Capacity Building Programme

Venue: Techno India Group of Schools, Ariadaha
Organized By: CBSE and Techno India Group of Schools, Ariadaha
Resource Person: Deboleena Roy and Mousumi Choudhuri
Participants: Shrayasi Dhang
Highlight: Interactive sessions on assessment techniques gained practical insights into formative and summative assessments. Training on Question paper setting understood the blueprint method of creating balanced question papers. Focus on learner centred lesson plan exposure to integrating real life examples and activity based learning. Collaborative Group activities encouraged sharing of ideas and exposure to diverse teaching strategies.

Junior Investiture Ceremony

Participants: Students of Classes IV – V
Highlight: The Junior Investiture Ceremony for the academic year 2025 2026 was held on 26th June, 2025 with great enthusiasm. Our Director Ma'am addressed the gathering of parents and students and emphasized the importance of leadership, duty and discipline in a student's life. The highlight of the event was the formal investiture of the newly elected student council members.

he Catalyst Project

Venue: ATL lab
Organized By: Rishihood University
Resource Person: Ms. Preksha Baid, Mr. Sohum Taparia, and Mr. Smith Shah
Participants: Students of Class IX
Highlight: Rishihood University conducted The Catalyst Project at the ATL Lab of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, led by experts Preksha Baid, Sohum Taparia, and Smith Shah. These workshops enriched the ATL ecosystem by fostering innovation, curiosity, and hands on learning among students. Total of 54 students participated in the event. The program covered three key areas: AI through Prompt Charades, smart tech in the IoT workshop, and design thinking in Prototyping. Each session introduced a practical concept in a fun and engaging format, building essential 21st centuries skill.

Inclusive Recognition Practices Implementation Strategies for Appreciation and Recognition

Organized By: Oxford University Press
Resource Person: Ms. Sonali Bhattacharya
Participants: Asfia Rafique
Highlight: The session was highly informative. The workshop focussed on two main types of recognition structured and unstructured. The following steps were shared to recognize : Recognition Bias Who am I recognizing? What am I recognizing? How am I recognizing? What patterns do I see?

Alipore Zoological Garden

The school has taken an initiative of adopting a Giraffe at the Alipore Zoological garden for a period of one year.

Workshop Time Management Technique

Resource Person: Sharmila Bera and Udita Chakraborty
Participants: Aakanksha Dorothy Das, Anurag Sultania, Anwesha Mukherjee, Arwah Hussain Deesawala, Balaka Chaudhury, Barnali Bandyopadhyay, Mandavi Pyne, Puja Dubey, Runa Ghosh, S. Anandhi, Sohini Mitra Jain, Sumana Ganguly, Suranjana Chakrabarti, Udita Chakrabory, Uma Jaiswal
Highlight: The workshop stressed on effective time management to achieve the desired goal. The time management skills to be developed, the pros and cons of time management and the different techniques that can be used were discussed. It highlighted the tool Pomodoro Technique for better focus and productivity.

Yoga Workshop

Participants: Teachers of Primary Department
Highlight: The workshop emphasized on the importance of including yoga in our life. We did many asanas to help ease our mind and body. The main theme of the workshop was "YOGA FOR ONE EARTH, ONE HEALTH". If we as teachers are healthy, we will be able to keep our students healthy. This will result in a healthy nation and a healthy Earth.

The Investiture Ceremony

Lakshmipat Singhania Academy lit the flame of leadership, responsibility and commitment in a solemn investiture ceremony as we officially welcomed our new Student Council and Committee members. The ceremony began with the handing over the Diya, symbolising the passing of light, wisdom and responsibility to the newly elected leaders . This was followed by the pinning of badges to the Council members by dignitaries a proud moment marking their official investiture into
leadership roles. The Director and Principal administered the oath to the Council Members, inspiring them to lead with integrity fairness and dedication. It was a heart-warming ceremony filled with pride, promise and purpose. Congratulations to all our young leaders – the future torch bearers of change!

Role of Appreciation and Recognition in Teacher and Student Wellness Developing a Culture of Appreciation

Organized By: Oxford University Press
Resource Person: Sonali Bhattacharyya
Participants: Asfia Rafique
Highlight: Recognition boosts dopamine (motivation), serotonin (well-being) and oxytocin (connection), while reducing stress. Appreciation changes the brain to support wellness and learning.

The Times Teachers' Conclave

Venue: The Park
Organized By: The Times
Participants: Sunitha R Dey, Subrato Chakraborty and Niladri Kumar Motilal
Highlight: The Times of India hosted the Times Teachers' Conclave, brought together high school educators for insightful discussions on evolving trends in education. Representatives from Adamas University, JIS Group, and several other reputed universities also showcased their academic programs to the participants.

How NEP/NCF Competencies Help Students Learn Better

Organized By: Eblity
Resource Person: Smita Tripathi
Participants: Asfia Rafique
Highlight: The session was informative. It was informed in the workshop that NEP 2020 places a significant emphasis on two things namely Introduction of Vocational Training as a part of the curriculum and Shift from Rote Learning to Competency Based Education. The Vocational Component of NEP 2020 in Schools for all the stages namely Foundational Stage, Preparatory Stage, Middle Stage and Secondary Stage was discussed.

CBP class 10 AI

Organized By: CBSE and Intel
Resource Person: Intel AI for Youth Team
Participants: Teachers of IT Department
Highlight: The teachers completed four days’ workshop on the updated AI curriculum of class X. Understood how to implement the theory and practical concept. Enjoyed hands on activity to create model using Orange software . Submitted project ideas at the end.

From Passive to Passionate: Unlocking Students Learning Engagement Through Fun Learning Experiences

Organized By: CENTA
Resource Person: Kristel Mendoza
Participants: Asfia Rafique
Highlight: The session was highly engaging and informative. The key takeaways from the workshop included Effective strategies for boosting student engagement, creating an inspiring and dynamic learning environment and promoting successful learning across all grade levels.

4 AI Tools for Teachers

Organized By: Tilli
Resource Person: Kavindya Thennakon
Participants: Asfia Rafique
Highlight: The workshop was very relevant and helpful for today's technology driven world. The names of the 4 AI tools were shared along with their advantages and how to use them. The workshop provided a thorough explanation on how to use them with prompts from CBSE curriculum.

Neil O Brien Quiz 2025

Venue: Dalhousie Institute
Organized By: Derek O Brien
Participants: Harshit Saraogi, Amol Dalmia, Arinjoy Mukherjee and Devansh Sultania 
Highlight: 4 Students of Class 12 participated in the Neil O Brien Quiz. It was an open Quiz for all ages. 108 teams had participated.

Rabindra Jayanti

Lakshmipat Singhania Academy celebrated the 164th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore with immense joy and pride. The day began with a soulful floral tribute to the bard followed by mesmerizing performances by the talented students and teachers. May the vision of Tagore continue to inspire the students to soar beyond boundaries.

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Election 2025 (Student Council)

Participants: Students of classes VI to XII
Highlight: Election 2025 in LSA started with announcement of filing the nomination for the candidates for students council and the committee. A Google form was floated as part of nomination form, which were scrutinized by the Election Committee. Few posts were selected by this Election Committee after meticulous scrutiny and rounds of interview of the candidates. Other posts were all elective posts where students and teachers voted on 8th May. Nominated candidates had
session with student and teachers during the Face-off on 7th May. Students along with teachers exercised their franchise to elect the best candidate and casting of votes went off smoothly.
Counting began on 9th May and by 2 p.m. results were declared. Our elections are a testimony that we strive to keep the democratic principles while working within the school premises.

Strategies to Enhance Foundational Reading Skills Across All Subjects

Organized By: Eblity
Resource Person: Gomathy Hariharan
Participants: Asfia Rafique
Highlight: The workshop focussed on empowering students with strategies to enhance comprehension, vocabulary and critical thinking skills for better learning outcomes in all subject areas. Various types of activities were informed that a teacher can conduct in the classroom. For example Syllable Clap, Blend it with Simon, Debate, Active Reading etc.

Cyber Security Workshop

Organized By: IT Department of LSA
Resource Person: Teachers of IT Department
Participants: LSA Teachers
Highlight: The IT Department conducted an enriching and engaging workshop on Cyber Security with the resources provided by Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (IC4). The resource person provided a Golden Mantra "STOP THINK TAKE ACTION", which will definitely help to stay safe in the digital world. Topics like Online Shopping Frauds, Social Media Impersonation, Quishing, KYC Scam, Juice Jacking, Investment Frauds and Deep Fake were taken up and discussed. Teachers also shared their experiences about the different frauds that they have faced. They were informed about the Dos and Don’ts of such online activities.

Conference for Internet safety for Teens

Venue: HHI
Organized By: Teen Fact Checking Network, BOOM, New Delhi
Resource Person: Faculty members of the Organising Group
Participants: Mr. Niladri Motilal, Aabha Pareek, Chhavi Hirawat, Havish Doshi, Niyati Hirawat
Highlight: The conference featured expert led sessions on digital identity, internet safety, and misinformation awareness. Students actively engaged in media literacy workshops, interactive quizzes, and thought provoking discussions that fostered critical thinking and responsible digital behavior.

English Language Workshop for Classes 5-8

Organized By: The Teachers' Centre
Resource Person: Mrs. Hilda Peacock
Participants: Suman Kumari Rawat
Highlight: The workshop was based on certain writing skill topics. Mrs. Peacock rightfully emphasised on punctuations and the regular practice of the format in letter writing. One important aspect of the format included reinforcing the correct way of writing the date which Mrs. Peacock considers more of a life skill. Her insights on Picture Composition were accompanied by a diagram showing four concentric circles, each labelled with value points and hints. In her view students must be taught to write not just about and around the picture but also beyond it. In her concluding minutes, she discussed certain key points on framing multiple choice questions and drew attention towards chronological sequencing of questions and framing appropriate distractors.

Classroom Screening to Identify & Support Student with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Challenges

Organized By: Eblity
Resource Person: Gomathy Hariharan
Participants: Asfia Rafique
Highlight: The workshop focussed on how knowing the different types of behavioural challenges helps teachers prevent them and manage the classroom effectively, screening students allows teachers to identify those with behavioural challenges and adopt appropriate strategies and effective implementation of these strategies create a better learning environment.

Ethical Dimension of AI

Venue: The Frank Anthony Public School
Organized By: Teacher's Centre Kolkata
Participants: Teachers of IT Department
Highlight: We have learned about various domains of AI. Recapitulation of various learning approach were done through discussion. We had a hands-on experience with a software called tinkercad where we have learned to create a virtual working model. Enjoyed learning new things.

Session on Innovation & the Startup Ecosystem

Highlight: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, in collaboration with Adamas AIC & E-YUVA Centre, Adamas University, proudly hosted an Expert Session on Innovation & the Startup Ecosystem with Dr. Saptarshi Chatterjee, Innovation Mentor at Adamas University.

As part of the Student Innovator Programme (SIP), the session sparked entrepreneurial spirit and inspired our young innovators to think big and think bold!Empowering Future Innovators, One Idea at a Time!

Super Sunday Workshop - Theory of Knowledge

Organized By: Super Teacher
Resource Person: Vasudev Natarajan
Participants: Sharmita Bhattacharya
Highlight: The workshop enlightened us on how to reach the actual fact using different languages and methodologies.

Workshop-Emotion decoded with AI

Organised By; AI Facilitators community

Resource: Person Vineeta Garg

Participants: Teachers of IT Department

Highlight: We have learned how to use NLP and unravel the power of sentiment analysis with Orange. We have learned to decode the hidden patterns of emotions with orange. Experienced the Orange software to create the AI model and evaluate the same for the accuracy. Enjoyed the AI project shown by a student

XCelsior

 Venue:St Xavier's Collegiate School

Organized By: St Xavier's Collegiate School

Participants: Selected students from classes VII – XII

Highlight: The experience was truly valuable, offering our students a great platform to showcase their talents, exchange ideas, and gain immense knowledge. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the host school for their warm hospitality and excellent co-ordination, which made the event both engaging and insightful.

“A Letter to My Supermom” Campaign

On April 25, 2025, JK National Student Engagement programme, in collaboration with Daakroom, organized a successful day-long campaign at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy. The event, “A Letter to My Supermom,” engaged students from classes III to IX in various activities.

 Key Highlights

1.Students wrote heartfelt letters to their mothers on creatively designed paper, showcasing their emotions and artistic skills.

2.The school invited a few mothers to record a special moment: reading heartfelt letters from their children. This lovely initiative captured the emotions and joy of mothers cherishing words from their little ones.

3.Students shared their views on paper sustainability and environmental issues through interviews and video shoots.

4.A workshop, conducted by JK Paper, educated students (classes VI-VIII) about the sustainable production of paper, highlighting its benefits over plastic.

 Outcomes

The campaign promoted:

1.Emotional expression and appreciation for mothers

2.Awareness about paper sustainability and environmental responsibility

3.Value of traditional letter writing over digital communication

The event received positive feedback from the Director, Principal, and teachers, emphasizing the importance of such initiatives in fostering creativity, sustainability awareness, and meaningful connections.

Digital Detox Activities

Highlight: The pre-primary department of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy observed its first Digital Detox Day on Thursday, 24th April 2025. This is a special initiative designed to encourage students to take a healthy break from screens and immerse themselves in mindful and creative activities.
Our primary goal to introduce Digital Detox Day is to foster face-to-face interactions, improve focus and motivate children to explore activities beyond digital devices. This day will be observed on the last Thursday of every month.
On this day, students will be engaged in a plethora of activities such as classroom games, team-building exercises, art & craft activities, storytelling sessions etc.

Understanding the Science of Learning to Drive Better Academic Outcomes

Organized By: Eblity
Resource Person: Uttara Sharma
Participants: Asfia Rafique
Highlight: The session was informative and engaging. The workshop focussed on research backed strategies to improve teaching and help students perform better. Few activities shared were Concept Web, Video Snippet, Vocabulary Speed Round, What Would You Do, Two Truths and a Lie to name a few.

Regional Training Meet

Venue: Kurseong, West Bengal
Organized By: Edusports
Resource Person: Divyadeep Hada ( Product Head of Edusports)
Participants: Soma Ghosh
Highlight: The training camp included hiking and many team building activities that helped us bond with their fellow colleagues. They had practical and theoretical classes based on the new lessons introduced in the curriculum and received hands-on training. It was a fruitful and memorable training. This training aims to equip participants with new skills and knowledge relevant to their field.

An Enlightening Interaction with Mr. Premchand Palety, Founder & CEO of C Fore

We feel truly privileged for having had the opportunity to interact with a distinguished and erudite individual, Mr. Premchand Palety, the founder, Chief Executive of C Fore, a multidisciplinary research organization. The meeting, held on 22nd April 2025, was attended by the head of the institution, our Director, Ms. Meena Kak, along with our Principal, Ms. Jaya Misra, our Headmistress, Ms. Sumana Sen Ganguly as well as the coordinators, the administration staff, the special educators,Tinkering lab Incharge and the communicators.
Mr. Palety, with his vast experience in the field of education, shared profound insights on how to make learning more purposeful and enriching. He shared some of the best practices that have been adopted by some of the premier educational institutions of India.
The heads of our academy also apprised Mr. Palety about some of the pioneering pedagogical methods adopted by our academy as well as updated him about the accolades won by the academy in both scholastic and co-scholastic areas of learning in the last academic session.
The interactive session with Mr. Palety was a rewarding experience, offering both intellectual enrichment and personal motivation. Spending time with someone so intellectually grounded and yet so humble was truly enlightening. We would remain forever indebted to Mr. Premchand Palety for visiting us and sharing his thoughtful outlook on education.

Celebrating Earth Day 2025

Our students of Classes X and XI have tagged a few trees in our school campus as a part of Earth Day celebrations today. Flora QR Codes promote a healthy lifestyle by linking technology with nature. Scanning QR codes on plants provides insights into their benefits, encouraging environmental awareness and sustainable habits. This initiative fosters a deeper connection with nature, inspiring students to embrace eco-friendly and plant-based wellness practices in daily life.

Celebrating ATL Community Day 2025

Our Academy proudly hosted ATL Community Day at our Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) — an initiative by the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, aimed at fostering innovation and inclusivity in education.

This year’s celebration was made even more special as we welcomed students from five non-ATL schools: Abhinav Bharti High School, Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Ashok Hall Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Sushila Birla Girls’ School, and Future Hope. Their enthusiastic participation brought fresh energy and made the event truly impactful.

The day began with a warm welcome and a vibrant exhibition showcasing the creative projects developed by our students within the lab. This was followed by interactive, hands-on activities introducing participants to the fascinating world of robotics, electronics, and problem-solving—the very essence of ATL learning.

A standout moment was the inspirational address by our Director, Ms. Meena Kak, who passionately emphasized the transformative power of education in nurturing innovation and empowering the next generation of changemakers.

The day brimmed with curiosity, collaboration, and creativity, perfectly reflecting the spirit of ATL and honoring the legacy of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, whose birth anniversary we commemorate through this initiative.

AI for All challenge

Organized By: CBSE, Ministry of Education
Resource Person: Intel
Participants: Sudakshina Datta, Swati Mukherjee
Highlight: CBSE, Government of India and Intel have initiated online certification courses on Artificial Intelligence. They have completed AI Aware and AI Appreciate modules. After completion they each got a badge and certificate for that module. Students of class 9 were guided to complete these module.

Instructor’s Karate Training Seminar

Venue: Elias Meyer School (Kolkata)
Organized By: Hanshi Stanko Kumer from Germany
Participants: Shihan Dipak Kumar Shaw
Highlight: LSA Karate Instructor Shihan Dipak Kumar Shaw qualified as a 5th Dan Black Belt and was conferred with the title of "Shihan" after his Exam, which was taken by Hanshi Stanko Kumer.
Hanshi Stanko Kumer visited our school and also met the Director, Ms. M. Kak on 11th April 2025.

Masterclass Building career in Era of GenAI

Organized By: Swayam Plus and Wadhani Groups
Resource Person: Mr Anand Kulkarni
Participants: Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: The session began with an overview on the importance of Generative AI. The resource person discussed, with visual contents, the ways in which GenAI can be incorporated in different domains and different professions.

Webinar on Cyber Hygiene

Organized By: CBSE and Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre
Resource Person: Shri Nishant Kumar, Director I4C
Participants: Members of IT Department
Highlight: The webinar emphasized the importance of safe digital practices. It covered key threats like phishing and malware, and shared simple steps such as updating software, using strong passwords, enabling multi-factor authentication, and backing up data. The session also stressed the role of organizations
in promoting awareness of cybersecurity.

Workshop on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

Organized By: Student Outreach with Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Resource Person: Mr. Ajay Sharma and Dr. Chandrakala CB
Participants: Students of Classes IX – X and XII
Highlight: The AI workshop conducted for students, focused on career choices in AI emphasizing skill based learning like coding , data analysis and machine learning. The resource person discussed the different career opportunities with real life applications of AI in building skills.

Environmental Studies (Elementary Classes) - Capacity Building Program

Venue: Adamas World School
Organized By: COE Bhubaneswar (CBSE)
Resource Person: Sarbani Ghatak (LsA) and Poulomi Majumdar (Morning Bells)
Participants: Subhi V Vargiya, Sharmila Bera and teachers of 6 other schools
Highlight Enthusiastic mass participation and active engagement from the audience were witnessed throughout the event. All sessions were conducted efficiently and concluded on time. The sessions were engaging and interactive, with interesting activities that captivated the participants. The discussion on integrating EVS with other subjects such as Social Science, English, and Maths was particularly informative and insightful.

Workshop on Cybersecurity

Resource Person Avishek Raychoudhury
Participants Students of Classes VIII – X
Highlight The resource person demonstrated the use of various websites that can help us check the vulnerability of our email address. Demonstration of websites that can create morphed photos and how to identify a scam email id and the identification marks of a fake email from scammers were some of the highlights of the workshop.

Essential Etiquettes

Resource Person Ms. S R Dey and Ms. N Chanda
Participants Students of Classes VI - VIII
Highlight It was a comprehensive workshop that catered to all the basic amicable social behaviour patterns of the adolescent children. All the students of CBSE as well as the Cambridge section attended it. The students noted down 2 points of the 4 categories of etiquettes discussed to draw up the Code of Conduct for their own class.

Workshop on Cyberbullying

Resource Person: Our Headmistress, Ms. Sumana Sen Ganguly
Participants: Students of Classes III - V
Highlight: Children were well engaged in the workshop which highlighted the different forms and types of cyberbullying and their impact on individuals. Students were guided on how to stay safe online, respond to cyber threats, and support peers facing online harassment. It was an engaging session that promoted digital responsibility and awareness.

Code of Conduct and Basic Etiquettes

Resource Person: Peer educators
Participants: Students of Class V
Highlight: Interactive session taken by the Peer Educators of the school. The students were able to relate with them and discuss freely with them. Reinforcement of the code of conduct was done and the challenges faced by them discussed.

Handicraft Workshop

Resource: Person Amritah Sen
Participants: Students of Classes III – V
Highlight: The gift envelope making workshop was a successful and enjoyable learning experience for the Students. They learnt the steps to cut, fold and decorate the Fabriano sheets to form unique gift envelopes. Throughout the process they gained hands on experience in the artistic aspects of craft making.

Identifying Common Errors

Resource Person English Department of Middle School
Participants Students of Classes VI – VIII
Highlight All the common mistakes made by the students of the school were discussed and corrected through a detailed PowerPoint presentation by all the teachers of middle school.

Annual Lecture of Bichitra Pathshala

Venue: Indumati Sabhagriha, Jadavpur
Organized By: Bichitra Pathshala
Resource Person: Sudarshan Chakravorty
Participants: Sourina Bose
Highlight: The session was on Spatial Dynamics of a Dancing Body : Geometry of inner and outer space and its articulation. Choreographer Sudarshan Chakravorty spoke at length about the tangible and intangible dimensions that may be used while dancing and how it is connected to mainstream education.

Open Day with Dr. Atisha Ghosh (Dept of Economics, Warwick University)

Organized By: Dept of Economics, Warwick University
Resource Person: Dr. Atisha Ghosh
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: Dr. Ghosh spoke on the prospects of Economics and the facilities provided by the Warwick University. The session was very informative for the students.

Super Saarthi : Financial Literacy Workshop

Resource Person Vedant Shah and Sweekriti M Chhaparia
Participants Students of Classes V – IX
Highlight Students of Classes V to IX of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy and Lakshmipat Singhania Academy International participated in the Financial Literacy workshop conducted by Super Saarthi. The interactive session aimed to equip young minds with essential money management skills and wise financial decision making. The workshop covered fundamental concepts such as: saving and budgeting, the importance of emergency funds through fun activities, games, and real life examples.Various aspects of money management were discussed. Students were made aware of the difference between 'want' and 'need'.

Alipore Zoological Garden

The school has taken an initiative of adopting a tiger at the Alipore Zoological garden for a period of one year.

CBP on Science in Elementary Classes

Venue: Mahadevi Birla World Academy
Organized By: Mahadevi Birla World Academy
Resource Person: Ms Arunima Roy and Ms Suchismita Saha
Participants: Priya Mozumdar, Tikshna Chopra
Highlight: The session started off with discussion on NCF 2005. It was about integrating Science in classroom to enhance student engagement and learning.

Quilling Workshop

Resource Person Ms. Sumana Paladhi
Participants Students of Classes III – V
Highlight Students of classes 3 to 5 participated in the quilling workshop, creating two beautiful flowers using different quilling techniques. The workshop helped in promoting creativity, fine motor skills and patience among the students.

Cyberfair Competition: project submission

Organized By: Globalscjoolnet.org
Resource Person: Globalschoolnet.org
Participants: Entire school participated in this through various activities
Highlight: Our academy has submitted final website for Cyberfair international competition. We chose category 4 which was business and organisations. The event started in the month of November 2024.

website link: https://cyberfairlsa.wixsite.com/my-site-6

Training on HIV/AIDS and other health related issues.

Venue: Swasthya Bhawan
Organized By: West Bengal State AIDS Prevention & Control Society, Dept of Health & Family Welfare,
Resource Person: Dr. Debjani Banerjee, Dr. Mousumi Datta
Participants: Soma Pal Roy, Tanushree Das
Highlight: This workshop was conducted to equip teachers and peer educator with necessary knowledge to educate students about HIV, its transmission, prevention, and stigma reduction as well as the importance of community awareness.

Grand Parents Day

"The school Assembly Hall resonated with the sweet sounds of children's voices as they walked in with  their beloved grandparents. Eyes sparkled and hands clapped as they played a variety of games creating an atmosphere of pure joy. Everyone enjoyed delicious snacks and ice creams adding to the warm and inviting atmosphere. It was a day of cherished moments, a celebration of the special bond between generations."

Convocation Ceremony

Convocation Ceremony – A Day of Inspiration and Reflection
The much-awaited Convocation Ceremony of the primary section of LSA was held on 6th March, 2025, marking a moment of celebration and reflection for the students of classes 2 and 5. The ceremony began with the opening song, Goodbye, Our Friends, that beautifully set the mood for the ceremony, evoking feelings of nostalgia and anticipation. Following this, the students participated in a Pledge-taking ceremony, a significant moment where they reaffirmed their commitment to honesty, dedication, and perseverance. To further inspire the students, a motivational video was shown, emphasizing the importance of staying focused on their dreams. Next, the audience was treated to a powerful dance performance to the song *Rise Up*. The ceremony continued with the much-anticipated certificate distribution. Director Ma’am distributed certificates to the HRTs of classes 2 and 5. Director Ma’am also addressed the gathering, offering motivating words that encouraged the students to face any challenges ahead with unwavering determination. Finally, the ceremony concluded with a heartfelt Vote of Thanks and the National Anthem, leaving everyone with a sense of pride and inspiration.

