rd

Edition organized by Kolkata’s famous radio-station 91.9 Friends Fm and sponsored by The Neotia

University, took place at City Centre Salt Lake. The quizmaster was Krishnendu Banik. Our school

qualified for the finals after clearing the prelims and the quarterfinals. Prelims were a written

round in which 24 schools were selected out of 40 schools. Quarter finals were an on-air quiz battle

among three schools with only the top school qualifying in the next round. In the quarterfinals, our

school knocked out Kalyani Central Modern School and Carmel High School by a thumping mar-

gin. In this manner, 8 schools were chosen for the grand finale. Our team for the final consisted of

quizzers Subhaditya Basu of Class XI and Aritra Kar of Class IX.

Before the grand finale, the teams had to clear the semifinals- wherein 4 schools competed at a time

and the top two went to the finals. In the first semis, Gokhale Memorial Girls School and Apeejay

School Salt Lake cruised easily. In the second semis, Apeejay School Park Street came first and

South City International School tied with Lakshmipat Singhania Academy. The tiebreaker was a

sudden-death buzzer round in which our team answered successfully first and qualified for the fi-

nale.

In the finals, our team had a tough time battling against the

nearly-invincible team from Gokhale Memorial Girls School.

Before the ultimate buzzer round, our team lagged behind

them by 50 points. Some flash-quick answers temporarily brought our team to the 1st place. However

even the girls managed to recover and at the end again both teams were tied in a deadlock. It was time

for the sudden-death round again but this time our team ran out of luck as Gokhale Memorial Girls

School shot out the answer first to bag the winners title. It was indeed a hard-fought battle and South

City International School emerged Runners-Up. The participants received a trophy, their merit certifi-

cates and Bluetooth speakers. It was undoubtedly a red-lettered day. These entire quiz knockouts will

be broadcasted on Sundays from 9-10 am only on 91.9 Friends FM.

Report by – Subhaditya Basu Class XI

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Road Safety Fiesta By HONDA

On 14th February 2017 Hero Honda Road Safty Drive

was held in our school SCIS sports field. Classes 5 and 6

along with the subject teachers attended it. At 9:30 am all

the sections of Cass 6 came down with respected teachers.

After 15 minutes the event was inaugurated by our

principal. Our Vice principal Ms. Sahana Bhattacharya,

Primary Head Ms. Anjali Burman, Assistant Primary

Head Ms. Mahua Lawrence and CAO Ms. Mayurika

Basu accompanied Principal. After that 5 students of

Class 5 were given the opportunity to ride the small Hero

Honda Motor Cycles and 5 girl students were given the Hero Honda

bicycles to ride on the track drawn.

Report by : Jayanti Dasgupta

Investiture Ceremony 2017

Investiture ceremony 2017 was a solemn occasion for SCIS. The auditorium on that particular day, Feb 17th, 2017 had an essence of dignity and

formality. Young students were elected for the first time through voting by the entire school and the elected candidates were bestowed the responsibility

of leading their school from the front with their commitment, confidence and competence.

They also pledged to dispense their duties to the best of their abilities.

The Present Council Members:

School Captain: Shubham Chandak; Vice Captain: Rajit Banerjee

Achiever House Captain: Rahil Sanghrajka; Asst. Captain: Arunima Pras-

anth

Philosopher House Captain: Riddhi Gupta ; Asst. Captain: Saranya Dev

Innovator House Captain: Umanga Chowdhry; Asst. Captain: Dibakar Garg

Creator House Captain: Nishant Kriplani; Asst. Captain: Sasha Agarwal

Sports Captain: Ashjot Singh Anand; Asst. Captain: Shrishti Bajaj

Activity Captain: Meher Malhotra ; Asst. Captain: Srishti Kashyap

The stage was aptly embellished for the occasion with the four House Flags stationed on it with the Ceremonial School Flag in the middle. The most

appreciable factor of the stage décor was the display of the mottos of the four Houses which were put up on the two side wings of the stage- Innovator

House - Semper Paratus ( Always prepared) ; Philosopher House- Semper Sursum (Always aim high); Creator House - Semper Antinus (Always

forward) and Achiever House-Semper Fortes (Always brave).

Ms. Malabika Poddar (HoD of English), the host, inaugurated the programme, wishing the august gathering with befitting words of welcome and said

that the momentous time had come to begin the much awaited event. She heartily welcomed our Principal, Mr. John Andrew Bagul and Sister Nirmala,

Principal of Loreto House and other dignitaries to take the chair as soon as they stepped into the auditorium. The School Choir began the school song.

