Anjuman I Islam's 4th August:-Techno Robotics
A group of engineering students organized a seminar in the school auditorium where students from Std VIII to Std X were addressed about the robotics programme. It was an innovative program where students were taught to make remote control car in an hour. This program intrigued the curiosity of mechanics in young minds.
11th -12th August:-Enriching Education Workshop by the British Council.
Mrs. Shazia and Mrs Nushrat attended two days workshop on ‘Divided History’ organized by the British Council at Keshav Shrushti,Bhyandar West.Two resource persons Mr. Neil and Mr.Mathew had introduced the teachers with four software i.e Conic life, Audacity, GIMP and Movie Maker which the teachers can make use of as teaching aids and implement the same in their classes. The topics were based on Modern History of India. It was a great learning experience for the teachers.
19th August:-Elocution Competition.
The Little Literati i.e Elocution, Play Reading and News Paper Reading Competition was held in our school for the students. The students were given a certain topic for Elocution and paper cut outs for news paper reading. All the students performed very well in this competition. This also gave our students a chance to improve their English Language Skills and enhance their confidence.
15th August - Independence Day:-
Our National Flag was hoisted on this day with great pride and honour in our school followed by different cultural programmes performed by our students. It was a memorable day indeed as we were all reminded about our freedom fighters who fought and sacrificed for our country.
Connecting Classrooms Programme by the British Council
International Activities
Connecting Classroom Programmeis a powerful global education programme which is anexciting way of bringing a global 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 programme in education strategy planning, school management, teaching and learning methodology and practices with their counterparts
As the programme is managed by the British Council, English school teachers Mrs. Ruth Harding from North Leamington School, UK had visited Anjuman I Islam’s Begum Sharifa Kalsekar Girls’ English High School, Mumbai for a week in the month of August 2015( 16th August-22nd August) and Ms Nazneen Khan visited their school in the first week of October 2015 ( 4th October -11th October) .The main aim of this visit was to carry out the reciprocal programme at the next level which has had made significant achievements in the existing partnerships of both the schools.
Mrs. Ruth Harding first met the Headmistress 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.The English Department of Anjuman holds a competition each year that is the English Literati Competition (elocution, newspaper reading and play reading) wherein she judged the programme and felicitated the prize winners.
Mrs. Ruth Harding also got an opportunity to observe the history lessons on ancient and medieval civilization by Mrs Tasneem Shaikh through a power point presentation where in the students learnt about the remains of the ancient Harappan civilization. She also observed the students working and was fascinated to see how the students were making ornaments of clay during their class.
English lesson, ‘In the bazaars of Hyderabad’ was also observed by Mrs Harding where in Mrs. Shazia prepared a wonderful power point presentation and explained the poem. Mrs Parveen Shaikh gave a lesson on the Lions’ Quest: Skills for Adolescence,building communication skills in children. The aim of this lesson was to help young children develop positive, healthy communication and commitment towards their families, schools and their peers.
On the last day a ‘Talent Hunt Competition’ was organized to discover and unfold the hidden talents among the students.The event intended to promote competition and creativity amongst students.Students of standard V-VII and VIII-X participated in the various junior and the senior group competitions which consisted of decorative flower making,mehendi design, salad dressing, jewelry design, pot painting, face painting, fabric painting and making articles of waste. Mrs. Harding appreciated the efforts made by students and was extremely overwhelmed to see the creativity of the students.
For our school teacher, Mrs Nazneen Khan, the journey of this productive trip to the UK began on the 4th of October 2015.This was the third exchange visit by our school for the Connecting Classrooms round 2. The main aim of this visit was to share the innovative ideas and to exchange the teaching learning techniques which are also a part of Connecting Classroom Programme. It was an altogether a novel experience for her at North Leamington School, to witness the school, to meet the Head Teacher Mrs. Joy Mitchell, and many other professors and teachers from different faculties like the English, Geography, Math, Science, Art and the Humanities Department at the UK partner school. The planning for the project ( English , Geography and History) was done by Ms Emily Holmes and Mrs Nazneen Khan for the next academic year which was planned and sent to both the schools.
Mrs Nazneen Khan says “This trip made me grow within and helped me upgrade my teaching-learning techniques. I was really amazed to see the students there so focused and I truly appreciate their critical thinking. As they follow the GCSE curriculum, they have different strategies and style of teaching which makes the students more curious and intriguing. I even managed to catch a glimpse of the historical places like Warwick Castle and Shakespeare’s birth place at Stratford Upon Avon”.
Through the visits, so far, the staff at both the ends have established a deep partnership with each another, plenty of highly interactive exchange and collaborative subjects have been carried out among the schools which have created a great impact in the teaching learning progress of both the schools.
The West meets the East: Generation UK-India Programme
Globalization has brought together countries and its businesses under one dynamic roof. The Study India Programme is a flagship programme of the British Council that has been contributing towards supporting inward mobility of the UK students to India. The aim of the program has been to raise student’s awareness of multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society as well as encourage student mobility amongst youth in the UK. The programme has enabled 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 explore for further study or work in India.
UK- Students Visit our School :
A group of about 30 UK students (18-22 years from different Universities across the UK) had visited India in the month of August and September under the Study India Programme, led by Indogenius , 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 2 days visit in August and September 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 the 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 the UK and the Indian students the chance to interact and learn from each other. Ideally about 25-30 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 Indian 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