Professional Skills Development

Organized By: Dakshata
Resource Person: Dr. Anita Nuna, Dr. Ritu Modi, Dr Pavnesh Kumar
Participants: Abhishek Sarkar, Birjay Raj Shaw
Highlight: The workshop enhanced the knowledge and skills as per the NEP 2020 and NCF 2020 along with the creativity among the teachers.

Three Days Online Programme on Professional Skills Development for Teaching Community

Organized By:Dakshtaa
Resource Person: Dakshtaa
Participants:Niladri Kumar Motilal, Sourina Bose
Highlight:The three-day session highlighted what the NEP 2020 is all about and how we can modify our teaching content keeping in mind the NEP guidelines. The highlights were about a student’s
well-being, nurturing creativity, integrating subjects and evaluation methods.

Literature in the Cambridge Curriculum

Resource Person: Sudeshna Chowdhury
Participants: Srabanti Deb, Sunitha R. Dey, Lopamudra Chakraborty, Lohita Nag, Swarnali Datta, Sweata Gomes and Suman K. Rawat
Highlight: A professional development workshop was conducted focusing on effective teaching strategies of English Literature in the Cambridge curriculum. The workshop dealt with both classical and contemporary literature which allowed teachers to share their experiences and discuss challenges in implementing certain methodologies. Educators were equipped with valuable insights to refine their teaching approaches and ensure learning experience for the students.

AI facilitator Symposium

Organized By:CBSE,Intel
Resource Person:Dr. Biswajit Saha , Rahil Singh,IAS and Panel discussion by other facilitator
Participants: Teachers of IT Department
Highlight: We have learned that building an AI-ready generation requires integrating AI literacy into education to enhance problem-solving, creativity, and ethical decision-making. Hands-on learning with emerging technologies, such as robotics and coding, fosters experiential understanding and real-world applications. Bridging the skill gap is essential to prepare students for future careers by developing critical thinking, adaptability, and digital fluency.

Zoo Trip

Venue: Alipore Zoo

Participants: Students of Pre School I and Class I

Highlight: Children visited Alipore Zoo amidst pleasant weather. They saw many animals in their enclosures and were excited to see the Royal Bengal Tiger our school has adopted. Children learnt about the facts and habitats of the animals they saw.

Neel Darpan – An academic workshop

Venue: KCC and Weavers’ Studio

Organized By: KCC and Weavers’ Studio

Participants: Amritah Sen, Piu Mahapatra

Highlight: Neel Darpan was an academic workshop about the use of indigo colours on textiles and its use in Bengal. The workshop was conducted by Ms. Priyadarshinee Guha (associate vice president of KCC) and Ms Amita Prasad (director, Manovikas Kendra). The owner of the Byloom store Mr. Bappaditya Biswas shared his experience with indigo on textiles.

CBP Learning Outcome and Pedagogies

Venue:Saini International School
Organized By:CBSE
Resource Person:Ms. Monideepa Bhaduri and MS. Sougata Dasgupta
Participants:Suman Rawat, Priyanka Kumari
Highlight:They visited Saini International School for a CBP on Learning Outcomes and Pedagogies. Ms. Sougata Dasgupta and Ms. Monideepa Bhaduri conducted interactive sessions and focussed on activities which allowed participants to collaborate and communicate with each other. The participants prepared various Learning Outcomes based on Bloom`s Taxonomy and drafted Rubrics for various
objects and topics. The participants were able to learn about the relevance of 21st-century skills. They were also introduced to the measures of spreading awareness among parents and other
stakeholders about specially abled children. The difference between Learning Objectives and Learning Outcomes was also established.

Vitamin D3 awareness workshop for Teachers

Organized By:Apollo hospitals
Resource Person:Dr Sunanda Pandey
Participants:All female teachers
Highlight:The workshop made us aware of the problems arising from the depletion of Vitamin D3 in our body as we age. It also focussed on the associated problems and the side effects of an overdose of the vitamin in our body.

Webinar on Building resilience in a changing world

Organized By: Oxford University Press India
Resource Person: Yvette Lee
Participant: Manidipa Lahiri
Highlight: The webinar commenced with a series of photographs highlighting the impact of global warming and environmental changes. It then explored the definition of resilience, the key characteristics of resilient individuals, and proactive strategies to cultivate resilience. Additionally, three essential skills for developing resilience were discussed, providing valuable insights for participants.

Asian Space Settlement Design Competition

Venue: Amity University Dubai
Organized By: National Space Society
Participants: Students of Classes X – XI
Highlight: Students learnt how to work and manage with team members from other countries and schools. 30 schools participated in this event.

School Picnic

Venue: Space Jump

Participants: Students of class II

Highlight: Students visited an indoor play area called Space Jump for their annual school outing. They had an exciting time playing and exploring with their friends and teachers. They engaged in many fair play activities and bonded well with their peers. They were served delicious snacks and drinks. It was a memorable experience for one and all.

Saraswati Puja at our Academy

At Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Saraswati Puja was celebrated with devotion and enthusiasm, on 2nd February, 2025, bringing students, teachers, and staff together in a spiritual and cultural festivity. The deity was adorned with flowers and the traditional alpana, added to the divine atmosphere. Students dressed in traditional attire offered prayers and "Anjali" to Goddess Saraswati, seeking her blessings. The priest conducted the puja by chanting sacred mantras, while everyone participated in the rituals with reverence, following which prasad was distributed among all. This celebration not only honours tradition but also creates a sacred environment reinforcing the importance of learning and enlightenment.

The Formal Farewell of the batch of 2024-2025

The Formal Farewell of the batch of 2024-2025 was held on the 1st of February, 2025, in the school which is a unique ceremony that commenced with the lighting of the inaugural lamp by our Director, Ms. Meena Kak, the Principal and the Senior School Coordinator. An outline map of India replete with floral arrangement attracted the attention of all as the students stood with their diyas along the edges of the map of India. The students had to light their diya from the Director of the Academy, the Principal and the Senior School Coordinator which were then placed on the border of the map.
The map of India signifies the diverse paths that each student would traverse in India and abroad once they move out of the sheltered nestle of the school.
In her speech, the Director of the Academy highlighted the importance of the light of the lamp that would guide each student to face the challenges of the world with determination and with the values that
they have imbibed from school. Following this message were the speeches delivered by the
Senior School Coordinator, the respective Class Teachers and a few parents
who extended their heartfelt gratitude towards the school.
A melodious farewell song was presented by the students of the Academy followed by the vote
of thanks by the Principal that brought the curtain down to the day’s event.

Commemorating Martyrs’ Day and celebrating a literary milestone

On the solemn occasion of Martyrs’ Day, students from classes 8, 9, and 11 gathered for an emotionally charged session led by Dr. Major Mohammad Ali Shah, who shared enticingly vivid tales of his comrades—stories of extraordinary bravery, selfless sacrifice, and the final, heartfelt letters they penned to their families before heading to the frontlines in defense of the nation. This tribute to the martyrs stirred deep emotions, reminding everyone of the profound sacrifices made in the pursuit of freedom and honour.

The occasion also saw the launch of Blissfully Yours Always, a nostalgic memoir by Ms. Antara Mohan, which revisits the vibrant days of school life. Through her words, she honours the guidance of her school mentors, the life lessons they imparted, and the indelible memories that continue to shape her journey.

It concluded with Director Ma’am Meena Kak sharing her own poignant reflections, weaving a personal connection to the themes of sacrifice, remembrance, and the enduring power of those life lessons.

With the book launch serving as a fitting conclusion, the event was a meaningful blend of honouring our martyrs while celebrating the legacy of learning and growth within our school community.

Research in the English Classroom

Organized By British Council
Participants Sudeshna Chowdhury
Highlight The 12 hour course, organised by British Council UK, dealt with how to reflect on and explore issues
in one's teaching context, plan and carry out a small scale classroom research project and
communicate the findings of the research effectively.

AI Capacity Building program for school

Venue: RCCIIT
Resource Person: Dr. Anirban Mukherjee and Dr. Srijan Bhattacharya
Participants: Swati Mukherjee
Highlight: It was an enriching workshop where we got a scope to learn various AI tools to accomplish administrative job. Learned to use various tool to prepare lesson plan, schedule and question paper. Learned an AI model using various stages of AI project cycle. Looking forward to learn more and implement the same in the teaching process.

School picnic for students

Venue: Nicco Park, Kolkata
Participants: Students of Classes VI – VIII
Highlight: Students went for a picnic to Nicco Park. They went on various rides and played games. The day was filled with fun, laughter and joy. The day long picnic brought a shared spirit of camaraderie among the students.

Students' Picnic

Event: Students' Picnic
Venue: Nicco Park
Participants: Students of Class VIII and IX
Highlight: Students enjoyed the rides in Nicco Park. They played at the lawn area outside Nicco Park.Students enjoyed all the activities. The food served was good.

CSIR Jigyasa Outreach Programme

Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre
Organized By: International Convention On Glass
Resource Person: Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
Participants: Students of Class IX
Highlight: CSIR held the 27th International Congress on Glass 2005. It featured lectures from distinguished international and national scientists to discuss the recent technological breakthrough and application in glass science.

PRS Parliamentary Debate

Venue: New Delhi
Organized By: PRS Team
Participants: Daksh Agarwal (XI C), Mahey Jain(XI B), Saanvi Agarwal(XI D)
Highlight: Students visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Parliament as a part of the pre event. They were enraptured by the history that lay in its every nook and corner.

Seminar on Exploring Women's Participation in Politics

Organized By:KREA University

Resource Person: Prof.  Proma Ray Chowdhury

Participants: Students and parents of Classes X - XII

Highlight: Parents were invited to witness the seminar. It was a good interactive session. Students learnt the procedure of the admission process of the KREA University.

Tana Bana

Participants: Students of Classes III – XII
Highlight: Tana Bana a textile fair was organised by the school to promote local artisans. It was open to students, teachers and parents. Students came down to the hall in batches to buy the items and wholeheartedly participated in helping the local artisans.

Painting Essay and Debate Competition

Venue: Regional Meteorological Centre, Kolkata
Organized By: India Meteorological Centre
Resource Person: Government of India
Participants: Students of Classes VIII – IX
Highlight: 6 students participated in the competition. Information regarding weather and how weather department works was shared with students.

School Picnic

Venue: Shiv Shakti Garden
Participants: Students of Classes III – V
Highlight: A picnic is a great way to spend quality time with friends. Outdoor games played help to improve physical health. It is a stress buster for students from the daily routine of school and academics. The memories created last life long and helps strengthen friendship among the children.

Oxford Junior Literary Festival

Venue: Oxford Book Store
Organized By: Teacher's Centre
Resource Person: Sutapa Basu
Participants: Students of Classes III – V
Highlight: The children learnt different techniques of story telling. They drew characters as per the given instructions and gave it a name, thereby, giving wings to their imagination. It was an interactive and fun filled session. Students had a thrilling time as they interacted with authors who read out excerpts from their books and discussed at length about story writing, about beauty of creative thinking and about the pivotal role played by characters in stories.

Annual Intramural Sports Day

Venue: Gitanjali Stadium
Participants: Students from Montessori to Class XII
Highlight: All the students of the school got an opportunity to take part in the event. It was a wonderful event which had a mix of drill performances, welcome song, athletic events and March Past. Olympic shooter Mr. Jaydeep Karmakar graced the occasion as the chief guest. The 3-day event was held smoothly and successfully.

Ganga Ghats Cleaning Drive

Venue: Mallick Ghat, Chotelal ki Ghat
Organized By: Kultx
Resource Person: Kultx
Participants: Aarav Agarwal(IX A), Arjun Kejriwal(IX A), Daksh Sancheti(IX A), Dhairya Khetan(IX D), Gourav Giria (IX C), Hansvi Jain(IX A), Harshit Tantiya(IX D), Jaivardhan Jhunjhunwala(IX B), Priyam Agarwal(IX D), Riya Agarwal(IX A)
Highlight: Students cleaned plastic waste from the Ghats of River Ganga. There was active participation by all students. Heritage walk helped them to know more about the urban history. Session on wrestling helped them gain knowledge about the indigenous martial art.

Workshop on Generative AI

Organized By: AIFC and Intel
Resource Person: Mr. Yogesh Mishra
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: It was an upskilling workshop about the new AI curriculum for class 9 on Generative AI. He discussed about the approach to the topic with real life examples and the usefulness of Generative AI in the current scenario.

Workshop on Generative AI

Organized By: IT Department of LSA
Resource Person: IT Teachers
Participants: Teachers of LSA
Highlight: Teachers of the IT department of LSA conducted a workshop for in house teachers on how to use the various AI tools designing and preparing their lesson plans and even framing question papers. 
Various AI tools like Canva, ChatGPT, gamma.ai etc which can be effectively used for creating visuals, easily create presentations based on the content provided by you. Teachers were also notified to use the ChatGPT with discretion.

Upgrade Upskill

Organized By: SVP School Culture and education Gems Education
Resource Person: Mr WillBrord George
Participants: Sharmita Bhattacharya, Sanjeeb Banerjee
Highlight: The workshop was very informative, and interactive and provided innovative and resourceful information about how to use AI in teaching- learning process.

CBSE National Adolescent Summit 2024 (Delhi)

Venue: National Bal Bhawan (Delhi)
Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: CBSE
Participants: Ahana Ganeriwala (IXB), Kanav Shroff(IXA), Avni Khodiar(XID), Akshat Harbhajanka(XIA)
Highlight: The trip to Delhi for the National Adolescent Youth Summit by CBSE, 2024 was an amazing experience for all our students. It was a two-day event in which students from different states participated. Students were involved in various activities such as dancing, acting, public speaking and quiz.

Ananda

Venue: Prinsep Ghat 1
Organized By: Sea Explorers' Institute
Resource Person: Sea Explorers' Institute
Participants: Chetananya Kala(IX C), Dhairya Bachhawat(IX C), Shiwang Anand Nagwani (IX C)
Highlight: Display of various types of boats which included different traditional boats, Naval and Jal Police boats to spread awareness on water conveniences, pollution and boatmen. It was the first effort of Sea Explorers to showcase this event, though they have been working for this cause for the last 40 years. Students got to know the history of some boats.

Spellympic

Venue: Birla High School Mukundapur
Organized By: Birla High School Mukundapur
Participants: Devansh Bhojanagarwala (V Asters), Priyangi Tibrewal (IV Bluebells), Sriaansh Datta(V Daisies)
Highlight: Three students from classes 4 and 5 participated in Spellympic 2024, held on 16th December at BHSM. The event helped the students enhance their spelling, grammar and word building skills. The participants learnt to work as a team and were motivated to continue learning and improving their spelling and word building skills.

Gamification in Education

Organized By: SuperTeachers
Resource Person: Vasudevan
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: The resource person gave an insight into how we can draw the attention of the students and keep them focussed by adding gaming activity to our lessons. It could be using Flashcards, or by awarding them with better places in the class for a correct answer or converting the whole text to a story, or finding short names to remember complex processes.

29th Founder’s day Programme

Venue: Kala Mandir
Highlight'; Lakshmipat Singhania Academy celebrated its 29th Founder’s Day on 7th December, 2024 at Kalamandir with great enthusiasm and grandeur. The occasion was honoured by the presence of Shri Sanjeev Sanyal, Member of the Economic Advisory Committee to the Honourable Prime Minister of India, as the Chief Guest. The event featured a heartfelt choir performance on women empowerment, insightful speeches by Mr. Bharat Hari Ji Singhania, Director Ms. Meena Kak, and Principal Ms. Jaya Misra, along with student felicitations. A captivating dance drama paying tribute to legendary filmmakers added to the charm of the evening, which celebrated innovation, legacy,
and transformative education.

30th National Sahodaya Conference 2024

Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre
Organized By: Kolkata Sahodaya
Participants: Jaya Misra, Soumya Ghosh
Highlight: A two-day conference which gave a scope to interact with the CBSE officials, and 1200 delegates from different parts of the country, and abroad. Some sessions were truly enriching sustainable goals, bridging the digital divide, social media impact on student's mental health, inclusive education and preparing students to be future-ready.

Webinar on Building Resilient Communities

Organized By: Oxford University Press
Resource Person: Ms Neerja Singh
Participants: Manidipa Lahiri
Highlight: Very nicely and realistically discussed how to create a Happy Classroom for a conducive teaching-learning atmosphere keeping various social issues in mind, which are the distractors. Trust deficit vs Empathy Deficit, Eco anxiety disorder, fear of environmental doom, Social media and morality stories are preached that anything is possible, Everybody wins, Quick Success and Equality which are illusions, never true in reality.

Workshop by Ahmedabad University

Organized By: Ahmedabad University
Resource Person: Prof. Abhinandan
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: The topic of the discussion was The Application of Game Theory in real life. Students found it very interesting.

Workshop on Effective Communication

Venue: Sri Sri Academy
Resource Person: Barry O’Brien
Organised by: Headword Publishing Company
Participants: Sunita R. Dey , Sweata Gomes
Highlight: It was an effective session with Mr. Barry O Brian on effective technique of communication. We learnt effective tips that can bring life to in any class.

Heritage Quiz

Venue: Vidya Mandir
Organized By: Birla High School
Participants: Siddharth Mukherjee, Bhavravi Dutta, Aryaman Kanoria, Hemang Saraf, Shreyan Chattopadhya. Anahita Bhadra, Saagun Chakraborty, Khushi Raman, Sanadhiya
Highlight:  An engaging and innovative quiz centered on Indian heritage was conducted recently, aiming to deepen participants' understanding of the country's rich cultural legacy. This quiz not only tested the participants' knowledge but also offered an interactive platform to explore India’s diverse traditions, art, history, and values.

TCS Quiz

Venue: G D Birla Sabhaghar
Organized By: TCS
Resource Person: TCS
Participants: Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight: Total 7 students from classes IX to XII participated in the quiz. They are(Kanav Shroff 9A, Renaudb Bhowmik 9B, Amol Dalmia 11A, Anoket Agarwal 11A, Arinjoy Mukherjee 11A, Srikar A 12A and Aneek Chakraborty 12A) .They enjoyed learning through the quiz session. Srikar Ayalasomayajula of class
12 has been selected for the final round. They have enjoyed and enhanced their knowledge and skill.

Times NIE Teachers Meet

Venue: Fairfield by Marriott
Organized By: The Times NIE and RCCIIT
Participants Niladri Kumar Motilal, Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: Attended the Times NIE Teacher Meet themed "AI Capacity Building Program for Schools" in collaboration with RCC Institute of Information Technology and Intel. The event featured expert insights and discussions on fostering AI literacy in education. It celebrated teachers' contributions while providing practical strategies to empower students with future skills.

Workshop - on Transformative Learning

Venue: Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
Organized: By Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
Resource Person: Transformative Learning
Participants: Tanusree Das
Highlight: Mrs. Aloka Guha, gave an introduction to NEP 2020. Dr. Ameeta Mulla Wattal delivered her speech on Transformative Learning with mind blowing activities. Prof. Nihad Bunar and Dr. Helen Knutes Nyqvist from Stockholm University, Sweden spoke on 'Supporting children with SEN through inclusive Policy and practice' and 'The making of Arts with students with special needs' respectively.

Day Visit to Antaragram Hospital

Venue: Antara Hospital
Resource Person: Antara Management
Participants: Students of Classes XI & XII
Highlight: A very enriching life time experience for students. They directly interacted with the patients.

Annual picnic for classes 9 and 10

Venue: Nicco Park
Organized By: Travel India and LSA
Participants: Students of Classes IX – X
Highlight: The school organized its annual picnic to Nicco Park, with 182 students and 15 teachers participating in the fun-filled outing. Upon arrival, everyone enjoyed a wholesome breakfast before exploring the park's thrilling rides and attractions, such as roller coasters, water slides, and group games. Teachers ensured the safety and engagement of students throughout the day, creating a joyful and secure environment. A delicious lunch was served in the afternoon, providing a much-needed break before resuming activities. The picnic was a resounding success, offering relaxation, entertainment, and memorable moments for all participants..

Green Olympiad

Organized By: TERI
Resource Person: Energy and Resource Institute (TERI)
Participants: Selected students from classes IV – XII
Highlight: Examination held on 20th November 2024. 30 students participated in it. The olympiad is creating awareness on sustainable development.

Mindler Career Counselling

Organized By: Mindler
Resource Person: Mindler coach
Participants: Students and parents of classes XI & XII
Highlight: Class XI students along with their parents had 1:1 session to help them in their future career plans.
Different workshops were held for classes IX & X . Separate sessions were conducted for class XII Science, Humanities, Commerce streams. Mr. Dhanda conducted a session for the parents of students studying in class XII.

Bengali Word Game

Venue: Oxford Bookstore
Organized By: Oxford Bookstore and ABSU
Resource Person: Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob
Participants: Agnieszka Roy, Anumeha Mukherjee, Banhishikha Mitra, Bianca Mandal, Samriddhi Ray Chaudhuri all of (V BLUEBELLS)
Highlight: Children enjoyed the fun and interactive word games in Bengali. These word games were designed by Shabdabaaji, which has almost two lakh followers on Social media

Teachers' Conference

Venue: Rabindranath Tagore Centre: Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Organized By: Institution of Company Secretaries
Participants: Abhishek Sarkar, Bijay Raj Shaw, Poulomi De
Highlight: Practical exposure on tax planning and guidance on GST was given. It was informative.

Beyond Boundaries: A Girl's Journey Through Stereotypes

Venue: British Deputy High Commission Kolkata
Organized By: CRY
Resource Person: Ms. Nilanjana
Participants: Abeer Dannani(XI C), Mahek Chandak(XI C), Manvi Lohia(XI D), Palak Saraf(XI C), Prisha Madaan (XI D), Prisha Malani(XI D), Samriddhi Harlalka(XI C)
Highlight: 7 students from Lakshmipat Singhania Academy went to British Deputy High Commission in Kolkata on 16th November, 2024 for the CRY campaign based on 'Beyond Boundaries: A Girl's Journey Through Stereotypes'. The event began with an introduction by Ms Nilanjana , a cry representative talking about the challenges girl children face when completing higher and secondary education.

Importance of Gratitude

Resource Person: Jill Shah
Participants: Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight: Importance of gratitude for mental, social and emotional well-being and also for strengthening of human relationships was discussed in the session.

Play Way Webinar

Venue: Middleton Chambers
Organized By: Macmillan
Resource Person: Ms. Kavita Gupta., Ms. Sabha Islam and Ms. Swati Sarawagi
Participants: Joyoti Gondi, Rama Poddar
Highlight: The Webinar explained the importance of play in the development of early childhood. The emphasis was on story telling and circle time. These aspects were explained through games and activities. 
This was followed by study material displayed by Macmillan.

Lesson Plans must be Fun and Engaging

Resource Person: Ranjini Chakravarty
Participants: Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight The workshop emphasized on when students are having fun, they're more likely to be motivated and interested in what they're learning. This can lead to better retention of knowledge and improved academic performance.

15th International Conference

Venue: IIT Delhi
Organized By: IIT Delhi
Participants: Mrs JAYA MISRA (Principal)
Highlight: The two day conference focused on the theme Designing a Learner Centric School. It brought together educators pan India who discussed strategies to enhance learning for the learners of the 21st century.

Children's day programme

Participants: Students of Montessori to VIII
Highlight: The students wore coloured clothes and had their normal classes in the first half followed by a class party. Magic show was organised for classes I – V as well and the day ended by watching a movie Toy Story and were given school bag tags as a gift. Bouncy was arranged for Montessori to PSII where the students bounced their hearts out. Children's day programme was celebrated in Lakshmipat Singhania Academy to honor the birth anniversary of India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was deeply loved by children and affectionately called Chacha Nehru.The programme started with the garlanding the portrait of Pandit Nehru, followed by the beautiful
show. The teachers stole the show through entertaining skit, dances, and musical performances.

Social Service on Children’s Day

Venue: Badami Shishu Vidya Mandir, Howrah
Organized By: Sangharsh NGO
Participants: Selected students of classes XI-Akshat Harbhajanka, Maanvi Surana, Bhoomika Lunia, Divya Jain, Ishani Khandelwal, Nandani Khandelwal
Highlight: On the special occasion of Children's Day, the students of class CI XI went to Badami Shishu Vidya Mandir in Howrah to organise a workshop with Sangharsh NGO for the under privileged children with various engaging activities like making of bookmark, christmas trees followed by a cake cutting ceremony and a harmonious guitar show. Indeed, spreading smiles across all communities is a blessing and we should cherish the child within us!

Veer Gatha

Venue: Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium
Organized By: HQ Bengal sub area
Participants: Aashi Agarwal (XI B), Kritika Mina (XI D), Srividya DasS(XI D), VEedika Modi(XI D)
Highlight: Students have witnessed the contribution of the Indian Army. As a part of this, the students framed different projects through various media like art, poems, essays and multimedia on these gallantry award winners and best projects will be awarded at national level by Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Education.

"Archipelago" Art Exhibition

The esteemed art exhibition Archipelago was held from November 8 to December 1, 2024, at the Monalisa Kalagram in Koregaon Park, Pune. Curated by renowned art curator Lina Vincent, the exhibition presented a unique narrative of connection and individuality, featuring the creative expressions of ten women artists who have shared memories, places, learnings, teachers, and studios through their art exhibits.
Two Visual Art facilitators from Lakshmipat Singhania Academy and Lakshmipat Singhania Academy International had the privilege to participate in this enriching event. Their involvement highlighted the school’s commitment to encouraging artistic growth and connecting students and educators to the larger art community.
The concept of Archipelago explores the idea of women as islands—distinct yet interconnected by the deepest threads of shared experiences and consciousness. The exhibition is a journey across time and space, presenting artworks that celebrate the unity found within diversity, and the power of individual strength that contributes to a collective story. This event offered a meaningful space for attendees to reflect on the intersection of similarities and differences that bind us all, especially through the lens of womanhood and shared memory.
Archipelago was a remarkable artistic and educational experience for the school’s facilitators, providing fresh perspective and inspiration to bring back to the students of the Academy and the artist community.

