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Secretary's Report 2004-05 - Educational
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Providing education to children is one of the most important activities of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture. The major problem in Education in India is that it is far too theoretical; there is hardly any application of the knowledge that is acquired in the class room.
Both Sri Aurobindo and the Mother considered education a very important part of life and their ideals can help in the complete education of any human being. Some of their thoughts are given below:
"Education to be complete must have five principal aspects corresponding to the five principal activities of the human being: the physical, the vital, the mental, the psychic and the spiritual."
"The mind has to be consulted in its own growth."
"To work from the near to the far, from that which is to that which shall be." |
School Activities:
The Future Foundation School lays equal stress on academics and co-curricular activities. This helps the child to develop initiative, behave responsibly and achieve poise and confidence.
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Award Winners:
Award for Teachers:
IL&FSETS (Schoolnet) had an Inter-school contest on the occasion of Teachers' Day. Jhuma Sinha of our school won the 2nd prize.
This year also students participated in many competitions, both Inter-School and Intra-School.
June - 'All Year Science Quiz (2003-04)' organized by B.I.T.M. -Sayantan
Chakraborty, Dhiman Bhattacharjee and Aritra Basu (IX) won the
third prize.
Award for Sports :
T K S Lakshmi of Class XII participated in the Women's Basketball Association of West Bengal and won an award.
Award in Art - Painting :
The British Council held a Young Learners Art Competition 2004 in which Nirnoy Roy of our School was the winner in the 9-11 years' age group.
Award in Dance and Music :
A team from The Future Foundation School won the first position in Dance in PERCEPTION '05 held by Apeejay School.
Awards in Elocution, Creative Writing etc. :
Our school participated in the 'Annual Inter-School Essay Writing Competition held on 19.8.04 at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya.
Shrimoyee Ganguly - V won the 3rd prize in the junior level.
Ayantika Sen - XI won the 1st prize in the senior level.
Award for Excellence :
Souvik Sinha Roy of Class XI was selected for the National Scholarship by National Council for Educational Research and Training.
Games:
After school, games are organised in the school compound. These include Basketball, Football, Kho-kho, Volley-ball, Badminton, Table Tennis etc. Inter-House Tournaments are being organized regularly.
On 15.10.04 at the Bosco Ping Pong tournament 2004, the participants were Soumya Subhra Basu and Debayan Sinha of Class X and Soubhik Chakraborty of Class IX. Our school was the runners up
Summer camp was organised at LORETO HOUSE for three weeks between 17.5.04 and 04.06.04. Some of our students participated in the camp for Basketball.
Sports:
05.02.04 and 06.02.04
The Annual Sports (Junior & Senior School) took place at the Rabindra Sarovar Stadium. Among the various events, mention may be made of the Yogasana drill, the 50 m. flat race, the colour paint race and the tennycoit race in which Classes III & IV participated with a lot of energy & enthusiasm.
Of the Senior School events (Classes V-XII), the rhythmic drill and Surya Namaskar were much appreciated. The 4 X 50 metres relay race was introduced for the first time in Class V. Among the other house activities, few novel items were introduced. The boys started a 200 metres race comprising of the 4 following events - namely the 50 metres race, the side run race, 2 partners with 2 balls race and the horse running race. The girls followed suit with the exception of the last item i.e. the horse running race which was replaced by a simple 50 metres race.
Soumya Shubhro Basu, Debayan Sinha and Soubhik Chakraborty were runners-up in the Inter School Table Tennis Tournament held at Hirendra Leela Patnavis School. The girls also reached the quarter finals.
25.08.04 - 28.08.04
All Bengal Table Tennis Association organized the Patterson Memorial
Table Tennis Championship - 2004. The boys team from our school
comprising of Soumyo Shubhro Basu and Debayan Sinha went till the semifinal stage. In the boy's singles event Soumyo Shubhro Basu reached till the semifinals.
20.12.04 - 31.12.04
Mini Olympics were held at Rabindra Sarovar and our school stood first
in Kho-kho which was participated by both boys & girls. The boys were the
champions in other events like march past, kiddies games, badminton and sports quiz.
Fete:
On 31st August 2004 School Fete was organised marking the beginning of the birth centenary of our Founder Chairman, Late Sri Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya. It was Tuesday and the fete continued from 9 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Sweets were distributed to students and the teachers. Games and food stalls were also organised.
