Dear All,

The students of Class XII have begun their preparation for their ISC board examination

next year. As it is our first batch, we are eager and confident.

I must mention the importance of the forthcoming examination. Academic excellence

is something I will not dwell upon. By now all are aware of its importance. But there

must be a paradigm shift in approach. The students are now ready to contribute as

global citizens and must be prepared accordingly.

The years of toil put in and the social system has helped put in, to bring them to this

stage and should not be in vain. Let us not be presumptuous that academic excellence

will suffice. As they begin this new phase they will continue to need the goodwill of all

those who matter and correspondingly they must be prepared to repay with honesty and

integrity.

Their behaviour should reflect the knowledge they have acquired and ensure that

knowledge acquisition becomes a habit.

With Warm Regards

John Andrew Bagul

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Editorial Team

Ms. Dolly Chowdhury

Ms. Deepti Bhattacharya

Ms. Manisha Pandey

Ms. Modira Sarkar

Ms. Sawandipa Bannerjee

Mr. Abhishek Guha

Ms. Ashmita Kapoor

In this issue……

Principal’s Message Page No 1

CISCE Meet & Talk Show Page No 2

English Elocution Competition Accolades

Page No 3

Campus Updates Page No 4

Empty Classroom Page No 5 & 6

Principal’s Conclave Activity Time

Page No 7

World Music Day / World Yoga Day

Page No 8

Anti Addiction Day / In Memor-iam

Page No 9

Morning Assemblies Book Worms

Page No 10

Australia Tour Page No 11, 12 & 13

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the

urge to reach your full potential... these are

the keys that will unlock the door to per-

sonal excellence.

-Confucius

Volume : 3

Issue : 3

June 2016

19th AGM AND REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION

FOR SCHOOLS FOR THE INDIAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, WEST

BENGAL CHAPTER AND N.E.STATES.

Motivating speeches by Fr. Brenden McCar-

thand Swami AchyutanandajiMaharaj.

Winners of The Francis FanthomeLife Time Achievement Awards -

Mr. IndranathGuha, renowned educationist and Mr. Leonard

Subba, Principal and founder of Lewis English School, Mirik in

Darjeeling District

Mr. Gerry Arathoon, Chief Execu-

tive and Secretary CISCE address-

Date: 15th June, 2016

Time: 8:15-8:30 am

Venue: SCIS Auditorium

South City International School have always taken multifarious initiatives under the

guidance of our Principal, Mr. John Andrew Bagul to increase the awareness about

plant diversity and need for it's conservation.

The topic of the talk show was " Does India need Sustainable Development of its For-

ests for its future?" The participants shared their valuable inputs on the issue putting

emphasis on a very recent report stating that Madhya Pradesh which covers 30.72% of

its area under forests and who ranked first among the states in terms of forest cover,is

fast losing its dense forest and the loss has been alarming in the last two years.

They pointed out that Scientists have estimated that at least 100,000 plants are threat-

ened with extinction--that's more than one-third the total known species of plants on

the planet! The main threats to forests today are habitat destruction, invasive species,

and over-collection.

The participants in unison explained that sustainable development is the only answer

to this growing problem.

As per the participant's suggestions, following steps can be taken for sustainable

development of forests:

(a) Maintenance of perfect coordination between forest department and other de-

partments.

(b) People‟s participation in the conservation of forests is of vital importance.

(c) The cutting of trees in the forests must be stopped at all costs.

(d) Celebrations of all functions, festivals should proceed with tree- plantation.

(e) Cutting of timber and other forest products should be restricted.

(f) Forest Conservation Act, 1980 should be strictly implemented to check deforesta-

tion.

(g) Joint Forest Management (JFM) should be implemented.

(i) Agro-forestry & Social Forestry should be practiced.

Venue - Sonar Bangla Resort

Date - 6th and 7th of June, 2016

Participants - Ms. Dolly Chowdhury and Ms.Suparna Dey

English Elocution Competition (Classes I and II) 28th June

Elocution - A new experience for the young primary children was pleasantly unfolded into the

new world of literary eloquence with reciting poems on relevant themes.

The theme selected was-

Category A- Fairyland

Category B- Circus and Carnivals

Judges- Ms.Dolly Chowdhury, Rajarshi Banerjee, Senjuthi Mukherjee

The Winners!!

Category A

Class I Section

1st position Alexander S Roy A

2nd position Anshuman Kedia C

2nd position Manan Ruparelia D

3rd position Divyanshi Jhunjhunwala B

Category B

Class II

1st position Devi Kumar C

2nd position Rishit Saroagi C

3rd position Usnik Paul A

The Inter-House English Elocution Competition for classes III, IV

and V was held on the 29th of June, 2016. The programme started

with a brief welcome by Rebecca ma‟am, after which the judges were

introduced to the audience. Three teachers from the senior school,

Ms. Mondira Sarkar, Ms. Chinmoyee Ghosh Choraria and Ms. Mal-

abika Poddar reviewed the performances of the various participants.

