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SCIS BUZZ

SEPTEMBER 2019

Volume 6, Issue 6

In This Issue

From the Principal‟s Desk Page 1

IJM (International Justice Mission)

Workshop

ISA Report

Teachers' Day Celebration at Victoria

Memorial Hall

Page 2

Challenging Challenges

Inauguration of Social Science Lab Page 3

The Regional Declamation Competition

ASISC Debate Competition 2019 Page 4

Regional Summit on Addiction and

Substance Abuse

Daan Utsav

Teachers' Day Award'19 - I.I.H.M.

Page 5

Workshop-Macmillan Day :1 Page 6

English Language Workshop (ICSE) Page 7

A Session on Anti – Bullying Page 8

British Council and South City

International School Celebrated Success of

New English Language Centre Model

IIHM Young Chef Competition

ACCOLADES of the Month

Page 9

Primary Teachers Day Celebration

Trailbrazer-Talk about Chinsurah Bandel

and Serampore

IIHM Junior Chef

Under 11 Swimming Competition

Fashion Show

Workshop conducted by Oxford University

Press

Page 10

Pre-Primary Fun Fiesta

Aagomoni

Morning Assemblies

Page 11

Editorial Team

Ms. Dolly Chowdhury

Ms. Manisha Pandey

Ms. Mondira Sarkar

Mr. Abhishek Guha

Ms. Deepti Bhattacharya

Ms. Sawandipa Banerjee

Ms. Asmita Kapoor

FROM THE PRINCIPAL‟S DESK

Dear Parents and Students,

Our world is now reeling under the excessive load of plastics. It is

accepted world over that single use plastic is a pollutant that needs

immediate attention of the world community. The concerns have been

discussed at various levels and its toxicity quantified. But a

comprehensive ban on use of plastic has not been as forthcoming as is

the need of the hour. Much of it has to do with its extensive use and also

lack of any convenient alternative.

The government has now decided on educating people about the

harmful effects of single use plastic and the importance of recycling.

At our school we have always felt that there is an urgent need to address

this problem. The use of plastic is widespread and that makes the task

even more challenging. The size of the population that needs to be

educated and convinced to refrain from using plastic in mind boggling.

We have accepted the challenge and as you all are aware that we

exploring all avenues to make you all aware of the situation. Our school

has dutifully participated in „the India plog run‟, organized by United

Way India to spread awareness on the subject. They have also taken

part in presentation and Talk Show on A Sustainable Dialogue

Engagement with Youth during Climate Diplomacy week. We are

working towards SDG Goals .Hereinafter; let us refrain from using

plastic. This would be beginning. Further, if you can individually and

collectively convince the people you come across to abandon using

plastic, a movement will have begun.

Warm regards,

John Andrew Bagul

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IJM (International Justice Mission) Workshop

On 7th September 2019 the students of South City International School were privileged to have Mrs.Toppo

and her team Mr. Sisir Thanikal and Mrs. Elizabeth Koshy from IJM (International Justice Mission).

The students were briefed about the following points including poverty slavery, cyber crime and safety. The

importance was laid upon “cyber crime and slavery”. Zero tolerance against “human trafficking” is the

motto followed by the International Justice Mission.

The three hour session helped all the students to increase their knowledge about the anti-slavery and how

important it is in our society to raise our voice and speak against injustice.

Mr. Sisir Thanikal guided the students about the differences between Global and India social media tools.

Social Media when used in negative manner becomes weapons of mass distraction. The world of web is

categorized into the dark web (6% of internet), surface web (4% of the social internet ), and the deep web

(covering 90% of the net).

It is extremely essential for the youth to know about the crimes in cyber space hacking, „Salami Attack‟, IRC

(Internet Relay Chat) Crime, cyber stalking and fishing are some crucial types of cyber crime. The students

were also introduced to the Legal Provisions for Online Crime Against Children such as Child Labour Rate,

2017 - Sec 17 A, India Evident Act 1872- Sec 66B, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015

- Sec 75 and 82(1).

The last session was taken over by Mrs. Elizabeth Koshy. She briefed us about Trauma informed care. Post

Dramatic care and its importance on the stress we deal with in over daily lives. She also taught the students

two exercises that could help us in the long run to overcome stress.