Principal Mr. Bagul welcomed and thanked Sister Nirmala for her kind consent to grace the occasion. Our Asst. Principal Ms. Sahana Bhattacharya

felicitated her. They, then, with our Primary Head Ms. Anjali Burman and the parents of the elected leaders lighted the Ceremonial Lamp. The

auditorium was resonant with the mellifluous song (Teri Aradhana Karu). Principal Mr. Bagul inaugurated the memorable event with his inspirational

speech. The entire Investiture Ceremony was enhanced by the beating of the band and the March past. With the rhythmic beat of the music, the elected

council members ascended the stage with their respective House Flags flying high in pride. They, then, stood in position on the stage for the ceremony to

begin. Principal Mr Bagul initiated the Oath taking ceremony. The members reiterated the oath after Sir with integrity and faith. Principal Sir then

pinned the badges of respective posts onto respective students. Sister Nirmala blessed each member with a book. The podium was then offered to Sister

Nirmala to deliver her speech. Her words of wisdom will be remembered by all for a long time, particularly the PPT presentation on ‘Seven Habits of

Highly Effective Leaders’. The event came to an end with Vote of Thanks given by Ms Malavika Poddar to all who relentlessly helped to make this event

a grand success. Ms Dolly Choudhry needs special mention to make this event a success. It was indeed a flawless event.

ACCOLADES

Student of the Year

Award by TIMES

NIE

YASH

CHARKRABORTY

OF CLASS-XII

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The National Scouting and Guiding Associa-

tion of India has now spread its roots with

great determination and zeal at South City

International School. We are proud to have

40 Cubs, 25 Scouts, 25 Guides and 36 Bul-

buls registered with us. The Cubs and

Scouts are trained under the able guidance

of our teachers Heyshan Rehman, Herbert

Christensen and Sandeep Kr. Shaw. The

Bulbuls and Guides are trained by Manisha

Pandey, Apilla Gupta, Nabamita Biswas and Sejal Arora. The children participate in interesting activities on every Monday after school

and participate in all competitions that take place in and outside school. Some of the activities that they have participated in are:-

Symphony and Expression Competition

Polishing Shoes

Stitching and hemming

Non Flammable Cooking

Knotting and First Aid

Personality Development Games

Night- Camp

Guides and Bulbuls

Learning and Growing Togethers

The student spent quality time together

camping in the school campus, they learnt

different life skills through various exercises.

Poster Designing

Trekking

Night camps with Bonfire

Tent Making

B P Six’s Exercises

Uniform and Badges

Enrolment Ceremony

Pre-Primary Activities

Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity

Flower Activity

Flower garden tour

Bird Feeder

Number Activity

SARASWATI PUJA CRAFT

SpellBee Competitions Mental Maths

Competition

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DIDDLYUMPTIOUS DAHL DAY

Mahadevi Birla World Academy on 31st January, 2017

Sia Agarwal, Ayushman Gupta and Urmi

Sarkar got the 2nd Prize in Quiz.

Rishabh Mandal and Tanishka Mazumder

got the 3rd Prize in Elocution.

SPORTS The Inter-School Football Tournament was organized by Future Foundation

School on the 9th and of 10th January ,2017. The First Match was played between

SCIS and National Gems School. SCIS won the match and reached the Semi-Finals.

The Second Match was played between Future Foundation and SCIS; SCIS won

the match and reached the Finals. The Final Match was between SCIS and St.

Xaviers’ Kolkata. St. Xaviers’ Kolkata won the Match. South City International

got the Runners Up Trophy.

Congratulation!!

Sounak was awarded a

gold medal and certificate

by the 3rd ALSOC West

Bengal Inter—School

Karate and Championship

2017.

Cogratulations Anissa Das.

1st Queen’s Gambit Rapid Chess

Tournament was held at st Lawrence

school on the 15th and 16th January

2017.Anissa Das of class III won the

4th prize in U-9.

Accolade

DAY 1 : SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

DATE: 24th of February

DAY 2 : BAL KRISHNA

DATE: 25th of February

PRE-PRIMARY HOUSE BOARDS

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Class Assembly

Class III C- Friendship

Children presented the topic in the form of a skit conveying the message that

having friends is similar to having a family. They can help you in times of trou-

ble and also be there to enjoy and share during the the good times of your life.

Real friends are a blessing to us. So the message conveyed through the skit

was that there is nothing on this earth more prized than true friendship.

Class Assembly- Class III B

Class IIIB presented an assembly on 'Stay Happy and be

Grateful. The assembly was well conducted through a

narrative style drama by the students. The students made

full use of the props and their costume suited well with the

narrative.The assembly was appreciated by all the

teachers and the students. The distribution of Smiley

badges and the gala song on ' If you Happy and you know

it' blended with the theme.

Bengali Book Review

Reading done by Ishitwo Khanra- ClassVB

Innovator House Assembly

Class Assembly

Class II D

Kindness A Gift Class III A: Honesty is the Best Policy

Story:Purushkar

Author: Jaishankar Prasad

Ananya.D. Roy, Anushka

Prasad and Eklavya Nathani

Story: Pagla Dashu

Author: Sukukumar Roy

Sayasha Mukherjee and

Saptrishi Mitra

Story: Gillu

Author: Mahadevi Verma

Suhani Snehasini and Panisara

Story: Chander Pahar

Author: Bibhuti Bhushan Ban-

dopaddhay

Aveek Basu and Arunoday

Ray

Books I like read... Class discussions were held on the types of books children

like to read... people/places/things they like to read about.

Children spoke about their favourite characters.

Activity sheets : Colouring.