January Activites

Open House

The Open House at Cambridge International Foundation School was held on 22-01-17. It provided an opportunity to all those parents who are looking for an insight to world of contemporary teaching methodologies implemented here at CBSE Kindergarten .The display in Sparkling Stars of educational games, activities and projects not only showed the dynamic changes in the teaching and learning processes but also showcased to the parents how schools now are fun filled, joyful and child oriented second home for their children. True to its spirit, IB PYP set up a demonstration “INQUIRY IN PROGRESS” for the Open House 2017. The PYP KG students showcased one of their inquiries with its inquiry cycle mentioning how inquiry is done. The PYP primary students were on live wire as they put forth a “LIVE INQUIRY CLASSROOM” exhibiting how they investigate to explore and learn. “ELEMENTS OF PYP” was another section set up by PYP for visitors. This section included the basic building block of the curriculum. It gave visitors a glimpse of the PYP curriculum. Students enthusiastically and confidently interacted with visitors to explain the jargon of PYP.  The set up provided all visitors a quick but clear look at the program.

The parents explored the international arena through a sneak peak into the Cambridge International Examinations curriculum and the International Baccalaureate (Diploma Programme) offered at the foundation branch of Cambridge schools.

They discovered how students get to play an active role in the international classrooms. They construct arguments and evaluate evidence. It was demonstrated how the learners are made to collaborate and play ambassadors during the cultural exchange. This inculcates in the eager beavers, an international outlook, and helps them to evolve as confident, global citizens. The International pedagogies scaffold the learners and prepare them for the study abroad. There was a virtual tour of the classroom culture presented through the different fragments of the curriculum.

The event was a grand success wherein the parent community applauded the initiative by Learning Wings to bring forth, global qualifications in the city.

 

 

Cambridge English Exam Result

Cambridge International School gives your child, the essential English skills for life, helping to improve opportunities for work, study and travel. Every year, the students appear for the Cambridge English exams and get to know the global level of their skills in English as per the Common European Framework of Reference of all the candidates registered for Cambridge English Exams this year, the pass percentage for KET, PET and FCE was 100%. Amongst the FCE candidates, Husn Kharabanda of IGCSE grade 10 scored 189/190 and passed with grade A. Injot Tut of IGCSE grade 10 grabbed an overall score of 166/170 and passed PET with Distinction. All the students who appeared for KET attained approximately above 80% marks with the highest of 100% i.e. 150/150 scored by Rachel Gupta of Checkpoint 7. Rhea Gupta of IB PYP grade 5 almost smacked a mark with the score of 148/150. Principal Mr. Stanley Anthony and Coordinator Ms. Rashmi Saini congratulated the participants for their commendable performance.

English class Activity

The knack of developing sentences is imperative to inculcate effective expression in language. With this as learning objective, a sentence building activity was performed by the students of Checkpoint 7 wherein they were given fragments of sentences. They identified the main clauses and the dependent clauses binding them into complex sentences. The learners demonstrated understanding of subordinating conjunctions which they used to identify the dependent clauses. 
The pupils enjoyed the spontaneity of thinking on their toes.

Rolling dice activity

Sentence structure is the foundation on which the language stands. To make the pupils adept at making compound and complex sentences, rolling dice activity was conducted with the seventh graders. The learners framed the two types of sentences matching the clauses on the two dices. This was an initiative to polish their fluency in writing and speaking.

Lohri Celebration

Lohri was celebrated at Cambridge International Foundation School with a lot of exuberance and fanfare. The mood on the campus was upbeat and the students were totally absorbed in the festive spirit of Lohri. The function started with a shabad, making everyone dive into the fervour. There were speeches in English and Punjabi highlighting the importance of the festival of Lohri and Makar Sankranti, which ushers in the cheerful spring season bidding adieu to the dull winter.

Principal Mr. Stanley Anthony and Coordinator Ms. Rashmi Saini greeted the Cambrians and encouraged them to value their cultural heritage.

All the students and teachers took part in the celebrations enthusiastically. Groundnuts and sweets were also distributed among the students. A colourful programme was held on this occasion in the spirit of the harvest festival of Punjab that prompts people to be thankful for God's provisions and to celebrate his creations, its focus on farming.