Merry Christmas to everyone. And

Wish you all a very happy new year.

With warm wishes,

John Andrew Bagul

Principal —- SCIS

Our Respected Principal Mr. John Andrew Bagul at the Navy Day reception on November 7th at Navy house.

From Our Principal’s desk

SOUTHERN STARS W I N T E R S E S S I O N 2 0 1 2 V O L U M E 5 , I S S U E 5

S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

DURGA PUJA

CELEBRATIONS

DIWALI

CELEBRATIONS

CHRISTMAS

CELEBRATIONS

SPECIAL ASEMBLIES

ELOCUTION

COMPETITIONS

INTERNATIONAL

DIMENSION

PRIMARY ANNUAL

CONCERT

At SCIS we are a

family aiming at

building up

strong minds by

executing various

activities,

winning

competitions,

strengthening

sports skills along

with achieving

goals in

academics. All

these are

achieved with the

able guidance of

our respected

Principal Sir and

togetherness.

This was one of the best workshops I have attended in 17 years of my teaching experience. Xanthe Gresham, a globally acclaimed story-teller and performer from U.K. conducted this workshop. She managed to hold my interest and attention all along in the palm of her hand. She managed to convey simple events in words, images and sounds with so much ease. This workshop was accessible to all ages and abili-ties, very well suited for student exploration.

―There is a nip in the air‖….say the Tiny Tots…. Durga Puja is the greatest contribution of Kolkata that has been preserved honorably. Tiny Tots built up the festive mood when they became Dhakis( drummers)

from the countryside gathering in the classroom dancing merrily to the beating of their imaginary feathered drums.

They learnt more about Ma Durga through a slideshow and became aware that pandals were made up of paper, wood bamboos, clothes and any other materials.The Tiny Tots colored worksheets of Ma Durga once circle time was over…

Their work was displayed on the bulletin board outside…

To take back home with them, they did puja craft

An illuminating Diwali with the Tiny Tots With Diwali round the corner, Tiny Tots held a raft of activities to celebrate the festival with great spirit.

Coloring……Painting diyas……

Dough Ganesh….. Rangoli….It was a daunting task to get the board ready but we ended up adding charm and religious fervor to the atmosphere.

The little ones felt special, empowered and thrilled to see the board sparkle with lights.

TINY TOTS….. ALL SPOOKY OVER HALLOWEEN Halloween falls on 31st October of every year. It’s a time when people dress in scary costumes, go trick or treating and play games.

Here we come…with our brooms and hats and wigs!! Trick or treat….Our spoooooky skeletons!!!!!!

Apple Bobbing…..

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN TINY TOTS…..

Tiny Tots are really feeling the Christmas fever. These little toddlers, along with all their teachers celebrated Christmas with a

festive spirit, great enthusiasm and wonder throughout the last week before their holidays. They participated in various activities

like dance, finger printing, paper tearing, Christmas rhymes and even dramatization. They loved decorating the Christmas tree

outside the classroom, creating a warm atmosphere.

Their squeals were heard as they saw their name up on the Santa List knowing their stockings would surely be full this year too!

Santa Toys with cotton and paper…Finger printing – Christmas tree Paper Tearing – Angels

Angels are all ready….. Life outside our classrooms…. Our reindeers…..Santa set on his sleigh…..

All this brought cheer to each child’s face, giving us the pleasure of joy and giving.

INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION We are working on the International School Award scheme (ISA) through the British Council that aims at imparting knowl-

edge with a partner school abroad. The nine projects we are working are related to the curriculum which we are following

in class. Thus ISA aims at bringing in international dimension to classrooms We are working with a partner school from UK which is St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School.

Our teachers and students have exchanged activities on various projects. These photos below shows the

global exchange on breakfast samples and exercise to lead a healthy life.

HEALTH IS WEALTH

Above are few photographs of our respected principal

with the parcel that we received from the school in UK.

Sir John Lillie Primary School is another wonderful school in UK with which we are communicating for the

project RIVERS AROUND THE WORLD. Here we are exchanging information on River Ganges and

Rivers Thames and River Mersey. These photos depict that our children ex-

plored about the river Ganges and made

charts. These are sent to the partner school

and vice versa.

Below are few more photographs of our respected Headmistress, teachers and group of students sending parcels of gifts for new

year and activities done to the partner school in UK.

LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE SIMILAIR ACTIVITES IN THE NEXT ISSUE. AT SCIS WE INCULCATE THE

HABBITS IN OUR STUDENTS TO RESEARCH A TOPIC THAT THEY ARE LEARNING.

ELOCUTIONS BENGALI ELOCUTION

South city International School held its Secondary school Inter class Elocution Contest on the

26th of November 2012. Classes’ vi-viii participated. Poems of eminent poets like Sukumar

Ray, Bonophul, Jibananda das, Rabindranath Tagore, Bishnu Dey,Sukanto Bhattacharya, Joy

Goswami, Sankha Ghosh and Nirendranath Chattopadhyay’s pomems were recited by the pu-

pils with great eloquence and ease. Mrs Uma Bose , an eminent personality from the field of

poetry and music presided as the chief guest.Judges were from various schools of Kolkata.

Principal Mr. John Bagul in his speech reiterated the need for such competition as the need for

a holistic education. Mrs Uma Bose too stressed on the need for such practice for the progress

in the field of oratorical skills.

The winners from class vi were –

1st Srinjayee Giri 2nd Mrirani Das gupta Class vii—1st Sagnik Basu Roy Chaudhuri 2nd-

Angira Ghosh and Zoheb Ali

Class viii---

1st Aupriya Chatterjee

2nd Sourashish Ghosh Srinjoyee Giri was judged as the best speaker. The function ended

with the rendition of the School song and National Anthema

HINDI ELOCUTION

South city International School held its Secondary school Inter House Hindi Elocution Con-

test on the29th of November 2012. Classes vi-viii participated . Poems of eminent poets like

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Bal Krishna Rao, Ravi Shankar Mishra, Maithali Sharan

Gupt,Om Vyas Om,Shyan Narayan Pandey,Sohanlal Dwiwedi,Kusam Veer, Sumitra Nandan

Pant’s poems were recited by the pupils with great eloquence and ease. Humour, patriotism ,

happiness and grief was expressed in a very eloquent manner.Mr. John Andrew Bagul Princi-

pal South City International School presided as the chief guest . Principal Mr. John Bagul in

his speech reiterated the need for such competition as the need for a holistic education. He

stressed on the need for such practice for the progress in the field of oratorial skills.The judges

were Dr. Mintu Kumari, head of the department Hindi, Heritage School,Mr Prakash Chandra

from Future Foundation School, Mrs. S . Pathak from Modern High School. The participa-

tion of all the students was appreciated by the judges along with the choice of poems with dif-

ferent messages and themes.

The winners from class vii were

-1st Sidhant Bharadwaj

Class vi-2nd Tanvi Sehgal

Class viii—1st Ruthvi Padhy

2nd-Abhishek Rathi

Ruthvi Padhy of the Innovator Housewas judged as the

best speaker

The function ended with the rendition of the School

song and National Anthem

PRIMARY ANNUAL CONCERT The Primary Annual Concert was held at the South City International School on December19th,2012with a lot of zest and fervor. The inaugural lamp was lit by the Chief guest Mr. Neil O’Brian ex member of the Legislative Assembly, Chairman Mr.S.K Todi, Principal John Bagul along with other dignitaries and honourable

members of the school management.The young choir singers of the school orchestra presented a fusion symphony harnessing and harmonizing the various western

and Indian songs. It was followed by the primary children’s rendition of Kisore Kumar’s Aa leke chalu, and the choir's mellifluous rendition of Salil Choudhury’s melodious songs in Bengali. Sukumar Ray’s Abol Tabol added humour to the evening along with impeccable narration by Aranya Sen.465 enthusiastic pupils took

part in the concert.The Principal intimated the august gathering regarding the scholastic and co-scholastic accomplishments of the school during session 2012-13. His

speech and the school’s affiliation to the ICSE COUNCIL highlighted the strengths and growth areas of the past and future session. Thereafter, the chief guest, Mr. Neil O’Brian motivated the students with his encouraging speech .Around 161children participated in a musical version of the LION KING depicting the power of

good over evil..Aranya Sen of class V stole the limelight with his memorable role as Scar in the play. The evening crescendoed to a climax with the colourful Folk

dances of various parts of India A colourful extravaganza, loaded with music, dance and rhythm made the evening enjoyable. The programme ended with the vote of thanks conveyed by Mrs. Geeta Biswas

NATIONALKARATE CHAMPIONSHIP

From Our School KashishAgarwal and

RithikaThakur from class VI A won the title. It

was held at our auditorium on November 9th

2012.