Each of the sessions were performed for all of us to learn about some real life experiences and useful

information. Mr. Sisir Thanikal ended the session with his words, “Don‟t act smart! Be smart!”

Written by,

Arunima Prasanth XII D, Poorva Nahar XII C

Edited by,

Gautam Majumdar

ISA Report

On 7th of September, 2019, 4 students (Ahan Roy Class- IX B, Madhura Bhattacharjee Class- X C,

RaghavTikmani Class- IX B and Krishnav Tarway Class- VIII D) accompanied with two teachers,

Hayshan Rahman and Sankarjit Chakraborty, had visited the Uttam Kumar Metro Station and the

Tollygunge Tram Deport for the prestigious ISA project "Transport".

The students took survey of the local people who avail the metro and also various other modes of

transport such as taxi , buses and Rapido drivers who are frequently stationed in front of the metro.

Even though there were intermittent of rain the students were successfully able to take the interviews

and some pictures of local transport like Yellow Taxi, Bus, Auto and Tram.

The small survey taken by the students has really enriched them with excessive knowledge and they got

to know more about local travellers perspective on local vehicles, metro and roadways. This trip has also

helped them to socialize and increase their Core Skills i.e public speaking skill.

Teachers' Day Celebration at Victoria Memorial Hall

I do not have enough words to thank you for nominating me to attend the Teachers Day celebration hosted by

Teachers‟ Centre of Loreto at Victoria Memorial on 12 September, 2019.

I arrived at the Memorial with three of my colleagues around 3pm., immediately we were taken to a guided

tour of the memorial‟s museum. The museum exhibits pre-colonial and post-colonial artefacts. It also displays

various Indian art works. Afterward it was followed by hi tea at the new administrative block of the

Memorial.

Teachers day was also celebrated by a presentation from Prof. Dr. Jayanta Sengupta, who is Secretary and

Curator (Director) of the Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata. The presentation primarily focused on the rich

wealth and knowledge in the repositories of major museums, with Victoria Memorial Hall as such an example.

The idea was to impress upon teachers that such museums, apart from being natural tourist destinations, also

render themselves as places of learning. The teachers should encourage and motivate students to visit

museums from this perspective.

Take Away:

• Activity Club of the Memorial Hall can train students about the study of museum during an internship programme with no fees. They will serve as

voluntaries for the Museum.

• For Biology students visit to the Memorial can be arranged to see their bottle gardening with variety of flora.

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Challenging Challenges (An awareness session on disability)

Date: 6th September, 2019

Venue: World View Suborna Jayanti Bhavan, Jadavpur University Campus

Time: 2:00 PM

Organised by: „Youth 4 jobs‟ in association with forum of students for disabilities

Teachers who attended: Victor Amitava Ray, Atreyi Ghosh Das.

Participating Organisations: Eastern & Soth Eastern Railway; Indian Autism centres.

Synopsis of the workshop: The workshop was conducted by Ms.Shazia Quereshi, Corporate Connect

Manager (East and North East) „Youth 4 Jobs‟ Foundation. The participants could educate on disability

from the following types of activities that was conducted in the workshop -

a) Learning Disability;

The participants were asked to make an entry out from a zigzag diagram kept on a table. The participants

could solve the zigzag diagram only by looking at a mirror kept in front of a table. They were not allowed

to look at the zigzag diagram straight. The participants found it extremely difficult while solving the

diagram by keeping an eye on the mirror. Ms. Quereshi then explained to us that the invisible disabilities

face a similar kind problem while viewing things.

b) Perception Questionnaire;

There was about twenty five questions based on the participant‟s perception about disabilities in the field

of education, in the service sectors and in the society.

c) Autism (Finding Waldo):

This was an extremely difficult task. The participants were asked to find Waldo from a diagram where

more than 1,500 people are shown busy in doing different activities. Most of the participants could not

locate Waldo from the diagram. Ms.Quereshi then explained us that invisible disabilities do suffer such

kind of problems in locating the actual object from a thousand different objects which they view together.

d) A speech on awareness for disabilities:

This was conducted by Ms.Shazia Quereshi and her colleagues. The participants were told that there are

two kinds of disabilities.

I. Visible Disabilities:

Under this category there are following types of disabilities-

i) Visual disability;

ii) Locomotor disability (Locomotor Disability means restriction in the movement of the limbs);

iii) Speech and hearing disability.

II. Invisible Disabilities:

Under this category there are following types of disabilities –

i) Learning Disability;

ii) Autism Disability (A type of developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction,

It also affects a child's educational performance);

iii) Mental Health issues.

e) A Street Play:

A street play was organized by the students of Jadavpur University in regard to the problems the disable people are facing in the various fields of

life. They have wonderfully depicted the exact problems confronted by the disabilities in the field of education, in the corporate world, in society and

while choosing their life partner. „How the disable people are ignored and set aside while applying for corporate jobs‟, „ how they are ill-treated by

our society‟ has been acted out in the street play.

Conclusion: It was an enriching session wherein the participants could gather lot of knowledge about the disabled people. As per one of the

pamphlets distributed by „Youth 4 Jobs‟, the regional facilities manager, Google India, Mr. Manjunath Bhat stated, “ We have found them to be

more honest and productive than non-disabled people actually”. The MNCs like KFC, Amazon, Coca-Cola, Ford, Valeo, MC Donald‟s, Google,

Radisson have employed them in their companies. These MNCs are infact looking out to have more number of disabled people included in their

teams. We are thankful to Ms. Ms.Shazia Quereshi in a very special way for her hospitality, lovely gesture and kind behavior.

Inauguration of Social Science Lab

The inauguration ceremony of the Social Science lab was held on 13th Friday, 2019 in room 115.

Our Guest of Honor was Ms. Swati Sarkar, a senior faculty of Geography department St. Xaviers' College. The lab was inaugurated by Ms. Sarkar,

our Guest of Honor accompanied by Our Principal, Mr. John Andrew Bagul.

The various instruments like Rain Gauge, Sixs' Maximum and Minimum Thermometer, Plane Table, Globe, Drawing Instruments, Wind Vane,

Models showing Rotation and Revolution of the Earth and Phases of Moon were put up in the lab. Various Charts and Maps were also put up in the

lab. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for allowing us to keep the Rain Gauge in open. Though it did not rain much but we had a

little of rain water into it which after measuring came to 2mm.

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The Regional Declamation Competition held at St.Paul's Academy, Burdwan

Accompanying Teachers: Mr. Hayshan Rahman and Ms. Dolly Chowdhury.

Student Participants: Srijoni Ghosh and Hiya Bhattacharjee.

Regional Declamation Competition 2019 ASISC, WB & NE States

Report by : Srijoni Ghosh of Class XI.

On 9th September 2019, the Regional Declamation Competition was organised by St.Paul‟s Academy Burdwan, where around 19 schools including

South City International School participated. The competition was segregated into three segments - the sub-junior category consisting of students of

classes 6-8 ,junior category consisting of students of classes 9 and 10 and finally the senior category consisting of students of classes 11 and 12. Two

students from South City International School took an enthusiastic part in this competition namely Hiya Bhattacharjee from the junior category and

Srijoni Ghosh from the senior category .

The event initiated with an inaugural ceremony where the school choir sung a welcome song followed by a dance performance and lamp lighting .

The participants were geared up to recite their speeches and were one after the other called up on the stage with a time limit of 3 minutes maximum

for the sub-junior category and 4 minutes for the junior and senior category .The participants were given a code number keeping their school‟s name

discrete . After all the participants had spoken and the competition came to an end ,lunch was served shortly . Soon enough with all the participants

receiving a participation certificate the results were announced where Hiya Bhattacharjee from the junior category bagged the second position from

South City International School .

The competition was a golden opportunity for all the participants and was also a method for the students to asses and showcase their speaking skills.

ASISC Debate Competition 2019 — Senior Category

Our beloved Principal, Mr. John Andrew Bagul, being well aware of the significance of debating among students, encourages the teachers to organize

Debate Competitions quite frequently. On 3rd September, 2019, South City International School hosted the Regional Debate Competition 2019,

Association of School for the ISC Chapter (ASISC, WB & NE States)- Senior Category. Twenty Seven renowned Schools like The Heritage School,

Modern High Schools for Girls, Sri Si Academy, Vivekananda Mission School, and Our Lady Queen of the Mission participated in the Debate

Competition.

