JBCN Newsletter-Snippets -Quarter 2 18th August, 2012 - 7th November, 2012

A JBCN Education Venture SNIPPETS Mumbai | 18th August, 2012 - 7th November, 2012 | Vol.2 www.jbcnschool.edu.in From the Vice Principal's desk Trustee Speaks Dear Parent, Our Mind Body Soul programme which combines academics, cocurriculars and life skills continues to create a platform of expression for our learners, where the sheer joy of learning and understanding is reflected in the way they approach a new topic introduced, an event or a new sporting skill. This has been demonstrated year after year, and we are satisfied as educators as you would be as parents. It is this freedom, this exposure to a variety of learning experiences be it field trips or the National Geographic Explorer or First In Math or homeroom time which has been instrumental in allowing learners to successfully host yet another thematic presentation for their parents this Quarter, sharing all they have learnt, their rationale and understanding. Some visiting heads of schools from other educational institutes were in awe with the clarity, confidence and content being delivered in each work station, an outstanding achievement for the hardwork put in by teachers and the learners! Our goal is the last 3 years has been to build an understanding and develop their thinking skills further which will define their academic success in latter years. We have continuously stressed our goal has been to build a strong foundation which enables us to escalate and scale up and introduce with ease as the programme evolves. We truly appreciate the support and open discussions we have had with parents through PTA meets or class meets and this partnership between the home and school ensures that we are able to create bigger and effective programmes for our learners. Together we have identified areas of opportunities and channelised all our findings into a structured Language Enrichment (Writing skills) programme which will be shared with parents during the Orientations scheduled for Quarter 3 as well as Math and Science value adds, again practically demonstrated to one and all during our quarterly orientations. Each and every learner and his or her progress is critical to us and we have created individual focus areas to build on skills which require assistance and escalate those that are developed already. This remains our commitment and we urge parents to work with the school team, aware that the goals of academic excellence are common and will be achieved. We are excited about the ICSE Candidate status achieved and believe continued and dedicated efforts by the school team and learners will position Jbcn International School Borivali as a premier educational institute in the country. Our request as educators to all parents is allow the learners to blossom and develop at their own pace and allow them to live and realise their own dreams. The self realisation, and being accountable for their own actions, sometimes means they will make mistakes but we believe these life lessons will truly make them complete individuals, our ultimate goal. We forward to welcoming our learners back to school and are excited to introduce new strategies and idea this December! Happy New Year, Yours truly, Fatima Agarkar Managing Trustee Educational Milestones : CHILDREN’S NOOK GROUP OF PRE SCHOOL Pages 1 | Free Dear Parent, Let me begin with a statement by our great former PresidentDr A.P.J Kalam during his address to the British Parliament. 'If there is Righteousness in your heart, there is beauty in your character. If there is beauty in your character, there is harmony at home. If there is harmony at home, there is order in the Nation'. If there is order in the Nation, there is Peace in the world.' At JBCN we believe young people are the key to building a better future and we try to imbibe the same in our learners. JBCN has been supporting learners to become creative problem solvers and entrepreneurial inventors through education programs encouraging critical thinking, digital literacy and collaboration. We aim to promote active learning experiences and encourage learners to apply their classroom learning to real-world issues – nurturing young talents to thrive as champions of tomorrow. This was very much evident during our Theme Presentation. I am quite sure the parents had a sense of pride when they saw their young ones explain to them the theory behind all the observed concepts. As the sponsors of tomorrow, JBCN is directly involved in transforming education to enrich the lives of children with boundless opportunities, opened up by innovation and technology – inspiring and enabling the next generation of innovators capable of driving the economic growth of our future. At JBCN we believe that Language, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (LSTEM) education is vital to solving global challenges. We have always encouraged our learners to “Think Indian, Act Global”, as they say in it Sanskrit “VasudhaivaKutumbakam”(world as family). We believe that we never stop learning and want all of our children to develop a love of learning and be equipped with the skills to be lifelong learners. Dr. Narendra Shetty Vice Principal EID Celebration Navratri Celebration & Grandparents’ Day | JBCN PAN Academy | NSS HILL SPRING INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL