World Music Day

International Yoga Day

Capacity Building Programme

Career Guidance Programme

Prize Distribution Ceremony

The Principal of Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus, Mrs Ratna Biswas, gave away prizes to the academic achievers of the school from the academic session of 2019 – 2020.

The Prize Distribution Ceremony was preceded by song and dance performances in celebration of the International Dance Day on 29 April.

IISER Lab Visit by class 9

Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus organised a Laboratory Visit for the students of class 9 to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata on 11 January, 2023. The students saw the embryonic development of chicks under the compound microscope, learnt how to perform blood-group test and saw the germination of bacteria. They also examined their own cheek cells under the microscope. The students have greatly benefitted from this hands-on exposure which IISER Kolkata provided them with.

IISER Seminar on Netaji

Students of Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus participated in a seminar organised by the Hindi Cell (Rajbhasha Karyashala) of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata on Wednesday, 25 January, 2023. The topic for the seminar was “Netaji: Bharat Ka Swatantrata Andolan Evam Aage”. Professor Kapil Kumar and Professor Dr Madhusudan Pal were the speakers for the day.

Professor Kapil Kumar is a former professor of History and Director of the Centre for Freedom Struggle and Diaspora Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi, India, and a visiting professor at Monash University, Australia. He currently holds the Professorial Chair of Contemporary Indian Studies at the University of West Indies, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Dr Madhusudan Pal is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Medical College, Kolkata, and a scholar on Netaji.

They enlightened the audience with new and previously unexplored perspectives on Netaji and the Indian National Army’s role in the Freedom Struggle of our country.

Pariksha Pe Charcha- Painting Competition

5 students from Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus participated in a painting competition at Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, Kanchrapara on Monday, 23 January 2023. The competition was organised by the Central Board of Secondary Education in collaboration with the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan as part of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023. The paintings by two students of GHSIKC were selected as part of the best 5 paintings by the judges.

Capacity Building Workshop

Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus hosted a Capacity Building Workshop on National Education Policy 2020 on Saturday, 21 January 2023. This workshop was conducted by the Centre of Excellence, Central Board of Secondary Education, Bhubaneshwar. Mr Chirantan Bhaduri, Vice- Principal of Silver Point School, Kolkata, and Dr Bidita Banerjee Ghosh, PGT Biology and Middle School Science Coordinator of Satish Chandra Memorial School, Chakdah, were the honourable resource persons for the day. The workshop was attended by 60 teachers from different schools. Hands-on activities were included here, such as lesson delivery, formulating questions for HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) and LOTS (Lower Order Thinking Skills), and poster presentation on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, based on the guidelines of National Educational Policy 2020, for the teachers.

Collaborative Learning of Mathematics

Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus participated in the second round of activities for the Classroom Exchange Programme (virtual) with Mumbai Educational Trust Rishikul Vidyalaya, Mumbai on Monday 16 January 2023. The topic for the collaborative learning, this time, was on Mathematics on the concept of Fractions. Students of class 5 from both schools were involved in this interactive session, which also included art-integrated activities, worksheets, and PowerPoint presentations.

Teachers’ Workshop: Capacity Building

Garden High School participated in a Capacity Building Workshop for Teachers on Experiential Learning, organised by Centre of Excellence (COE) of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on 26 November, 2022 and 27 November, 2022 at Jyotirmoy Public School, Sonarpur. Ms Arundhati Basu and Ms Poushali Pal attended this workshop from GHSKIC. The workshop was attended by 75 school from West Bengal and outside.

Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan Talent Search Examination

Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus participated in the National Science Talent Search Examination on 27 November, 2022 and 30 November, 2022. It was organised by Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) with the support of Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA), Vigyan Prasar and NCERT. 81 students from classes 6 to 9 participated in this online examination. Among these students, Arisha Hasan Shirazee of class 7 and Shreyas Das of class 8 became the Nadia District Rankers from the Junior Group while Mohana Nath and Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay of class 9 became the Nadia District Rankers from the Senior Group. Shreyas Das (8), Mohana Nath (9), Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (9), and Sarban Bhattacharya (9) have been selected for participation in the State Level Camp, West Bengal (South Region) on 5 Feb, 2022.