The Topic was: „Globalization has increased the rich, poor divide.‟

The Judges of Venue 1 were : Judge 1-Ms. Kaveri Dutt

Judge 2- Saira Shah Halim

Judge 3: Mr.Nirmal Agarwal

Moderator: Mr. Raju Raman

The Judges of venue 2 were: Judge 1: Ms. Ranjana Bhattacharya

Judge 2: Ms. Deblina Mitra

Judge 3: Ms. Arpita Chakraborty

Moderator: Mr. Errol O‟ Brien

The Debate began at 11.00 a.m and continued till 2 :00 p.m. Each participant spoke with confidence and passion. It reflected how well researched

they were. Participants of the Proposition touched on different aspects like the concept of Neo Colonization, Venezuela Crisis, misallocation of

resources, the Dharavi slums against the skyscrapers in Mumbai, how the world is becoming more unipolar and in what way Capitalism or

Globalization is accentuating the power of the rich.Speakers of the opposition were equally strong with their views and arguments where they

reflected upon the role of NGOs and equated Globalization with Liberalization. They ruled out the fact that Globlization leads to rich, poor divide

and instated that it is the faulty legislation, bureaucratic and corrupt management which are to be held responsible for the gap between the „haves‟

and „have-nots‟.

The teams cited examples of Amazon, Flipkart, Mac Donalds, Google, Tata , Airtel to name a few, to emphasise their arguments.

The Result: Best Team – The Heritage School

1st Runner Up Team- Modern High School for Girls

2nd Runner Up team- South City International School

Best Speaker- Riddhi Panja- The Heritage School

The Winning Team was awarded a Trophy, 2 gold medals and certificates of Appreciation and Participation and the Best Speaker was given a gold

medal, while the First and Second Runner up terms received Silver and Bronze medals respectively along with certificates of Appreciation and

Participation.

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Regional Summit on Addiction and Substance Abuse

Organisers- ICTRC ( Institute of Counsellor Training Research and Consultancy )

Date - 12th September 2019

Venue - HHI

Resource person - Dr. V S Ravindran, a renowned educational psychologist who works

with and conducts sessions with teachers, Counsellors, parents and students.

Participating schools- various schools from Kolkata and various places around Kolkata.

Some of the participating schools are MP Birla School, Calcutta International School,

Adams International School,The Heritage, Birla High School.

The important pointers of the summit are as follows:

1. The event started of with the Felicitation of the resource persons and the special guests

2. Followed by a auspicious lamp lighting

3. Introduction to programme was presented by Prof. Keshav Singh , National Coordinator of Project Paradigm

4. Release of the annual magazine of ICTRC named Direction, which is a Guide book for senior school students to

help them make the right career decision.

5. Dr. Ravindran started his session explaining the difference between habit and Addiction.He describes Addiction

as disabling, incapacitating condition in ones life which interferes with the well-being of the person.

6. He suggested that we should talk about Addiction and substance abuse to our students, they should be aware and

hence preventive towards such situations.” Talking Will Not Encourage Them To Become Addicted But Prevent

Them For Addicted”.

7. Dr Ravindran also suggested Zero Tolerance for a student found using any substance of Addiction, however he

emphasised on clear Disciplinary Policy should be laid by the school and annually those policies to be told to the parents and students through

annual Orientation Program.

8. He also stressed on keeping the students busy in lots of Co- Curricular activities , Out door learning, Social interactive programmes so that they

have no time to engage in any form of substance abuse.

9. The teaching fraternity should educate themselves of different substance abuse in order to prevent their students from the same.

10. The other speaker of the summit was Prof. Keshav Singh, he enlightened the delegates of PAB which is Psychology of Addictive Behaviour.

He spoke on the relationship between the Host( person with Addiction) , Agent ( the substance or the process of Addiction) and the Setting

( environment of the host )

11. There was very effective question/ answer session where almost the whole house was involved .

12. The summit ended with a sumptuous lunch followed by certification of the delegates present.

Daan Utsav organised by Hope Foundation

On September 27, 2019, the students of secondary section of South City International School

donated new clothes for underprivileged children from the age group 6 to 17 years. They were

wrapped up in colorful papers and were put in proper cartons. Two representatives along with five

children came to our school to collect the donations.

