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Dear All,

The practice of evaluating students through examination has its limitation. It is acceptable

even today, as efforts to finds alternative methods for such purpose continue to elude us.

While multiple choice test patterns ensure more extensive coverage of the prescribed

syllabus, it ignores exhaustive learning of the subject. This has resulted in overall

improvement in grades exponentially. The overall learning curve is, however, not directly

proportional to the grades obtained. These tests are simply not designed to assess the

reasoning and analytical skill. The other methods of testing tend to encourage learning

subjects by rote.

Technological advances have necessitated that students develop necessary skills to be able

to be flexible sufficiently and adapt to the demands of the situation. Technology is ever

changing and it demands sufficient flexibility and without bias. This would imply that we

should be prepared to use our learning to, not only analyse and assess, and change if

necessary . It is not that change is new phenomenon; it is the rapidity of change that poses

the challenge.

Hence , all that is mentioned has to be communicated with this objective. Learning would

then be more expansive to include analysis, discussion and practical demonstration.

Our primary objective is to train students to be self-sufficient and capable of facing

the challenges .One big advantage of technology is that teaching methods can be modi-

fied to make it enjoyable for the students. The key to learning is avoidance of boredom

and development of concentration.

It is a challenge and we need to work towards it.

Warm regards,

John Andrew Bagul

DESTINATION GOLD

COAST

Principal , Mr Bagul, had an

opportunity to visit the

Bond University and the

Griffith University and Griffith

College. TAFE has a lot of

vocational education for students

who would like to study and

work in the Gold Coast,

Australia

SCIS

BUZZ

Editorial Team

Ms. Dolly Chowdhury

Ms. Mondira Sarkar

Mr. Abhishek Guha

Ms. Deepti Bhattacharya

Ms. Sawandipa Banerjee

Ms. Manisha Pandey

Ms. Asmita Kapoor

Inside this issue:

From the Principal’s

Desk 1

Inter School Quiz

BITM Quiz and Popular

Lecture

Investiture Ceremony

Quiz Conducted by

SCIS Students

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English Language

Training Workshop

Parent Orientation

Programme 2019

Sit & Draw Competition

Assembly on Election

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Teacher’s Workshop

Welcome Boards of

Session 2019-2020

Earth Day - Pre

Primary

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International Cyber

Olympiad Winners

Primary Assemblies

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Volume 1, Issue 1

APRIL 2019

At a Training Programme for Principals

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INTER SCHOOL QUIZ

Garden High School Inter School Quiz was held on 26th of April, 2019. Different schools from

across the city participated, including DPS Ruby Park, DPS New Town, Modern High School

for Girls, Sri Sri Academy, The Heritage School, St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, Indus Valley

World School among others. Our students, comprising Anish Kumar Arun, Aditya Lahiri,

Abhishek Roy and Aritra Roy also participated in the event. They qualified to the finals after

scoring fairly well in the thirty question prelims. Mr Chiranjeet Singh was the Quiz Master

quizzing the event. After five rounds of intense quizzing, South City was placed fourth; DPS

Ruby Park emerged as winners, followed by MHS for Girls, and DPS New Town.

BITM QUIZ AND POPULAR LECTURE

On 22nd April 2019 our school participated in “BITM Quiz and Popular Lecture” celebrating Earth Day. In this event about ten schools

participated and from our school 20 students took part. There was Open House Quiz conducted by Kanishko Chakraborty. Out of 15

questions, students of our school won prizes namely Anish Kumar Arun-X, Gatik Gupta – VIII , Hirak Duggar- VIII and Ved Sengupta- X. After

that a session on ‘Protect our Species’ was conducted by Prof. Sutapa Sanyal of Krishna Nagar Govt. College. It was an informative and enriching

programme.

INVESTITURE CEREMONY

On 26th of April 2019, our Principal inducted new Vice Captains for the academic year 2019-20. Through this induction the entire student council

2019-20 was completed. The Vice Captains were handed over a badge after they took oath. The new inducted Vice Captains’ parents were also

present to witness the event.