The theme was romantic poems and ballads. The student anchors

from class V – Anya D. Roy and Pranov Bangur – literally stole the

show by conducting the elocution in an extremely confident and pre-

cise manner. The competition was divided into three categories and

each category consisted of six participants. Category A had students

from class III, category B from class IV and category C from class V.

By the end of the competition, each and every participant had given

an incredible performance. The judges said that they had a tough

time in trying to pick out the winners. The ability of the students to

memorize and elocute their pieces with poise and self confidence

truly left an impression on every one‟s mind. In category A, Aavni

Bose (Creator House) won the first prize, Sitara Gera (Innovator

House) got the second and Kushaan Roy (Philosopher House) pro-

cured the third position. Category B saw Tanishka Mazumdar

(Achiever House) getting the first prize. There was a tie for the sec-

ond position between Soundarya Acharya (Innovator House) and

Amayra Ahmed (Philosopher House). The third prize went to

Shreyoshi Kar (Innovator House). In category C Abhisha Das

(Philosopher House) not only won the first prize but was also chosen

as the Best Speaker. Sia Agarwal and Varalika Sharma (both from

Creator House) got the second and third prize respectively. The pro-

gram ended on a very positive note with Anjali ma‟am and all the

judges looking forward to many such competitions, encouraging all

the students in the future.

Congratulations Anissa Das!

Anissa won the third position in „The Heri-

tage School Rating Chess Championship‟

On the 21st and 22nd of June, 2016 all the sections of class 5

visited the „Railway Museum‟ to witness the „Hall of Fame‟

and the rich heritage and history of the East Indian Railway.

The children were excited to see the spread of the network of

railways between 1854 and 1929 in the eastern region, the

hand signal lamp, the old gas lamp, the operation of the sig-

nal system, the different types of engines and coaches for

tourists and to learn about the evolution of locomotives, car-

riages and wagons.

The trip ended with the children taking a ride on the train

which made the first journey from Howrah to Hooghly in

1854v.

A total of

52 Students from class XI appeared for

the aptitude test conducted by Institute of

Career Studies,Lucknow.The test was

conducted in the respective classrooms

form 11 am to 1 pm.Subject teachers in-

vigilated the exam.

CLASS IX

On 17th of June ,South City International School celebrated an Open Classroom Day. The idea was to

celebrate a day where the students would participate in co-curricular activities held outdoors. The Per-

forming Arts Department organised quiz on issues related to Folk Music and instruments for Middle

School students . The Primary Section enjoyed the same but on questions based on Disney. Simple rhyth-

mic exercises and songs were taught. The Art Department also conducted a sit and draw event on Folk

Art and Music. The experience was enriching for both students and teachers.

CLASS - VI

MUSIC CLASS

CLASS - VII

GAMES CLASS

CLASS - VIII

CLASS - XI

Van Mahotsav was celebrated as part of Empty classroom programme.

„Children should be surrounded with the things of nature which have their own educational value. Their minds should be al-lowed to stumble upon and be surprised at everything that happens in today‟s life.‟

This is the main idea on which, Rabindranath Tagore‟s School at Santiniketan, rested its first foundation. On the 17th Of June, under the

guidance of our Principal, Mr. John Andrew Bagul, South City International School celebrated the „Empty Classroom Day‟.

Children‟s minds are sensitive to the influences of the world. Their subconscious minds are active, always imbibing some lesson, and realiz-

ing the joys of knowing. This sensitive receptivity allows them to learn without any strain. Because of this, their introduction to the world of

reality is easy and joyful. When the child is surrounded by nature and breathes fresh air ,the mind is like a sponge, absorbing as much as is

available around it.

It was a pleasure to see the children learn Music, Dance, Art and Craft, Science and even Quizzing out in the open.

EMPTY CLASSROOM;LIBRARY ACTIVITY :

CLASS4A : "SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE".

ISA ACTIVITY - TRADE ROUTES .

THE STUDENTS MADE CRAFTS ON SETTING FOR SAILS. THEY MADE SAILORS CAP, AN-

CHORS, BOAT AND THE LOGO FOR THEIR SAILS.

COMPUTER CLASS

In the month of June the Preparatory students visited BITM, where they par-

ticipated in the Bubble Show, they enjoyed it very much as it was very interest-

ing and enlightening.

The 18th Human Rights Session (22.06.2016) commenced

with an Art Activity (The Colourless Challenges), wherein

the students were asked to draw using one colour. Fifteen

minutes was allotted for this activity. The students were

asked about the challenges they faced while using only one

colour . Next, the students were divided in groups to make

posters on “Violation of Human Rights” using different

c o l o u r s o f t h e i r c h o i c e .

