Anjuman I Islam's YEAR 2014-2015
It is a favourite belief of ours that no student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.
18th January-:Tiger Fest
Tiger Fest was held at Maharashtra Nature Park by the ‘Kids for Tigers’ N.G.O. Various Competitions were held from morning till the afternoon. Competitions like Environmental Project, Face painting, Poster Making, Elocution and Street Play.53 students participated in various competitions. Our school was honoured with the 1st Prize in the ‘ Face Painting Competition amongst some of the top schools in Mumbai .Bhatti Tehsin secured the 1st Prize for the same.It was indeed a mesmerizing experience for all the students.
1st February:-Inter School Karate Stick fighting.
Filipino Martial Arts Federation of India (FMAFI) had organised the Inter School Karate Stick Fighting Competition at Anjuman Islam C.S.T. Six School participated in this competition at the Inter School Level. Ansari Mariya Ziya Ahmed participated from our school and she secured the first place in this competition with a gold medal and will be competing at the State Level.
19th February:-Geo-Genius Geography Olympiad
Prize distribution ceremony for Geo-Genius Geography Olympiad was conducted in our school. It was conducted by All India IBGB Learning Society with participants from the various schools throughout India. We opted for both Junior and Senior Level. We have been honoured as the ‘Best Participating School 2013-2014’.
Junior Group:
1)Khan Anzala Anwar won the gold medal
2)Khan Nazneen Shahnawaz- Silver medal and
3)Hajwani Aqsa Sajjad –Bronze medal.
Senior Group:
1)Shaikh Malaika Begum with Gold Medal
2)Shaikh Iqra Ayaz Ahmed - Silver Medal and
3)Shaikh Areeba Abdul Latif -Bronze Medal.
I.T Olympiad Examination:
I.T Olyampiad Examination was conducted in our school on 20th January, 2014 wherein 33 students participated in this examination from Std V to IX. It is a matter of great pride that three of our students i.e 1)Shaikh Fatima Iqbal from Std VI 2)Kazi Tubah Shahnawaz from Std VII and 3)Shaikh Ayesha Iqbal from Std VIII secured the Gold Medal and reached the State Level Examination.
National Handwriting Competition
National handwriting competition 2013 was organised by ‘SMART WRITE’ on 9th December, 2013 in our school.Our school participated for the same , and was homoured with the ‘BEST PERFORMANCE SCHOOL’ momento for it. There were three categories ‘A’,’B’,’C’ The ’B’ category was for the students from Std V to VIII and ‘C’ category was for the students of Std IX and X.
Three school champs were selected from each category.
Category ‘B’ SCHOOL CHAMPS
1) Qureshi Safiya Md. Abbas 1st Rank-8th B
2) Khan Nazneen Shanawaz 2nd Rank- 7thB
3) Ansari Ummehani 3rd Rank- 7th A
Category ‘C’ SCHOOL CHAMPS
1) Sheikh Muskaan sultan 1st Rank-10th A
2) Siddique Mariya 2ND Rank- 9th B
3) Siddique Fatima Naveda 3RD Rank- 9th A
Two of our students won the competition at State Level
STATE CHAMPS
1) Tasheen Parvez Dabir 2nd Rank-8th A
2) Ansari Madiya 2ndRrank-9th A
One of students won at District Level.
DISTRICT CHAMP
1) Khan Madiha Abdulla 3rd Rank- 9th A
A consolation prize was also given to ShaikhAadiba Abdul Maqbool of std Vth
The school champs were awarded with a gold medal and a certificate. The district champ was also given a gold medal and a certificate. Whereas the state level champ were awarded a trophy, certificate and a set of encyclopaedia.
The rest of the students received participation certificates.
22nd July:-Inter School Science ElocutionCompetition.
Science Elocution Competition was held at St. Isabel’s High School. Khan Amina Arif participated in this competition from our school. The topic was “Innovation for agriculture for sustainable future; prospects and future”. It was based on the innovate techniques for agriculture. She secured the second prize at the ward level and then she participated at the Zonal Level at Nehru Science Centre
10th September:-Inter school competition
An inter school competition UDAAN 2014 was held on 10th September in their school.where various schools met each other and participated in the various events like mask making, envelope making, essay writing competition. Two of our students won the prize in this competition.Shaikh Sabreen from STD VII got second prize in Mask making competition and shaikh Raffat won the third prize in Envelope making competition
State Level
1st December: - A World in Motion’s Competition by Mahindra.