QUIZ CONDUCTED BY SCIS STUDENTS

On 22nd April, 2019 Aritra Kar and Anish Kumar Arun the budding Quiz Masters of SCIS held preliminary round of 114 students to select best

four students from each House for Inter House Quiz competition which was held on 25th of April 2019 in our school auditorium. There were 5

rounds of quizzing which included audio video rounds. Team A of Achiever house won the Quiz tournament. Overall 1st was Innovator House,

First Runners Up was Achiever House followed by Creator House and Philosopher House respectively. Our chief guest was Mr. Errol O’Brian, a

well renowned Quizmaster.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING WORKSHOP AT THE ICSE LEVEL

Time : 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Organizer : Vivakananda Mission School in collaboration with Madhuban Publication.

Participating Teachers : Mrs. Sonali Chakravarty and Mrs. Amrita Bhattacharya

Resource Person : Mrs. Hilda Peacock

Participating Schools: S.L Bajoria Foundtion High School, DPS New Town, Loreto House, Pailan World School,

South City International School and the host school.

Vivekananda Mission School hosted and organized the English Language Training Workshop at the ICSE level on

22nd and 23rd April 2019.

The two days Workshop had been extensive, interactive and extremely insightful for the teachers. Our students will

benefit from it once the teachers implement the learning experience in classroom teaching.

PARENT ORIENTATION PRO-

GRAMME 2019 On 9th, 12th and 18th of April 2019 a Parent Orientation

Programme was conducted by the Class Teachers in their

respective classrooms which was attended by the

students and their parents. Various aspects of the

changing scenario in education, the culture and working

atmosphere of the school, assessments, and activities were

discussed. The session came to an end with an interactive

session.

SIT AND DRAW COMPETITION

On 22nd and 23rd April, 2019, students of SCIS participated in a Sit and Draw and Post-

er Painting competition organised by BITM. 27 students from both Primary and Sec-

ondary sections took part in it. The theme of the competition was Earth Day, sustaina-

ble development and saving Nature.

There were around 300 students from 15 schools and our students tried their level

best. It was a nice learning experience for the students. They expressed their views on

conservation as well as got to interact and saw the works of other schools. The results of

the competition will be announced in July, 2019.

An Interactive Session with Parents and Students of Class VIII Topic: Stream Selection-Is it too early to think about it?

Venue: A.V. Room

Students in Classes VIII and IX are at the perfect stage to begin taking a planned approach towards their career.

This is the stage where attitudes and beliefs about career begin to get formed. Thus, creating awareness of

careers at this stage gives one enough time to explore their abilities and interests. This early exposure also helps one

to avoid limiting their pool of career options, and choose from a wider range of opportunities. Career

decisions play a pivotal role in shaping the future growth and development of the students. In today’s

environment of multiple options, it is essential that option exercised ultimately takes into consideration all

information available. On near completion of Class VIII, the students will be given a choice of stream which they

would like to pursue. They need to identify their strength and weaknesses . The importance of knowing

one’s potential and subject of interest before making a decision was reiterated. Stress was laid on the right

combination of subjects as per their aptitude which should be reflected in their academic performance.

The students were encouraged to pursue of extra-curricular activities. These activities help them in the

development of soft skills which is much sought after by the recruitment cells. SCIS helps in making the right

choice in association with ICS, under the able guidance of Dr. Amrita Dass.

They were also informed of the Preliminary Aptitude Assessment on 6th May and one to one Counselling session to

be held in July with the professional team lead by Dr Dass.

Report by: Dolly Chowdhury

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Investiture Ceremony - 26th

April 2019

Teacher’s Workshop SIlead workshop on launch of- The Most Innovative School Learning Portal.

The Portal is designed with the objective to create a pool of resources primarily contributed by

those passionate about education.

