Category: Events

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Christmas Celebrations at LANCERS

At Lancers International School, celebrating Christmas is joyous and an uplifting occasion. As the school is a happy place for children, Lancers organized a Carnival this year on 21 st of December, 2019 with the joint efforts of students, parents and teaching faculties. The preparation started two weeks prior to the Carnival event by decorating the Christmas tree with shiny balls and flashy lights, making Christmas art pieces/ wall hangings for the purpose of enhancing the school foyer. The carnival was a display of creative thinking, leadership skills and teamwork spirit. Through this event, parents and students connected with others and tiny tots got a chance to enjoy rides and other secret Santa games. There were various food stalls at the carnival having bakery items such as Christmas pudding and fruit cakes.Besides this, there were various book stalls at the carnival having good collection of fiction, non-fiction,mystery, humour, travel books and comics.With the “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” sung by middle school students, the event maintained the traditional Christian message of the joy of Christmas. Lancers School is a community school serving children from a range of faith backgrounds.

Every year Lancers International School organizes Inter-School Festival with an aim to inspire and bring together educational leaders as well as students to participate in various competitions and highlight their latent talent and educational skills. The event was started 7 years ago with a mission to provide an excellent platform for students from Early Years to Middle School to compete with each other and promote inter-cultural understanding.

This year, the 7th Annual LIS festival was organized from 9th to 11th October. “Diversity- the act of thinking independently together” was the theme for this year. Twenty schools came together to participate. Ms. Latika Nath, Indian author, and wildlife conservationist was the Chief Guest at the inaugural ceremony.

Twenty-two different competitions were designed for students from pre-primary to grade 8, included events, like Colouring , Drawing , Costume Parade, Word Smart, Poetry Recitation, Story Telling, Quiz, Mask and Poster Making, Mental Mathematics, Solo and Duet Singing, Western Band, Science Model and Science Symposium, Western Choir, News Writing and Reporting, Book Publishing, Mini MUN, Monologue and Debate, Solo Cultural and Group Dance.

The festival concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr. Sindhwani, the Head of School appreciating the participants and stating that such extracurricular activities are essential for the holistic development of students.

This year’s Early Years Production was The Lion King. All our students from Nursery to Grade 1 had the most amazing time dressing up in fun costumes and dancing in front of an audience of over 400 people. This was our eighth production; some of the earlier ones being Moana and other Disney stories. All the children were dressed in colourful animal costumes and that made them very happy.

What made the production a success was not only the fact that the students were extremely confident and comfortable on stage, but also the props designed added an authentic feel to the production. Speaking of design, our school principal and teachers came together to create a glorious and tall mountain using desks and chairs, covering it with recycled newspaper and draping it with fifty yards of silk cloth to make it appear as if a river is flowing through the rocks with tall giraffe cut-outs on the side. On the other end of the stage was the majestic Pride Rock, peppered with beautifully painted cacti. The LCD screen with The Lion King poster at the back rooted the audience into the production even more and the parents felt proud and emotional.

Shares Mrs. Sana, one of the parents, about one of our teachers, “At the outset, please let me congratulate you for making such a great dance performance possible by KG-B. It’s only and only your hard work and devotion that made this possible… considering that some kids didn’t even remember the steps until one day before! Had you not motivated them and channelised their energy into a positive way, then this would have never been made possible. I loved Alina’s performance and the Grace with which she danced. Adored it completely. I am not saying this just because I am her mum but also because she portrayed great courage to put up a great show even though she had a nose bleed early this morning. We all love you and admire you and want to thank you for making our kids the best.”

Says Mr. Sameer, another proud parent about one of the teachers, “We would like to thank you for arranging such a wonderful show and for giving our son the opportunity to star in this drama. Yes, he was over the moon! As parents, we enjoyed every minute of it and enjoyed performances of every child. Thank you again for everything. You have indeed made a big impact on Sayhan over the past few months, which is evident from his constant joy in attending school on a daily basis.”

Shares Mr. Justin, yet another happy parent about the performance, “I am writing to say that we loved The Lion King and we think that you, the staff and the kids did an excellent job! This show was fantastic for the kids age range and I couldn’t have been more proud of (especially my Pumba). Thank you very much for all of your efforts, I know this was no small feat to pull off.”

If our World Culture Day had a theme song, it would be John Lenon’s Imagine. The goal of celebrating World Culture Day at LIS each year is to expose our students to different cultures and traditions. It’s a way to come together and learn from one another.

Whether it’s art, sports, food, music, textiles or even subtle cultural nuances, the World Culture Day at LIS covers it all. It also gives our students an opportunity to be more accepting of other cultures by deeply learning about them.

But learning at LIS is also about having fun and involving them in celebrating this rather unique and fascinating day. This year’s theme represented many interesting countries including Thailand, Egypt, Canada, Australia, Spain, Russia, UAE, Germany, Philippines, Italy, China, France, Mexico and England. Each class represented a particular country, and stalls and games were set up accordingly.

Speaking of games, students got the opportunity to take part in many famous games of these specific countries and also got a chance to learn about their many well-known landmarks. For instance, one of the students re-created The Great Wall of China in the classroom using props, paint and cloth. Similarly, one parent from Canada taught students how to play ice-hockey in class. Another parent introduced students to Japanese Origami.

What makes the World Culture Day a success every year is that the parents are just as involved as the students are. Whether it’s preparing lectures and presentations for students, helping children prepare traditional food, organising stalls and games for students, parents are actively involved with World Culture Day.

Among other interesting activities planned for the day, what stood out was that each student had a hand-made passport that he got stamped during his visit to every class representing a particular country. The teachers and principal acted as Immigration Police and helped students navigate moving from one class to the next and have a marvellous time in the process. The next day students dressed in their traditional clothing to school and that triggered another engaging dialogue within our diverse student community.