As a part of Founder's Centenary Year Celebration, and to incorporate awareness on 'health', a seminar was organised on October 12, 2004 at our school on the "Ill effects of Smoking and Tobacco." Eminent personalities like Dr Saroj Gupta, Dr Arnab Gupta, Dr Gautam Bhattacharjee conducted the seminar and spoke at the said event.
Inter-School Activities
A number of inter-school competitions were held, some of which are given below :
19.11.04 - Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
07.12.04 - Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark
09.12.04 - Annual All India Elocution Competition
The participants were:
Aryarishi Paul - Bengali - Class VI
Pratiti - English - Class VIII
R. Vaishnavi - Hindi - Class VIII
Samik Mitra - Bengali - Class VIII
Shreenita Ghosh - English - Class X
Anasua Goswami - English - Class VI was awarded a prize in the above Elocution competition.
Workshop / Training:
A special Refresher Course "Shot-in-the Arms" for Primary School Teachers was conducted by the Teachers' Centre at Loreto House. The duration of the course was 9 days from September 02,2004 to September 30, 2004. About a dozen schools and 50 teachers had attended the workshop. Subjects discussed were English language usage, Arithmetic, Professionalism, EVS, Craft, Science and Evaluation. A number of our Teachers, viz. Rina Mukherjee, Monimonjusha Ghosh, Pasham Chatterjee and Rokeya Ali attended the course. The Resource Persons were Ayesha Das, Shivani Iyenger, Uma Ahmed and Sonali Lahiri.
Schoolnet conducted a workshop on Thematic Approach conducted by Pooja Roy Gangopadhyay on December 13, 2004. Arun Nursery and the Junior Teachers of The Future Foundation School attended the workshop.
A Bangla workshop was held on November 5, 2004 which was attended by Tamali Dasgupta, Chumki Mitra and Srilekha Mazumder.
Another workshop on "Language Usage" was held on November 16, 18 and 19, 2004. The Resource Person was Ayesha Das. Teachers of Arun Nursery and Teachers of Classes I & II of The Future Foundation School attended the workshop.
Training Programmes were held in the Council's Kolkata Office during June 2004 -
September, 2004. There were 10 teachers who participated in these programmes
from The Future Foundation School.
Study Circle:
Teachers of Arun Nursery and The Future Foundation School formed a Study Circle for studying and implementing Sri Aurobindo's philosophy of education in their regular teaching. The Study Circle comprised of 8 groups each dealing with a specific age group of students.
The Study Circle met once every two months. Each chapter from the book A System of National Education by Sri Aurobindo was studied and the groups made presentations on how they implemented the philosophy in their classrooms.
The topics discussed were :
- The Human Mind
- The Powers of the Mind
- The Moral Nature
- Simultaneous & Successive Teaching
- The training of the Senses
- Sense Improvement by Practice
Annual Concert:
Annual Concert of The Future Foundation School and Arun Nursery School was held on 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th & 14th January 2005 between 6 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. All the cultural programmes were attended by parents and invitees.
Celebrations :
On 2nd February 2005, the birthday of our Founder Principal, Smt. Joya Mitter was celebrated. In the morning assembly, Classes VI, VII, VIII, IX and XI assembled together for the morning prayer. Ayantika Sen XI B, Arijit Roy XI B and Camelia Debnath XI B recounted touching reminiscences of their dear "Ma'am' in English and Bangla which bore the indelible marks of love and respect. Mrs. Rakhi Mukherjee and Mrs. Anuradha Roy Chowdhury recalled the days with 'Joyadi'. The programme came to an end with the concluding song
"Aguner Parashmani" and distribution of sweets and special cards (to commemorate the birthday of our Founder, Sri Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya, who is depicted as the "King of the Jungle" - 'The Lion'. It also had reproductions of the Mother's messages to him). Classes III - IX participated in an Inter-House Flower arrangement competition which was a feast for the eyes.
An art exhibition by Sri Ramananda Bandyopadhyay was inaugurated at
Galerie La Mere.
In the late morning assembly for Classes I - V, the students and teachers assembled in the auditorium for prayer. The programme started with an opening song. Amrita Basu (VIII-B) lovingly remembered and spoke about 'Ma'am'. The teachers, Mrs. Monimanusha Ghosh, Mrs Arpita Biswas and Mrs. Jhulan Bhattacharya paid homage.