The speakers were Chairman of the PS group Mr. Pradip Kumar Chopra, a visionary and

Professor Saikat Mitra, Vice Chancellor of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Tech-

nology, West Bengal. ILEAD, an Institute of Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Development

aims to develop high achieving skillful professionals. Both the esteemed speakers stressed on

the fact that this portal is a transformational intervention to train young minds and tickle their

curiosity and imagination. They also mentioned that online registration is absolutely free.

PRIMARY

Reyansh Bajaj IV-C Captain - Achiever House

Rajveer Gupta IV-D Captain - Creator House

Rayan Guhathakurta IV-D Captain - Innovator House

Rishit Saraogi IV-A Captain - Philosopher House

Ritisha Banerjee IV-B Sports Captain

Vivaan Kr Ghoshal IV-D Activity Captain

Abhipsha Mahapatra III-B Vice-Captain - Achiever House

Manan Ruparelia III-C Vice-Captain - Creator House

Shivam Bhattacharya III-D Vice-Captain - Innovator House

Jashit Malani III-B Vice-Captain - Philosopher House

Ahisma Priyadarshani III-A Sports Vice Captain

Ojashwi Pincha III-B Activity Vice Captain

Earth Day- Pre Primary 22nd April 2019

Caring for our Mother Earth is our duty. The little ones of Pre Primary learn to realize this duty at a very young age. The activities they do are

planned to help them comprehend the same, in their own ways.

Welcome Boards of Session 2019-2020

The idea is always to ‘Welcome’ the students in to a colourful and cheerful classroom.

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International Cyber Olympiad Winners (2018-2019)

NAME INT

RANK

INT TOPPER

MEDAL

ZONAL

RANK

MEDAL OF DISTINC-

TION

SCHOOL

RANK

SCHOOL TOPPER

MEDAL

1) AHANA GUPTA-2A 121 N.A 71 N.A 4 SILVER MEDAL

2) AARYAN CHATTERJEE-2B 148 N.A 86 N.A 5 BRONZE MEDAL

3) JANAK PANDE-2C 22 N.A 10 GOLD MEDAL 1 N.A

4) VEER CHAKRABORTY-2C 27 N.A 14 GOLD MEDAL 2 N.A

5) GURBANI THETHI-2D 99 N.A 55 N.A 3 GOLD MEDAL

6) ROHAN DAS -3A 313 N.A 172 N.A 1 GOLD MEDAL

7) AISWARIYA BANTHIA-4A 163 N.A 68 N.A 2 GOLD MEDAL

8) DARSHIT AGARWAL-4C 164 N.A 69 N.A 3 SILVER MEDAL

9) PRANAV SARAOGI-4C 67 N.A 21 GOLD MEDAL 1 N.A

10) RUDRAPRIYO SENGUPTA-4D 210 N.A 94 N.A 4 BRONZE MEDAL

11) RITOM SEN-5A 297 N.A 85 N.A 1 GOLD MEDAL

12) ANISSA DAS-5C 491 N.A 167 N.A 3 BRONZE MEDAL

13) ARJUN THOMAS-5C N.A 125 N.A N.A 2 SILVER MEDAL

Primary Assemblies

The students of Class V, through the assembly titled

new beginnings welcomed the Bangla Year 1426.

The assembly focused resolutions that we should take

to protecting our Planet Earth and stop exploiting all

that has been given free to us – all natural resources.

The young and dynamic students of Class V, through the assembly

- Every Vote Counts, explained ‘Why Voting is important. A voter

might feel that a single vote does not make any difference.

However, the balance tilts when this becomes a national attitude

and crores of votes are not cast. By casting their vote, citizens may

not necessarily be able to get the best candidate elected but by

avoiding casting their vote they improve the chances of the

unsuitable ones winning the polls.

The main theme of the the assembly was ‘May Day’ or

International Labour Day.

The students of Class V, explained through the

assembly, why May day is cekebrated all over the

world.

Every Vote Counts – 18th April 2019

Festivals of May- 2nd May

New Year New Beginnings and Resolutions- 11th April 2019