The AWIM Mumbai Olympics was organized by Mahindra Rise. The competition was a hunt for the Aspiring Engineer’s of our nation which included students from Std V and VI. They were trained by Ms. FehminShaikh. We were proudly declared as the Winners of two sub-categories for securing the Excellence Award for Accuracy and Presentation. The winners are: - ShaikhSakinaQumruddin ,Shaikh Fatima Iqbal, ShaikhMadihaRakhangi and ShaikhJuveriaMohdShahid.
International Activities
Connecting Classrooms Programme ( UK School Partnership )
The inception of the Partnership.....
The partnership began in 2009 when Mr David Shipman from North Leamington School received funding for reciprocal visit with Anjuman that opened the gateway to GCP. In 2009 Mr Shipman travelled to Mumbai to establish a partnership that met the needs of both institutions.
In the year 2010 -11 one staff member from both the schools ( Mr Paul Cosby from NLS and Mrs Shamael Khwaja from Anjuman ) made the reciprocal visit thereby involving more staff members from both the schools to actively participate in the partnership covering a wide range of subject areas such as Religious Education, Eco- Schools and the Arts.
In the year 2012 two teachers from both schools ( Mr John Larner and Mrs Taran Kaur from NLS and Ms Fauzia Ansari and Mrs Shamael Khwaja from Anjuman ) made the visit covering still different areas of the curriculum further including History , Geography, English and Citizenship and also involving other members of staff to get on board as support staff.
In the year 2012-13 GCP ended and the new Connecting Classrooms Programme started where Ms Emily Holmes from NLS and Ms Ayesha Khan from Anjuman made the reciprocal visit. Both the schools were very keen on continuing with the partnership as it has grown over the years and more number of staff members were getting on board. It was mutually decided to involve more teachers and subjects in the projects for the Connecting Classrooms and another reciprocal visit was made by a teacher from each school.
In both instances, visiting members of the staff had the opportunity to engage with their partner school and work collaboratively to establish a partnership that met the needs of both institutions.
These visits allowed for the planning and implementation of several reciprocal activities which enabled students to find out about their peers in their partner school and provided real opportunities to bring an enjoyable and tangible ‘global dimension’ to their learning.
Over the past few years there has been a growing amount of contact between staff at the two schools and there have been numerous opportunities to share resources and ideas. Students have also had the opportunity to find out about the lives, ideas and learning of their peers in another country through the sharing of work and other forms of interaction.
4th to 8th August Visit from U.K partner school.
British Council’s Connecting Classroom Programmeis a powerful global education programme which is anexciting way of bringing an International Dimension into the lives of young people and their teachers.
Participants of the Connecting Classroom Programme consist of various types of schools.In response to the needs of different schools; the British Council facilitates the education authorities with successful exchange programmes in education strategy planning, school management, teaching and learning methodology and practices with their counterparts
As a part of the reciprocal visit programme funded by the British Council, our Partner School’s teacher Ms Natalie Beardall from North Leamington School,Warwickshire, UK visited Anjuman I Islam’s Begum Sharifa Kalsekar Girls’ English High School, Mumbai for a week from 4th August to 8th August’2014.The main aim of this visit was to carry out the reciprocal programme and take the partnership between both the schools to the next level which has had such a significant impact on both the schools ever since the inception of the partnership in the year 2009.
On her first day of the visit, Ms Natalie first met the head Mistress Ms Fauzia Ansari who briefed her about the Anjuman I Islam Institute and also gave her a virtual glimpse about the school through the website followed by a guided tour of the school.She also briefed her about the successful progress of the partnership between both the schools over the years.
The English Department held a competition ‘The English Literati Competition’ (It consists of elocution, newspaper reading and play reading) wherein she judged the students’ performance and felicitated the prize winners.
Ms. Natalie also observed the history lesson on ancient and medieval civilization by Ms Tasneem Shaikh where the students learnt about the remains of the ancient Harappan Civilization. She was also glad to see the students making ornaments of clay representing the topic.
