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In This Issue

From the Principal‘s Desk Page 1

Interact Club Activity

French Elocution Competition

Sketch Minq

Cyber Security Programme

English Extempore Competition

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Anandadhara by HelpAge India

ASISC National Literary Meet 2017

Career Fair organised by USIEF

Yuvakarshan‘17

Staff Farewell

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USA School Trip 2017 Career Guidance by Hong Kong Poly-technic University

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Field Trip at Rabindra Sarobar Lake

UK Career Fair

Accolades

Sports

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Activities

Halloween Competition Page 6

Rangoli Competition

Pet Day

Scholastic Book Fair

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Morning Assemblies

Bookworms Page 8

Lead Story Headline

SCIS BUZZ

OCTOBER 2017

Volume 7, Issue 7

FROM THE PRINCIPAL‘S DESK

Editorial Team

Ms. Dolly Chowdhury Ms. Sawandipa Banerjee

Ms. Manisha Pandey Ms. Asmita Kapoor

Ms. Mondira Sarkar Mr. Abhishek Guha

Ms. Deepti Bhattacharya

On the occasion of UNITED NATIONS DAY, West Bengal Federation of United

Nations Associations (WEBFUNA) – an NGO having Consultative Status, Cate-

gory I with the United Nations - ECOSOC, organized a SEMINAR on ―UN

NEEDS REFORMS TO MEET CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY‖.

The event was scheduled on Tuesday, 24 October 2017 at ICCR, .His Excellency

Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi, Governor of West Bengal, inaugurated the Semi-

nar, which had an illustrious list of Panelists.

Principal Mr John Andrew Bagul was awarded the certificate of Appreciation

for his contribution to education industry .

WEBFUNA highly appreciated the initiative and efforts put in by Mr Bagul,

Principal of South City International School and his institution in promoting

and disseminating knowledge and information about the principles and purposes

of the United Nations – AND WISHED TO HONOUR HIM FOR HIS

SUSTAINED CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THESE OBJECTIVES.

Dear All,

The scope of academies is limitless but opportunities are less obvious. The path

beyond Class XIII is broad but many are unaware. It is our belief that students

should be aware of the opportunities available to them and consequently take

conscious decision about their future.

With this intention we encourage discussions regarding career and consequently

conduct fairs at regular intervals for students of Classes XI and XIII. Last

month, representatives from Leeds Beckett University and Nottingham Univer-

sity interacted with our students and provided information for pursuing further

education in U.K. We also organized a career guidance session by Hong Kong

polytechnic University and Bond University. The students were given an oppor-

tunity to attend a fair organized by WBFUNA.

Apart from academics we have had our proud moments at sports. Our cricket

team won ASISC chapter interschool tournament. Anjani Lohia from our

school was adjudged the best All-rounder. Our boys progress to the next round

and will be playing the national finals.

I wish to inform everyone that I was awarded a certificate of appreciation by

WBFUNA for my contribution to the education Industry.

Ms Anamika Mukherjee, my Ext. Assistant has availed of

better opportunities. She served the school with dedica-

tion and we appreciate her career enhancement. We wish

her the very best in life.

Warm regards

John Andrew Bagul

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On 23rd October 2017, Cyber Safety and Security programme was conducted by

Mr. Rakshit Tandon, Cyber Security Expert, which was attended by the students,

parents and teachers of SCIS. The programme was about the safety and precau-

tions which should be taken during accessing social networking sites, banking sites

and many other sites.

The students of the Interact Club of South City International School took the initiative to distribute diyas and

sweets to the underprivileged children and their families around Anandapur area behind Ruby hospital, on

18th October, 2017. These diyas and sweets were collected from different members of the Interact club of the

school and Shubham Chandak , Nandika Todi and Vanshika Agarwal went to distribute them to the children.

The children‘s happiness knew no bounds after receiving the gifts.

As every year this year too on 16th October 2017 SOUTH CITY INTERNATIONAL

SCHOOL had inspired the students to stand before the eager audience to participate

in the FRENCH ELOCUTION CONTEST in the school auditorium. It was a joint ef-

fort of the Primary (Classes 2-5) and the Secondary (Classes 6-10) sections. The per-

formance was highly appreciated by the audience.