On 7th February 2005, in the Investiture Ceremony, the Cultural Sports Secretaries, the House Vice Captains & Captains were selected. Classes X & XIII received mementoes from the school at their farewell.
On 13th February, 2005 Saraswati Puja was organized by Class XI. All teachers and students were invited. There was an art competition in the Junior School as well as different cultural programmes.
On 21st February 2005, Mother's birthday was celebrated. The ground floor corridor (in front of the Hall of Harmony) was decorated with charts prepared by the students & teachers.
The Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and Independence Day was celebrated on 15th August with enthusiasm. The day started with garlanding of Sri Aurobindo's newly built bronze statue followed by hoisting of the Mother's flag and the National flag. This was followed by March Past, Dance and Drill Display by the students. The junior students filed past in colourful clothes. The 'Joya Mitter Memorial Prize' for the Best All Rounder students was distributed.
Teachers' Day was celebrated belatedly on 30th September. Teachers were delighted to see and enjoy the programmes staged by the students followed by delicious food arranged by them.
Children's Day was celebrated on November 10, 2004 as November 11, 2004 was a Sunday. Children of Arun Nursery and Classes I & II were brought to the field, they were looking extremely happy. It was their teachers who were ready to entertain them. The story, "The enormous turnip" was staged by the teachers wearing masks. When all the teachers pulled each other and fell down on the stage, children burst into peals of laughter. Teachers also danced to the song "Jadu" and the children simultaneously started, dancing to the rhythmic tune. The teachers of Classes I & II enacted a short Bengali play titled 'Raja & Toontooni', which was well appreciated.
In the second session, middle and senior students gathered in the Hall of Light. The programme started with Raka Das greeting the children and reading out a passage from the book "Letters from a Father to his Daughter" written by Pt.
Jawaharlal Nehru. This was followed by teachers entertaining the children by singing songs in English, Bengali and Hindi. Children enjoyed Bhangra and Gujarati dance with performances. A short drama was put up by the teachers. Lastly an interesting Antakshari competition was held between teachers and students. After a neck to neck competition, the children scored a thumping win over the teachers and they were given mementoes. Students were given snacks and gifts at the end of function.
Career Counselling:
Career Counselling has been started in the school for four years now for students of Classes IX to XII. It has helped them a lot by giving them a chance to identify their aptitudes correctly and eventually have a bright and successful career. Between April to December 2004, the students attended a number of seminars, workshops, individual and joint counseling sessions with parents.
Co-curricular Activities:
Saturday School is working from 9 a.m. to 12 noon with focus on Co-Curricular Activities from Class III to IX (options are Western Vocal, Synthesizer, Photography, Clay Modelling, Chess, Quiz & Dramatics.
A display of the CCA activities was organized in January 2005 as part of the School's Annual celebrations which takes place during Aspiration. The students of photography & clay modelling put up an exhibition of photographs & clay models. The students of Chess had an open chess tournament.
A quizzing session was held for students of the Quiz Class - who were divided into two groups - Juniors and Seniors. Juniors were from Classes III to V and Seniors were from Classes VI to VIII. Western Vocal Students and Dramatics students put up a wonderful show for their parents which comprised of songs and dramatisation of 'Lion King'.
Solo or Special Exhibitions :
May : Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre presented three of Manjula Padmanabhan's dramatic monologues "Hidden Fires". The programme was sponsored by Spicmacay Club of The Future Foundation School. All the Teachers and students of Classes IX to XII attended the programme which was held on May 11, 2004 at the Hall of Light in our school.
July : Annual Science Exhibition for the senior school and Project Display for the junior school were held. The theme for the science exhibition was "Looking Beyond". The subject of the models ranged from DNA and gene therapy to Transformation of energy, Futuristic Architecture and Mathematics. The project exhibition hosted by the junior school saw a colourful display of projects based on themes ranging from 'Me and my surroundings' to 'Books', 'Time', 'Relationships' for Classes I to V which integrated in the motto of "Self Discovery".The Chief Guest for the occasion was The Deputy Secretary to the Council for The Indian School Certificate Examinations (East Zone), Mr. G. Arathoon .