Workshop on The Right Way to Write

Venue: Sri Sri Academy
Organized By: Teachers' Centre
Resource Person: Ms. Pamela Ryan
Participants: Afshan Nahid, Ishita Valentina Gomes
Highlight: The resource person discussed various methods through which writing skills of children could be improved.

Celebrate the Teacher

Venue: The Calcutta Boatside and Hotel Resorts
Organized By: Teachers' Centre
Resource Person: Wendy Leyland
Participants: Arwah Husaain Deesawala, Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: The progressive Educational Techniques Society arranged a small get together to celebrate International Teacher's Day. The officials arranged different types of games followed by quiz session. 
Teachers of different schools formed teams to know each other and have fun. Teachers danced their hearts out with catchy music and was awarded prizes after each event followed by High Tea. It was a fun filled evening for teachers.

Art of Feedback

Organized By: Super Teachers
Resource Person: Mr. Vasudevan
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza, Niladri Kumar Motilal
Highlight: The resource person provided the attendees with proven theories of the impact of good proper and well framed feedback remarks on the students. The feedback sandwich concept is one of the appropriate ways to provide an effective feedback. It was highly informative and practical, offering clear strategies to enhance the quality of feedback provided to students. The interactive approach and real life examples made the concepts easy to understand and directly applicable in the classroom. It was highly informative and practical, offering clear strategies to enhance the quality of feedback provided to students. The interactive approach and real life examples made the concepts
easy to understand and directly applicable in the classroom.

Roundtable Workshop on mainstreaming education on peace, global goals and the rule of law in classrooms

Venue: Sushila Birla Girls School
Organized By: UNODC
Resource Person: Mr Sarthak Pathak and Dr Satya Bhusan
Participants: Shrayasi Dhang, Niladri Motilal, Mishtuni Mukherjee
Highlight: The workshop highlighted the correlation between crime and drugs. It also focused on mentoring the students at an early age to eradicate any kind of criminal behaviour among the students and the role of teachers as a lighthouse to instill scientific temper among the students.

Colonial Town Walk

Venue: Dalhousie Square, Kolkata
Organized By: Teachers' Centre
Resource Person: Ms. Navpreet
Participants: Manjaree Mukherjee
Highlight: Kolkata was explored beyond the typical tourist spots. We got the exclusive glimpse of the city's extensive architectural styles, planning features, and ornamental details of the city, mapping the city's social and cultural past during the three hours walking tour.

Bootcamp on Sustainability

Organized By: IBM Skill Build
Resource Person: Rhema Joseph
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: It is a continuation of the 4-day workshop which took place on 24th and 25th October on Sustainability and its role in Education. The resource person emphasized that projects and curriculum are to be developed based on the sustainability so that students are accustomed and change their outlook and behaviour towards the environment.

Drama in the Classroom

Venue: La Martiniere for Girls
Organized By: Teachers Centre
Resource Person: Claudette Correira
Participants: Shristi Khanna, Radhika Shaw, Sweata Loreto Gomes
Highlight: Various methods of incorporating drama in classroom was shown. It was an interactive and experiential workshop. Role of drama in classrooms was explained through activities. It was interesting and fun filled session

International English Olympiad

Organized By: Science Olympiad Foundation
Participants: Students of I to V
Highlight: The exam was conducted on the date given by the Olympiad Foundation. Around 270 students from classes I to V appeared for the exam. Children attended enthusiastically.

BITM Educational Trip

Venue: BITM
Resource Person: BITM
Participants: Students of Classes VI – VIII
Highlight: Students visited Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM) on 7th November, 2024. The students visited several galleries, 3D Coal Mine show which allowed them to conduct their case studies on metallurgy. Visiting the exhibit of the coal mine enabled the students to understand the operating procedure and equipment of mining. 'Cracker Chemistry', a live show explaining the working of green crackers and fire engaged the students with live demonstration of experiments.

Webinar on International Day against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyber Bullying.

Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Mr. Anandrao Vishnu Patil , IAS
Participants: Teachers of LSA
Highlight: The webinar was very informative. A lot of information was shared on child safety and how to curb bullying at school. Discussion was done on cyber bullying.

Growth mindset in teaching and work life balance setting personal and professional goals

Organized By: Oxford University Press
Resource Person: Dr Sonali Bhattacharyya
Participants: Manidipa Lahiri
Highlight: It was a very interactive session. The difference between fixed mind set vs flexible mind set was explained. Earning has no age boundary, how neuron accepts new information and adopt new methods was explained. Work life balance is essential to be successful in profession as well as to be a happy human being. Change is the only key to success was the take-away from the event.

Integrity Pledge Ceremony

Participants: Students of Class IX
Highlight: During Vigilance Awareness Week, our school organized an "Integrity Pledge" ceremony for students, teachers, and staff to promote integrity and accountability. Participants pledged to uphold honesty and were encouraged to take the e pledge on the CVC website, reinforcing a collective commitment to ethical practices within the school community.

Conserve My Planet programme: Session 4

Venue Alipore Petrol Pump

Organized By: Petrol pump Alipore and Schneider
Resource Person: Sharp NGO and Schneider
Participants: Students of Class VII
Highlight: Students understood the survey on fuel consumption and air pollution and did the research work in groups. They analyzed, noted the amount of carbon emissions taking place in our city and also discussed the measures to reduce the carbon footprint. Students distributed Green Cops Card as an awareness tag on energy saving .

Strengthening Assessment & Evaluation Practices

Venue: Adamas World School
Organized By: COE CBSE
Resource Person: Ms. Joyita Mukherjee
Participants: Sanjeeb Banerjee, Soumya Ghosh
Highlight: Workshop was interactive and full of activities to strengthen the evaluation process. Various ways of conducting assessments was discussed. Difference between assessment of learning and assessment for learning was explained well.

Healthy Teachers – Self Care amidst chaos

Organized By: Super Teacher
Resource Person: P Bhanu Prasad
Participants: Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: It was an informative workshop where teachers have been made aware of the importance of physical and mental health and how to take care of the same through various techniques.

Diwali Mela

Resouce: Asha-Niketan, Asha-Arko, Hope Kolkata Foundation, Ankurkala, Behala Nabo Proyash, Tomorrow's Foundation, Sanchar, Navya Jeeban Disha, and Pragy.
Highlight: The Diwali Mela is a community outreach programme of the Academy. Nine NGOs catering to marginalized communities were allowed to have a sale on the auspicious occasion of Diwali, to raise awareness of a pollution-free environment through the celebration of Green Diwali. The NGOs had put their stalls with beautifully decorated diyas, candles and other handicraft materials. Parents, students and school staff eagerly bought the items to celebrate Green Diwali.

Old Age Home Visit

Venue: Kalyan Ashram, Chetla
Participants: Ayaan Bothra, Drishi Chaudhary, Pravar Chhajer of V Asters, Anumeha Mukherjee, Samriddhi Ray Chaudhary, Shaurya Satpati, Sreesakshi Dey of V Bluebells, Aradhya Agarwal, Divya Baldwa of V Carnations, Tanay Gondi, Divisha Gupta of V-Daisies.
Highlight: The students visited an old age home run by Help Age India. Students performed songs, dances, and recitations for the inmates and made rangoli with them to celebrate Diwali differently. They also gifted them comforters, fruits, and diyas made by the students. Overall, it was a great learning experience for the students and they enjoyed it. They learned to value the feelings and emotions of elderly people.

Velocity 2024

Venue: BDM International School
Organized By: BDM International School
Participants: Charvi Begwani (XII C), Ishika Poddar (XII B), Mukund Agarwal (XII C), Vidisha Jain (XII B) 
Highlight: Students have explored various innovative ideas about new business. Each business idea was unique and the participants’ confident demeanour mesmerised the gathering.

CBSE National Rope Skipping Competition

Venue: Shankar Vidhya Mandir Maharashtra (Buldana)
Organized By: CBSE
Participants: Mayank Jodhani, Jayant Kothari, Anvay Neotia, Mukund Mundhra, Aryaman Chharia, Divyam Somani
Highlight: A total of 77 schools participated in this rope Skipping competition for Boys. Mayank Jodhani of class 8C ranked 9th out of 35 schools, Jayant Kothari of
class 9B ranked 10th in the under 19 category, Anvay Neotia ranked 9th this year, Mukund Mundhra of class 9B scored well despite participating for the first time this year. Aryaman Chharia of class 10 C and Divyam Somani of class 9 C also tried their best. 

Overview on Composite Skill Lab launched by CBSE

Organized By: Superteachers
Resource Person: V Natarajan
Participants: Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: The session gave an overview based on the CBSE's introduction to Composite Skill Lab. What can be the probable components of this lab have also been discussed.

Creating AI Lesson Plans

Organized By: IBM SKills Build and 1M1B Educators
Resource Person: Ms. Vineeta Garg
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: The resource person guided us in designing and developing effective AI-integrated lesson plans tailored for modern classrooms aligning with curriculum standards and maximizing student engagement. She intimated us with the 8 steps of creating a good lesson plan using the correct prompt in ChatGPT.

Sustainability Bootcamp - Empowering Educators to create a greener future

Organized By: IBM SkillsBuild 1M1B
Resource Person: MS. Rhema Joseph
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: The 2-day boot camp workshop enabled the attendees to understand the fundamentals of sustainability, green skills and green economy. The resource person also talked about how to integrate sustainability concepts into our classroom and help students discover methods to inspire eco-conscious thinking, bringing innovation in teaching methods.

Field visit to a pharmaceutical Industry

Venue: East India Pharmaceuticals, Biren Roy Road, Kolkata
Participants: Students of Class XI
Highlight: Students have integrated theory with practical. Students have understood the basic concepts of business like cost, Material management, Raw material Management finance, and Machine Management.

Site Visit

Venue: East India Pharmaceuticals
Resource Person: Pharmaceutical company
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: The trip was well organized and time management was good. It was a good learning experience for students to understand the manufacturing and packaging of medicines.

IIO Olympiad Exam

Organized By: Silverzone Organization
Participants: Students of Classes III - XII
Highlight: Total of 76 students have registered and taken Informatics Olympiad Exam. They have enjoyed taking part in the Informatics Olympiad Exam. It was a learning experience for the students and they gained new knowledge on various topics of computer while preparing for the same.

Conserve my planet programme: session 3

Organized By: Schneider
Resource Person: SHARP NGO
Participants: Students of Class VII
Highlight: Conserve My Planet program is a fun-filled experiential learning program for conserving energy and the environment to address the Energy Dilemma and get aligned to the vision with SDG 13. We teach the young and impressionable minds about the various concepts and benefits of environment conservation like Energy Saving & Energy Efficiency, Renewable Sources of Energy and their Benefits, E waste Challenges & Management, Recycling of Resources & 3R Model .

Healthy tiffin

Resource Person: Mr. Sahil Agarwal, cofounder of Dame Health
Participants: Parents of classes V – VII
Highlight: It was an eye-opener. Parents got to know about different types of millet and their benefits. We were appraised about the appropriate time of the day to consume tea and coffee. The truth about the packaged food was also very scary. Many alternative ideas/recipes were shared and we learned the effects of the keto diet and intermittent fasting.

Celebration of World Food Day

Organized By: Eco Club and Cookery Club
Resource Person: Aloka Sensharma and Anurag Sultania
Participants: Students of Classes III – V
Highlight: Members of Eco Club and Cookery Club, celebrated World Food Day. This day aims to create awareness and provide access to varied, nutritious, affordable, safe and sustainable food under the theme "right to food for a better future'.

Career Guidance

Organized By: Ashoka University
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: Students were apprised of the different types of courses offered by Ashoka University. Many students have started thinking about 'Plan B' after attending the workshop.

How can Critical Thinking be taught during school hours?

Organized By: Open Door Education
Participants: Ms. Meena Kak, Ms. Jaya Misra
Highlight:The session reinforced the integration of critical thinking into the existing curriculum. Various examples were shared to distinguish between critical thinking questions and other types of questions.

AI Global Impact festival

Organized By: Government of India and Intel
Resource Person: Intel
Participants: Teachers of IT Department
Highlight: Teachers of IT department attended various online sessions of use of AI in different domains. There were total 5 modules of 1 hour each. They received certificates after completing the modules.
Director Ma’am has guided the students and all the teachers to attend any of these modules as these modules are really enriching and valuable.

CBSE U14 girls Basketball Nationals

Organized by: CBSE
Venue: Golden International School Indore
Participants: Avni Bahety , Hanshika Bajoria, Prishita Biyani, Aaradhya Drolia, Khyatee Daaga, Kavya Mohta, Erisha Gupta, Nainika Raj Shaw, Nitya Kothari , Dhriti Bharadwaj
Highlights: They qualified for the Nationals after competing in the Zonal round and emerging winners. 56 schools participated in the event. The tournament was played in U14, U17, and U19 category. 
Though we did not qualify from our Pool B, the girls managed to win their first league match and put up a strong fight in the remaining two matches. It was a huge exposure for them being part of a grand National event.

Aryabhatta Ganit Challenge

Organised by: CBSE
Partipants:Tanay Jindal (XA), Shreeyash Kejriwal and Saurjesh Chatterjee (XB)
Highlight: It was a one hour long test. Students have answered most of the questions successfully and submitted before time.

AFS Regional Meet East Zone.

Venue: Guwahati (Royal Global School and Maria's Public School.
Organized By: AFS
Resource Person: AFS , Royal Global School and Maria's Public School
Participants: Avni Khodiar and Manvi Lohia of class XI

Highlights: We were appraised about the different activities undertaken by AFS. Students interacted with the other school teams. The folk dances, including the boat ride, were amazing.

National Rope Skipping competition

Venue: Guru Nanak English School
Organized By: Guru Nanak English School
Resource Person: CBSE
Participants: Adya Chharia, Aadhya Daga, Avni Bahety
Highlight: A total of 69 schools from across the country participated in this competition. Adya Chharia ranked 10th out of 46 schools. Avni Bahety ranked 15th out of 41 schools, Aadhya Daga secured the 21st position out of 40 schools.

Conserve My Planet Programme- Session 2

Organized By: Sharp NGO and Schneider
Resource Person: Sharp NGO and Schneider
Participants: Students of Class VII
Highlight: Students enjoyed the painting competition based on the topic: Save the planet Earth. Students used their skills to portray their thought related to conserve our planet Earth. Beautiful posters and paintings were created by the students.

Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Startups

Organized by: Pearl Academy
Participants: Students of Classes Xi – XII
Highlight: It was very informative and interactive. Students learned about the technical know-how and economic viabilities of a startup.

Skill Expo and Guidance Festival

Venue: MBWA
Organized by: CBSE
Resource: Person RP Singh
Participants: Mr. Soumya Ghosh and Mr. Bijay Raj Shaw
Highlight: Different ideas regarding different models and inventions were showcased during the skill expo.

ICSI Workshop

Organized By: ICSI Institute
Resource Person: Aritra Karmakar
Participants: Students of Classes XI – XII
Highlight: Students were apprised about the company secretary course. It will help them in future for their career guidance.

Career Quest G11- Unveiling Non-Stem Broad Spectrum Path

Organized by: Mindler
Resource Person: Mindler Career Counsellors
Participants: Students of Class XI
Highlight: The students got an overview of the non-stem subjects and career options.

Career Constellation- Exploring Diverse Galaxies of Career Realms

Organized by: Mindler
Resource Person: Mindler career counsellors
Participants: Students of Class IX
Highlight: Career counselling for Class 9 students is essential to help them make informed decisions about their future academic and career paths. At this stage, students explore their interests, strengths, and potential career opportunities. The workshop helped the students to know about different career paths, including both STEM and non-STEM fields.

Class XII Batch Trip 2023 2025

Venue: Taki
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: 124 students went for a batch trip to Taki. Students spent quality time on this trip with their peers and were involved in productive activities which enhanced their life skills.

Mass Media Studies Field Trip

Venue Taki
Participants Students of Class XII
Highlight: 45 students with Mass Media Studies as a subject went for a field trip to Taki. This field trip helped the students to prepare their board films. Students learnt to use technical aspects of MMS and prepare their individual movies.

International Day of Older People

Venue: Chetla Central Park Premises
Organized By: HelpAge India
Participants: Students of Classes IX – XI
Highlight: It was an event that made everyone realize that caring for elderly people should come spontaneously. The students were asked to play different fun games with senior citizens. They also had an interactive session with the seniors and shared lunch with them.

Career Constellation- Exploring Diverse Galaxies of Career Realms

Organized by: Mindler
Resource Person:Mindler career counsellors
Participants: Students of Class IX
Highlight: Career counselling for Class 9 students is essential to help them make informed decisions about their future academic and career paths. At this stage, students explore their interests, strengths, and potential career opportunities. The workshop helped the students to know about different career paths, including both STEM and non-STEM fields.

Cubs and Bulbuls trip to Mandarmoni

Venue: Sonar Bangla, Mandarmoni
Participants: Students of Classes IV – V
Highlight: Children learnt team building and acquired leadership qualities.

Inter School Sports Quiz

Venue: The Bengal Club
Organized By: Maroon Entertainment
Participants: Kabir Bhutoria, Rishabh Dasgupta, Srikar Ayalasomayajula, Sourish Ghosh
Highlight: More than 40 teams participated in the quiz and the team of Srikar and Sourish successfully qualified in the prelims and bagged the 4th position

Future of Assessments

Venue: The Park Hotel, Kolkata
Organized By: Ei Education Leaders'
Resource Person: Mr. Sridhar Rajagopalan
Participants: Sanjeeb Banerjee
Highlight: It was a very interesting, informative and interactive session. The entire education system is evolving. Introduction of more competency-based questions in Board Exam. We have to move from rote learning to conceptual learning. Educators need to prepare more critical thinking questions.

Design Titans

Venue: Modern High School for Girls’
Organized By: ISDI
Resource Person: Mr Abhuday Roy
Participants: Fashion Studies students of Class XI
Highlight: The program was very competitive and knowledgeable.

Teacher's Day Celebration

Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: Students showcased their talents through various programs to make the day memorable.
Messages from ex-students were compiled and their warm wishes brought smiles.

Physical Wellbeing of Teachers (Part 1 & Part 2)

Organized By: Oxford University Press

Resource Person: Dr Jitendra Nagpal
Participants: Manidipa Lahiri
Highlight: Teachers often face challenges in dealing with students in their adolescence, puberty. At times, they become hostile and aggressive. Teachers are the role models. Despite the work pressure and family pressure, they need to be empathetic, patient and friendly to understand the psyche of the student.
It may be due to his/ her family problem/ parents may get separated/ addictions / social abuse. Constant counselling through counsellors, discussion with higher authority and monitoring is required.

TIME QUIZ

Organized By: T.I.M.E. Kolkata (Mentoring Mindz)
Participants: Students of Classes IX XII
Highlight: Around 80 students participated in the prelim round and 56 students have qualified for the city round which will be held in October.

THINQ 2024

Organized By: The Indian Navy
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: Our quizzers participated in 3 elimination rounds organised by the Indian Navy successfully and are awaiting the results of the 3rd round.

Donation of New Clothes of their size

Organized By: Rotary Club of Calcutta Magnum ; Yes Bank and Future Hope
Participants: Students of Classes II – XII
Highlight: Students of LSA wholeheartedly donated new clothes of their size to embrace the true spirit of festival by making a meaningful difference in the lives of children who are in need.

Career Counselling

Organized By: Ahmedabad University
Participants: Students of Classes XI XII
Highlight: The students were apprised of the various courses offered by the University.

Hindi Workshop 2024

Venue: The Heritage School
Organized By: Teachers’ Centre
Resource Person: Vishal Singh, Soumitro Jaiswal
Participants Neha Tripathi, Priyanka Kumari, Shristi Khanna
Highlight: The session focused on teaching Hindi with innovative ideas, different techniques and technological ways in coordination with NEP. Several activities on how to align with NEP were conducted with the motive to make the children global as well as connect them with their roots and culture.

Workshop on Product Design

Organized By: National Institute of Footwear Designing
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: It was a very interesting and informative programme. Students participated in a product designing Competition.

CBSE Far East Zone Skating Championship 2024 - 25

Organized By: CBSE

Venue Krishna Public School, Raipur, Sarona

Participants: Advika Pandey (II), Ranish Kumar Bahety (III), Amyra Sikaria (III) and Kkrupali Desai (VII)

Empowering Educators Harnessing the Power of research papers & navigating Scientific Literature

Organized By: Centa
Resource Person: Centa
Participants: Rupa Mazumdar
Highlight: The session shared the strategies to write research papers.

AI and its Ethical Use in Education and Research

Venue: Amity University
Organized By: Amity University
Resource Person: Dr. Amber Dutte, Souvik Mitra and Asig Iqbal
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza, Swati Mukherjee
Highlight: It was an interactive and informative session. Learned a lot of AI tools. Understood various ML Algorithm and how AI can be integrated in the teaching and learning process.

Teachers' Field Trip to Labandhar Art Village

Venue: Labandhar Art Village
Participants: Aloka Sen Sharma, Amritah Sen, Anindita Ray, Anita Chandra, Ishita Valentina Gomes, Kanak Shankar Mukherji, Ranjini Chakravarty, Sharmita Bhattacharya, Suranjana Chakrabarti
Highlight: The village is famous for its art, culture and tradition. People are made aware of the importance of the conservation of forests through wall paintings. They still maintain the traditional Bengal village lifestyle. The houses are mostly built of mud with a thatched roof and the mud walls are painted with natural colours. In one part of the village the tribal people still reside. Teachers have decided to design some activities to apprise the students of environment conservation.

Workshop on AI by the Numbers

Organized By: AIFC along with Intel
Resource Person: Ms. Vineeta Garg
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: It was an informative session as the topic AI in Mathematics has been introduced in the curriculum for the first time. It gave an insight to identify essential Maths skills for mastering AI and enhance our analytical abilities. The session also helped us to understand how statistics and probability powered AI applications and Data Science can be integrated in the curriculum.

Workshop for Teachers on Social Emotional Learning

Resource Person: Ms. Suranjana Chakrabarti
Participants: Teachers of Primary Department
Highlight: The session began with an activity that helped everyone to recognize their feelings and emotions.
The different aspects of social-emotional learning, its importance, the core competencies of SEL, its benefits for the students, the role of the teachers and the strategies to develop SEL skills among students were discussed.

Digital Citizenship - Navigating the Digital World

Resource Person: Ms Asfia Rafique
Participants: Teachers of Primary Department
Highlight: The workshop was highly informative as it aligned with the present time. The digital world has become an essential part of our lives and how as teachers we can make students' cyber safe and instill values and ethics were discussed.

Future Tech Sustainability Program

Organized By: CBSE and IBM
Resource Person: Ruchik K
Participants: Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: It was an educators’ orientation program where details of the online portal of IBM Skills Build were shared. AI and sustainability-related projects and programs were discussed which will be beneficial for teachers and students.

Webinar on Reconnecting with your true self: Mindfulness

Organized By: Oxford University Press India
Resource Person: Yvette Lee, Therapist and Counsellor
Participants: Manidipa Lahiri, Niladri Kumar Motilal
Highlight: It was an activity-based webinar, aimed at enhancing our awareness of the present moment, reducing stress, and improving overall well-being. Simple activities were taught that would help one to come out of stress and tension.

Classroom Management Strategies

Resource Person: Clara Karmakar
Participants: Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight: The workshop was informative, engaging and practical strategies were shared that can be easily incorporated into their teaching practices.

Capacity Building Program for School Counselors and Wellness Teachers

Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Ms.Niti Shanker Sharma (Deputy Secretary CBSE and Incharge Counseling, Media and PR), Ms.Geeta Mehrotra ( National Master Trainer, Expression India) and Mr. Aprajita Dixit ( Senior Child and Clinical Psychologist RCI at the Institute of Mental Health & Life Skills, New Delhi)
Participants: Nabamita Dutta Gupta, Sumona Dasgupta and 85 participants of various West Bengal Schools
Highlight: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, as the lead collaborator, hosted the CBSE Capacity Building Programme for School Counselors and Wellness Teachers on 29 August, 2024. The aim of the program was to identify the overall wellbeing needs of children attending the regular schooling system and sensitizing the schools for the growing need of comprehensive counselling services. the resource persons who enabled the participants to develop a more comprehensive and informed perspective of psychosocial needs of students and guided them towards reorienting the role of School Counsellors and Wellness Teachers.

Employability Skill Orientation programme

Organized By: CBSE, NCERT and Wadhwani group
Resource Person:Ms Swathi Venugopal
Participants: Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: It was an orientation session on how to register and use employability skill interactive contents under PSSCIVE website.

CBP on AI for Class XI

Organized By: CBSE and IBM
Resource Person:Mr. Debashish Mohanta
Participants: Niladri Kumar Motilal, Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: It was an extensive hand on training program of 6 hours on class XI Artificial Intelligence curriculum. Each topic has been discussed intricately. Resources shared which are useful to take class in future.

Ship Building History of Kolkata

Venue: GRSE
Organized By: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited
Resource Person:Ministry of Defence
Participants: Students of Classes VIII - IX
Highlight: Students visited the GRSE A part of educational trip to learn about the history of warships build in India indigenously, learnt about the parts of ships, different types of ships, these fleets were a feast for the eyes & for the children it was great learning and knowledge building experience.