They were provided with refreshments.

The students contributed wholeheartedly towards this noble cause.

Teachers' Day Award'19 - I.I.H.M.

On 8th of September 2019, International Institute of Hotel Management (I.I.H.M.) organised

Teachers' Day Award'19 ceremony and was hosted at J. W. Marriott. It was an evening of

celebration and making teachers feel very special for their contribution to be a good mentor,

philosopher and guide to their students in shaping the young minds and bringing out the best in

them through self discipline and motivation.

I was indeed very lucky and privileged to be nominated by my principal, Mr. John Andrew Bagul

for the prestigious award of Teacher par Excellence.

I would like to thank Sir for bestowing the award to me. I feel privileged to be the recipient of the

award personally from you in front of many dignitaries consisting of 90 plus principals and

teachers of many renowned schools and my lifelong mentor, my mother. The moment will always

be cherished by me. It's because of you dear Sir, your continuous support, guidance and

mentoring has helped me to nurture myself to become better and better.

- Richard Anjan Gomes

Commerce Teacher

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Workshop-Macmillan Day :1

THE ICSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP

DAY: 1

DATE: 6th September 2019

VENUE: Jamuna Banquets

TIME: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

ORGANISERS: Macmillan

RESOURCE PERSON: Mrs. Hilda Peacock

PARTICIPATING TEACHERS: Ms. Sonali Chakravarty and Ms. Dolly Chowdhury

Registration:8.30 a.m.

The session began with a warm welcome, introduction and felicitation of Ms. Hilda Peacock, the resource person.

Ms. Peacock first set the ground rule for the participants not to video record the session as several of the workshops she had conducted had found

way as YouTube uploads. The five components of the English Language Paper would be discussed in detail which would comprise Teaching, Testing

and Evaluating. The agenda for Day I was Composition and Letter and Notice, Email, Comprehension and Grammar was set for Day 2.

She stressed on the six periods a week for English lessons in all schools, with common teacher for both Literature and Language. She also

encouraged a Book corner for all classrooms.

Question No: 1 or Composition was the first topic of discussion.

The following points were discussed:

Classes IV, V and VI should be taught to write composition (comprising two paragraphs) not exceeding 200 words, VII and VIII 300 words

and IX and X 350 words.

Short story writing should be encouraged among students as it builds resilience, confidence and character.

Every class should have a book corner to inculcate the habit of reading among students.

Elements of Short story were analysed.

She insisted that every class should have one block period per week for Composition writing.

The other 4 types of compositions namely, Descriptive, First Person Account, Argumentative and Picture composition were taken up and

discussed in details.

Aberrations and the consequent penalties as per the Council’s rules were clearly intimated to the teachers.

Brainstorming session on topics related to all types of compositions was done.

Marks to be awarded on linguistic ability.

The topics given to students must be contextual and written in lucid language.

Post Lunch: Question 2 or Letter Writing was discussed in minute details.

Mrs. Peacock threw light on the following points

The life skill that one learns from Letter Writing is to respect order.

Letter Writing should be introduced in Class IV.

Types of Letters (Formal/ Friendly)

Formats of both formal and friendly letters were given along with marks division.

Computerized Format was drawn on board and explained.

Some letter topics were given, for teachers to give in class.

Interspersed with stories and humour, and lots of interaction from participating teachers ,the Day one session ended with a note from the publishers,

Macmillan,” We part only to meet again”.

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English Language Workshop (ICSE), Jamuna Banquet

Day 2

9.30 a.m.- As set in the agenda for the day, Notice and Email Writing, both being new inclusions in the

syllabus were discussed in detail . Mrs. Peacock reiterated the fact that there is a link between the two

and they are part of the same question- Question 3. This should be drilled in the minds of the students.

First Notice Writing was taken up.

Points discussed and taught were:

The format was given along with marks division.

Creative Titles discussed and brainstormed.

Six random Notice Writing topics were given by Mrs.Peacock.

Activity: Teachers formed groups of five, chose one topic per group and worked on it. Then they

presented the same in front of the whole group.

Later, Email Writing was explained.

Points discussed:

Children to be taught to write plausible email addresses.

Topic of the notice briefly becomes the subject of the email.

Format and Marks division were given.

