World indigenous peoples’ week was celebrated in GCIS in a huge way to make our students to be more aware about world’s indigenous population and contributions that indigenous people make to improve world issues such as environmental protection. The students of CBSE grade I to V presented 42 indigenous tribes picked from different corners of the world like Khasi, Warli, Kodava, Bodo, Somali.

The effort made and interest taken by the parents was evident in the costumes of the children. The enthusiasm and zeal with which the children participated and performed was extremely commendable.

Everything starts from a dot.

The CAIE students of grades 6 to 10 conducted Dot Painting Competition- a celebration of creativity, courage and self-expression.They created their favourite art designs, reminding themselves that they ALL are creative in their own way and can also make their mark in so many ways.Everyone’s portrait, using only dots, were vibrant depiction of their ingenuity.

Among all the spectacular end result, three of them bagged the prizes:

First – Nishtha Vats (Grade 7)

Second – Samiksha Das (Grade 7)

Third – Nuha Arif (Grade 7)

Congratulations to all the winners!

Their creativity doesn’t stop in August; they will continue to make their mark all year!

“A sweet friendship refreshes the soul”, the primary section of the Cambridge wing celebrated International friendship day with the children by indulging them in interesting activities under different themes-

Grade 1 -used thumb prints to create a friendship tree.

Grade 2- friendship flower, where they wrote special qualities of a good friend.

Grade 3- created a jigsaw puzzle, putting their hand drawn pictures of their friends together as a puzzle.

Grade 4 – “rainbow in someone’s cloud”- students wrote special attributes about their friends on the colorful paper strips attached to the clouds.

Grade 5 – friendship recipes, collecting all the good aspects of a friend.

Thereby, bridging their differences and emerging to bond, celebrate love and to cherish the love for their friends.

Wishing everyone a very “Happy Friendship Day”.

Intercultural awareness was celebrated on 30th July under the theme ‘Cuisine’. Food outlets, each class representing a country, with a variety of mouthwatering homemade delicious dishes tempted and attracted each and every one alike.

Students researched the countries of their class, presented their research through a rich diversity of recipes and demonstrated why particular foods are so special. An exhibition of stalls offered students a glimpse into the cultures, and in many cases a taste of some of the popular foods, of the many exhibiting countries. Countries represented included: Spain, Italy, China, Greece, Congo, England, Japan, Australia, Russia, France, Canada, Brazil, Czech Republic and New Zealand.

Relishing and sharing the food, happiness reigned the Cambridge Block. In under one hour, students were able to ‘travel the world.’

The students of GCIS participated in the Heritage Fest organized by ISKCON, Rajajinagar Bangalore on 30th and 31st July 2018. The Heritage Fest is an entertaining and enlightening cultural carnival of contests for students celebrating India’s vibrant culture and tradition. The students got a platform to showcase their unique innate talent on the occasion of the forthcoming Sri Krishna Janmashtami.

The students participated enthusiastically in the Inter School Dance & Music Competitions. The competition had participation from a wide number of schools from around the city all vying with one another for the coveted trophy. The Fest is culminating at the Palace Grounds, with a grand prize distribution ceremony on Sunday, 2nd September 2018.

A guest student, Tom RauBen from Arnold-Jansenn-Gymnasium School, Germany visited Global City International School to learn India culture and how the school functions. Tom had a day’s visit at GCIS to explore the teaching and learning in an Indian, international school. He shared practices of his country with our students and indeed very impressed with the teachers, methodologies used in the classes and the students of GCIS. He took part in regular lessons and shared his dance movements too with our tiny tots of Kindergarten.

Students of our senior school (grades IX to XI) together with their parents were invited to attend a workshop on ‘Career Guidance’. Ms. Susmitha Shroff, strategic facilitator from univaritey clarified doubts and concerns raised by the parents and students.

Intercultural collaboration, International understanding, and learning by doing are at the core of everything we do at Global City International School. We are hosting a group of people from Russia who are here to experience the Indian way of living, and learning. This group of students and teachers visited Mysore with faculty and students from GCIS on 24th June 2018.

‘’It was an excellent trip; we enjoyed every bit of it” says Mr. Victor who is a Geography teacher in his motherland. The team started early in the morning from the school campus, and returned late in the evening. The whole day was spent in Mysore sightseeing, and learning about this place of historical importance. The Mysore palace did not fail to astonish the foreign visitors. It is their luck to have had an excellent tour guide explain to them the history of not only the dynasty, but also the history of the palace, and the kings who reigned from there.

More than anything, the visitors were left speechless with the owe inspiring hosts of the Mysore zoo. Hailed to be one of India’s best zoological parks, it stuns visitors with birds, animals, and reptiles from across the globe.

18th June 2018 has been another glorious day to be remembered and cherished. A day that will go down the memory lanes of Global City International School.

This day has added another feather in the cap of achievements of Global City Institution. It marked the commencement of GCIS Pre University College. The Inaugural Event was graced by Mr. D Deepak – General Manager HR Bangalore Complex and Vice Chairman of HAL Education Society. The event started with the cutting of the ribbon for PU Classrooms by the Chief Guest Mr. D Deepak , President – Mr.Jaypal and GCIS Principal – Mr.Venkat Suresh Lolla. The Principal of the PU College, Ms. Manjula Kamalesh welcomed the gathering. This was followed by a beautiful invocation rendition by the students of Global City International School. The lamp signifying the spread of divine grace was lit by all dignitaries followed by a cultural dance performance, thereafter dignitaries took to the podium encouraging students to work hard for a bright and successful future. The entire event was compered by Ms Shanthi,M , the English Faculty of the PU college.

GCIS congratulates the 2nd batch of Gr X students of the CBSE Board for getting 100 % pass in the X Board Exams. The students put in lot of efforts, under the guidance and supervision of their dedicated teachers who did not leave any stone unturned for getting their students to achieve this result.

Yoga heals our mind, body and soul and hence, it won’t be wrong to say that this healthy practice helps to maintain sanity in our day to day life. Yoga is practised for over 5000 years now and people from all walks of life, caste, creed and age have adopted it to lead a happy lifestyle. To mark its importance, International Day of Yoga is celebrated every year on 21st June.

Global City International School celebrated Yoga Day by inviting a trainer from Heartfulness Institute. Ms. Aparna, a faculty from the Heartfulness Institute spoke about the importance of Meditation and the innumerable benefits it can bring if done regularly. She conducted a relaxation technique for the students and asked them to experience the calming influence it can have on the practitioner. She urged the students to try it out every day for about 5- 10 minutes.

With a vision to share 21st century-based innovative teaching and learning practices, 70 school leaders from all across India attended the ‘ Leader’s Camp’ held at our school on 21st June.

All the attendees observed classroom teachings to learn about the strategy adopted and how this translates through to classroom practice and children’s learning. Reflection on Teaching and Learning Method was also among one of the various sessions held at the camp. At the end of the day, the participants had an hour long session with our experienced Principal about the various aspects of the school’s dynamism. The overall outcome was tremendous.