Workshop on AI Tools in Mathematics Classroom

Venue: La Martinere for Girls School
Organized By: The Progressive Educational Techniques Society
Resource Person:Ms. Rathuli Mukherjee
Participants: Aakanksha Dorothy Das, Debarpita Koley, Soumitra Maji
Highlight: Brief introduction with reference to NEP. Introduction to AI. Mentioned some free Mathematics AI sites. Teachers of different schools shared and discussed on how they implement different activities in classroom using AI. Teachers were formed into groups and asked to frame 5 questions using AI sites from any chapter selected for classes V - VIII

Career Fair

Organized By: Mindler and Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Resource Person:Mindler
Participants: Nabamita Dutta Gupta, Sumona Dasgupta, student of classes IX to XII & parents of XI - XII
Highlight: A career fair was organised by our school in collaboration with Mindler. More than 30 national and international universities were invited

Independence Day celebration - 2024

Participants Students of Classes IV – XII
Highlight Our school celebrated the 78th Independence Day on the 15th of August, 2024. Students and teachers gathered to reflect on the sacrifices made by countless brave souls who fought for our freedom as well as the heroes of our present times – doctors. These doctors shared a special connection with the Academy- they were parents of our students. They were presented with ‘Shora’ paintings of different organs expressing our gratitude to the specialized doctors treating these organs. A march past by students of classes IX to XII, was followed by the ceremony of flag hoisting.
The cultural ceremony, based on various aspects of our motherland, was mesmerizing. Each student was given a badge to be worn throughout the week, which depicted the essence of Independence Day. A highlight of the Independence Day celebration was that the students of our Academy pinned badges to the policemen as a token of appreciation who takes care of the students and staff during
arrival and dispersal time. It also served as a community reach programme.

Rice Donation

Participants: Students of Montessori to Class V 

Highlight: 2000 kgs. of rice was collected form the students of primary and Pre primary department and was donated to Soroptimist International of Calcutta as an ongoing samaritan service by the school.

Fabric of Freedom – Opening Ceremony

Venue: Victoria Memorial Great Indian Reformers’ Gallery
Organized By: Delhi Art Gallery
Participants: Students of Classes VIII – IX
Highlight: The participants displayed their group activity works to the present audience and explained how they integrated history (incidents of Indian freedom movement) with new techniques of art that they learnt, like cynotype, lino cut and vegetable print.

WWQ: Classroom Challenge

Organized By: WWGC
Resource Person: WWGC
Participants: Students of Classes VI – IX
Highlight: All the students participated enthusiastically. They tried to solve the given questions within a stipulated time frame. The event was conducted smoothly. WWGC promises to be a learning adventure that students will never forget. This programme provides a platform for schools across the world to provide learning opportunities to children on environmental education in an interactive and child-friendly approach.

Webinar on Error to Excellence: Practical Approaches to Grammar Correction

Organized By: Burlington English
Resource Person: Ambika V. Parambath
Participants: Sudeshna Chowdhury
Highlight: The interactive session dealt with various aspects of common grammatical errors committed by students. The presentation displayed the difference between error and mistake, reasons for error, error correction strategies and their execution in a classroom scenario.

Fabric of Freedom

Venue: Victoria Memorial
Organized By: Delhi Art Gallery Museum
Resource Person: Amritah Sen
Participants Students of Classes: VIII – IX
Highlight: Lavanya Sarkar Chowdhury, Sanvi Garg, Raashi Harlalka, Sharanya Jaiswl, Dalini Mehta participated in this exclusive workshop organized by Delhi Art Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall for four days with three other schools of the city. They will sum up in an exhibition for the public with the outcome of the workshop

Refresher course for counsellor of JNVs of Shillong Region

Venue: NLI Kamrup, Assam
Organized By: CBSE & Expression India
Resource Person: Ms. Sumona Dasgupta
Participants: Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti School Counselors, Shillong Region
Highlight: Topics like Life Skill, Understanding Adolescence, Communication and Physical and Behavioral safety were covered in the training sessions. Activities were done on charts, grid cards and brainstorming along with fulfilled role play and icebreakers in between the session.

Intach Filmit Orientation

Venue: Apeejay School Park Street
Organized By: Intach
Resource Person: Intach
Participants: Students of Classes VI, VIII
Highlight: Nandini Ruia, Aaditya Jain and Kaashvi Lohia attended the orientation ceremony with their teachers Ms. Sourina Bose and Ms. Diksha Saha. The students learnt about film making techniques and the themes for this year's competition.

SAIoC Inter School Quiz Competition

Venue: Future Foundation School
Organized By: Future Foundation School
Participants: Bavrabi Dutta, Sachish Sarawgi
Highlight: Students got to know about Rishi Aurobindo and his freedom movement along with some facts about William Shakespeare. Quiz experience was good and they have learned some unknown facts about Rishi Aurobindo.

Workshop on Organic Story Telling

Venue: Olpadvala Memorial Hall
Organized By: The Progressive Educational Techniques Society
Resource Person: Priyanka Chatterjee
Participants: Kaveri Singh, Rama Poddar
Highlight: Activities were done to introduce innovative techniques in story telling through Sargam Dhun.

Unlock the secrets of Finnish Formative Assessment

Organized By: Dextres
Resource Person: Ms Paivi Pittaranta & Mr Dharamvir Gehlaut
Participants: Ms. Jaya Misra
Highlight: The focus on competency-based education is the need of the hour, and the session focussed on how to blend transversal competencies in the core curriculum. The diversity in pupil assessment in Finland was also touched upon during the webinar.

Tata Building India

Organized By: Tata India Group
Resource Person: Vineet Vaidya
Participants: Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight: Around 60 participants from classes 9 to 12 and humanities students participated. It was a good exposure for the students.

exe.BIT Click event

Participants: Students and teachers of 11 city schools
Highlight: The photography competition is part of our IT meet exe.BIT. Students and teachers from various city schools took part enthusiastically and clicked photographs keeping the given themes in mind. The judgement for this event will be done on day 2 of exe.BIT i.e. 08th August.

All Faith prayer

Event: All Faith prayer
Venue: Sri Sri Academy
Organized By: Sri Sri Academy
Participants: Joy Chakraborty
Highlight: The prayer session included representatives from various faiths, each sharing messages of peace, compassion, and understanding from their respective religious traditions. Students actively participated in the recitations, hymns, and prayers, showcasing their respect and appreciation for different cultures and beliefs.

Career Guidance session with students of classes XI and XII

Organized By: JKLU Jaipur
Resource Person: Representatives of JKLU, Jaipur
Participants: Students of Classes XI – XII
Highlight: Representatives from JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur visited our campus, for a Career Guidance session with students. We are grateful to Mr Aseem Bhatnagar, Mr Anirudh Biswas and Mr Kumud Ranjan for sharing some valuable insights on higher education with our students.

Principals Conclave

Venue: Hyatt Centric, Ballygunge
Organized By: Times of India
Participants: Ms. Jaya Misra
Highlight: Various aspects were covered during the seminar like Inculcating Financial Responsibility among students, Careers in medicine, Standardization of Education and Brand Positioning of Schools.

Career Oriented Stream selection Session

Organized By Pratham.
Resource Person Vineet Vaidya
Participants Students of Classes XI - XII
Highlight Discussion on career options for students not having Mathematics. Discussion on B.Tech by commerce and humanities students.

TANJAM

Venue: Gokhale Memorial Girls School
Organized By: Gokhale Memorial Girls School
Participants: Aarni Banerjee (XI A), Mehul Rathi(XI A) Harshit Saraogi,(XI D) Pranay Gupta(XI D)
Highlight: Students enthusiastically participated in various events like Non Gas Cooking, Debate, Creative Writing and Treasure Hunt. It was good learning experience.

Inaugural ceremony of Sangharsh young Ambassadors

Venue: Apeejay School Salt Lake
Organized By: Sangarsh NGO
Resource: Person Sangarsh officials
Participants: Students of our academy
Highlight: Concept of Community service was explained. The essential qualities needed to be dedicated towards community service was discussed. 10 students are now the Young Ambassadors of Sangharsh.

Workshop on use of Artificial Intelligence in Classrooms

Venue: Apeejay School, Salt Lake
Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Mr. Prabhat Kumar
Participants: Niladri Motilal, Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: It was a day-long workshop dealing with how AI can be incorporated into our regular classrooms and integrated with all the subjects. The hands-on practice was done using various useful tools. All of them received a certificate of participation.

World Wisdom Global Quiz series

Organized By: WWF
Resource Person: Dr. Giri
Participants: Students of Classes VI – IX
Highlight: WWGC fosters curiosity and a spirit of adventure in young nature enthusiasts, inculcating in them a love of all things wild. The Wild Wisdom Global Challenge is an attempt to provide a unique opportunity for students to delve deeper into the amazing wildlife, gain knowledge and take pride in the natural diversity.

Atomic Practices (Paving Pathways to catalyse Interest in Chemistry)

Venue: Loreto Day School, Dharmatala
Organized By: The Progressive Educational Techniques Society
Resource Person: Meenakshi Kapur
Participants: Indrani Das, Rupa Mazumdar
Highlight: Explored different methods to ignite the interests of students in chemistry.

Workshop for Class XII parents

Organized By: Mindler
Resource Person: Career coach Mr. P. Dhanda
Participants: Parents of Class X & XII
Highlight: Disccused about strategic preparation for the Board and Entrance Examinations.

Workshop on Cyber Security

Venue: The Frank Anthony Public School
Organized By: The Progressive Educational Techniques Society
Resource Person: Mr. Sandeep Sengupta
Participants: IT Department Teachers
Highlight: The workshop was an eye-opener for all of the members present in the workshop. The resource person showed us that normal applications have been compromised and all the data of the users of the application are available to the hackers of Jamtara. He also enlightened them with a few open-source websites which will help us to find fake websites and URLs. Two-step verification is a must for all social media, and email accounts.

Van Mahotsav Week celebration

Resource Person: Teachers of Geography and Biology department, School Administration.
Participants: Students of Classes VIII – X
Highlight: Our Academy embraced the spirit of Van Mahotsav through the first week of July. Students engaged in various activities that were aimed at educating the community about the significance of indoor plants. Visiting busy crossroads and handing out potted plants to traffic police and passers-by remains the highlight of the week. We nurture nature together!

Mindler Career Counselling

Organized By: Mindler
Resource Person: Career coaches
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: 1:1 session with class XII students, helping in Strategic planning for there career.

CBSE Capacity Building Program on AI for Grade IX

Venue Online- Webex Platform
Organized By: CBSE and Intel
Resource Person: Mr. Sandeep Sengupta
Participants: Niladri Kumar Motilal, Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: The capacity building program focused on the overall curriculum of Artificial Intelligence in grade 9. Stress was given on the 3 new units added in the curriculum in this academic session.

Workshop

Venue:OLPADVALA Memorial Hall
Organized By: The Teacher’s Centre
Resource Person: Shanta Krishnan
Participants: Rekha Dayani
Highlight: The approach was potentially powerful because it united everyone to the same vision. It was informed that the keys to effective circle time are deep respect, positivity, safety and warmth. The workshop was well-planned and interesting.

Workshop on Method and Methodology

Venue: Loreto Day School, Elliot Road
Organized By: The Progressive Educational Techniques Society
Resource Person: Dr. Mandira Mukherjee
Participants: Bindiya Kaur Gill, Mitali Mukhopadhyay
Highlight: The workshop focussed on the following areas:
1. Concept of Method and Methodology
2. Concept of Pedagogy. Importance and objectives of pedagogy Relationship among Method, Methodology and Pedagogy.
3. The difference between Method and Methodology and their importance.
4. Objectives of Teaching Methods.
5. Discussion on teacher-centric and student-centric learning.
6. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Education
7. Types of teaching methods and discussions on those methods.

Exo Healthy Tiffin Talks

Organized By: The Telegraph Young Metro
Resource Person: The Telegraph Young Metro
Participants: Students of Pre School I to Class IV
Highlight: A healthy tiffin contest was held among the students where the children got nutritious tiffin from their homes and ate it during their break time. The students were judged on their diet and nutritious tiffin that they ate. Two children from each class that got the healthiest tiffin were selected from PS I and Class IV and were given gift hampers. Three children were given additional gift hampers.

Umbrella Donation Drive

Participants: Students of Classes I – XII
Highlight: Around 155 umbrellas were donated to the SHE organisation. Students donated wholeheartedly for the destitute who could not afford to buy umbrellas to protect themselves from the rains in the rainy season.

CBSE mission life project – circular 45

Organized By: CBSE
Participants: Students from Montessori to class XII
Highlight: Keeping the theme of World Environment Day in mind, the students of LSA, from preprimary department to class XII, participated in various activities throughout the week. They planted saplings, worked on an activity on ‘Save Water’, made posters, created wealth out of waste, showed PowerPoint presentation on the importance of physical activities in the assembly, conducted Electricity and Water Audit, and surveyed classrooms and the dustbins to check food wastage. They also made paper bags and distributed them across the school campus, planted saplings in kitchen garden, did rainwater harvest, collected E-Waste to deposit them in school for safe disposal,performed Yoga Asanas and conducted a quiz on Save Energy.

Aam ki Gutli Collection Revolution

Organized By: GramS foundation
Resource Person: Jasmit Singh Arora
Participants: Students and Teachers of LSA
Highlight: The resource person also known as one man mango wonder met the students and spoke about the importance of planting trees to conserve the planet. The most fruitful aspect of this rare project is that any mango seed need not be discarded and thrown into the garbage can but, can also be recycled through this new venture and be transformed into a splendid mango tree providing ample amount of oxygen to clear pollution and provide an eco-friendly environmen

School Trip to Nainital

Venue: Nainital
Participants: Students of Classes IX and X
Highlight: The school trip to Nainital was a beautiful experience for students. They enjoyed adventure sports like Zip-lining, Kayaking and trekking followed by a visit to Naina Devi Mandir and boating. Students were thrilled to undertake a jungle safari through the Jim Corbett National Park. They learnt about the different terrains and the flora and fauna of the region. It was an educative and enjoyable experience for all.

Zero Shadow Day, 2024 Kolkata

Venue: Students’ own residence.
Participants: Students of Classes I – XII
Highlight: Students of all classes participated in this fascinating celestial event zero shadow day. Student did
observe their shadow on the particular time and took their images to note the movement of their
shadow. They could understand the meaning and importance of Zero Shadow Day and the reasons
for its occurrence.

Science Spectra

Venue: Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College
Organized By: The Telegraph Edugraph
Resource Person: The Telegraph Edugraph
Participants: Selected students of class IX
Highlight: Agasthya Agarwal, Aryan Fogla & Ved Tambi participated in this event. There were 80 other schools from different parts of West Bengal as participants. The 3-member team projected a model on air purification. The goal of this competition was to foster scientific curiosity, creativity, and collaboration among students, under the guidance of their science teacher or mentor. Unlike traditional science fairs with specific themes, this competition allows students to choose any scientific topic they are passionate about.

India AI Impact Festival project submission

Organized By: CBSE and Intel
Resource Person: CBSE and Intel
Participants: Selected students from classes VI - XII
Highlight: 11 Teams of our academy ranging from classes VI to XII submitted their AI-based project proposals for India AI Impact festivals 2024. Results awaited.

National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission

Organized By: CBSE, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Govt of India
Resource Person: CBSE
Participants: Students of Classes VIII – XII
Highlight: The school has registered itself through the yuvamanthan portal for the NIPAM project by CBSE and the Government of India. The school has also shared the details of the activity and the joining link with the teachers and the students.

Student Council/ Committee Election - Voting and Declaration of results

Participants: Students of VI to XII
Highlight: Voting was conducted smoothly on 9th May 2024. The speeches of the nominees were shared with the students a day prior to enable them to choose the right leader. The result was declared on the following day. 

Rabindra Jayanti

Highlight: The 163rd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was celebrated with much fervour and enthusiasm in our Academy. The celebration included Tagore’s songs and poems. A dance drama titled Tagore and the Melody of Earth was performed dealing with the poet's vision of nature and the present condition of Earth. Students enjoyed the celebration of the legacy of the versatile genius.

Workshop on Emotional intelligence and leadership for school professionals

Organized By: Fundaspring
Resource Person: Mr. Simon Anandh
Participants: Anindita Ray, Asim Kumar Das, Debarpita Koley, Nandini Chanda, Poulomi Saha Datta, Rupa Mazumdar, Sharmita Bhattacharya, Soumitra Maji, Sourina Bose, Subrato Chakraborty, Vrinda Mishra
Highlight: The workshop was interactive, activity-oriented and the resource person gave us a systematic approach towards managing our emotions.

Building Connections in the Classroom

Venue: Loreto House
Organized By: PETS CAL
Resource Person:Saaba Islam
Participants: Ranjini Chakravarty, Udita Chakraborty
Highlight: Ways to connect with the students were discussed. Real life examples were given.Problems faced by the children were shared. How to understand what is in the child's mind. The key to success is to know and talk to them.

Teaching Approaches for an Effective Engagement in S.Sc.

Organized By: CENTA
Resource Person: Ashika Ananth Rao
Participants: Runa Ghosh
Highlight: The session explored dynamic strategies and methodologies to engage students effectively and elevate the teaching of Social Studies.

Art Integration – Foundational Stage

Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Nishi Phogat
Participants: Udita Chakraborty
Highlight: How art can bring in changes .It can help a child through different avenues like colouring painting, drawing etc. to understand a concept. In early foundational stages it is very effective and helps to understand better. Blending of Culture and tradition into art is also the need of the hour as per NEP 2020 Helps in experiencing the learning concepts. Shared activities that could be integrated with art for overall learning of the child in the foundational stage.

Workshop: Ideas of Peace in the Classroom

Venue: Modern High School for Girls
Organized By: Teachers' Centre
Resource Person: Subha Das Mollick
Participants: Sudeshna Chowdhury
Highlight: It was an insightful workshop exploring how discussions on peace can be taken to a point of culmination in the classroom environment. Teachers selected one lesson from the syllabus suited for generation of ideas and debates on War and Peace,followed by reflective discussion session.

CBSE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME ON SECONDARY MATHEMATICS

Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Mr. Bivash Saha, Mrs. Sumedha Ray Chattopadhyay
Participants: Maths Department Teachers
Highlight: How to develop bonds with students was discussed. Activities to engage students while making the subject interesting were done. Discussion on Question Paper framing including Case Study based questions. Handouts given to the teachers which can be used as classroom activities

Unleashing Creativity: The Power of Unstructured Play

Organized By : CENTA
Resource Person: Deepali Thakur
Participants: Runa Ghosh
Highlight: The session explored the transformative impact of unstructured play on childhood development. How fostering play environments enhances creativity, independence and problem solving skills in children was discussed.

Happiness: The Ultimate Currency

Organized By: Viva Education
Resource Person:Sanjoli Sheth
Participants: Poulomi Saha Datta, Udita Chakraborty, Runa Ghosh
Highlight: Informative approaches as ways of daily stress management were discussed along with positive mind approach. A positive mindset is very important in one' s life. What happiness is, tools to keep oneself happy, three pillars of happiness,how resilience helps to make oneself happy were part of the session. Activities were done on finding happiness.

Workshop by TAISEI

Highlight: Taisei  the student from Japan who has come to LSA on a student exchange programme conducted a dance workshop and a workshop on origami for the entire students of the middle school. It was quite an engaging session as students learnt both the skills from him. Students enjoyed learning Japanese traditional dance and Origami.

Why is Art Weird? A workshop on abstract Art by Delhi Art Gallery

Highlight An introductory art workshop for students of classes VI and VII which acquainted them with expressionist and abstract artwork from Delhi Art Gallery collection. Through interactive activities, which engaged students through audio visual prompts they explored the term ‘abstract’ and how different artists have defined the abstract in their own work.

Art Workshop -Spice bird

Highlight: Students learned to create art works, 'Spice Birds' using resources like spices and pulses. They have enjoyed the activity and gained a new experience.

'GROW UP STRONG 'For Boys by Dr. Vipin Rana

Highlight: The session was interactive and the resource person catered to the queries of the students and explained the same . Unknown facts about growing up were explored by all the boys of the Middle School. The session was quite enriching.

Career Counselling

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Anil Kumar Patnaik
Participants Ms. Udita Chakraborty
Highlight The resource person asked about the different career paths we are aware of. He discussed the different ways and processes by which we can choose the best career options and how teachers can motivate the students to make right career choices. Steps involved in career development were also discussed.

Rice Donation - Samaritan Service

Participants: Students of Classes VI – VIII
Highlight: The students donated 160 kgs of rice as a samaritan service to Soroptimist International of Calcutta Organisation.

Cyber Safety and Security

Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Neetu Jhatta
Participants: Ms. Udita Chakraborty
Highlight: The session discussed about the safety measures one should take and adopt while working online with confidential contents. Real life examples were shared like the use of smartphone, falling trap to unknown links, phishing messages and calls.

Edumorphosis: AI for schools: Part 1

Venue: Hariyana Vidya Mandir
Organized By: Edumorphosis and Mentors first
Resource Person: Prof. Partha Pratim Chakraborty, Mr.Rajiv Agarwal, Mr. Abhishek Bagchi, Mr. Jaswinder Singh
Participants: Teachers of IT Department
Highlight: It was a three and a half hour of enriching and engaging session. The resource persons acquainted us with the future of AI and the impact it will have on school teaching. There was a hands- on activity of how to use the chatGPT with the correct prompts. The resource person gave us some examples of such prompts and asked all of us to check the output, which was amazing and very
useful. The resource person also told that English should be taught as a skill which will connect coding and converse in the world of AI.

Community Service at Future Hope School

Venue:Future Hope School
Participants:Taisei Naito (XI A)
Highlight:Our exchange student Taisei Naito participated in community service by teaching Japanese dance, a few Japanese words and Origami art to the students of "Future Hope".

International Cyberfair Competition 2024

Organized By: GlobalSchoolnet.org
Participants: Students of pre-primary till Class XI and Teachers of LSA
Highlight: Every year our academy participates in this international competition. This year we submitted our project on the topic LSA’s tribute to 100 years of Sukumar Ray’s Abol Tabol under the category Local Music and Art Forms. Result awaited.

Website Link: https://lsakolcyberfair.wixsite.com/aboltabol

Year End Strategies to Support Students with Challenges

Organized By: Ebility School Success Team
Resource Person: Ms. Smita Tripathi
Participants: Ms. Manmeet Kaur, Ms. S. Anandhi, Ms. Anurag Sultania, Ms. Asfia Rafique, Ms. Suranjana Chakrabarti, Ms. Udita Chakraborty, Ms. Runa Ghosh, Ms. Sharmila Bera, Ms. Poulomi Saha, Ms. Ruchira Bhar Das, Ms. Rupa Mazumdar, Ms. Sarbani Saha, Ms. Sharmita Bhattacharya
Highlight: The session reflected on the mixed feelings of the students at the end of the year and how to tackle them. Different ways to help students revise the previous concepts were discussed. The session highlighted the benefits of reflection by the teacher, strategies for teachers to collaborate with parents and six steps recommendation on conducting the PTM. It was an informative and interactive session. The resource person had a detailed discussion on the problems of the student and gave some positive solutions to overcome those in upcoming academic session.

CBSE x Adobe Collaboration on Digital Creativity Skills

From Date: 07/02/2024 To 14/03/2024
Organized By: CBSE and Adobe
Resource Person: Representative of Adobe India
Participants: Teachers of IT Department
Highlight We have learned different express tools offered by Adobe and organized by CBSE. We have learned to create generative AI poster, Web page, Comic strip etc. It was an excellent experience to learn the new software.

Scouts and Guides trip

Venue: Mirik, NJP
Organized By: Scouts and Guides Teacher incharges
Participants:89 Scouts and Guides Students of Classes VI & VII along with Teachers
Highlight: It was a fun-filled trip with thrill and excitement. The students enjoyed their outdoor activities and night games. They learned to interact with each other, gathered knowledge on rules and regulations of Scouts and Guides, learning the skills of collaboration and co-operation.

Frontiers of Discovery : Shaping the Future of Science Education

Venue: Modern High School for Girls'
Organized By: Ashoka University
Resource Person: Dr. Somak Raychaudhury, Dr. Sourav Pal, Dr. Debayan Gupta, Dr Rama Akondy
Participants: Ms. Jaya Misra
Highlight: The session brought together eminent scientists who delved into the next era of scientific advancements and helped spark new avenues of thought among the educators.

Picnic to Nicco Park

Venue:Nicco Park
Participants:Students of Classes VIII & XI
Highlight:The students enjoyed various rides at Nicco Park and played many games. The premises of Nicco Park echoed with laughter and joy as students scampered around the various rides enjoying, bonding and unwinding themselves with their peers post Final Exam. A great way to start off the next leg!

A session on Comics in Bengal

Venue: Kolkata Centre for Creativity
Organized By:KCC
Participants: Selected Students of Classes V – VIII
Highlight: Students saw the history of Bengali comics, history of the writers and other related information. They also witnessed the process of conservation and restoration of art followed by a quiz.

Workshop on Essential Etiquettes

Highlight: The students were explained the Essential Etiquettes in a workshop. They were explained the etiquettes used while they are in a public place, while eating and during communication. It was an interactive session and the students enjoyed the workshop thoroughly.

MICROLEARNING Tailoring education to short attention spans

Organized By: ELEVATE
Resource Person: Ms. Beena Prashant, Ms. Poonam Singh Jamwal
Participants: Ms. Manmeet Kaur
Highlight: The session highlighted the need to address the students with low attention spans. The significance of including technology in the teaching learning process was also discussed. The panel included Principals and Directors from schools in Vadodara, Gajwel, Jaipur and Noida. Overall, it was an enriching session.

Canva for Education

Organized By: CBSE and Canva

Resource Person: Ms Smita Jain, Ms Annapoorni

Participants: Teachers of IT department

Highlight: Basic handling of Canva application was explained. Teacher edition of Canva was discussed with features like Certificate creation or bulk production of digital formats. How to use the application as a teaching tool in our classroom was also discussed. A few more sessions will be conducted later next month.

Event Training programme on Skill Education

Organized By : CBSE Skill Education
Resource Person : Rahul Sehgal Multimedia and Game Creator
Participants : Ms. Sudakshina Datta
Highlight : Discussion was done on two skill subjects Multimedia and Mass Media. Use of animation and gamification to enhance any subject was also told. Theoretical concept on animation was discussed.

Teaching Mathematics

Event: Teaching Mathematics
Participants: Ms. Bindiya Kaur Gill
Highlight: Goals of learning Mathematics and approaches of teaching Mathematics was explained through a PowerPoint presentation

Internship Program

Organized By: Luneblaze, a Holistic Ecosystem Development Partner of Educational Institutions.

Participants: Selected students of classes VIII to XII

Highlight: Students got the opportunity to do internship on various domains like Content Writing, Graphic Designing & Video Making, Human Resource Management, Marketing Campaign Designing, Website Development, Data Analytics etc. under companies like GeniusHub, Inspirin, and Luneblaze. All have received Internship Completion Certificate.  

Saraswati Puja

Participants: Students, teachers and staff members

Highlight: Saraswati puja was celebrated in LSA with great fanfare. Students from classes I to class XII attended the puja ceremony. There was a special puja for the students of classes X and XII. After the puja, Prasad and Bhog was distributed among the students and staff.

Annual Picnic for Teachers and Staff

Venue: Shiv Shakti Gardens
Participants: All teachers and staff
Highlight": Staff picnic was arranged for the LSA and LSAI family members after 3 years. All the members enthusiastically participated in various activities like quiz, mishti melody, balance game, memory game related to Rosogolla for the members.
Group song with the guitar, cricket and housie were other events which were enjoyed by the staff members. It was a refreshing event.

Workshop on Child Protection Policy

Venue: Frank Anthony Public School      

Organized By: The Teachers' Centre Kolkata

Resource Person: Rainbow Homes

Participants: Ms. Nabamita Dutta Gupta and Ms. Sumona Dasgupta

Highlight: Significance and need for Child Protection Policy for school and guidelines were shared through activities for framing a policy. Best practices of schools in Kolkata were also discussed

Building Positive Relationship

Participants: Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight: Student teacher relationships have long lasting implications for students' academic and social development and contribute to higher achievement levels.
When teachers choose to be guides instead of critics, students show trust, are more engaged in learning, & behave better in class.

Integration of Art and Culture in Curriculum

Participants: Teachers of Primary Department
Resource Person: Ms. Aloka Sen Sharma
Highlight: Art and Culture, influences the manner we learn, live and behave. It is an important shaper of our personality.

Innovative Pedagogies in the Age of ChatGPT

Organized By Knowledge Exchange: Ed Talk Series V
Resource Person Prof. (Dr.) MM Pant
Participants Manmeet Kaur, Asfia Rafique, Runa Ghosh, Suranjana Chakraborty, Sharmila Bera, Sanju Jaiswal,
Sohini M Jain, Mitali Mukhopadhyay, Rupa Mazumdar, Sanzeeda Mirza, Sharmita Bhattacharya,
Manidipa Lahiri, Soumyo Ghosh, Pushpa Dayani
Highlight The session was highly engaging and informative.With changing times and continuous technological
improvement, various tools have become available for everyone's use. One such feature is ChatGPT.
One should try to adopt relevant technology and use it to promote critical thinking. Examples of
educationists like Mike Sharples and Anthony Seldon were given.

Republic Day

Highlight:The tricolor flag was hoisted with full honor and decorum. The event was celebrated with grace.

Formal Farewell

Participants Students along with parents of class XII
Highlight A very solemn occasion for LSA which unfolds the meticulous blend of tradition and emotion. Each
graduating student approached the Director, Ms. Meena Kak, and the Principal, Ms. Jaya Misra, with
a diya, to receive the light of knowledge and to light up their own lives. The yearbook, 'Au Revoir,'
was inaugurated during the occasion. The event took a personal turn as parents, students, and class
teachers shared their feelings, about the profound impact the school has had on the growth from
the toddler to a matured adolescent. Teachers and students could not control their emotions and
were in tears when they tried to recollect and share their memorable experiences of the days spent
with each other. The event represented the unique bond between every member of the LSA family.

Vartah 2.0 Winter Programme National Summit on Mental Health

Venue: G D Goenka University Delhi

Organized By: G D Goenka University and Fortis Delhi

Participants: Ms. Anita Chandra

Highlight: It was a life time experience to listen to so many eminent personalities and to interact with them. There were participants from all parts of India. The sessions on both the days were highly informative.

Tana Bana

From Date:16/01/2024 to 17/01/2024
Resource Person:Textile Exhibitors
Participants:Students of Classes VI – IX
Highlight: It is a textile exhibition cum sale organized by the Academy to sensitize students to the various textile traditions of India. Parents were also invited to encourage and appreciate the skills of the local artisans. The exhibits were on sale to motivate them.

Student Exchange Programme 2023 – 2024 between LSA and Germany

From Date: 04/01/2024 to 15/01/2024

Participants: 8 students from Lakshmipat Singhania Academy studying in Classes 9 – 11. 8 Students from Kaufmanische Schule, Aalen, Germany studying in Classes 11 – 13.LSA teachers – Ms Sohini Mitra Jain and Mr Darshan Singh Gill. KSA teachers – Mr Jochen Worner and Mr Benjamin Manz
Highlights: The exchange visit was organized for 2 weeks for the Indian team and 10 days for the German team. The students were hosted by the families in both countries. KSA students and teachers visited Taki,RBI museum, Alipore Museum, Rail Museum and Birla Planetarium accompanied by their host friends and teachers from LSA. The students spent quality time with the host families in the evenings and on Sundays. The KSA teachers were taken out by LSA teachers and enjoyed shopping, meeting families over dinner or lunch. The KSA students participated in the LSA Intra Mural Sports Day at Gitanjali stadium. The event achieved a truly international dimension when, in the closing march past, the 4 Houses of our school were joined by the German students, proudly carrying the National Flag of their country. Each activity highlighted the cultural bond and a strong feeling of camaraderie between the two schools.

Sahodaya Athletic Meet, CBSE along with Principal’s Meet

Venue Asian International School
Organized By: CBSE Sahodaya School, Kolkata
Participants: Students of Classes VI – VIII
Highlight: Four boys and four girls participated in this athletic meet. They gave their best. It was a great learning experience for them which will help them in the future. Mr. T. Mate and Mr. Srinivasan addressed the Principals and clarified doubts regarding the policies
to be implemented in the next academic session.

Trip to Bangalore, Mysore and Ooty

Date :24/12/2023 To 01/01/2024

Participants: Students of Classes VII – VIII
Highlight: 74 students of classes VII and VIII accompanied by 4 teachers went on a 9 day school trip to Bangalore, Ooty and Mysore. Students enjoyed visiting different sights at Ooty namely Coonoor, Horticulture, and few places in Mysore like Mysore Palace, Botanical Garden, Zoo and Chamundi Sri Temple. They enjoyed their stay.

Donation for Christmas

Venue: Jyotirmoy Club
Organized By: LSA Social Service Committee
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: Students made great arrangements for 200 underprivileged students.

Christmas Celebration

Organized By: Students and teachers of LSA
Participants: Students and teachers of LSA
Highlight: Christmas was celebrated with great enthusiasm. Classes PSII to class 8 witnessed the Christmas
programme which had nativity play and fashion show, dance by preprimary, skit on essence of
Christmas, Nukkad natak followed by Christmas carols sung by teachers. Santa Clause visited all the
classes from Montessori to class 2 and gave them gifts. Students enjoyed every bit of the
programme and participated in singing carols.

Choir Performance: River Festival

Venue Champatala Ghat, Kolkata
Organized By Kultx
Resource Person Kultx Organization
Participants Students of Classes VIII – IX
Highlight 20 students participated in the Choir Performance for the River Festival organized by KULTX at
Champatala Ghat, Sovabazar. The students performed a street play which focused on the diverse
ways in which people consciously and unconsciously pollute the rivers. They portrayed the misery
caused in the lives of birds, animals and fishes as a result of human behaviour. Students performed
an original song, as an ode to the Ghats of river Ganga. A big thanks to the organizers for providing
such a unique platform where our young minds can explore their talents under a breathtaking
atmosphere.

Talk by Dr Gautam Chattopadhyay senior scientist NASA

Venue: Science City
Organized By: JC Bose museum
Participants: Students of Class X –XII
Highlight: It was an amazing session by Dr Chattopadhyay on different instruments used in space exploration.

Event Conserve my Planet: Session 5

Organized By SHARP NGO
Resource Person Schneider Electric, India
Participants Students of Class VII
Highlight It was an awareness programme. A quiz on Conservation of Energy Resources was conducted to see the response of the students towards each category of conservation. Students were excited to give
the correct responses and could gather important information as green ambassadors.

Experimenter Curators Hub

Venue Experimenter Gallery, Hindustan Road
Organized By Experimenter Gallery
Participants Amritah Sen
Highlight It was a long intense seminar held for two days, where speakers came from all across the globe. They discussed their own views on art in the present context and its impact on our society and politics in contemporary situation and also in the future. The brightest highlight was to listen to the works of Jacinta Kerketta, a poet and journalist from the tribal community of Jharkhand.

LSAMUN23

Resource Person:STUDENTS OF LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY
Participants:Students of Classes IX – XII and 8 Reputed Schools
Highlight LSA Model UN simulations help students to learn more about the principles of the UN and how it functions. International Peace Corps, UN Security Council and UN Office on Drugs and Crimes are some of the wings of this event. Total 8 reputed schools participated in it. St. James School secured the 1st position and Sri Sri Academy secured the 2nd position.

Commemorating Lala Lakshmipat Singhania Ji's Birthday

Organized By:Dept. Of Nutrition & Dietetics and Social service Committee
Participants: Students of Classes IX – XII
Highlight : To commemorate Lala Lakshmipat Singhaniaji's birthday, the Social Service Committee members in collaboration with the Department of Nutrition & Dietetics organized a sumptuous meal for 30 students of the NGO Tomorrow's Foundation.

A Visit to Help Age India

Venue: Kaylan Old Age Home
Participants: Students of Class V and Teachers
Highlight: Some students accompanied by their teachers, Aloka Sen Sharma and Kulbir Kaur, visited the old age home to have an interactive session with the inmates of the house. Students gave various performances like singing, poetry recitation and dance. All were mesmerized by their performances and blessed them. Students too were moved to meet the inmates and have a warm interactive session with each one of them.

Mindler workshop

Organized By: Mindler
Resource Person: 6 Career coaches
Participants : Students of Class
Highlight : The workshop discussed career options and helped the students with their career choices.

Children's Day celebration

Participants: Teachers of LSA
Highlight:Children's Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and pomp. Teachers put up a grand show for the students which consisted of medley of songs, dance , skit, game shows and fashion show. Students enjoyed watching their teachers perform for them.

River Festival: Clean Up Drive: Mullick Ghat, Kolkata

Venue:Mullick Ghat, Kolkata
Organized By:Kultx
Resource Person:Kultx,River Rangers.
Participants:Students of Classes VIII – IX
Highlight: The students were extremely enthusiastic and self-motivated about cleaning the Ghats. They showed immense dedication towards the work. The students not only learned about the life of those residing beside the Ghats,through the heritage walk exploring the historical aspects, but also became an intrinsic part of the life through their cleaning efforts.

Chak De `India` - make us proud once again

Participants:Students of Classes Pre School I – XII
Highlight: As India prepared to face their final opponent, we stood united in our support and unwavering belief in their ability to bring home the ultimate glory. Throughout the day, students performed different kinds of activities, to show their support for the team.

Movie Screening for Children's Day Celebration

Resource Person: Ms.Subha Das Mollick and Sabarno Sinha
Participants: Students of Classes III – XI
Highlight: Students were shown animated movies as well as rare world documentaries like Please Vote for Me and Little Peace Within. After the movie screening, students also participated in activities related to the movies shown.

Session on Child Rights and Online Gaming

Venue:The Grand Oberoi
Organized By:CyberPeace and Unicef
Resource Person Mr. I A Narsimha Rao, Mr. Hari Kishore Kusumakar IGP
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: The 6 hr. session focused on how to create a balanced and safe cyber space for our nextGen netizens, as they have made themselves an integral part of the cyber world by playing online games, specially after the Covid- 19. The resource persons talked about the legal and ethical aspects also.

Visit to Science City

Venue:Science City
Participants:Students of Classes VII & VIII
Highlight: Students enjoyed their trip to Science City where they got to visit the 3-D space theatre, panorama on human evolution and ‘science on a sphere ' sections. This experience will help the students develop a scientific attitude and temper and understand science from a different perspective.

Leading People and Teams: Inspiring and Motivating Individuals

Venue: Coursera
Organized By: University of Michigan
Resource Person: Prof. Maxim Sytch
Participants: Sudeshna Chowdhury
Highlight: The course dealt with sets of fundamental leadership skills. Prof. Sytch shared research validated insights along with the ways to apply them in the context of leading a team. Every learner was given the opportunity to apply the skills by working through a series of practical leadership assignments.Sudeshna scored 94.94%.

EDUCIS workshop

Organized By: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy and EDUCIS
Resource Person EDUCIS
Participants: Students of Classes VI – VIII
Highlight: Power of 3 Purpose, Personal Anecdote, Perspective in Public Speaking was discussed in this activity based Public Speaking Workshop organized by EDUCIS. The students analyzed public speaking videos of eminent personalities and learned the importance of body language and personal touch in effective communication. They engaged in various activities which allowed them to learn essential skills of convincing listeners and expressing individual opinions with clarity. The students also
engaged in a collaborative activity of evaluating each other's speeches, which allowed all to receive first-hand reviews of their content and confidence. The workshop provided a platform to the students to hone their communication and convincing skills.

Conserve my Planet Programme: Visit to Petrol Pump

Venue: Petrol Pump, Alipore and Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Organized By: Schneider electric and SHARP NGO
Resource Person:Sharp NGO
Participants: Students of Class VII
Highlight: Students participated enthusiastically in the outdoor activity based on the survey of carbon footprints, reduction of carbon emissions and the pros and cons of using individual transport. Students shared the ways and measures to reduce carbon emissions with all the people they came across in the petrol pump. They distributed e passes among the people and also pasted green stickers to spread awareness of energy consumption.

Webinar on gifted and talented students

Organized By Power club IPN Foundation
Resource Person IPN Foundation
Participants S. Anandhi, Sharmila Bera
Highlight Discussion was held by a panel of school leaders on how to identify the gifted and talented children in and beyond academics. A variety of models to develop various gifts and talents among them were also discussed.

Visit to Alipore Museum

Venue:Alipore Museum
Participants:Students of Class IV
Highlight: Children enjoyed their visit to the Alipore Museum with great enthusiasm. They gathered a lot of information about our national heroes by reading the display boards in front of all the cells. Children also enjoyed the patriotic songs played over the entire campus. It was a successful educational trip for our students.

Conserve my Planet Programme, SHARP NGO

Organized By: SHARP NGO
Resource Person: Schneider, Electric India, Ma’am Simrah
Participants: Students of Class VII
Highlight: Students enjoyed the Green Assembly and session one of onserve my Planet programme because it was an enriching session. The methodologies to live a sustainable life was shared, students were given green t shirts, green caps and power pledge cards. All took the oath to save power and be a responsible citizen. It was an interactive session to understand and focus on saving electricity and to be a green ambassador.

Cubs and Bulbul Tour

Venue: Mandarmoni, Hotel Sonar Bangla
Participants: 100 children from classes IV & V
Highlight: The camp contributed to the education of children through a value system based on the Cub/Bulbul promise and law to built a better world where people are self fulfilled as individuals and play constructive role in society. It helped in building confidence and self esteem among the students.They learnt important life-skills, team building, outdoor adventure, education and fun. It helped them to explore, to discover the world beyond classroom, and also helps in all round development.

CPR Training Session, Healthy Heart talk by Cardiologist Dr. Anjan Siotia

Organized By: B.M. Birla Heart Research Institute

Resource Person: B M Birla Hospital, Dr. Anjan Siotia

Participants: Teachers and students of Class IX

Highlight: Students had a training session conducted by specialists from B.M. Birla Heart Research Institute on handling patients suffering from cardiac attacks in emergency. They demonstrated how to give CPR techniques on a mannequin. Dr. Anjan Siotia, one of the leading cardiologists in the city, practicing in B.M. Birla Heart Research Institute interacted    with the students of class 9 and teachers regarding the causes and remedy of general heart diseases.

Ask Me Anything (AMA) – while teaching AI

Venue: YouTube Live
Organised by: Centat Team
Resource person: Mr. Pratik Rajurkar.
Participants: Sudakshina Datta, Niladri Motilal, Sanzeeda Mirza, Swati Mukherjee
Highlights: It was a 1 hour virtual session where we could ask any question related to Artificial Intelligence in the teaching profession. In the teaching learning process we come across certain contradictory questions which become difficult to answer. This session helped us to get answers to our queries. The importance of few topics and how to teach those topics were also discussed.

Chinmaya Indic Fest Revealing India to Curious Indians

Venue: International Management Institute

Organized By: Chinmaya Mission Kolkata and Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth

Resource Person: Dr B.Mahadevan, Dr Sampath Kumar, Dr Sampadananda Mishra

Participants: Teachers of our academy

Highlight: The sessions conducted aimed to promote and cultivate the appreciation of Indian Knowledge Systems and provided a journey of enlightenment and exploration of India's rich heritage. The illustrious talks focussed on Arthashastra and Chanakya's relevance in present day management and inclusion in modern day education as well as on the magnificence of the Sanskrit language and its literature.

Capacity building programme on Business Studies

Venue: Hariyana Vidya Mandir

Organized By: CBSE Centre for excellence, Bhubaneshwar

Resource Person: Dr. Ramesh Agarwal and Mr. Ravinder Singh

Participants: Abhishek Sarkar, Bijay Raj Shaw, Poulomi De

Highlight: The following were discussed - i) How to make the class interesting, ii) Revised guidelines of projects, iii) Topics to be deleted for BOARDS.

STEM on the Wheel at IIT Kharagpur

Venue: IIT Kharagpur

Participants: Students of Classes X – XII with their Mentor Mr. Dipankar Pal

Highlight :Rolling into the Future with 'STEM on Wheels' at IIT Kharagpur! What an amazing journey it was, exploring the wonders of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics on wheels. Thanks to IIT Kharagpur and our dedicated team for making this educational adventure possible. The IIT Kharagpur opened its gates for the school children on Saturday to kindle a spirit of scientific acumen and curiosity and explore the world of science, technology and other associated fields in this Institute of Excellence. The orientation programme was addressed by Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur in the presence of Prof. Amit Patra, Deputy Director; Prof. Bhargab Maitra. “The initiative focuses on arousing the innovative approach, critical thinking, and problem-solving ability of students in accordance with the objective of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) along with other related fields needed in the current-day’s higher education.

STEM Future ready conclave

Venue: The HHI
Organized By: Tinkrwork Get Set Learn
Resource Person: Mr. Kartik Sharma
Participants: Dipankar Pal, Swati Mukherjee,Pabitra Kumar Baidya
Highlight: We have learned different ways to integrate with subject skills. Different real life examples were given to implement the chatbot and find out a solution. We have seen demonstration of their various curriculum module. This six hours workshop was a great experience.

Workshop on Think Outside the Box- A Creative Workshop using Canva

Venue: The Frank Anthony Public School
Organised by: Teachers Centre
Resource person: Ms. Aditi Jhunjhunwala
Participants: Soumitra Maji, Sweata Gomes,Bindya K. Gill
Highlights: The workshop focused on designing posters, logos and cards, all of which can be used to enhance teaching. It further emphasized on combining audio and video using canva to make lessons interactive. The possibilities of engaging students in the lesson using Canva was explored.

HCL TechBee

Organised by: HCL

Resource person: Mr. Manabindu Saha

Participants: Students of Class XII

Highlights: A new career avenue for the students was discussed. They can join HCL and at the same time pursue a course in IIM.

Mass Media Studies Class 12 Field Trip

Venue:Kolaghat

Participants: Students of Class XII

Highlight:  43 students accompanied by their subject teachers and other teaching staff went to Kolaghat Sonar Bangla to record 43 individual films to be sent to the Board.

Celebrating Teacher's Week

Venue:Rotary Sadan
Resource person:Institute Of Company Secretaries Of India
Organised by:Institute Of Company Secretaries Of India
Participants:Abhishek Sarkar ,Bijoy Raj Shaw ,Poulomi De
Highlight: Discussion on stress management, GST and scope of CS as a career. Teachers were updated about the enrollment process of CS and the various career options after successful completion of the course. Teachers were also guided on how to manage stress.

Empowering Inclusive Learning

Organized By:Rapl learnx
Resource Person:Dr. Daniel Fung and Dr. Chintan
Participants: Teachers of Middle School Department
Highlight:The webinar delved into pressing issue of teenage self- harm and the importance of inclusive learning, It was a good session to understand the teenage minds and their vulnerabilities. It dealt with the issue of teenage self harm and importance of inclusive learning. Explored effective strategies to prevent self-harm and nurture resilience among teenagers. Ways to handle students carefully, to deal them with emotion and care,to help them in difficult situations were discussed.

Edquest Project 2023-24

Resource Person: LSA Samaritans Volunteers of class IX and X
Participants:Students from Tomorrow's Foundation
Highlight: The students from Tomorrow's Foundation attended the sessions on IT and Sports which were taken by LSA Samaritans Volunteers of classes IX and X.

Teachers Training Boot Camp | Kolkata Centre,

Venue: The BSS School
Organized By: IPN Academy
Resource Person:Soumya Katuppa
Participants: Niladri Kumar Motilal, Sanzeeda Mirza, Swati Mukherjee
Highlight: The resource person talked about diversity and inclusion in education through various examples. He talked about the difference between innovation and invention. There was an interactive session on how to include diversity in education.

Capacity Building Programme Artificial Intelligence for Class 10

Organized By CBSE and Intel
Resource Person CBSE and Intel
Participants Sudakshina Datta
Highlight Extensive training given on AI for class 10. Both theoretical concepts as well as Python practical concepts were explained very efficiently. The resource person shared links to various resources which can be used while teaching.

ART Integration Workshop

Venue: The Park Hotel
Organized By: Oxford University Press
Participants: Amritah Sen
Highlight: The workshop on Art Integration was taken by Anahita Lee, teacher and writer of children's art book series 'Little Artist' which we have used in our school for quite a few years. Her knowledge on the subject was profound and workshop was fun, intruiging and very resourceful.

Workshop Principle of Pedagogy and Planning for Teaching

Resource Person: Subhi Vijay Vargiya
Participants: Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight: The workshop emphasized on Panchaadi the five stepped approach (Adhiti Introduction, Bodh Conceptual Understanding, Abhyas Practice, Prayog Application, Prasar Expansion) to pedagogy as a good way for teachers to formulate the lesson plan.

Workshop on Foundational Literacy

Resource Person Ms. Afshan Nahid
Participants Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight The workshop dealt with Fundamental Literacy which refers to the skills and strategies involved in reading, speaking, writing and interpreting thoughts. It helped the teachers understand the importance of Fundamental Literacy

Workshop on Common Errors in Maths

Resource Person Shubhasree Das Gupta
Participants Teachers
Highlight The topic was Common Errors in Mathematics Error in computing addition and subtraction of like and unlike fractions .Discussed the steps to be taken to eradicate the problem. Same steps have been taken while pointing out the problem in comparison of decimals and other topics like subtraction, division and unitary method.

Workshop on Integration of Technology in Curriculum

Resource Person: S.Anandhi
Participants: Teachers of Primary Department
Highlight: The workshop was conducted on Integration of Technology in curriculum. It dealt with various ways of including technology in the curriculum planning that leads to effective teaching learning environment. It also highlighted the importance of achieving the learning objectives while using technology.

Conversations 2023

Venue: ITC Royal Bengal
Organized By: Admission Tree
Resource Person: Sri Gaur Gopal Das, Dr Kunal Sarkar & others
Participants: Ms. Meena Kak, Ms. Jaya Misra
Highlight: It was a congregation of educators where the panel discussion was on 'To Challenge and To Change'. This was followed by an address by Sri Gaur Gopal Das, in which he spoke about how educators can make a difference in the lives of their students, thereby impacting the society. Some concern areas were addressed in a humorous way but the essence of the pertinent issues were raised.

Scientific Churning

Venue: 3, Jodhpur Park, Kolkata
Organized By: The Progressive Educational Techniques Society
Participants: DEBARATI BANERJEE, INDRANI DAS
Highlight: The workshop was interesting with different kind of learning methodology which can be used while teaching Science in the Middle School.

Vigilance Quiz

Venue Bengal Paddle Vessel
Organized By SMPK
Participants Students of Classes X & XI
Highlight Four students have participated in the quiz conducted by the Vigilance Department. They have enjoyed the quiz session and learnt a lot from the participation. They have received participation certificates. Names of participants are Arinjoy Mukherjee and Amol Dalmia from class X, Sourish Ghosh and Aneek Chakraborty from class XI.

Mindler School Leaders Symposium

Venue:lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Organized By:LSA and Mindler
Resource Person:Mindler
Participants:School leaders of Kolkata
Highlight: Mindler School Leaders Symposium was organised by LSA and Mindler collaboratively which focused on enlightening the schools to Create an NEP Ready Career Guidance Ecosystem. 20+ school leaders and counselors participated in the event. The event helped shape the future of school career guidance ecosystem.

Educators Meet

Venue Caring Minds
Organized By:Caring Minds
Resource Person:Ms Minu Budhia
Participants:Ms. Meena Kak, Ms. Jaya Misra
Highlight: The educators were invited to apprise them of the facilities offered by the institute and the silent work they are doing to improve the mental health. They also apprised us of the upcoming inter school event Love You Zindagi.