Seagull Bookstore Pvt. Ltd. organised a special event in commemoration
of birth centenary of Graham Greene. 56 students attended a special
screening of a Film 'The Quiet American'.
Method of Teaching :
Children in the Primary School are taught through a thematic approach. A particular theme is explored through the various subjects such as languages, environmental studies and mathematics. In this way through the in-depth study of a theme all the subjects are integrated and there are no artificial divisions in the child's learning. Learning & social skills as well as important concepts are developed in children through this method. We have found that the children who have been exposed to this method of teaching have developed tremendous self- confidence, awareness, thinking skills and learning readiness.
Class I - some of the theme topics were All around me, Holidays, Monsoon, Myself, Food, Colours, Shopping, Durga Puja, Movements, Days, Games and Story time.
Class II - topics covered were My classroom & school, Our school garden, Rainy season, Food, Water, Durga Puja, Our Country's Birthday (Independence Day), Cricket, Friendship and Insects.
Class III - topics include Names and Olympics.
Class IV - theme topics were Olympics, Solar System and Farming.
Class V - were given theme topics such as Olympics, Trees and Animals.
Class VI - theme topics were Relationships and Rivers.
From the above we may note that theme topics may have been the same for different classes e.g. Olympics but the gradation of presentation was different depending on the ability of the children and their skills.
Life Skills:
On the occasion of the Founder's Birth Centenary, The Future Foundation launched a new course on "Life Skills". The teaching of life skills starts with the youngest children and nothing is too small to be included in the curriculum. The content of the syllabus varies according to the age of the children. For example, at the juniormost level, one of the things that the children learn is to tie their shoelaces. Later on they learn how to keep their shoes clean. The immediate outcome of this has been that children come to school with clean shoes and are able to tie their own shoelaces. The young children have also learnt the best way to pack their school bags and that they are now not dependent on their parents for this. They have also learnt about care and maintenance of their clothes, including laundry, starching, ironing and stain removal. They have also learnt to mend their clothes, including hemming and putting on buttons as well as to fold them and put them away neatly. We are finding that the children now come to school in better-maintained uniforms. Through all this, they have also learnt about the basics of hygiene. Elementary first aid has also been taught to them. Measuring temperature, reading blood pressure, head wash in case of fever, first aid for cuts, burns, fainting and tying of slings are taught. As a concomitant of all these topics, the children have been taught how to plan their time. This helps them in their daily lives as also during periods of stress such as examination time. We have also included social skills and the basics of etiquette in the teaching of life skills.
Most of the teaching/learning is through practical work. We have acquired a lot of equipment for these practical classes and the timetable has been adjusted in order to accommodate these classes. Life skills is also integrated with other subjects. Thus, while children learn about biodegradable waste in environmental education, this learning is consolidated through practical work in the life skills classes. They have also learnt about consumer education and how to become a conscious consumer.
After learning how to launder their own socks and hankies, the children were very keen to do this at home. They then faced objections from their parents and we discovered that through this teaching/learning programme that we also had to counsel parents on helping their children to become responsible and independent.
Life skills are taught in this manner from Classes I to X.
In Classes XI and XII, we are conducting workshops on issues such as handling of relationships, sex education and substance abuse.
Newsletter :
School Newsletter is being published 4 times in a year and is sent free of cost to parents. It carries information about all activities carried out during the year 2004-2005.
Magazine :
School Magazine "Vision" is published annually and given to the parents free of
cost.
Scholarships :
Merit-cum-Means Scholarship are offered to deserving students. There are 5 students who are totally free and 7 students who pay half of the fees. The session fee has been waived for 1 student.
Other Scholarships that are offered by the school are:
Bandana Sen Memorial Award - Rs.2000/-
This award has been instituted by Dr Sankar Sen in memory of his wife. It is awarded to two girl students, one from the outgoing ICSE & the other from the outgoing ISC batch. It is awarded to girls who were not only good in academics but also excelled in extra-curricular activities and whose conduct was good and who have been in this school for a minimum of three consecutive years.
ICSE - Ambalika Guha - 1000/-
ISC - Sohini Bhattacharya - 1000/-
Krishnabandu Das Memorial Award - Rs.600/-
Souvik Sinha Roy - Highest in Maths & Science
Camelia Debnath - Highest in Maths amongst girls.