GEIST South Asian Conclave

6 students of class 9 from Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus participated in the South Asian Exchange Program & Climate Conclave- 2022, organised by Global Educators’ Initiative for Sustainable Transformation. The conclave was held at Adamas University from 22 December 2022 to 26 December 2022.

Samrat Mukhopadhyay presented a report on “Climatic Conditions in Oceania” in the event named ‘Mock UNESCO’ and won first prize. Ayush Kumar De and Meghmouli presented a poster on “Hydrogen to Arrest Hydro-Wastage” in the group poster presentation event and won first prize. Saraban Bhattacharya, Mohana Nath and Anvita Bhowmik presented a poster on “The Science Behind Sunscreen” in the group presentation event and won third prize.

National Space Science Exhibition

Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus attended the National Space Science Exhibition on Friday, 9 December, 2022 at Science City, Kolkata. The exhibition was organised by the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Science City, Kolkata and Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM). The exhibition was attended by schools within and around Kolkata.

Vigilance Awareness Week

Satikanta Guha Centre for Culture and Learning organised a seminar on Friday, 4 November 2022 at Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus for Vigilance Awareness Week. The theme of the seminar was “Corruption Free India for a Developed Nation”. Students of classes 9 and 11 attended this seminar where Mr. Surya Shankar Biswas, Senior Manager of Bank of India spoke on the ways of safe and hazard-free online money transaction.

Film Club

Satikanta Guha Centre for Culture and Learning initiated a Film Club for the students of Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus on Saturday, 22 October, 2022. The club meetings are organised once every month on a Saturday morning apart from gazetted Government holidays.

Classroom Exchange Programme for Class V

Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus participated in a ‘Classroom Exchange Programme’ (Virtual) with MET, Rishikul Vidyalaya, Mumbai on Thursday, 1 December, 2022 at 10:30 am. The topic for the Collaborative Presentation of Science was “States of Matter”. Ms Aparna Mondal Jena, Ms Srabanti Maji Mondal, Ms Rakhi A. M, and Ms Jayeta Dhar were the team of faculty from GHSIKC while Ms Aruna Kumta and Mr Rajesh M. Bandekar were the team from MET, Rishikul Vidyalaya, involved in this interactive session for the students of class V. Experimental demonstration, educational videos and powerpoint presentations were also included in this session.

Children’s Day 2022

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Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus celebrated Children’s Day on Monday, 14 November, 2022 with a special assembly. This vivacious event was conducted by the teachers of the school. All the students from Nursery to Class XI attended this special assembly.

Foundation Day 2022

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Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus celebrated its 8th Foundation Day on Thursday, 3 November, 2022. The programme was conducted by the teachers of the school followed by a lunch organised by the management of the school.

National Unity Day Celebration

Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus, celebrated National Unity Day on Monday, 31 October 2022 through two significant events- a special morning assembly and a Unity Run in the campus of IISER, Kolkata. The students also read the Pledge of Unity as was given by the Board in the special assembly.

Inter House Quiz (Senior)

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An Inter-house Quiz Competition was organised by Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus on Friday, 14 October 2022, for the Secondary and Senior Secondary classes of 6-9 and 11. The stirring event witnessed active participation from the audience as well.

Pre-Puja Celebrations 2022

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Durga Puja has always been the festival which represents the culture and artistry of the Bengalis. With the news of UNESCO including, it in the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, pride of Indians, especially the Bengalis reached zenith.

The students of Garden High School, IISER Kolkata Campus, celebrated the approaching of this prestigious festival through their beautiful performance of traditional dance, drama and songs on 28 September, 2022. It gloriously commemorated the victory of Goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura.