In Health Education, she observed the lesson ‘Prevention of Diseases’ by Ms. Shazia who prepared a power point presentation and spoke to the children about how it is related to the lifestyle and the simplest and the most cost effective way to prevent illness and injury is through proper training and education.
Ms Parveen gave a lesson on the Lions’ Quest Skills for Adolescence: Entering the Teen Years. The goal of this lesson is to help young people develop positive commitments to their families, schools, peers, and communities and to encourage healthy, drug-free lives.
As a part of the CCP programme, the Fair Trade Lesson was taught to the students of the sixth grade by Ms Fehmin Shaikh. Through the ppt. presentation she taught the students how one should carry out trade in a proper manner focusing on developing entrepreneurship skills in the young students. The students were told to prepare posters and leaflets on the same. Ms Parveen also conducted a lesson on the ‘Role of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the nation during the British rule’. The students wrote a report, an essay and also had an interesting Notice Board Display. Similar activities were also conducted in our UK Partner School.
It is very important for a teacher to know how to manage a class .Based on this Ms Nazneen conducted a session on Effective Classroom Management Technique during Teachers’ Collaborative Time . Our guest Ms Natalie Beardall was also a part of this and she also shared some fantastic techniques they practice in the UK. Subsequently Ms Natalie also observed the Science, English, Personality Development and Geography lessons too. She also interacted with the student council which is also a very valued partnership plan on Student Leadership in both the Schools.
On the last day a Talent Hunt competition was organized to unveil the hidden talents among students.The event intended to promote competition and creativity amongst students.Students of standard V-VII and VIII-X participated in the junior and the senior group competition which consisted of decorative flower making, ,mehendi design, salad dressing, jewelry design, pot painting, face painting, fabric painting, making articles of waste. Ms Natalie appreciated the efforts made by students .
Through these reciprocal visits over all these 6 years, a large number of staff members have been involved in both the schools, where they exchange the best of the educational practices and share their expertise on the topics alike. The students in both the schools have also been mutually benefitted and have great fun doing the activities with their peers from partner school through exchange of work, questionnaires, lessons, stories, videos, skype, etc.
Successful partnerships have thus profound lasting impact on the professionaldevelopment for teachers, and an opportunity to share best practices with colleagues.
Whilst her visit at Anjuman, Ms Natalie Beardall quoted ‘I have had a fantastic experience at Anjuman, the teachers and children have been extremely welcoming . I have been very impressed with the work ethic of the children, it is clear that they value education immensely, which is something I believe children in the UK can learn a lot from’.
3rd and 9th September:-UKIERI SIP Programme.
UK- Students Visit our School :
A group of about 20 UK students (18-22 years University Students) had visited India this month under the Study India Programme, led by HR College along with the British Council , to experience life and work in India. One of the aspects of this visit was also to gain an overview of the school system in India. Our school had been selected by the British Council for this visit on 30th August from 9:30 to 1 o’clock. The visit mainly involved a quick tour of the school, interaction with Head, teachers as well as the students, apart from observation of a class/an activity taking place as a part of the normal timetable.
The main purpose of this visit was to gain an insight in the education system of India, our school set-up, educational process , life skill education , and education in 21st century. The visit was a great success as both the students as well as teachers received an enriching experience about global perspective in education. They were truly inspired by the good tone of the students, their discipline and mannerisms, the school’s environment, activities and the efforts taken by the teachers towards the 21st Century Education.
An important element of the Study India Programme is to provide UK and Indian students the chance to interact and learn from each other. Ideally about 25 students are split in 7-9 classes spending around 3 hrs in the school. This visit includes:
- Welcome and Introduction to the school and Indian Education system by the Head Teacher/Principal.
- Opportunity for the UK students to sit through a classroom session, so they can see how the Indian students learn.
- UK students to make a presentation to the UK students on “Introduction to UK Education System”. This could include the subjects they study and how they are taught.
- An informal interaction with Indian students and those from the UK so they can share learn about each other, their inspirations and aspirations.
SIP Background:
The programme enables undergraduate students from UK universities and colleges to visit India for three weeks to gain experience of Indian culture, way of life, people, arts, politics, economy and language and it also provides opportunity to the UK undergraduate students to explore for further study or work in India. The SIP students also get an opportunity for a one-week work placement or internship with Indian companies during their visit. The UKIERIStudy India programme started in 2009 and till date over 900 UK students have got a chance to travel to India and learn about new culture and enterprise skills.