Cinema in classrooms-Filmit Orientation Programme

Organized By:INTACH Kolkata Chapter
Resource Person:INTACH (Mrs. Subha Das Mollick)
Participants:Students of Classes VI to VIII
Highlight: LSA hosted the INTACH FilmIT orientation programme for FilmIT Kolkata chapter participants. The students learnt the basics of filmmaking camera shot exercise and editing. FilmIT movies mainly focus on conservation of heritage.

Anti corruption Run up activities

Venue: School premise (8th floor Avr)
Organized By: Vigilance department , Kolkata Port
Resource Person: Ms Rashika Dubey
Participants: Students of Classes VIII to XII
Highlight: The Students participated under various activities like poster making and essay writing competition conducted by Kolkata Port. Students collected cash prize along with certificate after evaluation process. It was a great experience for them. In poster making activity, Bavrabi Dutta stood 1st, Navya Mohta came 2nd and Taraasha Sharma secured 3rd position and received cash prizes of 1000/-, 700/- and 500/- respectively. In the essay writing activity Shravya Agarwal stood 1st, Panavi Agarwal came 2nd and Rishika Kala secured 3rd position and received cash prizes of 1000/-, 700/- and 500/- respectively. 3 little children came from Flower 2 school and recited poems in the junior assembly.

The Three Tier Certificate program

Organized By: LearNX and Niti AAyog
Resource Person: LearnX
Participants: Sudakshina Datta, Ashis Mazumder,
Highlight: Teachers of our academy joined The Three Tier Certificate program on RAPL learning platform in the educators Masterclass series. Many teachers of our academy received the yellow belt. The green belt training will start after 15th August.

Dance is Healing

Venue: Modern High School for Girls
Organized By: Teachers' Centre
Resource Person: Ms. Mahoya Chakravorty
Participants: Manjaree Mukherjee, Sweata Loreto Gomes, Asfia Rafique
Highlight: The session was fascinating and engaging. Teachers learnt the integration of dance with Physics and Mathematics. The teachers were explained how dance can be de-stressing. Songs of Rabindranath Tagore were referred to.

Visit to Raj Bhawan (Governor's House)

Venue Raj Bhawan
Organized By: The Times of India NIE
Resource Person: The Times of India NIE
Participants: Students of Class XI
Highlight: Aditya Hans (XIA) and Rasita Singh (XID) are the NIE correspondents of the session 2023 24. As a part of their one year student training programme with NIE, they were taken to the Raj Bhawan for an educational tour.

The Telegraph Young Metro Orientation

Venue: Gyan Manch
Organized By: The Telegraph Young Metro
Resource Person: The Telegraph Young Metro
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: Ayushi Singh (XIIB) and Arijit Ghosh (XIID) have been selected as the YM force members for the academic year 2023 24. They were oriented about their roles in this meeting. Past year's YM force members Riddhima Koley & Muskan Goel were also felicitated on this occasion.

Modern Classroom Techniques

Venue: La Martiniere for Girls
Organized By: Teachers' Centre
Resource Person: Ms. Rupkatha Sarkar
Participants: Asfia Rafique, Khadija Aamir Choonawala
Highlight: The session was highly engaging and relevant to the current education scenario.

Project - Edquest

Organized By: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy Social Service group LSA Samaritans
Participants: Avisha Gupta(XII D), Gaurav Poddar(XII A), Manvi Lohia(X B), Shlok Tahlani(X A), Suhani Bhagat (XI B), Urvi Murmuria(XII D), Vansh P Patel(XII D), Yuthika Sikaria(X B)
Highlight: LSA Samaritans volunteers of LSA are imparting their knowledge and skills to the marginalized students of few NGOs for the last five years under the Project Edquest. They teach four vocational subjects IT, Art & Craft, Sports and Spoken & Written English on every working Saturdays. 23 students from Tomorrow's Foundation came to take the training under the guidance of our school volunteers.

Workshop on CyRaksha

Venue: ISOEH ,Saltlake
Organized By: ISOEH
Resource Person: Mr Sandip Sengupta
Participants: Niladri Kumar Motilal, Swati Mukherjee, Divyansh Shah (XI A)
Highlight: The Cyber Security Workshop held on Saturday, 15th July 2023, proved to be an outstanding success. Everyone present there left with enhanced knowledge and a better understanding of the evolving cyber threat landscape. The event facilitated networking opportunities and fostered collaboration among professionals in the field. The workshop's practical approach and informative sessions made it a valuable learning experience for all attendees. It is hoped that such initiatives will continue to be organized to promote cyber security awareness and empower individuals and organizations to safeguard against digital threats.

Workshop on Ways of Organizing Content

Resource Person: Tikshna Chopra
Participants: Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight: The ways of organizing lesson plans was discussed to make teaching learning process more effective. All three methods thematic approach, project based approach and story based approach were discussed with relevant examples. The advantages of each method was highlighted.
Examples of each method were given and how they can be adopted in class to make learning process more meaningful was discussed.

Workshop on Conversation with Toys

Resource Person: Jyoti Gondi
Participants: Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight: The impact of toys on children was discussed in details. Advantages of toys and play-way method was explained. Choice of toys and the kinds of toys which can be used in class was demonstrated. 
The teacher made few toys in class with recycled materials and showed them as examples. Finally, clay dough was given to everyone to make toys out of it and teach a topic with the same.

Event: VANAMAHOTSAV WEEK

Participants: Students of class X
Highlight: We celebrated Vanmahotsav week to create awareness among students, to raise awareness among individuals regarding the importance of trees and inspire citizens to plant more of them.The main objective of Van Mahotsav is to promote the conservation and protection of forests and to create awareness about the importance of trees in maintaining ecological balance and ensuring environmental stability. Students were excited to plant trees as they planted banana saplings,
spinach, curry leaves. They learned the ways of soil tilling and soil rejuvenation too.

VANAMAHOTSAV WEEK

Participants: Students of classes IX & X
Highlight: We celebrated Vanmahotsav week to create awareness among students, to raise awareness among individuals regarding the importance of trees and inspire citizens to plant more of them.. The main objective of Van Mahotsav is to promote the conservation and protection of forests and to create awareness about the importance of trees in maintaining ecological balance and ensuring environmental stability. Students were excited to plant trees as they planted banana saplings, spinach, curry leaves. They learned the ways of soil tilling and soil rejuvenation too.

C20 999 Challenge for the Students

Organized By: CBSE
Participants: Students of Classes VI to VIII
Highlight: 44 students of various section of class 6 8 participated in this challenge program. Participants of
the challenge have reported experiencing more optimism in their life perspective, better energy
levels and an overall sense of well being. This 999 challenge influence the integration of holistic
healthcare approaches into the global health care system.

Mindler Career Guidance Program

Organized By: Mindler and School
Resource Person: Mindler Career coaches Mr. P. Dhanda, Mr. Abhishek Gulati
Participants: Nabamita Dutta Gupta, Sumona Dasgupta and students of classes IX to XII
Highlight: Workshop was held for classes 9 to 12. Orientation and guidance sessions were conducted

Workshop: Scanning Media

Venue: The Progressive Educational Techniques Society
Organized By: The Progressive Educational Techniques Society, The Teachers' Centre
Resource Person: Mrs. Subha Das Mollick
Participants: Sudeshna Chowdhury
Highlight: The workshop was on media, its various facets and influence in the modern world. The activities were aimed to share the responsibility of preparing students of all ages, for living in a world of powerful yet ethical images, words and sounds.

Artificial Intelligence in Lesson Plans

Venue: Sushila Birla Girls School
Organized By: Sushila Birla Girls School
Resource Person: Teachers ( faculty members of Sushila Birla Girls School)
Participants: Anindita Pal, Indrani Das, Poulomi Saha, Sunitha R Dey, Vrinda Mishra
Highlight: The session discussed how to explore the benefits of using AI application in our daily classes for all subjects in order to make the class more interactive and lively by approaching such tools with the students. It will help them to know, think and analyze the data and critically think and solve problems. New innovative tools on AI application were shared.

Team Kolkata We Care Meet

Venue: iLead Institute

Organized By: Team Kolkata We Care

Resource Person: Mr Pradip Chopra, Mr Imran Zaki & others

Participants: Ms. Meena Kak, Ms. Jaya Misra, Mr. Darshan Singh Gill

Highlight: The think tank group met to decide how the city can be made clean with the support of KMC, and how can Kolkata improve when schools join hands and support this cause. It was indeed a pleasure to see the exhibits displayed in iLead ampus, an example of how to promote upcycling in the society.

Junior Investiture Ceremony

Participants: Students of Classes IV and V
Highlight: The Investiture Ceremony of the Junior Student Council for the academic session 2023 2024 was held in the school premises on 3rd July 2023. The House Captains, Vice Captains and the Sports Captain were officially handed over their badges and appointment letters. The solemn occasion was presided over by the Director Ms Meena Kak.The Coordinator of the primary section, Ms Sohini Jain, administered the oath and the Principal Ms Jaya Misra delivered the vote of thanks.

Celebration of International Yoga Day

Participants: All students of our Academy

Highlight:All the students participated in the yogic kriyas and asanas that was shown by the PE department. It was an enriching session.

Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI-Bootcamp

Date 06/06/2023 To 15/06/2023
Organized By MeiTY, NEGD
Resource Person Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Nation eGovernance Division
Participants Students of Classes IX & X
Highlight All students of classes IX and X took part in YUVAi innovative idea submission. 5 of their ideas were selected amongst top 200 innovative ideas across the nation and qualified for 2nd round. The students are Tanish Kedia, Avni Khodiar, Vaneesa Parikh, Priyansh Singhania,Devesh Patwari. They have been given deep drive AI training by Intel Certified AI coaches.

Global Competence Certificate programme

Date 17/04/2023 To 15/06/2023
Organized By AFS
Participants Subrato Chakraborty
Highlight It was an amazing experience. Discussion on different cultures and education for all was also discussed. Learning outcome: Education is very important for every citizen of the world even though they are from different cultures.

Industry Engagement and Technology Exposure

Date 01/06/2023 To 09/06/2023
Organized By CBSE and Microsoft
Resource Person CBSE and Microsoft
Participants Deeva Sharma, Shaurya Bothra, Yuvraaj Bhatter, Akhil Jatia
Highlight 4 students of classes XI & XII, were selected for this programme. Students learnt a lot about soft skills like problem solving skills, time management, and stress management skills. They have gained a deeper understanding of how different Microsoft solutions integrate and work together to meet various industry needs.

Workshop on Empowering Educators for holistic health

Organized By AIM ,NITI AAYOG & LearnX
Resource Person MR. Chandrakant Singh
Participants Teachers of IT Department
Highlight The resource person welcomed us to the learnX community and explained 3 steps certification course process. They have introduced simple tools to prepare plan for class, how to measure effectiveness of teaching and manage disruptive behavior.

Zero Shadow Day

Venue Live Event
Participants Students of Classes I – X
Highlight Students were excited to see their own shadow and were enthusiastic to know the meaning of Zero Shadow Day. Students enthusiastically participated, uploaded their images and won digital certificates for correct responses. They came to the conclusion that residents of Kolkata had the opportunity to witness Zero Shadow Day, a fascinating celestial event, on 5th June, Monday at 11.34am. This extraordinary phenomenon occurs twice a year when the Sun is directly overhead, causing objects to lose their shadows for a brief moment.

Hungary HOMESTAY program

Venue- Budapest

Organised by- AFS
Resource persons- AFS Hungary
Participants - Aanya Surana and Prisha Patel class 11
Highlight- Aanya and Prisha Patel on an amazing journey to Hungary experience the cultural dimensions

Online Training on “Safety and Security in Digital Space”

Date                  05/06/2023 To 09/06/2023

Organized By     CIET, NCERT

Resource Person CIET, NCERT

Participants          Niladri Kumar Motilal, Sudakshina Datta

Highlight              It was a five- day training on how we can be safe in our digital space. Cyber ethics and laws were part of this training too. Various initiatives by the Government of India, citizen centric services have also been promoted in this training. The training was followed by an online quiz as well.

The Times of India NIE Internship

Venue: TOI Office Salt Lake
Organized By: TOI
Resource Person: TOI
Participants: Students of Classes XI & XII
Highlight: Aditya Hans of Class XI Science and Vaanya Agarwal of Class XII Science were selected for this prestigious 5 day programme. In these 5 days the students learnt the basic operations and functioning of a newspaper organization.

Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Workshop

Organized By: Tech Avant Garde Global Training partner of Microsoft
Resource Person: Mr. Prashant Kumar Jha
Participants: Niladri Kumar Motilal, Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: The 5 day online comprehensive workshop was based on training the educators on various tools on Microsoft like sway, flip, minecraft MakeCode which could be used by teachers for effective teaching and learning process. The software could be effectively used by students for increasing their technical and critical thinking skills.

Workshop on How to use ChatGPT in classroom curriculum

Venue: Online
Organized By: IPN Leadership Academy
Resource Person Ms. Jaya Ramchandani
Participants: NILADRI KUMAR MOTILAL, SANZEEDA SULTANA MIRZA

Highlight: The workshop gave an insight into the benefits of using the ChatGPT and also explained its limitation. The application can be effectively used to create MCQs, fomative assessment questions and even worksheets based on one’s queries. One has to be specific with learning objectives in order to get the desired results.

TinkrCode Workshop

Venue: ATL Lab
Organized By: Tinkrcode
Resource Person: Mr. Sashank Sanas
Participants: SWATI MUKHERJEE, PABITRA BAIDYA

Highlight: We have learnt few more coding in order to complete complex activity using light and movement simultaneously. We have learnt how to structure the program with the help of subroutine. We could cover various upcoming sessions using Tinkrcode.

Student Exchange India Germany Programme

Venue: Aalen, Germany
Organized By: LSA and KSA
Participants: DARSHAN SINGH GILL, SOHINI MITRA JAIN, 8 students from classes IX to XI
Highlight: Our academy took part in the Student Exchange India Germany Programme. A group of 8 students from classes IX to XI, escorted by Mr. Darshan Singh Gill and Ms. Sohini Mitra Jain, took off for a 2 week programme to Germany from 12th May 2023 to 27th May 2023. The team of students and teachers stayed in Aalen, Germany with their respective host families. The first part of the exchange programme was indeed a memorable one.

Ek Sham Hindi teachro ke naam

Venue Badmash cafe
Organized By Sanmarg Hindi Newspaper Organisation
Resource Person Sanmarg Hindi Newspaper
Participants Lilawati Mishra, Radhika Shaw, Jyotshna Jyoshi
Highlight Had a great evening. All the Hindi teachers got collaborated and enjoyed themselves. They discussed about the importance of Hindi language in today's era. It was a refreshing moment from the mundane life.

COLLABORATIVE ART PROJECT DECLARED

Venue: ONLINE
Organized By: Malavika Mandal Andrews
Participants: PRISHA BAJAJ(X B), TANVI JAIN(X B)
Highlight: Two students from class X participated in this online digital image making collaborative project where they had to team up with other school students and share their digital images made on specific themes.

Excursion Trip to Darjeeling and Kalinpong, from 12th May to 17th May

Organized By: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Participants: Students of classes IX and X

Highlight: 102 students from classes IX and X were a part of the trip. They had a good time. The stay and sight visits at Kalimpong was magnificent. The visits to Lava monastery and Deolo Park was enjoyed by all. The students got an opportunity to shop at the Hong Kong Market in Siliguri too.

Farewell of Ruth Annherrlinger

Event: Farewell of Ruth Annherrlinger
Organized By: Nutrition and Dietetics students of our Academy
Resource Person: Ms. Deepa Das
Participants: Nutrition and Dietetics students of our Academy
Highlight: The students of Nutrition and Dietetics arranged a farewell for Ruth Annherrlinger, an international exchange student. Students prepared muffins themselves and arranged other snacks items for her. She was given a box of Indian spices as a memento.

Digital Financial Security Quiz

Venue: Computer Lab
Organized By: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Participants: All teachers of our Academy

Highlight: During India’s presidency of G20, The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (is running a campaign titled ‘Stay Safe Online’ aimed at creating awareness among citizens to stay safe in an online world on the widespread use of social media platforms and rapid adoption of digital payments. Teachers of our academy from different levels has participated in this quiz session and received certificate after successfully completion of the quiz event. The event sensitizes all teachers about online risk & safety measures and promoting cyber hygiene thereby reinforcing the cyber safety of citizens.

Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI

Venue: Online
Organized By: National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, in collaboration with Intel India
Resource Person: National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology with Intel India
Participants: Students of Classes IX and X
Highlight: It is a national level programme in which classes 9 and 10 took part as a lesson extension of the skill based subject AI. Students registered themselves and within a month they will be submitting their ideas through video making on AI solutions at various domains. Each student received a certificate of appreciation after submitting their project.

PARENT ORIENTATION FOR CLASS XI

Venue:              GROUND FLOOR ASSEMBLY HALL
Organized By:    Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Resource Person:Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Participants:       Parents of Class XI
Highlight:           LSA organised a Parent Orientation Programme for the parents of Class XI, with the objective of familiarizing parents with the rules and regulations of the school, the curriculum, the marking scheme and the various opportunities offered by the school. The meet was addressed by the Director, Ma’am Meena Kak, the Principal, Ma’am Jaya Misra and the Senior Secondary Coordinator. Parents were elated to know of the various accolades achieved by the students and staff across the world.

Workshop on Good Touch and Bad Touch

Venue: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Organized By: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Resource Person: Teresa Gomes
Participants: The support staff of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Highlight: It was an interactive session. The support staff interacted well. The support staffs also shared their experiences about the topic.

Showcase during National Technology Day

From: 09/05/2023 To 15/05/2023
Venue: New Delhi
Organized By: Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog
Resource Person: NITI Aayog
Participants: Vishwesh Kumar, Neerav Nagori and Gaurav Poddar
Highlight: 3 of our students Vishwesh Kumar, Neerav Nagori and Gaurav Poddar, along with their Mentor teacher Mr. Dipankar Pal, received the opportunity to showcase their prototype model "Jeevanam" which gives a futuristic solution in the domain of Medicine.

Workshop on Seizures

Organized By: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Resource Person: Malkit Roy
Participants: Teachers of LSA
Highlight: All teachers were trained about how to give medical treatment to anyone who is having seizures. The teachers were made aware about the symptoms of seizures and how to provide first aid to students.

Workshop on updated features of ERP Software-Campuscare

Organized By: LSA
Resource Person: Mr. Shrinath Verma
Participants: All Teachers of LSA
Highlight: A training was provided to all the teachers about the class diary assignment, sending internal messages over Campus Care ERP software which would be beneficial for both teachers and parents.

AIoT integration in Science and Social Science

Venue: ATL
Resource Person: Mr. Dipankar Pal, Ms. Nandini Chanda, Ms. Debarpita Koley, Mr Niladri Motilal
Participants: All IT Teachers, Social Science and Science teachers of Middle and Senior School
Highlight: An AIoT training was organised for Middle School and Secondary teachers teaching Science and Social Science on 6th May 2023.The teachers were updated on Design Thinking that involved ideation, innovation and prototyping. An idea of algorithmic thinking, data gathering and pattern recognition was also discussed. A prototype of a model was shared with the participants. Teachers also prepared a draft lesson plan on the subjects based on their year plan.

Ways to be an effective facilitator

Venue: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Organized By: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Resource Person: Runa Ghosh
Participants: Teachers of primary department
Highlight: The workshop focused on the difference between a teacher and a facilitator, the aim of a facilitator and the ways to be a facilitator. It was an interactive session where the teachers shared their best practices with each other

Integration of the Environment with the Curriculum

Venue: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Organized By: Lakshmipat Singhania Acadmey
Resource Person: Manmeet kaur
Participants: Teachers of Primary Department
Highlight The session highlighted the benefits of integration of curriculum across subjects. The need to integrate the environmental issues and concerns with the curriculum was emphasized in order to motivate the students to work towards the betterment of our planet.

Introduction of Hindi through Mother Tongue

Venue: LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY
Organized By: LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY
Resource Person: Rama Poddar
Participants: Teachers teaching Preprimary section of LSA
Highlight: Importance and benefits of teaching Hindi through mother tongue was discussed along with the role of teacher as well as of the school. It was an interactive and informative session.

Creating Positive Classroom Environment and Organizing the Environment

Venue: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Organized By: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Resource Person: NCF Foundational Stage
Participants: Afshan Nahid, Arwah Hussain Deesawala, Bindiya Kaur Gill, Ishita Valentina Gomes, Khadija Aamir Choonawala, Priya Mozumdar, Rekha Dayani, Tikshna Chopra
Highlight: The role of the teacher is very important in guiding children in their behaviour and in forming strong positive relationships. Teachers, therefore, have to be thoughtful and responsive towards the needs of children.

Principals' Conclave 2023

Venue: The Park
Organized By: Times of India
Resource Person: Dr Suman Mukherjee, Professor Suranjan Das & others
Participants: JAYA MISRA

Highlight: There were 3 panel discussions on the following topics Experiential & Competency based Learning ; Physical & Mental Wellbeing among students ; Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Education. The guest speakers presented their views on these topics and gave the audience food for thought.

TTIS Tiger Hunt Orientation

Venue: Buwalka Hall
Organized By: The Telegraph
Resource Person: The Telegraph In Schools
Participants: Students of Classes X & XII
Highlight: Pratyusha Gupta (Class 12) and Maanvi Lohia (Class 10) have been selected from the school to cover activities and events as reporters on behalf of the school.

Climate Conference 2023

Venue: Offbeat CCU
Organized By: Techno India Group
Resource Person: Techno India Group
Participants: XII D
Highlight: Vanshika Kothari and Pratyusha Gupta represented LSA on the topic Traffic Congestion.

Webinar on 'How to be a Lawyer?'

Organized By: The Telegraph Online Edugraph
Resource Person: Ms. Vaneeta Patnaik
Participants: Sneha Singh and the students of Legal Studies.
Highlight: Precise and useful information was provided on skills required to pursue legal profession and opportunities available to students of law.

Study In UK

Organized By: SIUK and LSA
Resource Person: Abir Mukherjee & Aishwarya Jaiswal
Participants: Students of Classes XI – XII
Highligh:t It was an interesting event where students were told about the benefits of studying in the UK.

Paper Bag Making

Participants: Students of classes III-V
Highlight: Children made paper bags using newspapers. They watched the video and made the paper bag. They then decorated the bags with different decorative items like stickers, sequins, flowers, ribbons etc.
Lastly, they used a satin ribbon or a jute string to make the handle of the bag. They even exchanged the bags with their friends.

Workshop on Depression Symptoms and Remedies

Organized By: Dayanand Sagar University
Resource Person: Dr. Kaul
Participants: Sumona Dasgupta
Highlight: Symptoms and remedies of depression which is a serious mental health condition affecting students and signs to watch out for in students were discussed. Strategies were discussed which would help students suffering from depression.

Radio Mirchi Tour

Venue: Radio Mirchi Station
Organized By: Times NIE
Resource Person: Radio Mirchi
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: Two students Anushka Ghosh and Aditya Goswami were part of this tour. They learnt individual expression and communication techniques from RJ Agni.

Tinkerwork

Venue: Tinkering Lab at School
Resource Person: Dipjyoti Das
Participants: Pabitra Kumar Baidya, Swati Mukherjee
Highlight: We have learned different theoretical concept of sensors and hardware components of robots. We were oriented about the different classes and how to use supporting content during the session.
We have constructed the robot and program accordingly.

Workshop on Experiential Learning

Venue: Hariyana Vidya Mandir, Kolkata
Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Dr Ramesh Agarwal And Dr Akhilesh kumar
Participants: Sneha Singh
Highlight: Extremely interactive and hands on training. Learnt how to integrate experiential activities in various Subjects and also how to integrate various subjects while teaching.

CBP CBSE Workshop on Happy Classrooms

Venue: Asian International School, Howrah
Organized By: Asian International School
Resource Person: Dr S.P.Gupta,Ms Debi Saha Seal
Participants: Tikshna Chopra
Highlight: The resource person kept the participants engaged by sharing real life examples. An interesting
session that helped in learning classroom situation and acting accordingly to make the pupils happy.
Knowledge of self and environmental factors affecting happiness, challenges faced in classroom and
how to overcome those were discussed.

Capacity Building Workshop (CLASS XII)

Venue : Hariyana Vidya Mandir
Organized By : CBSE
Resource Person : Ms Anjana Dey & Ms Indrani Bhattacharyya
Participants : Srabanti Deb
Highlight : It was an interactive session coupled with activities.

Celebrating ATL Community Day

Organized By: NITI Aayog and LSA-ATL
Resource Person: Mr. Dipankar Pal
Participants: 18 middle school Students of LSA and 26 students of Future Hope Foundation (an NGO) Highlight ATL Community Day celebration is an important event that promotes the spirit of innovation,creativity and entrepreneurship among students in India and encourages them to develop skills that
are critical for the 21st-century workforce. It provides a platform for young innovators to connect with each other, share their ideas, learn from experts and gain exposure to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI

Organized By: National eGovernence Division, Intel, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Resource Person: Intel, NeGD, MeITy
Participants: Niladri Kumar Motilal, Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: It was a teacher orientation aimed to foster a deeper understanding of AI and to enable school students from class 8 to 12 across the nation with AI skills to become human centric designers and users of AI. Students will be given similar orientation programme in due course of time. Later students will be encouraged to submit their ideas through a 120 seconds video explaining a proposed AI enabled solution for any one of the eight core themes.

Parent Orientation Programme

Participants: Parents
Highlight: An orientation programme was organized and conducted on 11th of April 2023 for parents of classes VI-VIII to familiarise the parents with the examination structure, rules and regulations, teaching methodologies and co-scholastic activities of the middle school. Director, Principal and Coordinator addressed the parents and enlightened them about the holistic development that the curriculum offers and implementation of innovative teaching strategies.