Abhishek Roy of Class 10 and Priyasha Sanyal of Class 9 jointly began the event with

welcome address, introductory speech and introduction to judges in English and

French respectively. It exhibited the fluency and clarity of their French speaking

power. It was side by side translated in English by Priyasha herself. This year the

judges were in house judges. The judges for Primary elocution were Secondary

French teachers Shuktishuvra De and Ipsita Mukherjee and the Secondary Elocution

was judged by the primary French teachers Richa Gandhi and Shreya Mitra.

The Primary elocution competition was from Class 2 to class 5. The theme was: flow-

ers, seasons and nature.

Winners: Annway Ghosh and Somok Sur (Class XI)

from Don Bosco School, Park Circus, claimed a grand

prize of Rs. 30,000/- cash.

1st runners-up: Sourasish Chatterjee and Soham

Kar (Class XII) from St. Augustine‘s Day School,

were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 20,000/-.

2nd runners-up: Wrik Karmakar (Class XI)

and Subhaditya Basu (Class XII) from South City In-

ternational School, received a prize of Rs. 10,000/-.

Besides the cash award, the teams also received gift

hampers, courtesy of the sponsors. Gifts hampers

were also distributed to the remaining teams who

It was a test of presence of mind and the gift of the gab, at the Inter House Extempore Competition held on 31st October,

2017.

Participants were divided into three categories: Classes VI and VII formed the first category; Classes VIII and IX, the sec-

ond category and Class XI, the third category. A fresh approach to the themes this year saw the introduction of ‗Show and

tell‘ for Class VI; Proverbs for Class VII; Taglines of advertisements for Class VIII; for Class IX and XI, there were quota-

tions from poems and novels respectively.

Swastika Mukherjee of Class VIII from Creator House securing the Best Speaker position, ensured the first berth for her

House. Innovator House, Achiever House and Philosopher House stood second, third and fourth respectively.

Prepared by: Chinmoyee Ghosh Choraria

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On the 30th October 2017, United States-India Educational Foundation organised a career fair

in our school. The entire programme was co-ordinated by Ms Chadni Wadhwani, Education

USA Adviser, USIEF. 16 reputed universities from the United States took part in it. The session

started around 10.15 am in the school auditorium and was attended by the students of class XI. They interacted with the university representatives

who had set up their separate counters. Students of class XII attended the fair towards the end. The programme got over by 11.30am.The students

DATE : 25th October, 2017

VENUE : Rotary Sadan

ORGANIZER : HelpAge India

TEACHERS PARTICIPATED : Ipshita Mukherjee and Puja Prasad

SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED: DPS Howrah,St.Judes, Asian International school, Lakshmipath Singhania Academy, Patha Bhavan, Swami Prana-

bananda Vidyapith, Techno India School , St. John and South City International School.

HelpAge India had organised Anandadhara which was a cultural event of Folk music, song& dance performed by students from various schools for

the senior citizens and residents of various Old Age Homes. The programme, envisaged by HelpAge India is to bridge the gap and create bond be-

tween the Elderly and children.

Various schools from different parts of the city participated and performed various dance forms and musical shows.

9 students from our school participated in the event and presented three dance forms namely Bhangra (Punjab), Garba and Dandiya (Gujarat) and

Bengali folk.

A token of appreciation was received by our school.

News reporters from 'Ei Shamaye', Times Of India were also present there and interviewed our students.

On 14th October 2017, Subhaditya Basu, Wrik Karmakar and Mr. Richard Go-

mes took a flight to Lucknow to attend ASISC National Literary meet, 2017. Af-

ter registering ourselves in the evening we headed to our allotted room in

'Kaizan Guest House' which was in the host school campus itself. The campus City Montessori School boasted of 56000 students as well as 1970 stu-

dents achieving 90+ and above in their ICSE and ISC examinations. They also had one of the largest auditoriums as well as their own water plant

and fire station along with two guest houses to accomodate visitors and guests in inter state and international events.