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Inter-House Quiz Competition

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An Inter-House Quiz competition was organised by Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus, for the children of classes 3,4, and 5 on Friday, 23 September, 2022. It was a lively event where not only the participants but also the students from the audience took part with immense enthusiasm.

हिंदी दिवस 2022

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The students of Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus celebrated the Hindi Diwas on 14 September, 2022. The programme included activities like- Recitation, Group Song, Group Dance and a wonderful enactment ‘Role Play of four renowned Hindi poets of Bhakti Kaal’ (namely- Sur Das, Kabir Das, Tulsi Das and Meera Bai). Students from classes III to IX and XI participated in the programme that showcased the outstanding performance of the enthusiastic participants.

Investiture Ceremony

Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus witnessed its first investiture ceremony on Wednesday, 31 August, 2022. This day saw the formation of the school’s first student council consisting of the students from classes 8, 9 and 11. This council constitutes the school Head Boy and Head Girl, along with the House Captains, Vice-Captains, Senior Prefects, and Prefects of the four houses.

Congratulations, Aishwarik !

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

Yoga is a method of fitness that aims at balancing the body and calming the mind thus maintaining all ground health. It keeps us fit both physically and mentally .To commemorate International yoga day 2022, Garden High School IISER Kolkata campus (GHSIKC ) Celebrates the day with its pupils and staff.

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Art Workshop

Satikanta Guha Centre for Culture and Learning organised the “Chitro Bichitro” Art and Craft Workshop at Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus on 28 and 29 April, 2022. This workshop was conducted by Mr Subhabrata Nandi, Artist and Art Educator. A special session was held by Mr Ritendra Roy, Assistant Professor of the Department of Visual Arts, University of Kalyani. The workshop was attended by the students of classes 8 and 9.

Rabindra Jayanti Celebration 2020

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The unusual circumstances around us could not dampen the spirit of our pupils at Garden High School IISER Kolkata. From their confinement at home they have put together a brief programme to celebrate the 159 th birth anniversary of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore. Hope you enjoy it.

Pre-Puja Celebration 2019

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To welcome the festive season in autumn the pupils of Garden High School-IISER Kolkata Campus presented a cultural programme on 27 September 2019. It started with a song ‘I want to teach the world to sing’, followed by drama ‘Jungle Book’. The theme of the play was unity and freedom as found in nature. Then there was a recitation of the Bengali poem ‘Sarat’ written by Promod Basu. The programme ended with two dance performances- ‘Gouri elo dekhe ja lo’ and ‘Subharambh’. The enthusiastic pupils performed exceptionally well and were applauded by the enterprising audience.

Lecture by Ms Ann Devereux, NASA

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Ms Ann Devereux, Manager of systems Engineering, Integration and Test of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA delivered a lecture titled ‘Journey to the Moon and Mars’ at the IISER Kolkata Auditorium on 25 September 2019. It was a very enlightening presentation as she explained technical aspects involved in space journeys, with relevant stories and slide shows. One was reminded of a famous Einstein quote- ‘If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t know it well enough’. Ms Devereux actually made ‘Rocket Science’ look easy and enjoyable, as her presentation was lively, lucid and was peppered with humour.

Pupils of two senior classes attended the lecture, which was a very enriching experience for them. It acquainted them with some intricate, yet interesting facts about journey into space.

Hindi Diwas 2019

Every year, 14 September is observed as Hindi Diwas to celebrate Hindi as one of the official languages of India. This year, the pupils of Classes III to VIII of Garden High School-IISER Kolkata Campus celebrated Hindi Diwas on 13 September. The programme started with the song ‘Hum Sab Bhartiya Hain’ followed by a dance performance ‘Ye Desh Hein Veer Jawaan-o Ka’. The programme concluded with a street play – ‘Jal Bin Jivan’ which was dramatized to spread awareness about water crisis and its consequences.