Annual Prize Distribution Ceremony

Highlight: Academy organised its Annual Awards Ceremony after 2 years to reward students for their achievements in various scholastic and co-scholastic fields for the academic year 2022-23. Prize winners as well as their parents were invited to the ceremony, so that they could witness this proud moment of their child’s life. The Chief Guest for the ceremony was Ms. Gitanjali Ghosh, a social worker and Director of the Anando Trust which is an NGO for underprivileged children. Prizes were given for General Proficiency from classes I-XI as well as trailblazers like Best Behaved students, Star Class Award,
Prashasti Award for National and International recognition in co-scholastic activities, Samman and Sadachar awards for excellence in academics as well as discipline, Helpage India Award as well as Awards for 100% attendance for 7 years or over. Children were given certificates, trophies as well as books.

Workshop

Resource Person: Ms. Sumona Dasgupta, Ms. Nabamita Dutta Gupta
Participants: Students of Class VII
Highlight: Students were given exposure to self awareness and mindfulness and building positive self esteem and self confidence. Activities were done on awareness on mindfulness and ways to practise mindfulness.

IT Workshop

Organized By: IT Dept of LSA
Resource Person: Teachers of IT Department
Participants: Students of Classes IV to VIII
Highlight: We have conducted IT workshops for classes 4 to 8. Students did selective activities from Stay Safe Online project of Government of India and Be Internet Awesome project of Google and CBSE.
Students of different classes gained knowledge on how to be safe while being online. They have done various activities like SSO pledge, SSO Quiz , Being a good search engine and Identification of real or fake. We are able to complete "Be Internet Awesome" Activity launched by CBSE through this IT workshop.

Workshop

Resource Person: Ms. Sumona Dasgupta, Ms. Nabamita Dutta Gupta
Participants: Students of VIII
Highlight: Students were given understanding of Resilience through fun filled activities. What is Resilience, understand the differences between Growth and Fixed mindset, ways to be Resilient (Activity) were explained to them.

Workshops and activities conducted in week 1

Participants Students of Classes III to V
Highlight The new session (2023 24) began with some activities and workshops conducted for the students of classes 3 to 5. These were held in week 1 from 3.4.23 to 5.4.23. The activities and workshops included yoga session, physical education and dance, archery, IT sessions, workshop on etiquette, life skill, art, music and on dental hygiene.

Workshop

Resource Person: Ms. Sumona Dasgupta, Ms. Nabamita Dutta Gupta
Participants: Students of class VI
Highlight: Students were made aware about the transitions to the new class. They learnt about gratitude, being thankful for the small things around them and finding ways to be happy.

Workshop on Essential Etiquettes

Resource Person Sunitha R Dey, Nandini Chanda
Participants Students of Classes VI to VIII
Highlight All the students of Middle School were subject to a workshop on Essential Etiquettes. They sat house wise during the workshop and derived their own essential etiquettes that they thought was important to follow. They then enacted out situations to display the right code of conduct in various situations given to them. All the students participated whole heartedly. It was wonderful to see some quiet students taking up active roles during the role play.

Sewing for Survival

Participants: Students of Class VI

Highlight :Students were very excited to use the needle and thread for the 1st time. They learnt how to thread a needle, stitch a button, secure the thread and hemming.

Doctor's Workshop on Puberty and Nutrition

Resource Person Dr. Rituparna and Dr.Vikram Chaturvedi
Participants Students of classes VI to VIII
Highlight It was an interactive workshop on changes during puberty and how to handle them and the importance of health and nutrition.

Workshop on Oral Hygiene

Resource Person: Dr. Shreya Bose (Endodontist)
Participants: Students of Classes III to V
Highlight: Dr. Shreya Bose highlighted the importance of maintaining oral hygiene for children through an interactive session and video presentations. The children enjoyed the session thoroughly and understood the relevant points explained to them.

AI at schools

Organized By IPN Leadership Academy
Participants Swati Mukherjee
Highlight Enjoyed learning in the workshop session and was able to learn different AI tools with the help of hands on activity.

The following major points were covered:
-Connecting AI to core teaching, Coexistence of Human & Artificial intelligence, Possible Integration of AI in schools
-Understanding the potential threats
-Coping with changing times

AIoT Integration Teacher Training

Venue: Hotel Monotel, Salt Lake
Organized By: CBSE, NITI Aayog, intel
Resource Person: Facilitator from intel, Special Guest –DrBiswajit Saha, Director, Skills Education, CBSE. AIoT Integration in Curriculum handbook
Participants: Debarpita Koley, Dipankar Pal, Nandini Chanda, Niladri Kumar Motilal
Highlight: 13 Schools from across the country participated. This is a Train the Trainer Model where Master Trainers are being created to impart training to the school teachers on pragmatic and rational integration of Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things to teaching learning process in school.

Webinar to create awareness on National Curriculum Framework – Foundational Stage

Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Mr. Ranjan Arora
Participants: Mitali Mukhopadhyay
Highlight: The webinar enlightened us about the features of the National Curriculum Framework – Foundational Stage. Holistic development based on 5 domains - Physical & Motor, Socio – Emotional- Ethical, Cognitive, Language & Literacy and Aesthetic & Cultural It stressed on play to be the centre of child’s learning. Play includes story telling, toy based learning, Music & Rhymes, Art & Craft, Games, Field trips and Nature walks.
Thematic and integrated learning pedagogy to include planning, building positive relationship, learning through play, four block approach for literacy and Mathematics, creating positive classroom culture. Four Block Approach for Literacy - Oral, Word Recognition, Reading and Writing; Four Block Approach for Numeracy - Oral Math Talks, Skill Teaching, Skill Practice, Math Game. Method of Assessment to include Checklist, Event Sampling, Portfolios, Work Samples, and Worksheets. Early identification of children who are at risk is needed. Variety of Teaching Learning Materials to be developed.

Cubs/Bulbuls Camp

Venue: Taki Sonar Bangla
Participants: Students of classes IV and V
Highlight: A total number of 151 students joined the camp along with 11 teachers and 3 support staff. The students were overjoyed and enthusiastically participated in the various camp activities. Their stay at the resort was comfortable and they enjoyed the delectable cuisine. The various activities included group presentation, shadow dance, scorpion tail, chariot race, night trail etc. These activities helped to inculcate many skills among students like critical thinking skills, emotional and social skills, leadership skills, problem solving skills and developed s elf- awareness, empathy and decision-making abilities among them. It was a great learning experience for the students as they got the opportunity to bond with their teachers and peers, learn wonderful things in a stress-free environment and boost their self-confidence.

International Cyberfair Competition

From Date 15/11/2022 To 23/03/2023
Event: International Cyberfair Competition
Organized By: Globalschoolnet
Participants: Class XI Mass Media Students and Web Application students
Highlight: CyberFair is an award-winning authentic project-based learning program. Class XI students of Mass Media Studies and Web Application conducted research and published their findings using digital media by making a website. This year we chose the category Community Groups and Special Populations. The overall theme was Be Kind and Unite. The Title of our project is Caring Cosmopolitan Learners and our website address is https://lsacyberfair22.wixsite.com/my-site-2

Visit to the Science City

Venue: Science City
Participants: Students of Classes VIII & IX
Highlight: It was a fun filled and enriching day where students witnessed an informative 3D show, travelled through the geological timeline of life on earth and experienced motion simulator. The models displayed in the gallery helped the students understand the principles of Science.

Scouts and Guides Camp at Dooars

Venue: Dooars
Resource Person: Scouts and Guides Teachers
Participants: Students of Classes VI and VII
Highlight: A four day Scouts and Guides Camp for the session 2022 23 was organized by school at Prime Murti in Dooars. 192 students of classes VI and VII participated in the camp. It was a great learning experience and an enjoyable session for the students through various kinds of activities. 14 teachers accompanied the students.

National Coding Challenge

Organized By: Juanatech and CBSE
Resource Person: Juanatech and CBSE
Participants: Avaneesh Bajaj(VIII D), Bhavya Agarwal(VIII D), Devesh Patwari(VIII B), Saurjesh Chatterjee(VIII B), Shreeyash Kejriwal(VIII D), Swapnil Ghosh(VIII B), Tanish Singhania(VIII B)
Highlight: 2 teams of class 8 took part in this event. It was an opportunity for them to showcase their 21st century skills to solve some of the real life issues with technology. They made code based games using makeCode to cater to these real life issues. Result awaited.

Workshop on Continuous Professional Development

Organized By: Super Teachers
Resource Person: Mr. Vasudevan
Participants: Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight: The workshop emphasized on the need of completion of 50 hours of professional development workshops conducted by both external sources and inhouse sources by every teacher as per NEP 2020 and notification from the CBSE. Super Teacher’s organization can help in arranging workshops for schools for the above purpose.

English in Multilingual Classroom

Organized By: British Council
Resource Person: British Council
Participants: Sudeshna Chowdhury
Highlight: Various approaches of incorporating English as a second language were illustrated through numerous exercises.

Convocation Ceremony 2022-23

Participants: Students of Classes II & V
Highlight: The Convocation is an annual programme held in the school premises, which serves as a formal send-off for the students of class 2 and 5 as they move to the Primary and Middle School sections respectively. The performances by the students of Classes I, III and IV were well appreciated.

Grandparent’s Day

Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: Thursday, morning saw grandparents' of the youngest members of our academy go down memory lane playing games, tapping their feet and voicing their feelings in the school premises.

Workshop on Making AI projects that helps the society.

Organized By CBP Intel AI4Youth
Resource Person Mr. Sarthalk Narnor
Participants Sanzeeda Sultana Mirza
Highlight The workshop focused on the AI projects which becomes unproductive due to lack of practicability. One needs to be focused on the usage area and the practical aspect of the projects in real life. Then only the project will have better implementation. The resource person explained a few successful and unsuccessful projects with reasons.

Visit to BITM

Venue: BITM
Participants: Students of Montessori
Highlight: Children were very excited and well mannered. They had a great time in the children’s gallery, television and digital gallery.

Workshop – Soulful Schools

Organized By: Future School Leaders
Resource Person: Dr. Kiran Bedi and others
Participants: Jaya Misra
Highlight: It was an enriching experience to hear the stalwarts who are aiming to humanising schools and make the world a better place.

Capacity Building Workshop on 'GENDER SENSITIVITY'

Venue: Saini International School, Howrah
Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Dr. Dhananjay Pan and Ms. Jharna Das
Participants: Debarpita Koley
Highlight: Concept, gender and gender sensitivity was introduced Related terms (like Gender Role, Gender Gap, Gender Equity, Gender Equality etc.) were discussed with examples. Handouts were provided to the trainees. Discussion with a few activities was conducted. Implementing Gender Equality through subject teaching was demonstrated

India Early Education Dialogue 2022 Play based learning.

Organized By IPN Leadership Academy
Resource Person Ms. Harsha G. Ramaiya
Participants Clara Karmakar, Moneera Sadique
Highlight It was indeed an enriching workshop which showcased the numerous ways to involve play based method of teaching as a vital part of curriculum in order to impart fun learning.

Master Trainer Workshop on Be Internet Awesome

Organized By: CBSE and Google Mahatattva team
Resource Person: Dr. Amit Bajaj
Participants: Sudakshina Datta
Highlight: It was an elaborative and interactive session on how we can make our teachers and students more Internet Smart and ourselves become a certified master trainer as well. A guideline to train teachers and students were given along with content resources.

Capacity Building Programme on Health and Wellness

Venue: Abhinav Bharati High school
Organized By: CBSE
Resource Person: Dr. Sankar Prasad Dutta and Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Kumar
Participants: Siddhartha Sankar Chakraborty
Highlight: The information provided during the workshop was useful and can be implemented in classroom teaching. The examples given from classroom situations helped us understand the situation better and make the workshop appealing for the attendees.

Universal Design for learning

Venue: Manovikas Kendra
Organized By: Manovikas Kendra
Resource Person: Dr. Richard Ross, Dr. Narayan
Participants: Nabamita Dutta Gupta, Sumona Dasgupta
Highlight: Teaching method for all, multisensory, social and emotional learning was discussed

A Trip to the Zoo (Educational Excursion)

Venue: Alipore Zoo
Participants: Students of Pre School I to Class II
Highlight: The children were elated on seeing the animals at the zoo and were curious to find more about their habitat and food habit.

Cyberfair - Bulletin Board

Organized By: Cyberfair students team
Participants: Students of Classes III – V
Highlight: Students from classes 3 to 5 (one from each section) made a bulletin board for Cyberfair Bulletin Board competition on the theme "Be Kind & Unite". They had taken up the topic: Love for all kinds of animals.

Formal Farewell (Class XII)

Saying adieu to the outgoing students of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy is always done in a formal way every year, through a unique diya ceremony. The ceremony signifies the act of formally unleashing the chains of protection with which we had bound our students. Director, Ms. Meena Kak said that the beauty of this ceremony marks the beginning of a new life that awaits our outgoing students. Our blessings will always be there with you all as they fly away towards their dream destinations. Some of the teachers, parents and students also were given opportunities to share their emotions for the outgoing batch of the Academy.

Embracing Multi Lingual Aspects in Classrooms

Organized By: CBSE COE Bhopal, CBSE COE Bangalore
Resource Person: Dr. Ambika Prasad Gaur, Mr. Suryavathy
Participants: Priti Kedia
Highlight: The resource person spoke in great detail regarding the benefits of learning multiple languages and how it can help in the overall development of a child.

Traffic Rule Awareness Week Posters

Organized By: Kolkata Police
Resource Person: Darshan S. Gill
Participants: Students of Classes VII - IX
Highlight: Students of our academy made posters for Kolkata Police on Traffic Rule Awareness week. Out of these, 12 posters were selected and sent to the Kolkata Police which they displayed in their exhibition to celebrate the event.

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Organized By: CIET
Resource Person: Dr. R. C. Sharma, Dr. Biju K, Dr. A. R. Ramesh, Dr. P. Ashkarali
Participants: Udita Chakraborty
Highlight: Need and scope of LMS, introduction to the LMS- MOODLE, resource used for course enrichment, activities, how to take assessment were discussed. It is an advanced version of Google Classroom and other online questionnaire platforms like Kahoot, Quizzes that use different features for making online teaching effective and interactive.

Saraswati Puja Celebration

Participants: All Teachers and Students of Classes III – XII
Highlight: Saraswati Puja was celebrated with great pomp like every year followed by Bhog distribution. All staff members along with students offered flowers and asked for blessings from the deity. Flag was also hoisted inside the school premises. Poster making activity was also conducted for classes III – VIII as an extension of International Cyberfair Project.

Workshop on Team Building

Resource Person: Ms. Afshan Nahid
Participants: Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight: The workshop was conducted on Team Building which is one the most important skills among the 21st Century Life Skills. The teachers were engaged in different team building activities which they can utilize in their classes.

Workshop on Team Building

Resource Person: Ms. Afshan Nahid
Participants: Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight: The workshop was conducted on Team Building which is one the most important skills among the 21st Century Life Skills.The teachers were engaged in different team building activities which they can utilize in their classes.

Tana Bana

Resource Person: Individual artisans
Participants: The students, teachers and the parents of LSA
Highlight: It was an initiative by the school to support local purpose driven textile business and give them the recognition that they deserve.

Batch 63 - CBSE Peer educator Life Skills Training Program

Organized By: Team CBSE and Expression India
Resource Person: CBSE and Expression India
Participants: Manvi Lohia(IX B), Priyank Rai(IX D), Sambhaavya Upadhyay(IX C), Vanessa Parikh(IX A) 

Highlight: The Peer Educator Life Skills Training Program is designed and conducted by CBSE in collaboration with Expression India to empower students as Life Skills and well-being ambassadors who as peer leaders, will promote mental health awareness among the school students.

Intramural Sports Meet 2022

Venue Gitanjali Stadium
Participants All Students from Montessori to Class XI
Highlight LSA celebrated its 25th Annual Sports meet this year. Ms. Dola Banerjee was the chief guest and Air Marshal Arup Raha was the guest of Honour. The drill was based on 75 years of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav showcasing various sports of India.

Orientation Programme on IPS for districts of West Bengal

Venue Haryana Vidya Mandir
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person CBSE representatives
Participants Jaya Misra, Niladri Kumar Motilal
Highlight The resource persons demonstrated how to fill the details in integrated payment system. They discussed about common errors and also took feedback about the problems faced during entry.

Capacity Building Program on NEP2020

Venue Asian International School
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Mr. Sushil Kumar Sinha, Dr. R.K. Agarwal
Participants Anindita Pal
Highlight Discussion through activities and role play on - Early childhood care and education; Fundamental literacy and numeracy; Curtailing drop- out rates and ensuring universal access to education at all levels; Curriculum and pedagogy in schools and Equitable and inclusive education.

Workshop - Teamwork

Resource Person Subhi Vijay Vargiya
Participants Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight Teachers shared their experiences of working in a team. They divided themselves into groups and chose a word that starts with each letter of the word TEAMWORK which describes what makes a successful team.

Training on Animation as Digital Resource for Teaching and Learning

Organized By CIET NCERT
Resource Person CIET NCERT
Participants Teachers of IT Department
Highlight It was an extensive training for 4 days on various animation tools which can be used as digital resource for teaching.Various animation types, 2D, 3D and stop motion animation explained in details. Thorough demonstration of free open source applications like Pixton, Krita, Wick Editor were done by different resource person from various institutes.

Edu Carnival 2022 : Reimagining & Rebuilding K 12 Education

Venue IIT Delhi
Organized By Edu Excellence
Resource Person Prof Harish Chaudhry, Mr Manish Sisodia, Mr Shiv Khera & others
Participants Jaya Misra
Highlight It was an enriching experience where 400+ delegates from different corners of India assembled to address common concerns, seeking solutions for the K 12 learners. A number of sessions left the attendees with thought provoking questions and gave a new dimension to the teaching learning process.

Workshop on Animation as digital resource for teaching and learning

Organized By: CIET
Resource Person: Dr. Rejaul Karim Barbhuiya, Mr. S. Simon Peter Paul, Ms. Pratima Singh, Mr. Santosh Kumar Bisin, Mr. M. Thangaraja
Participants: Udita Chakraborty
Highlight: Use of animation in the teaching- learning process was discussed. Use of different tools like Stop Motion , Comic Strip, Pixton, Krita and Wick Editor for creating animation and thereby learn to make their own story and even comics was demonstrated.

industrial incubation at the AIC-Atal Incubation Center under the Nalanda Institute of Technology (Bhubaneswar)

Three teams from Lakshmipat Singhania Academy (Sambhav, Park-at and Cancer Care) are going through the process of industrial incubation at the AIC-Atal Incubation Center under the Nalanda Institute of Technology (Bhubaneswar) to create MVP-Market Viable product. They are among the ATL Marathon's top 350 teams from thousands of pan-India teams.
ATL Marathon is the flagship program by ATAL Tinkering Lab across 10,000 schools.
Wishing them the very best !

Visit to Alipore Jail Museum

Venue: Alipore Jail Museum
Participants: Students of classes VI to IX
Highlight: The students took part in an educational trip to the Alipore Jail Museum. It was a walk through the history of pre independent India as the correctional home has been a silent witness to the brutalities inflicted upon the freedom fighters. It was a deep learning experience for the students. Students understood, how and where our freedom fighters were imprisoned, their contribution in freedom, important facts about them and their sacrifices.

Japanese Calligraphy workshop

Resource Person: Sensei Nigamaha
Participants: Students of classes VIII, IX & XI
Highlight: Sensei Nigamaha conducted a wonderful workshop of doing authentic Japanese Calligraphy for 30 students of class VIII to XI. They were introduced to a special kind of paper, brush and ink and learnt to write two words in Japanese. It was a very rewarding workshop. Aarav Bharany, the Head Boy, specially attended the workshop to interact with her in Japanese and convey her words to our students in English

Earth Reel Finals

Organized By: Earth Day Network
Resource Person: Earth Day Network
Participants: Anikait Chakraborty, Riddhima Koley, Shivangi Dey and Megha Dasgupta
Highlight: 4 students of class 12 D (Anikait Chakraborty, Riddhima Koley, Shivangi Dey and Megha Dasgupta) had prepared a film titled 'Phataphati Fashion'. After qualifying the prelims, the team presented its film and research to the jury. The films speaks about sustainable fashion and how we must be more responsible in safeguarding the environment. 

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Emerging Trends in Computer Science Education for K 12

Organized By Super Teachers
Resource Person Mr. Vasudevan Natarajan
Participants Teachers of IT Department
Highlight The session emphasized on the importance of Computer Science education post NEP 2020. It is not considered as an additional subject but should be considered as one of the mainstream subject. The organization has come up with a comprehensive study material for Computer Science for classes 1 to 8 at the present moment.

CBSE Science Exhibition

Venue Hariyana Vidya Mandia
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person CBSE
Participants Students of Classes IX X
Highlight It was a good experience by the students. Lot of amazing exhibits were there. It’s a very good platform for students to learn. Our teams were named as Oushadh and Nerro. Oushadh team made a protottype of an oxygen concentrator by mixing ancient and modern techniques where as team Nerro made a pocket water filter which can remove pathogens and produce filtered water.

Christmas Craft to celebrate Christmas

Participants: Students from Montessori to Class PS II
Highlight: Children learnt different ways of art work to make apt christmas crafts for the season. They learnt to share materials and not to waste the same.

Class XII Batch trip to Taki

Venue: Sonar Bangla Hotel at Taki
Participants: Students of Class XII
Highlight: Students enjoyed the trip with a lot of fun. Food and accommodation was good. Lot of activities such as volleyball, cricket and football were organized.

Embracing Multilingualism in Classrooms

Organized By COE Dehradun
Resource Person Prashant Kumar
Participants Runa Ghosh
Highlight The session discussed the requisites of multilingualism in classrooms and its advantages and disadvantages. It stressed on the need to make multilingualism a resource in the classroom.

NEP 2020 Progressive Leader

Organized By KIDEX
Participants Ashis Majumder
Highlight Received certificate for active contribution towards implementation of section 4.35 of National Education Policy 2020.

Founder's Day 2022

Venue: Kala Mandir
Participants: All Students and Staff of Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Highlight: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy celebrated its 27th Founder's Day with immense enthusiasm. Upholding the ideals of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, students presented a dance drama Onward and Upward tracing the contours of India's momentous milestones across 75 years. It brought in a confluence of the five elements, Agni, Vayu, Prithvi, Jal, Vyom, and relived how India charted its course from a battered economy to one of the largest democracies of the world across the symbolic elements.

Raise awareness of human trafficking in cyberspace

Organized By Central Academy for Police Training, Bhopal under Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. Of India
Resource Person Sutapa Sanyal, former Director General of Police
Participants Students of Classes X & XII
Highlight It was an awareness programme against Human trafficking in cyberspace (with reference to child trafficking) for students of classs X and XII. Former Director General of police Ms. Sutapa Sanyal discussed about the reason of such trafficking, Economic ad social causes underlying the trafficking. 
The program also highlighted on how does cyber trafficking actually happen and how children are more vulnerable in getting into it. How do the trafficked people behave and how we can prevent it was also discussed.

Visit to Antara Gram Hospital for mentally Ill.

Venue Antara Gram
Resource Person Dr Biyoy Jacob
Participants Students of Class XII
Highlight It was a day trip, the journey was very comfortable. Students got an opportunity to interact very closely with the patients of Antara. A cultural program was organised by them as well as our students also performed. Students visited all the different wards. The Psychology students were sensitized about mental illness. It was a life time experience for all Psychology students.

Workshop on Bharhut Gallery

Venue: Indian Museum
Organized By: Indian Museum
Resource Person: Mistuni Mukherjee
Participants: Chandril Mukherjee(XII D), Muskan Goel(XII D), Riddhima Koley(XII D), Yamini Agarwal(XII D)
Highlight: The workshop was conducted taking the artefacts as sources of writing history, teaching
Buddhist philosophy and exposing students to Gandhara and Mathura school of art.

IBM Virtual Under 18 Internships

Organized By IBM
Participants Srikar Ayalasomayajula, Saurjesh Chatterjee, Amol Dalmia, Aneek Chakrabarti, Neev Attalani
Highlight They enjoyed the internship as they faced a glimpse of the corporate and its challenges. It taught them innovative thinking based on real life problem solving and there were sessions conducted by people from IBM. They were broken into groups and each group was guided by an IBM mentor who
helped them put together projects to solve real world issues. Their teams created a project to solve the rising air pollution in cities like Delhi and a Portable Smart Water Purification Technology.

Experiential Learning

Venue Jyotirmoy Public School
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person COE , Bhubaneswar
Participants Mousumi Mukherjee, Rupa Mazumdar
Highlight The workshop was on experiential learning based on a number of activities which could be done with different subjects catering to different types of learners.

Book donation drive

Resource Person Nirdhan Development & Microfinance
Participants All Students of our Academy
Highlight Students Pre primary to Senior sec. participated in Book donation drive. To serve the underprivileged section of the society by providing them with resources LSA organized book donation drive hand in hand with Nirdhan Development and Microfinance. School received an over whelming response from the students of Pre primary to Senior section. A huge number of books were being donated to the NGO who is trying their level best to make the people of local community 'functionally literate'.

Career Fair

Resource Person Mindler
Participants Nabamita Dutta Gupta, Sumona Dasgupta
Highlight 25 Universities: FLAME, KREA, ASHOKA, MARQUETTE etc National and International participated in the career fair organised by our school in collaboration with Mindler for classes IX to XII.

Mindler Career Counselling

Resource Person Mindler Coaches
Participants Nabamita Dutta Gupta, Sumona Dasgupta
Highlight Class X students, 1 1 session was conducted about their aptitude and interests. students got guidance on stream selection. workshops for classes 9 to 12 were also conducted.