Students to be taught correct usage of Capital Letter, no block Letter to be used in email, no soggy

expression or SMS Language to be used.

Email’s tone should be formal, language should be lucid and clear.

Few Email Topics and opening and closing sentences were given.

Activity for the day was- Listeners and Tappers. This exercise was to drill into teachers how we rely on

ongoing communication, but, like the tappers and listeners, we suffer from enormous information imbalances.

Mrs. Peacock gave a reading list comprising of classics, Indian and foreign writers.

1) Books by Ruskin Bond. 11) Vikram Seth

2) Anita Desai

3) R.K Narayan 12) Arundhuti Roy

4) C.S Lewis

5) Gerald Durrel 13) Satyajit Ray

6) Enid Blyton

7) George Orwell 14) Jhumpa Lahiri

8) Ursula Guinn

9) Maus by Art Spiegelman 15) James Herod

10) Edith Nesbit

Question 4 or Comprehension was the next topic of discussion.

Points touched upon were:

Comprehension passage of Class IX and X must be of 500 words.

Drill Work of Vocabulary to be done in class.

No Non-English word or Vernacular to be given in the word meaning section.

Marks Division given.

Different types of Questions were analysed.( Direct, Skimming, Scanning, HOT - Higher Order thinking or Critical Thinking

Questions)

Aberrations and penalties were pointed out.

Doubts regarding Summary or Precis were cleared.

Post Lunch:

Activity: Handouts of a passage from The Boy in Striped Pyjamas was given to each teacher. Comprehension Meanings, Questions and Precis

Questions were framed by the teachers within a span of 20 minutes and then discussed.

Grammar or Question 5 was the last Section to be addressed.

Important Points:

Grammar Syllabus for class from Grade VI to VIII was announced by Mrs. Peacock.

Class VI-Pronouns, Basic figures of speech, Subject Verb Agreement, Transitive Intransitive Verbs, Pronouns and Antecedents.

Class VII- Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences, Active Passive Voice, Direct/ Indirect Speech, Phrases/ Clauses.

Class VIII- Main and Subordinate Clauses, Transformation of Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences, Prepositions, Joining

without and, but , so.

Rubric, Aberrations were discussed.

Participating Schools: Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Modern Academy, St. Jude's (Madhyamgram), Julien Day School, Ram Mohan Misssion

School, Modern High School, St Helen's high School, St. Clare's, Francis Xaviers, Gems Akademia, National Gems, Mansur Habibullah, Don

Bosco, Liluah, P.B. Academy and South City International School.

The day ended with the release of the reader, „English Rose‟ by Mrs. Peacock for Macmillan Education India.

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A Session on Anti – Bullying [For Classes VI and VII]

Time :- 1:30 - 2:20pm

Audience :- Students of Classes VI and VII

Speaker :- Sasha Agarwal and other Council members.

Today,2nd September „19 an anti-bullying session was held at the Auditorium for classes 6 and 7. The seminar was conducted by the members of the

Student Council of our school

Sasha Agarwal, the head of the council spoke on the issue and received a great deal of response from the students. Each section of Classes VI and VII

has been assigned a council member whom they can contact and comfortably share their problems. This is a path-breaking initiative as children may

often feel uncomfortable sharing their personal incident with the teachers but have a warm bonding with the senior students.

The name of the council member and the class assigned is as follows:

The discussion included the following points:

• The negative impact of bullying on the physical and emotional wellbeing of a child was discussed.

• It was stated that bullying does not necessarily include physical violence. It may be shaming someone because of their body structure, different

facial features, bodily disability, intellectual ability or socio-cultural background.

• Kind behaviour and support towards fellow students were encouraged. Students were taught to be more sensitive towards others feelings.

• An elaborate conversation on bullying on social media took place. Certain guidelines of using social media like instagram and how to address cyber

bullying and abuse in internet

• Students were encouraged to report an account on social media if it degraded them or their school. They were taught to not adjust themselves to

these derogatory comments but to stand up and fight for their dignity.

• The council members also made everyone aware of the foul comments written in washroom cubicles and classroom tables which will be erased and

the suspected students will be under scanner for such activities in future.

• Children were encouraged to talk about their own experiences.

• Children were rewarded with encouraging words when they shared their problems.