Rabindra Jayanti 2019

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Garden High School – IISER Kolkata Campus celebrated the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on 8 May 2019. The programme began with a song ‘Akash jure shuninu’ performed by the school choir. This was followed by a drama ‘Bichitro swad’ performed by pupils of Classes V and VI. Pupils of Classes III, VI, VII and VIII put up a dance performance next. The programme ended with Rabindra Sangeet performed by teachers of the School.

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School will close at 1 p.m. on 17 August 2018

All departments of the School will be closed at 1p.m. today, 17 August 2018 as a mark of respect to the former Prime Minister of India, Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Parents are advised to pick up their wards accordingly.

Teachers’ Science Workshop – December 2017

Garden High School – IISER Kolkata Campus organised a one-day professional development programme for science teachers in collaboration with Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) on Saturday, 2 December 2017.

Royal Society of Chemistry is an organization based in UK with a heritage that spans 175 years of educational service. It runs many education projects on ‘Science’ across the globe, including India.

The aim of the referred workshop was to give teachers the opportunity to experience ‘effective active learning techniques’ which may be adopted in classroom situation primarily as ‘learners’ and then as ‘teachers’ to explore difficulties commonly faced by pupils in class.

40 teachers from 6 different schools including Garden High School, Kolkata and Garden High International School, Kolkata participated in the programme on the basis of an early registration by 24 November 2017.

The workshop was a day long programme of 7 hours, being divided into three modules interspersed by breaks for tea, lunch and coffee. During the workshop teachers worked together in groups on a variety of problems and discussed their views with the resource person from Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr. Vimala Oak.

By the end of the day, each teacher received study materials and a certificate of participation from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Science Field Trip – December 2017

A field survey for collection of statistical data was conducted by Garden High School IISER-Kolkata campus on 1 December 2017. Guided by two mathematics teachers (Mr. Anupam Chakraborty and Mr. Subinoy Das) and one office staff (Mr. Rabin Das), 21 pupils of Class VII were taken to the rural areas of Khorda-Mohanpur (Ward Number 16) near the IISER campus.
Pupils were divided into smaller groups to conduct the survey through a questionnaire related to the style of living of the local community there.
Active participation of pupils during this field work gave them an opportunity to learn how statistical survey is done in real life. It was an enriching and enjoyable activity for the participating pupils.

Field trip in September 2017

As part of the IUCN project, a backyard survey was conducted on 18 September 2017 with 22 pupils of Class VII of Garden High School – IISER Kolkata. The pupils were guided by 4 teachers.

The team set out at 9:00 a.m. for the field trip, which emphasized on observation and identification of the diverse variation of birds, butterflies and plants within the campus along with their geographical location and habitat.

The pupils identified and photographed close to 15 species of birds, butterflies and plants.

It was an immensely enriching out-of-classroom activity for the pupils.  2 research scholars from the IISER Biodiversity laboratory were part of the team as well.

Baithaki Series – October 2017

Satikanta Guha Foundation and MATRA (The Music Academy for Tabla Research by Pt. Anindo Chatterjee) organised a classical music concert at Garden High School Kolkata on Saturday, 07 October 2017, at 5.00 pm.

The concert titled Baithaki Series had performances from eminent sarod player Pt Partho Sarodi accompanied by Pt Anindo Chatterjee and vocal by Nabanita Chowdhury accompanied by Rupak Bhattachariya.

The evening programme started off with table by 4 students of MATRA. The programme was graced by eminent musicians of Indian Classical music including Ustad Rashid Khan and Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumdar among others.

For pictures check out the Gallery at the Satikanta Guha Foundation website.

Poster Painting on ‘Swachchh Bharat’

Pupils of Garden High School IISER Kolkata Campus took part in a poster painting session on ‘cleanliness’ as an inter-House event on 5 September 2017.Teachers-in-charge of the different Houses interacted with the pupils and made them aware of the importance of personal and community hygiene. The session was followed by a poster painting event. Pupils from classes III to VII participated in the activity. Their paintings were later displayed on School boards designated for the different Houses.

