ISA Corner
International School Award (ISA)
The British Council International School Award (ISA), is the accreditation scheme which recognises and celebrates exemplary practices of internationalism in schools. It provides a framework for cradles to develop an action plan and implement international activities round the year. It also urges schools to innovate with overseas schools on creative teaching practices and real-time global learning. This year our school too has registered for this prestigious award and has pledged to bring about an increased and enhanced global dimension in the school curriculum by conducting activities which will enrich the students and help them foster a collaborative environment. The school looks forward to this dynamic platform for the new academic year 2019-20.
Cooking without fire Class IV and V
19 November, 2019
Cooking without fire activity was conducted on 19 November, 2019 as a part of British Council Activity. Students from Classes IV and V participated in it with great interest. They prepared mouthwatering dishes from cuisines of Thailand, India, China and France. These dishes were presented in front of a panel of judges.
Story Enactment Class II
25-Sep-2019
In order to achieve the ultimate aim of making each and every child understand the historic tales behind various festivals of lights celebrated all over the world, the teachers organized an event for class 2 students
on 25 September, 2019 under British Council ISA. The tales of different festivals of lights were enacted by the teachers using the help of hand puppets, dramatization, musical enactment, etc.
Nutritious and Junk food activity Class IV and V
06-Aug-2019
Creative and attractive scrapbooks were made by grade IV and V students exhibiting different nutritious and junk food of Thailand, France and India. Students learnt that a healthy mind resides in a healthy body and a healthy body is the result of having healthy and nutritious food. Students had a great learning experience, as they came to know about the choice of food available across the world.
English Week (Class IX-X)
29-July - 2-Aug-2019
To celebrate the English week, an Oration Competition was organised for the students of class IX on August 1, 2019 in the hall of the school premises during the 3rd and 4th period. The topic was 'Women Peace Workers'. During English Week, English Department organised Debate Competition for Class X on August 1, 2019 in the School Hall. The topic of the debate was taking care of starving people is more important than saving natural resources.
English Week (ClassVI-VIII)
29-July - 2-Aug-2019
Continuing with the Celebration of English week, HCS organised various competitions and activities to enhace Students’ interest for the language. Class VIII-- A competition named 'Characters Coming Alive' was organised. Students from class VIII enacted on various stories taken from Arabian Nights and Aesop's tales. Dressed up in the characters, the students were a treat to watch. The students took part in huge numbers and the competition turned out to be a great success. Salad Bowl competition was organised on 29 July, 2019 for class VI.
Tear and Paste Competition Class 1
26-Jul-2019
Tear and paste competition was organised for the students of Class I. Students used viberant colour combinations to fill their worksheets.
Tell-a-Tale Class II
12-Jul-2019
English Tell-a-tale competition was organised for Class 2 on 12 July, 2019. Students narrated stories of their choice using innovative techniques and props.
Tell-A-Tale Class1
12 July, 2019
As a part of ISA initiative an English Tell-a-tale Competition was organised on 12 July,2019. Students from class 1 narrated stories on the topic- ‘The World Festivals’. The little narrators came up with traditional stories related to different festivals celebrated all over the world.
Mother's Day Celebration
14 May, 2019
To celebrate the eternal bond of a mother with her children, HCS conducted a Lantern Making Competition on 14 May, 2019 as the theme for the event was Chinese Lantern Festival under the British Council ISA Activity. The competition was for one and a half hours. The bond and the teamwork shared by the mothers with their daughters was alluring and delightful. The lanterns made by them were fascinating in their own way which reflected the hard work put in by all the teams. The judges selected the best ones and the trophies along with certificates were given. The mothers really appreciated the event and gave a positive feedback. The event motivated the HCS team to organize more events as this one proved to be efficacious in many ways.
Spreading Healthy Practices Across Oceans
10 May, 2019
An ISA activity was organised at Loyola School, 980 Park Ave, New York, USA. The activity focused on teaching some Yoga Asanas to the students of the Loyola School. Also sharing the exercises Indians practice to stay healthy.
Health and Nutrition Workshop
6 May, 2019
A health and nutrition Workshop was held for students of classes VII and VIII in the hall on May 6, 2019. A team from DANONE YAKULT had come to talk about the human digestive system to the students and enumerated various facts about good and bad bacteria in the intestines. After an interactive session with the students there was a quiz where a few children won key rings. At the end of the workshop all the students were given samples of yakult bottles.
Poem Enactment
4 May, 2019
On 4 May, 2019 students of class3 enacted poems as a part of an ISA activity. Students were given the topic: ‘The festival of lights’ from country of their choice out of India, China and USA.
A Walk For Nature
2 May, 2019
Holy Child School, Tagore Garden celebrated the Earth Day as a part of the British Council ISA Activity. ‘The life we must protect’. T-shirt making competition was organised for classes X-XI on the topic ‘Endangered Species’. The students also participated in a walk to create awareness and to contribute to the cause of conserving Earth and its endangered species.
Fancy Dress Competition
30 April, 2019
Fancy Dress Competition for classes 1 and 2 was organized on 30 April, 2019. Class 1 students dressed up on the theme of Nature and food. Where as, the students of Class 2 dressed up as helpers around them.
T-Shirt Making Competition
29 April, 2019
Holy Child Sr. Sec. School, Tagore Garden celebrated Earth Day as part of the British Council ISA activity ‘The life we must protect’ with a T-Shirt making Competition for Classes 10 and 11. The purpose of the activity was to make the students aware about the endangered species and their duties as an individual to protect the wildlife. The students gained knowledge about endangered species and identified some of the measures to prevent endangered animals becoming extinct.
Earth Day
24-Apr-2019
Earth Day was celebrated in Holy Child Sr. Secondary School on 24nd April 2019 with a thematic assembly highlighting the topic - “Endangered species” by the students of classes 6th -11th as a part of the ISA initiative. This was followed by a small skit and dance enumerating the importance of protecting our wildlife. This was followed by the Green Pledge where the Eco-brigades along with the teachers-in-charge, took the oath to keep their surroundings clean, grow more trees, practice zero carbon habit, reduce the paper wastage and implement a total ban on plastic and aluminum foil in the school campus.