• Children were told that they could approach the council member in need or they could even write emails to them. An email account has been

created just for them to share their problems.

• Various students responded and shared about their bullying experiences.

• One of the students shared the fact that he was indulged in bullying others and understood the trauma people undergo when he himself became a

bully later. He was applauded by the audience for opening up about and being straight forward.

• Students were advised that in case they face bullying they need to open up and speak up about it so that it gets resolved at the earliest.

• The council members assured that students can come up to them and share their experiences so that they can help them and do the needful at the

earliest. The council will even make an email id where students

and their parents can mail their bullying experiences in case the

students doesn‟t want to share in person. This will be kept com-

pletely confidential.

The response from the students was remarkable. They eagerly

shared their experiences. They felt confident and loved on being

heard. They appreciated the initiative taken.

Reported by the class teachers and subject teachers of Class VI

and VII who were present for the session.

NAME OF COUNCILMEMBERS CLASS ASSIGNED

Mahek Jain VI A

Tavishi Bagaria VI B

Hanshika Agarwal VI C

Manya Gupta VI D

Aditya Bhusari VII A

Anish Kr. Arun VII B

Dev Chakrabarti VII C

Aarjo Mukherjee VII D

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British Council and South City International School Celebrated Success of New English Language Centre Model

On 19th September 2019 British Council, the world leader in English language training, and South City International School Kolkata celebrated the

one-year anniversary of their partnership English Language Centre in India. Through the partnership the British Council aims at reaching out to

working professionals, college students and children across South Kolkata, helping them improve their English proficiency in a convenient location.

The partnership also aims to benefit the students of the South City International School (SCIS) by providing them easy access to the British Council

offering and includes professional development for its teachers by British Council teacher training modules.

Barbara Wickham OBE, Country Director, British Council India, said “We are extremely happy with this partnership. As the world‟s largest

English language institution, we believe the onus lies on us introduce individuals to the possibilities and opportunities the language provides. Our

partnership with South City International School has allowed us to serve a larger base of learners across Kolkata. We look forward to the next phase

of our association with SCIS, taking our internationally-recognised and world-class teaching material and practices to a larger number of ambitious

individuals across the city.”

John Andrew Bagul, Principal Founder, South City International School in Kolkata, said, “The world of learning is evolving and as educators we are

responsible to find newer ways of preparing youngsters and setting them up for success. The partnership with British Council has been mutually

beneficial and our teaching staff involved with this programme have gained as much as the youth from different corners of Kolkata. We look

forward to making a bigger difference to the youth through the partnership in the coming years.”

IIHM Young Chef Competition

On 12th September 2019, the preliminary round of the IIHM Young Chef India was held

at South City International School. Twenty eight children from the Primary Section,

twenty five from the Middle School and two children from Class XI Commerce, along

with two teachers participated in this Culinary competition. For the smooth conduct of

this prestigious event the venue for the Primary Section was the Cafeteria and room 114

for the rest of the participants.

After the preliminary introduction of the members of the IIHM and the registration of

the students, the culinary battle began.

The ambience was one of fun, drizzled with a tinge of competitive spirit. Children who

participated had brought vibrant, colourful and carefully curated dishes all cooked from

home and presented them aesthetically before the three esteemed judges.

Taste, Composition, Presentation, Texture, Creativity, Knowledge and Level of Difficulty were the parameters for judgement.

The judges interacted and questioned the budding chefs on the dishes prepared, the ingredients used, the method of preparation and even went to

the extent of giving a few suggestions on how to improve their dishes. They were amazed by the effort of the participants especially the Primary

Section and much impressed by items such as'mocha pudding', 'tandoori momos' and chocolate cake to name a few.

The event concluded with a photo session and distribution of certificates of participation. This event provided a platform not only to hone their

culinary skills, but to prepare them for careers in the hospitality industry, cooking competitions and cooking at home.

ACCOLADES of the Month

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PRIMARY NEWS

Primary Teachers Day Celebration

The students of South City International School,

celebrated Teachers‟ Day with great enthusiasm and

pride. They presented a song and dance for the

teachers.

The school gave the teachers useful gifts and also

arranged for a lunch in Mainland China.