West Bengal School Debating Championship

Venue Akash institute, Deshapriya Park
Organized By Calcutta Debating Circle
Resource Person Calcutta Debating Circle
Participants Students of Class IX & XI
Highlight Mahey Jain (9D) and Vanshika Kothari (11D) represented the school. The topic was The house is desirable of Brain drain. Mahey spoke against while Vanshika was for the house.

Workshop on Demistifying AI

Organized By CBSE and Intel
Resource Person Ms Sapna Bist
Participants Sudakshina Datta
Highlight Importance of AI as subject had been discussed. Discussion about promotion sessions and bootcamp done to promote the topic amongst students.

Times School Quiz

Venue Hyatt Regency Kolkata
Organized By Times of India Quiz
Participants Students of Class X B
Highlight Vanalika Rathi, Manya Chopra and Ayush Anchalia from class 10 got selected from preliminary round. They were invited to attend the Times School Quiz 2022 Grand finale .They have enjoyed the quiz session. They received participation certificates at the end of session.

Mid Day Meal

Venue Jankalyan Vidya Peeth
Participants Students of Classes XI – XII
Highlight Students learnt to prepare nutritional mid day meal for students of Jankalyan Vidyapeeth, Behala.They organised the collection of food ,cutting vegetables cooking the items in school premises packaging and distributing to the students

Joyful Mathematics

Venue Indus Valley World School, Kolkata
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Pankaj Kumar Jha and Bibhash Saha
Participants Soumitra Maji
Highlight Teachers learned common errors of maths, tricky sums, GeoGebra also did many activities.

English Language Teaching

Venue: The Park Hotel
Organized By: Oxford University Press
Resource Person: Dr. Sabina Pillai
Participants: Suranjana Chakrabarti
Highlight: The workshop threw light on the different teaching strategies that are expected to be incorporated during classroom teaching. A teacher is a scaffolding agent who reinforces the topics learnt.
The workshop successfully connected pedagogy with the future roll out of NEP 2020.

The Times of India School Quiz

Organized By: Times Of India
Resource Person: Times Of India
Participants: Students of Classes VII – XII
Highlight: The preliminary round was conducted in school for students of classes VII to XII. Only 3 students will be selected from here for the final round. The quiz covered aspects from all walks of life allowing to understand the student's range of general knowledge.

Event: Studying Sources: Teaching History with a Difference

Venue: Indian Museum
Organized By: Teachers' Centre
Resource Person: Dr. Amita Prasad
Participants: Kanak Shankar Mukherji, Mistuni Mukherjee, Sneha Singh
Highlight: Research and Activity oriented workshop conducted in Bharut gallery and the coins section. It integrates and interprets sources in teaching history.

District Level Kala Utsav 2022 23

Venue: Shiksha Bhawan
Organized By: RMSA KOLKATA
Resource Person: Sanjay Bhattacharya
Participants: Avni Khodiar (IX C)
Highlight: A tough competition where each and every participant was well trained and talented. Each participant had to answer questions from judges after performance.

Embracing Multilingualism in Classrooms

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Ms. Gurmeet Kaur
Participants Udita Chakraborty
Highlight Use of mother tongue at the elementary level, transition between languages and mixing words and expressions from different languages in the same spoken or written utterance was discussed.Speaking a second or third language will boost confidence and increase self esteem. Being multilingual or bilingual often helps children learn at school because it helps them with problem solving, multitasking, creativity and flexible thinking

Tinkering Day

Organized By NITI Aayog and Atal Innovation Mission
Resource Person Mr. Dipankar Pal
Participants Students of Classes VI upwards
Highlight Students from schools across India have joined together to perform a mega tinkering activity on Atal Tinkering Day. They have enjoyed making a motorized mini fan.

Children's day celebration

Participants All students of Montessori to Class XII
Highlight Children's day programme was celebrated with great pomp and enthusiasm. Students enjoyed their teachers performing skits, dance to the tune of their favourite programme and fashion walk with traditional attires. They also enjoyed the class party.

Capacity building Accountancy workshop

Venue Abhinav Bharti High School
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Ravindra Singh, Subhasish Mazumdar
Participants Abhishek Sarkar, Bijay Raj Shaw, Sanjeeb Banerjee
Highlight Teachers are given handouts related to the subject and were apprised about the recent changes in the accountancy. Teachers discussed common errors and gave suggestions how it can be solved.

Behavioural Problems in Children and in the Classroom

Resource Person Teresa Gomes
Participants Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight The topic was very interesting and informative. Teachers found it relatable and so actively participated in the discussions and shared their problems.

Teacher Training on Be Internet Awesome Programme

Resource Person BIA Programme conducted by Ms. Ishita Valentina Gomes
Participants Teachers of Pre Primary Department
Highlight The workshop helped the teachers to identify the different types of spams online and verify sources of news. The teachers were made aware of the impact of their digital footprint and how they can
monitor it.

Changing Face of Education in conjunction with NEP

Venue Hariyana Vidya Mandir
Organized By CBSE Sahodaya School Complex
Resource Person Dr. G. Balasubramanian & Dr. G. Thangadurai
Participants Jaya Misra, Jayati Goswami
Highlight The workshop gave an insight on dealing with the current scenario in schools post pandemic in light of the NEP. It was an enriching session.

Soil Conservation

Participants Piu Mahapatra
Highlight Active learning Selected students of class 8 and 9 decorated the bulletin boards of school to promote soil conservation. Resource room Topic Tree of life. Students learned while creating the boards about the importance of soil preservation and the bigger message that what holds us together (trees) are raised from soil.

Orientation and Q&A session on DTI

Organized By Ministry of Education Innovation Cell
Resource Person Dr Pooja Rawat
Participants Niladri Kumar Motilal
Highlight The session aimed to introduce ‘Design Thinking and Innovation’ skill module to 6th class students in academic year 2022-23 to provide students with the tools and exposure to be able to address problems using the design thinking process. It focused more on hands-on knowledge, learning by doing and acting upon challenges discovered within the community and surroundings.

Humanizing Education

Organized By LuminatEd, Learners International School, Greater Noida
Resource Person Ms Manisha Trivedi
Participants Amritah Sen, Mumu Mukherjee
Highlight The program was about bringing the student out of classroom and work in the society in a meaningful way. The participating teachers and the students shared their experiences. It was encouraging to know about an alternative way of teaching/learning that has a direct way to take part in the society. The engagement models at three levels was discussed along with the inward journey through community service.

BP 6th Annual Lecture

Venue Nehru Children's Museum
Organized By Bichitra Pathshala
Resource Person Dr. Ananda Lal
Participants Sourina Bose, Kanak Shankar Mukherji
Highlight The topic of the lecture was The teacher as theatre. Professor Dr. Lal drew several parallels between teaching, act of teaching and theatre elements. The session focused on how as teachers we spend time within classroom and planning for lessons is almost like time spent for preparing a self scripted and self directed solo theatre performance day after day.

Story telling in the classroom

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Ms. Chitrakala Ramachandran
Participants Kulbir Kaur
Highlight The workshop was on using stories to make the classroom teaching learning more interesting. It also emphasized on how storytelling enhances visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners in different ways.
Story telling can be integrated in all the subjects and not only just languages.

Child Psychology Understanding development strategies

Organized By COE Prayagraj
Resource Person Dr.Andalib Zahera
Participants Shubhasree Das Gupta
Highlight The session discussed that development mostly involved changes, both growth and decline, as observed in old ages. Freud described human mind by two models: they are topographic model and psychic triad model. Topographic model contains human triad that is conscious mind, preconscious mind and subconscious mind and psychic triad model consists of id, ego and super ego.

Importance of Gratitude

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Dr. Chand Trehan
Participants Kulbir Kaur
Highlight The topic was Importance of Gratitude in today's world. The resource person focussed on how we educationists need to introspect on the importance of gratitude and how to pass this virtue on to the upcoming generation. Later she also discussed about the significance of the same in the long
run.

21st Centry Skills

Organized By CBSE COE Bhopal
Resource Person Lizarani Das
Participants Priti Kedia
Highlight It was an interesting workshop with focus on developing 21st century skills for the learners.

Workshop on financial literacy

Venue School premises 8th floor assembly hall
Participants Students of Class IX
Highlight Students participated in question - answer session of the workshop to clarify their doubts in personal finance.

Effective Communication

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Dr. Sarada C
Participants Kulbir Kaur
Highlight The workshop was on effective communication and the 4 communication skills. Different types of communication were discussed namely, non verbal, verbal, formal and informal. Apart from this various barriers in effective communication and how to overcome them were discussed.

CRAFT WORKSHOP 22

Venue LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY
Organized By LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA ACADEMY
Resource Person VARIOUS CRAFT ARTIST
Participants IX A, IX B, IX C, IX D

Highlight The students were exposed to art integrated education and experiential learning through a 10 hour workshop held over five days.
Students specialising in pattachitra paintings had managed to create beautiful tribal art paintings depicting man’s relationship with nature. They had even interacted with the artisan teaching them and learnt about her roots.

The most dedicated crowd was found at the corner of the room where carpentry was being taught. Students were working with their chisels and mallets, eager to create the perfect boat, doll or box. A variety of skills such as wood cutting, shaping and carving were learnt.

Shell art progressed at a gradual rate from making simple to complicated items. However, by the end of five days, students seemed to have mastered the art. They started by making jewellery such as hairpins out of shells. This progressed to making animals such as deer and lovebirds. By the fifth day, they had made statues of gods such as Ganesh and Krishna.

Another unique craft was making dolls out of cloth and cotton. Students learnt important life skills such as how to cut and sew cloth via this activity. This activity required a lot of intricate work and patience. However, as a result students got to take back lifelike bewitching dolls to adorn their homes.

Another group of students were taught to make earrings, necklaces and bracelets using reed, colourful beads and date palm leaves. Jewellery making can be very subjective. Each student depicted their creativity by adding their own little touches to the jewellery they made.

At the end of the five day workshop, students were proud of their creations and had embraced their country’s traditional crafts. Students underwent a full circle right from starting to making finished products and also buying crafts item in the kaarigar haat.

A Visit to HelpAge India

Venue Kalyan Ashram
Participants Aarshia Das and Ikshita Agarwal (V Bluebells)
Highlight On the occasion of Deepawali, a visit to HelpAge India (Kalyan Ashram, Chetla) was made by the students of class V accompanied by two teachers Ms. Aloka Sensharma and Ms. Kulbir Kaur. They distributed sarees and diyas among the 10 inmates of the old age home. Students amused them with a dance performance and by singing a song. It was a good experience for the students as well as the inmates of the old age home.

Bagless Days

Participants: Students of Classes III to V
Highlight: In accordance with NEP 2020, our academy conducted Bagless Days for the students. During these 2
weeks, students had Open Book Projects, participated in various interesting activities and had
educational excursions. Some of the activities conducted were as follows: Non - gas cooking, a
fruitful session by the peer educators, Zumba, Mandala Art, Diya designing, Story Telling (with
puppets), Math Workshop, English Vocabulary sessions, Jewellery designing, Aerobics, Indian Folk
dance, Music workshop on the importance of music in films, Foley music, Beat boxing etc, Karate,
Awareness on Bullying, Indian folk Music, Lantern making, demonstration of Reverse Osmosis, Save
Soil Activity and Activity based on Veergatha (SSC). Apart from the above a workshop was conducted
by Young Indians which focused on Cyber Safety, Road Safety and Positive Affirmations. Teachers
also had a Circle Time to instill discipline, etiquette, confidence building, managing emotions and
accepting failure. Overall, it was an enriching experience for all the students of classes IV to VIII.

Salient features of NEP

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Dr. Shitala Prabhu
Participants Shubhasree Das Gupta
Highlight The resource person discussed about the policies which we are practising. It was also discussed that expectations from the schools under NEP is to enable teachers to design practical and application based activities which will enhance critical, creative thinking skills and other skills among the students.

KAARIGAR HAAT 22

Resource Person Craft Artists and few NGOs
Participants Students of Classes III to XII
Highlight Students of classes 3 to 12 visited the Kaarigar Haat at the scheduled time and bought craft items from the craft artists. Students were exposed to various traditional crafts of India and they became supporters of the same by purchasing products made by them.

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Happy Teachers creating Happy Spaces

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Namita Agarwal
Participants Udita Chakraborty
Highlight The session was about how to create happiness through achievements and success, how the growth mindset, learning from our mistakes, stickers, smileys help to enhance happiness. It also talked about the importance of positive self-thought like I am enough, I can control my happiness etc.
Stress was put on how to maintain Home-School and Work-Life Balance through - Meditation, Spirituality, hobby etc. and discussed the pathways to happiness through Empathy, Gratitude, Optimism etc.

All India Arithmetic Genius Contest 2022 (Round 1)

Organized By SIP Academy
Resource Person SIP Academy
Participants Students of Classes I to V
Highlight The competition was a good way for students to gauge their problem solving skills as they had to complete the sums on mental ability within the stipulated time.

All India Arithmetic Genius Contest 2022 Round 1

Organized By:        SIP Acad

Resource Person :   SIP Academy

Participants    :        Students of Classes I to V

Highlight       :         The competition was a good way for students to gauge their problem solving skills as they had to complete the sums on mental ability within the stipulated time.

Workshop on Introducing Physical Computing and Project Based Learning

Organized By CBSE and Arm School Program
Resource Person Arm School Program
Participants Teachers of IT Department
Highlight The details of involvement of Physical Computing in classroom teaching was discussed.

Role of theatre and drama in classroom

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Dr. Ritu Bajpayee
Participants Shubhasree Das Gupta
Highlight How riddles and puzzles in Mathematics will help the students to enhance their logical skills were discussed.

Excel with K W L

Organized By Arizona State University
Resource Person Dilafruz Vosieva
Participants Sudeshna Chowdhury
Highlight It was an informative session on K W L charts, extension activities and how to engage students with the same.

Addressing Socio emotional needs of students

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Dr. Sandeep Kumar
Participants S. Anandhi
Highlight The resource person discussed in detail about the five keys of socio emotional learning skills – Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision Making.

Trip to BITM

Venue BITM
Participants Students of Classes IV
Highlight A trip to BITM was planned for the students of class 4 on Tuesday, 18th October 2022. A total number of 128 students enthusiastically joined the excursion. The students enjoyed the 3D show, science show, coal mine and science gallery. The trip was informative and exciting and helped to augment the curiosity and knowledge of the students.

CBSE Workshop Promoting Mental Health

Venue Online
Organized By COE Bubaneshwar
Resource Person JHINUK DUTTARAY
Participants AFSHAN NAHID, ARWAH HUSSAIN DEESAWALA, KHADIJA AAMIR CHOONAWALA, PRIYA
MOZUMDAR, REKHA DAYANI, TIKSHNA CHOPRA
Highlight This session was designed to build participants’ awareness about common mental health conditions. The session explored the signs of common mental illnesses, their types, how they might present in a school setting and provided tips to starting a mental health conversation.

Educational Trip to Science City

Venue Science City
Organized By Lakshmipat Singhania Academy
Resource Person
Participants V ASTERS, V BLUEBELLS, V CARNATIONS, V DAISIES

Highlight: Students of class 5 enjoyed all the shows- Dark Ride, Evolution of Life on Earth, Panorama of Human Evolution and Mirror Magic Exhibition in Space . They could relate them with SSC and EVS topics learnt. The Mirror Magic Exhibition was most interesting. Students interacted very well with the presenter of the show. Overall it was a good learning experience for them.

LEADERSHIP LEADING FROM THE FRONT

Venue WEBEX
Organized By COE BHUBENSHWAR
Resource Person ANIL KUMAR PATNAIK
Participants RANJINI CHAKRAVARTY

Highlight Leading from the Front session taught elements of being a successful leader. As a leadership style, leading from the front means playing an active and visible role in the everyday life.

Practicing Blended Learning

Venue Online
Organized By CBSE COE Delhi East
Resource Person Vandana Banga
Participants PRITI KEDIA

Highlight The workshop was very interesting as the resource person discussed about the various online platforms that can be used to make teaching and learning more meaningful and enjoyable.

Practicing Blended Learning

Organized By CBSE COE Delhi East
Resource Person Vandana Banga
Participants Priti Kedia
Highlight The workshop was very interesting as the resource person discussed about the various online platforms that can be used to make teaching and learning more meaningful and enjoyable.

Leadership - Leading from the Frontg

Organized By COE Bhubaneswar
Resource Person Anil Kumar Patnaik
Participants Ranjini Chakravarty
Highlight Leading from the Front session taught elements of being a successful leader. As a leadership style, leading from the front means playing an active and visible role in the everyday life.

Abhilakshya and Bullionaire 2022

Venue LSA
Organized By LSA
Participants Students of classes 6 to 12
Highlight The halls of LSA echoed with loud cheers on 14th and 15th October as the school organised interschool fest Abhilakshya and Bullionaire 22 for classes 6 12. 11 schools participated in the 2 days event. LSA was declared as the champions followed by first runners up -DPS Megacity and 2nd Runners up - Army Public School Barrackpore.

CYBER SECURITY AND ETHICS

Venue WEBEX
Organized By CBSC
Resource Person CEO NOIDA
Participants CLARA KARMAKAR, KAVERI SINGH, MONEERA SADIQUE, RANJINI CHAKRAVARTY, SUBHI VIJAY VARGIYA
Highlight Cyber ethics is a branch of computer technology behaviour that defines the best practices that must be adopted by a user when one uses the computer system. In simple words, cyber ethics refers to the basic ethics and etiquette that must be followed while using the computer system.

Strengthening Reading Competency

Venue Webinar
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Patna
Participants UDITA CHAKRABORTY

Highlight What is reading, importance of reading, benefits of reading, components of effective reading, what is involved in reading, its purpose, and vocabulary enhancement was discussed. Reading helps in comprehension. The resource person also talked about problems faced while reading.

Career Guidance

Organized By BML Munjal University
Resource Person Mr Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Prof Vikas
Participants Students of Classes XI – XII
Highlight The students were in awe of the speaker and they got an insight into the courses offered by this University which is an initiative of the Hero group. It was an enriching session where the students had an interactive session with the Professor.

Workshop by Ashoka University

Organized By Ashoka University
Participants Students of Class XII
Highlight Different career options in Ashoka University were discussed.

Working with Learning Disabilities

Organized By COE Chandigarh
Resource Person Mr. Ajay Khosla
Participants Ms. Teresa Gomes

Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Ms. Jyotsna Grover
Participants S. ANANDHI

Highlight The workshop was very informative as the resource person shared his knowledge and experience regarding working with children with learning disabilities and shared ways to support and educate them.

Storytelling in Classroom

Venue Online
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Ms. Richa Ghosh
Participants ASFIA RAFIQUE

Date 15/10/2022
Organized By COE Tiruvananthapuram
Resource Person Vasanthi Thiagarajan
Participants AFSHAN NAHID, ARWAH HUSSAIN DEESAWALA, KHADIJA AAMIR CHOONAWALA, PRIYA MOZUMDAR, REKHA DAYANI, TIKSHNA CHOPRA, RUNA GHOSH

Highlight The session was highly informative and engaging. The webinar highlighted that storytelling is an effective way of teaching as it allows students to understand the complex subject matter, creates an opportunity for deeper learning and develops communication. Ways to make storytelling effective in a classroom were discussed. Gibb's Reflective Cycle Model was discussed as well.

ART INTEGRATION ACROSS CURRICULUM

Venue ONLINE
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Mrs. Manjula A
Participants SURANJANA CHAKRABORTY

Highlight The workshop helped to understand the following:
> 3 major forms of art
> Ways to integrate art into curriculum
> Music, dance and sports as tools for art integration

Adopting Inclusive Practices in Classroom

Venue Webinar
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Dr. Sujatha Girish
Participants S. ANANDHI

Highlight The session dealt with human differences, the definition of inclusive classroom, planning of a differentiated classroom etc. It also discussed about the different types of adaptations.

Constructivism

Venue Webinar
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Ms Stella Pauline Punitha
Participants S. ANANDHI

Highlight The session was very informative. Discussed about different stages, theories, concepts and principles of constructivism in detail.

Thinking Classroom Towards a Brighter Tomorrow

Venue Online
Organized By TDEACT
Resource Person Thanga Durai
Participants KULBIR KAUR

Highlight The workshop was on Thinking Classroom Towards a Brighter Tomorrow. It laid stress on the Critical Thinking and experiential learning listed down by NEP.

Setting Outcomes in Teaching Learning

Venue Webinar
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Chennai
Participants UDITA CHAKRABORTY

Highlight Essence of Learning Outcomes, Need for Learning Outcomes, Difference between Learning Objectives and Learning Outcomes, Result of Framing Learning Outcomes , Expectation parameter achieved or not were discussed. . It was helpful for the teachers.

21st Century Skills

Venue webex
Organized By COE NOIDA
Resource Person Vandana Banga
Participants CLARA KARMAKAR, JILL SHAH, JYOTI GONDI, KAVERI SINGH, MONEERA SADIQUE, RAMA PODDAR, RANJINI CHAKRAVARTY, SUBHI VIJAY VARGIYA
Highlight The workshop laid emphasis on how to prepare the students to be more flexible and adaptable in the constant changing workforce and be able to take on positions of leadership.

Child Psychology Understanding Developmental Stages

Venue Online
Organized By COE Delhi West
Resource Person Gurjeet Kaur
Participants TERESA GOMES
Highlight The resource person discussed in great detail the various development stages that occurs in a child’s life.

Content and Time Management

Venue Online
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Mosam Sinha
Participants ASFIA RAFIQUE

Highlight The session was informative. The session highlighted the importance of time management. Time management helps us spend time doing things we like and helps in professional growth. The session talked about how one should avoid distractions and set aside time for oneself.

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Venue Webex
Organized By CBSE COE CHENNAI
Resource Person Mrs. Padmini Sriraman
Participants CLARA KARMAKAR, JILL SHAH, JYOTI GONDI, KAVERI SINGH, MONEERA SADIQUE, RAMA PODDAR, RANJINI CHAKRAVARTY, SUBHI VIJAY VARGIYA

Organized By COE CHANDIGARH
Resource Person NAVNEET KAUR
Participants RUNA GHOSH

Organized By CBSE CoE Pune
Resource Person Martha Veronica Pinto
Participants TERESA GOMES

Highlight The session discussed Slant Strategy in Communication Sit up, Lean in, Acknowledge the speaker, Nod, Track the speaker.
An effective strategy which can be implemented in class.

Bloom's Taxonomy and Its Application

Venue Online
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Jyotsna Grover
Participants ASFIA RAFIQUE

Highlight The session was highly informative. The different cognitive domains of Bloom's Taxonomy were explained with examples. The educational objectives of Bloom's Taxonomy and how to include it in the Lesson Plan were discussed as well.

DIGITAL LEARNING AND MANAGEMENT

Venue ONLINE SESSION
Organized By COE BHOPAL
Resource Person DR RAJESH CHANDEL
Participants JILL SHAH, JYOTI GONDI, RAMA PODDAR, RANJINI CHAKRAVARTY, S. ANANDHI

Resource Person Mr. Chandan Singh
Participants ASFIA RAFIQUE

Highlight It was a very well designed workshop where the term digital learning was explained. Its components, importance and use in teaching- learning method were discussed giving a clear picture about digital learning.

Date 07/10/2022
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Ms. Karpagam C Arasappan
Participants S. Anandhi
Highlight The session was informative. The webinar highlighted the fact that digital learning is essential as it increases access to education and knowledge. Names of digital tools were also shared.

IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE AND NUTRITION

Venue Webex
Organized By COE Thiruvananthapuram
Resource Person Rekha Pachauri
Participants CLARA KARMAKAR, KAVERI SINGH, MONEERA SADIQUE, SUBHI VIJAY VARGIYA

Highlight The workshop was very enriching and it spread the awareness regarding the importance of maintaining a balanced diet and an oral hygiene which were explained with a lot of examples. Emphasis was given on Nutrition and its appropriate consumption for a healthy living. The resource person was a confident speaker.

VALUE EDUCATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE

Event VALUE EDUCATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
Venue ONLINE
Organized By COE NOIDA
Resource Person MADAN SAWHNEY
Participants RUNA GHOSH

Highlight The session dealt with the need of value education, its aims and different levels. It stressed on how value education empowers the students to develop skills that are needed in the contemporary world.

CBSE WORKSHOP LIFE SKILLS

Venue ONLINE WEBEX
Organized By CBSE CHENNAI
Resource Person MRS DEETI SHARMA
Participants CLARA KARMAKAR, JYOTI GONDI, KAVERI SINGH, MONEERA SADIQUE, RAMA PODDAR, SUBHI VIJAY VARGIYA
Highlight The resource person was a confident speaker and could deliver the lesson through an interactive session which was wonderful.

DEVELOPING RESILIENCE IN STUDENTS

Venue ONLINE
Organized By COE CHANDIGARH
Resource Person Anupama Sharma
Participants RUNA GHOSH

Highlight The session helped to understand the concept of resilience and acquire knowledge about the tools to help address resiliency issues among students.

Importance of Gratitude

Venue Online
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Yogesh Gambhir
Participants ASFIA RAFIQUE

Highlight The session was highly engaging and informative. The session helped in understanding the importance of gratitude and the unexpected power it holds. Different ways to cultivate gratitude and its benefits were discussed as well.

Item Writing Multiple Choice Questions

Venue Webinar
Organized By CBSE
Resource Person Noida
Participants UDITA CHAKRABORTY

Highlight Types of multiple choice questions and benefits of multiple choice questions were discussed. Options like all the above or none of the above should be avoided. Words with explicit meaning should be given so that there is no confusion and options given should be short and simple.

Exposure to coding

Organized By Microsoft
Resource Person Mrs Niti Dwivedi
Participants Teachers of IT Department
Highlight We learned different units of coding to be taught for classes 7. We have understood the strategies to use coding by creating fun games. We have learned the coding using MakeCode software. We enjoyed the session and learned a lot from the workshop.

Capacity Building Session for class X AI Curriculum