In the next session the students will rehearse for the Hu-

man Rights Campaign to be conducted on 1st of July

2 0 1 6 .

Rotary Club of Calcutta South City Towers -

Charter Day and Installation Ceremony

Rotary Club of Calcutta South

City Towers held its Charter Day

and Installation Ceremony of

Rtn .Biren K. Mallick as President

and his team of office bearers for

the year 2016-17 at Calcutta Row-

ing Club on 19th of June 2016 at 12

noon. The Chief Guest for the pro-

gramme was PDG. Kamal

Sanghvi. The programme was attended by

SCIS Interact Club Teacher Coordinator,

Ms. Dolly Chowdhury.

To commemorate 15 years of academic service to the

society, The Heritage School organized the Principal‟s

Conclave on 24th June 2016 in their school audito-

rium. Our Principal,Mr John Andrew Bagul graced

the occasion with his team. The programme began

with an Invocation song and dance.Dr. Achyuta-

Samanta, Founder, KIIT University and KISS Bhu-

baneshwar and Ms.ShabnamRamaswamy, Founder of

Jagriti Public School delivered inspirational speeches.

This was followed by a panel discussion “Knowledge

without integrity is dangerous and dreadful “with

eminent panelists Mr. Shakti Sinha, IAS, Mr. Vivek

Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of

Higher Education, Govt. Of West Bengal,

Mr.JayantKripalani, Television actor and Ms Devi

Kar, Director of Modern High School. The discussion

was efficiently moderated by, Dr. Kunal Sarkar, Vice-

chairman,MedicaSuperspecialty Hospital. The pro-

gramme concluded with a short performance by Me

Jayant Kripalini‟s theatre group.

21st June is declared as the International Yoga Day

by the United Nations General Assembly. It is cele-

brated world wide and millions of practitioners

round the world demonstrate and practice yoga

publicity to spread awareness of yoga among all.

South City International School celebrated the day

with much fervor.

The Primary Section conducted their session in the

Activity Room, while the Secondary Section geared

themselves up for the session in the Auditorium.

The teachers discussed and demonstrated some ways

and dimensions of different types of pranayama

along with their benefits.

The students stretched themselves in various pos-

tures and visibly enjoyed every mo-

ment of what was a celebration of

Yoga.

On the occasion of World Music Day

the Performing Arts Department or-

ganised the Monday assembly,a day

preceding the World Music Day. Se-

lected students from the middle

school from Classes VI to VIII staged

a performance ,a medley of two Folk

songs, a spiritual song and a Popular

contemporary English Song . The songs in order of their

performance were, Sader Lao(Bengali), Chatta Rumal Kya

Malum ( Nepali), One love ( Popular English) and Damadam

Mastkalander( A Sufi Spiritual). The performance was thor-

oughly appreciated and enjoyed by all present in the audito-

rium.

Class –VII C in collaboration with the P.A Department presented an assembly on World Music Day.

Music Day is a connected set of free public events which takes place each year on the 21st June, our midsummer. Each year there are events

in over 120 countries and 700 cities around the world. The event, having originated in France in 1982, is also known as Fête de la Musique

or World Music Day. Since then the idea has spread across the globe with each event holding onto the same simple set of principles: that the

day is held on the mid-summer solstice and that all concerts and events are free and accessible to the public.

Ten students of Class VII C presented a wonderful musical show comprising four types of music such as: Bangladeshi folk music, Nepalese

music, Pop music, Pakistani Sufi music, with their vocal renditions and highlighting the unique qualities of each form of music.

I remember Kaushal as an excellent boy and as a good human be-

ing. He was more than a friend to me, he was like a brother. Al-

ways with me in my happiness and sorrows. I remember helping

him in the exams. Another moment I remember was after our fi-

nal exams. We were playing football in the ground and he had

bought a new pair of shoes for goalkeeping; he was very keen on

playing football. We used to eat together every day and share our

food. He never said no to us for anything. I also remember, every

time we got into trouble, Kaushal never hesitated in taking the

blame on himself and saving us from trouble. I still remember the

day when Apilla Ma’am called some of us to the conference

room. I didn’t know the reason. We were surprised to see

Kaushal there. We were filled with joy. We talked to him for a

long time and then he left.

I remember, it was the 10th of June and I was studying in my

room when my father called me and broke the news that Kaushal

had passed away. I was devastated. I went back to my room. I

tried to study but I was not able too. The grief was too much for

me to bear. it would take some time for me to come to terms with

the loss. Kaushal is in our hearts and will always be there forever.