These two awards have been instituted by Sri Soumen Das in memory of his parents.
Dyumanbhai Memorial Award - Rs.1000/-.
Monali Thakur - ISC for Integral Excellence.
This award has been instituted by Prof. Chamanlal Gupta and Smt. Shipra
Gupta for a student of outgoing class XII for integral Excellence.
Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya Memorial Award - Rs. 1000/-.
Arka Adhikary - Best all-rounder
This award has been instituted by Sri Rathindra Kumar Mitter in memory of our Founder Chairman Sri Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharyya for the best all-round student of ICSE-2004.
Binapani Memorial Award - Rs.1000/-.
Aryamitra Kar - for topping ISC
This award has been instituted by Smt. Bithika Guha in memory of her mother for the student topping the ISC examinations in 2004-05.
Deepayan Dutta Memorial Award - Rs.1000/-.
Souvik Sinha Roy - for topping ICSE
This award has been instituted in memory of Deepayan Dutta, an ex-student of our school by his parents.
ICSE Examination Results :
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The following table shows the percentage of students who obtained 1 point (above 90%) in each subject as compared to the percentage of students who obtained 1 point in all of India.
| Subject |
TFFS % |
All India % |
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| English |
22.58 |
6.98 |
| Bengali |
3.92 |
5.38 |
| Hindi |
9.09 |
12.80 |
| History, Civics & Geography |
12.90 |
7.47 |
| Mathematics |
31.67 |
11.20 |
| Science |
35.00 |
6.63 |
| Arts |
0.00 |
15.73 |
| Economics |
0.00 |
2.80 |
| Environmental Science |
0.00 |
0.32 |
| Computer Applications |
73.08 |
21.39 |
| Economic applications |
0.00 |
9.50 |
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ISC Examination Results :
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The following table shows the percentage of students who obtained 1 point (above 90%) in each subject as compared to the percentage of students who obtained 1 point in all of India.
| Subject |
TFFS % |
All India % |
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| English |
37.14 |
6.58 |
| Bengali |
7.14 |
5.59 |
| Hindi |
0.00 |
9.85 |
| English Literature |
0.00 |
4.31 |
| History |
6.25 |
3.72 |
| Geography |
9.09 |
4.47 |
| Economics |
0.00 |
5.52 |
| Mathematics |
19.25 |
12.28 |
| Physics |
8.11 |
4.43 |
| Chemistry |
16.22 |
6.28 |
| Biology |
0.00 |
5.18 |
| Computer Science |
9.09 |
11.60 |
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Trips :
Like previous years, an educational trip to Pondicherry was organised for 72 students of classes IX & XI. They were accompanied by 6 teachers. The trip was about 10 days from November 25, 2004 to December 05, 2004.
On 25.11.2004 school children visited Ushagram. The trip was educative and informative. Students gained adequate knowledge and enjoyed it and learnt a lot from this educational trip.
Clubs :
Interact Club
Interact Club is the school wing of The Rotary Club and functions with civic minded students of class VI onward, who are willing to serve the community. They carry on different social projects.
13.4.04 : A programme was held on 13.4.04 to motivate and entrust responsibilities to new Interactors. The function began with a classical dance performance and a play depicting the Life of Sri Aurobindo in prison and concluded with a folk dance performance by the Interactors. This was followed by an oath taking installation ceremony of new board members.
7.5.04 : 18 Interactors and 5 teachers visited Navanir to celebrate Rabindra Jayanti with 43 grandmas. They presented songs, dance and recitation. They also distributed food packets.
13.5.04 : The President of Rotary Club handed over a cheque of Rs.1000/- to Co-ordinator Mrs Sharmila Ghosh for an impressive performance of ICFFS at a Ceremony at Tollygunge Club
14.05.04 : Interactors organised a Canteen sale to generate funds for the club to develop team spirit.
14.05.04 : Interactors accompanied by teachers visited the orphanage in Lake View Road to donate baby tin food-Lactogen.
20.06.04,18.07.04,17.10.04,21.11.04 : Interactors accompanied by a teacher assisted the Rotarians in the 'Naba Disha' project at the Charu Market Police Station.
21.06.04 : 12 Interactors accompanied by 6 teachers visited a school for the socially backward children to celebrate 'Rath Yatra'.
