School

PBAS students showcase their culinary skills…..

The air of the PBAS auditorium was filled with enthusiasm as the  tiny tots of the pre- primary department played the role of chefs as they participated in the “Kids Kitchen Activity “ on 19th July 2023. We were honoured to have Chef Ranjan Biswas, the founder and chef of the Saptapadi restaurant as our Chief Guest of the event. This time the theme of the event was “Bakery”. We were also over-whelmed to have Chef Radhika Binani, founder and Chef of the famous “Cumb Affair”, a home bakery in Kolkata. 

The parents prepared delicious baked items from apple pie, to prawn tarts, pizza, Au gratin, cookies, Nan khatai, chicken puffs, rainbow cakes, coconut cookies, baked mihidana, baked curd and many such mouth watering items. The little chefs wearing their own hand made colourful aprons and caps made sure that their dishes were not only healthy but also nutritious. 

The children had fun and were ecstatic when the teachers and guests found their dishes tasty and sumptuous. The parents commended the innovative activity and thanked the school for organizing the event.

We are glad to inform that our Hindi students have portrayed their best efforts and performed exceptionally well in the ICSE and ISC examination. For their performance , SANMARG honoured them with a certificate of appreciation at the Ram Avatar Gupt Pratibha Purashkar held at Science City Auditorium.

We are extremely delighted and proud of our students and we bless them to excel in their life.

“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.”

It was a proud moment for all as P.B. Academic School held its Investiture Ceremony on 14.07.23, forming its much awaited Board of Captains and Prefects. We were fortunate to have amongst Y Shrikant, IPS Deputy Commissioner of Police Traffic (South) as the Guest of Honour.

Arjun Chatterjee and Arunava Das were selected as the School Captain and Vice Captain respectively. Four Captains were selected for each of the four Houses- Subhash, Teresa, Gandhi and Tagore. The newly elected members of the Prefectorial Board took the oath of office. Thereafter, they were conferred with badges by our Principal, Mrs Madhuparna Andrews. She congratulated the team and reminded them that with position comes responsibility towards themselves. She advised them to be role models for their peers and juniors.

The highlight of the event was the formation of ABC (The Anti Bullying Coalition in School) . Able students from classes III to IX were selected to form the squad to report to the authorities against any sort of bullying or harassment in the classes and school premises.

The ceremony concluded with the singing of the National Anthem.

P.B. ACADEMIC SCHOOL HOSTS YOGA SESSION

Yoga is a flame, when you light it up, the glow never fades away”

P.B. Academic School celebrated the 9^th International Yoga Day on the 21^st of June 2023 on the theme “Yoga for Vasudhaiva  Kutumbakam,  which beautifully articulated our shared goal of ‘One Earth, One Family , One Future’.” The primary objective of the yoga session was to cultivate prudence, self-awareness, self-regulation and elevate consciousness among the students.

All the students from Classes III to XII participated in a yoga session in the school auditorium guided by a yoga practitioner. The session included yoga, comprising a series of poses and stretches with breathing  techniques . It also focused on Yoga pledge, Surya Namaskar, Yoga formation and the different  asanas.

The students participated with unwavering enthusiasm and vigour.”

“Daddy , you are strong and tall,

Stay by me and catch me whenever I fall.

Batman, Spiderman and Superman there be,

I look up to you as my Superhero to be.

I will follow your steps, wherever you go,

You are my pride, Daddy, do you know!”

The tiny tots of the Pre-Primary section of P.B. Academic School celebrated Father’s Day on 17^th June 2023 in the school auditorium. The auditorium thronged with dads enthusiastically involving themselves with their kids in various games like sorting the grains, blowing balloons, decorating cards, tshirt painting and the special game  “Find your Child”. The fathers even tried their hands in sandwich making in innovative designs. The cherry on the cake was the exciting craft work which comprised of the dads making “crowns” and “tiaras” for their children.

The fathers thoroughly enjoyed the show and applauded the efforts of our respected principal, Mrs Madhuparna Andrews and the teachers.

The entire occasion was touching, rejuvenating which the fathers and children will cherish for their lifetime.

A school of the stature and reputation of P.B. Academic School, is not built in a day. It has taken many years of dedication and single minded commitment by many to create the distinctive aura and reputation that we all enjoy today and are so proud of. It involves a responsibility to live up to the ideals and sacred values that formed the foundation of this institution.

Hence keeping its tradition, P.B. Academic School celebrated its Founder’s Day event on 24^th April 2023 to honour the legacy of our founder, Shri Purushottam Kumar Bhagchandka and celebrate the success of PBAS for completing 23 glorious and tremendous years of its existence.

It was a day well spent with our Honourable Chairman who motivated and inspired the children towards hard work and perseverance. The students presented group song , dance, gymnastics and a mesmerizing Hindi skit presenting an excerpt from The Mahabharata.The staff members who had served the institute for more than 10 years were felicitated for their dedicated services. The highlight of the event was the release of our official school song called “We are PBASians”. The song performed by our school band for the first time was dedicated to our Founder.

The event ended on a note of gratitude with our respected Principal, Mrs Madhuparna Andrews proposing the Vote of Thanks and committing to strive with undoubting spirit, courage of conviction for excellence in the years to come.

Ms Madhuparna Andrews wins the 18th Tumi Annanya Awards 2023 organized by Lions Club of Rabindra Sarovar for her contribution to Excellence in Inclusive Education on 8th April 2023.

Ms Madhuparna Andrews is the Principal of the renowned educational institution, Purushottam Bhagchandka Academic School in Kolkata. She has been awarded for her contribution in the field of Inclusive Education. Tumi Annanya Awards is a unique award being organized for the last 17 years, awarding the women and men who are the biggest inspirations in the scope of empowerment for decades. 

The Department of Inclusive Education was initiated by our respectable Principal, Mrs Madhuparna Andrews as a Flagship Project. She being the brainchild of this noble initiative believes that every dark cloud has a silver lining and she started this with a ray of hope to reach out to the maximum number of children possible.

Under the umbrella of her able leadership, the Special Education Department has supported the children with special needs to turn them into successful and productive citizens.

On receiving the prestigious award, Ms Andrews commented that, “We will whole-heartedly try to transform these students to “Proud PBAsians” in the days to come.

Enjoying Science with Innovation:

“Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought”

The Greater Kolkata College of Engineering and Management, Baruipur (JIS GROUP) organised the Scientific Innovation Competition (VIGYAN JIGYASA- 2023) on the National Science Day , 28^th February 2023.

On this occasion, four students of Class IX from Purushottam Bhagchanda Academic School participated in the Model Making Competition . All the four students – Debarpan Chakraborty, Antara Dey, Arnab Das and Pritam Bhattacharjee put their brilliant ideas together to create a model on “Water Purification”. Not all people have access to safe drinking water. The students very thoughtfully portrayed the working of the mechanism, its importance and how the process of infiltration works.

Our students were successful in winning the prestigious “Special Jury Selection Project” in this category by their impressive model demonstration .

We are sure that the budding scientists of our school will continue showcasing their talents in all such scientific platforms in the future.