Vincent Mittal VIII-B

SCIS is greatly saddened by the passing away

of our dear student, Kaushal Agarwal. He had

been for some time battling with cancer. The

SCIS family extends its deepest sympathy to

the bereaved family .

“I hold it true, whate'er be-

fall;

I feel it when I sorrow

most;

'Tis better to have loved

and lost

Than never to have loved

at all.”

DATE: 15th June 2016

VENUE: South City International School – A. V.

Room

The workshop was conducted by Mr. Bobby Chak-

raborty, a well known actor and an Anti-Drug cru-sader. He addressed the secondary students and encouraged them to keep away from any kind of addiction. The tagline of his campaign was: 'I am the king of my mind'. He urged students to rule their own minds and order it to obey commands rather than let it give orders. The young must un-derstand the fatality of addictions and the need to say no to them. The actor shared his knowledge on the negative effects of tobacco in the workshop and the need to create awareness about anti-smoking.

The interactive session had the students asking relevant and pertinent questions and sharing their views on this burning issue. Report by – Swastika Mukherjee (Class VII)

A conversation with Bobby Chakraborty Samkitt: What got you interested? Bobby Chakraborty: My own uncle whom I thought to be my hero was a victim of these drugs and cigarettes. He used to spend all his pocket money on these drugs which killed him. He went so mad that he even hit his own father. Seeing this I wanted to spread awareness regarding the harmful effects of drugs on a person and their family and save the suc-ceeding generation from this poison. Samkitt: How did you begin this campaign? : Bobby Chakraborty : I began this campaign with the tagline am the king of my mind'. I go to different schools and explain to students that they must rule their mind; and order it to obey commands rather than let it give the orders. The young must understand the fatality of addictions and the need to say no to them. Samkitt: How do you see this campaign spanning out in the future? Bobby Chakraborty: Even now on my Facebook page I have many followers who agree with me and want to help in this initiative. Most of my followers are students who have agreed to come to different schools with me to spread this initiative so that young boys and girls don't poison their lives. The students of different schools have been very responsive and most of them agree with me. So I think that this campaign can go very far in the future. Samkitt: ln which way can the student generation help you achieve this dream?

Bobby Chakraborty: As I already told you, many students want to help me in this initiative. Also as you children are the future, by spreading awareness among you so that you don't poison your lives, in the future there will be very few people who drink or smoke. Also students can tell their parents and other relatives if they drink or smoke, its harm and try to persuade them to stop. This is how I think the student generation can help me in this initiative.

Assembly- Class IV

Topic- Friendship

ASSEMBLY ON GANGA AND KUMBHA MELA - ISA PROJECT ON RIVER SUTRA

Story-Telling Session was conducted in the

Junior Library for Pre-Primary classes.

On 17th June, the Senior school Library had taken part in the EMPTY CLASSROOM PROGRAMME with class-VIII (all sections).

The activity for this programme was planned for 2 sessions ( 20 mins each) as per the following schedule;

Session Time Participating Class Section

Session - I 10:50 – 11:10 VIII A , B

Session – II 11:10 – 11:30 VIII C , D

The students of Class-VIlI were out on the field reading books under the shadow of trees

around the periphery of the school near the Basket Ball Court. Soft „mattresses‟ were placed on

the concrete ground of the courtyard for all students, so that they could sit and read comforta-

bly. Sufficient number of books was brought to the field from library to provide all participat-

ing students. Teachers had supervised the entire activity session very well.

Both sessions went off smoothly and all students enjoyed the brief reading session in the natural

environment. They also found similarity of the style of study initiated by Kaviguru Rabin-

dranath Tagore in „Shantiniketan‟- Vishva Bharati University. End of each session, students

went back to their respective class room. This activity was designed to encourage book reading

habit among the students under any circumstances, during vacations, while travelling or even

when they are outside of their homes.

Report by-Mr. Sudip Kundu( Senior Librarian)

Philosopher house presented an assembly on Bihar and Jhark-

hand on the 27th of June „16. The assembly was based on the

history of Bihar and Jharkhand where a student representing

time takes us back in history and narrates the story beginning

from 6th century B.C. travelling through the golden period

and the British rule brings us back to the present day Bihar.

The glimpses of each period were enacted by students through

a shadow play which was much appreciated. The assembly ended

with a Santhali dance performance.

CLASS ASSEMBLY – VII – D [MONSOON]

Eleven students of SCIS embarked upon a journey to Australia accompanied by the

Dean of Academics ,Ms. Swati Dutt.

There were eight students from Sri Srir Academy along with their Teacher Coordina-

tor. Principal of Sri Sri Academy, Ms. Suvina Shunglu ,joined the team for the Sydney

Chapter.

The tour helped build closer bonds with their friends and classmates, experience new

environments and learn about the Universities and the courses they offered. This

knowledge would help them to choose their careers efficiently.