Trailbrazer-Talk about Chinsurah Bandel and

Serampore Dated 13.9.19

The students of Classes IV and V had assembled in the

auditorium for the session. The representative from

Trail Blazers spoke to the students about Field Trip to

Chinsurah and Serampore.

IIHM Junior Chef

Date- 12th September, 2019

Venue- Cafeteria

The students of Classes IV and V participated in the

IIHM Junior Chef and they had all prepared a dish at

home, which they had served and displayed in the

cafeteria.

The representatives from IIHM appreciated the efforts

of the students.

Tulipians Trail Blazers

Model Making Competition

Tulipians Trinity Yug

Ten students from classes III, IV and V took part in

this competition. The teachers who helped them make

the 'Tulipians Trinity Yug' model were Ms. Mohona

Dutta and Mr. Ritwik Kar.

The model, which represents the 'Trinity' , Amarnath

Shrine, has been made using Plaster of Paris, coloured

paper, newspaper and varoius other colours like

crayons, sketch

Pens etc. Ms. Mohona Dutta is taking the model to

The Tulipians today

Under 11 Swimming Competition

Date- 19th September, 2019

Venue- St. James School

Six students from SCIS took part in the competition. They did not qualify for the Final Round. Eight Schools from Kolkata took part in the

competition.

Fashion Show

Date- 7th September, 2019

Venue- Union Chapel School

Participants-

Ms. Nabamita Biswas (model), Ms. Rebecca Das and Ms. Sharmistha Gupta

Three Primary School Teachers, represented SCIS, at Union Chapel, on for a Fashion

Show based on Re-Use, Reduce and Recycle theme.The teachers used old CD's, jute

and used paper to create the dress which was worn by the model teacher.

Report of the workshop conducted by Oxford University Press on 21.9.19

On 21.9.19 , the Pre primary Head - Ms.Sejal Arora and pre primary teacher - Ms. Jolly Mukherjee of South City International School

attended the workshop at The Park conducted by Oxford University Press where Ms. Nishi Sehrawat Phogaat was the resource person. The

workshop began at 9.30 A M and ended at 2.00 P.M. It was a very enriching session. Ms. Nishi Sehrawat Phogaat is a post graduate from

Annamalai University and has done her M.Phil. from JNU. She has also done on the job Kinolearn Training for 4 years and is involved in

training pre primary teachers . It was an interactive session on how and what ways can be adapted for making teaching more creative

and effective in class. For effective and impressive lesson plans her emphasis was on designing kinesthetic, integrated and creative activities

for children and all the lessons should be planned in advance. For teaching number topics like counting and bundles of tens she

demonstrated few activities using children's fingers as the aid. She also showed to use newspaper balls for counting. For teaching Language

she stressed on phonics, using flash cards and sight words.She talked about LSRW method where the flow of teaching and learning for

children should be Listening,Speaking, Reading and then Writing. She stressed on holistic education and overall development of children.

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PRE-PRIMARY FUN FIESTA 11.9.19

Students of Pre Primary SCIS, and students from thirteen other Pre

- Primary Schools participated in the Fiesta.

Mrs. Anita Brooks was the Chief Guest. There was Fashion Show,

Sit & Draw and Football Match. All the parents and guests

appreciated the effort taken by SCIS

IIHM AWARDS

AAGOMONI

The teachers participated in the

Aagomoni festivity to welcome

Goddess Durga .They participated

in the dance drama, singing and

Fashion show depicting the various

forms of Maa Durga .

Thereby fostering peace, harmony

and happiness. Our Principal Mr

John Andrew Bagul also

participated in the Fashion Show .

We also bid farewell to Ms.

Mayurika Basu who had served the

organization for a long term.

MORNING ASSEMBLIES

Assembly on Onam and Muharram

Philosoper House Assembly

Dated 9.9.19

Philosopher House Primary School presented a detailed

assembly on Onam. They highlighted the importance of

the festival and how it is closely linked to harvest season in

India. They presented a dance to show how the people of

Kerala celebrate Onam. Philosopher house represented

the assembly on Muharram and highlighted the

importance of the festival. The children spoke about the

fesival and sang songs.

Class 1A Assembly Durga Puja

The children of Class IA presented an assembly on

Durga Puja.They narrated about the importance of durga

Puja and how it is celebrate around the world with zest

and zeal.