29.06.04 : Students of Class VI along with teachers visited Shanti Nagar slum and distributed Pheneol, Dettol, Zeoline, etc. and informed them of our forthcoming activities.
13.07.04 : Art contest was held for the slum children on 13.07.04. Thereafter snacks were served to them. Students of Classes VI & VIII were involved in this activity.
30.08.04 : Interactors celebrated 'Raksha Bandhan' with the inmates of 'Cheshire Homes'.
16.10.04 : On account of Durga Puja, members of Interact Club distributed clothes and sweets to the slum dwellers on 16.10.04.
31.10.04 : A Medical Camp was organised by Dr. Asish Bhattacharya and the Interactors at Baganbari slum on 30.10.04.
11.10.04 : Slum children came to watch a programme staged by our teachers.
10.11.04 : Class III distributed snacks and sweets, prepared by themselves, to the slum children on 24.11.04 in memory of Sri Aurobindo's, "Siddhi Day".
25.11.04 : Interactors met Municipal Commissioner, Sri Debasish Som and secured approval of construction of toilets at Baganbari slum. Interactors have followed up on the construction work since and the same was completed on
30.11.04 : Interactors of Classes VI & VII visited Victoria Memorial accompanied by 17 slum children. Snacks and sweets were provided to the slum children by them.
25.01.05 : 20 inmates of Navanir accompanied by 8 students and 6 teachers visited 'Belur Math'.
29.01.05 : The Future Foundation School was awarded the Certificate of Merit & Merit Award and a cheque for Rs.3000/- on 29.01.05 at Science City Centre in the
Better Kolkata Contest 2004-05 organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
15.02.05 : Each member chose to interact with one granny with whom he/she will maintain an everlasting relationship.
In the first week of December Interactors donated woolen garments to the poor living on the pavements.
For raising funds for these activities the club carries out various fund-raising activities like - setting up food canteens, selling old newspapers, craft sales etc.
Interactors collected a cup of rice and a cup of pulses from teachers and students and when a substantial amount was gathered, the same was donated to different charitable organisations.
Spicmacay :
The school joined hands with Spicmacay Society for development of Indian Classical Music & Dance.
13.04.04 : Orientation of new students.
04.05.04 : Visit to Sri Aurobindo PARICHAY Gallery
11.05.04 : Workshop on MONOLOGUE by Srabasti Basu
26.06.04 : Workshop on GOURIONRITYA by a senior student
29.06.04 : Satabdi Acharya
03.07.04 : State Convention at St. Thomas Day School.
13.07.04 : Workshop on BHARATNATYAM by Guru Kalamandalam Venkit.
14.08.04 : Special prayer and programme on Sri AUROBINDO by The Future Foundation School during the Saturday state meeting.
22.09.04 to 8.10.04 : Virasat
Folk dance by the GOTIPUAS
SAROD by Dr. Rajib Chakraborty
HINDUSTANI VOCAL by Sri Waseem Ahmad Khan
BHARATNATYAM by Smt. Chitra Visveswaran
Closing ceremony with FOLK dance, Purulia Chou
16.10.04 : Screening of "GOLD RUSH".
Workshop Series
18.12.04 : Hindustani classical music by Sri Sounak Chatterjee
08.01.05 : Dance by Sri Sanjay Bhattacharya
15.01.05 : Craft by Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar teachers
22.01.05 : Appreciation of performing arts by Sri. Arijit Ray, Sri. Swapan Bhattacharya & Sri. Ronnen Chakraborty.
22.01.05 : Theatre by Sri. Swapan Bhattacharya & Sri. Ronnen Chakraborty
29.01.05 : Theatre by Sri. Indrasish Lahiri
12.02.05 : Tabla by Sri Sajal Karmakar
18.01.05 Farewell programme and lunch for outgoing class XII students.
THIS SESSION THE FUTURE FOUNDATION SCHOOL WAS THE VENUE OF ALL STATE LEVEL MEETINGS AND THE SCHOOL WAS IN CHARGE OF PUBLICITY FOR KOLKATA CHAPTER.
Quiz Club :
21.09.04 : Students from from classes III to VIII participated in the Cadbury Bournvita Quiz Contest. Antarleena Roy of Class IV, Sarnab Bhattacharya of Class V and Arani Majumder of Class VIII became the Cadbury Confidence Champions of junior group, sub-junior group and senior group respectively.