On 15th October 2017, Ms. Rama Kartik, President of ASISC, Dr (Ms.) Vineeta Kamran, Vice President of ASISC, Mr. K.V. Vincent, Secretary

Treasurer of ASISC as well as secretaries of 11 different regions all over India along with the co founder of City Montessori School, Mr. Jagdish

Gandhi were present in the inauguration ceremony. The eminent pioneers of the event were felicitated. The venue for Senior Quiz Finale was the

auditorium and the quiz master was Gaurav Yadav. There were 11 teams participating from the different regions they qualified from. 7 rounds were

conducted to identify the winner. It was a low scoring quiz as the Winners, Geetanjali Senior School, Hyderbadad won by securing 55 points fol-

lowed by First Runners Up from Poddar International School and Dalmiya High School, Mumbai. Second Runners up secured 45 points and were

from Sheiling High School, Kanpur. Our school secured Seventh Position with 25 points.

On 17th October, 2017 DPD Newtown organized MUN at their campus. The first edi-

tion of Yuvakarshan organized by DPS Newtown can definitely be called as one of its

best exemplary event for a promising school. There were different committees like

SAARC, UNDP and Lok Sabha. Tanvi Sehgal of Class XI-C and I, Yashassvi Periwal

of Class XI-A went for Lok Sabha. We are allotted the minister profiles - Sushma Swaraj (MP of Vidisha) and Om Prakash Yadav (MP of Siwan)

respectively. Our agenda was Uniform Civil Code and within the two days of the committee, we discussed on each and every aspect of UCC and its

implementation. I raised two motions for discussion which were, Triple Talaq and UCC and women. At the end we made two "sense of the house",

one by the government and the parties supporting it like Shiv Sena, BJD and the other by the opposition and supporting parties.

The two days of committee were just not about a competition where someone would win but a great way to learn about the working of the Lok

Sabha.

I, as the MP of Siwan won verbal mention and am looking forward to more such conferences.

Compiled by -Shibesh Gupta & Yashassvi Periwal

It was time to bid farewell to two very loving faculty

members of the SCIS family, Ms. Suparna Dey and

Ms. Anamika Mukherjee.

We wish them the best in all their future endeavours.

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This Autumn Educational Programme by Inverted Prism at Los Angeles gave all the students a chance to seek inspiration and opportunities through

the various workshops and tours of universities.

Day 1

On the first day of our stay in the US, we went for a city tour along with a local tour to various educational and commercial spots like Hollywood

sign from afar and the Hollywood walk of fame and Beverly Hills and the City Hall.

Day 2

We visited Universal Studios.

Day 3

On the 3rdday, we visited two renowned campuses, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and New York Film Academy (NYFA).

Day 4

At San Francisco, we isited the University of Stanford, the Silicon Valley and the infamous ‗HP garage‘, also infinite loop, worlds only official Apple

merchandise store. We had an interaction session with one of Apple‘s high ranking officials, Siddharth Khullar over dinner.

Day 5

We visited a Tesla showroom and the headquarters of Autodesk where we were given a guided tour of a machine designing workshop and later to

pier 39.

Day 6

We left for Yosemite National Park, then the Nasa museum and the Intel museum

Day 7

We went for a trek at Yosemite national park for about 4-5 hours walking over 15 miles.

Day 8

We visited San Francisco Exploratorium where several science exhibits were displayed.

Day 9

Our last visit was Berkeley's University and from there we went directly to the airport and followed the same route back to Kolkata.

Report by—Nakul Malik

Mr. Carl Tang, Manager, International Admissions along with a faculty member from Hongkong Polytechnic

University visited our school on 10.10.2017 to conduct a career guidance session for our students. Since the latter

part of the session aimed at the study of engineering and career in the same discipline it was attended by stu-

dents of Science stream. At the end students asked questions and got their doubts clarified.

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DATE: 28th of October , 2017

VENUE: NEAR RABINDRA SAROBAR LAKE

ORGANIZED BY: WILDROOTS – A Society for Environment Education, Bio-

diversity awareness and Conservation.