Independence Day Celebration 2017

Garden High School, IISER Kolkata Campus celebrated pre-Independence day at School on 14 August 2017 at 2 PM.

The programme began with the song “Vande Mataram” sung by the School Choir. This was followed by a brief speech by Athena Mandal of Class VII who spoke on the importance of Independence Day. After the speech Niv Roy of Class IV recited a Bengali poem “Sarthak Janam” and Abeer Raj of Class IV recited a Hindi poem “Ajadi Ke Saal Hue Kayi”. Pupils of Classes IV to VII then performed House-wise drill followed by joint recitation of Bengali poem “Dui Bangla” by Sayantika Das and Sriparna Dutta of Class III.

The School Choir enhanced the spirit of patriotism by singing patriotic songs “Vijayi Vishwa Tiranga Pyara” and “Dhano Dhanne Pushpe Bhara”.In the end Mrs. Ratna Biswas, Principal delivered a short speech where she explained the significance of Independence Day to the pupils. The programme ended with a rendition of our national anthem.

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Workshop on Environment Education

Garden High School – IISER Kolkata Campus took an initiative to work on climate change, bio-diversity awareness and conservation through small but significant projects with the pupils of Class VII under a programme named “Citizen Science Survey based Programme” initiated by WildRoots India.

This is a part of the “NatureForAll” campaign, which is launched by the IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature.

As part of the School initiative, a one-day workshop was organized at the School premises on Thursday, 13 July 2017.

Dr. Biswajit De (Founder President, WildRoots India) conducted the workshop with 22 pupils and the guide teachers from the School linked to this project.

It was a rich and enduring experience for the pupils as they participated in different environment related activities and also spoke about their views regarding the importance of bio-diversity.

Rabindra Jayanti 2017

Garden High School – IISER Kolkata celebrated 156^th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on 8 May 2017 as a special assembly event to honour the great poet. The function began by offering flowers to a portrait of the poet followed by a Rabindra Sangeet sung by the School choir. The cultural events following it comprised of elocution, recitation, a medley of poems and songs in the form of a dance drama along with an address on the life of the poet. The function concluded with the national Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’.

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Art Exhibition 2017

Garden High School – IISER Kolkata organized an exhibition “Creativity at Its Best” on Art & Craft work made by pupils of Classes Nursery-I to VII. The exhibition was held on 6 May 2017 and was inaugurated by Ms. Mahua Dasgupta, Secretary of Garden High School (Kolkata) by lighting of lamp. It was followed by a short inaugural programme performed by the pupils of Classes III to VII. The Activity room of the School was the venue and it displayed over 600 items on paintings and other crafts which the pupils prepared during the 2-week art workshop at the end of the last Academic Session in March 2017.

Parents of pupils and faculty members of IISER Kolkata visited the exhibition and highly appreciated the creative skills of the pupils.

Mr. T K Gopalan, CEO Satikanta Guha Foundation and Ms. Ratna Bose, Director, Primary section, GHS (Kolkata) also graced the occasion along with Ms. Mahua Dasgupta.

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TTIS – 8 May 2017

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Winter Camp – GHS IISER Kolkata campus

TALESPIN  – Workshop on Story telling

GHS-IISER Kolkata organised a 5-day long Winter Camp at the school premises from 2 January 2017 till 6 January 2017. The camp was called Talespin and it focused on the art of story telling. In the camp the students  learnt the structure/ format of a story, designed their characters using Origami and gave voice to their characters by writing dialogues. They used posters to structure their tales and sharpened their vocabulary to better the narratives.

The workshop was a fun-filled and interactive program, comprising of music, videos and collaborative tasks. It focused on their creative skills, writing skills, communicative skills, interpersonal skills, acting skills, enunciation and voice modulation.

On the final day of the workshop, students enacted their stories in front of their parents, teachers and the principal.

Some pictures of the camp are available here.

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