Nature Club:
The school has a very dynamic and alert nature club. The children along with their teachers are constantly planning and implementing new projects.
Protect and Conserve are the two mottos of the Nature Club of The Future
Foundation School, also called 'The Earth Lovers.' For over a year now they have
been busy with three main projects, namely Rain Water Harvesting,
Vermicompost and Paper Recycling.
The following are some of their activities in brief for the year 2004-05 and details of some of the projects.
April 2004 -
'Earth Day' observed. Vermicompost started in school with the help of WWF.
June 2004 -
'World Environment Day' observed. Participated in programmes organized by Birla Industrial & Technological Museum. Our school was represented by Hiranmayee Ramani (XI) who stood 1st in the category 'Say it with Visuals'.
July 2004 -
Mr. Kushal Mukherjee founder of the NGO Prakriti Sangsad, gave a
talk show on Hornbills as they are facing extinction.
Kids for Tigers' programme - an audio visual show on tigers was
organized in the School
September 2004 -
Paper Recycling Centre started in the school. Waste paper was utilized to
make paper bags. - Yet another project is the Paper Recycling which was
started by the Nature Club members. The waste paper collected from the
school is converted into pulp which is then recycled and used for various
purposes like greeting cards, masks, trays, photo frames and bags. Waste
segregation started in school ( Red Bin - Non Biodegradable wastes
for KMC, Green Bin - Biodegradable wastes for Vermicompost, Blue Bin -
Paper for recycling).
Visited Baganbari slum as a follow up to ensure that the inmates were disposing of garbage properly and maintaining the saplings planted by the Nature Club members.
October 2004
- Wildlife Week observed from the 1st to 7th October - quiz, role play and debate were organized by Wildlife Trust of India.
- Inspired by the rainwater-harvesting project undertaken at the Ashram at
Pondicherry, the children decided to have a rainwater-harvesting plant of
their own, the construction of which was completed with the help of WWF.
It was inaugurated by Mr. Sabyasachi Chakraborty, a noted actor & wildlife
photographer. - The Future Foundation School has been the first to start
Rain Water Harvesting Project with groundwater recharging capacity in
Kolkata. It is a simple process of collecting rain water in a tank through a
network of rainwater pipes and this water is then utilised for the school
garden, the toilets and in refueling the recharge well thus arresting ground
water depletion in the surrounding area. With a lot of multi-storied buildings
springing up in Kolkata the level of groundwater has ebbed. Television news
channels like Doordarshan, ETV, NDTV India and Akash Bangla telecast
details of the project.
- Joined hands with 'Friends of the Trees' and distributed marigold saplings to children.
- Some Nature Club members and teachers attended a
workshop on 'Primates', organized by WWF.
December 2004
- Another project the 'Earth Lovers' have done is to put all waste matter like
fruit peels, dried leaves, flowers in a pit whereby the waste material is left to
decompose with earthworms being released and this valuable manure is
then utilised for the garden. It is one way of clearing all the garbage lying
around and also makes the place neat and clean enhancing the beauty that
already exists. One bucket of Vermicompost was recovered from the pit and
used in the school garden.
January 2005
- A Bird-Watching trip was organized in Santragachhi for the school children.
- The Club participated in "Tiger Fest" at Loreto House School. The theme of the programme was 'Kids for Tigers' and the aim was to generate awareness on the necessity to save the tigers from extinction.
February 2005
- The Club members demonstrated the use of renewable energy by cooking in a solar cooker.
March 2005
- Bird Houses were set up on trees in the school premises so as to attract them and thus make it easy to see and study them.
Tsunami Fund
For Prime Minister's Relief Fund donation worth Rs.26,500/- has been forwarded to the Council's office on 12.1.05 towards the contribution of the students of The Future Foundation School for Tsunami victims.
Library
There are two libraries in our School. One for the Junior School and the other for the Senior School. In the Junior School library, apart from issuing and lending, language development classes also are held on regular basis. We are using the Junior library for generating interest among the students about books and information. Simultaneously, we are also trying to enrich their vocabulary.
The Senior School library, which is used by the students of Classes VI to XII, contains about 4500 books, a major share of which is reference books on Sciences and Applied Sciences. A regular one to one interaction and information dissemination is carried out for the students.
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