CONDUCTED BY : Biswajit De ( Founder President of Wildroots, member of

IUCN )

PARTICIPATING TEACHER : Moumita Chatterjee , Arjita Das Gupta

PARTICIPATING STUDENTS:

15 students from Class VIII and IX

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

1. The field trip was for the study of the local biodiversity near Rabindra Sarobar Lake as well as spreading awareness for keeping the area

clean. We did our bird watching trail from the gate near Calcutta Rowing Club.

2. The GPS status and toolbox application were used during our survey for noting down the coordinates of all the spots where we could see

different varieties of birds and were documented down.

3. The students could see many bird species as we walked along the path, identified them and noted down their features. Pictures were

clicked for documentation.

4. We came across many birds like black headed oriole, orange headed thrush, black-rumped flame back woodpecker, coppersmith barbet,

magpie robin, drongo common barbler, Indian pond heron, rufous treepie, white breasted kingfisher, little and greater cormorant and many

others.

5. They also studied and learnt about different spiders like jumping spiders, signature spiders and tent-web spiders. Along with these, many

butterflies were also identified like common crow, egg fly, common grass yellow, psyche butterfly, blue tiger.

6. The students could spot so many birds on a particular tree that they understood how protection of even one tree could preserve the diver-

sity to a great extent. They also captured some alarming pictures of human influences with a need for conservation message just like pollution

the water bodies, construction by cutting down trees, adverse effect of littering on animals.

Report by -

Moumita Chatterjee

Ms Mahasweta Banerjee, Managing Director and her team from Blue Sky Educational

Services Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata organised the UK Career fair in our school on 27.10.17.

Ms Megha Malhotra from Leeds Beckett University and Mr Rishi Pokar from Notting-

ham Trent University interacted with the students of class XI in the auditorium.The students were given all details about study in UK, process of ap-

plication and all relevant information about the courses offered in these two universities.

The ASISC organized Inter school knockout Cricket Tournament was played at Gems Akedemia International School

from 29th October-31st October 2017. 30 schools took part in the tournament. South City International School won

this prestigious tournament by thrashing Adamas International School by 6 wickets. Anjani Lohia of SCIS won the

best All Rounder award of the tournament. Out of 300 participants from 30 schools, he was the only one to win this

award.

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PRIMARY SECTION ACTIVITIES

ALPHABETS Diwali colouring sheet Scholastic book fair

Diya painting

Rangoli making

GRANDPARENTS DAY CRAFT DURGA PUJA CRAFT

Diwali Activity

FRENCH ELOCUTION COMPETITION

The French Elocution competition was appreci-

ated by the judges as well as the audience.

Twenty students participated from class I- V and

two were anchors from class II and III.

Divyanshi Agarwal received the Best Speaker

Award. Achiever House received the Best House

Award.

HALLOWEEN COMPETITION

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RANGOLI COMPETITION

Class III , IV and V

Beautiful Rangolis were created by the students

of all the Houses. They used lentils, flowers and

powder colours. Children added in a lot of crea-

tivity in it and completed the patterns without

the help of teachers.

PET DAY

Pet‘s Day is a fun event in South City Interna-

tional School. Children bring in their pets…cats,

dogs, birds and turtles and many more. Having a

pet is fun but it is also a great responsibility, car-

ing for it is not easy. Pet‘s Day teaches us to have

compassion for animals and give them our love

and time.

Scholastic Book Fair

All the students visited and browsed

through

the books at the Fair :

Tiny Tots (all sections)

Foundation (all sections)

Preparatory (all sections)

Classes 1 - 5 (all sections)

Pamphlets distributed:

Tiny Tots (all sections)

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MORNING ASSEMBLIES

CLASS : 5C

TOPIC : GLOBAL WARMING

BOOKWORMS

PREPARATORY : DORA AND HER FRIENDS

CLASS I : DORA THE EXPLORER

FOUNDATION : VISIT TO THE LIBRARY

Innovator House

Topic : Halloween