The programme is intended to broaden participants’ horizons as well as to help to address the disparity in inbound / outbound student migration by increasing student mobility within the UK from the UK to India or elsewhere internationally or merely to have a greater understanding of life in a global economy to address inequality of access to opportunities in life.
The Study India Programme (SIP) is funded by UKIERI and managed by IndoGenius.
While in India, the students live and work alongside their Indian counterparts, participating in workshops, working with a range of local, national & multinational companies and gaining a better understanding of a richly diverse country like India. The intention of the program is that students go back with a new perspective to life, having witnessed contrasts of wealth and affluence as well as poverty in India and further share their learning with peers in their home country.
Also, the students work in groups called “Learning Groups” to enable learning in India and to help students reflect on their experience.
On their return to the UK, the students are expected to go into UK schools and disseminate their learning and experiences as ambassadors. The students also engage online and network with other young people in the UK, to communicate the need to be Global Citizens.
THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AWARD
Our school has been successfully awarded for the second time with the British Council International School Award for the period 2014-17. The accreditation is based on the International Work done in the school and embedding the Global Dimension in the existing curriculum so as to develop the global Citizenship skills in the students.
So far very few schools from across India have received the International School Award for their exemplary work in integrating international dimension in the school curriculum. Our School has been accredited twice with the award for the year 2010-13 and 2014-17 respectively.
Our Partner Schools
Over these few months we have established a strong link with a few schools in U.K.
Our School has also been Registered on the Global Gateway thus establishing a link with various schools around the globe, so that we can turn our students into global citizens.
Through these activities we aim to :
To enable our students to know more about global issues and
To celebrate the rich and diverse heritage represented in our school, and local and national communities.
Respect and value different cultures and beliefs .
Enjoy regular contact with students and adults living in different countries .
To embed the global dimension within the school internal and external curriculum, engaging students to celebrate their own cultural identity and to foster respect for other cultures, languages and religion .
To work with global partners to achieve their educational goals and ours.
GLOBAL TEACHER ACCREDITAION
Our Headmistress Ms Fauzia Ansari received the Global Teacher Accreditation for her Action Research Project by the Cambridge Education Foundation.
Global Teacher Accreditation (GTA) is designed to provide high quality professional training to develop classroom-based action research that will enable the educators involved to enhance their pedagogical skills and knowledge and investigate new pedagogical strategies. The project requires participants to design and implement a small-scale action research which lasts approximately 10 weeks and is carried out within the context of their classroom environment. It encompasses the development of a new strategy or the trial of some new form of intervention that has the intention of informing and changing pedagogy in order to improve learning. Based on the Kolb Learning Cycle, the project starts with a review of what works well in the classroom and the identification of an area to improve with a clear course of action. It includes the collection of data, analysis, evaluation, and is followed by reflection and the setting of next steps.
BRITISH COUNCIL AMBASSADOR SCHOOL
This year we had one more jewel attached to our crown as the British Council has chosen us as one of their ambassador school in the West of India ( Only a few best of the schools have been selected ). A workshop for the same was held at Chilrens’ Academy, Kandivili on the 7th and 8thof September. The report of the workshop is as follows:
Importance of being the British Council School Ambassador:
The school gets international recognition and accreditation. The schools will be provided with the official logo of the British Council which can be used for their documents .
Profile raising and publicity for the schools
Development of leadership amongst the staff and students. Enhancement of the curriculum thereby giving it a global dimension catering to the all round development of the child.
Continued engagement with the British Council.
First hand information about more opportunities.
Professional Association and networking
Priority School for all the British Council Pilot Projects.
What does it involve:
Join the Connecting Classroom Online through the web portal provided by the British Council specially created for their Ambassadors whereby they can establish varied links round the globe.
Identify the schools which have the potential for ISA and other projects of the British Council.
Commitment to briefing and supporting such schools. ( about 10 schools and more )
Train and mentor these Schools towards their ISA and Globalized curriculum.
Networking with like-minded schools.
Professional online networking to create global citizens.
Willingness to embark on a new journey of building links and exploring the world at large.